1996–97 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
1996–97 season
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond
Manager Chris Kamara
Stadium Valley Parade
Football League First Division 21st
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Ole Sundgot (6)
All: Ole Sundgot/Chris Waddle (6)
Highest home attendance 17,609 vs. Manchester City (1 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance 9,249 vs. Swindon Town (2 October 1996)
Average home league attendance 12,925

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

Season summary

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

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Bolton Wanderers 46 28 14 4 100 53  +47 98
2. Barnsley 46 22 14 10 76 55  +21 80
3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 10 14 68 51  +17 76
4. Ipswich Town 46 20 14 12 68 50  +18 74
5. Sheffield United 46 20 13 13 75 52  +23 73
6. Crystal Palace 46 19 14 13 78 48  +30 71
7. Portsmouth 46 20 8 18 59 53  +6 68
8. Port Vale 46 17 16 13 58 55  +3 67
9. Queens Park Rangers 46 18 12 16 64 60  +4 66
10. Birmingham City 46 17 15 14 52 48  +4 66
11. Tranmere Rovers 46 17 14 15 63 56  +7 65
12. Stoke City 46 18 10 18 51 57  -6 64
13. Norwich City 46 17 12 17 63 68  -5 63
14. Manchester City 46 17 10 19 59 60  -1 61
15. Charlton Athletic 46 16 11 19 52 66  -14 59
16. West Bromwich Albion 46 14 15 17 68 72  -4 57
17. Oxford United 46 16 9 21 64 68  -4 57
18. Reading 46 15 12 19 58 67  -9 57
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 46 11 13 22 60 81  -21 46
23. Oldham Athletic 46 10 13 23 51 66  -15 43
24. Southend United 46 8 15 23 42 86  -44 39
Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 1996PortsmouthH3–110,007Regtop (pen), Duxbury, Stallard
24 August 1996Wolverhampton WanderersA0–124,171
28 August 1996Stoke CityA0–111,918
31 August 1996Tranmere RoversH1–010,080Duxbury
7 September 1996Norwich CityH0–210,054
10 September 1996Sheffield UnitedA0–312,591
14 September 1996Oxford UnitedA0–26,334
21 September 1996Bolton WanderersH2–412,034Liburd, Sas
29 September 1996Port ValeA1–14,706Jacobs
2 October 1996Swindon TownH2–19,249Sas (pen), Shutt
5 October 1996Southend UnitedH0–010,156
12 October 1996Birmingham CityA0–325,157
16 October 1996Queens Park RangersA0–17,776
19 October 1996BarnsleyH2–211,477Waddle, Kiwomya
26 October 1996West Bromwich AlbionA0–014,249
29 October 1996Crystal PalaceH0–410,091
2 November 1996Oldham AthleticH0–310,855
8 November 1996Huddersfield TownA3–314,126Waddle, Dreyer, Steiner
16 November 1996Ipswich TownH2–110,504Sundgot (2)
23 November 1996Charlton AthleticA2–012,256Steiner, Waddle
30 November 1996West Bromwich AlbionH1–112,003Sas
7 December 1996Manchester CityA2–325,035Steiner (2)
17 December 1996ReadingH0–010,077
21 December 1996Grimsby TownA1–15,766Duxbury
26 December 1996Sheffield UnitedH1–217,475Jacobs
28 December 1996Norwich CityA0–213,473
1 January 1997Bolton WanderersA1–216,192Shutt
11 January 1997Oxford UnitedH2–013,275O'Brien, Shutt
18 January 1997Swindon TownA1–17,851Jacobs
28 January 1997Port ValeH1–015,186Watson
1 February 1997Huddersfield TownH1–117,373Waddle
8 February 1997Crystal PalaceA1–314,844Waddle
22 February 1997Oldham AthleticA2–19,524Sundgot, Edinho
1 March 1997Manchester CityH1–317,609Edinho (pen)
4 March 1997Ipswich TownA2–39,367Sundgot (2)
8 March 1997Grimsby TownH3–415,219Sundgot, Edinho, O'Brien
15 March 1997ReadingA0–08,435
22 March 1997Wolverhampton WanderersH2–115,351Edinho, Pepper
29 March 1997PortsmouthA1–312,340Murray
31 March 1997Stoke CityH1–013,579Pepper
4 April 1997Tranmere RoversA0–38,531
12 April 1997Southend UnitedA1–16,697Edinho
19 April 1997Birmingham CityH0–215,123
26 April 1997BarnsleyA0–218,605
1 May 1997Charlton AthleticH1–015,780Pepper
4 May 1997Queens Park RangersH3–014,723Pepper (2), Wright

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 1997Wycombe WanderersA2–05,173Dreyer (2)
R425 January 1997EvertonA3–230,007Dreyer, Waddle, Steiner
R516 February 1997Sheffield WednesdayH0–117,830

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg20 August 1996Sheffield UnitedA0–37,575
R1 Second Leg3 September 1996Sheffield UnitedH1–23,593Stallard

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Jonathan Gould
Northern Ireland GK Aidan Davison[2]
South Africa GK Paul Evans
Australia GK Mark Schwarzer
England DF David Brightwell
England DF John Dreyer
England DF Wayne Jacobs
England DF Richard Liburd
England DF Graham Mitchell
England DF Nicky Mohan
England DF Andy O'Brien
England DF Christian Sansam
England DF Chris Wilder
Netherlands DF Marco Sas
Portugal DF Raúl Oliveira (on loan from Farense)
England MF Robbie Blake
England MF Gordon Cowans
England MF Lee Duxbury
England MF Des Hamilton
No. Position Player
England MF Richard Huxford
England MF Shaun Murray
England MF Nigel Pepper
England MF Matthew Smithard
Portugal MF Sérgio Pinto
Australia MF George Kulcsar[3]
England FW Andy Kiwomya
England FW Craig Midgley
England FW Ian Ormondroyd
England FW Carl Shutt
England FW Mark Stallard
England FW Chris Waddle
England FW Gordon Watson
Scotland FW Tommy Wright
Netherlands FW Erik Regtop
Norway FW Ole Bjørn Sundgot
Sweden FW Robert Steiner
Finland FW Jari Vanhala
Brazil FW Edinho

Left club during season

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  2. ↑ Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.
  3. ↑ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.

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