Season 1996-1997

Results

Nationwide League Division One

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
1 17 AUG Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A) L0 - 2 - 15,165
2 24 AUG Port Vale (Home) Port Vale (H) D1 - 1 M. Robinson 8,706
3 28 AUG Oldham Athletic (Home) Oldham Athletic (H) W1 - 0 W. Allison 8,025
4 31 AUG Southend United (Away) Southend United (A) W3 - 1 K. Watson, S. Cowe, S. Finney 4,011
5 07 SEP Grimsby Town (Away) Grimsby Town (A) L1 - 2 S. Cowe 4,089
6 11 SEP Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H) L0 - 1 - 8,685
7 14 SEP Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H) W2 - 1 M. Walters pen., K. Horlock 8,430
8 21 SEP Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) D1 - 1 S. Cowe 13,662
9 27 SEP Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home) Wolves (H) L1 - 2 K. Horlock 8,572
10 02 OCT Bradford City (Away) Bradford (A) L1 - 2 M. Walters pen. 9,249
11 12 OCT Oxford United (Home) Oxford United (H) W1 - 0 K. Horlock 10,811
12 16 OCT Huddersfield Town (Home) Huddersfield Town (H) W6 - 0 M. Walters, P. Thorne 3, W. Allison, K. Horlock 7,724
13 19 OCT Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A) W2 - 1 W. Allison, P. Thorne 15,088
14 26 OCT Reading (Away) Reading (A) L0 - 2 - 11,018
15 30 OCT West Bromwich Albion (Home) West Bromwich Albion (H) L2 - 3 P. Allen, P. Thorne 8,909
16 02 NOV Manchester City (Home) Man City (H) W2 - 0 W. Allison 2 14,374
17 16 NOV Barnsley (Home) Barnsley (H) W3 - 0 M. Walters, T. Gooden, S. Finney 10,837
18 19 NOV Ipswich Town (Away) Ipswich Town (A) L2 - 3 P. Thorne, W. Allison 7,086
19 23 NOV Birmingham City (Away) Birmingham (A) L0 - 1 - 16,559
20 26 NOV Sheffield United (Away) Sheffield United (A) L0 - 2 - 12,301
21 30 NOV Reading (Home) Reading (H) W3 - 1 K. Horlock, W. Allison, M. Walters 10,874
22 07 DEC Charlton Athletic (Away) Charlton Athletic (A) L0 - 2 - 10,565
23 14 DEC Stoke City (Away) Stoke City (A) L0 - 2 - 10,102
24 22 DEC Bolton Wanderers (Home) Bolton (H) D2 - 2 M. Walters, W. Allison 8,946
25 26 DEC Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A) W1 - 0 S. Cowe 10,605
26 10 JAN Tranmere Rovers (Away) Tranmere Rovers (A) L1 - 2 K. Horlock 8,763
27 18 JAN Bradford City (Home) Bradford (H) D1 - 1 K. Horlock 7,851
28 25 JAN Grimsby Town (Home) Grimsby Town (H) D3 - 3 K. Horlock, W. Allison, M. Walters 9,127
29 29 JAN Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) Wolves (A) L0 - 1 - 23,003
30 01 FEB Sheffield United (Home) Sheffield United (H) W2 - 1 G. Elkins, D. Holdsworth (o.g.) 8,811
31 05 FEB Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H) D1 - 1 R. Brevett (o.g.) 10,830
32 08 FEB West Bromwich Albion (Away) West Bromwich Albion (A) W2 - 1 W. Allison, A. Smith 16,219
33 22 FEB Manchester City (Away) Man City (A) L0 - 3 - 27,262
34 26 FEB Birmingham City (Home) Birmingham (H) W3 - 1 D. Bullock, M. Broomes, S. Cowe 7,428
35 01 MAR Charlton Athletic (Home) Charlton Athletic (H) W1 - 0 W. Allison 9,256
36 04 MAR Barnsley (Away) Barnsley (A) D1 - 1 P. Thorne 8,518
37 08 MAR Bolton Wanderers (Away) Bolton (A) L0 - 7 - 13,981
38 15 MAR Stoke City (Home) Stoke City (H) W1 - 0 P. Thorne 8,878
39 22 MAR Port Vale (Away) Port Vale (A) L0 - 1 - 6,142
40 29 MAR Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H) L0 - 3 - 10,249
41 31 MAR Oldham Athletic (Away) Oldham Athletic (A) L1 - 5 S. Cowe 5,699
42 05 APR Southend United (Home) Southend United (H) D0 - 0 - 6,730
43 12 APR Ipswich Town (Home) Ipswich Town (H) L0 - 4 - 8,591
44 19 APR Oxford United (Away) Oxford United (A) L0 - 2 - 8,167
45 26 APR Crystal Palace (Home) Crystal Palace (H) L0 - 2 - 10,447
46 04 MAY Huddersfield Town (Away) Huddersfield Town (A) D0 - 0 - 11,506

FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
COMPETITION PROPER
THIRD ROUND
3 05 JAN Everton (Away) Everton (A) L0 - 3 - 20,411

Coca-Cola Cup

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
COMPETITION PROPER
FIRST ROUND
1-1L 20 AUG Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home) Wolves (H) W2 - 0 W. Allison, S. Leitch 7,451
1-2L 04 SEP Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) Wolves (A) L0 - 1
W2 - 1  (Agg.)
- 10,760
SECOND ROUND
2-1L 18 SEP Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H) L1 - 2 M. Walters 7,843
2-2L 25 SEP Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) W3 - 1
W4 - 3  (Agg.)
W. O'Sullivan, W. Allison, P. Thorne 6,976
THIRD ROUND
3 23 OCT Manchester United (Away) Man Utd (A) L1 - 2 P. Thorne 49,305