1996–97_Bury_F.C._season

Bury
1996–97 season
Chairman	Terry Robinson
Manager	Stan Ternent
Stadium	Gigg Lane
Second Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Carter (12); All: Carter (13)
Average home league attendance	4,502
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Bury F.C. season

Bury 1996–97 football season

During the 1996–97 English football season, Bury F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bury	46	24	12	10	62	38	+24	84	Division Champions, promoted
2	Stockport County	46	23	13	10	59	41	+18	82	Promoted
3	Luton Town	46	21	15	10	71	45	+26	78	Participated in play-offs
4	Brentford	46	20	14	12	56	43	+13	74
5	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	69	51	+18	73

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Brentford	H	1–1	3,373	Jepson
24 August 1996	Chesterfield	A	2–1	3,763	West, Carter
27 August 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	3,563	Jepson
31 August 1996	Bristol City	H	4–0	4,160	Johnson, Carter, Jackson, Johnrose
7 September 1996	Rotherham United	H	3–1	3,523	Carter (2, 1 pen), Jackson
10 September 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	3,627
14 September 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	3,238	Armstrong
21 September 1996	Luton Town	H	0–0	3,588
28 September 1996	Walsall	A	1–3	3,254	Carter (pen)
1 October 1996	Burnley	H	1–0	7,557	Jepson
5 October 1996	Blackpool	H	1–0	5,317	Armstrong
12 October 1996	Peterborough United	A	2–1	6,003	Matthews, Johnson
16 October 1996	Millwall	A	0–1	6,447
19 October 1996	Watford	H	1–1	4,092	Carter
26 October 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	4,082	Stant, O'Kane
29 October 1996	Wrexham	A	1–1	3,895	West
2 November 1996	Bournemouth	A	1–1	3,946	Carter
9 November 1996	York City	H	4–1	4,021	West (2), Pugh, O'Kane
23 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	3,582	Carter
30 November 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	3–4	4,496	Pugh, Johnson, Carter (pen)
3 December 1996	Preston North End	H	3–0	5,447	Johnrose, Johnson, Carter
14 December 1996	Gillingham	A	2–2	5,542	Matthews, Randall
21 December 1996	Stockport County	H	0–0	5,069
28 December 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–1	3,263	Matthews
17 January 1997	Burnley	A	1–3	10,526	Matthews
1 February 1997	York City	A	2–0	3,423	Jackson, Jepson
8 February 1997	Bournemouth	H	2–1	3,559	Carter (pen), Matthews
15 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	5,486
22 February 1997	Notts County	H	2–0	3,430	Randall, Jepson
25 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	3,419
1 March 1997	Preston North End	A	1–3	8,749	O'Kane
4 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	2,690	Randall, Johnson
8 March 1997	Stockport County	A	1–2	8,170	Butler
15 March 1997	Gillingham	H	3–0	3,492	Johnrose, Battersby, Johnson
22 March 1997	Chesterfield	H	1–0	4,162	Johnson
25 March 1997	Notts County	A	1–0	3,306	Jepson
29 March 1997	Brentford	A	2–0	7,823	Daws, Carter (pen)
31 March 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–0	5,714	Daws, Butler
5 April 1997	Bristol City	A	0–1	10,274
8 April 1997	Walsall	H	2–1	4,082	Jepson, Battersby
12 April 1997	Blackpool	A	0–2	6,812
15 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,725	Jepson
19 April 1997	Peterborough United	H	1–0	4,631	Johnson
22 April 1997	Luton Town	A	0–0	7,769
26 April 1997	Watford	A	0–0	9,017
3 May 1997	Millwall	H	2–0	9,785	Jepson, Johnrose

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Notts County	A	1–1	2,141	Pugh
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Notts County	H	1–0 (won 2–1 on agg)	2,571	Carter
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	3,472	Jackson
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–4 (lost 7–1 on agg)	5,195

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
NR1	10 December 1996	Darlington	H	3–1	1,436
NR2	13 January 1997	Mansfield Town	H	6–0	1,331
NQF	11 February 1997	Stockport County	H	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2,497

1996–97_Bury_F.C._season

1996–97 Bury F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League Second Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad

References

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