1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
1996–97 season
ChairmanEngland Ron Noades
ManagerEngland Dave Bassett (until 27 February)
England Steve Coppell
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division6th
Play-offsWinners
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round

During the 1996–97 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Crystal Palace gained promotion to the Premier League after 1-0 win over Sheffield United at Wembley, David Hopkin scoring the winner in the 89th minute.

Final league table

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

First Division

First Division play-offs

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Northern Ireland NIR Tom Evans
GK England ENG Carlo Nash
GK England ENG Chris Day
DF England ENG Danny Boxall
DF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Sagi Burton
DF England ENG Andy Cyrus
DF England ENG Marc Edworthy
DF England ENG Dean Gordon
DF Australia AUS Andy Linighan
DF England ENG Kevin Muscat
DF England ENG Dave Tuttle
DF Wales WAL Gareth Davies
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Quinn
DF Norway NOR Leif Andersen
MF England ENG Hayden Mullins
MF England ENG Darren Pitcher
MF England ENG Andy Roberts
MF England ENG Simon Rodger
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Scotland SCO David Hopkin
MF Scotland SCO Steven Thomson
MF Northern Ireland NIR Wayne Carlisle
MF Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Graham
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Folan
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Kennedy
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Scully
MF Australia AUS Carl Veart
FW England ENG Bruce Dyer
FW England ENG Jason Harris
FW England ENG Leon McKenzie
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Clinton Morrison
FW England ENG George Ndah
FW England ENG Neil Shipperley
FW Wales WAL Andy Martin
FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman

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 England ENG Bobby Mimms (to Preston North End)
DF England ENG Jamie Vincent (to Bournemouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Wales WAL Paul Trollope (on loan from Derby County)

References