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1996–97 Portsmouth F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Portsmouth
season	1996–97
manager	Terry Fenwick
chairman	Terry Venables
stadium	Fratton Park
league	First Division
league result	7th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter finals
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer
Lee Bradbury (15)
season topscorer
Lee Bradbury (17)
highest attendance	12,841 (vs. Manchester City, 16 November 1996)
lowest attendance	5,579 (vs. Southend United, 27 August 1996)
average attendance	8,857
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

Lee Bradbury (15) Lee Bradbury (17) During the 1996–97 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the summer of 1996, Terry Venables arrived at Portsmouth as a consultant, later taking over as chairman after buying the club for £1. The team enjoyed a run to the FA Cup quarter-finals, beating Premiership side Leeds United en route, but finished just short of the qualifying places for the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League. After the season, the Fratton End was fully demolished to make way for an all-new replacement stand.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 Football League

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Bradford City	A	1–3	10,007	Hall
23 August 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–2	7,501	Igoe
27 August 1996	Southend United	H	1–0	5,579	Russell
31 August 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	4,747	Rees
7 September 1996	Port Vale	H	1–1	8,099	Russell
11 September 1996	Swindon Town	A	1–0	8,685	McLoughlin
14 September 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	14,248
21 September 1996	Norwich City	H	0–1	7,511
28 September 1996	Oxford United	A	0–2	7,626
1 October 1996	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	7,212	Hall, Bradbury
4 October 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–4	5,001	Bradbury, McLoughlin (pen), Perrett
12 October 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	6,641	Durnin, Bradbury
15 October 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	7,411
19 October 1996	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	10,514	McLoughlin (pen)
26 October 1996	Stoke City	A	1–3	10,259	Bradbury
29 October 1996	Birmingham City	H	1–1	6,334	Bradbury
2 November 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	4–0	7,354	Bradbury, Simpson, Durnin, Turner
9 November 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	7,639
16 November 1996	Manchester City	H	2–1	12,841	Bradbury, Simpson
23 November 1996	Barnsley	A	2–3	7,449	Durnin (pen), Bradbury
30 November 1996	Stoke City	H	1–0	7,749	Turner
7 December 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–1	16,333
14 December 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	6,954	Simpson (pen), Svensson (2)
21 December 1996	Reading	A	0–0	8,520
26 December 1996	Swindon Town	H	0–1	10,605
28 December 1996	Port Vale	A	2–0	7,382	Hall, Svensson
1 January 1997	Norwich City	A	0–1	11,946
11 January 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–3	10,467
18 January 1997	Crystal Palace	A	2–1	15,498	Bradbury, Thomson
28 January 1997	Oxford United	H	2–1	7,301	Hall, Svensson
1 February 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	9,135	Hall
8 February 1997	Birmingham City	A	3–0	15,897	Svensson, Bradbury, McLoughlin (pen)
22 February 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	15,800	Hillier, Burton
1 March 1997	Sheffield United	H	1–1	12,715	Hall
5 March 1997	Manchester City	A	1–1	11,276	Simpson
15 March 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	3–1	10,512	Igoe, Hall (2)
22 March 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	15,746	Bradbury
25 March 1997	Reading	H	1–0	9,248	Hall
29 March 1997	Bradford City	H	3–1	12,340	Bradbury, Hall, Svensson
31 March 1997	Southend United	A	1–2	6,107	Hall
5 April 1997	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	9,854	Carter
12 April 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–3	12,004	Hillier
19 April 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	12,342	Hall
22 April 1997	Barnsley	H	4–2	8,328	McLoughlin (pen), Bradbury (3)
25 April 1997	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	12,101
4 May 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	26,031	Hall

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	23,626	McLoughlin, Hall
R4	25 January 1997	Reading	H	3–0	15,003	Hall, Bradbury, Hillier
R5	15 February 1997	Leeds United	A	3–2	35,604	McLoughlin, Svensson, Bradbury
QF	9 March 1997	Chelsea	H	1–4	15,701	Burton

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 August 1996	Leyton Orient	H	2–0	3,102	Burton (2)
R1 Second Leg	4 September 1996	Leyton Orient	A	0–1 (won 2–1 on agg)	3,177
R2 First Leg	18 September 1996	Wimbledon	A	0–1	3,811
R2 Second Leg	25 September 1996	Wimbledon	H	1–1	4,006	Carter

Squad

References

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