May 1997
Play off final (at Wembley Stadium)
Sat May 24	Northampton Town	0-1	46804
Play off semi-final
Wed May 14	Chester City H	3-0	10,027	Thomas, Torpey, Heggs
Sun May 11	Chester City A	0-0	5104
Sat May 3	Hartlepool United H	2-2	5423	Thomas, Appleby

April 1997
Sat Apr 26	Scunthorpe United A	0-1	3130
Sat Apr 19	Mansfield Town H	3-2	4800	Thomas, Heggs 2
Fri Apr 11	Colchester United A	1-3	3162	Molby
Sat Apr 5	Lincoln City A	0-4	3348

March 1997
Mon Mar 31	Chester City H	2-1	6284	Molby (pen), Torpey
Sat Mar 29	Rochdale A	3-2	1884	Brayson, Molby 2 (1 pen)
Sat Mar 22	Darlington H	1-1	4176	Molby (Pen)
Sat Mar 15	Barnet A	1-0	1881	Ampadu
Sat Mar 8	Exeter City H	3-1	3155	Brayson, Thomas (2)
Sun Mar 2	Cardiff City H	0-1	4443

February 1997
Sat Feb 22	Brighton A	2-3	6646	Brayson, Walker
Sat Feb 15	Scarborough H	1-2	3312	Penney (Pen)
Tue Feb 11	Fulham A	1-2	4836	Coates
Sat Feb 8	Northampton Town A	2-1	6178	Brayson, Penney (Pen)

January 1997
Fri Jan 31	Cambridge United H	3-1	5738	Penney (2), Brayson
Tue Jan 28	Doncaster Rovers H	2-0	3464	Ampadu, Coates
Sat Jan 25	Wigan Athletic A	2-3	4058	Torpey, Own goal
Tue Jan 21	Bristol City H (A.W.S)	0-1	5600
Sat Jan 18	Leyton Orient H	1-0	3435	Molby
Tue Jan 14	Barnet H	3-0	3570	Brown, Ampadu, Penney (pen)
Sat Jan 11	Hull City A	1-1	2810	Brown
Wed Jan 8	Wycombe H (A.W. Cup)	2-1	1638	Thomas (6-5 on pens AET)

December 1996
Sat Dec 28	Carlisle United H	0-1	7340
Thu Dec 26	Hereford United A	1-0	4204	Penney
Sat Dec 21	Exeter City A	2-1	2801	Penney (2, 1 pen)
Tue Dec 3	Cardiff City A	3-1	3721	Ampadu, Jones, Thomas

November 1996
Sat Nov 30	Torquay United H	2-0	2889	O'Leary, Torpey
Tue Nov 26	Bristol City A (FA Cup)	0-1	8017
Sat Nov 23	Scarborough A	1-0	2005	Jenkins
Tue Nov 19	Brighton H	1-0	2692	Penney
Sat Nov 16	Bristol City H (FA Cup)	1-1	5629	Torpey
Sat Nov 9	Cambridge United A	1-2	3178	Coates
Sat Nov 2	Northampton Town H	1-0	3335	Torpey

October 1996
Tue Oct 29	Wigan Athletic H	2-1	2227	Clode, Torpey
Sat Oct 26	Torquay United A	0-2	2755
Sat Oct 19	Scunthorpe United H	1-1	2373	Torpey
Tue Oct 15	Hartlepool United A	1-1	1310	Torpey
Sat Oct 12	Mansfield Town A	0-0	2003
Fri Oct 4	Colchester United H	1-1	2531	Torpey
Tue Oct 1	Leyton Orient A	0-1	3536

September 1996
Sat Sep 28	Hull City H	0-0	2961
Sat Sep 21	Doncaster Rovers A	1-0	1391	Penney
Sat Sep 14	Fulham H	1-2	3791	Thomas
Tue Sep 10	Hereford United H	4-0	2479	Thomas, Torpey, Penney (pen), Jenkins
Sat Sep 7	Carlisle United A	1-4	5114	Thomas
Wed Sep 4	Gillingham A Coca-Cola	0-2	3633

August 1996
Fri Aug 30	Lincoln City H	1-2	3111	Penney (Pen)
Tue Aug 27	Chester City A	0-2	1946
Sat Aug 24	Darlington A	1-4	2752	Brown
Wed Aug 21	Gillingham H Coca-Cola	0-1	2711
Sat Aug 17	Rochdale H	2-1	4272	Thomas, Penney