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
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	Jean (6)
Average home league attendance	2,861
Biggest win	2–0
Biggest defeat	2–6
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	York City	46	13	13	20	47	68	−21	52
21	Peterborough United	46	11	14	21	55	73	−18	47	Relegated
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	13	22	49	74	−25	46
23	Rotherham United	46	7	14	25	39	70	−31	35
24	Notts County	46	7	14	25	33	59	−26	35

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first^[2]

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


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

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
First round first leg	20 August 1996	Darlington	A	0–1	2,023
First round second leg	3 September 1996	Darlington	H	0–1^[a]	1,749

Football League Trophy


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

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


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

Notes

^ Rotherham United lost 2–0 on aggregate

References

^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ "Rotherham United results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "All Rotherham United players: 1997". www.11v11.com.

[3] Rotherham United lost 2–0 on aggregate

[1] "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[2] "Rotherham United results for the 1996-1997 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[4] "All Rotherham United players: 1997". www.11v11.com.

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Season summary

Final league table