1996–97 Blackpool F.C. season

English football club season December 2014 May 2026 Blackpool F.C. 1996–97 Division Two Owen Oyston Vicki Oyston Gary Megson Bloomfield Road 7th Tony Ellis (15) Tony Ellis (18) FA Cup Second round League Cup Second round Football League Trophy Northern quarter finals 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 89th season (86th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing seventh. 5 September 1996 marked the 100th anniversary of Blackpool's first match in the Football League. Season summary Sam Allardyce was fired after failing to bring the club promotion the previous season. He was replaced by the former Norwich City manager Gary Megson. Tony Ellis was the club's top scorer for the third consecutive season, with eighteen goals (fifteen in the league and three in the League Cup). Final league table 1996–97 Football League Second Division y BLP Results Blackpool's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackpool/1996-1997/results Blackpool results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com 13 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150628223524/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackpool/1996-1997/results 28 June 2015 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1996 ChesterfieldH0–16,014 24 August 1996 Bristol CityA1–09,387Ellis 27 August 1996 Rotherham UnitedA2–12,914Philpott, Preece 31 August 1996 Wycombe WanderersH0–04,856 7 September 1996 WalsallH2–15,176Philpott, Quinn (pen) 10 September 1996 BurnleyA0–213,599 14 September 1996 BrentfordA1–15,908Quinn (pen) 21 September 1996 Shrewsbury TownH1–14,452Ellis 28 September 1996 Luton TownA0–15,303 1 October 1996 Crewe AlexandraA2–34,314Brabin, Quinn 5 October 1996 BuryA0–15,317 12 October 1996 GillinghamH2–04,320Ellis, Mellon 15 October 1996 WrexhamH3–34,014Preece (2), Mellon 19 October 1996 Bristol RoversA0–05,823 26 October 1996 WatfordH1–16,072Quinn 30 October 1996 MillwallA1–27,179Malkin 2 November 1996 Peterborough UnitedA0–07,011 9 November 1996 AFC BournemouthH1–13,744Quinn 19 November 1996 Stockport CountyA0–14,572 23 November 1996 Notts CountyH1–03,598Quinn (pen) 30 November 1996 WatfordA2–212,017Malkin, Brabin 3 December 1996 Plymouth ArgyleH2–22,690Philpott, Malkin 13 December 1996 Preston North EndA0–314,626 21 December 1996 York CityH3–03,432Ellis, Quinn (2, 1 pens) 1 January 1997 Shrewsbury TownA3–12,787Preece (2), Mellon 18 January 1997 Crewe AlexandraH1–24,760Ellis 25 January 1997 MillwallH3–04,523Ellis, Quinn, Darton 1 February 1997 AFC BournemouthA0–08,201 8 February 1997 Peterborough UnitedH5–14,001Ellis (3), Preece, Bryan 15 February 1997 Notts CountyA1–15,281Quinn 22 February 1997 Stockport CountyH2–15,772Quinn, Ellis 25 February 1997 BurnleyH1–37,331Quinn 1 March 1997 Plymouth ArgyleA1–05,585Ellis 8 March 1997 York CityA0–13,639 15 March 1997 Preston North EndH2–18,017Clarkson (2) 18 March 1997 WalsallA1–13,459Clarkson 22 March 1997 Bristol CityH1–04,518Preece 29 March 1997 ChesterfieldA0–04,974 31 March 1997 Rotherham UnitedH4–15,524Linighan, Clarkson, Ellis, Barlow 5 April 1997 Wycombe WanderersA0–15,619 12 April 1997 BuryH2–06,812Ellis (2) 15 April 1997 Luton TownH0–04,382 19 April 1997 GillinghamA3–25,151Quinn, Mellon, Clarkson 22 April 1997 BrentfordH1–04,030Preece 26 April 1997 Bristol RoversH3–26,673Preece (2), Bonner 3 May 1997 WrexhamA1–25,664Ellis FA Cup 1996-97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR116 November 1996 Wigan AthleticH1–05,465Quinn (pen)R27 December 1996 Hednesford TownH0–14,583 League Cup 1996-97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg 20 August 1996 Scunthorpe UnitedA1–21,880QuinnR1 2nd Leg 3 September 1996 Scunthorpe UnitedH2–0 (won 3–2 on agg)2,560Ellis, PhilpottR2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 ChelseaH1–49,666QuinnR2 2nd Leg 25 September 1996 ChelseaA3–1 (lost 4–5 on agg)11,732Ellis (2), Quinn Football League Trophy 1996-97 Football League Trophy +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersNR110 December 1996 Rotherham UnitedA1–0 1,143NR214 January 1997 Lincoln CityH4–01,578NQF4 February 1997 Crewe AlexandraA0–13,033 Squad https://www.11v11.com/teams/blackpool/tab/players/season/1997/ All Blackpool players: 1997 www.11v11.com ENG GK Steve Banks ENG GK Henry Heighton ENG GK Lee Martin ENG GK Tony Parks ENG DF Craig Allardyce ENG DF Andy Barlow ENG DF Darren Bradshaw ENG DF David Brightwell on loan from Bradford City ENG DF Marvin Bryan ENG DF Tony Butler ENG DF Scott Darton ENG DF Ben Dixon ENG DF Paul Jones on loan from Tranmere Rovers ENG DF David Linighan ENG DF Jason Lydiate ENG MF Mark Bonner ENG MF Gary Brabin ENG MF Paul Carden ENG MF Phil Clarkson SCO MF Micky Mellon ENG MF Udo Onwere ENG MF Lee Philpott ENG MF Keith Russell IRL MF Billy Woods on loan from Tranmere Rovers ENG FW Tony Ellis ENG FW Chris Malkin ENG FW Brett Ormerod ENG FW Andy Preece NIR FW James Quinn ENG FW Lee Thorpe References Blackpool F.C. 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