Chairman Terry Venables Stadium Fratton Park FA Cup Quarter finals | Manager Terry Fenwick First Division 7th League Cup Second round | |
During the 1996–97 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
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Season summary
In the summer of 1996, Terry Venables arrived at Portsmouth as a consultant, later taking over as chairman after buying the club for £1. The team enjoyed a run to the FA Cup quarter-finals, beating Premiership side Leeds United en route, but finished just short of the qualifying places for the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League.
Final league table
NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference
Results
Portsmouth's score comes first
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
1996–97 Portsmouth F.C. season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA