Football League Second Division 1995/96
Football League Second Division 1995/96 | |
master | Swindon Town |
Climbers | Swindon Town Oxford United Bradford City (as play-off winner) |
Relegated |
Carlisle United Swansea City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,414 (ø 2.56 per game) |
Top scorer |
Gary Martindale ( Peterborough United / Notts County ) Marcus Stewart ( Bristol Rovers ) |
← Football League Second Division 1994/95 | |
^ Football League First Division 1995/96 |
The Football League Second Division 1995/96 was the fourth season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 69th third division season overall. Third division champions were Swindon Town and next rose the second-placed Oxford United and after play-off successes against FC Blackpool and Notts County the sixth-placed Bradford City in the Football League First Division .
For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1996/97, the three second division clubs FC Millwall , FC Watford and Luton Town ranked in the table below . Carlisle United , Swansea City , Brighton & Hove Albion and Hull City had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Preston North End , behind them Gillingham and Bury FC and the play-off winners Plymouth Argyle took the vacant positions in the following season 1996/97 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Swindon Town (A) | 46 | 25th | 17th | 4th | 71:34 | +37 | 92 |
2. | Oxford United | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76:39 | +37 | 83 |
3. | Blackpool FC | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 67:40 | +27 | 82 |
4th | Notts County (A) | 46 | 21st | 15th | 10 | 63:39 | +24 | 78 |
5. | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 22nd | 7th | 17th | 77:60 | +17 | 73 |
6th | Bradford City | 46 | 22nd | 7th | 17th | 71:69 | +2 | 73 |
7th | Chesterfield FC (N) | 46 | 20th | 12 | 14th | 56:51 | +5 | 72 |
8th. | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 18th | 16 | 12 | 76:55 | +21 | 70 |
9. | Stockport County | 46 | 19th | 13 | 14th | 61:47 | +14 | 70 |
10. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 57:60 | −3 | 70 |
11. | FC Walsall (N) | 46 | 19th | 12 | 15th | 60:45 | +15 | 69 |
12. | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 15th | 15th | 16 | 63:59 | +4 | 60 |
13. | Bristol City (A) | 46 | 15th | 15th | 16 | 55:60 | −5 | 60 |
14th | Bournemouth AFC | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20th | 51:70 | −19 | 58 |
15th | Brentford FC | 46 | 15th | 13 | 18th | 43:49 | −6 | 58 |
16. | Rotherham United | 46 | 14th | 14th | 18th | 54:62 | −8 | 56 |
17th | Burnley FC (A) | 46 | 14th | 13 | 19th | 56:68 | −12 | 55 |
18th | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 14th | 19th | 58:70 | −12 | 53 |
19th | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20th | 59:66 | −7 | 52 |
20th | York city | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20th | 58:73 | −15 | 52 |
21st | Carlisle United (N) | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 57:72 | −15 | 49 |
22nd | Swansea City | 46 | 11 | 14th | 21st | 43:79 | −36 | 47 |
23. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26th | 46:69 | −23 | 40 |
24. | Hull City | 46 | 5 | 16 | 25th | 36:78 | −42 | 31 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 2nd goals conceded
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1994/95 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1994/95 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
BLP | BOU | BRA | BRE | BRI | BRC | BRR | BUR | CRL | CHF | CRE | HUL | NOC | OXF | PET | RED | SHR | STC | SWA | SWI | WHALE | WRE | WYC | YOR | |
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Blackpool FC | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Bournemouth AFC | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | |
Bradford City | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 4 | 2: 2 | |
Brentford FC | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | |
Bristol City | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | |
Bristol Rovers | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
Burnley FC | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | |
Carlisle United | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | |
Chesterfield FC | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Hull City | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 5 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 4 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 0: 3 | |
Notts County | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | |
Oxford United | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 6-0 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | |
Peterborough United | 0-0 | 4: 5 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | |
Rotherham United | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Stockport County | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | |
Swansea City | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | |
Swindon Town | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | |
Walsall FC | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | |
Wrexham AFC | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 4: 3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | |
Wycombe Wanderers | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 5: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | |
York city | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 |
Play-off games for participation in the First Division
Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) | Final at Wembley Stadium | |||||||||
3 | Blackpool FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
6th | Bradford City | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
6th | Bradford City | 2 | ||||||||
4th | Notts County | 0 | ||||||||
4th | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
5 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Martindale | Peterborough United / Notts County | 21st |
= | Marcus Stewart | Bristol Rovers | = |
3 | Kurt Nogan | Burnley FC | 20th |
4th | Karl Connolly | Wrexham AFC | 18th |
= | Miguel de Souza | Wycombe Wanderers | = |
= | Shaun Goater | Rotherham United | = |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996-97 . Queen Anne Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-7472-7781-8 , pp. 531 .