1996–97 Luton Town F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, Luton started just as badly as the last, with three straight defeats. However, the introduction of young forward Andrew Fotiadis saw Luton burst into life, as they shot up the table with a run of eight wins and two draws in eleven games. Tony Thorpe, too, proved to be a revelation, scoring 28 goals to become the division's top scorer. Luton were nearly promoted, but finished in third place, four points off automatic promotion and then lost to Crewe Alexandra in the play-offs.^[1]

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

Luton Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Torquay United	A	1–0	3,450	Hughes
R2	7 December 1996	Boreham Wood	H	2–1	5,332	Marshall (2)
R3	21 January 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	7,414	Johnson
R3R	25 January 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–6	9,713	Thorpe (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	2,643	Grant, Thorpe (pen), Oldfield
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	1–2 (won 4-2 on agg)	2,320	Oldfield
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Derby County	H	1–0	4,459	James
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Derby County	A	2–2 (won 3-2 on agg)	13,569	Grant, Thorpe
R3	22 October 1996	Wimbledon	A	1–1	5,043	Hughes
R3R	12 November 1996	Wimbledon	H	1–2 (a.e.t.)	8,076	Blackwell (own goal)

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	10 December 1996	Leyton Orient	H	2–1	1,594
SR2	4 February 1997	Northampton Town	A	0–1	4,201

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Nathan Abbey
		GK	Kelvin Davis
		GK	Ian Feuer
		DF	Graham Alexander
		DF	Ben Chenery
		DF	Steve Davis
		DF	Richard Harvey
		DF	Julian James
		DF	Marvin Johnson
		DF	Des Linton
		DF	Gavin McGowan (on loan from Arsenal)
		DF	Darren Patterson
		DF	Trevor Peake
		DF	Aaron Skelton
		DF	Mitchell Thomas
		DF	Matthew Upson

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Chris Willmott
		MF	Sean Evers
		MF	Boncho Genchev
		MF	Ceri Hughes
		MF	Paul McLaren
		MF	David Oldfield
		MF	Paul Showler
		MF	Gary Waddock
		FW	Stuart Douglas
		FW	Andrew Fotiadis
		FW	Liam George
		FW	Kim Grant
		FW	Andy Kiwomya (on loan from Bradford City)
		FW	Dwight Marshall
		FW	John Taylor
		FW	Tony Thorpe

References

↑ Fox, Norman (1997-05-15). "Crewe hit back to knock out Luton". The Independent (London: Independent News & Media). Retrieved 2009-05-13.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/1996-1997/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/luton-town/tab/players/season/1997

Luton Town Football Club

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Matches	1959 FA Cup Final 1988 League Cup Final 1989 League Cup Final 2009 Football League Trophy Final 2013 v Norwich City

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Luton Town F.C. seasons

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FA competitions

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Football Conference
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European competitions

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1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

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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
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