1996–97 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, a poor start to the season for Wycombe saw Smith sacked after alienating himself from the Chairboys' fanbase in the process with what were perceived to be negative long-ball tactics. In September, with the club bottom of the league, John Gregory took over as Wycombe manager and turned their fortunes around and saved them from relegation.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	46	18	5	0	39	7	6	7	10	23	31	62	38	+24	84
2	Stockport County	46	15	5	3	31	14	8	8	7	28	27	59	41	+18	82
3	Luton Town	46	13	7	3	38	14	8	8	7	33	31	71	45	+26	78
4	Brentford	46	8	11	4	26	22	12	3	8	30	21	56	43	+13	74
5	Bristol City	46	14	4	5	43	18	7	6	10	26	33	69	51	+18	73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	4	4	38	15	7	3	13	18	32	56	47	+9	73
7	Blackpool	46	13	7	3	41	21	5	8	10	19	26	60	47	+13	69
8	Wrexham	46	11	9	3	38	28	6	9	8	17	22	54	50	+4	69
9	Burnley	46	14	3	6	48	27	5	8	10	23	28	71	55	+16	68
10	Chesterfield	46	10	9	4	25	18	8	5	10	17	21	42	39	+3	68
11	Gillingham	46	13	3	7	37	25	6	7	10	23	34	60	59	+1	67
12	Walsall	46	12	8	3	35	21	7	2	14	19	32	54	53	+1	67
13	Watford	46	10	8	5	24	14	6	11	6	21	24	45	38	+7	67
14	Millwall	46	12	4	7	27	22	4	9	10	23	33	50	55	–5	61
15	Preston North End	46	14	5	4	33	19	4	2	17	16	36	49	55	–6	61
16	Bournemouth	46	8	9	6	24	20	7	6	10	19	25	43	45	–2	60
17	Bristol Rovers	46	13	4	6	34	22	2	7	14	13	28	47	50	–3	56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	4	6	31	14	2	6	15	20	43	51	56	–5	55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	7	11	5	19	18	5	7	11	28	40	47	58	–11	54
20	York City	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	37	47	68	–21	52
21	Peterborough United	46	7	7	9	38	34	4	7	12	17	39	55	73	–18	47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	8	6	9	27	32	3	7	13	22	42	49	74	–25	46
23	Rotherham United	46	4	7	12	17	29	3	7	13	22	41	39	70	–31	35
24	Notts County	46	4	9	10	20	25	3	5	15	13	34	33	59	–26	35

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Wycombe Wanderers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	3,440	Brown
24 August 1996	Gillingham	H	1–1	4,582	Carroll
27 August 1996	Bury	H	0–1	3,563
31 August 1996	Blackpool	A	0–0	4,856
7 September 1996	Luton Town	H	0–1	6,471
10 September 1996	Walsall	A	2–2	2,659	Evans, de Souza
14 September 1996	Burnley	A	1–2	9,379	de Souza
21 September 1996	Brentford	H	0–1	5,330
28 September 1996	Peterborough United	A	3–6	5,580	Mahoney-Johnson (2), Carroll
1 October 1996	Rotherham United	H	4–2	3,438	Lawrence, McGavin (2), Williams
5 October 1996	Notts County	H	1–0	4,506	McGavin
12 October 1996	Bournemouth	A	1–2	3,984	Farrell
15 October 1996	Bristol City	A	0–3	7,325
19 October 1996	Stockport County	H	0–2	4,017
26 October 1996	Wrexham	H	0–0	5,548
29 October 1996	York City	A	0–2	2,254
2 November 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–3	3,636
9 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	5,456	Brown, McGavin
19 November 1996	Watford	A	0–1	7,657
23 November 1996	Preston North End	H	0–1	4,920
30 November 1996	Wrexham	A	0–1	3,280
3 December 1996	Millwall	H	1–0	4,550	Bell
14 December 1996	Chesterfield	H	1–0	4,610	de Souza
21 December 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	4–3	4,465	Carroll, Bell, Simpson, Evans
26 December 1996	Walsall	H	0–2	5,073
18 January 1997	Rotherham United	A	1–2	2,692	Carroll (pen)
25 January 1997	York City	H	3–1	4,193	Read (2), Forsyth
1 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	5,024
8 February 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	4,902	Read, de Souza
15 February 1997	Preston North End	A	1–2	7,923	McGavin
22 February 1997	Watford	H	0–0	8,438
25 February 1997	Peterborough United	H	2–0	4,001	McGavin, de Souza
1 March 1997	Millwall	A	1–2	7,539	Forsyth
4 March 1997	Brentford	A	0–0	5,375
8 March 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	5,386	Stallard, Brown
15 March 1997	Chesterfield	A	2–4	4,354	Stallard, Brown
22 March 1997	Gillingham	A	0–1	5,932
29 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–0	6,562	Scott, Stallard, Carroll
31 March 1997	Bury	A	0–2	5,714
5 April 1997	Blackpool	H	1–0	5,619	Scott
8 April 1997	Luton Town	A	0–0	7,626
12 April 1997	Notts County	A	2–1	4,290	Brown, McGavin
15 April 1997	Burnley	H	5–0	5,786	Carroll (2 pens), McGavin, Stallard, Read
19 April 1997	Bournemouth	H	1–1	6,043	Scott
26 April 1997	Stockport County	A	1–2	9,463	Carroll (pen)
3 May 1997	Bristol City	H	2–0	7,240	Carroll, McGavin

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Colchester United	A	2–1	4,378	de Souza, Williams
R2	7 December 1996	Barnet	A	3–3	3,176	McGavin, Williams (2)
R2R	17 December 1996	Barnet	H	3–2	3,851	Williams, Carroll, de Souza
R3	5 January 1997	Bradford City	H	0–2	5,173

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Reading	A	1–1	6,210	Williams
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Reading	H	2–0 (won 3-1 on agg)	5,069	Evans, Williams
R2 1st Leg	18 September 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	6,482
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1 (lost 1-2 on agg)	6,310	McCarthy

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	8 January 1997	Swansea City	A	1–1 (lost 5-6 on pens)	1,638	McGorry

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	John Cheesewright
		GK	Brian Parkin
		GK	Martin Taylor (on loan from Derby County)
		DF	Micky Bell
		DF	Jason Cousins
		DF	Matt Crossley
		DF	Terry Evans
		DF	Michael Forsyth
		DF	Jason Kavanagh
		DF	Matthew Lawrence
		DF	Michael Love
		DF	Paul McCarthy
		DF	Jason Rowbotham
		DF	Terry Skiverton
		MF	Steve Brown
		MF	Paul Buckle
		MF	Dave Carroll

No.		Position	Player
		MF	John Cornforth
		MF	David Farrell
		MF	Mo Harkin
		MF	Brian McGorry
		MF	Gary Patterson
		MF	Michael Simpson
		MF	Ray Wilkins
		FW	Tony Clark
		FW	Neil Davis (on loan from Aston Villa)
		FW	Miguel de Souza
		FW	Michael Mahoney-Johnson (on loan from QPR)
		FW	Damien Markman
		FW	Steve McGavin
		FW	Paul Read
		FW	Keith Scott (on loan from Norwich City)
		FW	Mark Stallard
		FW	John Williams

References

Wycombe Wanderers Football Club

The club	History Players Managers Seasons All articles

Grounds	Loakes Park Adams Park

Seasons	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

Matches	2015 Football League Two play-off Final

Mascots	Wycombe Comanche

1996–97 in English football

« 1995–96

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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

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