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1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
1996–97 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerDave Bassett (until 27 February)
Steve Coppell
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division6th
Play-offsWinners
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round

During the 1996–97 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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Crystal Palace finished 6th place in the First Division and gained promotion to the Premier League after a 1–0 win in the play-off finals over Sheffield United at Wembley, David Hopkin scoring the winner in the 89th minute.

Final league table

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Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Ipswich Town 46 20 14 12 68 50 +18 74 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5 Sheffield United 46 20 13 13 75 52 +23 73
6 Crystal Palace (O, P) 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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

First Division

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First Division match results[2]
Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
18 August 1996 Birmingham City A 0–1 18,765
24 August 1996 Oldham Athletic H 3–1 Hopkin 11', 23', Dyer 44' 12,822
27 August 1996 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 13,849
31 August 1996 Huddersfield Town A 1–1 Freedman 69' 11,166
7 September 1996 Stoke City A 2–2 Hopkin 13', Freedman 22' 13,540
10 September 1996 Ipswich Town H 0–0 12,520
14 September 1996 Manchester City H 3–1 Hopkin 12', 49' Andersen 31' 17,638
21 September 1996 Reading A 6–1 Tuttle 27', Freedman 37', Muscat 50', Dyer 56' (pen.), Veart 58', Ndah 77' 9,675
28 September 1996 Southend United H 6–1 Muscat 2, Houghton 38', Hopkin 49', Veart 53', Dyer 72', Freedman 79' 14,858
1 October 1996 Portsmouth A 2–2 Veart 28', Freedman 63' 7,212
12 October 1996 Barnsley A 0–0 9,183
16 October 1996 Port Vale A 2–0 Dyer 2', Roberts 15' 4,522
19 October 1996 Swindon Town H 1–2 Dyer 23' (pen.) 15,088
26 October 1996 Grimsby Town H 3–0 Dyer 44', Veart 56', Freedman 29' 13,665
29 October 1996 Bradford City A 4–0 Shipperley 36', 38', Freedman 58', Hopkin 83' 10,091
2 November 1996 Tranmere Rovers A 3–1 Dyer 15', Freedman 48', Hopkin 85 8,613
10 November 1996 Queens Park Rangers H 3–0 Dyer 40', Shipperley 71', Hopkin 90 15,324
16 November 1996 Bolton Wanderers A 2–2 Hopkin 39', Freedman 41' 16,892
23 November 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–3 Veart 51', Dyer 55' 20,655
30 November 1996 Grimsby Town A 1–2 Shipperley 5' 5,115
7 December 1996 Oxford United H 2–2 Dyer 16', 80' 17,879
14 December 1996 Norwich City A 1–1 Shipperley 3' 16,395
17 December 1996 Sheffield United H 0–1 12,801
21 December 1996 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 Shipperley 87' 16,279
26 December 1996 Ipswich Town A 1–3 Gordon 65' (pen.) 16,020
11 January 1997 Manchester City A 1–1 Ndah 83' 27,395
18 January 1997 Portsmouth H 1–2 Quinn 30' 15,498
28 January 1997 Southend United A 1–2 Freedman 68' 5,061
1 February 1997 Queens Park Rangers A 1–0 Hopkin 22' 16,467
8 February 1997 Bradford City H 3–1 Shipperley 61', Ndah 65', Freedman 74' 14,844
15 February 1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–0 Tuttle 17', Veart 72', Dyer 73' 25,919
22 February 1997 Tranmere Rovers H 0–1 15,396
1 March 1997 Oxford United A 4–1 Gordon 37', Dyer 50', 82', Hopkin 63' 8,572
4 March 1997 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 Linighan 50' 16,035
8 March 1997 Charlton Athletic A 1–2 Dyer 60' 15,000
15 March 1997 Norwich City H 2–0 Gordon 30' (pen), McKenzie 35' 17,378
23 March 1997 Oldham Athletic A 1–0 McKenzie 3' 5,282
29 March 1997 Birmingham City H 0–1 16,331
5 April 1997 Huddersfield Town H 1–1 Shipperley 52' 13,541
9 April 1997 West Bromwich Albion A 0–1 12,866
12 April 1997 Sheffield United A 0–3 20,051
15 April 1997 Stoke City H 2–0 Dyer 6', 21' 11,382
19 April 1997 Barnsley H 1–1 Shipperley 30' 20,006
23 April 1997 Reading H 3–2 Linighan 13', Hopkin 49', Shipperley 69' 12,552
26 April 1997 Swindon Town A 2–0 Shipperley 44', 89' 10,447
4 May 1997 Port Vale H 1–1 Roberts 12' 16,401

First Division Play Offs

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Play Off Semi-finals:

Palace... 3 Wolves... 1(Shipperley, Freedman (2)) Wolves...2 Palace... 1 (Hopkin)

Play Off Final at Wembley:

Palace... 1 Sheffield United... 0 (Hopkin)

FA Cup

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Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

League Cup

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Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[3]

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 Tom Evans[notes 1]
— GK England ENG Carlo Nash
— GK England ENG Chris Day
— DF England ENG Danny Boxall[notes 2]
— DF England ENG Sagi Burton[notes 3]
— DF England ENG Andy Cyrus
— DF England ENG Marc Edworthy
— DF England ENG Dean Gordon
— DF England ENG Andy Linighan
— DF Australia AUS Kevin Muscat[notes 4]
— DF England ENG Dave Tuttle
— DF Wales WAL Gareth Davies[notes 5]
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Quinn[notes 6]
— DF Norway NOR Leif Andersen
— MF England ENG Hayden Mullins
— MF England ENG Darren Pitcher
— MF England ENG Andy Roberts
— MF England ENG Simon Rodger
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO David Hopkin
— MF Scotland SCO Steven Thomson
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Wayne Carlisle
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Graham
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Folan[notes 7]
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton[notes 8]
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Kennedy
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Scully
— MF Australia AUS Carl Veart
— FW England ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 9]
— FW England ENG Jason Harris
— FW England ENG Leon McKenzie
— FW England ENG Clinton Morrison[notes 10]
— FW England ENG George Ndah[notes 11]
— FW England ENG Neil Shipperley
— FW Wales WAL Andy Martin
— FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman

Left club during season

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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 Bobby Mimms (to Preston North End)
— DF England ENG Jamie Vincent (to AFC Bournemouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Wales WAL Paul Trollope[notes 12] (on loan from Derby County)

References

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  1. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack; Rollin, Glenda, eds. (1997). Rothmans football yearbook: 1997–98. London: Headline Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7472-7738-5.
  3. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1997". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

Notes

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  1. ^ Evans was born in Doncaster, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would represent them at B level.
  2. ^ Boxall was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.
  4. ^ Muscat was born in Crawley, England, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Australia in September 1994.
  5. ^ Davies was born in Hereford, England, but was raised in Wales and has represented them at U-21 level.
  6. ^ Quinn was born in Bexley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 and B level.
  7. ^ Folan was born in Croydon, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  8. ^ Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.
  9. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.
  10. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  11. ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
  12. ^ Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997.
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