In the 1996–97 season, it was the one to remember for Bury supporters as they won the Second Division title and as a result were promoted to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1969.
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During the 1996 97 English football season Bury F C competed in the Football League Second Division Bury1996 97 seasonChairmanTerry RobinsonManagerStan TernentStadiumGigg LaneSecond Division1st champions FA CupFirst roundLeague CupSecond roundFootball League TrophyQuarter finalsTop goalscorerLeague Carter 12 All Carter 13 Average home league attendance4 502 1995 961997 98 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Results 3 1 Legend 3 2 Football League Second Division 3 3 FA Cup 3 4 League Cup 3 5 Football League Trophy 4 Squad 5 ReferencesSeason summary EditIn the 1996 97 season it was the one to remember for Bury supporters as they won the Second Division title and as a result were promoted to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1969 Final league table EditMain article 1996 97 Football League Second Division Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation1 Bury 46 24 12 10 62 38 24 84 Division Champions promoted2 Stockport County 46 23 13 10 59 41 18 82 Promoted3 Luton Town 46 21 15 10 71 45 26 78 Participated in play offs4 Brentford 46 20 14 12 56 43 13 745 Bristol City 46 21 10 15 69 51 18 73Source 1 Rules for classification In the Football League goals scored GF takes precedence over goal difference GD Results EditBury s score comes first 2 Legend Edit Win Draw LossFootball League Second Division Edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers17 August 1996 Brentford H 1 1 3 373 Jepson24 August 1996 Chesterfield A 2 1 3 763 West Carter27 August 1996 Wycombe Wanderers A 1 0 3 563 Jepson31 August 1996 Bristol City H 4 0 4 160 Johnson Carter Jackson Johnrose7 September 1996 Rotherham United H 3 1 3 523 Carter 2 1 pen Jackson10 September 1996 Crewe Alexandra A 0 2 3 62714 September 1996 Shrewsbury Town A 1 1 3 238 Armstrong21 September 1996 Luton Town H 0 0 3 58828 September 1996 Walsall A 1 3 3 254 Carter pen 1 October 1996 Burnley H 1 0 7 557 Jepson5 October 1996 Blackpool H 1 0 5 317 Armstrong12 October 1996 Peterborough United A 2 1 6 003 Matthews Johnson16 October 1996 Millwall A 0 1 6 44719 October 1996 Watford H 1 1 4 092 Carter26 October 1996 Bristol Rovers H 2 1 4 082 Stant O Kane29 October 1996 Wrexham A 1 1 3 895 West2 November 1996 Bournemouth A 1 1 3 946 Carter9 November 1996 York City H 4 1 4 021 West 2 Pugh O Kane23 November 1996 Plymouth Argyle H 1 0 3 582 Carter30 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 Carter14 December 1996 Gillingham A 2 2 5 542 Matthews Randall21 December 1996 Stockport County H 0 0 5 06928 December 1996 Rotherham United A 1 1 3 263 Matthews17 January 1997 Burnley A 1 3 10 526 Matthews1 February 1997 York City A 2 0 3 423 Jackson Jepson8 February 1997 Bournemouth H 2 1 3 559 Carter pen Matthews15 February 1997 Plymouth Argyle A 0 2 5 48622 February 1997 Notts County H 2 0 3 430 Randall Jepson25 February 1997 Wrexham H 0 0 3 4191 March 1997 Preston North End A 1 3 8 749 O Kane4 March 1997 Shrewsbury Town H 2 0 2 690 Randall Johnson8 March 1997 Stockport County A 1 2 8 170 Butler15 March 1997 Gillingham H 3 0 3 492 Johnrose Battersby Johnson22 March 1997 Chesterfield H 1 0 4 162 Johnson25 March 1997 Notts County A 1 0 3 306 Jepson29 March 1997 Brentford A 2 0 7 823 Daws Carter pen 31 March 1997 Wycombe Wanderers H 2 0 5 714 Daws Butler5 April 1997 Bristol City A 0 1 10 2748 April 1997 Walsall H 2 1 4 082 Jepson Battersby12 April 1997 Blackpool A 0 2 6 81215 April 1997 Crewe Alexandra H 1 0 4 725 Jepson19 April 1997 Peterborough United H 1 0 4 631 Johnson22 April 1997 Luton Town A 0 0 7 76926 April 1997 Watford A 0 0 9 0173 May 1997 Millwall H 2 0 9 785 Jepson JohnroseFA Cup Edit Main article 1996 97 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 16 November 1996 Chesterfield A 0 1 5 104League Cup Edit Main article 1996 97 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 1st Leg 20 August 1996 Notts County A 1 1 2 141 PughR1 2nd Leg 3 September 1996 Notts County H 1 0 won 2 1 on agg 2 571 CarterR2 1st Leg 17 September 1996 Crystal Palace H 1 3 3 472 JacksonR2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 Crystal Palace A 0 4 lost 7 1 on agg 5 195Football League Trophy Edit Main article 1996 97 Football League Trophy Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersNR1 10 December 1996 Darlington H 3 1 1 436NR2 13 January 1997 Mansfield Town H 6 0 1 331NQF 11 February 1997 Stockport County H 1 2 a e t 2 497Squad Edit 3 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 ENG Lee Bracey GK ENG Dean Kiely DF ENG Lee Anderson DF ENG Matt Barrass DF ENG Stuart Bimson DF IRL Paul Butler DF ENG Michael Jackson DF ENG Chris Lucketti DF ENG Trevor Matthewson DF ENG John O Kane on loan from Manchester United DF ENG Nicky Reid DF ENG Barry Shuttleworth DF ENG Dean West DF ENG Andy Woodward MF ENG Gordon Armstrong MF ENG Nick Daws No Pos Nation Player MF WAL Ian Hughes MF ENG Lenny Johnrose MF NIR Steve Jones MF ENG Rob Matthews MF ENG Adrian Randall MF ENG Shaun Reid MF ENG Tony Rigby MF ENG Ian Thompstone FW ENG Tony Battersby FW ENG Mark Carter FW ENG Ronnie Jepson FW JAM David Johnson FW ENG David Pugh FW ENG Andy Scott on loan from Sheffield United FW ENG Phil Stant FW ENG Peter ThomsonReferences Edit England 1996 97 Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Archived from the original on 28 March 2010 Retrieved 24 February 2010 Archived copy Archived from the original on 27 June 2015 Retrieved 26 June 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link All Bury players 1997 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 97 Bury F C season amp oldid 1083660524, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,