1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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 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

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

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

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Notable Games in First Division

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

Both games had 6 different scorers for Palace

First Division Play Offs

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

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Players

First-team squad

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

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

  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

  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.
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