1996–97 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 1996–97 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 82nd in the Football League. They finished in tenth position in the 24-team Division One, the second tier of the English football league system. They entered the 1996–97 FA Cup at the third round, losing in the fifth, and entered the League Cup in the first round and lost in the second.

Season summary

This was the first season under the managership of playing legend Trevor Francis, appointed in May 1996 after the dismissal of previous incumbent Barry Fry.^[3] Francis introduced players with top-level experience such as Manchester United captain Steve Bruce.

Football League First Division

Main article: 1997–98 Football League

August

18 August 1996	Birmingham City	1–0	Crystal Palace	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Devlin 25'	^[4]		Attendance: 18,765

24 August 1996	Sheffield United	4–4	Birmingham City	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Taylor 45', 70' Walker 67', 72'	^[4]	Furlong 9' Newell 37' Devlin 75' (p) Hunt 83'	Attendance: 16,332

September

7 September 1996	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Birmingham City	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
	Aldridge 60'	^[4]		Attendance: 8,548

10 September 1996	Birmingham City	0–0	Oldham Athletic	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 17,228

14 September 1996	Birmingham City	3–1	Stoke City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 2', 65' Legg 32'	^[4]	Forsyth 66'	Attendance: 18,612

21 September 1996	Manchester City	1–0	Birmingham City	Maine Road, Manchester
	Kinkladze 89' (p)	^[4]	Poole 89'	Attendance: 26,757

28 September 1996	Birmingham City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 17,430

October

8 October 1996	Huddersfield Town	3–0	Birmingham City	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
	Edwards 17' Stewart 23' Dalton 45'	^[4]		Attendance: 10,904

12 October 1996	Birmingham City	3–0	Bradford City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Devlin 1', 50' Hunt 88'	^[4]		Attendance: 25,157

15 October 1996	Birmingham City	1–0	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Bowen 50'	^[4]		Attendance: 15,664

18 October 1996	Oxford United	0–0	Birmingham City	Manor Ground, Oxford
		^[4]		Attendance: 7,594

26 October 1996	Birmingham City	2–3	Norwich City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Devlin 40', 86'	^[4]	Johnson 19' Adams 49' (p) Scott 54'	Attendance: 18,869

29 October 1996	Portsmouth	1–1	Birmingham City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
	Bradbury 70'	^[4]	Furlong 22'	Attendance: 6,334

November

2 November 1996	Port Vale	3–0	Birmingham City	Vale Park, Burslem
	Naylor 22', 41' Guppy 68'	^[4]		Attendance: 8,388

13 November 1996	Birmingham City	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 55' Bowen 56' Todd 81' (o.g.) Devlin 28'	^[4]	Sheridan 75' Phillips 28' Taggart 85'	Attendance: 17,033

17 November 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Birmingham City	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	Bull 10'	^[4]	Breen 8' Legg 58'	Attendance: 22,627

20 November 1996	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Birmingham City	The Valley, London
	Allen 39' O'Connell 46'	^[4]	Legg 13'	Attendance: 8,574

23 November 1996	Birmingham City	1–0	Swindon Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 29'	^[4]		Attendance: 16,559

26 November 1996	Reading	0–0	Birmingham City	Elm Park, Reading
		^[4]		Attendance: 8,407

30 November 1996	Norwich City	0–1	Birmingham City	Carrow Road, Norwich
		^[4]	O'Connor 62'	Attendance: 12,764

December

3 December 1996	Birmingham City	0–0	Barnsley	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 24,004

7 December 1996	Birmingham City	0–0	Grimsby Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 17,001

20 December 1996	Southend United	1–1	Birmingham City	Roots Hall, Southend
	Williams 63'	^[4]	Devlin 88'	Attendance: 5,100

January

10 January 1997	Stoke City	1–0	Birmingham City	Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
	Wallace 18'	^[4]		Attendance: 10,049

18 January 1997	Birmingham City	4–1	Reading	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 33' Devlin 56' (p), 75' Gilkes 89' (o.g.)	^[4]	Holsgrove 51'	Attendance: 15,363

29 January 1997	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Birmingham City	Loftus Road, London
	Spencer 59'	^[4]	Devlin 36'	Attendance: 12,138

February

1 February 1997	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Birmingham City	Burnden Park, Bolton
	Pollock 29' McGinlay 78' (p)	^[4]	Devlin 56' Grainger 77'	Attendance: 16,737

4 February 1997	Birmingham City	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	O'Connor 14' Devlin 55' (p)	^[4]	Taylor 33', 90' Sneekes 78'	Attendance: 21,600

8 February 1997	Birmingham City	0–3	Portsmouth	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]	Svensson 3' Bradbury 78' McLoughlin 83' (p)	Attendance: 15,897

23 February 1997	Birmingham City	1–2	Reading	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Devlin 8' (p)	^[4]	Porter 16' Glover 54'	Attendance: 13,192

26 February 1997	Swindon Town	3–1	Birmingham City	County Ground, Swindon
	Bullock 13' Broomes 39' Cowe 61'	^[4]	Ablett 22'	Attendance: 7,428

March

1 March 1997	Grimsby Town	1–2	Birmingham City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
	Southall 8'	^[4]	O'Connor 60' Forster 61'	Attendance: 17,609

4 March 1997	Birmingham City	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Forster 70'	^[4]	Bull 1' Goodman 23'	Attendance: 19,838

8 March 1997	Birmingham City	2–1	Southend United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Forster 6' O'Connor 37' (p)	^[4]	Marsh 69'	Attendance: 13,189

11 March 1997	Birmingham City	2–0	Manchester City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 51' (p) Francis 69'	^[4]		Attendance: 20,084

16 March 1997	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Birmingham City	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
	Sneekes 16' Hamilton 49'	^[4]		Attendance: 16,125

22 March 1997	Birmingham City	1–1	Sheffield United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Legg 53'	^[4]	Kachouro 64'	Attendance: 14,969

29 March 1997	Crystal Palace	0–1	Birmingham City	Selhurst Park, London
		^[4]	Grainger 40' O'Connor 69'	Attendance: 16,331

31 March 1997	Birmingham City	0–0	Charlton Athletic	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 14,525

April–May

5 April 1997	Barnsley	0–1	Birmingham City	Oakwell, Barnsley
		^[4]	Grainger 12'	Attendance: 13,092

8 April 1997	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Birmingham City	Boundary Park, Oldham
	Richardson 29' (p) Reid 51'	^[4]	Furlong 17' Grainger 30'	Attendance: 5,942

12 April 1997	Birmingham City	1–0	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Jenkins 90' (o.g.) Jenkins 90'	^[4]	Furlong 38'	Attendance: 14,394

15 April 1997	Birmingham City	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[4]		Attendance: 22,364

19 April 1997	Bradford City	0–2	Birmingham City	Valley Parade, Bradford
		^[4]	Devlin 22' Furlong 86'	Attendance: 15,824

26 April 1997	Birmingham City	2–0	Oxford United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Devlin 54' Bowen 87'	^[4]		Attendance: 16,109

4 May 1997	Ipswich Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Gudmundsson 52'	^[4]	Devlin 81'	Attendance: 20,570

League table (part)

Final Division One table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
8th	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3	67
9th	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4	66
10th	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66
11th	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63	56	+7	65
12th	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	+6	64
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[5]

Note that goals scored took precedence over goal difference as a tiebreaker in the Football League.^[5]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66	11	7	5	30	18	+12	6	8	9	22	30	−8

Source: ^[5]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D
Position	8	5	20	19	14	17	18	23	18	11	13	15	16	20	16	14	14	10	9	7	8	8	9	18	15	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	16	19	19	18	16	13	13	12	12	12	10	10

Source: ^[6]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

R3 4 January 1997	Stevenage Borough	0–2	Birmingham City	St Andrew's, Birmingham^a
		^[4]	Francis 27' Devlin 64' (p)	Attendance: 15,365

R4 25 January 1997	Birmingham City	3–1	Stockport County	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Furlong 29' Devlin 48' Francis 69'	^[4]	Angell 82'	Attendance: 18,487

R5 15 February 1997	Birmingham City	1–3	Wrexham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Bruce 37' Devlin 57'	^[4]	Hughes 51' Humes 61' Connolly 90'	Attendance: 21,511

a. The match was drawn to be played at Stevenage Borough's Broadhall Way ground, but the venue was switched on police advice.^[7]

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

R1 1st leg 21 August 1996	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Birmingham City	Goldstone Ground, Brighton
		^[4]	Devlin 49' (p)	Attendance: 5,132

R1 2nd leg 4 September 1996	Birmingham City	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Brighton & Hove Albion	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Newell 40', 86'	^[4]		Attendance: 20,050

R2 1st leg 18 September 1996	Coventry City	1–1	Birmingham City	Highfield Road, Coventry
	Daish 88'	^[4]	Furlong 37'	Attendance: 11,828

R2 2nd leg 24 September 1996	Birmingham City	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Coventry City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	McAllister 63' Daish 75'	^[4]		Attendance: 15,281 Referee: C.W. Alcock

Transfers

Source:^[8]

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
August 1996	Steve Sutton	Derby County	Free	^[9]
28 October 1996	Chris Holland	Newcastle United	£600,000	^[9]
November 1996	Martyn O'Connor	Peterborough United	£500,000^a	^[10]
20 January 1997	Anders Limpar	Everton	£100,000	^[11]
27 January 1997	Kenny Brown	West Ham United	£75,000	^[12]
January 1997	Nicky Forster	Brentford	£700,000	^[13]
March 1997	Bryan Hughes	Wrexham	£800,000	^[14]
May 1997	Darren Wassall	Derby County	Undisclosed^b	^[15]

a. The deal also included Andy Edwards moving in the other direction.^[10]

b. The move was part of the deal in which Jonathan Hunt moved in the other direction for a £500,000 fee.^[15]

Out

Date	Player	Fee	Joined	Ref
September 1996	Paul Barnes	£350,000	Burnley	^[16]
October 1996	Bart Griemink	£25,000	Peterborough United	^[17]
October 1996	Steve Finnan	£300,000	Notts County	^[18]
October 1996	Gary Poole	£250,000	Charlton Athletic	^[18]
November 1996	Jae Martin	£25,000	Lincoln City	^[19]
November 1996	Andy Edwards	Undisclosed^a	Peterborough United	^[10]
December 1996	John Cornforth	£25,000	Wycombe Wanderers	^[20]
January 1997	Gary Breen	£2.5m	Coventry City	^[13]
10 February 1997	Louie Donowa	Free	Peterborough United	^[21]
27 March 1997	John Frain	Free	Northampton Town	^[22]
15 April 1997	Anders Limpar	Contract cancelled	(AIK)	^[23]
May 1997	Jonathan Hunt	£500,000^b	Derby County	^[15]
June 1997	Wayne Dyer	Released
June 1997	Steve Castle	Released
June 1997	Steve Sutton	Released

Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

a. The move was part of the deal in which Martyn O'Connor moved in the other direction for a £500,000 fee.^[10]

b. The deal also included Darren Wassall moving in the other direction.^[15]

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
3 September 1996	Chris Holland	Newcastle United	28 October 1996	^[9]
October 1996	Marco Gabbiadini	Derby County	One month	^[24]
28 November 1996	Terry Cooke	Manchester United	One month	^[25]
23 December 1996	Birkir Kristinsson	SK Brann	1 February 1997	^[26]
28 December 1996	Kenny Brown	West Ham United	One month	^[12]
26 March 1997	Darren Wassall	Derby County	End of season	^[27]

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
21 August 1996	Jae Martin	Lincoln City	Three months	^[19]
9 September 1996	Bart Griemink	Barnsley	One months	^[28]
19 September 1996	Ricky Otto	Charlton Athletic	Two months	^[29]
1 October 1996	Jon Bass	Carlisle United	One month	^[30]
19 December 1996	Mike Newell	West Ham United	February 1997	^[31]
24 January 1997	John Frain	Northampton Town	27 March 1997	^[22]
3 February 1997	Steve Castle	Leyton Orient	One month	^[32]
6 February 1997	Louie Donowa	Walsall	End of season	^[21]
13 December 1996	Louie Donowa	Peterborough United	Two months	^[21]
6 February 1997	Ricky Otto	Peterborough United	End of season	^[29]
17 March 1997	Mike Newell	Bradford City	End of season	^[31]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[33]^[1]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

Players included in matchday squads
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Ian Bennett	40	0	3	0	4	0	47	0	0	0
GK	NED	~~Bart Griemink~~	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	ISL	~~Birkir Kristinsson~~*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	ENG	Steve Sutton	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Gary Ablett	39 (3)	1	3	0	4	0	46 (3)	1	6	0
DF	ENG	Dave Barnett	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Jon Bass	11 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	11 (2)	0	1	0
DF	IRE	~~Gary Breen~~	20 (2)	1	1	0	4	0	25 (2)	1	0	0
DF	ENG	Kenny Brown	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Steve Bruce	30 (2)	0	3	1	4	0	37 (2)	1	9	0
DF	ENG	~~Andy Edwards~~	1 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (2)	0	0	0
DF	IRE	Steve Finnan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
DF	ENG	~~John Frain~~	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Martin Grainger	21 (2)	3	2	0	0	0	23 (2)	3	6	1
DF	ENG	~~Matt Jackson~~*	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
DF	JAM	Michael Johnson	28 (7)	0	1 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	29 (11)	0	5	0
DF	ENG	~~Gary Poole~~	9 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	12 (1)	0	4	1
DF	ENG	Darren Wassall*	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
MF	WAL	Jason Bowen	19 (6)	3	1 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	21 (9)	3	1	0
MF	ENG	Steve Castle	4 (4)	0	0	0	4	0	8 (4)	0	2	0
MF	ENG	~~Terry Cooke~~*	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Paul Devlin	32 (6)	16	3	2	3 (1)	1	38 (7)	19	6	2
MF	ENG	~~Louie Donowa~~	0 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (4)	0	1	0
MF	ENG	Chris Holland	28 (4)	0	3	0	0	0	31 (4)	0	1	0
MF	WAL	Barry Horne	33	0	3	0	4	0	40	0	4	0
MF	ENG	Bryan Hughes	10 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	0	0	0
MF	ENG	Jonathan Hunt	6 (6)	2	1	0	0 (2)	0	7 (8)	2	0	0
MF	WAL	Andy Legg	22 (11)	4	2 (1)	0	3 (1)	0	27 (13)	4	6	0
MF	SWE	~~Anders Limpar~~	3 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	1	0
MF	ENG	Martyn O'Connor	24 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	24 (4)	0	1	1
MF	ENG	Ricky Otto	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
MF	ENG	Steve Robinson	6 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	6 (3)	0	0	0
MF	ENG	Paul Tait	17 (9)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	18 (10)	0	4	0
FW	ENG	Nicky Forster	4 (3)	3	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	3	0	0
FW	SKN	Kevin Francis	4 (15)	1	1 (1)	2	0	0	5 (16)	3	3	0
FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	37 (6)	10	2	1	4	1	43 (6)	12	5	1
FW	ENG	~~Marco Gabbiadini~~*	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Mike Newell	11 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	4	2	15 (5)	3	3	0

Players not included in matchday squads
Pos.	Nat.	Name
FW	ENG	~~Paul Barnes~~
MF	WAL	~~John Cornforth~~
MF	ENG	Wayne Dyer
FW	ENG	~~Jae Martin~~

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^ ^a ^b "Ricky Otto: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6039. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "Jon Bass: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=479. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mike Newell: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5830. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "Steve Castle: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1363. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "Birmingham: Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=291&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 8 October 2011. Select 1996/1997 season via dropdown menu. Note that the Soccerbase figures omit appearances in the away game at Norwich City, so the figures below omit any disciplinary cards received in that game.

Birmingham City Football Club

History · Records · Seasons

Grounds	St Andrew's · Muntz Street · City of Birmingham Stadium

People	50+ appearances · <50 appearances · Managers

Related articles	Birmingham derby · Reserves and Academy · All articles

Birmingham City F.C. seasons

1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96

1955–56

1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

1996–97 in English football

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Charity Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League · Football League (First Division · Second Division · Third Division) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (First Division Final · Second Division Final · Third Division Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference · Conference League Cup

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	Champions League · UEFA Cup · Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2) · Glenn Hoddle

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Blackburn Rovers · Chelsea · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley · Birmingham City · Bolton Wanderers · Bradford City · Charlton Athletic · Crystal Palace · Grimsby Town · Huddersfield Town · Ipswich Town · Manchester City · Norwich City · Oldham Athletic · Oxford United · Portsmouth · Port Vale · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheffield United · Southend United · Stoke City · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · West Bromwich Albion · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool · Bournemouth · Brentford · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Burnley · Bury · Chesterfield · Crewe Alexandra · Gillingham · Luton Town · Millwall · Notts County · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Stockport County · Walsall · Watford · Wrexham · Wycombe · York City

Third Division	Barnet · Brighton & Hove Albion · Cambridge United · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Chester City · Colchester United · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Fulham · Hartlepool United · Hereford United · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Rochdale · Scarborough · Scunthorpe United · Swansea City · Torquay United · Wigan Athletic

Southern League	Newport

Summer 1996 transfers · Winter 1996–97 transfers