Date | Opponents | | Score | Scorers | Crowd | LEAGUE & CUP MATCHES | | 17/8/96 | Vauxhall GM | H | 1 - 1 | Maloney | | | 20/8/96 | Blackpool Rovers | H | 2 - 4 | Smallwood(2) | | | 24/8/96 | Salford City | A | 0 - 2 | | | | 26/8/96 | Newcastle Town | A | 0 - 1 | | | | 31/8/96 | Blakenall (FA Cup) | A | 0 - 3 | | | | 4/9/96 | Clitheroe | A | 0 - 2 | | | | 7/9/96 | Nantwich Town | H | 1 - 4 | Tomlinson | | | 11/9/96 | Prescot Cables | A | 0 - 1 | | | | 14/9/96 | Eastwood Hanley | A | 1 - 1 | Boyle | | | 17/9/96 | Holker Old Boys | H | 2 - 2 | O'Connell(2) | | | 21/9/96 | Darwen | A | 2 - 1 | Jones, Pickford | | | 24/9/96 | Kidsgrove Athletic | H | 0 - 0 | | | | 28/9/96 | Prescot Cables | H | 2 - 3 | Hulme, Molloy | | | 5/10/96 | Burscough (FA Vase) | A | 0 - 0 | | | | 8/10/96 | Burscough (FA Vase) | H | 0 - 3 | | | | 12/10/96 | Maine Road | H | 3 - 2 | Morgan(2), Maloney | | | 15/10/96 | Haslingden (Floodlit) | A | 1 - 0 | Smallwood | | | 19/10/96 | Rossendale United (League Cup) | H | 2 - 2 | Ringland, O'Connell | | | 23/10/96 | Rossendale United (League Cup) | A | 2 - 1 | O'Connell, Hulme | | | 26/10/96 | Chadderton | A | 1 - 2 | Gidley | | | 29/10/96 | Haslingden (Floodlit) | H | 2 - 2 | Davies, Morgan | | | 2/11/96 | Bootle | A | 0 - 3 | | | | 5/11/96 | Eastwood Hanley | H | 1 - 0 | O'Connell | | | 9/11/96 | Rossendale United | H | 0 - 1 | | | | 12/11/96 | Maine Road (Manchester Premier Cup) | H | 3 - 0 | O'Connell(2), Blow | | | 16/11/96 | Atherton Collieries | A | 0 - 0 | | | | 19/11/96 | Trafford | A | 0 - 3 | | | | 26/11/96 | Salford City (Floodlit) | A | 5 - 0 | Morgan(3), O'Connell(2) | | | 30/11/96 | Nantwich Town | A | 2 - 1 | Ringland, Hulme | | | 3/12/96 | Mossley | H | 0 - 0 | | | | 7/12/96 | Clitheroe | H | 2 - 2 | Smallwood, O'Connell | | | 14/12/96 | Burscough | H | 0 - 2 | | | | 21/12/96 | Maghull (League Cup) | A | 2 - 1 | Smallwood, Own Goal | | | 28/12/96 | Vauxhall GM | A | 3 - 1 | Morgan(2), Iveson | | | 18/1/97 | Newcastle Town | H | 0 - 3 | | | | 25/1/97 | Kidsgrove Athletic | A | 5 - 4 | Morgan(3), Hulme, O'Connell | | | 29/1/97 | Radcliffe Borough (Manchester Premier Cup) | A | 3 - 1 | O'Connell(3) | | | 1/2/97 | Rossendale United | A | 4 - 1 | Morgan(2), O'Connell, Hulme | | | 4/2/97 | Ilkeston Town (Derbyshire Cup) | A | 2 - 4 | O'Connell(2) | | | 8/2/97 | Nantwich Town (League Cup) | A | 1 - 1 | Smallwood | | | 11/2/97 | Nantwich Town (League Cup) | H | 2 - 3 | Blow, Pickford | | | 15/2/97 | Burscough | A | 2 - 5 | Heaton, Morgan | | | 25/2/97 | Vauxhall GM (Floodlit) | H | 1 - 2 | Heaton | | | 1/3/97 | St Helens Town | H | 0 - 1 | | | | 3/3/97 | Ashton United (Manchester Premier Cup) | A | 3 - 3 | Morgan(2), Smallwood | | | | | Glossop won 5-4 on penalties | | 8/3/97 | Darwen | H | 1 - 1 | Graham | | | 11/3/97 | Trafford | H | 1 - 2 | Butterworth | | | 15/3/97 | Salford City | H | 2 - 1 | O'Connell, Hulme | | | 18/3/97 | Bootle | H | 3 - 2 | Morgan(3) | | | 22/3/97 | Blackpool Rovers | A | 0 - 2 | | | | 25/3/97 | Atherton Collieries | H | 1 - 0 | O'Connell | | | 29/3/97 | Maine Road | A | 1 - 1 | Pickford | | | 31/3/97 | Chadderton | H | 1 - 1 | Graham | | | 5/4/97 | St Helens Town | A | 2 - 1 | Parr, Hulme | | | 12/4/97 | Penrith | A | 3 - 0 | Morgan, Parr(2) | | | 19/4/97 | Holker Old Boys | A | 3 - 1 | O'Connell, Harries, Morgan | | | 3/5/97 | Mossley | A | 3 - 1 | Morgan(2), Hulme | | | 10/5/97 | Penrith | H | 1 - 1 | Pickford | | | 12/5/97 | Trafford (Manchester Premier Cup Final) | N | 1 - 1 | O'Connell | | | | | Glossop won 5-4 on penalties |
PLAYER | League | FA Cup | FA Vase | League Cup | Floodlit | Manchester | Derbyshire | TOTAL | | Steve Morgan | 17 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 23 | | Kevin O'Connell | 9 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 21 | | Phil Hulme | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | | Trevor Smallwood | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | | Steve Pickford | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | | Kevin Parr | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | | David Blow | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | | Curtis Graham | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | | Steve Heaton | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | | Darren Moloney | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | | Chris Ringland | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | | Mickey Boyle | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Craig Butterworth | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Darren Davies | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | | Paul Gidley | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Mark Harries | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Martin Iveson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Tony Jones | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Mark Molloy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Andrew Tomlinson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Own Goals | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| NWCFL Division 1 | | | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | | 1 | Trafford | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 38 | 94 | | 2 | Newcastle Town | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 31 | 88 | | 3 | Clitheroe | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 36 | 83 | | 4 | Penrith | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 49 | 79 | | 5 | Burscough | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 68 | 48 | 75 | | 6 | Eastwood Hanley | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 51 | 70 | | 7 | Mossley | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 79 | 58 | 68 | | 8 | Blackpool Rovers | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 70 | 47 | 67 | | 9 | Prescot Cables | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 60 | 62 | | 10 | Vauxhall GM | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 70 | 69 | 57 | | 11 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 74 | 74 | 53 | | 12 | Bootle | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 62 | 73 | 53 | | 13 | Glossop North End | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 67 | 53 | | 14 | St Helens Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 65 | 79 | 48 | | 15 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 85 | 45 | | 16 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 73 | 44 | | 17 | Rossendale United | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 51 | 76 | 42 | | 18 | Chadderton | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 80 | 41 | | 19 | Holker Old Boys | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 60 | 80 | 39 | | 20 | Maine Road | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 85 | 38 | | 21 | Darwen | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 82 | 37 | | 22 | Salford City | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 53 | 82 | 36 |
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