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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

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Crystal Palace finished 6th place in the First Division and gained promotion to the Premier League after a 1–0 win in the play-off finals over Sheffield United at Wembley, David Hopkin scoring the winner in the 89th minute.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Ipswich Town 46 20 14 12 68 50 +18 74 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5 Sheffield United 46 20 13 13 75 52 +23 73
6 Crystal Palace (O, P) 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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Notable Games in First Division

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6–1 vs Reading away followed by 6–1 vs Southend

Both games had 6 different scorers for Palace

First Division Play Offs

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Play Off Semi-finals:

Palace... 3 Wolves... 1(Shipperley, Freedman (2)) Wolves...2 Palace... 1 (Hopkin)

Play Off Final at Wembley:

Palace... 1 Sheffield United... 0 (Hopkin)

FA Cup

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League Cup

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Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

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 Tom Evans[notes 1]
GK England ENG Carlo Nash
GK England ENG Chris Day
DF England ENG Danny Boxall[notes 2]
DF England ENG Sagi Burton[notes 3]
DF England ENG Andy Cyrus
DF England ENG Marc Edworthy
DF England ENG Dean Gordon
DF England ENG Andy Linighan
DF Australia AUS Kevin Muscat[notes 4]
DF England ENG Dave Tuttle
DF Wales WAL Gareth Davies[notes 5]
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Quinn[notes 6]
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[notes 7]
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton[notes 8]
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Kennedy
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Scully
MF Australia AUS Carl Veart
FW England ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 9]
FW England ENG Jason Harris
FW England ENG Leon McKenzie
FW England ENG Clinton Morrison[notes 10]
FW England ENG George Ndah[notes 11]
FW England ENG Neil Shipperley
FW Wales WAL Andy Martin
FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman

Left club during season

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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 AFC Bournemouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Wales WAL Paul Trollope[notes 12] (on loan from Derby County)

References

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  1. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1997". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

Notes

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  1. ^ Evans was born in Doncaster, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would represent them at B level.
  2. ^ Boxall was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.
  4. ^ Muscat was born in Crawley, England, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Australia in September 1994.
  5. ^ Davies was born in Hereford, England, but was raised in Wales and has represented them at U-21 level.
  6. ^ Quinn was born in Bexley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 and B level.
  7. ^ Folan was born in Croydon, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  8. ^ Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.
  9. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.
  10. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  11. ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
  12. ^ Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997.