League Second Division

1996/97

Game Week 36Sat, 3 May 1997

Drag to see the table as it stood after an earlier game week.

Pos	Team	PLD	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts
1	BuryBury	46	46	24	12	10	62	38	+24	84	84
2	Stockpor..Stockport County	46	46	23	13	10	59	41	+18	82	82
3	Luton TownLuton Town	46	46	21	15	10	71	45	+26	78	78
4	BrentfordBrentford	46	46	20	14	12	56	43	+13	74	74
5	Bristol ..Bristol City	46	46	21	10	15	69	51	+18	73	73
6	Crewe Al..Crewe Alexandra	46	46	22	7	17	56	47	+9	73	73
7	BlackpoolBlackpool	46	46	18	15	13	60	47	+13	69	69
8	WrexhamWrexham	46	46	17	18	11	54	50	+4	69	69
9	BurnleyBurnley	46	46	19	11	16	71	55	+16	68	68
10	Chesterf..Chesterfield	46	46	18	14	14	42	39	+3	68	68
11	WatfordWatford	46	46	16	19	11	45	38	+7	67	67
12	GillinghamGillingham	46	46	19	10	17	60	59	+1	67	67
13	WalsallWalsall	46	46	19	10	17	54	53	+1	67	67
14	MillwallMillwall	46	46	16	13	17	50	55	-5	61	61
15	Preston ..Preston North End	46	46	18	7	21	49	55	-6	61	61
16	AFC Bour..AFC Bournemouth	46	46	15	15	16	43	45	-2	60	60
17	Bristol ..Bristol Rovers	46	46	15	11	20	47	50	-3	56	56
18	Wycombe ..Wycombe Wanderers	46	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55	55
19	Plymouth..Plymouth Argyle	46	46	12	18	16	47	58	-11	54	54
20	York CityYork City	46	46	13	13	20	47	68	-21	52	52
21	Peterbor..Peterborough United	46	46	11	14	21	55	73	-18	47	47
22	Shrewsbu..Shrewsbury Town	46	46	11	13	22	49	74	-25	46	46
23	Notts Co..Notts County	46	46	7	14	25	33	59	-26	35	35
24	Rotherha..Rotherham United	46	46	7	14	25	39	70	-31	35	35

Qualification

Play-offs

Relegation

Sort rule: Goal difference only — Points, then goal difference, then goals scored, then team name.

League table