First Division1996/1997

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1474 (2.67 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 12

Red cards : 1

47%
Home victories

27%
Draws

25%
Away victories

Players age average : 27.6 years

Number of players participating : 19

Promoted : Oxford United, Swindon Town, Bradford

Relegated to lower tier : Millwall, Luton Town, Watford

Promoted to higher tier : Sunderland, Leicester, Derby County

Relegated from higher tier : Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers

First Division 1996/1997's fixtures and results

General rankingLast updated on 04/05/1997

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Bolton Wanderers	98	46	28	14	4	100	53	+47
2	Barnsley	80	46	22	14	10	76	55	+21
3	Wolverhampton	76	46	22	10	14	68	51	+17
4	Ipswich Town	74	46	20	14	12	68	50	+18
5	Sheffield United	73	46	20	13	13	75	52	+23
6	Crystal Palace	71	46	19	14	13	78	48	+30
7	Portsmouth	68	46	20	8	18	59	53	+6
8	Port Vale	67	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3
9	QPR	66	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4
10	Birmingham City	66	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4
11	Tranmere Rovers	65	46	17	14	15	62	56	+6
12	Stoke City	64	46	18	10	18	51	57	-6
13	Norwich City	63	46	17	12	17	63	68	-5
14	Manchester City	61	46	17	10	19	59	59	0
15	Charlton	59	46	16	11	19	52	66	-14
16	WBA	57	46	14	15	17	68	72	-4
17	Oxford United	57	46	16	9	21	64	68	-4
18	Reading	57	46	15	12	19	58	67	-9
19	Huddersfield	54	46	13	15	18	48	61	-13
20	Swindon Town	54	46	15	9	22	52	71	-19
21	Bradford	48	46	12	12	22	47	72	-25
22	Grimsby Town	46	46	11	13	22	59	81	-22
23	Oldham Athletic	43	46	10	13	23	51	66	-15
24	Southend	39	46	8	15	23	42	85	-43

Latest transfers

April 30, 1997
Craig Taylor ( Dorchester)		Swindon Town

April 29, 1997
Nicky Weaver ( Mansfield)		Man City

April 26, 1997
Michael Brown ( Hartlepool)		Man City

April 23, 1997
Craig Forrest ( Chelsea)		Ipswich

April 19, 1997
Andy Scott ( Bury)		Sheffield U

April 16, 1997
Ben Smith ( Arsenal U-23)		Reading

April 12, 1997
Dave Regis ( Notts)		Barnsley
Craig Midgley ( Scarborough)		Bradford
Glen Crowe ( Exeter City)		Wolves

April 01, 1997
Ricky Otto ( Peterborough)		Birmingham
Dave Gilbert ( York City)		WBA
Andy Kiwomya ( Luton Town)		Bradford

March 27, 1997
Robert Codner ( Barnet)		Southend
Mark McNally ( Southend)		Stoke City
Paul Reid ( Huddersfield)		Oldham

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Ipswich Town	V 4-0 Oldham Athletic05/04/1997	VSwindon Town 0-4 12/04/1997	V 2-0 Norwich City18/04/1997	V 1-0 Manchester City22/04/1997	VPortsmouth 0-1 25/04/1997	D 1-1 Birmingham City04/05/1997
2	Bolton Wanderers	V 2-1 QPR05/04/1997	VManchester City 1-2 09/04/1997	V 4-0 Oxford United12/04/1997	DOldham Athletic 0-0 19/04/1997	V 4-1 Charlton25/04/1997	DTranmere Rovers 2-2 04/05/1997
3	Birmingham City	DOldham Athletic 2-2 08/04/1997	V 1-0 Huddersfield12/04/1997	D 0-0 Tranmere Rovers15/04/1997	VBradford 0-2 19/04/1997	V 2-0 Oxford United26/04/1997	DIpswich Town 1-1 04/05/1997
4	Crystal Palace	LSheffield United 3-0 12/04/1997	V 2-0 Stoke City15/04/1997	D 1-1 Barnsley19/04/1997	V 3-2 Reading23/04/1997	VSwindon Town 0-2 26/04/1997	D 1-1 Port Vale04/05/1997
5	Manchester City	VWBA 1-3 12/04/1997	V 3-0 Grimsby Town16/04/1997	L 0-3 QPR19/04/1997	LIpswich Town 1-0 22/04/1997	DNorwich City 0-0 25/04/1997	V 3-2 Reading03/05/1997
6	Port Vale	V 2-1 Tranmere Rovers31/03/1997	VOxford United 0-2 05/04/1997	V 3-2 Oldham Athletic12/04/1997	LStoke City 2-0 20/04/1997	L 1-2 Wolverhampton27/04/1997	DCrystal Palace 1-1 04/05/1997
7	QPR	D 2-2 Wolverhampton31/03/1997	LBolton Wanderers 2-1 05/04/1997	V 3-0 Grimsby Town12/04/1997	VManchester City 0-3 19/04/1997	V 2-0 Tranmere Rovers26/04/1997	LBradford 3-0 04/05/1997
8	Wolverhampton	V 3-2 Norwich City05/04/1997	LReading 2-1 12/04/1997	V 4-1 Southend19/04/1997	D 1-1 Grimsby Town23/04/1997	VPort Vale 1-2 27/04/1997	L 0-1 Portsmouth04/05/1997
9	WBA	VSheffield United 1-2 05/04/1997	V 1-0 Crystal Palace09/04/1997	L 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1997	DHuddersfield 0-0 19/04/1997	V 2-0 Grimsby Town26/04/1997	LStoke City 2-1 04/05/1997
10	Barnsley	V 4-0 Charlton12/04/1997	V 2-0 Oldham Athletic15/04/1997	DCrystal Palace 1-1 19/04/1997	LPortsmouth 4-2 22/04/1997	V 2-0 Bradford26/04/1997	LOxford United 5-1 04/05/1997
11	Portsmouth	V 1-0 Grimsby Town05/04/1997	L 1-3 Tranmere Rovers12/04/1997	LCharlton 2-1 19/04/1997	V 4-2 Barnsley22/04/1997	L 0-1 Ipswich Town25/04/1997	VWolverhampton 0-1 04/05/1997
12	Tranmere Rovers	V 3-0 Bradford04/04/1997	VPortsmouth 1-3 12/04/1997	DBirmingham City 0-0 15/04/1997	D 1-1 Sheffield United19/04/1997	LQPR 2-0 26/04/1997	D 2-2 Bolton Wanderers04/05/1997
13	Sheffield United	LHuddersfield 2-1 31/03/1997	L 1-2 WBA05/04/1997	V 3-0 Crystal Palace12/04/1997	DTranmere Rovers 1-1 19/04/1997	V 1-0 Stoke City25/04/1997	DCharlton 0-0 04/05/1997
14	Bradford	LTranmere Rovers 3-0 04/04/1997	DSouthend 1-1 12/04/1997	L 0-2 Birmingham City19/04/1997	LBarnsley 2-0 26/04/1997	V 1-0 Charlton01/05/1997	V 3-0 QPR04/05/1997
15	Oxford United	DNorwich City 1-1 31/03/1997	L 0-2 Port Vale05/04/1997	LBolton Wanderers 4-0 12/04/1997	V 2-0 Swindon Town19/04/1997	LBirmingham City 2-0 26/04/1997	V 5-1 Barnsley04/05/1997
-	Stoke City	D 1-1 Reading05/04/1997	LNorwich City 2-0 12/04/1997	LCrystal Palace 2-0 15/04/1997	V 2-0 Port Vale20/04/1997	LSheffield United 1-0 25/04/1997	V 2-1 WBA04/05/1997
17	Grimsby Town	LQPR 3-0 12/04/1997	LManchester City 3-0 16/04/1997	V 2-0 Reading19/04/1997	DWolverhampton 1-1 23/04/1997	LWBA 2-0 26/04/1997	V 4-0 Southend04/05/1997
18	Charlton	V 2-1 Huddersfield09/04/1997	LBarnsley 4-0 12/04/1997	V 2-1 Portsmouth19/04/1997	LBolton Wanderers 4-1 25/04/1997	LBradford 1-0 01/05/1997	D 0-0 Sheffield United04/05/1997
19	Reading	DStoke City 1-1 05/04/1997	V 2-1 Wolverhampton12/04/1997	LGrimsby Town 2-0 19/04/1997	LCrystal Palace 3-2 23/04/1997	V 2-0 Oldham Athletic26/04/1997	LManchester City 3-2 03/05/1997
20	Huddersfield	DCrystal Palace 1-1 05/04/1997	LCharlton 2-1 09/04/1997	LBirmingham City 1-0 12/04/1997	D 0-0 WBA19/04/1997	VSouthend 1-2 26/04/1997	D 0-0 Swindon Town04/05/1997
21	Oldham Athletic	D 2-2 Birmingham City08/04/1997	LPort Vale 3-2 12/04/1997	LBarnsley 2-0 15/04/1997	D 0-0 Bolton Wanderers19/04/1997	LReading 2-0 26/04/1997	V 3-0 Norwich City04/05/1997
22	Norwich City	D 1-1 Oxford United31/03/1997	LWolverhampton 3-2 05/04/1997	V 2-0 Stoke City12/04/1997	LIpswich Town 2-0 18/04/1997	D 0-0 Manchester City25/04/1997	LOldham Athletic 3-0 04/05/1997
23	Southend	V 2-1 Portsmouth31/03/1997	DSwindon Town 0-0 05/04/1997	D 1-1 Bradford12/04/1997	LWolverhampton 4-1 19/04/1997	L 1-2 Huddersfield26/04/1997	LGrimsby Town 4-0 04/05/1997
24	Swindon Town	LOldham Athletic 5-1 31/03/1997	D 0-0 Southend05/04/1997	L 0-4 Ipswich Town12/04/1997	LOxford United 2-0 19/04/1997	L 0-2 Crystal Palace26/04/1997	DHuddersfield 0-0 04/05/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 16/04/2024 at 09:45

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Bolton Wanderers	7
QPR	5
Barnsley	5
Ipswich Town	5
Portsmouth	5
Manchester City	4
Norwich City	4
Wolverhampton	4
Crystal Palace	4
Oxford United	4
Port Vale	4
Stoke City	3
Swindon Town	3
Charlton	3
Bradford	2	2
Huddersfield	2
Reading	2
Birmingham City	2
Tranmere Rovers	2
Sheffield United	2
Grimsby Town	2
WBA	2
Oldham Athletic	2
Southend	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 11/04/2024 at 13:05

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Bolton Wanderers	11	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Barnsley	5	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wolverhampton	1	3	3	6	5	5	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	6	5	6	9	8	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ipswich Town	18	9	9	12	17	16	12	8	10	9	10	11	14	16	19	16	18	18	19	11	15	17	15	15	13	16	13	14	12	12	12	9	8	7	8	7	5	6	6	6	9	7	6	5	4	4
Sheffield United	18	17	17	20	18	11	16	13	8	10	11	9	8	6	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	2	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Crystal Palace	18	10	10	13	12	13	8	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	10	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	6	8	10	7	6	6
Portsmouth	21	23	23	11	10	7	11	16	17	17	17	15	16	18	20	19	13	14	13	15	11	16	14	14	17	15	18	18	15	13	11	8	9	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	7	6	8	10	9	7
Port Vale	11	16	16	14	13	17	19	18	19	14	15	17	20	15	11	15	12	10	10	13	14	15	12	7	6	7	8	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	7	11	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	6	8	8
QPR	5	4	4	7	9	10	6	9	12	13	13	14	11	8	9	9	11	12	15	19	16	13	11	8	7	8	9	6	7	9	10	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	11	9	7	9
Birmingham City	8	6	6	15	19	19	14	17	18	20	23	18	13	13	15	18	20	13	12	10	8	8	10	10	11	13	16	16	13	15	16	18	18	20	18	20	19	18	19	19	15	13	12	11	10	10
Tranmere Rovers	11	7	7	5	4	3	5	7	7	6	4	4	6	9	6	5	7	8	8	7	5	7	9	12	12	14	11	8	11	7	7	11	12	11	12	9	11	11	11	11	12	9	7	8	11	11
Stoke City	5	4	4	2	3	6	7	5	6	7	8	8	7	10	7	8	9	11	11	14	18	10	8	9	8	9	10	7	5	6	9	7	7	10	11	8	9	12	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	12
Norwich City	3	12	12	4	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	7	6	7	11	14	10	6	9	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	10	9	12	12	13
Manchester City	8	14	14	10	14	8	13	10	14	15	14	16	19	14	17	14	16	19	20	21	21	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	15	19	16	17	15	15	17	16	15	15	14	14
Charlton	23	19	19	21	23	21	18	19	16	18	20	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	17	17	12	12	16	17	15	17	14	13	16	17	18	17	17	18	20	18	15	19	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	15
WBA	15	18	18	19	16	9	15	11	13	12	12	12	15	17	16	12	14	16	14	16	17	20	20	16	16	12	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	13	17	14	18	18	20	19	17	16	16	16
Oxford United	15	8	8	18	22	20	17	14	9	8	9	10	12	12	14	11	10	7	6	6	10	9	5	6	9	6	7	11	9	11	13	14	11	13	14	16	14	16	14	14	14	17	19	17	18	17
Reading	8	15	15	17	11	15	20	20	22	23	21	20	17	19	13	17	19	20	21	20	20	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	19	17	20	15	16	16	18	18	16	18	17	18
Huddersfield	3	12	12	16	7	12	9	15	11	11	7	7	10	11	12	13	15	14	16	12	13	13	17	18	18	18	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	15	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	19
Swindon Town	23	19	19	8	8	14	10	12	15	16	16	13	9	7	10	10	8	9	7	9	9	11	13	13	10	11	15	15	17	16	15	13	14	14	10	12	12	10	13	13	13	14	18	19	20	20
Bradford	1	10	10	9	15	18	21	22	21	19	18	21	22	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	20	21	21	23	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21
Grimsby Town	21	22	22	23	20	23	23	23	20	22	19	19	21	21	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	24	24	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	21	21	22
Oldham Athletic	15	23	23	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	23	23	24	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23
Southend	11	21	21	24	21	22	22	21	23	21	22	22	18	20	18	20	17	17	18	18	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	23	21	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 11/04/2024 at 13:05

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	3
16 - 30	2
31 - 45+	3
46 - 60	2
61 - 75	0
76 - 90+	2

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 11/04/2024 at 13:05

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	45 times
1 - 0	83 times
1 - 1	72 times
2 - 0	77 times
2 - 1	89 times
2 - 2	24 times
3 - 0	34 times
3 - 1	44 times
3 - 2	33 times
3 - 3	6 times
4 - 0	11 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	10 times
4 - 2	6 times
4 - 3	2 times
4 - 4	3 times
5 - 0	2 times
5 - 1	3 times
5 - 2	2 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	4 times
7 - 0	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 11/04/2024 at 13:05

General statistics by teamLast updated on 09/04/2024 at 20:43

Team		Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
	Bradford	19	11	8	Chris Waddle (2 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 07/04/2024 at 07:21

Team		Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
	Bradford	26.6	Gordon Cowans (37 years)	Andy O'Brien (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 05/04/2024 at 10:34

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	103	11	8
Australia	13	1	0
Sweden	12	1	2
Netherlands	10	1	1
Republic of Ireland	6	1	1
Norway	5	1	0
Scotland	2	1	0
Finland	1	1	0
Brazil	1	1	0

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Premier League 1996/1997

Charity Shield 1996

FA Cup 1996/1997

League Cup 1996/1997

Championship Play-Off 1997

Second Division 1996/1997

League One Play-Off 1997

Third Division 1996/1997

League Two Play-Off 1997

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