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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
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	59	81	−22	46	Relegated
23	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	−15	43	Relegated

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

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


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


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

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jonathan Gould
		GK	Aidan Davison[2]
		GK	Paul Evans
		GK	Mark Schwarzer
		DF	David Brightwell
		DF	John Dreyer
		DF	Wayne Jacobs
		DF	Richard Liburd
		DF	Graham Mitchell
		DF	Nicky Mohan
		DF	Andy O'Brien
		DF	Christian Sansam
		DF	Chris Wilder
		DF	Marco Sas
		DF	Raúl Oliveira (on loan from Farense)
		MF	Robbie Blake
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Lee Duxbury
		MF	Des Hamilton

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Richard Huxford
		MF	Shaun Murray
		MF	Nigel Pepper
		MF	Matthew Smithard
		MF	Sérgio Pinto
		MF	George Kulcsar[3]
		FW	Andy Kiwomya
		FW	Craig Midgley
		FW	Ian Ormondroyd
		FW	Carl Shutt
		FW	Mark Stallard
		FW	Chris Waddle
		FW	Gordon Watson
		FW	Tommy Wright
		FW	Erik Regtop
		FW	Ole Bjørn Sundgot
		FW	Robert Steiner
		FW	Jari Vanhala
		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
		GK	Eric Nixon (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
		GK	Ben Roberts (on loan from Middlesbrough)
		MF	Magnus Pehrsson (on loan from Djurgårdens IF)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Ian Moore (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
		FW	Mike Newell (on loan from Birmingham City)

References

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

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[1] "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.

[2] Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.

[3] Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.