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1996–97 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Bradford City A.F.C.
season	1996–97
manager	Chris Kamara
chairman	Geoffrey Richmond
stadium	Valley Parade
league	First Division
league result	21st
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fifth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
league topscorer	Ole Sundgot (6)
season topscorer	Ole Sundgot
Chris Waddle (6)
highest attendance	17,830 vs Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup, 16 February 1997
lowest attendance	3,593 vs Sheffield United
Football League Cup,
3 September 1996
average attendance	12,925
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

Chris Waddle (6) FA Cup, 16 February 1997 Football League Cup, 3 September 1996 During the 1996–97 English football season, Bradford City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Kamara used 42 players in 1996–97 when Bradford avoided relegation with a 3–0 victory in the final game against Queens Park Rangers.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League#First Division

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Portsmouth	H	3–1	10,007	Regtop (pen), Duxbury, Stallard
24 August 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,171
28 August 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	11,918
31 August 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	10,080	Duxbury
7 September 1996	Norwich City	H	0–2	10,054
10 September 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	12,591
14 September 1996	Oxford United	A	0–2	6,334
21 September 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–4	12,034	Liburd, Sas
29 September 1996	Port Vale	A	1–1	4,706	Jacobs
2 October 1996	Swindon Town	H	2–1	9,249	Sas (pen), Shutt
5 October 1996	Southend United	H	0–0	10,156
12 October 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–3	25,157
16 October 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	7,776
19 October 1996	Barnsley	H	2–2	11,477	Waddle, Kiwomya
26 October 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	14,249
29 October 1996	Crystal Palace	H	0–4	10,091
2 November 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	0–3	10,855
8 November 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	3–3	14,126	Waddle, Dreyer, Steiner
16 November 1996	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	10,504	Sundgot (2)
23 November 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	12,256	Steiner, Waddle
30 November 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	12,003	Sas
7 December 1996	Manchester City	A	2–3	25,035	Steiner (2)
17 December 1996	Reading	H	0–0	10,077
21 December 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	5,766	Duxbury
26 December 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–2	17,475	Jacobs
28 December 1996	Norwich City	A	0–2	13,473
1 January 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	16,192	Shutt
11 January 1997	Oxford United	H	2–0	13,275	O'Brien, Shutt
18 January 1997	Swindon Town	A	1–1	7,851	Jacobs
28 January 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	15,186	Watson
1 February 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	17,373	Waddle
8 February 1997	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	14,844	Waddle
22 February 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	9,524	Sundgot, Edinho
1 March 1997	Manchester City	H	1–3	17,609	Edinho (pen)
4 March 1997	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	9,367	Sundgot (2)
8 March 1997	Grimsby Town	H	3–4	15,219	Sundgot, Edinho, O'Brien
15 March 1997	Reading	A	0–0	8,435
22 March 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	15,351	Edinho, Pepper
29 March 1997	Portsmouth	A	1–3	12,340	Murray
31 March 1997	Stoke City	H	1–0	13,579	Pepper
4 April 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	8,531
12 April 1997	Southend United	A	1–1	6,697	Edinho
19 April 1997	Birmingham City	H	0–2	15,123
26 April 1997	Barnsley	A	0–2	18,605
1 May 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	15,780	Pepper
4 May 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	14,723	Pepper (2), Wright

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–0	5,173	Dreyer (2)
R4	25 January 1997	Everton	A	3–2	30,007	Dreyer, Waddle, Steiner
R5	16 February 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	17,830

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1 First Leg	20 August 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	7,575
	R1 Second Leg	3 September 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–2	3,593	Stallard

First-team squad

Left club during season

References

"Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase.
Davison was born in [[Sedgefield]], England.
Kulcsar was born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].

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