1996-1997 DIVISION 3 ( 3 )

					History
Sat 17 Aug	Doncaster Rovers	A	League	W 1-0	3,045
Tue 20 Aug	Chester City	H	League Cup	W 1-0	4,042
Sat 24 Aug	Hull City	H	League	D 0-0
Tue 27 Aug	Leyton Orient	H	League	W 1-0	4,973
Sat 31 Aug	Fulham	A	League	L 0-1
Tue 03 Sep	Chester City	A	League Cup	W 3-1	1,947
Sat 07 Sep	Swansea City	H	League	W 4-1	5,114
Tue 10 Sep	Hartlepool United	A	League	W 2-1	3,077
Sat 14 Sep	Scarborough	A	League	D 1-1	3,524
Tue 17 Sep	Port Vale	A	League Cup	L 0-1	3,505
Sat 21 Sep	Darlington	H	League	W 1-0	5,781
Tue 24 Sep	Port Vale	H	League Cup	D 2-2	5,545
Sat 28 Sep	Torquay United	A	League	W 2-1	2,435
Tue 01 Oct	Colchester United	H	League	W 3-0	4,889
Sat 05 Oct	Mansfield Town	H	League	D 1-1	5,509
Sat 12 Oct	Rochdale	A	League	D 2-2	3,320
Tue 15 Oct	Exeter City	A	League	L 1-2	2,155
Sat 19 Oct	Cardiff City	H	League	L 0-2	4,972
Sat 26 Oct	Barnet	A	League	D 0-0	2,422
Tue 29 Oct	Chester City	H	League	W 3-1	4,187
Sat 02 Nov	Wigan Athletic	H	League	L 0-3	6,235
Sat 09 Nov	Northampton Town	A	League	D 1-1	4,682
Sat 16 Nov	Shepshed Dynamo	H	F.A. Cup	W 6-0	4,394
Tue 19 Nov	Cambridge United	H	League	W 3-0	3,839
Sat 23 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	League	W 3-1	4,155
Sat 30 Nov	Barnet	H	League	W 2-1	4,472
Tue 03 Dec	Lincoln City	A	League	D 1-1	2,033
Sat 07 Dec	Darlington	H	F.A. Cup	W 1-0	5,625
Tue 10 Dec	Rochdale	H	AWS	W 2-0	3,622
Sat 14 Dec	Hereford United	A	League	W 3-2	1,890
Sat 21 Dec	Scunthorpe United	H	League	W 3-2	5,646
Thu 26 Dec	Hartlepool United	H	League	W 1-0	6,947
Sat 28 Dec	Swansea City	A	League	W 1-0	7,353
Tue 14 Jan	Tranmere Rovers	H	F.A. Cup	W 1-0	10,090
Sat 18 Jan	Colchester United	A	League	D 1-1	3,588
Sat 25 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday	H	F.A. Cup	L 0-2	16,104
Tues 28 Jan	Hull City	H	AWS	W 4-1	3,716
Sat 01 Feb	Northampton Town	H	League	W 2-1	5,271
Tue 04 Feb	York City	A	AWS	W 2-0	1,922
Sat 08 Feb	Wigan Athletic	A	League	L 0-1	6,195
Tue 11 Feb	Scarborough	H	League	W 1-0	4,936
Sat 15 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	League	W 2-1	5,465
Tue 18 Feb	Shrewsbury Town	A	AWS	W 2-1	2,774
Fri 21 Feb	Cambridge United	A	League	W 3-1	4,294
Tue 25 Feb	Chester City	A	League	D 1-1	2,750
Sat 01 Mar	Lincoln City	H	League	W 1-0	4,958
Tue 04 Mar	Torquay United	H	League	W 5-1	4,680
Sat 08 Mar	Scunthorpe United	A	League	D 0-0	3,470
Sat 15 Mar	Hereford United	H	League	L 2-3	5,063
Tue 18 Mar	Stockport County	H	AWS	W 2-0	7,057
Sat 22 Mar	Hull City	A	League	W 1-0	3,847
Tue 25th Mar	Stockport County	A	AWS	D 0-0	8,593
Sat 29 Mar	Doncaster Rovers	H	League	D 0-0	6,551
Mon 31 Mar	Leyton Orient	A	League	L 1-2	4,604
Sat 05 Apr	Fulham	H	League	L 1-2	9,171
Tue 08 Apr	Darlington	A	League	L 1-2	4,184
Fri 11 Apr	Mansfield Town	A	League	D 0-0	4,375
Sun 20 Apr	Colchester United			W 4-3 pens
Sun 20 Apr	Colchester United	W	AWS Final	D 0-0	40,077
Sat 26 Apr	Cardiff City	A	League	L 0-2	5,104
Tue 29 Apr	Rochdale	H	League	W 3-2	4,882
Sat 03 May	Exeter City	H	League	W 2-0	6,170

Postponed

Wed 1 Jan	Darlington	A	League	PP
Sat 4th Jan	Tranmere Rovers	H	F.A. Cup	PP
Sat 11th Jan	Torquay United	H	League	PP
Tue 21 Jan	Hull City	H	AWS	PP

Ptn	Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Ave Gate
1	Wigan Athletic	46	17	3	3	53	21	9	6	8	31	30	84	87	3,899
2	Fulham	46	13	5	5	41	20	12	7	4	31	18	72	87	6,643
3	Carlisle United	46	16	3	4	41	21	8	9	6	26	23	67	84	5,440
4	Northampton Town	46	14	4	5	43	17	6	8	9	24	27	67	72	4,823
5	Swansea City	46	13	5	5	37	20	8	3	12	25	38	62	71	3,827
6	Chester City	46	11	8	4	30	16	7	8	8	25	27	55	70	2,263
7	Cardiff City	46	11	4	8	30	23	9	5	9	26	31	56	69	3,594
8	Colchester United	46	11	9	3	36	23	6	8	9	26	28	62	68	3,251
9	Lincoln City	46	10	8	5	35	25	8	4	11	35	44	70	66	3,163
10	Cambridge United	46	11	5	7	30	27	7	6	10	23	32	53	65	3,380
11	Mansfield Town	46	9	8	6	21	17	7	8	8	26	28	47	64	2,283
12	Scarborough	46	9	9	5	36	31	7	6	10	29	37	65	63	2,455
13	Scunthorpe United	46	11	3	9	36	33	7	6	10	23	29	59	63	2,606
14	Rochdale	46	10	6	7	34	24	4	10	9	24	34	58	58	1,827
15	Barnet	46	9	9	5	32	23	5	7	11	14	28	46	58	2,141
16	Leyton Orient	46	11	6	6	28	20	4	6	13	22	38	50	57	4,336
17	Hull City	46	9	8	6	29	26	4	10	9	15	24	44	57	3,413
18	Darlington	46	11	5	7	37	28	3	5	15	27	50	64	52	2,796
19	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	7	7	29	23	5	3	15	23	43	52	52	2,090
20	Hartlepool United	46	8	6	9	33	32	6	3	14	20	34	53	51	2,107
21	Torquay United	46	9	4	10	24	24	4	7	12	22	38	46	50	2,322
22	Exeter City	46	6	9	8	25	30	6	3	14	23	43	48	48	3,014
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	12	6	5	41	27	1	4	18	12	43	53	47*	5,850
24	Hereford United	46	6	8	9	26	25	5	6	12	24	40	50	47	2,931

Friendlies

22 July 1996	Queen of the South	A	Friendly	W 2-1
25 July 1996	Barrow	A	Friendly	W 3-0
27 July 1996	Kilmarnock	H	Friendly	W 1-0	3483
29 July 1996	Ponteland	A	Friendly
29 July 1996	Ayr	A	Friendly
31 July 1996	Workington	A	Friendly	W 1-0
01 August 1996	Consett	A	Friendly
03 August 1996	Gateshead	A	Friendly
05 August 1996	Stoke City	H	Friendly	L 0-1
06 August 1996	Gretna	A	Friendly	W 5-3
08 August 1996	Gala Fairydean	A	Friendly	W 1-0
10 August 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	Friendly	W 1-0
12 August 1996	RTM Newcastle	A	Friendly	W 5-0
16 August 1996	Blyth Spartans	A	Friendly
21 October 1996	Queen of the South	A	Friendly	D 2-2	BCD