1996–97 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, Plymouth manager Warnock was sacked within a year as the club narrowly avoided being relegated back to the basement division. Warnock's assistant Mick Jones became his successor and in February 1997, Plymouth participated in 'The Battle of Saltergate' – in a 2–1 win at Chesterfield, an 88th minute fight broke out, involving all 20 outfield players. Chesterfield's Darren Carr and Kevin Davies and Plymouth's Tony James and Richard Logan were all sent-off. To make matters even worse, Argyle's Wembley hero Ronnie Mauge had already been sent-off in the 36th minute. It was the first time in Football League history that five players were sent-off in one game.^[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

Plymouth Argyle's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	York City	H	2–1	9,035	Corazzin, Heathcote
24 August 1996	Wrexham	A	4–4	3,920	Evans, Littlejohn (2), Logan
27 August 1996	Watford	A	2–0	7,349	Billy, Littlejohn
30 August 1996	Preston North End	H	2–1	9,209	Evans, Logan
7 September 1996	Notts County	H	0–0	8,109
10 September 1996	Brentford	A	2–3	5,377	Mauge, Corazzin
14 September 1996	Stockport County	A	1–3	5,087	Evans (pen)
21 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1	8,879
28 September 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–3	3,797
1 October 1996	Peterborough United	H	1–1	4,929	James
5 October 1996	Millwall	H	0–0	7,507
12 October 1996	Walsall	A	1–0	3,720	Littlejohn
15 October 1996	Bournemouth	A	0–1	3,818
19 October 1996	Bristol City	H	0–0	9,645
26 October 1996	Burnley	A	1–2	9,602	Evans
29 October 1996	Gillingham	H	2–0	4,787	Evans, Illman
2 November 1996	Luton Town	H	3–3	7,134	Mauge, Evans (2, 1 pen)
9 November 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–2	5,456	Williams
19 November 1996	Chesterfield	H	0–3	4,237
23 November 1996	Bury	A	0–1	3,582
30 November 1996	Burnley	H	0–0	6,289
3 December 1996	Blackpool	A	2–2	2,690	Wotton, Littlejohn
14 December 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–2	5,075	Mauge, Evans
21 December 1996	Rotherham United	A	2–1	2,269	Illman, Evans
26 December 1996	Brentford	H	1–4	9,525	Illman
11 January 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,767	Logan
18 January 1997	Peterborough United	A	0–0	6,288
25 January 1997	Gillingham	A	1–4	5,465	Evans
1 February 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–0	5,024
8 February 1997	Luton Town	A	2–2	6,439	Littlejohn, Evans
15 February 1997	Bury	H	2–0	5,486	Logan, Corazzin
22 February 1997	Chesterfield	A	2–1	5,833	Evans, Saunders
25 February 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	6,005
1 March 1997	Blackpool	H	0–1	5,585
8 March 1997	Rotherham United	H	1–0	4,717	Corazzin (pen)
15 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–2	3,414	Billy (2), Illman
22 March 1997	Wrexham	H	0–1	5,468
29 March 1997	York City	A	1–1	3,917	Corazzin
31 March 1997	Watford	H	0–0	6,836
5 April 1997	Preston North End	A	1–1	8,503	Saunders
8 April 1997	Stockport County	H	0–0	5,089
12 April 1997	Millwall	A	0–0	5,702
15 April 1997	Notts County	A	1–2	2,423	Collins
19 April 1997	Walsall	H	2–0	5,535	Saunders, Barlow
26 April 1997	Bristol City	A	1–3	15,368	Williams
3 May 1997	Bournemouth	H	0–0	6,507

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Fulham	H	5–0	7,104	Mauge, Evans (2, 1 pen), Littlejohn, Corazzin
R2	6 December 1996	Exeter City	H	4–1	12,911	Evans, Mauge, Billy, Littlejohn
R3	4 January 1997	Peterborough United	H	0–1	7,299

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Brentford	A	0–1	3,034
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Brentford	H	0–0 (lost 0-1 on agg)	5,180

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	10 December 1996	Bournemouth	H	2–0	944	Illman, Wotton
SR2	14 January 1997	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	1,295	Wotton
SQF	11 February 1997	Northampton Town	H	0–2	1,499

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	Kevin Blackwell
		GK	James Dungey
		GK	Bruce Grobbelaar
		DF	Jon Beswetherick
		DF	Simon Collins
		DF	Chris Curran
		DF	Mick Heathcote
		DF	Tony James
		DF	Richard Logan
		DF	Mark Patterson
		DF	Jason Rowbotham
		DF	Paul Williams
		MF	Martin Barlow
		MF	Chris Billy

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Gary Clayton
		MF	Chris Leadbitter
		MF	Ronnie Mauge
		MF	Steve Perkins
		MF	Mark Saunders
		MF	Michael Simpson (on loan from Notts County)
		MF	Paul Wotton
		FW	Carlo Corazzin
		FW	Mickey Evans
		FW	Neil Illman
		FW	Adrian Littlejohn
		FW	Lee Phillips
		FW	Dominic Richardson

References

↑ Culley, Jon (24 February 1997). "THAT WAS THE WEEKEND THAT WAS : Battle of Saltergate: the aftermath". http://www.independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 23 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/plymouth-argyle/1996-1997/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/plymouth-argyle/tab/players/season/1997

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