The Football League 1996-97

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Statistics of The Football League in season 1996/1997.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 First Division 1.2 Second Division 1.3 Third Division 2 League Standings 2.1 First Division 2.2 Second Division 2.3 Third Division 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

Bolton Wanderers returned to the Premiership in superb fashion, hitting 100 goals and taking 98 points. Barnsley were promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, while Crystal Palace returned after a two-year absence by winning the play-offs.

The decline of Oldham Athletic continued, falling into the third tier for the first time in 23 years, and just three years after being in the Premiership. Grimsby Town and Southend United joined them in relegation to Division Two.

[edit] Second Division

Bury won their second consecutive promotion, taking the Division Two title, Stockport County joined them in automatic promotion, and play-off winners Crewe Alexandra completed the trio moving up.

Going down were Peterborough United, Shrewsbury Town, Rotherham United and Notts County. County had been in the top division just five years earlier.

[edit] Third Division

Wigan Athletic won the Division Three title on goal difference from Fulham. Carlisle United and play-off winners Northampton Town also won promotion to Division Two.

Hereford United were the first club for four years to be relegated to the Conference after finishing bottom. Conference champions Macclesfield Town replaced Hereford (two years after Town had been denied entry to Division Three). In December, Brighton & Hove Albion were 11 points adrift at the bottom of Division Three, having had 2 points deducted for a pitch invasion. However a draw in their final game at Hereford kept Brighton in the league, and sent United down.

[edit] League Standings

[edit] First Division

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100	53	+47	98
2.	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76	55	+21	80
3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68	51	+17	76
4.	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68	50	+18	74
5.	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75	52	+23	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78	48	+30	71
7.	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59	53	+6	68
8.	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3	67
9.	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4	66
10.	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66
11.	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63	56	+7	65
12.	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	-6	64
13.	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63	68	-5	63
14.	Manchester City	46	17	10	19	59	60	-1	61
15.	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19	52	66	-14	59
16.	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	15	17	68	72	-4	57
17.	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64	68	-4	57
18.	Reading	46	15	12	19	58	67	-9	57
19.	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52	71	-19	54
20.	Huddersfield Town	46	13	15	18	48	61	-13	54
21.	Bradford City	46	12	12	22	47	72	-25	48
22.	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	60	81	-21	46
23.	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	-15	43
24.	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42	86	-44	39

See also: Play-off results

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

[edit] Second Division

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Bury	46	24	12	10	62	38	+24	84
2.	Stockport County	46	23	13	10	59	41	+18	82
3.	Luton Town	46	23	13	10	59	41	+18	82
4.	Brentford	46	20	14	12	56	43	+13	74
5.	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	69	51	+18	73
6.	Crewe Alexandra	46	22	7	17	56	47	+9	73
7.	Blackpool	46	18	15	13	60	47	+13	69
8.	Wrexham	46	17	18	11	54	50	+4	69
9.	Burnley	46	19	11	16	71	55	+16	68
10.	Chesterfield	46	18	14	14	42	39	+3	68
11.	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	60	59	+1	67
12.	Walsall	46	19	10	17	54	53	+1	67
13.	Watford	46	16	19	11	45	38	+7	67
14.	Millwall	46	16	13	17	50	55	-5	61
15.	Preston North End	46	18	7	21	49	55	-6	61
16.	Bournemouth	46	15	15	16	43	45	-2	60
17.	Bristol Rovers	46	15	11	20	47	50	-3	56
18.	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
19.	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	18	16	47	58	-11	54
20.	York City	46	13	13	20	47	68	-21	52
21.	Peterborough United	46	11	14	21	55	73	-22	47
22.	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	13	22	49	74	-25	46
23.	Rotherham United	46	7	14	25	39	70	-37	35
24.	Notts County	46	7	14	25	33	59	-36	35

See also: Play-off results

Key
Promoted to Division one
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Three

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

[edit] Third Division

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Wigan Athletic	46	26	9	11	84	51	+33	87
2.	Fulham	46	25	12	9	72	38	+34	87
3.	Carlisle United	46	24	12	10	67	44	+23	84
4.	Northampton Town	46	20	12	14	67	44	+23	72
5.	Swansea City	46	21	8	17	62	58	+4	71
6.	Chester City	46	18	16	12	55	43	+12	70
7.	Cardiff City	46	20	9	17	56	54	+2	69
8.	Colchester United	46	17	17	12	62	51	+11	68
9.	Lincoln City	46	18	12	16	70	69	+1	66
10.	Cambridge United	46	18	11	17	53	59	-6	65
11.	Mansfield Town	46	16	16	14	47	45	+2	64
12.	Scarborough	46	16	15	15	65	68	-3	63
13.	Scunthorpe United	46	18	9	19	59	62	-3	63
14.	Rochdale	46	14	16	16	58	58	0	58
15.	Barnet	46	14	16	16	46	51	-5	58
16.	Leyton Orient	46	15	12	19	50	58	-8	57
17.	Hull City	46	13	18	15	44	50	-6	57
18.	Darlington	46	14	10	22	64	78	-14	52
19.	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	10	22	52	66	-14	52
20.	Hartlepool United	46	14	9	23	53	66	-13	51
21.	Torquay United	46	13	11	22	46	62	-16	50
22.	Exeter City	46	12	12	22	48	73	-25	48
23.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	10	23	53	70	-17	47*
24.	Hereford United	46	11	14	21	50	65	-15	47

See also: Play-off results

Key
Promoted to Division Two
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to the Conference

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

• - Brighton & Hove Albion 2 points deducted for failure to control spectators

[edit] See also

• 1996-97 in English football

[edit] References

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