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{{Infobox football club season
|club=Bradford City A.F.C.
|season=1996–97
|manager=[[Chris Kamara]]
|chairman=[[Geoffrey Richmond]]
|stadium=[[Valley Parade]]
|league=[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|league result=[[1996–97 Football League First Division|21st]]
|cup1=[[FA Cup]]
|cup1 result=[[1996–97 FA Cup#Fifth round proper|Fifth round]]
|cup2=[[1996–97 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
|cup2 result=[[1996–97 Football League Cup#First round|First round]]
|league topscorer=[[Ole Sundgot]] (6)
|season topscorer=Ole Sundgot<br>[[Chris Waddle]] (6)
|highest attendance={{nowrap|17,830 vs [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]}}<br>FA Cup, 16 February 1997
|lowest attendance=3,593 vs [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]<br>Football League Cup,<br>3 September 1996
|average attendance=12,925
|prevseason=[[1995–96 Bradford City A.F.C. season|1995–96]]
|nextseason=[[1997–98 Bradford City A.F.C. season|1997–98]]
}}
During the 1996–97 English football season, [[Bradford City A.F.C.]] competed in the [[Football League First Division]].
==Season summary==
Kamara used 42 players in [[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]] when Bradford avoided relegation with a 3–0 victory in the final game against [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=234&seasonid=126 |title=Bradford 1996/1997 player appearances |access-date=2008-02-21 |publisher=Soccerbase |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302054817/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=234&seasonid=126 |archive-date=2 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Final league table==
{{main|1996–97 Football League#First Division}}
{{:1996–97 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=BRA}}
==Results==
''Bradford City's score comes first''
===Legend===
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"|<small>Win</small>
|style="background-color: #ffffdd;"|<small>Draw</small>
|style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"|<small>Loss</small>
|}
===Football League First Division===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 17 August 1996 ||[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]||H||3–1||10,007||[[Erik Regtop|Regtop]] (pen), [[Lee Duxbury|Duxbury]], [[Mark Stallard|Stallard]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 24 August 1996 ||[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]||A||0–1||24,171||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 28 August 1996 ||[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]||A||0–1||11,918||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 31 August 1996 ||[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]||H||1–0||10,080||[[Lee Duxbury|Duxbury]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 7 September 1996 ||[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]||H||0–2||10,054||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 10 September 1996 ||[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]||A||0–3||12,591||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 14 September 1996 ||[[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]||A||0–2||6,334||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 21 September 1996 ||[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]||H||2–4||12,034||[[Richard Liburd|Liburd]], [[Marco Sas|Sas]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 29 September 1996 ||[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]||A||1–1||4,706||[[Wayne Jacobs|Jacobs]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 2 October 1996 ||[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]||H||2–1||9,249||[[Marco Sas|Sas]] (pen), [[Carl Shutt|Shutt]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 5 October 1996 ||[[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]||H||0–0||10,156||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 12 October 1996 ||[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]||A||0–3||25,157||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 16 October 1996 ||[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]||A||0–1||7,776||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 19 October 1996 ||[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]||H||2–2||11,477||[[Chris Waddle|Waddle]], [[Andy Kiwomya|Kiwomya]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 26 October 1996 ||[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]||A||0–0||14,249||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 29 October 1996 ||[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]||H||0–4||10,091||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 2 November 1996 ||[[Oldham Athletic F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]||H||0–3||10,855||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 8 November 1996 ||[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]||A||3–3||14,126||[[Chris Waddle|Waddle]], [[John Dreyer (footballer)|Dreyer]], [[Robert Steiner (footballer)|Steiner]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 16 November 1996 ||[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]||H||2–1||10,504||[[Ole Bjørn Sundgot|Sundgot]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 23 November 1996 ||[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]||A||2–0||12,256||[[Robert Steiner (footballer)|Steiner]], [[Chris Waddle|Waddle]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 30 November 1996 ||[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]||H||1–1||12,003||[[Marco Sas|Sas]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 7 December 1996 ||[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]||A||2–3||25,035||[[Robert Steiner (footballer)|Steiner]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 17 December 1996 ||[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]||H||0–0||10,077||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 21 December 1996 ||[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]||A||1–1||5,766||[[Lee Duxbury|Duxbury]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 26 December 1996 ||[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]||H||1–2||17,475||[[Wayne Jacobs|Jacobs]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 28 December 1996 ||[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]||A||0–2||13,473||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 1 January 1997 ||[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]||A||1–2||16,192||[[Carl Shutt|Shutt]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 11 January 1997 ||[[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]||H||2–0||13,275||[[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|O'Brien]], [[Carl Shutt|Shutt]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 18 January 1997 ||[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]||A||1–1||7,851||[[Wayne Jacobs|Jacobs]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 28 January 1997 ||[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]||H||1–0||15,186||[[Gordon Watson (footballer, born 1971)|Watson]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 1 February 1997 ||[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]||H||1–1||17,373||[[Chris Waddle|Waddle]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 8 February 1997 ||[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]||A||1–3||14,844||[[Chris Waddle|Waddle]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 22 February 1997 ||[[Oldham Athletic F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]||A||2–1||9,524||[[Ole Bjørn Sundgot|Sundgot]], [[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 1 March 1997 ||[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]||H||1–3||17,609||[[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]] (pen)
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 4 March 1997 ||[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]||A||2–3||9,367||[[Ole Bjørn Sundgot|Sundgot]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 8 March 1997 ||[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]||H||3–4||15,219||[[Ole Bjørn Sundgot|Sundgot]], [[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]], [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|O'Brien]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 15 March 1997 ||[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]||A||0–0||8,435||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 22 March 1997 ||[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]||H||2–1||15,351||[[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]], [[Nigel Pepper|Pepper]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 29 March 1997 ||[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]||A||1–3||12,340||[[Shaun Murray (footballer)|Murray]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 31 March 1997 ||[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]||H||1–0||13,579||[[Nigel Pepper|Pepper]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 4 April 1997 ||[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]||A||0–3||8,531||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 12 April 1997 ||[[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]||A||1–1||6,697||[[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 19 April 1997 ||[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]||H||0–2||15,123||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 26 April 1997 ||[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]||A||0–2||18,605||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 1 May 1997 ||[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]||H||1–0||15,780||[[Nigel Pepper|Pepper]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 4 May 1997 ||[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]||H||3–0||14,723||[[Nigel Pepper|Pepper]] (2), [[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1966)|Wright]]
|}
===FA Cup===
{{Main|1996–97 FA Cup}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R3||5 January 1997 ||[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]||A||2–0||5,173||[[John Dreyer (footballer)|Dreyer]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R4||25 January 1997 ||[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]||A||3–2||30,007||[[John Dreyer (footballer)|Dreyer]], [[Chris Waddle|Waddle]], [[Robert Steiner (footballer)|Steiner]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R5||16 February 1997 ||[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]||H||0–1||17,830||
|}
===League Cup===
{{Main|1996–97 Football League Cup}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R1 First Leg ||20 August 1996 ||[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]||A||0–3||7,575||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R1 Second Leg ||3 September 1996 ||[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]||H||1–2||3,593||[[Mark Stallard|Stallard]]
|}
==First-team squad==
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=[[Jonathan Gould]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NIR|pos=GK|name=[[Aidan Davison]]<ref>Davison was born in [[Sedgefield]], England.</ref>}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=RSA|pos=GK|name=[[Paul Evans (footballer born 1973)|Paul Evans]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=[[Mark Schwarzer]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[David Brightwell]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[John Dreyer (footballer)|John Dreyer]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Wayne Jacobs]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Richard Liburd]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Graham Mitchell (English footballer)|Graham Mitchell]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Nicky Mohan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Christian Sansam]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Chris Wilder]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Sas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=[[Raúl Oliveira]]|other=on loan from [[S.C. Farense|Farense]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Robbie Blake]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Gordon Cowans]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Lee Duxbury]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Des Hamilton]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Richard Huxford]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Shaun Murray (footballer)|Shaun Murray]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Nigel Pepper]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Matthew Smithard]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=[[Sérgio Pinto (footballer born 1973)|Sérgio Pinto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=[[George Kulcsar]]<ref>Kulcsar was born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].</ref>}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Andy Kiwomya]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Craig Midgley]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Ian Ormondroyd]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Carl Shutt]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Mark Stallard]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Chris Waddle]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Gordon Watson (footballer, born 1971)|Gordon Watson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1966)|Tommy Wright]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Erik Regtop]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=[[Ole Bjørn Sundgot]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Robert Steiner (footballer)|Robert Steiner]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FIN|pos=FW|name=[[Jari Vanhala]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=[[Edon Amaral Neto|Edinho]]}}
{{Fs end}}
===Left club during season===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Eric Nixon]]|other=on loan from [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Ben Roberts (footballer)|Ben Roberts]]|other=on loan from [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Magnus Pehrsson]]|other=on loan from [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Ian Thomas-Moore|Ian Moore]]|other=on loan from [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Mike Newell (footballer)|Mike Newell]]|other=on loan from [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]}}
{{Fs end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}}
{{1996–97 in English football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Bradford City A.F.C. season}}
[[Category:Bradford City A.F.C. seasons]]
[[Category:1996–97 Football League First Division by team|Bradford City]]