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1996–97 Chesterfield F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Chesterfield
season	1996–97
manager	John Duncan
chairman	Norton Lea
stadium	Saltergate
league	Second Division
league result	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Semi-finals
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
cup3	Auto Windscreens Shield
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Howard (9)
season topscorer	Howard (11)
average attendance	4,639
pattern_b1	_whitecollar	pattern_sh1=_blue stripes	pattern_so1=_whitetop	leftarm1=0000ff	body1=0000ff	rightarm1=0000ff	shorts1=	socks1=0000ff
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

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

Season summary

For much of the season Chesterfield were in the Second Division play-off race, but a late slump saw them fall off the pace before a resurgence at the end of the season took them up to tenth - five points off the play-offs. In the FA Cup, Chesterfield reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, before being knocked out by Premier League side Middlesbrough.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Results

Chesterfield's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Blackpool	A	1–0	6,014	Holland
24 August 1996	Bury	H	1–2	3,763	Law (pen)
27 August 1996	Walsall	H	1–0	3,561	Howard
31 August 1996	Gillingham	A	1–0	5,934	Howard
7 September 1996	Brentford	H	0–2	3,643
10 September 1996	Rotherham United	A	1–0	2,940	Howard
14 September 1996	Luton Town	A	1–0	4,763	Curtis (pen)
21 September 1996	Burnley	H	0–0	5,529
28 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	5,008
1 October 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	3,299	Williams, Lormor
5 October 1996	Bristol City	H	1–1	4,438	Lormor
12 October 1996	Millwall	A	1–2	7,765	Beaumont
15 October 1996	Notts County	A	0–0	4,265
19 October 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,030	Scott
26 October 1996	York City	H	2–0	4,009	Scott (2)
29 October 1996	Stockport County	A	0–1	4,831
2 November 1996	Wrexham	A	2–3	4,160	Curtis (pen), Lormor
9 November 1996	Preston North End	H	2–1	4,759	Lormor (pen), Williams
19 November 1996	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	4,237	Lormor, Davies, Holland
30 November 1996	York City	A	0–0	3,328
3 December 1996	Peterborough United	H	2–1	2,805	Holland, Howard
14 December 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	4,610
21 December 1996	Bournemouth	H	1–1	4,174	Lormor
11 January 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	3,305	Lormor
18 January 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–2	2,659
28 January 1997	Burnley	A	0–0	7,903
1 February 1997	Preston North End	A	1–0	8,681	Morris
8 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	6,738
18 February 1997	Rotherham United	H	1–1	5,195	Lormor
22 February 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	5,833	Howard
1 March 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–1	4,458	Howard
4 March 1997	Luton Town	H	1–1	3,731	Davies
11 March 1997	Bournemouth	A	0–3	3,368
15 March 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2	4,354	Howard (2), Hewitt, Hanson
22 March 1997	Bury	A	0–1	4,162
29 March 1997	Blackpool	H	0–0	4,974
1 April 1997	Walsall	A	1–1	3,784	Morris
5 April 1997	Gillingham	H	2–2	3,926	Morris, Howard
8 April 1997	Watford	H	0–0	4,258
15 April 1997	Brentford	A	0–1	5,216
19 April 1997	Millwall	H	1–0	5,935	Curtis
24 April 1997	Watford	A	2–0	6,411	Davies, Page (own goal)
26 April 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	4,858	Morris, Ebdon
28 April 1997	Stockport County	H	0–1	8,690
30 April 1997	Bristol City	A	0–2	16,195
3 May 1997	Notts County	H	1–0	5,736	Williams

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Bury	H	1–0	5,104	Williams
R2	7 December 1996	Scarborough	H	2–0	4,475	Davies, Lormor
R3	14 January 1997	Bristol City	H	2–0	5,193	Howard (2)
R4	4 February 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	10,854	Davies (3)
R5	15 February 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	8,890	Curtis (pen)
QF	9 March 1997	Wrexham	H	1–0	8,735	Beaumont
SF	13 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	3–3	49,640	Morris, Dyche (pen), Hewitt
SFR	22 April 1997	Middlesbrough	N	0–3	30,339

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Stockport County	A	1–2	3,088	Lormor
	R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Stockport County	H	1–2 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,334	Gaughan

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	NR1	9 December 1996	Preston North End	H	0–2	1,169

Squad

Left club during season

References

"Chesterfield results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com".
"All Chesterfield players: 1997". 11v11.com.
Williams was born in [[Stalybridge]], [[England]], but qualifies to represent [[Northern Ireland]] internationally and would make his international debut for [[Northern Ireland national football team. Northern Ireland]] in 1999.

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