1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1996–97 season
Chairman	Ron Noades
Manager	Dave Bassett (until 27 February) Steve Coppell
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	6th
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Crystal Palace gained promotion to the Premier League after 1-0 win over Sheffield United at Wembley, David Hopkin scoring the winner in the 89th minute.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tom Evans
		GK	Carlo Nash
		GK	Chris Day
		DF	Danny Boxall
		DF	Sagi Burton
		DF	Andy Cyrus
		DF	Marc Edworthy
		DF	Dean Gordon
		DF	Andy Linighan
		DF	Dave Tuttle
		DF	Gareth Davies
		DF	Rob Quinn
		DF	Leif Andersen
		MF	Hayden Mullins
		MF	Darren Pitcher
		MF	Andy Roberts
		MF	Simon Rodger

No.		Position	Player
		MF	David Hopkin
		MF	Steven Thomson
		MF	Wayne Carlisle
		MF	Gareth Graham
		MF	Tony Folan
		MF	Ray Houghton
		MF	Richard Kennedy
		MF	Tony Scully
		MF	Carl Veart
		FW	Bruce Dyer
		FW	Jason Harris
		FW	Leon McKenzie
		FW	Clinton Morrison
		FW	George Ndah
		FW	Neil Shipperley
		FW	Andy Martin
		FW	Dougie Freedman

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Bobby Mimms (to Preston North End)
		DF	Jamie Vincent (to Bournemouth)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Trollope (on loan from Derby County)

References

↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/1997

Crystal Palace Football Club

Club	Crystal Palace F.C. Original 1861 club Managers Players

Grounds	Crystal Palace Stadium Herne Hill Velodrome The Nest Selhurst Park Milton Keynes relocation proposals

Rivalries	M23 derby South London derby

Subsidiary teams	Crystal Palace Baltimore Crystal Palace LFC

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1996–97 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

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

Others	Newport Woking

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers