Season 1995-96

[ Results Summary ]

FA Carling Premiership

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 7 7 5 30 22
Away 19 5 7 7 16 22
Total 38 12 14 12 46 44
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
19th Aug 1995 Everton (H) 30189 0-0  
23rd Nottm Forest (A) 27007 0-0  
26th Middlesbrough (A) 28286 0-2  
30th Coventry City (H) 24398 2-2 Hughes, Wise
11th Sep 1995 West Ham Utd (A) 19228 3-1 Spencer (2), Wise
16th Southampton (H) 26237 3-0 Gullit, Hughes, Sinclair
24th Newcastle Utd (A) 36225 0-2  
30th Arsenal (H) 31048 1-0 Hughes
14th Oct 1995 Aston Villa (A) 34922 1-0 Wise
21st Manchester Utd (H) 31019 1-4 Hughes
28th Blackburn Rovers (A) 27733 0-3  
4th Nov 1995 Sheffield Wed (H) 23216 0-0  
18th Leeds Utd (A) 36209 0-1  
22nd Bolton Wanderers (H) 17495 3-2 Hall, Lee, Newton
25th Tottenham (H) 31059 0-0  
2nd Dec 1995 Manchester Utd (A) 42019 1-1 Wise
9th Newcastle Utd (H) 31098 1-0 Petrescu
16th Arsenal (A) 38295 1-1 Spencer
23rd Manchester City (A) 28668 1-0 Peacock
26th Wimbledon (H) 21906 1-2 Petrescu
30th Liverpool (H) 31137 2-2 Spencer (2)
2nd Jan 1996 QPR (A) 14904 2-1 Brazier (og), Furlong
13th Everton (A) 34968 1-1 Spencer
20th Nottm Forest (H) 24482 1-0 Spencer
4th Feb 1996 Middlesbrough (H) 21060 5-0 Furlong, Peacock (3), Spencer
10th Coventry City (A) 20639 0-1  
17th West Ham Utd (H) 25252 1-2 Peacock
24th Southampton (A) 15226 3-2 Gullit, Wise (2)
2nd Mar 1996 Wimbledon (A) 17048 1-1 Furlong
12th Manchester City (H) 17078 1-1 Gullit
16th Liverpool (A) 40820 0-2  
23rd QPR (H) 25590 1-1 Spencer
6th Apr 1996 Aston Villa (H) 23530 1-2 Spencer
8th Bolton Wanderers (A) 18021 1-2 Spencer
13th Leeds Utd (H) 22313 4-1 Hughes (3), Spencer
17th Sheffield Wed (A) 25094 0-0  
27th Tottenham (A) 32918 1-1 Hughes
5th May 1996 Blackburn Rovers (H) 28436 2-3 Spencer, Wise

Gate Statistics (FA Carling Premiership)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 17078 (Manchester City) 31137 (Liverpool) 486543 / 19 25608
Away 14904 (QPR) 42019 (Manchester Utd) 538230 / 19 28328
All 14904 (QPR, Away) 42019 (Manchester Utd, Away) 1024773 / 38 26968

FA Carling Premiership

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 25 7 6 73 35 82 +38
2 Newcastle Utd 38 24 6 8 66 37 78 +29
3 Liverpool 38 20 11 7 70 34 71 +36
4 Aston Villa 38 18 9 11 52 35 63 +17
5 Arsenal 38 17 12 9 49 32 63 +17
6 Everton 38 17 10 11 64 44 61 +20
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 7 13 61 47 61 +14
8 Tottenham 38 16 13 9 50 38 61 +12
9 Nottm Forest 38 15 13 10 50 54 58 -4
10 West Ham Utd 38 14 9 15 43 52 51 -9
11 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 46 44 50 +2
12 Middlesbrough 38 11 10 17 35 50 43 -15
13 Leeds Utd 38 12 7 19 40 57 43 -17
14 Wimbledon 38 10 11 17 55 70 41 -15
15 Sheffield Wed 38 10 10 18 48 61 40 -13
16 Coventry City 38 8 14 16 42 60 38 -18
17 Southampton 38 9 11 18 34 52 38 -18
18 Manchester City 38 9 11 18 33 58 38 -25
19 QPR 38 9 6 23 38 57 33 -19
20 Bolton Wanderers 38 8 5 25 39 71 29 -32

Week-By-Week League Positions

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
8 3 4 1 15 10
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 7th Jan 1996 Newcastle Utd (H) 25151 1-1 Hughes
3rd Round Replay 17th Jan 1996 Newcastle Utd (A) 36535 2-2 [4-2 pens] Gullit, Wise
4th Round 29th Jan 1996 QPR (A) 18542 2-1 Furlong, Peacock
5th Round 21st Feb 1996 Grimsby (A) 9648 0-0  
5th Round Replay 28th Feb 1996 Grimsby (H) 28545 4-1 Duberry, Hughes, Peacock, Spencer
Quarter-Final 9th Mar 1996 Wimbledon (H) 30805 2-2 Gullit, Hughes
Quarter-Final Replay 20th Mar 1996 Wimbledon (A) 21380 3-1 Duberry, Hughes, Petrescu
Semi-Final 31st Mar 1996 Manchester Utd 38421 1-2 Gullit

Coca-Cola Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 0 1 1 0 1
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 1st Leg 20th Sep 1995 Stoke City (A) 15574 0-0  
2nd Leg 4th Oct 1995 Stoke City (H) 16272 0-1 (0-1 agg)  

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership

Player Total League FA Cup
John Spencer 14 13 1
Mark Hughes 12 8 4
Dennis Wise 8 7 1
Gavin Peacock 7 5 2
Ruud Gullit 6 3 3
Paul Furlong 4 3 1
Dan Petrescu 3 2 1
Michael Duberry 2   2
Gareth Hall 1 1  
David Lee 1 1  
Eddie Newton 1 1  
Frank Sinclair 1 1  
Total 60 45 15

Appearances

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  CC Cup   Coca-Cola Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League FA Cup CC Cup
Dennis Wise 43/1 34/1 7/- 2/-
Ruud Gullit 40/- 31/- 7/- 2/-
Mark Hughes 39/- 31/- 6/- 2/-
David Lee 36/3 29/2 7/- -/1
John Spencer 32/5 23/5 8/- 1/-
Michael Duberry 30/- 22/- 8/-  
Dan Petrescu 29/2 22/2 7/-  
Dmitri Kharine 29/- 26/- 1/- 2/-
Steve Clarke 28/3 21/1 6/2 1/-
Eddie Newton 25/3 21/3 3/- 1/-
Andy Myers 23/- 20/- 3/-  
Gavin Peacock 21/15 17/11 3/4 1/-
Erland Johnsen 21/5 18/4 1/1 2/-
Craig Burley 20/6 16/6 2/- 2/-
Terry Phelan 20/- 12/- 8/-  
Paul Furlong 19/19 14/14 4/4 1/1
Kevin Hitchcock 19/- 12/- 7/-  
Nigel Spackman 14/6 13/3 -/3 1/-
Frank Sinclair 14/1 12/1   2/-
Scott Minto 11/- 10/-   1/-
Mark Stein 7/2 7/1   -/1
Gareth Hall 5/- 5/-    
Andrew Dow 1/- 1/-    
David Rocastle 1/- 1/-    
Anthony Barness 1/-     1/-
Jody Morris -/1 -/1    
Games Played 48 38 8 2

Discipline

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  CC Cup   Coca-Cola Cup

The first number is the number of bookings; the
second number is the number of dismissals.

Player Total League CC Cup
Mark Hughes 12/1 11/1 1/-
Dennis Wise 9/- 9/-  
Erland Johnsen 7/- 6/- 1/-
Frank Sinclair 6/1 6/1  
John Spencer 5/- 5/-  
Dan Petrescu 4/- 4/-  
Steve Clarke 3/- 3/-  
Michael Duberry 3/- 3/-  
Paul Furlong 3/- 3/-  
David Lee 3/- 3/-  
Ruud Gullit 2/- 2/-  
Andy Myers 2/- 2/-  
Eddie Newton 2/- 2/-  
Craig Burley 1/- 1/-  
Gareth Hall 1/- 1/-  
Dmitri Kharine 1/- 1/-  
Scott Minto 1/- 1/-  
Gavin Peacock 1/- 1/-  
Mark Stein 1/- 1/-  
Nigel Spackman -/1 -/1  
Total 67/3 65/3 2/-