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1996–97 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
1996–97 season
ChairmanEngland Francis Lee
ManagerEngland Alan Ball, Jr. (until August)
England Steve Coppell (from October to November)
England Frank Clark (from December)
StadiumMaine Road
First Division14th
FA CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rösler (15)

All:
Uwe Rösler (17)
Highest home attendance30,729 vs. Oldham Athletic (8 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance23,079 vs. Oxford United (13 November 1996)
Average home league attendance26,753

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

Team kit

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Season summary

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Alan Ball was sacked soon after Manchester City's 1996–97 Division One campaign got underway. Despite decent form under caretaker manager Asa Hartford, the board opted to appoint former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell as Ball's successor, only for him to resign 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results summary

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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 10 19 59 60  −1 61 12 4 7 34 25  +9 5 6 12 25 35  −10

Source: [1]

Results

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Manchester City's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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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

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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

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Wales WAL Andy Dibble
GK Wales WAL Martyn Margetson
GK Northern Ireland NIR Tommy Wright (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
GK Germany GER Eike Immel
DF England ENG Paul Beesley
DF England ENG Ian Brightwell
DF England ENG Lee Crooks
DF England ENG Richard Edghill
DF England ENG John Foster
DF England ENG Scott Hiley
DF England ENG Rae Ingram
DF England ENG Darren Wassall (on loan from Derby County)
DF Wales WAL Kit Symons
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Kernaghan
DF Germany GER Michael Frontzeck
MF England ENG Peter Beagrie
MF England ENG Ged Brannan
MF England ENG Michael Brown
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Neil Heaney
MF England ENG Martin Phillips
MF England ENG Simon Rodger (on loan from Crystal Palace)
MF England ENG Nicky Summerbee
MF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Horlock
MF Northern Ireland NIR Steve Lomas
MF Northern Ireland NIR Jeff Whitley
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Eddie McGoldrick
MF Georgia (country) GEO Georgi Kinkladze
FW England ENG Dalian Atkinson (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
FW England ENG Nigel Clough
FW England ENG Chris Greenacre
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Creaney
FW Scotland SCO Paul Dickov
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Niall Quinn
FW Germany GER Uwe Rösler
FW Georgia (country) GEO Mikhail Kavelashvili

References

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  1. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Manchester City results for the 1996-1997 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ^ "All Manchester City players: 1997".