1996–97 Ipswich Town F.C. season

In George Burley's second season in charge of Ipswich, the club reached the play-offs as they looked for a return to the Premier League at the second attempt. However, they ended up losing in the semi-finals to Sheffield United.

Final league table

Main article: 1996-97 Football League

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

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1996	Manchester City	A	0–1	29,126
24 August 1996	Reading	H	5–2	9,767	Vaughan (2), Sedgley (pen), Taricco, Scowcroft
27 August 1996	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	9,762	Mason
31 August 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	3–3	5,339	Mathie (2), Stockwell
7 September 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	1–3	10,661	Mason
10 September 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,520
14 September 1996	Sheffield United	A	3–1	14,261	Sedgley, Scowcroft (2)
20 September 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	10,558	Sedgley, Mathie
28 September 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	15,606
1 October 1996	Barnsley	H	1–1	9,041	Mathie
11 October 1996	Norwich City	A	1–3	20,256	Sonner
15 October 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–1	15,664
19 October 1996	Portsmouth	H	1–1	10,514	Mason
26 October 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	11,003
30 October 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	10,562	Mason
2 November 1996	Oxford United	A	1–3	7,903	Tanner
9 November 1996	Southend United	H	1–1	10,146	Stockwell
16 November 1996	Bradford City	A	1–2	10,504	Cundy
19 November 1996	Swindon Town	H	3–2	7,086	Scowcroft, Creaney, Sedgley (pen)
23 November 1996	Port Vale	H	2–1	9,491	Tanner, Mason
30 November 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	10,127
7 December 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	12,048
14 December 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	13,314	Scowcroft (2)
21 December 1996	Stoke City	H	1–1	10,159	Mason
26 December 1996	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	16,020	Tanner (pen), Mason, Naylor
28 December 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	11,467
1 January 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	10,186	Tanner (pen)
18 January 1997	Barnsley	A	2–1	9,872	Mason, Cundy
25 January 1997	West Bromwich Albion	H	5–0	9,381	Holmes (own goal), Scowcroft, Stockwell, Naylor, Mason
1 February 1997	Southend United	A	0–0	7,232
8 February 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	12,983	Naylor, Gregory
15 February 1997	Port Vale	A	2–2	6,115	Mason, Stockwell
22 February 1997	Oxford United	H	2–1	11,483	Naylor, Stockwell
1 March 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	26,700
4 March 1997	Bradford City	H	3–2	9,367	Sedgley (pen), Sonner, Gregory
8 March 1997	Stoke City	A	1–0	11,933	Taricco
15 March 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	16,187
18 March 1997	Sheffield United	H	3–1	10,374	Gregory (3)
22 March 1997	Reading	A	0–1	10,058
31 March 1997	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	6,268	Mason
5 April 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	4–0	11,730	Scowcroft, Williams, Stockwell, Gregory
12 April 1997	Swindon Town	A	4–0	8,591	Swailes, Stockwell, Sedgley (pen), Gudmundsson
18 April 1997	Norwich City	H	2–0	22,397	Taricco, Mason
22 April 1997	Manchester City	H	1–0	15,824	Sedgley (pen)
25 April 1997	Portsmouth	A	1–0	12,101	Scowcroft
4 May 1997	Birmingham City	H	1–1	20,570	Gudmundsson

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF First Leg	10 May 1997	Sheffield United	A	1–1	22,312	Stockwell
SF Second Leg	14 May 1997	Sheffield United	H	2–2 (lost on away goals)	21,467	Scowcroft, Gudmundsson

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	14,681

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 August 1996	Bournemouth	H	2–1	6,163	Marshall, Mason
R1 Second Leg	3 September 1996	Bournemouth	A	3–0 (won 5-1 on agg)	4,119	Scowcroft, Mathie, Stockwell
R2 First Leg	17 September 1996	Fulham	A	1–1	6,947	Milton
R2 Second Leg	24 September 1996	Fulham	H	4–2 (won 5-3 on agg)	6,825	Sonner, Sedgley (pen), Mathie (2)
R3	22 October 1996	Crystal Palace	H	4–1	8,390	Mason (2), Mathie (2)
R4	26 November 1996	Gillingham	H	1–0	13,537	Naylor
R5	21 January 1997	Leicester City	H	0–1	20,793

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	Richard Wright
		GK	Aidan Davison (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
		GK	Craig Forrest
		DF	Wayne Brown
		DF	Jason Cundy (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
		DF	Tony Mowbray
		DF	Richard Naylor
		DF	Steve Sedgley
		DF	Chris Swailes
		DF	Tony Vaughan
		DF	Gus Uhlenbeek
		DF	Claus Thomsen
		DF	Mauricio Taricco
		MF	Kieron Dyer
		MF	Bobby Howe (on loan from Nottingham Forest)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Mason
		MF	Simon Milton
		MF	Mick Stockwell
		MF	Adam Tanner
		MF	Geraint Williams
		MF	John Wark
		MF	Danny Sonner
		MF	Bobby Petta
		MF	Lee Norfolk
		FW	James Scowcroft
		FW	Gerry Creaney (on loan from Manchester City)
		FW	Alex Mathie
		FW	Niklas Gudmundsson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
		FW	Neil Gregory
		FW	Earl Jean
		FW	Ian Marshall

References

Ipswich Town Football Club

Ipswich Town F.C. Managers Players Records Seasons

History of Ipswich Town F.C. Portman Road Players of the Year Hall of Fame

East Anglian derby Pride of Anglia All articles

Ipswich Town F.C. seasons

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1980–81 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1996–97 in English football

« 1995–96

1997–98 »

FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

Glenn Hoddle

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Swansea City Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/2/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.