1996–97 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1996–97 Football League Third Division Samesh Kumar Phil Neal/Russell Osman/Kenny Hibbitt 7th Steve White (13) Steve White (14) FA Cup 2nd round League Cup 1st round Auto Windscreens Shield 2nd round 3,594 6,144 (v Fulham, 9 November 1996) 1,667 (v Darlington, 15 October 1996) 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 70th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing seventh, before being beaten 4–2 on aggregate by Northampton Town in the play-offs. The season saw Cardiff sack two managers during the course of the year. Phil Neal continued in his role from the previous season before leaving the club, taking the role of assistant manager at Manchester City, and was replaced by Russell Osman. However Osman himself lasted just five matches and was replaced by Kenny Hibbitt, the man who had made way for Phil Neal the previous season. Players -- England GK Tony Elliott -- Wales GK Pat Mountain -- Wales GK Steve Williams -- Wales DF Lee Baddeley -- Wales DF Gareth Davies -- England DF Jeff Eckhardt -- England DF Hayden Fleming -- Wales DF Lee Jarman -- Wales DF Kevin Lloyd -- Wales DF Jason Perry -- Wales DF Lee Phillips -- England DF Ian Rodgerson -- England DF Jimmy Rollo -- England DF Andy Scott -- Wales DF Scott Young -- England MF Mickey Bennett -- England MF Stacy Coldicott -- England MF Jason Fowler -- Scotland MF Jimmy Gardner -- Scotland MF Ray McStay -- Wales MF Jamie Michael -- England MF Craig Middleton -- Republic of Ireland MF Keith O'Halloran -- England MF Gareth Stoker -- England MF Paul Ware -- Wales FW Carl Dale -- England FW Steve Flack -- Wales FW Simon Haworth -- England FW Scott Partridge -- England FW Tony Philliskirk -- England FW Steve White First team squad.https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1997/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1997 11v11 21 January 2022 League standings 1996–97 Football League#Third Division Third Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result D/W/L/W/W/L/W/D/L/L/W/W/W/D/D/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/W/L/W/D/W/W/W/L/D/L/W/D/D/W/D/L/W/L Position ~/7/15/6/5/9/5/7/8/15/11/10/7/7/8/7/7/5/5/5/5/9/6/7/7/7/13/11/8/11/8/9/9/7/7/7/7/8/6/7/7/6/5/7/7/7 Points 1p/4p/4p/7p/10p/10p/13p/14p/14p/14p/17p/20p/23p/24p/25p/28p/28p/31p/34p/34p/34p/34p/37p/37p/37p/37p/37p/40p/43p/43p/46p/47p/50p/53p/56p/56p/57p/57p/60p/61p/62p/65p/66p/66p/69p/69p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 red1 January 2022 Fixtures and results Third Division 1996 8 17 y 1 D Scarborough Cardiff City 00 Athletic Ground Scarborough 2,455 1996 8 24 y 15:00 2 W Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 10 Jeff Eckhardt 43 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,897 1996 8 27 y 19:30 3 L Cardiff City Wigan Athletic 02 34 Graeme Jones81 Ian Kilford Ninian Park Cardiff 3,845 1996 8 31 y 4 W Cambridge United Cardiff City 02 9 37 Steve White Abbey Stadium Cambridge 2,478 1996 9 7 y 15:00 5 W Cardiff City Exeter City 21 Steve White 13 68 21 pen Mark Chamberlain Ninian Park Cardiff 3,659 1996 9 10 y 6 L Torquay United Cardiff City 20 Jon Gittens 24Jamie Ndah 45 Plainmoor Torquay 2,041 1996 9 14 y 7 W Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 01 47 Craig Middleton Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 2,121 1996 9 21 y 15:00 8 D Cardiff City Northampton Town 22 Tony Philliskirk 18Craig Middleton 83 87 Mark Cooper89 pen Roy Hunter Ninian Park Cardiff 4,124 1996 9 28 y 9 L Lincoln City Cardiff City 20 Colin Alcide 18John Taylor 87 Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,925 1996 10 12 y 15:00 10 L Cardiff City Barnet 12 Craig Middleton 26 17 Gary Brazil86 Sean Devine Ninian Park Cardiff 2,879 1996 10 15 y 19:30 11 W Cardiff City Darlington 20 Carl Dale 3Steve White 41 Ninian Park Cardiff 1,667 1996 10 19 y 12 W Carlisle United Cardiff City 02 49 Carl Dale81 Jason Fowler Brunton Park Carlisle 4,972 1996 10 26 y 15:00 13 W Cardiff City Leyton Orient 30 Steve White 22 penJimmy Gardner 28Carl Dale 36 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,647 1996 10 29 y 14 D Hull City Cardiff City 11 Kenny Gilbert 79 15 Craig Middleton Boothferry Park Hull 2,775 1996 11 2 y 15 D Colchester United Cardiff City 11 Karl Duguid 18 57 pen Steve White Layer Road Colchester 3,213 Rob Harris (Oxfordshire) 1996 11 5 y 19:30 16 W Cardiff City Rochdale 21 Mickey Bennett 45Jeff Eckhardt 67 52 Steve Whitehall Ninian Park Cardiff 2,835 1996 11 9 y 15:00 17 L Cardiff City Fulham 12 Steve White 89 1 Mike Conroy34 pen Mark Blake Ninian Park Cardiff 6,144 1996 11 23 y 15:00 18 W Cardiff City Hereford United 20 Steve White 55 75 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,904 1996 11 26 y 19 W Chester City Cardiff City 01 85 Scott Young Deva Stadium Chester 1,540 1996 11 30 y 20 L Leyton Orient Cardiff City 30 Carl Griffiths 34Scott McGleish 57Andy Arnott 64 Brisbane Road Leyton Orient 4,512 1996 12 3 y 19:30 21 L Cardiff City Swansea City 13 Steve White 45 11 Kwame Ampadu37 Steve Jones86 Dai Thomas Ninian Park Cardiff 3,721 1996 12 21 y 15:00 22 L Cardiff City Mansfield Town 12 Jeff Eckhardt 25 49 58 Mark Sale Ninian Park Cardiff 2,238 1996 12 26 y 15:00 23 W Cardiff City Torquay United 20 Deon Burton 38 77 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,651 1996 12 28 y 24 L Exeter City Cardiff City 20 Noel Blake 39Darren Rowbotham 55 St James Park Exeter 3,585 1997 1 1 y 15:00 25 L Northampton Town Cardiff City 40 Ray Warburton 16Lee Jarman 42 ogMark Cooper 54Neil Grayson 89 0 47 Jeff Eckhardt Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,416 1997 1 11 y 15:00 26 L Cardiff City Lincoln City 13 Jason Fowler 11 18 Phil Stant51 og Jason Perry67 Gareth Ainsworth Ninian Park Cardiff 2,033 1997 1 18 y 27 L Rochdale Cardiff City 10 Mark Leonard 7 Spotland Rochdale 1,704 Uriah Rennie (Sheffield) 1997 1 25 y 15:00 28 W Cardiff City Hull City 20 Simon Haworth 34Jeff Eckhardt 75 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,328 1997 1 31 y 29 W Fulham Cardiff City 14 Jeff Eckhardt 55 og 29 Jason Fowler46 85 Steve White51 Simon Haworth Craven Cottage Fulham 6,459 1997 2 8 y 15:00 30 L Cardiff City Colchester United 12 Simon Haworth 90 6 Tony Adcock20 Steve Whitton Ninian Park Cardiff 3,912 Gurnum Singh 1997 2 11 y 31 W Hartlepool United Cardiff City 23 Chris Beech 51 57 32 Jason Fowler67 Jeff Eckhardt78 Gareth Stoker Victoria Park Hartlepool 1,120 1997 2 16 y 32 D Hereford United Cardiff City 11 Adrian Foster 31 36 Gareth Stoker Edgar Street Hereford 5,137 1997 2 22 y 15:00 33 W Cardiff City Hartlepool United 20 Simon Haworth 21Gareth Davies 35 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,971 1997 3 2 y 34 W Swansea City Cardiff City 01 18 Simon Haworth Vetch Field Swansea 4,430 1997 3 8 y 35 W Mansfield Town Cardiff City 13 Warren Hackett 54 28 Simon Haworth64 Gareth Stoker76 Carl Dale Field Mill Mansfield 2,569 1997 3 14 y 19:30 36 L Cardiff City Doncaster Rovers 02 7 Darren Moore62 Darren Utley Ninian Park Cardiff 5,347 1997 3 18 y 19:30 37 D Cardiff City Scarborough 11 Gareth Davies 57 60 Craig Midgley Ninian Park Cardiff 2,823 1997 3 22 y 38 L Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 20 Paul McDonald 16 penIan Baird 44 Goldstone Ground Brighton 9,683 1997 3 31 y 39 W Wigan Athletic Cardiff City 01 56 Simon Haworth Springfield Park (Wigan) Wigan 4,634 1997 4 5 y 15:00 40 D Cardiff City Cambridge United 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,410 1997 4 8 y 41 D Doncaster Rovers Cardiff City 33 Darren Moore 75John Schofield 80Ian Gore 89 32 88 Simon Haworth60 Jason Fowler Belle Vue Doncaster 1,989 1997 4 12 y 15:00 42 W Cardiff City Chester City 10 Carl Dale 34 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,079 1997 4 15 y 19:30 43 D Cardiff City Scunthorpe United 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,442 1997 4 19 y 44 L Barnet Cardiff City 31 Dean Samuels 24Shaun Gale 59Craig Middleton 69 og 85 Carl Dale Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet 2,497 1997 4 26 y 15:00 45 W Cardiff City Carlisle United 20 Carl Dale 20 penKevin Lloyd 37 Ninian Park Cardiff 5,104 1997 5 3 y 46 L Darlington Cardiff City 21 Carl Shutt 47Darren Roberts 78 77 Carl Dale Feethams Darlington 3,686 Source https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl72.htm Cardiff City 1996-97 results Cardiff City Forum 21 January 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1997/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1997 11v11 21 January 2022 Third Division Play Offs 1997 5 11 y 12:00 Semi Final (First leg) L Cardiff City Northampton Town 01 0 70 Mark Cooper77 Sean Parrish Ninian Park Cardiff 11,369 John Kirby (Sheffield) 1997 5 14 y 19:45 Semi Final (Second leg) L Northampton Town Cardiff City 32 Ian Sampson 23Ray Warburton 68John Gayle 77 0 25 Jeff Eckhardt36 Jason Fowler90 Simon Haworth Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,302 Uriah Rennie (Sheffield) League Cup 1996 8 20 y 19:30 Round 1 (First leg) W Cardiff City Northampton Town 10 Carl Dale 54 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,294 1996 9 2 y 19:45 Round 1 (Second leg) L Northampton Town Cardiff City 20 21 0 21 Mark CooperChristian Lee 62 78 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 3,567 FA Cup 1996 11 16 y 15:00 Round 1 W Cardiff City Hendon 20 Steve White 31Craig Middleton 88 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,592 1996 12 7 y 18:00 Round 2 L Cardiff City Gillingham 02 18 Iffy Onoura66 Andy Hessenthaler Ninian Park Cardiff Gillingham report 3,474 Paul Danson (Leicester) Auto Windscreens Shield 1996 12 10 y 19:45 Round 1 W Gillingham Cardiff City 12 yes Lenny Piper 50 90 Jeff Eckhardt112 Carl Dale Priestfield Stadium Gillingham Gillingham report 1,193 Carl Finch (Bury St Edmonds) game ended with a Golden goal 1997 1 14 y 19:30 Round 2 L Cardiff City Exeter City 11 24 Carl Dale 89 74 Darren Rowbotham yes Ninian Park Cardiff 793 Mick Pierce (Portsmouth) See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Richard Shepherd Tony Brown 2002 1-899-46817-X Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds John Crooks Yore Publications 1992 0-9513321-8-X Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997-98 Jack Rollin Headline Book Publishing 1997 0-7472-7738-9 https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City Welsh Football Data Archive 1996-97 Category:Welsh football clubs 1996–97 season Category:1996–97 Football League Third Division by team