1996–97 Walsall F.C. season

April 2022 Walsall 1996–97 Chris Nicholl Scott Davidson Bescot Stadium Second Division 12th FA Cup Second round League Cup First round Football League Trophy Second round Lightbourne (20) Lightbourne (25) 3,892 _blackborder _collarblack _blackborder _blackline ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, Walsall F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary In the 1996–97 season, Walsall had another satisfying mid-table finish under Nicholl, ending the season in 12th place. At the end of the season, Nicholl resigned because of family reasons. Final league table 1996–97 Football League Second Division y WAL Results Walsall's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/walsall/1996-1997/results Walsall results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com 2015-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150628213028/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/walsall/1996-1997/results 2015-06-28 live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1996 Rotherham UnitedH1–14,040Butler 24 August 1996 BurnleyA1–210,322Wilson 27 August 1996 ChesterfieldA0–13,561 7 September 1996 BlackpoolA1–25,176Blake 10 September 1996 Wycombe WanderersH2–22,659Wilson, Watson 14 September 1996 GillinghamH1–03,419Viveash 21 September 1996 Bristol CityA1–47,412Lightbourne 24 September 1996 WrexhamH0–12,832 28 September 1996 BuryH3–13,254Viveash, Lightbourne, Blake 1 October 1996 BournemouthA1–02,747Hodge 5 October 1996 Luton TownA1–35,002Lightbourne 12 October 1996 Plymouth ArgyleH0–13,720 15 October 1996 Preston North EndH1–03,224Wilson 19 October 1996 BrentfordA1–15,419Lightbourne 26 October 1996 Stockport CountyH1–13,767Wilson (pen) 29 October 1996 Notts CountyA0–23,127 2 November 1996 MillwallA0–19,176 9 November 1996 Peterborough UnitedH4–03,921Lightbourne (2), Wilson (pen), Donowa 23 November 1996 Crewe AlexandraH1–03,653Wilson 30 November 1996 Stockport CountyA0–25,333 3 December 1996 Bristol RoversH1–04,084Viveash 14 December 1996 WatfordH1–13,674Keister 20 December 1996 Shrewsbury TownA2–23,007Viveash, Wilson 26 December 1996 Wycombe WanderersA2–05,073Blake, Lightbourne 18 January 1997 BournemouthH2–13,037Viveash, Lightbourne 25 January 1997 Notts CountyH3–13,261Viveash, Ntamark, Hodge 1 February 1997 Peterborough UnitedA1–04,940Watson 8 February 1997 MillwallH2–13,833Watson, Viveash 11 February 1997 York CityA2–02,136Lightbourne, Viveash 15 February 1997 Crewe AlexandraA0–14,648 22 February 1997 York CityH1–13,664Lightbourne 1 March 1997 Bristol RoversA1–05,891Watson 4 March 1997 Bristol CityH2–04,322Lightbourne (2) 8 March 1997 Shrewsbury TownH2–24,819Lightbourne, Ricketts 15 March 1997 WatfordA0–17,818 18 March 1997 BlackpoolH1–13,459Hodge 22 March 1997 BurnleyH1–36,306Lightbourne 29 March 1997 Rotherham UnitedA2–12,428Lightbourne, Viveash 1 April 1997 ChesterfieldH1–13,784Blake 5 April 1997 WrexhamA2–13,266Lightbourne, Watson 8 April 1997 BuryA1–24,082Lightbourne 12 April 1997 Luton TownH3–25,415Lightbourne (2), Hodge 19 April 1997 Plymouth ArgyleA0–25,535 26 April 1997 BrentfordH1–05,359Lightbourne 29 April 1997 GillinghamA0–24,095 3 May 1997 Preston North EndA0–210,800 FA Cup 1996-97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR116 November 1996 Northwich VictoriaA2–23,142Wilson, LightbourneR1R26 November 1996 Northwich VictoriaH3–13,491Lightbourne (2), Wilson (pen)R27 December 1996 BurnleyH1–15,031LightbourneR2R23 December 1996 BurnleyA1–1 (lost 2–4 on pens)5,799Viveash League Cup 1996-97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg 20 August 1996 WatfordH1–02,659LightbourneR1 2nd Leg 3 September 1996 WatfordA0–2 (lost 1–2 on agg)5,325 Football League Trophy 1996-97 Football League Trophy +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSR221 January 1997 Peterborough UnitedA0–22,274 Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/walsall/tab/players/season/1997 All Walsall players: 1997 ENG GK Jimmy Walker NIR GK Trevor Wood ENG DF Ray Daniel WAL DF Wayne Evans ENG DF Chris Marsh ENG DF Derek Mountfield ENG DF Darren Rogers ENG DF Ian Roper ENG DF Stuart Ryder ENG DF Adi Viveash ENG MF Mark Blake ENG MF Darren Bradley ENG MF Louie Donowa ENG MF Dean Keates SLE MF John Keister CMR MF Charlie Ntamark ENG MF Wayne Thomas ENG FW Darren Beckford ENG FW Martin Butler ENG FW John Hodge BER FW Kyle Lightbourne ENG FW Clive Platt ENG FW Michael Ricketts ENG FW Andy Watson ENG FW Kevin Wilson References Category:Walsall F.C. seasons Walsall