1996–97 Preston North End F.C. season

In the 1996-97 season, Preston manager Peters kept faith with the majority of his promotion winning outfit from last season, reinforcing his squad at various stages of the season with players who would be crucial to the club's success in subsequent campaigns. Mark Rankine joined from Wolves, Sean Gregan from Darlington for £350,000 and Michael Jackson from Bury. Slowly the team that had got Preston promoted were moved on, as the club looked to build for the future.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	46	18	5	0	39	7	6	7	10	23	31	62	38	+24	84
2	Stockport County	46	15	5	3	31	14	8	8	7	28	27	59	41	+18	82
3	Luton Town	46	13	7	3	38	14	8	8	7	33	31	71	45	+26	78
4	Brentford	46	8	11	4	26	22	12	3	8	30	21	56	43	+13	74
5	Bristol City	46	14	4	5	43	18	7	6	10	26	33	69	51	+18	73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	4	4	38	15	7	3	13	18	32	56	47	+9	73
7	Blackpool	46	13	7	3	41	21	5	8	10	19	26	60	47	+13	69
8	Wrexham	46	11	9	3	38	28	6	9	8	17	22	54	50	+4	69
9	Burnley	46	14	3	6	48	27	5	8	10	23	28	71	55	+16	68
10	Chesterfield	46	10	9	4	25	18	8	5	10	17	21	42	39	+3	68
11	Gillingham	46	13	3	7	37	25	6	7	10	23	34	60	59	+1	67
12	Walsall	46	12	8	3	35	21	7	2	14	19	32	54	53	+1	67
13	Watford	46	10	8	5	24	14	6	11	6	21	24	45	38	+7	67
14	Millwall	46	12	4	7	27	22	4	9	10	23	33	50	55	–5	61
15	Preston North End	46	14	5	4	33	19	4	2	17	16	36	49	55	–6	61
16	Bournemouth	46	8	9	6	24	20	7	6	10	19	25	43	45	–2	60
17	Bristol Rovers	46	13	4	6	34	22	2	7	14	13	28	47	50	–3	56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	4	6	31	14	2	6	15	20	43	51	56	–5	55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	7	11	5	19	18	5	7	11	28	40	47	58	–11	54
20	York City	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	37	47	68	–21	52
21	Peterborough United	46	7	7	9	38	34	4	7	12	17	39	55	73	–18	47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	8	6	9	27	32	3	7	13	22	42	49	74	–25	46
23	Rotherham United	46	4	7	12	17	29	3	7	13	22	41	39	70	–31	35
24	Notts County	46	4	9	10	20	25	3	5	15	13	34	33	59	–26	35

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Preston North End's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Notts County	A	1–2	6,879	Bryson
24 August 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	9,752
27 August 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	9,498	Wilkinson (2)
30 August 1996	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	9,209	Wilkinson
7 September 1996	Bristol City	A	1–2	8,016	Kilbane
10 September 1996	York City	H	1–0	6,276	Ashcroft
14 September 1996	Bournemouth	H	0–1	8,268
21 September 1996	Wrexham	A	0–1	5,299
28 September 1996	Millwall	H	2–1	9,400	Holt, Saville
1 October 1996	Watford	A	0–1	6,434
5 October 1996	Peterborough United	H	3–4	8,874	Ashcroft (2), Holt
12 October 1996	Stockport County	A	0–1	8,405
15 October 1996	Walsall	A	0–1	3,224
19 October 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	8,333	Seabury (own goal), Reeves
26 October 1996	Gillingham	A	1–1	6,256	Kilbane
29 October 1996	Burnley	H	1–1	12,652	Reeves
2 November 1996	Rotherham United	H	0–0	8,997
9 November 1996	Chesterfield	A	1–2	4,759	Reeves
19 November 1996	Luton Town	H	3–2	7,004	Moyes (2), Ashcroft
23 November 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	4,920	Ashcroft (pen)
30 November 1996	Gillingham	H	1–0	9,616	Davey
3 December 1996	Bury	A	0–3	5,447
13 December 1996	Blackpool	H	3–0	14,626	Bennett (2), Reeves
21 December 1996	Brentford	A	0–0	5,365
28 December 1996	Bristol City	H	0–2	10,905
11 January 1997	Millwall	A	2–3	7,096	Davey (2, 1 pen)
18 January 1997	Watford	H	1–1	8,735	Bennett
25 January 1997	Burnley	A	2–1	16,186	Ashcroft (2)
1 February 1997	Chesterfield	H	0–1	8,681
8 February 1997	Rotherham United	A	1–0	3,556	Reeves
11 February 1997	Bournemouth	A	0–2	4,769
15 February 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	7,923	McKenna, Davey
22 February 1997	Luton Town	A	1–5	6,454	Reeves
25 February 1997	York City	A	1–3	2,515	Cartwright
1 March 1997	Bury	H	3–1	8,749	Moyes, Reeves, Stallard
8 March 1997	Brentford	H	1–0	9,489	Bryson
15 March 1997	Blackpool	A	1–2	8,017	Davey
18 March 1997	Wrexham	H	2–1	8,271	Reeves, Ashcroft
23 March 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	6,405
29 March 1997	Notts County	H	2–0	9,472	Reeves, Moyes
31 March 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	4,407
5 April 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	8,503	Reeves
12 April 1997	Peterborough United	A	0–2	5,040
19 April 1997	Stockport County	H	1–0	10,298	Bryson
26 April 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–0	5,341	Gregan, Davey
3 May 1997	Walsall	H	2–0	10,800	Holt, Reeves

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Altrincham	H	4–1	8,286	Reeves (3), Ashcroft
R2	7 December 1996	York City	H	2–3	7,893	Ashcroft (2, 1 pen)

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Wigan Athletic	A	3–2	3,713	Wilkinson (3)
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Wigan Athletic	H	4–4 (won 7-6 on agg)	5,767	Davey, Wilkinson, Atkinson, McDonald
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	16,258	Holt
R2 2nd Leg	25 September 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3 (lost 1-4 on agg)	20,080

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	9 December 1996	Chesterfield	A	2–0	1,169
NR2	21 January 1997	York City	A	0–1	1,428

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	David Lucas
		GK	Bobby Mimms
		GK	Teuvo Moilanen
		GK	Kelham O'Hanlon
		DF	Dean Barrick
		DF	Sean Gregan
		DF	Michael Jackson
		DF	John Kay
		DF	Ryan Kidd
		DF	Ryan Kirby
		DF	David Moyes
		DF	Darren Patterson (on loan from Luton Town)
		DF	Ray Sharp
		DF	Paul Sparrow
		DF	Jamie Squires
		DF	Shaun Teale (on loan from Tranmere Rovers)
		DF	Russ Wilcox
		MF	Graeme Atkinson
		MF	Ian Bryson

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Lee Cartwright
		MF	Simon Davey
		MF	Kevin Gage
		MF	Kevin Kilbane
		MF	Neil McDonald
		MF	Paul McKenna
		MF	Mark Rankine
		FW	Lee Ashcroft
		FW	Darren Beckford
		FW	Gary Bennett
		FW	Mickey Brown
		FW	Tony Grant
		FW	Michael Holt
		FW	Kurt Nogan
		FW	Dave Reeves
		FW	Andy Saville
		FW	Allan Smart
		FW	Mark Stallard (on loan from Bradford City)
		FW	Steve Wilkinson

References

Preston North End Football Club

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Rivalries	West Lancashire derby League record by opponent Burial of the Coffin

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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 Wanderers 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

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