1996–97 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United

1996–97 season
Chairman	Ken Booth
Manager	Danny Bergara
Stadium	Millmoor
Second Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	First round
Top goalscorer	Jean (6)
Average home league attendance	2,861
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

Season summary

In the 1996-97 season, Danny Bergara in the summer became Rotherham's next manager, but was given little time to turn the club’s fortunes. Rotherham endured a poor season and were relegated, and Bergara lost his job at the club.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Bury	46		18	5	0	39	7		6	7	10	23	31		62	38	+24		84
2	Stockport County	46		15	5	3	31	14		8	8	7	28	27		59	41	+18		82
3	Luton Town	46		13	7	3	38	14		8	8	7	33	31		71	45	+26		78
4	Brentford	46		8	11	4	26	22		12	3	8	30	21		56	43	+13		74
5	Bristol City	46		14	4	5	43	18		7	6	10	26	33		69	51	+18		73
6	Crewe Alexandra	46		15	4	4	38	15		7	3	13	18	32		56	47	+9		73
7	Blackpool	46		13	7	3	41	21		5	8	10	19	26		60	47	+13		69
8	Wrexham	46		11	9	3	38	28		6	9	8	17	22		54	50	+4		69
9	Burnley	46		14	3	6	48	27		5	8	10	23	28		71	55	+16		68
10	Chesterfield	46		10	9	4	25	18		8	5	10	17	21		42	39	+3		68
11	Gillingham	46		13	3	7	37	25		6	7	10	23	34		60	59	+1		67
12	Walsall	46		12	8	3	35	21		7	2	14	19	32		54	53	+1		67
13	Watford	46		10	8	5	24	14		6	11	6	21	24		45	38	+7		67
14	Millwall	46		12	4	7	27	22		4	9	10	23	33		50	55	–5		61
15	Preston North End	46		14	5	4	33	19		4	2	17	16	36		49	55	–6		61
16	Bournemouth	46		8	9	6	24	20		7	6	10	19	25		43	45	–2		60
17	Bristol Rovers	46		13	4	6	34	22		2	7	14	13	28		47	50	–3		56
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46		13	4	6	31	14		2	6	15	20	43		51	56	–5		55
19	Plymouth Argyle	46		7	11	5	19	18		5	7	11	28	40		47	58	–11		54
20	York City	46		8	6	9	27	31		5	7	11	20	37		47	68	–21		52
21	Peterborough United	46		7	7	9	38	34		4	7	12	17	39		55	73	–18		47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46		8	6	9	27	32		3	7	13	22	42		49	74	–25		46
23	Rotherham United	46		4	7	12	17	29		3	7	13	22	41		39	70	–31		35
24	Notts County	46		4	9	10	20	25		3	5	15	13	34		33	59	–26		35

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Walsall	A	1–1	4,040	Goodwin
24 August 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–2	3,037	McDougald
27 August 1996	Blackpool	H	1–2	2,914	Hayward
31 August 1996	Luton Town	A	0–1	4,547
7 September 1996	Bury	A	1–3	3,523	Hurst
10 September 1996	Chesterfield	H	0–1	2,940
14 September 1996	Bristol City	H	2–2	2,546	Berry, Richardson (pen)
21 September 1996	Gillingham	A	1–3	4,920	Bowyer
28 September 1996	Bournemouth	H	1–0	2,648	Druce
1 October 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–4	3,438	Druce, Hayward
5 October 1996	Brentford	A	2–4	6,137	Berry, Druce
12 October 1996	Burnley	H	1–0	4,562	Druce
15 October 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	2,490
19 October 1996	York City	A	1–2	3,410	Sandeman
26 October 1996	Peterborough United	H	2–0	2,854	Breckin, Berry
29 October 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	3,162
2 November 1996	Preston North End	A	0–0	8,997
9 November 1996	Watford	H	0–0	3,619
23 November 1996	Millwall	H	0–0	3,286
30 November 1996	Peterborough United	A	2–6	4,690	Blades, Sandeman
3 December 1996	Stockport County	H	0–1	2,133
14 December 1996	Notts County	A	0–0	3,954
21 December 1996	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	2,269	Breckin
28 December 1996	Bury	H	1–1	3,263	Goodwin (pen)
11 January 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–1	3,161	Hurst
18 January 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	2,692	Goodwin (pen), Glover
25 January 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–4	2,832	Jean
1 February 1997	Watford	A	0–2	10,657
8 February 1997	Preston North End	H	0–1	3,556
15 February 1997	Millwall	A	0–2	7,043
18 February 1997	Chesterfield	A	1–1	5,195	Hayward
22 February 1997	Wrexham	H	0–0	2,539
1 March 1997	Stockport County	A	0–0	6,147
8 March 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	4,717
15 March 1997	Notts County	H	2–2	2,605	Jean, Bowyer
18 March 1997	Bristol City	A	2–0	10,646	Garner, Jean
22 March 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–0	2,893	McDougald (pen), Hurst
25 March 1997	Gillingham	H	1–2	2,664	Dillon
29 March 1997	Walsall	H	1–2	2,428	Hayward
31 March 1997	Blackpool	A	1–4	5,524	Breckin
5 April 1997	Luton Town	H	0–3	2,609
8 April 1997	Wrexham	A	0–1	2,002
11 April 1997	Brentford	H	0–1	1,797
19 April 1997	Burnley	A	3–3	7,875	Jean (3)
26 April 1997	York City	H	0–2	3,122
3 May 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	5,950	Berry, Garner

FA Cup

Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1996	Scunthorpe United	A	1–4	3,892	McGlashan

League Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1996	Darlington	A	0–1	2,023
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1996	Darlington	H	0–1 (lost 0-2 on agg)	1,749

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	10 December 1996	Blackpool	H	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1,143

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Phil Barnes GK Steve Cherry GK Steve Farrelly GK Kevin Pilkington (on loan from Manchester United) DF Kevin Bain DF Paul Blades DF Gary Bowyer DF Ian Breckin DF Paul Dillon DF Dean Fearon DF Brian Gayle DF Paul Hurst DF Martin James DF Mark Monington DF Neil Richardson DF Bradley Sandeman DF Scott Smith MF Trevor Berry

No. Position Player MF Adrian Clarke (on loan from Arsenal) MF Jim Crawford (on loan from Newcastle United) MF Jim Dobbin MF Darren Garner MF Shaun Goodwin MF Danny Hudson MF John McGlashan MF Rob McKenzie MF Andy Roscoe FW Rob Bowman FW Mark Druce FW Lee Glover FW Andy Hayward FW Earl Jean FW Richard Landon (on loan from Stockport County) FW Junior McDougald FW Robert Pell FW Steve Slawson