1996–97 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

1996–97 season

Chairman

Brendan Elwood

Manager

Stadium

2nd (promoted)

Football League Trophy

Northern final

Top goalscorer

League: Angell (15)
All: Angell (19)

Average home league attendance

6,424

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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During the 1996–97 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

The 1996-97 season proved to be possibly the most memorable in Stockport County's history. The season began in a forgettable fashion however, recording two draws and four defeats in the first six league matches. A 2nd round League Cup tie against Sheffield United proved to be a catalyst, and Stockport won with a 7–3 aggregate win, including a 5–2 victory at Bramall Lane. Although Stockport reached the northern final of the Auto Windscreens Shield, losing 2–0 on aggregate to Carlisle and just missing out on a visit to Wembley, it was the League Cup which provided the major highlights of the season, with four victories over top-flight opposition. The club, in its third colours for the first and only time in the season, recorded a 1–0 win away at Blackburn Rovers in the 3rd round, due to a colour clash with both the home and away kits. This win was followed by a 4th round 1–1 draw away to West Ham and a 2–1 victory in the replay at Edgeley Park, a quarter final 2–2 draw against Southampton at Edgeley Park followed by a 2–1 victory in the replay at The Dell, and then a semi-final meeting with Middlesbrough. Although County lost the first leg at Edgeley Park 2–0, they won 1–0 at the Riverside Stadium, failing to convert several chances to equalise on aggregate.^[1]

After a disappointing start, Stockport also enjoyed a great league campaign, eventually securing promotion from Division Two with a 1–0 victory at Chesterfield in the penultimate match of the season. Had Stockport failed to win the game they would have faced a deciding match away at promotion rivals Luton Town on the final day of the season. As it turned out, County travelled to Kenilworth Road with a chance to win the title, but a 1–1 draw meant that local rivals Bury finished top of the table with Stockport finishing second.^[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

Stockport County's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	4,310
24 August 1996	Notts County	H	0–0	5,271
27 August 1996	Bournemouth	H	0–1	3,446
31 August 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	6,380	Jeffers
7 September 1996	Watford	A	0–1	7,208
10 September 1996	Wrexham	H	0–2	4,244
14 September 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	5,087	Gannon (2), Armstrong
21 September 1996	York City	A	2–1	3,061	Angell (2)
28 September 1996	Gillingham	H	2–1	6,049	Armstrong, Morris (own goal)
2 October 1996	Millwall	A	4–3	7,537	Durkan, Armstrong (2), Gannon
5 October 1996	Burnley	A	2–5	10,332	Angell, Mutch
12 October 1996	Preston North End	H	1–0	8,405	Angell
15 October 1996	Luton Town	H	1–1	5,352	Angell
19 October 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–0	4,017	Angell (2)
26 October 1996	Walsall	A	1–1	3,767	Durkan
29 October 1996	Chesterfield	H	1–0	4,831	Dinning
2 November 1996	Bristol City	H	1–1	6,654	Bennett
9 November 1996	Brentford	A	2–2	5,076	Angell, Cavaco
19 November 1996	Blackpool	H	1–0	4,572	Bennett
23 November 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	2,865	Angell, Marsden
30 November 1996	Walsall	H	2–0	5,333	Angell (2)
3 December 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–0	2,133	Durkan
14 December 1996	Peterborough United	H	0–0	5,748
21 December 1996	Bury	A	0–0	5,069
26 December 1996	Wrexham	A	3–2	6,736	Armstrong, Gannon, Dinning (pen)
18 January 1997	Millwall	H	5–1	7,502	Mutch, Armstrong (pen), Flynn, Cavaco (2)
1 February 1997	Brentford	H	1–2	8,650	Cavaco
7 February 1997	Bristol City	A	1–1	13,186	Armstrong
15 February 1997	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–1	6,712	Angell (2), Armstrong
22 February 1997	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,772	Linighan (own goal)
1 March 1997	Rotherham United	H	0–0	6,147
8 March 1997	Bury	H	2–1	8,170	Mutch, Jeffers
15 March 1997	Peterborough United	A	2–0	4,857	Cavaco, Marsden
22 March 1997	Notts County	A	2–1	4,238	Flynn, Hogg (own goal)
29 March 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	7,411	Cooper
1 April 1997	Bournemouth	A	0–0	5,476
5 April 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	5,689	Cooper (pen)
8 April 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	5,089
12 April 1997	Burnley	H	1–0	9,187	Mutch
14 April 1997	Watford	H	1–0	7,164	Jeffers
16 April 1997	Gillingham	A	0–1	4,485
19 April 1997	Preston North End	A	0–1	10,298
22 April 1997	York City	H	2–1	6,654	Bennett, Angell
26 April 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	9,463	Armstrong, Forsyth (own goal)
28 April 1997	Chesterfield	A	1–0	8,690	Angell
3 May 1997	Luton Town	A	1–1	9,347	Cooper (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	4,211	Flynn, Mutch
R2	7 December 1996	Mansfield Town	A	3–0	3,354	Kilcline (own goal), Durkan (2)
R3	15 January 1997	Stoke City	A	2–0	9,961	Durkan, Armstrong
R4	25 January 1997	Birmingham City	A	1–3	18,487	Angell

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Chesterfield	H	2–1	3,088	Mutch (2)
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Chesterfield	A	2–1 (won 4-2 on agg)	3,334	Ware, Mutch
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Sheffield United	H	2–1	4,004	Flynn, Bennett
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Sheffield United	A	5–2 (won 7-3 on agg)	6,285	Gannon, Armstrong (2), Bennett, Angell
R3	22 October 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	14,622	Sherwood (own goal)
R4	27 November 1996	West Ham United	A	1–1	20,061	Cavaco
R4R	18 December 1996	West Ham United	H	2–1	9,834	Dowie (own goal), Angell
QF	22 January 1997	Southampton	H	2–2	9,840	Armstrong, Cavaco
QFR	29 January 1997	Southampton	A	2–1	13,428	Angell, Mutch
SF 1st Leg	26 February 1997	Middlesbrough	H	0–2	11,778
SF 2nd Leg	12 March 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1–0 (lost 1-2 on agg)	29,633	Connelly

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
NR1	10 December 1996	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–1	988
NR2	4 February 1997	Burnley	A	1–0	4,251
NQF	11 February 1997	Bury	A	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2,497
NSF	4 February 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1 (won 5-3 on pens)	3,529
NF 1st Leg	18 March 1997	Carlisle United	A	0–2	7,057
NF 2nd Leg	25 March 1997	Carlisle United	H	0–0 (lost 0-2 on agg)	8,593

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	Neil Edwards
		GK	Paul Jones
		DF	Matthew Bound
		DF	Sean Connelly
		DF	Jeff Eckhardt
		DF	Mike Flynn
		DF	Jim Gannon
		DF	Damon Searle
		DF	Lee Todd
		MF	Tom Bennett
		MF	Luís Cavaco
		MF	Kevin Cooper (on loan from Derby County)
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Tony Dinning

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kieron Durkan
		MF	John Jeffers
		MF	Chris Marsden
		MF	Lee Marshall
		MF	Martin Nash
		MF	Paul Ware
		FW	Brett Angell
		FW	Alun Armstrong
		FW	Ken Charlery
		FW	Kiko
		FW	Richard Landon
		FW	Adie Mike
		FW	Andy Mutch

References

1 2 "Dave Jones factfile". Telegraph, 3 January 2001 (London). 3 January 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/1996-1997/results
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?season_id=126&team_id=2473&teamTabs=stats&season_id=126

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