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1996–97 Bury F.C. season

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

1996–97 season
Terry Robinson
Stan Ternent
Gigg Lane
1st (champions)
First round
Second round
Quarter finals
League: Carter (12)All: Carter (13)
4,502

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

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.

Bury's score comes first

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Win	Draw	Loss

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	16 November 1996	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,104

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

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
—	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 Thomson

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