The City Ground

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) - 1996-97

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away									Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result		Home	Away
1	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76	44	12	5	2	38	17	9	7	3	38	27	32	75	Champions League		0-4	1-4
2	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73	40	13	3	3	54	20	6	8	5	19	20	33	68	Champions League Second Qualifying Round		0-0	0-5
3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62	32	10	5	4	36	18	9	6	4	26	14	30	68	UEFA Cup First Round		2-1	0-2
4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62	37	10	6	3	38	19	9	5	5	24	18	25	68	UEFA Cup First Round		1-1	2-4
5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47	34	11	5	3	27	13	6	5	8	20	21	13	61	UEFA Cup First Round		0-0	0-2
6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58	55	9	8	2	33	22	7	3	9	25	33	3	59	Cup Winners Cup First Round		2-0	1-1
7	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50	51	8	10	1	25	16	6	5	8	25	35	-1	57			0-3	0-2
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	9	6	4	28	21	6	5	8	21	25	3	56			1-1	0-1
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	7	5	7	22	26	5	6	8	24	28	-8	47	UEFA Cup First Round		0-0	2-2
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	8	4	7	19	17	5	3	11	25	34	-7	46			2-1	1-0
11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	7	7	5	15	13	4	6	9	13	25	-10	46			1-1	0-2
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	8	6	5	25	22	3	7	9	20	36	-13	46			1-1	0-0
13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	8	4	7	28	23	1	11	7	14	20	-1	42			2-2	1-1
14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	7	6	6	27	25	3	6	10	12	23	-9	42			0-2	1-0
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	7	4	8	24	22	3	8	8	20	35	-13	42			0-1	0-2
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	50	56	6	7	6	32	24	4	4	11	18	32	-6	41			1-3	2-2
17	Coventry City	38	9	14	15	38	54	4	8	7	19	23	5	6	8	19	31	-16	41			0-1	3-0
18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	35	53	7	6	6	20	18	3	4	12	15	35	-18	40	Relegated		1-4	1-1
19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	51	60	8	5	6	34	25	2	7	10	17	35	-9	39*	Relegated		1-1	1-1
20	Nottingham Forest	38	6	16	16	31	59	3	9	7	15	27	3	7	9	16	32	-28	34	Relegated

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2) - 1996-97

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100	53	18	4	1	60	20	10	10	3	40	33	47	98	Promoted as Champions
2	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76	55	14	4	5	43	19	8	10	5	33	36	21	80	Promoted
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68	51	10	5	8	31	24	12	5	6	37	27	17	76
4	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68	50	13	7	3	44	23	7	7	9	24	27	18	74
5	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75	52	13	5	5	46	23	7	8	8	29	29	23	73
6	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78	48	10	7	6	39	22	9	7	7	39	26	30	71	Promoted via playoffs
7	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59	53	12	4	7	32	24	8	4	11	27	29	6	68
8	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	9	9	5	36	28	8	7	8	22	27	3	67
9	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	10	5	8	33	25	8	7	8	31	35	4	66
10	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	11	7	5	30	18	6	8	9	22	30	4	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63	56	10	9	4	42	27	7	5	11	21	29	7	65
12	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	15	3	5	34	22	3	7	13	17	35	-6	64
13	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63	68	9	10	4	28	18	8	2	13	35	50	-5	63
14	Manchester City	46	17	10	19	59	60	12	4	7	34	25	5	6	12	25	35	-1	61
15	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19	52	66	11	8	4	36	28	5	3	15	16	38	-14	59
16	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	15	17	68	72	7	7	9	37	33	7	8	8	31	39	-4	57
17	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64	68	14	3	6	44	26	2	6	15	20	42	-4	57
18	Reading	46	15	12	19	58	67	13	7	3	37	24	2	5	16	21	43	-9	57
19	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52	71	11	6	6	36	27	4	3	16	16	44	-19	54
20	Huddersfield Town	46	13	15	18	48	61	10	7	6	28	20	3	8	12	20	41	-13	54
21	Bradford City	46	12	12	22	47	72	10	5	8	29	32	2	7	14	18	40	-25	48
22	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	60	81	7	7	9	31	34	4	6	13	29	47	-21	46	Relegated
23	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	6	8	9	30	30	4	5	14	21	36	-15	43	Relegated
24	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42	86	7	9	7	32	32	1	6	16	10	54	-44	39	Relegated

LEAGUE DIVISION TWO (Tier 3) - 1996-97

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Bury	46	24	12	10	62	38	18	5	0	39	7	6	7	10	23	31	24	84	Promoted as Champions
2	Stockport County	46	23	13	10	59	41	15	5	3	31	14	8	8	7	28	27	18	82	Promoted
3	Luton Town	46	21	15	10	71	45	13	7	3	38	14	8	8	7	33	31	26	78
4	Brentford	46	20	14	12	56	43	8	11	4	26	22	12	3	8	30	21	13	74
5	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	69	51	14	4	5	43	18	7	6	10	26	33	18	73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	22	7	17	56	47	15	4	4	38	15	7	3	13	18	32	9	73	Promoted via playoffs
7	Blackpool	46	18	15	13	60	47	13	7	3	41	21	5	8	10	19	26	13	69
8	Wrexham	46	17	18	11	54	50	11	9	3	37	28	6	9	8	17	22	4	69
9	Burnley	46	19	11	16	71	55	14	3	6	48	27	5	8	10	23	28	16	68
10	Chesterfield	46	18	14	14	42	39	10	9	4	25	18	8	5	10	17	21	3	68
11	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	60	59	13	3	7	37	25	6	7	10	23	34	1	67
12	Walsall	46	19	10	17	54	53	12	8	3	35	21	7	2	14	19	32	1	67
13	Watford	46	16	19	11	45	38	10	8	5	24	14	6	11	6	21	24	7	67
14	Millwall	46	16	13	17	50	55	12	4	7	27	22	4	9	10	23	33	-5	61
15	Preston North End	46	18	7	21	49	55	14	5	4	33	19	4	2	17	16	36	-6	61
16	Bournemouth	46	15	15	16	43	45	8	9	6	24	20	7	6	10	19	25	-2	60
17	Bristol Rovers	46	15	11	20	47	50	13	4	6	34	22	2	7	14	13	28	-3	56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	10	21	51	56	13	4	6	31	14	2	6	15	20	42	-5	55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	18	16	47	58	7	11	5	19	18	5	7	11	28	40	-11	54
20	York City	46	13	13	20	47	68	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	37	-21	52
21	Peterborough United	46	11	14	21	55	73	7	7	9	38	34	4	7	12	17	39	-18	47	Relegated
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	13	22	49	74	8	6	9	27	32	3	7	13	22	42	-25	46	Relegated
23	Rotherham United	46	7	14	25	39	70	4	7	12	17	29	3	7	13	22	41	-31	35	Relegated
24	Notts County	46	7	14	25	33	59	4	9	10	20	25	3	5	15	13	34	-26	35	Relegated

LEAGUE DIVISION THREE (Tier 4) - 1996-97

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Wigan Athletic	46	26	9	11	84	51	17	3	3	53	21	9	6	8	31	30	33	87	Promoted as Champions
2	Fulham	46	25	12	9	72	38	13	5	5	41	20	12	7	4	31	18	34	87	Promoted
3	Carlisle United	46	24	12	10	67	44	16	3	4	41	21	8	9	6	26	23	23	84	Promoted
4	Northampton Town	46	20	12	14	67	44	14	4	5	43	17	6	8	9	24	27	23	72	Promoted via playoffs
5	Swansea City	46	21	8	17	62	58	13	5	5	37	20	8	3	12	25	38	4	71
6	Chester City	46	18	16	12	55	43	11	8	4	30	16	7	8	8	25	27	12	70
7	Cardiff City	46	20	9	17	56	54	11	4	8	30	23	9	5	9	26	31	2	69
8	Colchester United	46	17	17	12	62	51	11	9	3	36	23	6	8	9	26	28	11	68
9	Lincoln City	46	18	12	16	70	69	10	8	5	35	25	8	4	11	35	44	1	66
10	Cambridge United	46	18	11	17	53	59	11	5	7	30	27	7	6	10	23	32	-6	65
11	Mansfield Town	46	16	16	14	47	45	9	8	6	21	17	7	8	8	26	28	2	64
12		46	16	15	15	65	68	9	9	5	36	31	7	6	10	29	37	-3	63
13	Scunthorpe United	46	18	9	19	59	62	11	3	9	36	33	7	6	10	23	29	-3	63
14	Rochdale	46	14	16	16	58	58	10	6	7	34	24	4	10	9	24	34	0	58
15	Barnet	46	14	16	16	46	51	9	9	5	32	23	5	7	11	14	28	-5	58
16	Leyton Orient	46	15	12	19	50	58	11	6	6	28	20	4	6	13	22	38	-8	57
17	Hull City	46	13	18	15	44	50	9	8	6	29	26	4	10	9	15	24	-6	57
18	Darlington	46	14	10	22	64	78	11	5	7	37	28	3	5	15	27	50	-14	52
19	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	10	22	52	66	9	7	7	29	23	5	3	15	23	43	-14	52
20	Hartlepool United	46	14	9	23	53	66	8	6	9	33	32	6	3	14	20	34	-13	51
21	Torquay United	46	13	11	22	46	62	9	4	10	24	24	4	7	12	22	38	-16	50
22	Exeter City	46	12	12	22	48	73	6	9	8	25	30	6	3	14	23	43	-25	48
23	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	13	10	23	53	70	12	6	5	41	27	1	4	18	12	43	-17	47*
24	Hereford United	46	11	14	21	50	65	6	8	9	26	25	5	6	12	24	40	-15	47	Relegated

*Brighton deducted 2 points for pitch invasion at home game