1996–97 Hartlepool United F.C. season

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Hartlepool United
1996–97 season
Chairman Harold Hornsey
Manager Keith Houchen (player-manager until 4 November)
Mick Tait (player-manager from 4 November)
Stadium Victoria Park
Third Division 20th
FA Cup First round
League Cup First round
Football League Trophy First round
Top goalscorer League: Allon/Cooper (9)
All: Allon (11)
Average home league attendance 2,107
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

Season summary

In the 1996-97 season, Hartlepool started the campaign with wins over Colchester United and Fulham, but Houchen's playing career came to an end after the fifth game of the season, against Wigan Athletic, when he retired due to a persistent knee injury.[1] Houchen continued to bemoan referring decisions which seemed to consistently go against Hartlepool.[2] This in turn led to continued punishments from the FA over his use of foul language towards officials.[3] With Hartlepool on a poor run of results at the foot of the table, he left the club by mutual consent on 4 November 1996.[4] His assistant Mick Tait led the club to a 20th-place finish, and organised a benefit match for Houchen against Middlesbrough, which raised £23,000.[5]

There was also a change of ownership in 1997, when Harold Hornsey sold the club to an oil company called IOR.

Final league table

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Main article: 1996–97 Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Wigan Athletic 46 17 3 3 53 21 9 6 8 31 30 84 51 +33 87
2 Fulham 46 13 5 5 41 20 12 7 4 31 18 72 38 +34 87
3 Carlisle United 46 16 3 4 41 21 8 9 6 26 23 67 44 +23 84
4 Northampton Town 46 14 4 5 43 17 6 8 9 24 27 67 44 +23 72
5 Swansea City 46 13 5 5 37 20 8 3 12 25 38 62 58 +4 71
6 Chester City 46 11 8 4 30 16 7 8 8 25 27 55 43 +12 70
7 Cardiff City 46 11 4 8 31 24 9 5 9 26 31 56 54 +2 69
8 Colchester United 46 11 9 3 36 23 6 8 9 26 28 62 51 +11 68
9 Lincoln City 46 10 8 5 35 25 8 4 11 35 44 70 69 +1 66
10 Cambridge United 46 11 5 7 30 27 7 6 10 23 32 53 59 –6 65
11 Mansfield Town 46 9 8 6 21 17 7 8 8 26 28 47 45 +2 64
12 Scarborough 46 9 9 5 36 31 7 6 10 30 38 65 68 –3 63
13 Scunthorpe United 46 11 3 9 36 33 7 6 10 23 29 59 62 –3 63
14 Rochdale 46 10 6 7 34 24 4 10 9 24 34 58 58 ±0 58
15 Barnet 46 9 9 5 32 23 5 7 11 14 28 46 51 –5 58
16 Leyton Orient 46 11 6 6 28 20 4 6 13 22 38 50 58 –8 57
17 Hull City 46 9 8 6 29 26 4 10 9 15 24 44 50 –6 57
18 Darlington 46 11 5 7 37 28 3 5 15 27 50 64 78 –14 52
19 Doncaster Rovers 46 9 7 7 29 23 5 3 15 23 43 52 66 –14 52
20 Hartlepool United 46 8 6 9 33 32 6 3 14 20 34 53 66 –13 51
21 Torquay United 46 9 4 10 24 24 4 7 12 22 38 46 62 –16 50
22 Exeter City 46 6 9 8 25 30 6 3 14 23 43 48 73 –25 48
23 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 12 6 5 41 27 1 4 18 12 43 53 70 –17 47 [notes 1]
24 Hereford United 46 6 8 9 26 25 5 6 12 24 40 50 65 –15 47
  • 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).
  1. ↑ Brighton & Hove Albion had two points deducted for failure to control spectators.
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Participated in play-offs
Promoted through play-offs
New club in the league (none)
Relegated to Conference

Results

Hartlepool United's score comes first[6]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1996 Colchester United A 2–0 2,942 Allon, McAuley
24 August 1996 Fulham H 2–1 2,457 Cooper, Davies
27 August 1996 Mansfield Town H 2–2 2,750 Cooper, Ingram
31 August 1996 Leyton Orient A 0–2 4,342
7 September 1996 Hereford United A 1–0 2,729 Halliday
10 September 1996 Carlisle United H 1–2 3,077 Cooper
14 September 1996 Wigan Athletic H 1–1 2,433 Cooper
21 September 1996 Hull City A 0–1 3,886
28 September 1996 Chester City H 2–0 2,042 Allon, Cooper (pen)
1 October 1996 Doncaster Rovers A 1–2 1,471 Beech
5 October 1996 Cambridge United A 0–1 3,406
12 October 1996 Darlington H 1–2 3,799 Halliday
15 October 1996 Swansea City H 1–1 1,310 Halliday
19 October 1996 Barnet A 0–1 2,265
26 October 1996 Exeter City A 0–2 3,043
29 October 1996 Northampton Town H 0–2 1,254
2 November 1996 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–3 1,683 Mike, Cooper
9 November 1996 Scarborough A 4–2 3,157 Howard, Clegg, Halliday (2)
23 November 1996 Torquay United A 1–0 1,856 Allon
30 November 1996 Exeter City H 1–1 1,419 Irvine
3 December 1996 Scunthorpe United A 1–2 1,778 Clegg
14 December 1996 Rochdale A 3–1 1,618 Beech, Howard, Allon
21 December 1996 Lincoln City H 2–1 1,344 Cooper (pen), Sunderland
26 December 1996 Carlisle United A 0–1 6,947
28 December 1996 Hereford United H 2–1 1,923 Allon, Howard
1 January 1997 Hull City H 1–1 1,944 Beech
11 January 1997 Chester City A 0–0 1,885
18 January 1997 Doncaster Rovers H 2–4 1,708 Howard, Cooper (pen)
25 January 1997 Northampton Town A 0–3 5,039
1 February 1997 Scarborough H 1–0 1,843 Cooper
8 February 1997 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–5 8,412
11 February 1997 Cardiff City H 2–3 1,120 Beech (2)
15 February 1997 Torquay United H 1–1 1,548 Beech
22 February 1997 Cardiff City A 0–2 2,971
1 March 1997 Scunthorpe United H 0–1 1,300
4 March 1997 Wigan Athletic A 2–2 3,229 Halliday, Howard
8 March 1997 Lincoln City A 1–2 2,915 Allon
15 March 1997 Rochdale H 1–2 1,448 Beech
22 March 1997 Fulham A 0–1 7,222
29 March 1997 Colchester United H 1–0 2,725 Beech
31 March 1997 Mansfield Town A 0–1 2,229
5 April 1997 Leyton Orient H 3–1 2,576 Bradley, Baker, Halliday
12 April 1997 Cambridge United H 0–2 3,186
19 April 1997 Darlington A 2–1 4,662 Brown, Allon
26 April 1997 Barnet H 4–0 3,070 Allon (2), Baker, Halliday
3 May 1997 Swansea City A 2–2 5,423 Howard (2)

FA Cup

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Main article: 1996-97 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 16 November 1996 York City H 0–0 3,011
R1R 26 November 1996 York City A 0–3 3,257

League Cup

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Main article: 1996-97 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 20 August 1996 Lincoln City H 2–2 2,073 Davies, Allon
R1 2nd Leg 3 September 1996 Lincoln City A 2–3 (lost 5-6 on agg) 2,389 Allon, Beech

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 1996-97 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
NR1 10 December 1996 Burnley H 0–2 921

Squad

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

No. Position Player
England GK Paul O'Connor
England GK Stephen Pears
England DF Michael Barron (on loan from Middlesbrough)
England DF Russell Bradley (on loan from Scunthorpe United)
England DF Glen Davies
England DF Stephen Hutt
England DF Denny Ingram
England DF Darren Knowles
England DF Graeme Lee
England DF Sean McAuley
England DF Ian McGuckin
England MF Chris Beech
England MF Michael Brown (on loan from Manchester City)
England MF David Clegg
England MF Mark Cooper
England MF Jon Cullen
England MF Andy Elliott
No. Position Player
England MF Kona Hislop
England MF Chris Homer
France MF Alain Horace
England MF Richard Lucas
Scotland MF Chris McDonald
England MF Mark Proctor
England MF Jon Sunderland
England MF Mick Tait
England MF Paul Walton
England MF Craig Winstanley
England FW Joe Allon
England FW Paul Baker
England FW Stephen Halliday
England FW Keith Houchen
England FW Steve Howard
England FW Stuart Irvine
England FW Adie Mike (on loan from Stockport County)

References

  1. ↑ Strange 2006, p. 222
  2. ↑ Strange 2006, p. 224
  3. ↑ Strange 2006, p. 226
  4. ↑ Strange 2006, p. 232
  5. ↑ Strange 2006, p. 236
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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