Chairman John Bowler FA Cup Third round | Play-offs Winners | |
Second Division 6th (promoted via play-offs) | ||
During the 1996–97 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.
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Season summary
In the 1996-97 season, Crewe had a great season by reaching the play-offs by finishing in the final play-off position, which was achieved on the final day by earning a 1-1 draw at York that was required as Blackpool had scored more goals which meant knowing a defeat and a Blackpool win at Wrexham would see Crewe slip out of the top six and Blackpool would have still had a chance of promotion. Blackpool though lost 2-1 so it didn't matter in the end with Crewe's result. In the play-offs, they beat Luton, who just missed out on automatic promotion, 4-3 on aggregate to get to Wembley and achieved promotion with a 1-0 win against Brentford.
Final league table
Results
Crewe Alexandra's score comes first
Squad
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