1996–97

18th of 24 in Div 2. Managers: John Gregory (M), Alan Smith (M)

Played: 55
Goals: 64–68
Average home crowd: 5,212
Biggest win: W 5–0 v Burnley
Heaviest defeat: L 3–6 v Peterborough United

18 won14 drawn23 lost

Results

Other teams (34 matches)

First-team squad

Player	Apps	Goals
Mickey Bell	55	2
Dave Carroll	51	10
Paul McCarthy	49	1
Terry Evans	48	3
Jason Cousins	45
Miguel Desouza	42	7
Steve Brown	42	6
Steve McGavin	41	9
David Farrell	34	1
Jason Kavanagh	30
Brian Parkin	28
John Williams	26	7
Michael Forsyth	25	2
John Cheesewright	23
Michael Simpson	21	1
Matthew Lawrence	19	1
Gary Patterson	14
Neil Davis	14
Paul Read	13	4
Mark Stallard	12	4
Matt Crossley	12
John Cornforth	10
Keith Scott	9	3
Terry Skiverton	7
Maurice Harkin	6
Michael Mahoney-Johnson	4	2
Martin Taylor	4
Damien Markman	2
Brian McGorry	1	1
Ray Wilkins	1

League table

Division Two · 24 teams · Open in League tables

1996-97 Division Two standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		46	24	12	10	62	38	+24	84
2		46	23	13	10	59	41	+18	82
3		46	21	15	10	71	45	+26	78
4		46	20	14	12	56	43	+13	74
5		46	21	10	15	69	51	+18	73
6		46	22	7	17	56	47	+9	73
7		46	18	15	13	60	47	+13	69
8		46	17	18	11	54	50	+4	69
9		46	19	11	16	71	55	+16	68
10		46	18	14	14	42	39	+3	68
11		46	16	19	11	45	38	+7	67
12		46	19	10	17	60	59	+1	67
13		46	19	10	17	54	53	+1	67
14		46	16	13	17	50	55	-5	61
15		46	18	7	21	49	55	-6	61
16		46	15	15	16	43	45	-2	60
17		46	15	11	20	47	50	-3	56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
19		46	12	18	16	47	58	-11	54
20		46	13	13	20	47	68	-21	52
21		46	11	14	21	55	73	-18	47
22		46	11	13	22	49	74	-25	46
23		46	7	14	25	33	59	-26	35
24		46	7	14	25	39	70	-31	35

Photographs

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