League Third Division

1996/97

League table

Game Week 37Sat, 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	FulhamFulham	46	46	25	12	9	72	38	+34	87	87
2	Wigan At..Wigan Athletic	46	46	26	9	11	84	51	+33	87	87
3	Carlisle..Carlisle United	46	46	24	12	10	67	44	+23	84	84
4	Northamp..Northampton Town	46	46	20	12	14	67	44	+23	72	72
5	Swansea ..Swansea City	46	46	21	8	17	62	58	+4	71	71
6	ChesterChester	46	46	18	16	12	55	43	+12	70	70
7	Cardiff ..Cardiff City	46	46	20	9	17	56	54	+2	69	69
8	Colchest..Colchester United	46	46	17	17	12	62	51	+11	68	68
9	Lincoln ..Lincoln City	46	46	18	12	16	70	69	+1	66	66
10	Cambridg..Cambridge United	46	46	18	11	17	53	59	-6	65	65
11	Mansfiel..Mansfield Town	46	46	16	16	14	47	45	+2	64	64
12	Scarboro..Scarborough	46	46	16	15	15	65	68	-3	63	63
13	Scunthor..Scunthorpe United	46	46	18	9	19	59	62	-3	63	63
14	RochdaleRochdale	46	46	14	16	16	58	58	0	58	58
15	BarnetBarnet	46	46	14	16	16	46	51	-5	58	58
16	Hull CityHull City	46	46	13	18	15	44	50	-6	57	57
17	Leyton O..Leyton Orient	46	46	15	12	19	50	58	-8	57	57
18	DarlingtonDarlington	46	46	14	10	22	64	78	-14	52	52
19	Doncaste..Doncaster Rovers	46	46	14	10	22	52	66	-14	52	52
20	Hartlepo..Hartlepool United	46	46	14	9	23	53	66	-13	51	51
21	Torquay ..Torquay United	46	46	13	11	22	46	62	-16	50	50
22	Brighton..Brighton & Hove Albion	46	46	13	10	23	53	70	-17	49	49
23	Exeter C..Exeter City	46	46	12	12	22	48	73	-25	48	48
24	Hereford..Hereford United	46	46	11	14	21	50	65	-15	47	47

Qualification

Play-offs

Relegation

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