1996–97 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1996–97 season
Chairman	Francis Lee
Manager	Alan Ball, Jr. (until August) Steve Coppell (from October to November) Frank Clark (from December)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rösler (15) All: Rösler (17)
Highest home attendance	30,729 vs. Oldham Athletic (8 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance	23,079 vs. Oxford United (13 November 1996)
Average home league attendance	26,753
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 English football season, Manchester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

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Season summary

Alan Ball was sacked soon after Manchester City's 1996-97 Division One campaign got underway, and his successor Steve Coppell resigned after just 6 matches in charge and 33 days as manager, claiming that the job was too much pressure for him. Phil Neal took over on a caretaker basis for 10 games; however he lost 7 of these and by Christmas, City were in the bottom half of Division One and had turned to former Nottingham Forest manager Frank Clark to arrest the decline. Manchester City finished 14th in the final table.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100	53	+47	98
2.	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76	55	+21	80
3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68	51	+17	76
4.	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68	50	+18	74
5.	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75	52	+23	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78	48	+30	71
7.	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59	53	+6	68
8.	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3	67
9.	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4	66
10.	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66
11.	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63	56	+7	65
12.	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	-6	64
13.	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63	68	-5	63
14.	Manchester City	46	17	10	19	59	60	-1	61
15.	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19	52	66	-14	59
16.	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	15	17	68	72	-4	57
17.	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64	68	-4	57
18.	Reading	46	15	12	19	58	67	-9	57
19.	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52	71	-19	54
20.	Huddersfield Town	46	13	15	18	48	61	-13	54
21.	Bradford City	46	12	12	22	47	72	-25	48
22.	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	60	81	-21	46
23.	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	-15	43
24.	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42	86	-44	39

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1996	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	29,126	Lomas
20 August 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	18,257
24 August 1996	Stoke City	A	1–2	21,116	Rösler
3 September 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	25,963	Rösler (pen), Creaney
7 September 1996	Barnsley	H	1–2	26,464	Clough
10 September 1996	Port Vale	A	2–0	10,770	Rösler, Dickov
14 September 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	17,638	Kavelashvili
21 September 1996	Birmingham City	H	1–0	26,757	Kinkladze (pen)
28 September 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–2	20,867
12 October 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	16,265	Brightwell, Kinkladze (pen)
15 October 1996	Reading	A	0–2	11,724
19 October 1996	Norwich City	H	2–1	28,269	Clough, Dickov
27 October 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	27,296
29 October 1996	Southend United	A	3–2	8,707	Rösler, Kinkladze (2, 1 pen)
2 November 1996	Swindon Town	A	0–2	14,374
13 November 1996	Oxford United	H	2–3	23,079	Dickov, Brightwell
16 November 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–2	12,841	Rodger
19 November 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	23,314
23 November 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	26,531	Summerbee
27 November 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	24,200	Rösler, Kinkladze (2 pens)
1 December 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	23,911
7 December 1996	Bradford City	H	3–2	25,035	Kinkladze (pen), Dickov, Whitley
21 December 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	12,992	Kinkladze
26 December 1996	Port Vale	H	0–1	30,344
28 December 1996	Barnsley	A	0–2	17,159
11 January 1997	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	27,395	Tuttle (own goal)
18 January 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	18,358	Lomas
29 January 1997	Sheffield United	H	0–0	26,551
2 February 1997	Oxford United	A	4–1	8,824	Gilchrist (own goal), Kinkladze (2), Rösler
8 February 1997	Southend United	H	3–0	26,261	Rösler (2), Kinkladze
22 February 1997	Swindon Town	H	3–0	27,262	Horlock, Summerbee, Rösler
1 March 1997	Bradford City	A	3–1	17,609	Rösler (2, 1 pen), Horlock
5 March 1997	Portsmouth	H	1–1	26,051	Horlock
8 March 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	30,729	Rösler
11 March 1997	Birmingham City	A	0–2	20,084
15 March 1997	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	8,732	Kavelashvili
18 March 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	12,019	O'Brien (own goal)
22 March 1997	Stoke City	H	2–0	28,497	Atkinson, Lomas
5 April 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	15,000	Brannan
9 April 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	28,026	Kinkladze
12 April 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–1	20,087	Rösler (2), Horlock
16 April 1997	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	23,334	Atkinson, Summerbee (2)
19 April 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–3	27,580
22 April 1997	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	15,824
25 April 1997	Norwich City	A	0–0	14,080
3 May 1997	Reading	H	3–2	27,260	Dickov, Rösler, Heaney

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	25 January 1997	Brentford	A	1–0	12,019	Summerbee
R4	5 February 1997	Watford	H	3–1	24,031	Heaney, Summerbee, Rösler
R5	15 February 1997	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	30,462

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	17 September 1996	Lincoln City	A	1–4	7,599	Rösler
R2 Second Leg	24 September 1996	Lincoln City	H	0–1	14,242

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Andy Dibble
		GK	Martyn Margetson
		GK	Tommy Wright (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		GK	Eike Immel
		DF	Paul Beesley
		DF	Ian Brightwell
		DF	Lee Crooks
		DF	Richard Edghill
		DF	John Foster
		DF	Scott Hiley
		DF	Rae Ingram
		DF	Darren Wassall (on loan from Derby County)
		DF	Kit Symons
		DF	Alan Kernaghan
		DF	Michael Frontzeck
		MF	Peter Beagrie
		MF	Ged Brannan
		MF	Michael Brown

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Neil Heaney
		MF	Martin Phillips
		MF	Simon Rodger (on loan from Crystal Palace)
		MF	Nicky Summerbee
		MF	Kevin Horlock
		MF	Steve Lomas
		MF	Jeff Whitley
		MF	Eddie McGoldrick
		MF	Georgi Kinkladze
		FW	Dalian Atkinson (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
		FW	Nigel Clough
		FW	Chris Greenacre
		FW	Gerry Creaney
		FW	Paul Dickov
		FW	Niall Quinn
		FW	Uwe Rösler
		FW	Mikhail Kavelashvili

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/manchester-city/1996-1997/results

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