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 →

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

Season summary

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.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Bury	46		18	5	0	39	7		6	7	10	23	31		62	38	+24		84
2	Stockport County	46		15	5	3	31	14		8	8	7	28	27		59	41	+18		82
3	Luton Town	46		13	7	3	38	14		8	8	7	33	31		71	45	+26		78
4	Brentford	46		8	11	4	26	22		12	3	8	30	21		56	43	+13		74
5	Bristol City	46		14	4	5	43	18		7	6	10	26	33		69	51	+18		73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46		15	4	4	38	15		7	3	13	18	32		56	47	+9		73
7	Blackpool	46		13	7	3	41	21		5	8	10	19	26		60	47	+13		69
8	Wrexham	46		11	9	3	38	28		6	9	8	17	22		54	50	+4		69
9	Burnley	46		14	3	6	48	27		5	8	10	23	28		71	55	+16		68
10	Chesterfield	46		10	9	4	25	18		8	5	10	17	21		42	39	+3		68
11	Gillingham	46		13	3	7	37	25		6	7	10	23	34		60	59	+1		67
12	Walsall	46		12	8	3	35	21		7	2	14	19	32		54	53	+1		67
13	Watford	46		10	8	5	24	14		6	11	6	21	24		45	38	+7		67
14	Millwall	46		12	4	7	27	22		4	9	10	23	33		50	55	–5		61
15	Preston North End	46		14	5	4	33	19		4	2	17	16	36		49	55	–6		61
16	Bournemouth	46		8	9	6	24	20		7	6	10	19	25		43	45	–2		60
17	Bristol Rovers	46		13	4	6	34	22		2	7	14	13	28		47	50	–3		56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46		13	4	6	31	14		2	6	15	20	43		51	56	–5		55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46		7	11	5	19	18		5	7	11	28	40		47	58	–11		54
20	York City	46		8	6	9	27	31		5	7	11	20	37		47	68	–21		52
21	Peterborough United	46		7	7	9	38	34		4	7	12	17	39		55	73	–18		47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46		8	6	9	27	32		3	7	13	22	42		49	74	–25		46
23	Rotherham United	46		4	7	12	17	29		3	7	13	22	41		39	70	–31		35
24	Notts County	46		4	9	10	20	25		3	5	15	13	34		33	59	–26		35

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Bury's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

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

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,104

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup

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

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
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

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Lee Bracey GK Dean Kiely DF Lee Anderson DF Matt Barrass DF Stuart Bimson DF Paul Butler DF Michael Jackson DF Chris Lucketti DF Trevor Matthewson DF John O'Kane (on loan from Manchester United) DF Nicky Reid DF Barry Shuttleworth DF Dean West DF Andy Woodward MF Gordon Armstrong MF Nick Daws

No. Position Player MF Ian Hughes MF Lenny Johnrose MF Steve Jones MF Rob Matthews MF Adrian Randall MF Shaun Reid MF Tony Rigby MF Ian Thompstone FW Tony Battersby FW Mark Carter FW Ronnie Jepson FW David Johnson FW David Pugh FW Andy Scott (on loan from Sheffield United) FW Phil Stant FW Peter Thomson