Premier League 1995/96

Premier League 1995/96
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United
Uefa cup	Newcastle United , Aston Villa , Arsenal FC
Cup winners	Manchester United
European Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool FC
Relegated	Manchester City , Queens Park Rangers , Bolton Wanderers
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	988  (ø 2.6 per game)
Top scorer	Alan Shearer ( Blackburn Rovers )
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Football League First Division 1995/96 ↓

The 1995/96 Premier League was the fourth season of the Premier League , which was organized by the FA , and at the same time the 97th first division season in English football. It began on August 19, 1995 and ended on May 4, 1996.

The league was reduced to 20 clubs. Champion was Manchester United , which also won the FA Cup . In the First Division , the promoted Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City and the Queens Park Rangers had to relegate. The top scorer was Alan Shearer of Blackburn Rovers with 31 goals .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	38	25th	7th	6th	073:350	+38	82
2.	Newcastle United	38	24	6th	8th	066:370	+29	78
3.	Liverpool FC (L)	38	20th	11	7th	070:340	+36	71
4th	Aston Villa	38	18th	9	11	052:350	+17	63
5.	Arsenal FC	38	17th	12	9	049:320	+17	63
6th	Everton FC (P)	38	17th	10	11	064:440	+20	61
7th	Blackburn Rovers (M)	38	18th	7th	13	061:470	+14	61
8th.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	050:380	+12	61
9.	Nottingham Forest	38	15th	13	10	050:540	−4	58
10.	West Ham United	38	14th	9	15th	043:520	−9	51
11.	Chelsea FC	38	12	14th	12	046:440	+2	50
12.	Middlesbrough FC (N)	38	11	10	17th	035:500	−15	43
13.	Leeds United	38	12	7th	19th	040:570	−17	43
14th	Wimbledon FC	38	10	11	17th	055:700	−15	41
15th	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18th	048:610	−13	40
16.	Coventry City	38	8th	14th	16	042:600	−18	38
17th	Southampton FC	38	9	11	18th	034:520	−18	38
18th	Manchester City	38	9	11	18th	033:580	−25	38
19th	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6th	23	038:570	−19	33
20th	Bolton Wanderers (N)	38	8th	5	25th	039:710	−32	29

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

English champion and participation in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup

FA Cup finalist and participation in the 1996/97 European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

-	ARS	AST	BLA	BOL	CHE	COV	EVE	LEE	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOT	QPR	SHW	SOT	DEAD	WHU	WIM
Arsenal FC		2-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	4: 2	4: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 3
Aston Villa	1: 1		2-0	1-0	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	3-0	0: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	4: 2	3: 2	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0
Blackburn Rovers	1: 1	1: 1		3: 1	3-0	5: 1	0: 3	1-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	7-0	1-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	4: 2	3: 2
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	0: 2	2: 1		2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 6	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 3	0: 3	1-0
Chelsea FC	1-0	1: 2	2: 3	3: 2		2: 2	0-0	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 4	5-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 2
Coventry City	0-0	0: 3	5-0	0: 2	1-0		2: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 4	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 3	2: 2	3: 3
Everton FC	0: 2	1-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 2		2-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	3-0	1: 3	3-0	2-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 4
Leeds United	0: 3	2-0	0-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	2: 2		1-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 3	1: 3	2-0	1-0	1: 3	2-0	1: 1
Liverpool FC	3: 1	3-0	3-0	5: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 2	5-0		6-0	2-0	1-0	4: 3	4: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 2
Manchester City	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 2		2: 3	0: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0
Manchester United	1-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	2: 2	1-0		2-0	2-0	5-0	2: 1	2: 2	4: 1	1-0	2: 1	3: 1
Middlesbrough FC	2: 3	0: 2	2-0	1: 4	2-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	4: 1	0: 3		1: 2	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	4: 2	1: 2
Newcastle United	2-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1-0		3: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	6: 1
Nottingham Forest	0: 1	1: 1	1: 5	3: 2	0-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1		3-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1
Queens Park Rangers	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1		0: 3	3-0	2: 3	3-0	0: 3
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	2-0	2: 1	4: 2	0-0	4: 3	2: 5	6: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	1: 3	1: 3		2: 2	1: 3	0: 1	2: 1
Southampton FC	0-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 3	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 4	2-0	0: 1		0-0	0-0	0-0
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	0: 1	2: 3	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 3	1-0	4: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0		0: 1	3: 1
West Ham United	0: 1	1: 4	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	3: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	4: 2	0: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1		1: 1
Wimbledon FC	0: 3	3: 3	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2: 3	2: 4	1-0	3-0	2: 4	0-0	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	31
2	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool FC	28
3	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	25th
4th	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	17th
5	Andrei Kantschelskis	Everton FC	16
=	Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur	=
7th	Chris Armstrong	Tottenham Hotspur	15th
=	Ian Wright	Arsenal FC	=
9	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	14th
=	Stan Collymore	Liverpool FC	=
=	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	=

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 1995	Kevin Keegan (Newcastle United)	David Ginola (Newcastle United)
September 1995	Kevin Keegan (Newcastle United)	Anthony Yeboah (Leeds United)
October 1995	Frank Clark (Nottingham Forest)	Trevor Sinclair (Queens Park Rangers)
November 1995	Alan Ball (Manchester City)	Rob Lee (Newcastle United)
December 1995	Roy Evans (Liverpool FC)	Robbie Fowler (Liverpool FC)
January 1996	Roy Evans (Liverpool FC)	Stan Collymore (Liverpool FC) Robbie Fowler (Liverpool FC)
February 1996	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa)
March 1996	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
April 1996	Dave Merrington (Southampton FC)	Andrei Kantschelskis (Everton FC)

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. Against this background, only the following players count as English champions of the 1995/96 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.	Manchester United
	Goal: Peter Schmeichel (36 / -) Defense: Denis Irwin (31/1); Gary Neville (31 / -); Steve Bruce (30/1); Phil Neville (24 / -); Gary Pallister (21/1); David May (16/1) Midfield: Ryan Giggs (33/11); David Beckham (33/7); Nicky Butt (32/2); Lee Sharpe (31/4); Roy Keane (29/6); Paul Scholes (26/10) Forward: Andrew Cole (34/11); Eric Cantona (30/14); Brian McClair (22/3) Coach: Alex Ferguson

References and footnotes

1. ^ Cross table of the English Premier League 1995/1996 (Fussballdaten.de)
2. ↑ Statistics Manchester United in the 1995/96 season (The Website of Dreams)