1996–97 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season


During the 1996–97 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1996–97 season, Crewe had a great season by reaching the play-offs by finishing in the final play-off position, which was achieved on the final day by earning a 1–1 draw at York that was required as Blackpool had scored more goals which meant knowing a defeat and a Blackpool win at Wrexham would see Crewe slip out of the top six and Blackpool would have still had a chance of promotion. Blackpool though lost 2–1 so it didn't matter in the end with Crewe's result. In the play-offs, they beat Luton, who just missed out on automatic promotion, 4–3 on aggregate to get to Wembley and achieved promotion with a 1–0 win against Brentford.

Final league table

Results

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Football League Second Division

Second Division play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SF 1st Leg11 May 1997Luton TownH2–15,467Rivers, Little
SF 2nd Leg14 May 1997Luton TownA2–2 8,168Little, S Smith
F25 May 1997BrentfordN1–034,149S Smith

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R116 November 1996Kidderminster HarriersH4–14,651Macauley, Murphy, Lightfoot
R27 December 1996Hull CityA5–13,756Garvey, Murphy, Adebola, S Smith, Brien
R314 January 1997WimbledonH1–15,011Westwood
R3R21 January 1997WimbledonA0–24,951

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st Leg20 August 1996Port ValeA0–15,236
R1 2nd Leg3 September 1996Port ValeH1–5 4,471Adebola

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
NR228 January 1997Plymouth ArgyleA1–02,216
NQF4 February 1997BlackpoolH1–03,033
NSF28 January 1997Stockport CountyH1–1 3,529

Squad