During the 1996–97 English football season,

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competed in the

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Season summary

After missing out on promotion to the

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the season before in the play-offs,

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was looking to steer Charlton to automatic promotion the following season but it turned out to be a disappointing season for the Addicks, finishing in 15th place.

Final league table

Results

''Charlton Athletic's score comes first''

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Notes

References

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Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...