1996–97 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
1996–97 season
Chairman	Scott Davidson
Manager	Chris Nicholl
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
Second Division	12th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Lightbourne (20); All: Lightbourne (25)
Average home league attendance	3,892

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

Season summary

In the 1996-97 season, Walsall had another satisfying mid-table finish under Nicholl, ending the season in 12th place. At the end of the season, Nicholl resigned because of family reasons.

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

Walsall's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Rotherham United	H	1–1	4,040	Butler
24 August 1996	Burnley	A	1–2	10,322	Wilson
27 August 1996	Chesterfield	A	0–1	3,561
7 September 1996	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,176	Blake
10 September 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–2	2,659	Wilson, Watson
14 September 1996	Gillingham	H	1–0	3,419	Viveash
21 September 1996	Bristol City	A	1–4	7,412	Lightbourne
24 September 1996	Wrexham	H	0–1	2,832
28 September 1996	Bury	H	3–1	3,254	Viveash, Lightbourne, Blake
1 October 1996	Bournemouth	A	1–0	2,747	Hodge
5 October 1996	Luton Town	A	1–3	5,002	Lightbourne
12 October 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	3,720
15 October 1996	Preston North End	H	1–0	3,224	Wilson
19 October 1996	Brentford	A	1–1	5,419	Lightbourne
26 October 1996	Stockport County	H	1–1	3,767	Wilson (pen)
29 October 1996	Notts County	A	0–2	3,127
2 November 1996	Millwall	A	0–1	9,176
9 November 1996	Peterborough United	H	4–0	3,921	Lightbourne (2), Wilson (pen), Donowa
23 November 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	3,653	Wilson
30 November 1996	Stockport County	A	0–2	5,333
3 December 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	4,084	Viveash
14 December 1996	Watford	H	1–1	3,674	Keister
20 December 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–2	3,007	Viveash, Wilson
26 December 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–0	5,073	Blake, Lightbourne
18 January 1997	Bournemouth	H	2–1	3,037	Viveash, Lightbourne
25 January 1997	Notts County	H	3–1	3,261	Viveash, Ntamark, Hodge
1 February 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–0	4,940	Watson
8 February 1997	Millwall	H	2–1	3,833	Watson, Viveash
11 February 1997	York City	A	2–0	2,136	Lightbourne, Viveash
15 February 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	4,648
22 February 1997	York City	H	1–1	3,664	Lightbourne
1 March 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	5,891	Watson
4 March 1997	Bristol City	H	2–0	4,322	Lightbourne (2)
8 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–2	4,819	Lightbourne, Ricketts
15 March 1997	Watford	A	0–1	7,818
18 March 1997	Blackpool	H	1–1	3,459	Hodge
22 March 1997	Burnley	H	1–3	6,306	Lightbourne
29 March 1997	Rotherham United	A	2–1	2,428	Lightbourne, Viveash
1 April 1997	Chesterfield	H	1–1	3,784	Blake
5 April 1997	Wrexham	A	2–1	3,266	Lightbourne, Watson
8 April 1997	Bury	A	1–2	4,082	Lightbourne
12 April 1997	Luton Town	H	3–2	5,415	Lightbourne (2), Hodge
19 April 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	5,535
26 April 1997	Brentford	H	1–0	5,359	Lightbourne
29 April 1997	Gillingham	A	0–2	4,095
3 May 1997	Preston North End	A	0–2	10,800

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Northwich Victoria	A	2–2	3,142	Wilson, Lightbourne
R1R	26 November 1996	Northwich Victoria	H	3–1	3,491	Lightbourne (2), Wilson (pen)
R2	7 December 1996	Burnley	H	1–1	5,031	Lightbourne
R2R	23 December 1996	Burnley	A	1–1 (lost 2-4 on pens)	5,799	Viveash

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Watford	H	1–0	2,659	Lightbourne
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Watford	A	0–2 (lost 1-2 on agg)	5,325

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	21 January 1997	Peterborough United	A	0–2	2,274

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	Jimmy Walker
		GK	Trevor Wood
		DF	Ray Daniel
		DF	Wayne Evans
		DF	Chris Marsh
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Darren Rogers
		DF	Ian Roper
		DF	Stuart Ryder
		DF	Adrian Viveash
		MF	Mark Blake
		MF	Darren Bradley
		MF	Louie Donowa

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Dean Keates
		MF	John Keister
		MF	Charlie Ntamark
		MF	Wayne Thomas
		FW	Darren Beckford
		FW	Martin Butler
		FW	John Hodge
		FW	Kyle Lightbourne
		FW	Clive Platt
		FW	Michael Ricketts
		FW	Andy Watson
		FW	Kevin Wilson

References

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

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/walsall/tab/players/season/1997

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Matches	2001 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2015 Football League Trophy Final

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