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1996–97 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season

English football club season

FieldValue
clubWolverhampton Wanderers
season1996–97
managerMark McGhee
mgrtitleManager
chairmanJonathan Hayward
chrtitleChairman
leagueFirst Division
league result3rd
(lost in play-offs)
cup1FA Cup
cup1 result3rd round
cup2League Cup
cup2 result1st round
league topscorerSteve Bull (23)
season topscorerSteve Bull (23)
highest attendance27,400 (vs Stoke,
1 February 1997)
lowest attendance10,760 (vs Swindon,
4 September 1996)
average attendance24,763 (league only)
prevseason1995–96
nextseason1997–98

(lost in play-offs) 1 February 1997) 4 September 1996) The 1996–97 season was the 98th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The team finished in third position in the league, their highest position in the football pyramid since their relegation from the top flight in 1983–84. Nonetheless, the season ended in disappointment for the club as they lost in the semi-finals of the play-offs to Crystal Palace, thereby failing to reach the Premier League.

Their failure to finish ahead of unfancied Barnsley in the automatic promotion places, and then subsequent play-off exit, caused owner Sir Jack Hayward to make an emotional outburst days after the campaign in which he accused manager Mark McGhee and the chairman, his son Jonathan, of "blackmailing" him into funding their high transfer spending. He promised that there would be an end to Wolves being a "sloppily-run club".

Results

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1996–97 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 1996, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns. Taylor Bull Kachura Foley Bull Roberts Redfearn Eaden Legg Dyer Thomas Dennison Bull Goodman Roberts Curle Blake Osborn Bull Bull Veart Dyer Roberts Froggatt Roberts Roberts Aldridge Barlow Roberts Pepper Peacock Curle Curle Roberts Adams Bull Atkins Goodman Atkins Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Bolton Wanderers462814410053+4798
2Barnsley462214107655+2180
3Wolverhampton Wanderers462210146851+1776
4Ipswich Town462014126850+1874
5Sheffield United462013137552+2373
6Crystal Palace461914137848+3071

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Results by round |color_-2=green1|color_22-=red1

Play-offs

Freedman Williams

FA Cup

Hall

League Cup

Leitch

Players

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Transfers

In

DatePlayerFromFee
1 July 1996WAL Ady WilliamsReading£750,000
5 July 1996WAL Iwan RobertsLeicester City£1.3 million
31 July 1996ENG Keith CurleManchester City£650,000
12 August 1996FRA Serge RomanoFRA MartiguesFree
30 August 1996NED Hans SegersUnattachedFree{{cite web
27 March 1997BRB Michael GilkesReading£150,000

Out

DatePlayerToFee
June 1996NED John de WolfReleasedFree{{cite web
June 1996ENG Andy De BontHereford UnitedFree
June 1996ENG Gavin MahonHereford UnitedFree
June 1996ENG Steve PiearceDoncaster RoversFree
June 1996ENG Quentin TownsendHereford UnitedFree
June 1996RSA Mark WilliamsReleasedFree
16 July 1996WAL Paul JonesStockport County£60,000
20 July 1996ENG Paul BirchDoncaster RoversFree
17 September 1996ENG Mark RankinePreston North End£100,000
28 March 1997NIR Neil MastersGillingham£150,000

Loans in

Start datePlayerFromEnd date
9 October 1996GER Jens DoweGER HamburgEnd of season
11 October 1996NED Robin van der LaanDerby County1 January 1997
26 February 1997ENG Vince BartramArsenal14 March 1997

Loans out

Start datePlayerToEnd date
21 February 1997IRL Glen CroweExeter City12 April 1997{{cite web

Management and coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerMark McGhee
Assistant managerColin Lee
First Team coachMike Hickman
Youth Development OfficerChris Evans
Youth Team coachChris Turner
Club doctorsDr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club PhysioBarry Holmes

Kit

The season saw Puma take over as the club's kit manufacturer, and two new kits were therefore introduced. Both used a "wolf head" design to the shirts as a central feature, the home shirt using their traditional gold and black colours, while the away kit used shades of teal. In a further emphasis of the "wolf head", a new club emblen was introduced replacing the usage of the Wolverhampton city crest on the shirts that had been adopted for the previous three seasons. Both shirts featured the sponsor name of Goodyear.

References

References

  1. (16 May 1997). "Mac lashed". The Mirror.
  2. (16 May 1997). "McGhee blasted by boss". Daily Record.
  3. (18 June 1996). "Fixture guide". The Mirror.
  4. (1 July 1996). "Wolves hunt". The Mirror.
  5. (6 July 1996). "Iwan hits out". The Mirror.
  6. (1 August 1996). "Wolves grab Maine man". The Mirror.
  7. (10 August 1996). "Plymouth sign Grobbelaar". The Independent.
  8. (27 March 1997). "Round-up". The Independent.
  9. (15 August 1996). "Club-By-Club Guide to the Nationwide League". The Times.
  10. (17 July 1996). "Stockport sign Paul Jones from Wolves". The Independent.
  11. (22 September 1996). "On the move". The Independent.
  12. (29 March 1997). "Everton call on Donachie as stand-in". The Independent.
  13. (10 October 1996). "Celtic settle row with striker". The Independent.
  14. (12 October 1996). "Derby v Newcastle". The Mirror.
  15. (7 November 1996). "No headline". The Independent.
  16. (19 February 1997). "Cover up Bart". The Mirror.
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