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1996–97 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
1996–97 season
Chairman John Bowler
Manager Dario Gradi
Stadium Gresty Road
Second Division 6th (promoted via play-offs)
Play-offs Winners
FA Cup Third round
League Cup First round
Football League Trophy Northern semi finals
Top goalscorer League: Adebola (16)
All: Adebola (18)
Average home league attendance 3,978

During the 1996–97 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

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.

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