1996–97 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

After missing out on promotion to the Premier League the season before in the play-offs, Alan Curbishley was looking to steer Charlton to automatic promotion the following season but it turned out to be a disappointing season for the Addicks, finishing in 15th place.

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

Charlton Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	11,858
24 August 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	9,642	Leaburn
3 September 1996	Manchester City	A	1–2	25,963	Newton
6 September 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	21,072
10 September 1996	Southend United	H	2–0	8,497	Stuart, Mortimer
14 September 1996	Reading	H	1–0	10,831	Leaburn
20 September 1996	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	10,558	Allen
28 September 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	12,178	Whyte
12 October 1996	Portsmouth	A	0–2	6,641
15 October 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	14,080
19 October 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–3	11,091	Whyte (2), Chapple
26 October 1996	Oxford United	H	2–0	10,626	Kinsella, Leaburn
29 October 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–4	5,527
2 November 1996	Norwich City	A	2–1	14,145	Allen, Kinsella
16 November 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	12,360	Poole, Allen
20 November 1996	Birmingham City	H	2–1	8,574	Allen, O'Connell
23 November 1996	Bradford City	H	0–2	12,256
26 November 1996	Grimsby Town	H	1–3	14,412	Whyte
30 November 1996	Oxford United	A	2–0	7,080	Barness, Whyte
4 December 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	7,456
7 December 1996	Swindon Town	H	2–0	10,565	Leaburn, Whyte
14 December 1996	Port Vale	H	1–3	10,003	Chapple
21 December 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	16,279
26 December 1996	Southend United	A	2–0	7,508	Kinsella, Robinson
28 December 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	12,259
1 January 1997	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	10,186	Robson
11 January 1997	Reading	A	2–2	7,614	Lisbie, Whyte
18 January 1997	Stoke City	H	1–2	9,901	Barness
1 February 1997	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	4,139
7 February 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	11,283	Kinsella, Leaburn, Robson (pen)
15 February 1997	Barnsley	H	2–2	15,301	Nicholls, Lee
22 February 1997	Norwich City	H	4–4	12,405	Kinsella, Robson, Lee, Leaburn
1 March 1997	Swindon Town	A	0–1	9,256
4 March 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	10,610	Leaburn, Balmer
8 March 1997	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	15,000	Lee, Robinson
15 March 1997	Port Vale	A	0–2	5,905
18 March 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	4,969	O'Connell
22 March 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	17,378	Robinson, Balmer
31 March 1997	Birmingham City	A	0–0	14,525
5 April 1997	Manchester City	H	1–1	15,000	Leaburn
9 April 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	11,032	Newton (2)
12 April 1997	Barnsley	A	0–4	11,701
19 April 1997	Portsmouth	H	2–1	12,342	Bright (2)
25 April 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–4	21,880	Kinsella
1 May 1997	Bradford City	A	0–1	15,780
4 May 1997	Sheffield United	H	0–0	12,589

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Newcastle United	H	1–1	15,000	Kinsella
R3R	15 January 1997	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,398	Robson

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	17 September 1996	Burnley	H	4–1	4,874	Leaburn, Robinson (2), Allen
R2 Second Leg	24 September 1996	Burnley	A	2–1 (won 6-2 on agg)	2,281	Allen, Whyte
R3	23 October 1996	Liverpool	H	1–1	15,000	Whyte
R3R	13 November 1996	Liverpool	A	1–4	20,714	Newton

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	Mike Salmon
		GK	Andy Petterson
		DF	Anthony Barness
		DF	Steve Brown
		DF	Dean Chandler
		DF	Phil Chapple
		DF	Gary Poole
		DF	Richard Rufus
		DF	Kevin Scott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
		DF	Jamie Stuart
		DF	Paul Sturgess
		DF	Stuart Balmer
		MF	Keith Jones
		MF	Paul Mortimer

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Shaun Newton
		MF	Kevin Nicholls
		MF	Brendan O'Connell
		MF	Ricky Otto (on loan from Birmingham City)
		MF	Mark Robson
		MF	John Robinson
		MF	Mark Kinsella
		FW	Bradley Allen
		FW	Mark Bright
		FW	Steve Jones
		FW	Carl Leaburn
		FW	Jason Lee (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		FW	David Whyte
		FW	Kevin Lisbie

References

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Rivalries	South London derby
Other teams	Reserves Academy Women
Grounds	The Valley The Mount Selhurst Park Boleyn Ground Milton Keynes relocation proposals

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1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

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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
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Others	Newport

Summer 1996 transfers
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