1996–97 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City A.F.C.
1996–97 season
ChairmanGeoffrey Richmond
ManagerChris Kamara
StadiumValley Parade
First Division21st
FA CupFifth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ole Sundgot (6)
All: Ole Sundgot
Chris Waddle (6)
Highest home attendance17,830 vs Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup, 16 February 1997
Lowest home attendance3,593 vs Sheffield United
Football League Cup,
3 September 1996
Average home league attendance12,925

During the 1996–97 English football season, Bradford City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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Kamara used 42 players in 1996–97 when Bradford avoided relegation with a 3–0 victory in the final game against Queens Park Rangers.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
19 Swindon Town 46 15 9 22 52 71 −19 54
20 Huddersfield Town 46 13 15 18 48 61 −13 54
21 Bradford City 46 12 12 22 47 72 −25 48
22 Grimsby Town (R) 46 11 13 22 59 81 −22 46 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Oldham Athletic (R) 46 10 13 23 51 66 −15 43
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Results

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Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1996 Portsmouth H 3–1 10,007 Regtop (pen), Duxbury, Stallard
24 August 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 24,171
28 August 1996 Stoke City A 0–1 11,918
31 August 1996 Tranmere Rovers H 1–0 10,080 Duxbury
7 September 1996 Norwich City H 0–2 10,054
10 September 1996 Sheffield United A 0–3 12,591
14 September 1996 Oxford United A 0–2 6,334
21 September 1996 Bolton Wanderers H 2–4 12,034 Liburd, Sas
29 September 1996 Port Vale A 1–1 4,706 Jacobs
2 October 1996 Swindon Town H 2–1 9,249 Sas (pen), Shutt
5 October 1996 Southend United H 0–0 10,156
12 October 1996 Birmingham City A 0–3 25,157
16 October 1996 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 7,776
19 October 1996 Barnsley H 2–2 11,477 Waddle, Kiwomya
26 October 1996 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 14,249
29 October 1996 Crystal Palace H 0–4 10,091
2 November 1996 Oldham Athletic H 0–3 10,855
8 November 1996 Huddersfield Town A 3–3 14,126 Waddle, Dreyer, Steiner
16 November 1996 Ipswich Town H 2–1 10,504 Sundgot (2)
23 November 1996 Charlton Athletic A 2–0 12,256 Steiner, Waddle
30 November 1996 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 12,003 Sas
7 December 1996 Manchester City A 2–3 25,035 Steiner (2)
17 December 1996 Reading H 0–0 10,077
21 December 1996 Grimsby Town A 1–1 5,766 Duxbury
26 December 1996 Sheffield United H 1–2 17,475 Jacobs
28 December 1996 Norwich City A 0–2 13,473
1 January 1997 Bolton Wanderers A 1–2 16,192 Shutt
11 January 1997 Oxford United H 2–0 13,275 O'Brien, Shutt
18 January 1997 Swindon Town A 1–1 7,851 Jacobs
28 January 1997 Port Vale H 1–0 15,186 Watson
1 February 1997 Huddersfield Town H 1–1 17,373 Waddle
8 February 1997 Crystal Palace A 1–3 14,844 Waddle
22 February 1997 Oldham Athletic A 2–1 9,524 Sundgot, Edinho
1 March 1997 Manchester City H 1–3 17,609 Edinho (pen)
4 March 1997 Ipswich Town A 2–3 9,367 Sundgot (2)
8 March 1997 Grimsby Town H 3–4 15,219 Sundgot, Edinho, O'Brien
15 March 1997 Reading A 0–0 8,435
22 March 1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 15,351 Edinho, Pepper
29 March 1997 Portsmouth A 1–3 12,340 Murray
31 March 1997 Stoke City H 1–0 13,579 Pepper
4 April 1997 Tranmere Rovers A 0–3 8,531
12 April 1997 Southend United A 1–1 6,697 Edinho
19 April 1997 Birmingham City H 0–2 15,123
26 April 1997 Barnsley A 0–2 18,605
1 May 1997 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 15,780 Pepper
4 May 1997 Queens Park Rangers H 3–0 14,723 Pepper (2), Wright

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1997 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–0 5,173 Dreyer (2)
R4 25 January 1997 Everton A 3–2 30,007 Dreyer, Waddle, Steiner
R5 16 February 1997 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 17,830

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 First Leg 20 August 1996 Sheffield United A 0–3 7,575
R1 Second Leg 3 September 1996 Sheffield United H 1–2 3,593 Stallard

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Scotland SCO Jonathan Gould
GK Northern Ireland NIR Aidan Davison[3]
GK South Africa RSA Paul Evans
GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer
DF England ENG David Brightwell
DF England ENG John Dreyer
DF England ENG Wayne Jacobs
DF England ENG Richard Liburd
DF England ENG Graham Mitchell
DF England ENG Nicky Mohan
DF England ENG Andy O'Brien
DF England ENG Christian Sansam
DF England ENG Chris Wilder
DF Netherlands NED Marco Sas
DF Portugal POR Raúl Oliveira (on loan from Farense)
MF England ENG Robbie Blake
MF England ENG Gordon Cowans
MF England ENG Lee Duxbury
MF England ENG Des Hamilton
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Richard Huxford
MF England ENG Shaun Murray
MF England ENG Nigel Pepper
MF England ENG Matthew Smithard
MF Portugal POR Sérgio Pinto
MF Australia AUS George Kulcsar[4]
FW England ENG Andy Kiwomya
FW England ENG Craig Midgley
FW England ENG Ian Ormondroyd
FW England ENG Carl Shutt
FW England ENG Mark Stallard
FW England ENG Chris Waddle
FW England ENG Gordon Watson
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Wright
FW Netherlands NED Erik Regtop
FW Norway NOR Ole Bjørn Sundgot
FW Sweden SWE Robert Steiner
FW Finland FIN Jari Vanhala
FW Brazil BRA Edinho

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Eric Nixon (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
GK England ENG Ben Roberts (on loan from Middlesbrough)
MF Sweden SWE Magnus Pehrsson (on loan from Djurgårdens IF)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW England ENG Ian Moore (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
FW England ENG Mike Newell (on loan from Birmingham City)

References

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  1. ^ "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  2. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.
  4. ^ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.