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

Tier : 4

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1383 (2.51 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 2

46%
Home victories

27%
Draws

27%
Away victories

Players age average : 30.71 years

Number of players participating : 20

Promoted to higher tier : Preston North End, Gillingham, Plymouth, Bury

Relegated from higher tier : Swansea, Hull City, Brighton & Hove, Carlisle United

Third Division 1996/1997's fixtures and results

General rankingLast updated on 03/05/1997

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

Latest transfers

April 16, 1997
Roy Carroll ( Hull City)		Wigan

April 11, 1997
Jamie Howell ( Notts)		Torquay
Gijsbert Bos ( Gateshead)		Lincoln

April 01, 1997
Russell Bradley ( Hartlepool)		Scunthorpe
Paul Hyde ( Leicester)		Orient
Dave Hanson ( Chesterfield)		Orient
David Martin ( Brighton)		Northampton

March 27, 1997
Steve Farrelly ( Barrow)		Scunthorpe
Paul Baker ( Scunthorpe)		Hartlepool
Darren Knowles ( Scarborough)		Hartlepool
Carl Shutt ( Bradford)		Darlington
Leo Fortune-West ( Gillingham)		Orient
Michael Brown ( Man City)		Hartlepool
Richard Cresswell ( York City)		Mansfield

March 26, 1997
Brian McGorry ( Free)		Hereford

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Northampton Town	V 1-0 Scarborough05/04/1997	DCambridge United 0-0 08/04/1997	VFulham 0-1 12/04/1997	V 4-1 Exeter City19/04/1997	DColchester 0-0 26/04/1997	V 1-0 Scunthorpe03/05/1997
2	Lincoln City	VCambridge United 1-3 31/03/1997	V 4-0 Swansea05/04/1997	DExeter City 3-3 12/04/1997	V 2-0 Scunthorpe19/04/1997	VScarborough 0-2 26/04/1997	L 0-2 Rochdale03/05/1997
3	Leyton Orient	V 2-1 Carlisle United31/03/1997	LHartlepool 3-1 05/04/1997	V 2-1 Doncaster Rovers12/04/1997	LHull City 3-2 19/04/1997	V 2-1 Hereford United26/04/1997	VChester City 0-1 03/05/1997
4	Fulham	VCarlisle United 1-2 05/04/1997	DMansfield Town 0-0 08/04/1997	L 0-1 Northampton Town12/04/1997	DDoncaster Rovers 0-0 19/04/1997	V 2-0 Hull City26/04/1997	VCambridge United 0-1 03/05/1997
5	Brighton & Hove	V 1-0 Barnet01/04/1997	LScunthorpe 1-0 05/04/1997	V 1-0 Wigan12/04/1997	DCambridge United 1-1 19/04/1997	V 1-0 Doncaster Rovers26/04/1997	DHereford United 1-1 03/05/1997
6	Wigan	L 0-1 Cardiff City31/03/1997	DChester City 1-1 05/04/1997	V 1-0 Colchester08/04/1997	LBrighton & Hove 1-0 12/04/1997	VTorquay United 0-3 26/04/1997	V 2-0 Mansfield Town03/05/1997
7	Colchester	LHereford United 1-0 05/04/1997	LWigan 1-0 08/04/1997	V 3-1 Swansea11/04/1997	VHull City 1-2 15/04/1997	D 0-0 Northampton Town26/04/1997	VBarnet 2-4 03/05/1997
8	Rochdale	DFulham 1-1 31/03/1997	L 0-1 Mansfield Town05/04/1997	V 2-0 Darlington12/04/1997	V 3-0 Cambridge United26/04/1997	LCarlisle United 3-2 29/04/1997	VLincoln City 0-2 03/05/1997
9	Hartlepool	LMansfield Town 1-0 31/03/1997	V 3-1 Leyton Orient05/04/1997	L 0-2 Cambridge United12/04/1997	VDarlington 1-2 19/04/1997	V 4-0 Barnet26/04/1997	DSwansea 2-2 03/05/1997
10	Barnet	V 1-0 Hull City05/04/1997	D 1-1 Scunthorpe08/04/1997	VTorquay United 1-2 12/04/1997	V 3-1 Cardiff City19/04/1997	LHartlepool 4-0 26/04/1997	L 2-4 Colchester03/05/1997
11	Doncaster Rovers	VDarlington 0-3 05/04/1997	D 3-3 Cardiff City08/04/1997	LLeyton Orient 2-1 12/04/1997	D 0-0 Fulham19/04/1997	LBrighton & Hove 1-0 26/04/1997	V 2-1 Torquay United03/05/1997
12	Cardiff City	DDoncaster Rovers 3-3 08/04/1997	V 1-0 Chester City12/04/1997	D 0-0 Scunthorpe15/04/1997	LBarnet 3-1 19/04/1997	V 2-0 Carlisle United26/04/1997	LDarlington 2-1 03/05/1997
13	Mansfield Town	VRochdale 0-1 05/04/1997	D 0-0 Fulham08/04/1997	D 0-0 Carlisle United11/04/1997	LSwansea 3-2 19/04/1997	V 2-1 Darlington26/04/1997	LWigan 2-0 03/05/1997
14	Carlisle United	L 1-2 Fulham05/04/1997	LDarlington 2-1 08/04/1997	DMansfield Town 0-0 11/04/1997	LCardiff City 2-0 26/04/1997	V 3-2 Rochdale29/04/1997	V 2-0 Exeter City03/05/1997
15	Scarborough	V 3-2 Scunthorpe31/03/1997	LNorthampton Town 1-0 05/04/1997	D 1-1 Hereford United12/04/1997	LChester City 1-0 19/04/1997	L 0-2 Lincoln City26/04/1997	VHull City 0-2 03/05/1997
16	Swansea	V 2-1 Chester City31/03/1997	LLincoln City 4-0 05/04/1997	LColchester 3-1 11/04/1997	V 3-2 Mansfield Town19/04/1997	LScunthorpe 1-0 26/04/1997	D 2-2 Hartlepool03/05/1997
17	Hereford United	DHull City 1-1 31/03/1997	V 1-0 Colchester05/04/1997	DScarborough 1-1 12/04/1997	D 1-1 Torquay United19/04/1997	LLeyton Orient 2-1 26/04/1997	D 1-1 Brighton & Hove03/05/1997
18	Chester City	LSwansea 2-1 31/03/1997	D 1-1 Wigan05/04/1997	LCardiff City 1-0 12/04/1997	V 1-0 Scarborough19/04/1997	VExeter City 1-5 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Leyton Orient03/05/1997
19	Darlington	L 0-3 Doncaster Rovers05/04/1997	V 2-1 Carlisle United08/04/1997	LRochdale 2-0 12/04/1997	L 1-2 Hartlepool19/04/1997	LMansfield Town 2-1 26/04/1997	V 2-1 Cardiff City03/05/1997
20	Scunthorpe	DBarnet 1-1 08/04/1997	D 2-2 Hull City12/04/1997	DCardiff City 0-0 15/04/1997	LLincoln City 2-0 19/04/1997	V 1-0 Swansea26/04/1997	LNorthampton Town 1-0 03/05/1997
21	Cambridge United	DCardiff City 0-0 05/04/1997	D 0-0 Northampton Town08/04/1997	VHartlepool 0-2 12/04/1997	D 1-1 Brighton & Hove19/04/1997	LRochdale 3-0 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Fulham03/05/1997
22	Exeter City	VDoncaster Rovers 1-2 31/03/1997	D 1-1 Torquay United05/04/1997	D 3-3 Lincoln City12/04/1997	LNorthampton Town 4-1 19/04/1997	L 1-5 Chester City26/04/1997	LCarlisle United 2-0 03/05/1997
23	Hull City	LBarnet 1-0 05/04/1997	DScunthorpe 2-2 12/04/1997	L 1-2 Colchester15/04/1997	V 3-2 Leyton Orient19/04/1997	LFulham 2-0 26/04/1997	L 0-2 Scarborough03/05/1997
24	Torquay United	L 1-2 Northampton Town31/03/1997	DExeter City 1-1 05/04/1997	L 1-2 Barnet12/04/1997	DHereford United 1-1 19/04/1997	L 0-3 Wigan26/04/1997	LDoncaster Rovers 2-1 03/05/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 18:23

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Swansea	6
Cambridge United	6
Fulham	5	2
Wigan	4	2
Carlisle United	4	2
Scunthorpe	4
Northampton Town	4
Lincoln City	4
Colchester	4
Cardiff City	3
Hereford United	3
Doncaster Rovers	3
Rochdale	3
Mansfield Town	3
Brighton & Hove	2
Hartlepool	2
Torquay United	2
Exeter City	2
Hull City	2
Darlington	2
Chester City	2
Scarborough	2
Barnet	2
Leyton Orient	2	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 18:23

Team \ Rd	68	45	46	69
Fulham	1	1	2	1
Wigan	2	2	1	2
Carlisle United	3	3	3	3
Chester City	4	4	6	4
Swansea	5	5	5	5
Northampton Town	6	6	4	6
Cardiff City	7	7	7	7
Lincoln City	8	8	9	8
Colchester	9	9	8	9
Cambridge United	10	10	10	10
Mansfield Town	11	11	11	11
Scunthorpe	12	12	13	12
Scarborough	13	13	12	13
Barnet	14	14	15	14
Hull City	15	15	17	15
Rochdale	16	16	14	16
Leyton Orient	17	17	16	17
Hartlepool	18	18	20	18
Torquay United	19	19	21	19
Darlington	20	20	18	20
Doncaster Rovers	21	21	19	21
Exeter City	22	22	22	22
Hereford United	23	23	24	23
Brighton & Hove	24	24	23	24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 18:23

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	0
16 - 30	0
31 - 45+	2
46 - 60	0
61 - 75	0
76 - 90+	1

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 18:23

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	42 times
1 - 0	107 times
1 - 1	83 times
2 - 0	69 times
2 - 1	102 times
2 - 2	18 times
3 - 0	27 times
3 - 1	33 times
3 - 2	33 times
3 - 3	4 times

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

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 18:23

General statistics by teamLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 12:11

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Carlisle United	12	2	2	Gareth McAlindon (2 goals)
Chester City	4	1
Exeter City	3	1
Leyton Orient	1	1

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 12:11

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Carlisle United	22.9	Owen Archdeacon (29 years)	Scott Dobie (17 years)
Exeter City	26.2	Noel Blake (33 years)	Jon Richardson (20 years)
Chester City	27	Peter Jackson (34 years)	Sam Aiston (19 years)
Leyton Orient	46.5	Peter Shilton (46 years)	Peter Shilton (46 years)