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1996–97 Sheffield United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Sheffield United
season	1996–97
manager	Howard Kendall
chairman	Mike McDonald
stadium	Bramall Lane
league	First Division
league result	5th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer
Pyotr Kachura/Andy Walker (12)
season topscorer
Andy Walker (14)
average attendance	16,638
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

Pyotr Kachura/Andy Walker (12) Andy Walker (14) During the 1996–97 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1996–97 season, Howard Kendall's first full season in charge, the Blades finished fifth in Division One to qualify for the play-offs. In the play-off final at Wembley, the Blades lost to a last minute goal from David Hopkin and Crystal Palace earned the final promotion spot to the Premier League. In June 1997, Kendall left the club by mutual consent to return to Everton for a third spell as manager.

Players

First-team squad

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League#First Division

Matches

Source:

Key

Division One

Quinn Walker Newell Devlin Hunt Sandford Whitehouse Vonk Scowcroft Taylor Katchouro Taylor Marsh Walker Walker Taylor Whitehouse Katchouro Hutchison Katchouro Patterson White Jemson Dreyer Scott Katchouro Rickers White Taylor Osborn Bull Holdsworth Walker Ottosson Holdsworth Fairclough Katchouro Taylor Fjørtoft Eaden Fjørtoft Walker Walker Cowan Dyson Henry Taylor Fjørtoft White

Playoffs

Gudmundsson Walker Henry

FA Cup

League Cup

White Walker Walker Bennett Katchouro Armstrong Bennett Angell

Steel City Cup

Walker Starbuck Sandford

Friendlies

Hutchison Hartfield Starbuck Hodgson Ward Unknown

References

Notes

References

Stenson, Tony. (27 May 1997). "COP STEP AND JUMP INTO THE PREMIER LEAGUE". The Mirror.
Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham. (1999). "A Complete Record of Sheffield United Football Club 1889–1999". Hallamshire Press.

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