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1996–97 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
1996–97 season
ManagerSteve Parkin
Third Division11th
FA CupSecond Round
League CupFirst Round
Football League TrophySecond Round

The 1996–97 season was Mansfield Town's 60th season in the Football League and 24th in the Third Division they finished in 11th position with 64 points.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Lincoln City 46 18 12 16 70 69 +1 66
10 Cambridge United 46 18 11 17 53 59 −6 65
11 Mansfield Town 46 16 16 14 47 45 +2 64
12 Scarborough 46 16 15 15 66 69 −3 63
13 Scunthorpe United 46 18 9 19 59 62 −3 63
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

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Football League Third Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 17 August 1996 Exeter City H 0–1 2,149
2 24 August 1996 Northampton Town A 0–3 4,162
3 27 August 1996 Hartlepool United A 2–2 2,275 Sale, Hadley
4 31 August 1996 Rochdale H 0–0 1,861
5 7 September 1996 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 1,814
6 10 September 1996 Barnet H 0–0 1,505
7 14 September 1996 Leyton Orient H 0–2 1,839
8 21 September 1996 Fulham A 2–1 5,740 Hadley, Harper
9 28 September 1996 Hereford United H 3–1 1,889 Doolan, Sedgemore, Walker
10 1 October 1996 Hull City A 1–1 3,579 Eustace
11 5 October 1996 Carlisle United A 1–1 5,509 Helliwell
12 12 October 1996 Swansea City H 0–0 2,003
13 15 October 1996 Wigan Athletic H 0–1 1,942
14 19 October 1996 Darlington A 4–2 2,532 Hadley (2), Sale, Watkiss
15 26 October 1996 Scarborough A 1–2 2,521 Kay (o.g.)
16 29 October 1996 Torquay United H 1–2 1,632 Wood
17 2 November 1996 Scunthorpe United H 2–0 2,210 Sedgemore, Kilcline
18 9 November 1996 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–1 1,933 Harper
19 23 November 1996 Lincoln City A 0–0 3,548
20 30 November 1996 Scarborough H 2–0 1,981 Wood (2)
21 3 December 1996 Cambridge United A 1–2 2,179 Kilcline
22 14 December 1996 Colchester United H 1–1 1,653 Sale
23 21 December 1996 Cardiff City A 1–1 2,238 Sale (2)
24 26 December 1996 Barnet A 1–1 1,778 Primus (o.g.)
25 4 January 1997 Leyton Orient A 1–2 3,422 Doolan
26 11 January 1997 Hereford United A 1–0 1,873 Walker
27 18 January 1997 Hull City H 1–0 2,286 Kilcline
28 21 January 1997 Doncaster Rovers H 2–0 2,093 Eustace, Clarke
29 1 February 1997 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–1 2,456 Doolan
30 4 February 1997 Chester City H 0–2 1,688
31 8 February 1997 Scunthorpe United A 2–0 2,600 Doolan, Martindale
32 15 February 1997 Lincoln City H 2–2 3,037 Sedgemore, Martindale
33 18 February 1997 Torquay United A 2–1 3,402 Clarke, Walker
34 22 February 1997 Chester City A 0–1 2,385
35 1 March 1997 Cambridge United H 1–0 2,163 Doolan
36 8 March 1997 Cardiff City A 1–3 2,569 Hackett
37 14 March 1997 Colchester United A 1–2 3,064 Dunne (o.g.)
38 22 March 1997 Northampton Town H 1–0 2,569 Eustace
39 29 March 1997 Exeter City A 0–0 3,181
40 31 March 1997 Hartlepool United H 1–0 2,229 Sedgemore
41 5 April 1997 Rochdale A 1–0 1,619 Cresswell
42 8 April 1997 Fulham H 0–0 3,889
43 11 April 1997 Carlisle United H 0–0 4,375
44 19 April 1997 Swansea City A 2–3 4,786 Eustace, Ford
45 26 April 1997 Darlington H 2–1 2,431 Doolan, Ford
46 3 May 1997 Wigan Athletic A 0–2 7,106

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 16 November 1996 Consett H 4–0 3,183 Wood, Eustace, Doolan, Ford
R2 7 December 1996 Stockport County H 0–3 3,354

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st leg 15 August 1996 Burnley H 0–3 1,708
R1 2nd leg 3 September 1996 Burnley A 0–2 2,884

League Trophy

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 13 January 1997 Bury A 0–6 1,331

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Ian Bowling 46 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 51 0
DF England Mark Clifford 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
DF England Warren Hackett 35(1) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 39(1) 1
DF England Leigh Holbrook 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
DF England Brian Kilcline 30(1) 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 34(1) 3
DF England Paul Sherlock 14(5) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 14(7) 0
DF England Stuart Watkiss 30(1) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 32(1) 1
MF England Darrell Clarke 17(2) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 17(4) 2
MF England John Doolan 41 6 2 1 2 0 1 0 46 7
MF England Scott Eustace 41(1) 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 45(1) 5
MF England Simon Ireland 5(1) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0 0 7(2) 0
MF Scotland David Kerr 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
MF England Ian Robinson 3(5) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 4(6) 0
MF England Ben Sedgemore 37(2) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 39(2) 4
MF Scotland Johnny Walker 33(3) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 36(3) 3
MF England Lee Williams 3(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(3) 0
FW England Iyseden Christie 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
FW England Richard Cresswell 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
FW England Tony Ford 25(2) 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 28(2) 3
FW England Stewart Hadley 31(5) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 35(5) 4
FW England Steve Harper 37(3) 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 42(3) 2
FW England Ian Helliwell 4(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 1
FW England Glynn Hurst 5(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5(2) 0
FW England Gary Martindale 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
FW England Mark Sale 12(6) 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 15(6) 5
FW England Ryan Williams 4(12) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0 0 6(13) 0
FW England Simon Wood 23(8) 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 27(8) 4
FW England Chris Young 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Own goals 3 0 0 0 3

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ 1996–97 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.