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1996-97

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Before this season

Final League Tables


      DIVISION ONE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Bolton Wanderers                 46   28   14    4  100   53   98
   2  Barnsley                         46   22   14   10   76   55   80
   3  Wolverhampton Wanderers          46   22   10   14   68   51   76
   4  Ipswich Town                     46   20   14   12   68   50   74
   5  Sheffield United                 46   20   13   13   75   52   73
   6  Crystal Palace                   46   19   14   13   78   48   71
   7  Portsmouth                       46   20    8   18   59   53   68
   8  Port Vale                        46   17   16   13   58   55   67
   9  Queens Park Rangers              46   18   12   16   64   60   66
  10  Birmingham City                  46   17   15   14   52   48   66
  11  Tranmere Rovers                  46   17   14   15   63   56   65
  12  Stoke City                       46   18   10   18   51   57   64
  13  Norwich City                     46   17   12   17   63   68   63
  14  Manchester City                  46   17   10   19   59   60   61
  15  Charlton Athletic                46   16   11   19   52   66   59
  16  West Bromwich Albion             46   14   15   17   68   72   57
  17  Oxford United                    46   16    9   21   64   68   57
  18  Reading                          46   15   12   19   58   67   57
  19  Swindon Town                     46   15    9   22   52   71   54
  20  Huddersfield Town                46   13   15   18   48   61   54
  21  Bradford City                    46   12   12   22   47   72   48
  22  Grimsby Town                     46   11   13   22   60   81   46
  23  Oldham Athletic                  46   10   13   23   51   66   43
  24  Southend United                  46    8   15   23   42   86   39

Play-off Semi-Finals
Crystal Palace 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Crystal Palace 1
(Crystal Palace won 4-3 on aggregate)
Sheffield United 1 Ipswich Town 1, Ipswich Town 2 Sheffield United 2
(Aggregate 3-3, Sheffield United won on away goals)

Play-off Final
Crystal Palace 1 Sheffield United 0 (@ Wembley Stadium)

      DIVISION TWO
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Bury                             46   24   12   10   62   38   84
   2  Stockport County                 46   23   13   10   59   41   82
   3  Luton Town                       46   21   15   10   71   45   78
   4  Brentford                        46   20   14   12   56   43   74
   5  Bristol City                     46   21   10   15   69   51   73
   6  Crewe Alexandra                  46   22    7   17   56   47   73
   7  Blackpool                        46   18   15   13   60   47   69
   8  Wrexham                          46   17   18   11   54   50   69
   9  Burnley                          46   19   11   16   71   55   68
  10  Chesterfield                     46   18   14   14   42   39   68
  11  Gillingham                       46   19   10   17   60   59   67
  12  Walsall                          46   19   10   17   54   53   67
  13  Watford                          46   16   19   11   45   38   67
  14  Millwall                         46   16   13   17   50   55   61
  15  Preston North End                46   18    7   21   49   55   61
  16  A F C Bournemouth                46   15   15   16   43   45   60
  17  Bristol Rovers                   46   15   11   20   47   50   56
  18  Wycombe Wanderers                46   15   10   21   51   56   55
  19  Plymouth Argyle                  46   12   18   16   47   58   54
  20  York City                        46   13   13   20   47   68   52
  21  Peterborough United              46   11   14   21   55   73   47
  22  Shrewsbury Town                  46   11   13   22   49   74   46
  23  Rotherham United                 46    7   14   25   39   70   35
  24  Notts County                     46    7   14   25   33   59   35

Play-off Semi-Finals
Bristol City 1 Brentford 2, Brentford 2 Bristol City 1
(Brentford won 4-2 on aggregate)
Crewe Alexandra 2 Luton Town 1, Luton Town 2 Crewe Alexandra 2
(Crewe Alexandra won 4-3 on aggregate)

Play-off Final
Brentford 0 Crewe Alexandra 1 (@ Wembley Stadium)

      DIVISION THREE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Wigan Athletic                   46   26    9   11   84   51   87
   2  Fulham                           46   25   12    9   72   38   87
   3  Carlisle United                  46   24   12   10   67   44   84
   4  Northampton Town                 46   20   12   14   67   44   72
   5  Swansea City                     46   21    8   17   62   58   71
   6  Chester City                     46   18   16   12   55   43   70
   7  Cardiff City                     46   20    9   17   56   54   69
   8  Colchester United                46   17   17   12   62   51   68
   9  Lincoln City                     46   18   12   16   70   69   66
  10  Cambridge United                 46   18   11   17   53   59   65
  11  Mansfield Town                   46   16   16   14   47   45   64
  12  Scarborough                      46   16   15   15   65   68   63
  13  Scunthorpe United                46   18    9   19   59   62   63
  14  Rochdale                         46   14   16   16   58   58   58
  15  Barnet                           46   14   16   16   46   51   58
  16  Leyton Orient                    46   15   12   19   50   58   57
  17  Hull City                        46   13   18   15   44   50   57
  18  Darlington                       46   14   10   22   64   78   52
  19  Doncaster Rovers                 46   14   10   22   52   66   52
  20  Hartlepool United                46   14    9   23   53   66   51
  21  Torquay United                   46   13   11   22   46   62   50
  22  Exeter City                      46   12   12   22   48   73   48
  23  Brighton & Hove Albion           46   13   10   23   53   70   47  *
  24  Hereford United                  46   11   14   21   50   65   47

* - Brighton & Hove Albion 2 points deducted for failure to control spectators
Play-off Semi-Finals Cardiff City 0 Northampton Town 1, Northampton Town 3 Cardiff City 2 (Northampton Town won 4-2 on aggregate) Chester City 0 Swansea City 0, Swansea City 3 Chester City 0 (Swansea City won 3-0 on aggregate) Play-off Final Northampton Town 1 Swansea City 0 (@ Wembley Stadium)

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