1996–97 Chesterfield F.C. season

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Chesterfield 1996–97 football season

Chesterfield

1996–97 season

Chairman

Norton Lea

Manager

Stadium

Auto Windscreens Shield

First round

Top goalscorer

League: Howard (9)
All: Howard (11)

Average home league attendance

4,639

Home colours

← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 English football season, Chesterfield competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

For much of the season Chesterfield were in the Second Division play-off race, but a late slump saw them fall off the pace before a resurgence at the end of the season took them up to tenth - five points off the play-offs. In the FA Cup, Chesterfield reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, before being knocked out by Premier League side Middlesbrough.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Wrexham	46	17	18	11	55	50	+5	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

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Chesterfield's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Blackpool	A	1–0	6,014	Holland
24 August 1996	Bury	H	1–2	3,763	Law (pen)
27 August 1996	Walsall	H	1–0	3,561	Howard
31 August 1996	Gillingham	A	1–0	5,934	Howard
7 September 1996	Brentford	H	0–2	3,643
10 September 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–0	2,940	Howard
14 September 1996	Luton Town	A	1–0	4,763	Curtis (pen)
21 September 1996	Burnley	H	0–0	5,529
28 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	5,008
1 October 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	3,299	Williams, Lormor
5 October 1996	Bristol City	H	1–1	4,438	Lormor
12 October 1996	Millwall	A	1–2	7,765	Beaumont
15 October 1996	Notts County	A	0–0	4,265
19 October 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,030	Scott
26 October 1996	York City	H	2–0	4,009	Scott (2)
29 October 1996	Stockport County	A	0–1	4,831
2 November 1996	Wrexham	A	2–3	4,160	Curtis (pen), Lormor
9 November 1996	Preston North End	H	2–1	4,759	Lormor (pen), Williams
19 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	4,237	Lormor, Davies, Holland
30 November 1996	York City	A	0–0	3,328
3 December 1996	Peterborough United	H	2–1	2,805	Holland, Howard
14 December 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	4,610
21 December 1996	Bournemouth	H	1–1	4,174	Lormor
11 January 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	3,305	Lormor
18 January 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–2	2,659
28 January 1997	Burnley	A	0–0	7,903
1 February 1997	Preston North End	A	1–0	8,681	Morris
8 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	6,738
18 February 1997	Rotherham United	H	1–1	5,195	Lormor
22 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	5,833	Howard
1 March 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–1	4,458	Howard
4 March 1997	Luton Town	H	1–1	3,731	Davies
11 March 1997	Bournemouth	A	0–3	3,368
15 March 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2	4,354	Howard (2), Hewitt, Hanson
22 March 1997	Bury	A	0–1	4,162
29 March 1997	Blackpool	H	0–0	4,974
1 April 1997	Walsall	A	1–1	3,784	Morris
5 April 1997	Gillingham	H	2–2	3,926	Morris, Howard
8 April 1997	Watford	H	0–0	4,258
15 April 1997	Brentford	A	0–1	5,216
19 April 1997	Millwall	H	1–0	5,935	Curtis
24 April 1997	Watford	A	2–0	6,411	Davies, Page (own goal)
26 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	4,858	Morris, Ebdon
28 April 1997	Stockport County	H	0–1	8,690
30 April 1997	Bristol City	A	0–2	16,195
3 May 1997	Notts County	H	1–0	5,736	Williams

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Bury	H	1–0	5,104	Williams
R2	7 December 1996	Scarborough	H	2–0	4,475	Davies, Lormor
R3	14 January 1997	Bristol City	H	2–0	5,193	Howard (2)
R4	4 February 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	10,854	Davies (3)
R5	15 February 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	8,890	Curtis (pen)
QF	9 March 1997	Wrexham	H	1–0	8,735	Beaumont
SF	13 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	3–3 (a.e.t.)	49,640	Morris, Dyche (pen), Hewitt
SFR	22 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	0–3	30,339

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Stockport County	A	1–2	3,088	Lormor
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Stockport County	H	1–2 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,334	Gaughan

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	9 December 1996	Preston North End	H	0–2	1,169

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Andy Leaning
—	GK	ENG	Billy Mercer
—	DF	ENG	Neil Allison
—	DF	ENG	Darren Carr
—	DF	ENG	Sean Connelly
—	DF	ENG	Sean Dyche
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Hewitt
—	DF	ENG	Mark Jules
—	DF	ENG	Andrew Mitchell
—	DF	ENG	Lee Rogers
—	DF	ENG	Mark Williams
—	MF	ENG	Chris Beaumont
—	MF	ENG	Jason Bowater


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Tom Curtis
—	MF	ENG	Steven Gaughan
—	MF	ENG	Paul Holland
—	MF	ENG	Jamie Lomas
—	MF	ENG	Chris Perkins
—	MF	WAL	Marcus Ebdon
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Davies
—	FW	ENG	Dave Hanson (on loan from Leyton Orient)
—	FW	ENG	Jonathan Howard
—	FW	ENG	Tony Lormor
—	FW	ENG	Gary Lund
—	FW	ENG	Andy Mason
—	FW	ENG	Andy Morris

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Phil Morgan (on loan from Stoke City)
—	DF	ENG	Nicky Law (to Hereford United)
—	MF	ENG	Gary Patterson (on loan from Wycombe Wanderers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Iain Dunn (on loan from Huddersfield Town)
—	FW	ENG	Andy Scott (on loan from Sheffield United)

References

"England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
"Chesterfield results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
"All Chesterfield players: 1997". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

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Matches	1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off final 1995 Football League Third Division play-off final 2012 Football League Trophy final 2014 Football League Trophy final 2023 National League play-off final

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Cup competitions

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Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City
Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Swansea City Torquay United Wigan Athletic

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