Second Division 1996/1997 : Results, rankings and all statistics

Tier : 3

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1269 (2.3 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 6

48%
Home victories

28%
Draws

24%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.93 years

Number of players participating : 24

Promoted : Preston North End, Gillingham, Plymouth, Bury

Relegated to lower tier : Swansea, Hull City, Brighton & Hove, Carlisle United

Promoted to higher tier : Oxford United, Swindon Town, Bradford

Relegated from higher tier : Millwall, Luton Town, Watford

Second Division 1996/1997's fixtures and results

Round 38

General rankingLast updated on 03/05/1997

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Bury	84	46	24	12	10	62	38	+24
2	Stockport	82	46	23	13	10	59	41	+18
3	Luton Town	78	46	21	15	10	71	45	+26
4	Brentford	74	46	20	14	12	56	43	+13
5	Bristol City	73	46	21	10	15	69	51	+18
6	Crewe Alexandra	73	46	22	7	17	56	47	+9
7	Blackpool	69	46	18	15	13	60	47	+13
8	Wrexham	69	46	17	18	11	54	50	+4
9	Burnley	68	46	19	11	16	71	55	+16
10	Chesterfield	68	46	18	14	14	42	39	+3
11	Gillingham	67	46	19	10	17	60	59	+1
12	Walsall	67	46	19	10	17	54	53	+1
13	Watford	67	46	16	19	11	45	38	+7
14	Millwall	61	46	16	13	17	50	55	-5
15	Preston NE	61	46	18	7	21	49	55	-6
16	Bournemouth	60	46	15	15	16	43	45	-2
17	Bristol Rovers	56	46	15	11	20	47	50	-3
18	Wycombe	55	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5
19	Plymouth	54	46	12	18	16	47	58	-11
20	York City	52	46	13	13	20	47	68	-21
21	Peterborough	47	46	11	14	21	55	73	-18
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	46	11	13	22	49	74	-25
23	Rotherham United	35	46	7	14	25	39	70	-31
24	Notts County	35	46	7	14	25	33	59	-26

Latest transfers

May 01, 1997
Steve Castle ( Birmingham)		Peterborough

April 26, 1997
Colin Foster ( Cambridge)		Watford

April 12, 1997
Gary Jones ( Scunthorpe)		Notts
Teuvo Moilanen ( Darlington)		Preston NE

April 11, 1997
Richard Cresswell ( Mansfield)		York City

April 01, 1997
Paul Atkin ( Orient)		York City
Richard Landon ( Rotherham)		Stockport
Tony Rigby ( Scarborough)		Bury
Gary Patterson ( Chesterfield)		Wycombe

March 27, 1997
Michael Love ( Sligo Rovers)		Wycombe
Steve Harper ( Newcastle U-23)		Stockport
Brian Gayle ( Rotherham)		Bristol Rovers
Mike Williams ( S Wednesday)		Peterborough
Steve Guinan ( Nottingham)		Burnley
Martin Taylor ( Derby)		Wycombe

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Bristol City	V 1-0 Bury05/04/1997	V 2-1 Wrexham15/04/1997	VYork City 0-3 19/04/1997	V 3-1 Plymouth26/04/1997	V 2-0 Chesterfield30/04/1997	LWycombe 2-0 03/05/1997
2	Gillingham	DBournemouth 2-2 12/04/1997	V 1-0 Stockport16/04/1997	L 2-3 Blackpool19/04/1997	VMillwall 0-2 26/04/1997	V 2-0 Walsall29/04/1997	V 2-0 Shrewsbury Town03/05/1997
3	Blackpool	V 2-0 Bury12/04/1997	D 0-0 Luton Town15/04/1997	VGillingham 2-3 19/04/1997	V 1-0 Brentford22/04/1997	V 3-2 Bristol Rovers26/04/1997	LWrexham 2-1 03/05/1997
4	Chesterfield	V 1-0 Millwall19/04/1997	VWatford 0-2 24/04/1997	VCrewe Alexandra 1-2 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Stockport28/04/1997	LBristol City 2-0 30/04/1997	V 1-0 Notts County03/05/1997
5	Bury	LBlackpool 2-0 12/04/1997	V 1-0 Crewe Alexandra15/04/1997	V 1-0 Peterborough19/04/1997	DLuton Town 0-0 22/04/1997	DWatford 0-0 26/04/1997	V 2-0 Millwall03/05/1997
6	Wycombe	DLuton Town 0-0 08/04/1997	VNotts County 1-2 12/04/1997	V 5-0 Burnley15/04/1997	D 1-1 Bournemouth19/04/1997	LStockport 2-1 26/04/1997	V 2-0 Bristol City03/05/1997
7	Preston NE	LCrewe Alexandra 1-0 31/03/1997	D 1-1 Plymouth05/04/1997	LPeterborough 2-0 12/04/1997	V 1-0 Stockport19/04/1997	VShrewsbury Town 0-2 26/04/1997	V 2-0 Walsall03/05/1997
8	Wrexham	VShrewsbury Town 0-1 12/04/1997	LBristol City 2-1 15/04/1997	V 3-1 Watford19/04/1997	D 1-1 Crewe Alexandra22/04/1997	LBournemouth 2-1 26/04/1997	V 2-1 Blackpool03/05/1997
9	Stockport	LGillingham 1-0 16/04/1997	LPreston NE 1-0 19/04/1997	V 2-1 York City22/04/1997	V 2-1 Wycombe26/04/1997	VChesterfield 0-1 28/04/1997	DLuton Town 1-1 03/05/1997
10	Peterborough	V 3-1 Bournemouth05/04/1997	LYork City 1-0 08/04/1997	V 2-0 Preston NE12/04/1997	LBury 1-0 19/04/1997	L 0-1 Luton Town26/04/1997	VBrentford 0-1 03/05/1997
11	Luton Town	LWalsall 3-2 12/04/1997	DBlackpool 0-0 15/04/1997	V 2-0 Shrewsbury Town19/04/1997	D 0-0 Bury22/04/1997	VPeterborough 0-1 26/04/1997	D 1-1 Stockport03/05/1997
12	Burnley	V 1-0 Millwall05/04/1997	LStockport 1-0 12/04/1997	LWycombe 5-0 15/04/1997	D 3-3 Rotherham United19/04/1997	DNotts County 1-1 26/04/1997	V 4-1 Watford03/05/1997
13	Crewe Alexandra	V 1-0 Bristol Rovers12/04/1997	LBury 1-0 15/04/1997	VBrentford 0-2 19/04/1997	DWrexham 1-1 22/04/1997	L 1-2 Chesterfield26/04/1997	DYork City 1-1 03/05/1997
14	Bournemouth	D 0-0 Stockport01/04/1997	LPeterborough 3-1 05/04/1997	D 2-2 Gillingham12/04/1997	DWycombe 1-1 19/04/1997	V 2-1 Wrexham26/04/1997	DPlymouth 0-0 03/05/1997
15	York City	V 1-0 Peterborough08/04/1997	LWatford 4-0 12/04/1997	L 0-3 Bristol City19/04/1997	LStockport 2-1 22/04/1997	VRotherham United 0-2 26/04/1997	D 1-1 Crewe Alexandra03/05/1997
16	Notts County	VYork City 1-2 05/04/1997	L 1-2 Wycombe12/04/1997	V 2-1 Plymouth15/04/1997	LBristol Rovers 1-0 20/04/1997	D 1-1 Burnley26/04/1997	LChesterfield 1-0 03/05/1997
17	Plymouth	D 0-0 Stockport08/04/1997	DMillwall 0-0 12/04/1997	LNotts County 2-1 15/04/1997	V 2-0 Walsall19/04/1997	LBristol City 3-1 26/04/1997	D 0-0 Bournemouth03/05/1997
18	Walsall	LBury 2-1 08/04/1997	V 3-2 Luton Town12/04/1997	LPlymouth 2-0 19/04/1997	V 1-0 Brentford26/04/1997	LGillingham 2-0 29/04/1997	LPreston NE 2-0 03/05/1997
-	Bristol Rovers	LStockport 1-0 05/04/1997	V 1-0 Millwall08/04/1997	LCrewe Alexandra 1-0 12/04/1997	V 1-0 Notts County20/04/1997	LBlackpool 3-2 26/04/1997	L 1-2 Rotherham United03/05/1997
20	Brentford	VRotherham United 0-1 11/04/1997	V 1-0 Chesterfield15/04/1997	L 0-2 Crewe Alexandra19/04/1997	LBlackpool 1-0 22/04/1997	LWalsall 1-0 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Peterborough03/05/1997
21	Rotherham United	L 0-3 Luton Town05/04/1997	LWrexham 1-0 08/04/1997	L 0-1 Brentford11/04/1997	DBurnley 3-3 19/04/1997	L 0-2 York City26/04/1997	VBristol Rovers 1-2 03/05/1997
22	Watford	V 4-0 York City12/04/1997	LStockport 1-0 14/04/1997	LWrexham 3-1 19/04/1997	L 0-2 Chesterfield24/04/1997	D 0-0 Bury26/04/1997	LBurnley 4-1 03/05/1997
23	Shrewsbury Town	V 2-1 Burnley01/04/1997	DBrentford 0-0 05/04/1997	L 0-1 Wrexham12/04/1997	LLuton Town 2-0 19/04/1997	L 0-2 Preston NE26/04/1997	LGillingham 2-0 03/05/1997
24	Millwall	LBurnley 1-0 05/04/1997	LBristol Rovers 1-0 08/04/1997	D 0-0 Plymouth12/04/1997	LChesterfield 1-0 19/04/1997	L 0-2 Gillingham26/04/1997	LBury 2-0 03/05/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Walsall	6
Bury	5
Brentford	5
Bristol City	5
Watford	4
Luton Town	4
Stockport	4
Bristol Rovers	3
Crewe Alexandra	3
Burnley	3
Gillingham	3	3
Chesterfield	3
Blackpool	3
Millwall	3
Preston NE	3	3
Wrexham	3
Wycombe	3
Plymouth	2
Bournemouth	2
Shrewsbury Town	2
York City	2
Peterborough	2
Rotherham United	2
Notts County	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

Team \ Rd	68	45	46
Bury	1	1	1
Stockport	2	2	2
Luton Town	3	3	3
Brentford	4	4	4
Bristol City	5	5	5
Crewe Alexandra	6	6	6
Blackpool	7	7	7
Wrexham	8	8	8
Burnley	9	9	9
Chesterfield	10	10	10
Gillingham	11	11	11
Walsall	12	12	12
Watford	13	13	13
Millwall	14	14	14
Preston NE	15	15	15
Bournemouth	16	16	16
Bristol Rovers	17	17	17
Wycombe	18	18	18
Plymouth	19	19	19
York City	20	20	20
Peterborough	21	21	21
Shrewsbury Town	22	22	22
Rotherham United	23	23	23
Notts County	24	24	24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	4
Best scorer : Micky Evans - 2 Goals
16 - 30	6
Best scorer : Stephen Robinson - 2 Goals
31 - 45+	2
46 - 60	1
61 - 75	6
Best scorer : Ian Cox - 2 Goals
76 - 90+	5
Best scorer : Ian Cox - 2 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	63 times
1 - 0	127 times
1 - 1	63 times
2 - 0	83 times
2 - 1	90 times
2 - 2	21 times
3 - 0	20 times
3 - 1	22 times
3 - 2	24 times
3 - 3	7 times
4 - 0	4 times

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

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

General statistics by teamLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 06:08

Team		Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
	Bournemouth	12	8	4	Ian Cox (4 goals)
	Plymouth	12	8	7	Adrian Littlejohn (4 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 19:47

Team		Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
	Bournemouth	22.1	Dale Gordon (28 years)	Rio Ferdinand (17 years)
	Plymouth	27.1	Bruce Grobbelaar (38 years)	Michael Simpson (21 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 19:47

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	113	16	8
Republic of Ireland	21	2	5
Trinidad and Tobago	20	2	5
Zimbabwe	11	1	0
Canada	8	1	2
Northern Ireland	7	1	4
Scotland	3	1	0

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Premier League 1996/1997

Charity Shield 1996

FA Cup 1996/1997

League Cup 1996/1997

First Division 1996/1997

Championship Play-Off 1997

League One Play-Off 1997

Third Division 1996/1997

League Two Play-Off 1997

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