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SEASON: 1995-96

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Next Season: 1996-97

DIVISION:: F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Frank Clark
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Aston Villa (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Bradford City (H) 2-2)
Player Of The Year:: Stuart Pearce

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Woan (12 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	27 times	7 times	7 times	2 times
Conceded	24 times	6 times	4 times	1 time	4 times
Won By	13 times	3 times	4 times
Lost By	8 times	2 times	1 time	2 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 29,263 (League - Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,810 (League - Wimbledon)
Average League Attendance:: 25,915
Highest Cup Attendance:: 28,844 (UEFA Cup - Bayern Munich)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,050 (FA Cup - Oxford United)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 2
Yellow cards:: 47

END OF SEASON TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester United	38	25	7	6	73	35	15	4	0	36	9	10	3	6	37	26	38	82	Champions League	1-1	0-5
2	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	17	1	1	38	9	7	5	7	28	28	29	78	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	1-3
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	14	4	1	46	13	6	7	6	24	21	36	71	Cup Winners Cup First Round	1-0	2-4
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	8	20	20	17	63	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	1-1
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	10	7	2	30	16	7	5	7	19	16	17	63	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	1-1
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	10	5	4	35	19	7	5	7	29	25	20	61		3-2	0-3
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	14	2	3	44	19	4	5	10	17	28	14	61		1-5	0-7
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	9	5	5	26	19	7	8	4	24	19	12	61		2-1	1-0
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	11	6	2	29	17	4	7	8	21	37	-4	58
10	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	9	5	5	25	21	5	4	10	18	31	-9	51		1-1	0-1
11	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	46	44	7	7	5	30	22	5	7	7	16	22	2	50		0-0	0-1
12	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	35	50	8	3	8	27	27	3	7	9	8	23	-15	43		1-0	1-1
13	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	8	3	8	21	21	4	4	11	19	36	-17	43		2-1	3-1
14	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	5	6	8	27	33	5	5	9	28	37	-15	41		4-1	0-1
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	7	5	7	30	31	3	5	11	18	30	-13	40		1-0	3-1
16	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	6	7	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	38		0-0	1-1
17	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	7	7	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	38		1-0	4-3
18	Manchester City	38	9	11	18	33	58	7	7	5	21	19	2	4	13	12	39	-25	38	Relegated	3-0	1-1
19	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6	23	38	57	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	15	13	31	-19	33	Relegated	3-0	1-1
20	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	5	25	39	71	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	15	23	40	-32	29	Relegated	3-2	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 19, 1995	Southampton	A	4-3	Win	15,164	3	The Dell
2	Wed Aug 23, 1995	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	27,007	6
3	Sat Aug 26, 1995	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	26,645	8
4	Tue Aug 29, 1995	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	38,248	7	Highbury
5	Sat Sep 09, 1995	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	17,219	7	Highfield Road
6	Sun Sep 17, 1995	Everton	H	3-2	Win	24,786	6
7	Sat Sep 23, 1995	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	33,972	8	Villa Park
8	Sat Sep 30, 1995	Manchester City	H	3-0	Win	25,620	8
9	Sat Oct 14, 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	Win	32,876	5	White Hart Lane
10	Sat Oct 21, 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	25,426	5
11	Sat Oct 28, 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	Draw	17,549	5	Loftus Road
12	Mon Nov 06, 1995	Wimbledon	H	4-1	Win	20,810	3
13	Sat Nov 18, 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-7	Loss	27,660	6	Ewood Park
14	Mon Nov 27, 1995	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	29,263	7
15	Sat Dec 02, 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	Draw	17,342	7	Burnden Park
16	Sun Dec 10, 1995	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	25,790	8
17	Mon Dec 18, 1995	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	25,660	8	Maine Road
18	Sat Dec 23, 1995	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	36,531	8	St. James Park (Newcastle)
19	Tue Dec 26, 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	27,810	8
20	Sat Dec 30, 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	27,027	6
21	Mon Jan 01, 1996	Liverpool	A	2-4	Loss	39,206	7	Anfield
22	Sat Jan 13, 1996	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	23,321	6
23	Sat Jan 20, 1996	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	24,482	7	Stamford Bridge
24	Wed Jan 31, 1996	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	24,465	5
25	Sat Feb 03, 1996	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	21,257	7	Upton Park
26	Sat Feb 10, 1996	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	27,222	9
27	Sat Feb 24, 1996	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	33,163	10	Goodison Park
28	Sat Mar 02, 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	Win	21,930	9	Hillsborough
29	Sat Mar 16, 1996	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	29,392	10	Ayresome Park
30	Sat Mar 23, 1996	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	29,058	9
31	Sat Mar 30, 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	Loss	9,807	9	Selhurst Park
32	Sat Apr 06, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	Win	27,053	8
33	Mon Apr 08, 1996	Leeds United	A	3-1	Win	29,220	8	Elland Road
34	Sat Apr 13, 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-5	Loss	25,273	9
35	Wed Apr 17, 1996	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	24,629	9
36	Sun Apr 28, 1996	Manchester United	A	0-5	Loss	53,926	9	Old Trafford
37	Thu May 02, 1996	Newcastle United	H	1-1	Draw	28,280	9
38	Sun May 05, 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-0	Win	22,910	9

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 06, 1996	Stoke City	3			A	1-1	Draw	17,947	Victoria Ground
Wed Jan 17, 1996	Stoke City	3	Y	1	H	2-0	Win	17,372
Wed Feb 07, 1996	Oxford United	4			H	1-1	Draw	15,050
Tue Feb 13, 1996	Oxford United	4	Y	1	A	3-0	Win	8,022	Manor Ground
Wed Feb 28, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	5			H	2-2	Draw	18,600
Sat Mar 09, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	5	Y	1	A	1-1	Win	31,055	White Hart Lane	Won 3-1 on penalties
Wed Mar 13, 1996	Aston Villa	Quarter			H	0-1	Loss	21,067

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Sep 19, 1995	Bradford City	2	1			A	2-3	Loss	9,288	Valley Parade
Wed Oct 04, 1995	Bradford City	2	2			H	2-2	Draw	15,231		Won 5-4 on aggregate

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Sep 12, 1995	Malmo FF	Sweden	1	1	A	1-2	Loss	12,486	Malmo Stadion
Tue Sep 26, 1995	Malmo FF	Sweden	1	2	H	1-0	Win	23,817		Won on away goals
Tue Oct 17, 1995	Auxerre	France	2	1	A	1-0	Win	20,000	Stade l'Abbe-Deschamps
Tue Oct 31, 1995	Auxerre	France	2	2	H	0-0	Draw	28,064		Won 1-0 on aggregate
Tue Nov 21, 1995	Olympique Lyonnais	France	3	1	H	1-0	Win	22,141
Tue Dec 05, 1995	Olympique Lyonnais	France	3	2	A	0-0	Draw	35,000	Stade de Gerland	Won 1-0 on aggregate
Tue Mar 05, 1996	Bayern Munich	Germany	Quarter	1	A	1-2	Loss	38,000	Allianz Arena
Tue Mar 19, 1996	Bayern Munich	Germany	Quarter	2	H	1-5	Loss	28,844		Lost 7-2 on aggregate

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Tue Jul 25, 1995	Vang FK	Norway	A	7-1	Win	-
Thu Jul 27, 1995	Tistedalen Turn	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-
Sat Jul 29, 1995	Foerde IL	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-
Mon Jul 31, 1995	Skjetten	Norway	A	4-2	Win	-
Tue Aug 01, 1995	Stabekk IF	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Nadderud Stadion
Sat Aug 05, 1995	Lincoln City	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Sincil Bank
Sat Aug 12, 1995	Riccioni	Italy	A	3-1	Win	-	Stadio Italo Niccoletti
Sat Aug 12, 1995	Rimini	Italy	A	0-0	Draw	-	Stadio Romeo Neri
Mon Aug 14, 1995	Torino	Italy	A	2-1	Win	-	Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Tue Aug 15, 1995	Genoa	Italy	A	0-1	Loss	-	Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed May 08, 1996	Newcastle United	England	H	6-5	Win	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK	1	Mark Crossley	55	21	19	15
GK	13	Alan Fettis										1	Bought on 13 Jan 1996 from Hull City
GK	13	Malcolm Rigby											Released
GK	23	Tommy Wright
GK	24	Simon Tracey										3
D		Des Walker
D		Vance Warner											Reserve squad
D	3	Stuart Pearce	44	17	16	11	6	4		1			Player Of The Year (3rd time)
M		Andy Todd											Reserve squad
M		Craig Atkinson
M		John Burns											Reserve squad
M		John Finnigan											Reserve squad
M		Justin Walker											Reserve squad
M		Steve Melton											Reserve squad
M	2	Des Lyttle	49	20	16	13	1			4	1	3
M	9	Lars Bohinen	9	4	4	1	2	1		4			Left to join Blackburn Rovers
M	11	Steve Stone	50	19	17	14	9	3		3
M	25	Steve Blatherwick
F		Andy Dawson											Reserve squad
F		Gary Bull											Left to join Birmingham City
F		Nigel Clough											Guested in a friendly game
F		Nigel Jemson
F		Paul Smith (1997)											Reserve squad
F	4	Colin Cooper	51	19	19	13	5	7		2
F	5	Steve Chettle	54	21	18	15	1	3	1
F	6	Carl Tiler										1	Left to join Aston Villa
F	7	David Phillips	28	9	9	10		1		1	6	8
F	8	Scot Gemmill	47	19	17	11	1	4		9	6	2
F	10	Kevin Campbell	31	10	10	11	6	2		11		1
F	12	Jason Lee	38	16	13	9	8	5	1	5	11	2
F	14	Ian Woan	50	20	17	13	12	5		2
F	15	Andrea Silenzi	18	8	8	2	2	1		2	11	5
F	16	Neil Webb
F	17	Kingsley Black	2	1		1				1	1
F	18	Alfe-Inge Haaland	23	7	9	7		4		2	9	11
F	19	Bobby Howe	11	4	7		2	1		3	6	9
F	20	Paul McGregor	19	7	5	7	3			5	12	6
F	21	Chris Bart-Williams	50	20	15	15		2		1	1	1
F	22	Brian Roy	41	18	11	12	10	3		15	3
F	24	Richard Irving	1		1						1	2	Went on loan to Sheffield United
F	26	Craig Armstrong										1
F	27	Chris Allen	3	2	1		1	1			2	1	Went on loan to Oxford United
F	28	Steve Guinan	2	1		1				1	1
		McAllister
	30	Richard Clark

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Ian Woan	50
10	Brian Roy	41
9	Steve Stone	50
8	Jason Lee	38
6	Kevin Campbell	31
6	Stuart Pearce	44
5	Colin Cooper	51
3	Paul McGregor	19
2	Andrea Silenzi	18
2	Bobby Howe	11
2	Lars Bohinen	9
1	Chris Allen	3
1	Des Lyttle	49
1	Scot Gemmill	47
1	Steve Chettle	54

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1995-96

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Leeds United	Wed Jan 31, 1996	H	2-1	Mon Apr 08, 1996	A	3-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Tue Dec 26, 1995	H	1-0	Sat Mar 02, 1996	A	3-1
Southampton	Sat Aug 19, 1995	A	4-3	Sat Jan 13, 1996	H	1-0
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Oct 14, 1995	A	1-0	Sat Apr 06, 1996	H	2-1