Coca-Cola Cup, 1996-97



2nd Round, 1st Leg: Blackpool v Chelsea

Date:   18th September 1996
Venue:   Bloomfield Road
Attendance:   9666
Result:   1-4
Scorers:   Quinn 1; Morris 16, Petrescu 46, Hughes 64, Spencer 85
Blackpool:   Banks, Bryan, Dixon (Barlow 76), Butler, Linighan, Brabin, Bonner (Lydiate 84), Mellon, Quinn, Ellis, Preece
Chelsea:   Kevin Hitchcock, Dan Petrescu, Steve Clarke (Mark Nicholls 45), John Spencer, Mark Hughes, Dennis Wise, Michael Duberry, Craig Burley, David Lee, Roberto Di Matteo, Jody Morris
Referee:   L R Dilkes (Mossley)

2nd Round, 2nd Leg: Chelsea v Blackpool

Date:   25th September 1996
Venue:   Stamford Bridge
Attendance:   11732
Result:   1-3 (agg 5-4)
Scorers:   Spencer 63; Ellis 35, Quinn 46, Ellis 61
Chelsea:   Frode Grodas, Dan Petrescu, Frank Leboeuf, Steve Clarke, John Spencer, Gianluca Vialli, Michael Duberry, Craig Burley, Roberto Di Matteo, Scott Minto (Mark Nicholls 59), Jody Morris
Blackpool:   Banks, Bryan, Dixon (Barlow 73), Lydiate, Linighan, Brabin, Bonner, Mellon, Quinn (Thorpe 73), Ellis (Preece 73), Onwere
Referee:   M D Reed (Birmingham)

3rd Round: Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea

Date:   22nd October 1996
Venue:   Burnden Park
Attendance:   16867
Result:   2-1
Scorers:   McGinlay 22, Blake 43; Minto 2
Bolton Wanderers:   Branagan, Bergsson, Phillips, Frandsen, Taggart, Fairclough, Johansen, Sellars, Blake, McGinlay (Taylor 90), Thompson
Chelsea:   Kevin Hitchcock, Ruud Gullit, Frank Leboeuf, Steve Clarke, John Spencer, Mark Hughes, Dennis Wise, Craig Burley, Roberto Di Matteo, Scott Minto (Terry Phelan 76), Erland Johnsen
Referee:   R Poulain (Huddersfield)