1996–97 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic
1996–97 season
Chairman	Ian Stott
Manager	Graeme Sharp (until February); Neil Warnock (from February)
Stadium	Boundary Park
Football League First Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Barlow (12)
Highest home attendance	12,992 vs. Manchester City (21 December 1996)
Lowest home attendance	2,975 vs. Grimsby Town (20 August 1996), League Cup
Average home league attendance	7,045
	Home colours
	Home colours

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

Season summary

The 1996–97 season was a major struggle for Oldham which resulted in Graeme Sharp resigning in February. Sharp was succeeded by Neil Warnock, who had previously achieved promotion success with Scarborough, Notts County (twice), Huddersfield Town and Plymouth Argyle but was unable to save Oldham from relegation to the third tier for the first time in 23 years which was confirmed three months later following Bradford City's win against Charlton Athletic.

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

Oldham Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Stoke City	H	1–2	8,021	Redmond
24 August 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	12,822	McCarthy
28 August 1996	Swindon Town	A	0–1	8,025
31 August 1996	Ipswich Town	H	3–3	5,339	Rickers, Redmond, Banger
7 September 1996	Sheffield United	H	0–2	7,323
10 September 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–0	17,228
13 September 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	2–3	10,296	McCarthy (2)
21 September 1996	Barnsley	H	0–1	7,043
28 September 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	12,178
1 October 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	5,817	Ormondroyd
5 October 1996	Port Vale	H	3–0	6,051	Ormondroyd (2), Banger
12 October 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	14,813	Allott
16 October 1996	Norwich City	A	0–2	12,271
19 October 1996	Reading	H	1–1	7,171	Örlygsson (pen)
26 October 1996	Southend United	H	0–0	6,606
29 October 1996	Grimsby Town	A	3–0	3,532	Ormondroyd, Halle (2)
2 November 1996	Bradford City	A	3–0	10,855	Barlow (3)
9 November 1996	Portsmouth	H	0–0	7,639
15 November 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	8,327	Ormondroyd
23 November 1996	Oxford United	H	2–1	4,851	Barlow, Halle
30 November 1996	Southend United	A	1–1	5,001	Richardson (pen)
7 December 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2	5,590
14 December 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	22,528	Ormondroyd
21 December 1996	Manchester City	H	2–1	12,992	Ormondroyd, Banger
28 December 1996	Sheffield United	A	2–2	16,130	Henry, Rickers
18 January 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	12,103	Barlow
25 January 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	8,566	Richardson
1 February 1997	Portsmouth	A	0–1	9,135
8 February 1997	Grimsby Town	H	0–3	6,549
15 February 1997	Oxford United	A	1–3	6,868	Graham
22 February 1997	Bradford City	H	1–2	9,524	Ormondroyd
1 March 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	10,180	Banger
4 March 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	5,417	Banger
8 March 1997	Manchester City	A	0–1	30,729
15 March 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	9,661	Rickers (2), Barlow
18 March 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	4,969	Barlow
23 March 1997	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	5,282
29 March 1997	Stoke City	A	1–2	11,755	Barlow
31 March 1997	Swindon Town	H	5–1	5,699	Richardson (pen), Barlow (3), Rush
5 April 1997	Ipswich Town	A	0–4	11,730
8 April 1997	Birmingham City	H	2–2	5,942	Richardson (pen), Reid
12 April 1997	Port Vale	A	2–3	11,701	Garnett, Duxbury
15 April 1997	Barnsley	A	0–2	17,476
19 April 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	10,702
26 April 1997	Reading	A	0–2	8,301
4 May 1997	Norwich City	H	3–0	5,562	McCarthy, Rush, Barlow

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Barnsley	A	0–2	9,936

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 August 1996	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	2,975
R1 Second Leg	3 September 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–0 (won 5-4 on pens)	2,371	McCarthy
R2 First Leg	17 September 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	3,094	Redmond, Richardson
R2 Second Leg	24 September 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	3,711	Banger
R3	23 October 1996	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,314

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	Gary Kelly[notes 1]
		GK	Jon Hallworth
		DF	Craig Fleming
		DF	Mark Foran (on loan from Peterborough United)
		DF	Shaun Garnett
		DF	Richard Graham
		DF	Andy Holt
		DF	Steve Redmond
		DF	Carl Serrant
		DF	Gunnar Halle
		DF	Doug Hodgson
		MF	Mark Allott
		MF	David Beresford
		MF	Lee Duxbury
		MF	John Gannon
		MF	Nick Henry

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andrew Hughes
		MF	Martin Pemberton
		MF	Paul Reid
		MF	Lee Richardson
		MF	Paul Rickers
		FW	Andy Ritchie
		MF	Ian Snodin
		MF	Þorvaldur Örlygsson
		FW	Nicky Banger
		FW	Stuart Barlow
		FW	David McNiven
		FW	Scott McNiven[notes 2]
		FW	Ian Ormondroyd
		FW	Matthew Rush
		FW	Sean McCarthy
		FW	John Morrow

References

Notes

Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level.
McNiven was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.

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[1] Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level.

[2] McNiven was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.

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