| 2nd Round 2nd Leg |
| Tuesday, 24th September 1996 |
| Birmingham City (LD1) | 0 | Coventry City (PREM) | 1 | 15,218 |
| Coventry City won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Blackburn Rovers (PREM) | 2 | Brentford (LD2) | 0 | 9,599 |
| Blackburn Rovers won 4-1 on aggregate |
| Bolton Wanderers (LD1) | 3 | Bristol City (LD2) | 1 | 6,367 |
| Bolton Wanderers won 3-1 on aggregate |
| Burnley (LD2) | 1 | Charlton Athletic (LD1) | 2 | 2,281 |
| Charlton Athletic won 6-2 on aggregate |
| Carlisle United (LD3) | 2 | Port Vale (LD1) | 2 | 5,545 |
| Port Vale won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Colchester United (LD3) | 0 | Huddersfield Town (LD1) | 2 | 4,095 |
| Huddersfield Town won 3-1 on aggregate |
| Crystal Palace (LD1) | 4 | Bury (LD2) | 0 | 5,195 |
| Crystal Palace won 7-1 on aggregate |
| Darlington (LD3) | 0 | Leeds United (PREM) | 2 | 6,298 |
| Leeds United won 4-2 on aggregate |
| Gillingham (LD2) | 1 | Barnsley (LD1) | 0 | 5,666 |
| Gillingham won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Hereford United (LD3) | 0 | Middlesbrough (PREM) | 3 | 4,522 |
| Middlesbrough won 10-0 on aggregate |
| Ipswich Town (LD1) | 4 | Fulham (LD3) | 2 | 6,825 |
| Ipswich Town won 5-3 on aggregate |
| Manchester City (LD1) | 0 | Lincoln City (LD3) | 1 | 14,242 |
| Lincoln City won 5-1 on aggregate |
| Northampton Town (LD3) | 1 | Stoke City (LD1) | 2 | 5,088 |
| Stoke City won 3-1 on aggregate |
| Oxford United (LD1) | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday (PREM) | 0 | 6,863 |
| Oxford United won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Sheffield United (LD1) | 2 | Stockport County (LD2) | 5 | 6,285 |
| Stockport County won 7-3 on aggregate |
| Sunderland (PREM) | 1 | Watford (LD2) | 0 | 10,659 |
| Sunderland won 3-0 on aggregate |
| Tranmere Rovers (LD1) | 0 | Oldham Athletic (LD1) | 1 | 3,711 |
| Oldham Athletic won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Wycombe Wanderers (LD2) | 1 | Nottingham Forest (PREM) | 1 | 6,310 |
| Nottingham Forest won 2-1 on aggregate |
| York City (LD2) | 3 | Everton (PREM) | 2 | 7,854 |
| York City won 4-3 on aggregate |
| Wednesday, 25th September 1996 |
| Chelsea (PREM) | 1 | Blackpool (LD2) | 3 | 11,732 |
| Chelsea won 5-4 on aggregate |
| Derby County (PREM) | 2 | Luton Town (LD2) | 2 | 13,569 |
| Luton Town won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Leicester City (PREM) | 2 | Scarborough (LD3) | 1 | 10,793 |
| Leicester City won 4-1 on aggregate |
| Peterborough United (LD2) | 1 | Southampton (PREM) | 4 | 8,220 |
| Southampton won 6-1 on aggregate |
| Portsmouth (LD1) | 1 | Wimbledon (PREM) | 1 | 4,006 |
| Wimbledon won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Queens Park Rangers (LD1) | 1 | Swindon Town (LD1) | 3 | 6,976 |
| Swindon Town won 4-3 on aggregate |
| Tottenham Hotspur (PREM) | 3 | Preston North End (LD2) | 0 | 20,080 |
| Tottenham Hotspur won 4-1 on aggregate |
| West Ham United (PREM) | 1 | Barnet (LD3) | 0 | 15,264 |
| West Ham United won 2-1 on aggregate |
| 1st Round 2nd Leg |
| Tuesday, 3rd September 1996 |
| Barnet (LD3) | 2 | Exeter City (LD3) | 0 | 1,330 |
| Barnet won 6-0 on aggregate |
| Barnsley (LD1) | 2 | Rochdale (LD3) | 0 | 5,638 |
| Barnsley won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Blackpool (LD2) | 2 | Scunthorpe United (LD3) | 0 | 2,560 |
| Blackpool won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Bournemouth (LD2) | 0 | Ipswich Town (LD1) | 3 | 4,119 |
| Ipswich Town won 5-1 on aggregate |
| Bradford City (LD1) | 1 | Sheffield United (LD1) | 2 | 3,593 |
| Sheffield United won 5-1 on aggregate |
| Bristol City (LD2) | 1 | Torquay United (LD3) | 0 | 4,513 |
| Bristol City won 4-3 on aggregate |
| Burnley (LD2) | 2 | Mansfield Town (LD3) | 0 | 2,884 |
| Burnley won 5-0 on aggregate |
| Bury (LD2) | 1 | Notts. County (LD2) | 0 | 2,571 |
| Bury won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Cambridge United (LD3) | 1 | Hereford United (LD3) | 1 | 1,164 |
| Hereford United won 4-1 on aggregate |
| Chester City (LD3) | 1 | Carlisle United (LD3) | 3 | 1,947 |
| Carlisle United won 4-1 on aggregate |
| Chesterfield (LD2) | 1 | Stockport County (LD2) | 2 | 3,334 |
| Stockport County won 4-2 on aggregate |
| Crewe Alexandra (LD2) | 1 | Port Vale (LD1) | 5 | 4,471 |
| Port Vale won 6-1 on aggregate |
| Fulham (LD3) | 1 | Southend United (LD1) | 2 | 4,297 |
| Fulham won 3-2 on aggregate |
| Gillingham (LD2) | 2 | Swansea City (LD3) | 0 | 3,633 |
| Gillingham won 3-0 on aggregate |
| Grimsby Town (LD1) | 0 | Oldham Athletic (LD1) | 1 | 2,731 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-1, aggregate 1-1, Oldham Athletic won 5-4 on penalties |
| Lincoln City (LD3) | 3 | Hartlepool United (LD3) | 2 | 2,389 |
| Lincoln City won 5-4 on aggregate |
| Northampton Town (LD3) | 2 | Cardiff City (LD3) | 0 | 3,567 |
| Northampton Town won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Peterborough United (LD2) | 2 | Millwall (LD2) | 0 | 4,610 |
| Peterborough United won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Plymouth Argyle (LD2) | 0 | Brentford (LD2) | 0 | 5,180 |
| Brentford won 1-0 on aggregate |
| Preston North End (LD2) | 4 | Wigan Athletic (LD3) | 4 | 5,767 |
| Preston North End won 7-6 on aggregate |
| Rotherham United (LD2) | 0 | Darlington (LD3) | 1 | 1,749 |
| Darlington won 2-0 on aggregate |
| Scarborough (LD3) | 3 | Hull City (LD3) | 2 | 2,656 |
| Scarborough won 5-4 on aggregate |
| Tranmere Rovers (LD1) | 1 | Shrewsbury Town (LD2) | 1 | 3,028 |
| Tranmere Rovers won 3-1 on aggregate |
| Watford (LD2) | 2 | Walsall (LD2) | 0 | 5,325 |
| Watford won 2-1 on aggregate |
| West Bromwich Albion (LD1) | 1 | Colchester United (LD3) | 3 | 9,809 |
| Colchester United won 5-4 on aggregate |
| Wrexham (LD2) | 1 | Huddersfield Town (LD1) | 2 | 1,776 |
| Huddersfield Town won 5-1 on aggregate |
| Wycombe Wanderers (LD2) | 2 | Reading (LD1) | 0 | 5,069 |
| Wycombe Wanderers won 3-1 on aggregate |
| York City (LD2) | 2 | Doncaster Rovers (LD3) | 0 | 2,757 |
| York City won 3-1 on aggregate |
| Wednesday, 4th September 1996 |
| Birmingham City (LD1) | 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion (LD3) | 0 | 20,050 |
| Birmingham City won 3-0 on aggregate |
| Bristol Rovers (LD2) | 2 | Luton Town (LD2) | 1 | 2,320 |
| Luton Town won 4-2 on aggregate |
| Leyton Orient (LD3) | 1 | Portsmouth (LD1) | 0 | 3,177 |
| Portsmouth won 2-1 on aggregate |
| Norwich City (LD1) | 2 | Oxford United (LD1) | 3 | 7,301 |
| Oxford United won 4-3 on aggregate |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (LD1) | 1 | Swindon Town (LD1) | 0 | 10,760 |
| Swindon Town won 2-1 on aggregate |
