1996–97 Wrexham F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, Wrexham set off on another amazing run in the FA Cup and beating more top flight opposition. Following wins at Colwyn Bay and Scunthorpe United, they were drawn to play West Ham United at home, the game ending in a 1–1 draw on a snow-covered pitch after a well earned draw. The replay at Upton Park ended in a shock 1–0 win to Wrexham as Kevin Russell scored in the dying minutes to send Wrexham into the fourth round.^[1] After also beating Peterborough United and Birmingham City in the following rounds, they played Chesterfield in an all-Division-2 FA Cup quarter final, Wrexham narrowly losing to the Spireites 1–0.

The league campaign began very brightly for Wrexham as they lost only one from their first 17 league matches and were in the play-off places heading to Christmas but then a little decline in form with only seven wins in the second half of the campaign wasn't enough for a play-off position and finished 4 points off the top six.

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

Wrexham's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Millwall	A	1–1	9,371	Watkin
24 August 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–4	3,920	Phillips (2), Connolly (2)
7 September 1996	Peterborough United	H	1–1	3,222	Connolly
10 September 1996	Stockport County	A	2–0	4,244	Watkin, Skinner
14 September 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–3	4,469	Ward
17 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	2,401	Cross
21 September 1996	Preston North End	H	1–0	5,299	Phillips
24 September 1996	Walsall	A	1–0	2,832	Cross
28 September 1996	Notts County	A	0–0	4,216
8 October 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	5,031	Watkin, Brace
12 October 1996	Watford	A	1–1	8,441	Humes
15 October 1996	Blackpool	A	3–3	4,014	Brammer, Phillips, Chalk (pen)
19 October 1996	Bournemouth	H	2–0	3,945	Skinner, Connolly
26 October 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–0	5,548
29 October 1996	Bury	H	1–1	3,895	Hughes
2 November 1996	Chesterfield	H	3–2	4,160	Connolly, Morris, Owen
9 November 1996	Gillingham	A	2–1	5,094	Morris, Connolly
23 November 1996	Brentford	A	0–2	4,885
30 November 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–0	3,280	Skinner
3 December 1996	Burnley	A	0–2	8,587
14 December 1996	York City	A	0–1	2,600
21 December 1996	Bristol City	H	2–1	4,488	Watkin (pen), Hughes
26 December 1996	Stockport County	H	2–3	6,736	Watkin, Morris
11 January 1997	Notts County	H	3–3	3,267	Connolly (2), Watkin
18 January 1997	Luton Town	A	0–0	5,734
1 February 1997	Gillingham	H	1–1	3,193	Connolly
8 February 1997	Chesterfield	A	0–0	6,738
11 February 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–0	2,975	Hughes
22 February 1997	Rotherham United	A	0–0	2,539
25 February 1997	Bury	A	0–0	3,419
1 March 1997	Burnley	H	0–0	6,947
12 March 1997	Luton Town	H	2–1	3,342	Bennett (2, 1 pen)
15 March 1997	York City	H	0–0	3,874
18 March 1997	Preston North End	A	1–2	8,271	Bennett
22 March 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	5,468	Humes
25 March 1997	Brentford	H	0–2	4,053
28 March 1997	Millwall	H	3–3	4,684	Humes, Phillips, Bennett
31 March 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	6,225
5 April 1997	Walsall	H	1–2	3,266	Connolly (pen)
8 April 1997	Rotherham United	H	1–0	2,002	Connolly
12 April 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0	4,553	Bennett
15 April 1997	Bristol City	A	1–2	9,817	Morris
19 April 1997	York City	H	2–1	6,654	Bennett, Angell
22 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	4,643	McGregor
26 April 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–2	4,805	Connolly
3 May 1997	Blackpool	H	2–1	5,664	Watkin, Humes

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Colwyn Bay	A	1–1	4,679	Hughes
R1R	26 November 1996	Colwyn Bay	H	2–0	4,106	Hughes (2)
R2	7 December 1996	Scunthorpe United	H	2–2	3,780	Morris, Watkin
R2R	17 December 1996	Scunthorpe United	A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	3,976	Hughes, Morris, Watkin (pen)
R3	15 January 1997	West Ham United	H	1–1	9,747	Hughes
R3R	25 January 1997	West Ham United	A	1–0	16,763	Russell
R4	4 February 1997	Peterborough United	A	4–2	8,734	Ward, Watkin, Russell (2)
R5	15 February 1997	Birmingham City	A	3–1	21,511	Hughes, Humes, Connolly
QF	9 March 1997	Chesterfield	A	0–1	8,735

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	0–3	5,178
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2 (lost 1-5 on agg)	1,776	Skinner

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	28 January 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	2,216

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	Mark Cartwright
		GK	Andy Marriott
		DF	Deryn Brace
		DF	Brian Carey
		DF	Jonathan Cross
		DF	Phil Hardy
		DF	Tony Humes
		DF	Barry Jones
		DF	Paul Jones
		DF	Mark McGregor
		DF	David Ridler
		DF	Jason Soloman
		DF	Andy Thomas
		DF	Scott Williams
		MF	Dave Brammer

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Martyn Chalk
		MF	Bryan Hughes
		MF	Gareth Owen
		MF	Wayne Phillips
		MF	Craig Skinner
		MF	Neil Wainwright
		MF	Peter Ward
		FW	Gary Bennett
		FW	Karl Connolly
		FW	Lee Jones
		FW	Steve Morris
		FW	Paul Roberts
		FW	Kevin Russell
		FW	Steve Watkin

References

↑ Pierson, Mark (27 January 1997). "West Ham fear FA censure over pitch invasion". The Independent (Independent Print Limited). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wrexham/1996-1997/results
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?season_id=126&team_id=2859&teamTabs=stats&season_id=126

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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

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