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1996–97 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1996–97
league	Football League Third Division
owner	Samesh Kumar
manager	Phil Neal/Russell Osman/Kenny Hibbitt
league result	7th
league topscorer	Steve White (13)
season topscorer	Steve White (14)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	2nd round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Auto Windscreens Shield
cup3 result	2nd round
average attendance	3,594
highest attendance	6,144 (v Fulham, 9 November 1996)
lowest attendance	1,667 (v Darlington, 15 October 1996)
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

The 1996–97 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 70th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing seventh, before being beaten 4–2 on aggregate by Northampton Town in the play-offs.

The season saw Cardiff sack two managers during the course of the year. Phil Neal continued in his role from the previous season before leaving the club, taking the role of assistant manager at Manchester City, and was replaced by Russell Osman. However Osman himself lasted just five matches and was replaced by Kenny Hibbitt, the man who had made way for Phil Neal the previous season.

Players

First team squad.

League standings

Main article: 1996–97 Football League#Third Division

Results by round

Fixtures and results

[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]

Ian Kilford Jamie Ndah Craig Middleton Roy Hunter John Taylor Sean Devine Steve White Jason Fowler Jimmy Gardner Carl Dale Jeff Eckhardt Mark Blake Scott McGleish Andy Arnott Steve Jones Dai Thomas Darren Rowbotham Lee Jarman Mark Cooper Neil Grayson Jason Perry Gareth Ainsworth Jeff Eckhardt Steve White Simon Haworth Steve Whitton Jeff Eckhardt Gareth Stoker Gareth Davies Gareth Stoker Carl Dale Darren Utley Ian Baird John Schofield Ian Gore Jason Fowler Shaun Gale Craig Middleton Kevin Lloyd Darren Roberts Source

Third Division Play Offs

Sean Parrish Ray Warburton John Gayle Jason Fowler Simon Haworth

League Cup

Christian Lee

FA Cup

Craig Middleton Andy Hessenthaler

Auto Windscreens Shield

Carl Dale

References

Bibliography

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Welsh Football Data Archive

References

"All Cardiff City football club players: 1997".
"Cardiff City 1996-97 results". Cardiff City Forum.
"Cardiff City football club match record: 1997". 11v11.

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