Football League First Division 1995/96

Football League First Division 1995/96
master	Sunderland AFC
Climbers	Sunderland AFC, Derby County , Leicester City (as play-off winner)
Relegated	Millwall FC , Watford FC , Luton Town
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,417  (ø 2.57 per game)
Top scorer	John Aldridge ( Tranmere Rovers )
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The Football League First Division 1995/96 was the fourth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 93rd second division season overall. It started on August 12, 1995 and ended on May 5, 1996.

Second division champions were the AFC Sunderland and also the second-placed Derby County rose directly to the Premier League . In addition, Leicester City prevailed in the play-off games against Stoke City and in the final against Crystal Palace and became the third promoted team. From the Premier League in the following second division season 1996/97, the three in the table below Manchester City , Queens Park Rangers and Bolton Wanderers took the free places. From the First Division in the third-rate Football League Second Division dismount had the Millwall FC , the FC Watford and Luton Town . Instead of the three clubs, the second division winner Swindon Town and the Oxford United and play-off winners Bradford City, who ranked behind them, took the vacant positions in the following season 1996/97 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sunderland AFC	46	22nd	17th	7th	059:330	+26	83
2.	Derby County	46	21st	16	9	071:510	+20	79
3.	Crystal Palace (A)	46	20th	15th	11	067:480	+19	75
4th	Stoke City	46	20th	13	13	060:490	+11	73
5.	Leicester City (A)	46	19th	14th	13	066:600	+6	71
6th	Charlton Athletic	46	17th	20th	9	057:450	+12	71
7th	Ipswich Town (A)	46	19th	12	15th	079:690	+10	69
8th.	Huddersfield Town (N)	46	17th	12	17th	061:580	+3	63
9.	Sheffield United	46	16	14th	16	057:540	+3	62
10.	Barnsley FC	46	14th	18th	14th	060:660	−6	60
11.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	12	18th	060:680	−8	60
12.	Port Vale	46	15th	15th	16	059:660	−7	60
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14th	17th	15th	064:600	+4	59
14th	Southend United	46	15th	14th	17th	052:610	−9	59
15th	Birmingham City (N)	46	15th	13	18th	061:640	−3	58
16.	Norwich City (A)	46	14th	15th	17th	059:550	+4	57
17th	Grimsby Town	46	14th	14th	18th	055:690	−14	56
18th	Oldham Athletic	46	14th	14th	18th	054:500	+4	56
19th	Reading FC	46	13	17th	16	054:630	−9	56
20th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17th	056:620	−6	55
21st	Portsmouth FC	46	13	13	20th	061:690	−8	52
22nd	Millwall FC	46	13	13	20th	043:630	−20	52
23.	Watford FC	46	10	18th	18th	062:700	−8	48
24.	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	040:640	−24	45

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 3rd goals conceded

Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 1996/97

Promoted to the Premier League in 1996/97

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League

Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 1996/97

Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1996/97

(A)	Relegated from the Premier League in 1994/95
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1994/95

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1995/96	BAR	BIR	CHA	CRY	OF THE	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEI	LUT	Mil	NOR	OLD	PVA	POR	REA	SHU	SEU	STO	SUN	TRA	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley FC		0: 5	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	3-0	3: 3	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0
Birmingham City	0-0		3: 4	0-0	1: 4	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	2: 2	4-0	2: 2	3: 1	0-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0
Charlton Athletic	1: 1	3: 1		0-0	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	4: 1	1: 1
Crystal Palace	4: 3	3: 2	1: 1		0-0	5-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0-0	0: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	4-0	1-0	3: 2
Derby County	4: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1		1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	3: 2	3-0	4: 2	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	6: 2	1: 1	3-0	0-0
Grimsby Town	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1		1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	0: 4	1: 1	0-0	1-0	3-0
Huddersfield Town	3-0	4: 2	2: 2	3-0	0: 1	1: 3		2: 1	3: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 2	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	3: 1	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 1	2: 1
Ipswich Town	2: 2	2-0	1: 5	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 1		4: 2	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	5: 1	3: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	4: 1	3-0	1: 2	4: 2	2: 1	1: 2
Leicester City	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	2: 3	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2		1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 3	2: 3	0-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0
Luton Town	1: 3	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	3: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1		1-0	1: 3	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	0: 2	3: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 3
Millwall FC	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	1: 4	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0		2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1
Norwich City	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0		2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 3	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2: 3
Oldham Athletic	0: 1	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	2-0		2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	0-0
Port Vale	3-0	1: 2	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 3		0: 2	3: 2	2: 3	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2
Portsmouth FC	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 3	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	4-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 2		0-0	1: 2	4: 2	3: 3	2: 2	0: 2	4: 2	0: 2	0: 2
Reading FC	0-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	3: 2	0: 2	3: 1	1: 4	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0: 3	2-0	2: 2	0: 1		0: 3	3: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	3-0
Sheffield United	1-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	0: 2	1: 2	0: 2	2: 2	1: 3	1-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1	0-0		3-0	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1
Southend United	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1		2: 4	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1
Stoke City	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	5-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0		1-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0
Sunderland AFC	2: 1	3-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	3: 2	1-0	1: 2	1-0	6-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1-0	0-0		0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0
Tranmere Rovers	1: 3	2: 2	0-0	2: 3	5: 1	0: 1	3: 1	5: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	2-0		2: 3	2: 2	2: 2
Watford FC	2: 3	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	0-0	6: 3	0: 1	2: 3	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	5: 2	1: 2	4: 2	2: 1	2: 2	3-0	3: 3	3-0		1: 1	1: 1
West Bromwich Albion	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 3	3: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 3	0: 2	1-0	1: 4	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4: 4		0-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 2	3: 2	0-0	0: 2	3-0	4: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 3	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 3	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 4	3-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 1

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Final at Wembley Stadium
	3	Crystal Palace	2	1	3
	5	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1
								3	Crystal Palace	1
								6th	Leicester City	2
	4th	Stoke City	0	0	0
	6th	Leicester City	0	1	1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	27

Web links

• England 1995-96 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1995/96 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Result after extension.