1996–97 York City F.C. season

Thirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were sixteen different goalscorers. Defender Tony Barras played in all fifty-seven first-team matches over the season. Neil Tolson finished as leading goalscorer with seventeen goals, of which twelve came in league competition, two came in the FA Cup and three came in the League Cup.

Match details

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Second Division

Football League Second Division match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
000000001996-08-17-000017 August 1996	16th	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	1–2	Pepper 79' pen.	9,035
000000001996-08-24-000024 August 1996	23rd	Bournemouth	H	L	1–2	Pepper 81'	2,804
000000001996-08-27-000027 August 1996	16th	Millwall	H	W	3–2	Pepper (2) 57', 62', Tolson 71'	3,108
000000001996-08-31-000031 August 1996	08 !8th	Notts County	A	W	1–0	Tolson 23'	4,600
000000001996-09-07-00007 September 1996	09 !9th	Shrewsbury Town	H	D	0–0		2,911
000000001996-09-10-000010 September 1996	13th	Preston North End	A	L	0–1		7,608
000000001996-09-14-000014 September 1996	13th	Peterborough United	A	D	2–2	Bushell 58', Pepper 85'	5,613
000000001996-09-21-000021 September 1996	18th	Stockport County	H	L	1–2	Tolson 47'	3,061
000000001996-09-28-000028 September 1996	19th	Brentford	A	D	3–3	Tolson 3', Randall 49', Murty 71'	5,243
000000001996-10-01-00001 October 1996	19th	Bristol Rovers	H	D	2–2	Tolson 13', Randall 53'	3,714
000000001996-10-05-00005 October 1996	19th	Watford	H	L	1–2	Pepper 80' pen.	5,232
000000001996-10-11-000011 October 1996	20th	Bristol City	A	L	0–2		9,308
000000001996-10-15-000015 October 1996	21st	Crewe Alexandra	A	W	1–0	Himsworth 81'	3,463
000000001996-10-19-000019 October 1996	16th	Rotherham United	H	W	2–1	Stephenson 81', Pepper 90'	3,410
000000001996-10-26-000026 October 1996	16th	Chesterfield	A	L	0–2		4,009
000000001996-10-29-000029 October 1996	14th	Wycombe Wanderers	H	W	2–0	Pepper 36' pen., Tolson 53'	2,254
000000001996-11-02-00002 November 1996	13th	Burnley	H	W	1–0	Murty 61'	5,958
000000001996-11-09-00009 November 1996	13th	Bury	A	L	1–4	Himsworth 21'	4,021
000000001996-11-23-000023 November 1996	13th	Gillingham	A	W	1–0	Tolson 24'	5,048
000000001996-11-30-000030 November 1996	14th	Chesterfield	H	D	0–0		3,328
000000001996-12-03-00003 December 1996	14th	Luton Town	A	L	0–2		4,401
000000001996-12-14-000014 December 1996	12th	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Humes 89' o.g.	2,600
000000001996-12-21-000021 December 1996	15th	Blackpool	A	L	0–3		3,432
000000001996-12-28-000028 December 1996	17th	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–2		3,189
000000001997-01-11-000011 January 1997	19th	Brentford	H	L	2–4	Pepper 45' pen., Pouton 80'	3,085
000000001997-01-18-000018 January 1997	19th	Bristol Rovers	A	D	1–1	Pepper 1' pen.	4,470
000000001997-01-25-000025 January 1997	20th	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	1–3	Campbell 70'	4,193
000000001997-02-01-00001 February 1997	20th	Bury	H	L	0–2		3,423
000000001997-02-08-00008 February 1997	20th	Burnley	A	W	2–1	Tolson 6', Jordan 90'	8,961
000000001997-02-11-000011 February 1997	20th	Walsall	H	L	0–2		2,136
000000001997-02-15-000015 February 1997	20th	Gillingham	H	L	2–3	Bushell 23', Barras 79'	2,748
000000001997-02-22-000022 February 1997	20th	Walsall	A	D	1–1	Pepper 21' pen.	3,664
000000001997-02-25-000025 February 1997	20th	Preston North End	H	W	3–1	Bull 57', Pepper 65', Rowe 81'	2,515
000000001997-03-01-00001 March 1997	20th	Luton Town	H	D	1–1	Tolson 48'	3,788
000000001997-03-08-00008 March 1997	19th	Blackpool	H	W	1–0	Sharples 19'	3,639
000000001997-03-15-000015 March 1997	19th	Wrexham	A	D	0–0		3,874
000000001997-03-22-000022 March 1997	18th	Bournemouth	A	D	1–1	Gilbert 65'	4,367
000000001997-03-29-000029 March 1997	19th	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	1–1	Bushell 77'	3,917
000000001997-04-02-00002 April 1997	20th	Millwall	A	D	1–1	Tolson 48'	6,161
000000001997-04-05-00005 April 1997	20th	Notts County	H	L	1–2	Rowe 79'	3,115
000000001997-04-08-00008 April 1997	19th	Peterborough United	H	W	1–0	Bull 42'	2,790
000000001997-04-12-000012 April 1997	19th	Watford	A	L	0–4		7,645
000000001997-04-19-000019 April 1997	20th	Bristol City	H	L	0–3		3,344
000000001997-04-22-000022 April 1997	20th	Stockport County	A	L	1–2	Tolson 20'	6,654
000000001997-04-26-000026 April 1997	20th	Rotherham United	A	W	2–0	Rowe 45', Tolson 68'	3,122
000000001997-05-03-00003 May 1997	20th	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1–1	Tinkler 25'	4,366

League table (part)

Final Football League Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
18th	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	10	21	51	56	−5	55
19th	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	18	16	47	58	−11	54
20th	York City	46	13	13	20	47	68	−21	52
21st	Peterborough United	46	11	14	21	55	73	−18	47
22nd	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	13	22	49	74	−25	46
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	000000001996-11-16-000016 November 1996	Hartlepool United	A	D	0–0		3,011
First round replay	000000001996-11-26-000026 November 1996	Hartlepool United	H	W	3–0	Pepper 41', Himsworth 45', Tolson 54'	3,227
Second round	000000001996-12-07-00007 December 1996	Preston North End	A	W	3–2	Moyes 16' o.g., Barras 40', Tolson 74'	7,893
Third round	000000001997-01-13-000013 January 1997	Hednesford Town	A	L	0–1		3,169

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

League Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	000000001996-08-20-000020 August 1996	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	1–1	Tolson 37'	1,852
First round second leg	000000001996-09-03-00003 September 1996	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2–0 3–1 agg.	Pepper 30', Bushell 81'	2,757
Second round first leg	000000001996-09-18-000018 September 1996	Everton	A	D	1–1	Tolson 55'	11,527
Second round second leg	000000001996-09-24-000024 September 1996	Everton	H	W	3–2 4–3 agg.	Tolson 35', Bull 57', Murty 86'	7,854
Third round	000000001996-10-22-000022 October 1996	Leicester City	H	L	0–2		8,406

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Northern section second round	000000001997-01-21-000021 January 1997	Preston North End	H	W	1–0	Himsworth	1,428
Northern section quarter-final	000000001997-02-04-00004 February 1997	Carlisle United	H	L	0–2		1,922

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with York.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players included in matchday squads
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	~~Tim Clarke~~	17	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
GK	ENG	~~Mark Prudhoe~~ *	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	ENG	Andy Warrington	27	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	32	0
DF	ENG	Paul Atkin	6 (6)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7 (6)	0
DF	ENG	Paddy Atkinson	13 (1)	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	18 (1)	0
DF	ENG	Tony Barras	46	1	4	1	5	0	2	0	57	2
DF	ENG	Wayne Hall	12 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15 (1)	0
DF	RSA	Andy McMillan	46	0	3	0	5	0	2	0	56	0
DF	ENG	Martin Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	ENG	John Sharples	28	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	33	1
DF	ENG	Steve Tutill	13 (2)	0	3 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	18 (3)	0
MF	ENG	Steve Bushell	26 (5)	3	1	0	1 (1)	1	1	0	29 (6)	4
MF	ENG	~~Dave Gilbert~~ *	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
MF	ENG	Jonathan Greening	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	0
MF	SCO	Tommy Harrison	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
MF	ENG	Gary Himsworth	32 (1)	2	4	1	4	0	2	1	42 (1)	4
MF	ENG	Scott Jordan	7 (8)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	8 (9)	1
MF	ENG	Graeme Murty	25 (2)	2	3 (1)	0	5	1	1 (1)	0	34 (4)	3
MF	ENG	~~Nigel Pepper~~	26 (3)	12	3	1	4 (1)	1	1	0	34 (4)	14
MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	18 (4)	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	22 (4)	1
MF	ENG	~~Adrian Randall~~	13 (3)	2	0 (1)	0	5	0	0	0	18 (4)	2
MF	ENG	Paul Stephenson	33 (2)	1	3	0	4 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	41 (4)	1
MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
MF	ENG	~~Darren Williams~~	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	ENG	Gary Bull	33 (8)	2	4	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	41 (9)	3
FW	ENG	Neil Campbell	5 (6)	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	7 (8)	1
FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell	9 (8)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	1	0	11 (11)	0
FW	ENG	~~Glenn Naylor~~	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
FW	ENG	Rodney Rowe	9 (1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (1)	3
FW	ENG	David Rush	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	0
FW	ENG	Neil Tolson	39 (1)	12	4	2	5	3	0 (1)	0	48 (2)	17

References

General

Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
Source for match dates, league positions and results: "York City 1996–1997: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015.
Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 388–389, 416–417.
Source for goal times (Football League Second Division, FA Cup, League Cup): "Results/matches: 1996/97". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
Source for player details: Jarred; Windross. Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. pp. 7–113.

Specific

↑ "York City 1996–1997: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015.

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Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

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