1996–97 Bury F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, it was the one to remember for Bury supporters as they won the Second Division title and as a result were promoted to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1969.

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

Bury's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Brentford	H	1–1	3,373	Jepson
24 August 1996	Chesterfield	A	2–1	3,763	West, Carter
27 August 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	3,563	Jepson
31 August 1996	Bristol City	H	4–0	4,160	Johnson, Carter, Jackson, Johnrose
7 September 1996	Rotherham United	H	3–1	3,523	Carter (2, 1 pen), Jackson
10 September 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	3,627
14 September 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	3,238	Armstrong
21 September 1996	Luton Town	H	0–0	3,588
28 September 1996	Walsall	A	1–3	3,254	Carter (pen)
1 October 1996	Burnley	H	1–0	7,557	Jepson
5 October 1996	Blackpool	H	1–0	5,317	Armstrong
12 October 1996	Peterborough United	A	2–1	6,003	Matthews, Johnson
16 October 1996	Millwall	A	0–1	6,447
19 October 1996	Watford	H	1–1	4,092	Carter
26 October 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	4,082	Stant, O'Kane
29 October 1996	Wrexham	A	1–1	3,895	West
2 November 1996	Bournemouth	A	1–1	3,946	Carter
9 November 1996	York City	H	4–1	4,021	West (2), Pugh, O'Kane
23 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	3,582	Carter
30 November 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	3–4	4,496	Pugh, Johnson, Carter (pen)
3 December 1996	Preston North End	H	3–0	5,447	Johnrose, Johnson, Carter
14 December 1996	Gillingham	A	2–2	5,542	Matthews, Randall
21 December 1996	Stockport County	H	0–0	5,069
28 December 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–1	3,263	Matthews
17 January 1997	Burnley	A	1–3	10,526	Matthews
1 February 1997	York City	A	2–0	3,423	Jackson, Jepson
8 February 1997	Bournemouth	H	2–1	3,559	Carter (pen), Matthews
15 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	5,486
22 February 1997	Notts County	H	2–0	3,430	Randall, Jepson
25 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	3,419
1 March 1997	Preston North End	A	1–3	8,749	O'Kane
4 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	2,690	Randall, Johnson
8 March 1997	Stockport County	A	1–2	8,170	Butler
15 March 1997	Gillingham	H	3–0	3,492	Johnrose, Battersby, Johnson
22 March 1997	Chesterfield	H	1–0	4,162	Johnson
25 March 1997	Notts County	A	1–0	3,306	Jepson
29 March 1997	Brentford	A	2–0	7,823	Daws, Carter (pen)
31 March 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–0	5,714	Daws, Butler
5 April 1997	Bristol City	A	0–1	10,274
8 April 1997	Walsall	H	2–1	4,082	Jepson, Battersby
12 April 1997	Blackpool	A	0–2	6,812
15 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,725	Jepson
19 April 1997	Peterborough United	H	1–0	4,631	Johnson
22 April 1997	Luton Town	A	0–0	7,769
26 April 1997	Watford	A	0–0	9,017
3 May 1997	Millwall	H	2–0	9,785	Jepson, Johnrose

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,104

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Notts County	A	1–1	2,141	Pugh
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Notts County	H	1–0 (won 2-1 on agg)	2,571	Carter
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	3,472	Jackson
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–4 (lost 7-1 on agg)	5,195

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
NR1	10 December 1996	Darlington	H	3–1	1,436
NR2	13 January 1997	Mansfield Town	H	6–0	1,331
NQF	11 February 1997	Stockport County	H	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2,497

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	Lee Bracey
		GK	Dean Kiely
		DF	Lee Anderson
		DF	Matt Barrass
		DF	Stuart Bimson
		DF	Paul Butler
		DF	Michael Jackson
		DF	Chris Lucketti
		DF	Trevor Matthewson
		DF	John O'Kane (on loan from Manchester United)
		DF	Nicky Reid
		DF	Barry Shuttleworth
		DF	Dean West
		DF	Andy Woodward
		MF	Gordon Armstrong
		MF	Nick Daws

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ian Hughes
		MF	Lenny Johnrose
		MF	Steve Jones
		MF	Rob Matthews
		MF	Adrian Randall
		MF	Shaun Reid
		MF	Tony Rigby
		MF	Ian Thompstone
		FW	Tony Battersby
		FW	Mark Carter
		FW	Ronnie Jepson
		FW	David Johnson
		FW	David Pugh
		FW	Andy Scott (on loan from Sheffield United)
		FW	Phil Stant
		FW	Peter Thomson

References

Bury Football Club

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Grounds	Gigg Lane

1996–97 in English football

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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 Woking

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers

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