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

Main article: 1996–97 Football League § First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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 (R) 46 11 13 22 59 81 −22 46 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Oldham Athletic (R) 46 10 13 23 51 66 −15 43
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

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

Main article: 1996–97 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

Main article: 1996–97 Football 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO Jonathan Gould
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Aidan Davison[3]
— GK South Africa RSA Paul Evans
— GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer
— DF England ENG David Brightwell
— DF England ENG John Dreyer
— DF England ENG Wayne Jacobs
— DF England ENG Richard Liburd
— DF England ENG Graham Mitchell
— DF England ENG Nicky Mohan
— DF England ENG Andy O'Brien
— DF England ENG Christian Sansam
— DF England ENG Chris Wilder
— DF Netherlands NED Marco Sas
— DF Portugal POR Raúl Oliveira (on loan from Farense)
— MF England ENG Robbie Blake
— MF England ENG Gordon Cowans
— MF England ENG Lee Duxbury
— MF England ENG Des Hamilton
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Richard Huxford
— MF England ENG Shaun Murray
— MF England ENG Nigel Pepper
— MF England ENG Matthew Smithard
— MF Portugal POR Sérgio Pinto
— MF Australia AUS George Kulcsar[4]
— FW England ENG Andy Kiwomya
— FW England ENG Craig Midgley
— FW England ENG Ian Ormondroyd
— FW England ENG Carl Shutt
— FW England ENG Mark Stallard
— FW England ENG Chris Waddle
— FW England ENG Gordon Watson
— FW Scotland SCO Tommy Wright
— FW Netherlands NED Erik Regtop
— FW Norway NOR Ole Bjørn Sundgot
— FW Sweden SWE Robert Steiner
— FW Finland FIN Jari Vanhala
— FW Brazil BRA Edinho

Left club during season

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  2. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.
  4. ^ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.
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