Season 1996-97
Division 1 1996-97 (18th)
| PL | HW | HD | HL | HF | HA | AW | AD | AL | AF | AA | GF | PTS | ||
| 1 | Bolton WanderersP | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 33 | 100 | 98 |
| 2 | BarnsleyP | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 36 | 76 | 80 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton W | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 68 | 76 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 68 | 74 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 75 | 73 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace1 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 78 | 71 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 59 | 68 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 58 | 67 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 64 | 66 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 66 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 63 | 65 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 51 | 64 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 46 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 63 | 63 |
| 14 | Manchester City | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 59 | 61 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 59 |
| 16 | West Bromwich A | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 68 | 57 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 64 | 57 |
| 18 | READING | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 58 | 57 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 54 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 48 | 54 |
| 21 | Bradford City | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 40 | 47 | 48 |
| 22 | Grimsby TownR | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 60 | 46 |
| 23 | Oldham AthleticR | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 51 | 43 |
| 24 | SouthamptonR | 46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 54 | 42 | 39 |
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1 Crystal Palace promoted after play-offs |
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Division 1 1996-97
| Barnsley | Birmingham City | Bolton Wanderers | Bradford City | Charlton Athletic | Crystal Palace | Grimsby Town | Huddersfield Town | Ipswich Town | Manchester City | Norwich City | Oldham Athletic | Oxford United | Port Vale | Portsmouth | Queens Park Rangers | READING | Sheffield United | Southampton | Stoke City | Swindon Town | Tranmere Rovers | West Bromwich A | Wolverhampton W | |
| Barnsley | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 | |
| Birmingham City | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-2 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |
| Bradford City | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 6-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-4 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 5-0 | 0-0 | |
| Manchester City | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | |
| Norwich City | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 1-0 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | |
| Oxford United | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | |
| Port Vale | 1-3 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 6-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | |
| Portsmouth | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 0-2 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | |
| READING | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | |
| Sheffield United | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Southampton | 1-2 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | |
| Stoke City | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
| Swindon Town | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 6-0 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | |
| West Bromwich A | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | |
| Wolverhampton W | 3-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 |