1996–97 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield
1996–97 season
Chairman	Norton Lea
Manager	John Duncan
Stadium	Saltergate
Second Division	10th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Howard (9); All: Howard (11)
Average home league attendance	4,639

During the 1996–97 English football season, Chesterfield competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

For much of the season Chesterfield were in the Second Division play-off race, but a late slump saw them fall off the pace before a resurgence at the end of the season took them up to tenth - five points off the play-offs. In the FA Cup, Chesterfield reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, before being knocked out by Premiership side Middlesbrough.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	46	18	5	0	39	7	6	7	10	23	31	62	38	+24	84
2	Stockport County	46	15	5	3	31	14	8	8	7	28	27	59	41	+18	82
3	Luton Town	46	13	7	3	38	14	8	8	7	33	31	71	45	+26	78
4	Brentford	46	8	11	4	26	22	12	3	8	30	21	56	43	+13	74
5	Bristol City	46	14	4	5	43	18	7	6	10	26	33	69	51	+18	73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	4	4	38	15	7	3	13	18	32	56	47	+9	73
7	Blackpool	46	13	7	3	41	21	5	8	10	19	26	60	47	+13	69
8	Wrexham	46	11	9	3	38	28	6	9	8	17	22	54	50	+4	69
9	Burnley	46	14	3	6	48	27	5	8	10	23	28	71	55	+16	68
10	Chesterfield	46	10	9	4	25	18	8	5	10	17	21	42	39	+3	68
11	Gillingham	46	13	3	7	37	25	6	7	10	23	34	60	59	+1	67
12	Walsall	46	12	8	3	35	21	7	2	14	19	32	54	53	+1	67
13	Watford	46	10	8	5	24	14	6	11	6	21	24	45	38	+7	67
14	Millwall	46	12	4	7	27	22	4	9	10	23	33	50	55	–5	61
15	Preston North End	46	14	5	4	33	19	4	2	17	16	36	49	55	–6	61
16	Bournemouth	46	8	9	6	24	20	7	6	10	19	25	43	45	–2	60
17	Bristol Rovers	46	13	4	6	34	22	2	7	14	13	28	47	50	–3	56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	4	6	31	14	2	6	15	20	43	51	56	–5	55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	7	11	5	19	18	5	7	11	28	40	47	58	–11	54
20	York City	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	37	47	68	–21	52
21	Peterborough United	46	7	7	9	38	34	4	7	12	17	39	55	73	–18	47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	8	6	9	27	32	3	7	13	22	42	49	74	–25	46
23	Rotherham United	46	4	7	12	17	29	3	7	13	22	41	39	70	–31	35
24	Notts County	46	4	9	10	20	25	3	5	15	13	34	33	59	–26	35

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Chesterfield's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Blackpool	A	1–0	6,014	Holland
24 August 1996	Bury	H	1–2	3,763	Law (pen)
27 August 1996	Walsall	H	1–0	3,561	Howard
31 August 1996	Gillingham	A	1–0	5,934	Howard
7 September 1996	Brentford	H	0–2	3,643
10 September 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–0	2,940	Howard
14 September 1996	Luton Town	A	1–0	4,763	Curtis (pen)
21 September 1996	Burnley	H	0–0	5,529
28 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	5,008
1 October 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	3,299	Williams, Lormor
5 October 1996	Bristol City	H	1–1	4,438	Lormor
12 October 1996	Millwall	A	1–2	7,765	Beaumont
15 October 1996	Notts County	A	0–0	4,265
19 October 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,030	Scott
26 October 1996	York City	H	2–0	4,009	Scott (2)
29 October 1996	Stockport County	A	0–1	4,831
2 November 1996	Wrexham	A	2–3	4,160	Curtis (pen), Lormor
9 November 1996	Preston North End	H	2–1	4,759	Lormor (pen), Williams
19 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	4,237	Lormor, Davies, Holland
30 November 1996	York City	A	0–0	3,328
3 December 1996	Peterborough United	H	2–1	2,805	Holland, Howard
14 December 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	4,610
21 December 1996	Bournemouth	H	1–1	4,174	Lormor
11 January 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	3,305	Lormor
18 January 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–2	2,659
28 January 1997	Burnley	A	0–0	7,903
1 February 1997	Preston North End	A	1–0	8,681	Morris
8 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	6,738
18 February 1997	Rotherham United	H	1–1	5,195	Lormor
22 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	5,833	Howard
1 March 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–1	4,458	Howard
4 March 1997	Luton Town	H	1–1	3,731	Davies
11 March 1997	Bournemouth	A	0–3	3,368
15 March 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2	4,354	Howard (2), Hewitt, Hanson
22 March 1997	Bury	A	0–1	4,162
29 March 1997	Blackpool	H	0–0	4,974
1 April 1997	Walsall	A	1–1	3,784	Morris
5 April 1997	Gillingham	H	2–2	3,926	Morris, Howard
8 April 1997	Watford	H	0–0	4,258
15 April 1997	Brentford	A	0–1	5,216
19 April 1997	Millwall	H	1–0	5,935	Curtis
24 April 1997	Watford	A	2–0	6,411	Davies, Page (own goal)
26 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	4,858	Morris, Ebdon
28 April 1997	Stockport County	H	0–1	8,690
30 April 1997	Bristol City	A	0–2	16,195
3 May 1997	Notts County	H	1–0	5,736	Williams

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Bury	H	1–0	5,104	Williams
R2	7 December 1996	Scarborough	H	2–0	4,475	Davies, Lormor
R3	14 January 1997	Bristol City	H	2–0	5,193	Howard (2)
R4	4 February 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	10,854	Davies (3)
R5	15 February 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	8,890	Curtis (pen)
QF	9 March 1997	Wrexham	H	1–0	8,735	Beaumont
SF	13 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	3–3 (a.e.t.)	49,640	Morris, Dyche (pen), Hewitt
SFR	22 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	0–3	30,339

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Stockport County	A	1–2	3,088	Lormor
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Stockport County	H	1–2 (lost 2-4 on agg)	3,334	Gaughan

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	9 December 1996	Preston North End	H	0–2	1,169

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Andy Leaning
		GK	Billy Mercer
		DF	Neil Allison
		DF	Darren Carr
		DF	Sean Connelly
		DF	Sean Dyche
		DF	Jamie Hewitt
		DF	Mark Jules
		DF	Andrew Mitchell
		DF	Lee Rogers
		DF	Mark Williams^[3]
		MF	Chris Beaumont
		MF	Jason Bowater

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Tom Curtis
		MF	Steven Gaughan
		MF	Paul Holland
		MF	Jamie Lomas
		MF	Chris Perkins
		MF	Marcus Ebdon
		FW	Kevin Davies
		FW	Dave Hanson (on loan from Leyton Orient)
		FW	Jonathan Howard
		FW	Tony Lormor
		FW	Gary Lund
		FW	Andy Mason
		FW	Andy Morris

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
		GK	Phil Morgan (on loan from Stoke City)
		DF	Nicky Law (to Hereford United)
		MF	Gary Patterson (on loan from Wycombe Wanderers)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Iain Dunn (on loan from Huddersfield Town)
		FW	Andy Scott (on loan from Sheffield United)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/chesterfield/1996-1997/results
↑ "All Chesterfield players: 1997". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
↑ Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/chesterfield/1996-1997/results

[2] "All Chesterfield players: 1997". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

[3] Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

Chesterfield Football Club
General	Players Seasons
Grounds	Saltergate Proact Stadium
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Matches	1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2012 Football League Trophy Final 2014 Football League Trophy Final