Football League Second Division 1995/96

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Football League Second Division 1995/96
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
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 )
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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
 1. Swindon Town (A)  46  25th  17th  4th 071:340 +37 92
 2. Oxford United  46  24  11  11 076:390 +37 83
 3. Blackpool FC  46  23  13  10 067:400 +27 82
 4th Notts County (A)  46  21st  15th  10 063:390 +24 78
 5. Crewe Alexandra  46  22nd  7th  17th 077:600 +17 73
 6th Bradford City  46  22nd  7th  17th 071:690  +2 73
 7th Chesterfield FC (N)  46  20th  12  14th 056:510  +5 72
 8th. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  18th  16  12 076:550 +21 70
 9. Stockport County  46  19th  13  14th 061:470 +14 70
10. Bristol Rovers  46  20th  10  16 057:600  −3 70
11. FC Walsall (N)  46  19th  12  15th 060:450 +15 69
12. Wycombe Wanderers  46  15th  15th  16 063:590  +4 60
13. Bristol City (A)  46  15th  15th  16 055:600  −5 60
14th Bournemouth AFC  46  16  10  20th 051:700 −19 58
15th Brentford FC  46  15th  13  18th 043:490  −6 58
16. Rotherham United  46  14th  14th  18th 054:620  −8 56
17th Burnley FC (A)  46  14th  13  19th 056:680 −12 55
18th Shrewsbury Town  46  13  14th  19th 058:700 −12 53
19th Peterborough United  46  13  13  20th 059:660  −7 52
20th York city  46  13  13  20th 058:730 −15 52
21st Carlisle United (N)  46  12  13  21st 057:720 −15 49
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  11  14th  21st 043:790 −36 47
23. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  10  10  26th 046:690 −23 40
24. Hull City  46  5  16  25th 036:780 −42 31

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1996/97
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1996/97
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 1996/97
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League First Division in 1996/97
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division 1996/97
    • (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
    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 EnglandEngland Gary Martindale Peterborough United / Notts County 21st
    = EnglandEngland Marcus Stewart Bristol Rovers =
    3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kurt Nogan Burnley FC 20th
    4th EnglandEngland Karl Connolly Wrexham AFC 18th
    = EnglandEngland Miguel de Souza Wycombe Wanderers =
    = Bermuda 1910Bermuda Shaun Goater Rotherham United =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996-97 . Queen Anne Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-7472-7781-8 , pp. 531 .