Season 1995-96

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Lower League Key

European Championship Semi-Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
	England	1	1	Germany		Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	75,862	aet 5-6p
	Shearer			Kuntz

FA Cup Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
PL	Manchester United	1	0	Liverpool	PL	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	79,007
	Cantona

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
PL	Liverpool	3	0	Aston Villa	PL	Old Trafford, Manchester	39,021
	Fowler 2, McAteer
PL	Manchester United	2	1	Chelsea	PL	Villa Park, Birmingham	38,421
	Cole, Beckham			Gullit

League Cup Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
PL	Aston Villa	3	0	Leeds United	PL	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	77,056
	Milosevic, Taylor, Yorke

League Cup Semi-Finals 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Birmingham City	1	2	Leeds United	PL	St Andrew's, Birmingham	24,781
	Francis			Yeboah, Whyte OG
PL	Arsenal	2	2	Aston Villa	PL	Highbury, London	37,562
	Bergkamp 2			Yorke 2
PL	Aston Villa	0	0	Arsenal	PL	Villa Park, Birmingham	39,334	aet agg 2-2 agr*

*Aston Villa won on away goal rule.
PL	Leeds United	3	0	Birmingham City	D 1	Elland Road, Leeds	35,435	agg 5-1
	Masinga, Yeboah, Deane

First Divison Play-off Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Leicester City	2	1	Crystal Palace	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	73,573	aet
	Parker (p), Claridge			Roberts

Second Divison Play-off Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Bradford City	2	0	Notts County	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	39,972
	Hamilton, Stallard

Third Divison Play-off Final 1996						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 3	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Darlington	D 3	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	43,431
	Mauge

Final Table for Season 1995-96

				Home					Away
Premier League
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	1	Manchester United	38	15	4	0	36	9	10	3	6	37	26	38	82	Win	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 2
2	4	Newcastle United	38	17	1	1	38	9	7	5	7	28	28	29	78	Rd 3	Rd 5
3	1	Liverpool	38	14	4	1	46	13	6	7	6	24	21	36	71	Final	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 3
4	14	Aston Villa	38	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	8	20	20	17	63	SF	Win
5	7	Arsenal	38	10	7	2	30	16	7	5	7	19	16	17	63	Rd 3	SF
6	9	Everton	38	10	5	4	35	19	7	5	7	29	25	20	61	Rd 4	Rd 2	CWC Rd 3
7	-6	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	2	3	44	19	4	5	10	17	28	14	61	Rd 3	Rd 4	CL Rd 2
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	5	5	26	19	7	8	4	24	19	12	61	Rd 5	Rd 3
9	-6	Nottingham Forest	38	11	6	2	29	17	4	7	8	21	37	-4	58	Rd 6	Rd 2	UEFA QF
10	4	West Ham United	38	9	5	5	25	21	5	4	10	18	31	-9	51	Rd 4	Rd 3
11	0	Chelsea	38	7	7	5	30	22	5	7	7	16	22	2	50	SF	Rd 2
12	D 1	Middlesbrough	38	8	3	8	27	27	3	7	9	8	23	-15	43	Rd 4	Rd 4
13	-8	Leeds United	38	8	3	8	21	21	4	4	11	19	36	-17	43	Rd 6	Final	UEFA Rd 3
14	-5	Wimbledon	38	5	6	8	27	33	5	5	9	28	37	-15	41	Rd 6	Rd 2
15	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	38	7	5	7	30	31	3	5	11	18	30	-13	40	Rd 3	Rd 4
16	0	Coventry City	38	6	7	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	38	Rd 4	Rd 4
17	-7	Southampton	38	7	7	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	38	Rd 6	Rd 4
18	-1	Manchester City	38	7	7	5	21	19	2	4	13	12	39	-25	38	Rd 5	Rd 3
19	-11	Queens Park Rangers	38	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	15	13	31	-19	33	Rd 4	Rd 4
20	D 1	Bolton Wanderers	38	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	15	23	40	-32	29	Rd 4	Rd 4

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GS	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	19	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	83	Rd 3	Rd 2
2	7	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	79	Rd 3	Rd 3
3	PL	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	75	Rd 3	Rd 3
4	7	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	73	Rd 3	Rd 3
5	PL	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	71	Rd 3	Rd 3
6	9	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	71	Rd 5	Rd 3
7	PL	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	Rd 5	Rd 2
8	D 2	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	63	Rd 5	Rd 2
9	-1	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	62	Rd 4	Rd 2
10	-4	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	60	Rd 3	Rd 3
11	8	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	60	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	5	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	60	Rd 5	Rd 1
13	-8	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	59	Rd 3	Rd 3
14	-1	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	59	Rd 3	Rd 2
15	D 2	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	58	Rd 3	SF
16	PL	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	57	Rd 3	Rd 5
17	-7	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	56	Rd 5	Rd 2
18	-4	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	56	Rd 4	Rd 2
19	-17	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	56	Rd 4	Rd 5
20	-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	55	Rd 4	Rd 5
21	-3	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	52	Rd 3	Rd 1
22	-10	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	52	Rd 3	Rd 3
23	-16	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	48	Rd 3	Rd 3
24	-8	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	45	Rd 3	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GS	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	D 1	Swindon Town	46	12	10	1	37	16	13	7	3	34	18	71	92	Rd 5	Rd 2
2	5	Oxford United	46	17	4	2	52	14	7	7	9	24	25	76	83	Rd 4	Rd 2
3	9	Blackpool	46	14	5	4	41	20	9	8	6	26	20	67	82	Rd 3	Rd 1
4	D 1	Notts County	46	14	6	3	42	21	7	9	7	21	18	63	78	Rd 3	Rd 2
5	-2	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	3	7	40	24	9	4	10	37	36	77	73	Rd 4	Rd 2
6	8	Bradford City	46	15	4	4	41	25	7	3	13	30	44	71	73	Rd 3	Rd 3
7	D 3	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	39	21	6	6	11	17	30	56	72	Rd 2	Rd 1
8	5	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	51	27	6	10	7	25	28	76	70	Rd 3	Rd 1	CWC Rd 1
9	2	Stockport County	46	8	9	6	30	20	11	4	8	31	27	61	70	Rd 3	Rd 3
10	-6	Bristol Rovers	46	12	4	7	29	28	8	6	9	28	32	57	70	Rd 1	Rd 2
11	D 3	Walsall	46	12	7	4	38	20	7	5	11	22	25	60	69	Rd 4	Rd 1
12	-6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	8	6	36	26	6	7	10	27	33	63	60	Rd 1	Rd 2
13	D 1	Bristol City	46	10	6	7	28	22	5	9	9	27	38	55	60	Rd 1	Rd 2
14	5	AFC Bournemouth	46	12	5	6	33	25	4	5	14	18	45	51	58	Rd 2	Rd 2
15	-13	Brentford	46	12	6	5	24	15	3	7	13	19	34	43	58	Rd 4	Rd 2
16	1	Rotherham United	46	11	7	5	31	20	3	7	13	23	42	54	56	Rd 1	Rd 2
17	D 1	Burnley	46	9	8	6	35	28	5	5	13	21	40	56	55	Rd 1	Rd 2
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	8	8	32	29	6	6	11	26	41	58	53	Rd 4	Rd 2
19	-4	Peterborough United	46	9	6	8	40	27	4	7	12	19	39	59	52	Rd 4	Rd 2
20	-11	York City	46	8	6	9	28	29	5	7	11	30	44	58	52	Rd 1	Rd 3
21	D 3	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	35	20	1	7	15	22	52	57	49	Rd 1	Rd 1
22	-12	Swansea City	46	8	8	7	27	29	3	6	14	16	50	43	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
23	-7	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	6	7	10	25	31	4	3	16	21	38	46	40	Rd 2	Rd 1
24	-16	Hull City	46	4	8	11	26	37	1	8	14	10	41	36	31	Rd 1	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GS	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	4	Preston North End	46	11	8	4	44	22	12	9	2	34	16	78	86	Rd 2	Rd 1
2	17	Gillingham	46	16	6	1	33	6	6	11	6	16	14	49	83	Rd 3	Rd 1
3	1	Bury	46	11	6	6	33	21	11	7	5	33	27	66	79	Rd 1	Rd 3
4	D 2	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	5	4	41	20	8	7	8	27	29	68	78	Rd 3	Rd 1
5	15	Darlington	46	10	6	7	30	21	10	12	1	30	21	60	78	Rd 2	Rd 1
6	10	Hereford United	46	13	5	5	40	22	7	9	7	25	25	65	74	Rd 3	Rd 1
7	3	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	37	22	5	11	7	24	29	61	72	Rd 1	Rd 1
8	D 2	Chester City	46	11	9	3	45	22	7	7	9	27	31	72	70	Rd 1	Rd 2
9	2	Barnet	46	13	6	4	40	19	5	10	8	25	26	65	70	Rd 1	Rd 1
10	4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	36	21	5	7	11	26	35	62	70	Rd 3	Rd 1
11	6	Northampton Town	46	9	10	4	32	22	9	3	11	19	22	51	67	Rd 2	Rd 1
12	-5	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	30	7	7	9	31	31	67	60	Rd 2	Rd 1
13	-4	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	25	19	5	5	13	24	41	49	59	Rd 1	Rd 1
14	8	Exeter City	46	9	9	5	25	22	4	9	10	21	31	46	57	Rd 1	Rd 1
15	0	Rochdale	46	7	8	8	32	33	7	5	11	25	28	57	55	Rd 3	Rd 1
16	D 2	Cambridge United	46	8	8	7	34	30	6	4	13	27	41	61	54	Rd 1	Rd 1
17	-9	Fulham	46	10	9	4	39	26	2	8	13	18	37	57	53	Rd 3	Rd 2
18	-6	Lincoln City	46	8	7	8	32	26	5	7	11	25	47	57	53	Rd 1	Rd 1
19	-13	Mansfield Town	46	6	10	7	25	29	5	10	8	29	35	54	53	Rd 2	Rd 1
20	-2	Hartlepool United	46	8	9	6	30	24	4	4	15	17	43	47	49	Rd 1	Rd 2
21	D 2	Leyton Orient	46	11	4	8	29	22	1	7	15	15	41	44	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
22	D 2	Cardiff City	46	8	6	9	24	22	3	6	14	17	42	41	45	Rd 2	Rd 2
23	-2	Scarborough	46	5	11	7	22	28	3	5	15	17	41	39	40	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	-11	Torquay United	46	4	9	10	17	36	1	5	17	13	48	30	29	Rd 2	Rd 2
Notes
Torquay United avoided relegation.
Stevenage Borough not promoted to Third Division as Conference Champions - Ground not up to Football League standards.