First Division Table 1996/97

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100	53	+47	98
2	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76	55	+21	80
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68	51	+17	76
4	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68	50	+18	74
5	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75	52	+23	73
6	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78	48	+30	71
7	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59	53	+6	68
8	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58	55	+3	67
9	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64	60	+4	66
10	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52	48	+4	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	62	56	+6	65
12	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51	57	-6	64
13	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63	68	-5	63
14	Manchester City	46	17	10	19	59	59	0	61
15	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19	52	66	-14	59
16	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	15	17	68	72	-4	57
17	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64	68	-4	57
18	Reading	46	15	12	19	58	67	-9	57
19	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52	71	-19	54
20	Huddersfield Town	46	13	15	18	48	61	-13	54
21	Bradford City	46	12	12	22	47	72	-25	48
22	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	59	81	-22	46
23	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51	66	-15	43
24	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42	85	-43	39