1996–97 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
1996–97 season
Chairman	Geoffrey Richmond
Manager	Chris Kamara
Stadium	Valley Parade
Football League First Division	21st
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ole Sundgot (6); All: Ole Sundgot/Chris Waddle (6)
Highest home attendance	17,609 vs. Manchester City (1 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance	9,249 vs. Swindon Town (2 October 1996)
Average home league attendance	12,925
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 English football season, Bradford City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Kamara used 42 players in 1996–97 when Bradford avoided relegation with a 3–0 victory in the final game against Queens Park Rangers.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100	53	+47	98
2.	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76	55	+21	80
3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68	51	+17	76
4.	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68	50	+18	74
5.	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75	52	+23	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78	48	+30	71
7.	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59	53	+6	68
8.	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3	67
9.	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4	66
10.	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66
11.	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63	56	+7	65
12.	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	-6	64
13.	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63	68	-5	63
14.	Manchester City	46	17	10	19	59	60	-1	61
15.	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19	52	66	-14	59
16.	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	15	17	68	72	-4	57
17.	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64	68	-4	57
18.	Reading	46	15	12	19	58	67	-9	57
19.	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52	71	-19	54
20.	Huddersfield Town	46	13	15	18	48	61	-13	54
21.	Bradford City	46	12	12	22	47	72	-25	48
22.	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	60	81	-21	46
23.	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	-15	43
24.	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42	86	-44	39

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Portsmouth	H	3–1	10,007	Regtop (pen), Duxbury, Stallard
24 August 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,171
28 August 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	11,918
31 August 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	10,080	Duxbury
7 September 1996	Norwich City	H	0–2	10,054
10 September 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	12,591
14 September 1996	Oxford United	A	0–2	6,334
21 September 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–4	12,034	Liburd, Sas
29 September 1996	Port Vale	A	1–1	4,706	Jacobs
2 October 1996	Swindon Town	H	2–1	9,249	Sas (pen), Shutt
5 October 1996	Southend United	H	0–0	10,156
12 October 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–3	25,157
16 October 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	7,776
19 October 1996	Barnsley	H	2–2	11,477	Waddle, Kiwomya
26 October 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	14,249
29 October 1996	Crystal Palace	H	0–4	10,091
2 November 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	0–3	10,855
8 November 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	3–3	14,126	Waddle, Dreyer, Steiner
16 November 1996	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	10,504	Sundgot (2)
23 November 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	12,256	Steiner, Waddle
30 November 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	12,003	Sas
7 December 1996	Manchester City	A	2–3	25,035	Steiner (2)
17 December 1996	Reading	H	0–0	10,077
21 December 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	5,766	Duxbury
26 December 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–2	17,475	Jacobs
28 December 1996	Norwich City	A	0–2	13,473
1 January 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	16,192	Shutt
11 January 1997	Oxford United	H	2–0	13,275	O'Brien, Shutt
18 January 1997	Swindon Town	A	1–1	7,851	Jacobs
28 January 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	15,186	Watson
1 February 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	17,373	Waddle
8 February 1997	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	14,844	Waddle
22 February 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	9,524	Sundgot, Edinho
1 March 1997	Manchester City	H	1–3	17,609	Edinho (pen)
4 March 1997	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	9,367	Sundgot (2)
8 March 1997	Grimsby Town	H	3–4	15,219	Sundgot, Edinho, O'Brien
15 March 1997	Reading	A	0–0	8,435
22 March 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	15,351	Edinho, Pepper
29 March 1997	Portsmouth	A	1–3	12,340	Murray
31 March 1997	Stoke City	H	1–0	13,579	Pepper
4 April 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	8,531
12 April 1997	Southend United	A	1–1	6,697	Edinho
19 April 1997	Birmingham City	H	0–2	15,123
26 April 1997	Barnsley	A	0–2	18,605
1 May 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	15,780	Pepper
4 May 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	14,723	Pepper (2), Wright

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–0	5,173	Dreyer (2)
R4	25 January 1997	Everton	A	3–2	30,007	Dreyer, Waddle, Steiner
R5	16 February 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	17,830

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 August 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	7,575
R1 Second Leg	3 September 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–2	3,593	Stallard

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould
—	GK	NIR	Aidan Davison^[2]
—	GK	RSA	Paul Evans
—	GK	AUS	Mark Schwarzer
—	DF	ENG	David Brightwell
—	DF	ENG	John Dreyer
—	DF	ENG	Wayne Jacobs
—	DF	ENG	Richard Liburd
—	DF	ENG	Graham Mitchell
—	DF	ENG	Nicky Mohan
—	DF	ENG	Andy O'Brien
—	DF	ENG	Christian Sansam
—	DF	ENG	Chris Wilder
—	DF	NED	Marco Sas
—	DF	POR	Raúl Oliveira (on loan from Farense)
—	MF	ENG	Robbie Blake
—	MF	ENG	Gordon Cowans
—	MF	ENG	Lee Duxbury
—	MF	ENG	Des Hamilton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Richard Huxford
—	MF	ENG	Shaun Murray
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Pepper
—	MF	ENG	Matthew Smithard
—	MF	POR	Sérgio Pinto
—	MF	AUS	George Kulcsar^[3]
—	FW	ENG	Andy Kiwomya
—	FW	ENG	Craig Midgley
—	FW	ENG	Ian Ormondroyd
—	FW	ENG	Carl Shutt
—	FW	ENG	Mark Stallard
—	FW	ENG	Chris Waddle
—	FW	ENG	Gordon Watson
—	FW	SCO	Tommy Wright
—	FW	NED	Erik Regtop
—	FW	NOR	Ole Bjørn Sundgot
—	FW	SWE	Robert Steiner
—	FW	FIN	Jari Vanhala
—	FW	BRA	Edinho

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Eric Nixon (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
—	GK	ENG	Ben Roberts (on loan from Middlesbrough)
—	MF	SWE	Magnus Pehrsson (on loan from Djurgårdens IF)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Ian Moore (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
—	FW	ENG	Mike Newell (on loan from Birmingham City)

References

^ "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.
^ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.

[1] "Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Davison was born in Sedgefield, England.

[3] Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary.

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