Third Division Table 1996/97

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigan Athletic	46	26	9	11	84	51	+33	87
2	Fulham	46	25	12	9	72	38	+34	87
3	Carlisle United	46	24	12	10	67	44	+23	84
4	Northampton Town	46	20	12	14	67	44	+23	72
5	Swansea City	46	21	8	17	62	58	+4	71
6	Chester City	46	18	16	12	55	43	+12	70
7	Cardiff City	46	20	9	17	57	55	+2	69
8	Colchester United	46	17	17	12	62	51	+11	68
9	Lincoln City	46	18	12	16	70	69	+1	66
10	Cambridge United	46	18	11	17	53	59	-6	65
11	Mansfield Town	46	16	16	14	47	45	+2	64
12	Scarborough FC	46	16	15	15	66	69	-3	63
13	Scunthorpe United	46	18	9	19	59	62	-3	63
14	Rochdale	46	14	16	16	58	58	0	58
15	Barnet	46	14	16	16	46	51	-5	58
16	Leyton Orient	46	15	12	19	50	58	-8	57
17	Hull City	46	13	18	15	44	50	-6	57
18	Darlington	46	14	10	22	64	78	-14	52
19	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	10	22	52	66	-14	52
20	Hartlepool United	46	14	9	23	53	66	-13	51
21	Torquay United	46	13	11	22	46	62	-16	50
22	Exeter City	46	12	12	22	48	73	-25	48
23	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	13	10	23	53	70	-17	47*
24	Hereford United	46	11	14	21	50	65	-15	47