1995–96 Football League

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The Football League
Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland, Derby County
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–1996 season was the 96th completed season of The Football League. It was contested through three divisions, the First Division, Second Division and Third Division.^[1]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland (2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Sunderland, Derby County
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Leicester City
Relegated	Luton Town, Millwall, Watford
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1417 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers), 27 ^[2]
Biggest home win	Sunderland 6–0 Millwall
Biggest away win	Barnsley 0–5 Birmingham City
Highest scoring	Watford 6–3 Reading
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

First Division Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–8	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

First Division playoffs

Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley May 27th, 1996

3rd	Crystal Palace	2	1	3
6th	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1
					3rd	Crystal Palace	1
					5th	Leicester City (a.e.t.)	2
4th	Stoke City	0	0	0
5th	Leicester City	0	1	1

^[1]

First Division results

Home \ Away^[1]	BAR	BIR	CHA	CPA	DER	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEI	LUT	MIL	NOR	OLD	PVA	POR	REA	SHE	STD	STO	SUN	TRA	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		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	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	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	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	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	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1995–1996 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1995–1996

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Swindon Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Swindon Town, Oxford United
Promoted through play-offs	Bradford City
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion, Carlisle United, Hull City, Swansea City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1414 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Stewart (Bristol Rovers), 21; Gary Martindale (Peterborough United/ Notts County), 21 ^[2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Second Division Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swindon Town	46	12	10	1	37	16	13	7	3	34	18	71	34	+37	92
2	Oxford United	46	17	4	2	52	14	7	7	9	24	25	76	39	+27	83
3	Blackpool	46	14	5	4	41	20	9	8	6	26	20	67	40	+27	82
4	Notts County	46	14	6	3	42	21	7	9	7	21	18	63	39	+24	78
5	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	3	7	40	24	9	4	10	37	36	77	60	+17	73
6	Bradford City	46	15	4	4	41	25	7	3	13	30	44	71	69	+2	73
7	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	39	21	6	6	11	17	30	56	51	+5	72
8	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	51	27	6	10	7	25	28	76	55	+21	70
9	Stockport County	46	8	9	6	30	20	11	4	8	31	27	61	47	+14	70
10	Bristol Rovers	46	12	4	7	29	28	8	6	9	28	32	57	60	–3	70
11	Walsall	46	12	7	4	38	20	7	5	11	22	25	60	45	+15	69
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	8	6	36	26	6	7	10	27	33	63	59	+4	60
13	Bristol City	46	10	6	7	28	22	5	9	9	27	38	55	60	–5	60
14	Bournemouth	46	12	5	6	33	25	4	5	14	18	45	51	70	–19	58
15	Brentford	46	12	6	5	24	15	3	7	13	19	34	43	49	–6	58
16	Rotherham United	46	11	7	5	31	20	3	7	13	23	42	54	62	–8	56
17	Burnley	46	9	8	6	35	28	5	5	13	21	40	56	68	–12	55
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	8	8	32	29	6	6	11	26	41	58	70	–12	53
19	Peterborough United	46	9	6	8	40	27	4	7	12	19	39	59	66	–7	52
20	York City	46	8	6	9	28	29	5	7	11	30	44	58	73	–15	52
21	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	35	20	1	7	15	22	52	57	72	–15	49
22	Swansea City	46	8	8	7	27	29	3	6	14	16	50	43	79	–36	47
23	Brighton & HA	46	6	7	10	25	31	4	3	16	21	38	46	69	–23	40
24	Hull City	46	4	8	11	26	37	1	8	14	10	41	36	78	–42	31

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Second Division Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg –May 12th; 2nd leg –May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 1993

3rd	Blackpool	2	0	2
6th	Bradford City	0	3	3
					4th	Notts County	0
					6th	Bradford City	2
4th	Notts County	2	1	3
5th	Crewe Alexandra	2	0	2

^[1]

Second Division results

Home \ Away^[1]	BLP	BOU	BRA	BRE	B&H	BRI	BRO	BUR	CRL	CHS	CRE	HUL	NTC	OXF	PET	ROT	SHR	STP	SWA	SWI	WAL	WRE	WYC	YOR
Blackpool		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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1995–1996 teams

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1995–1996

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Preston North End (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Preston North End, Bury, Gillingham
Promoted through play-offs	Plymouth Argyle
Relegated to Conference	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1346 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve White (Hereford United), 29 Andy Saville (Preston North End), 29 ^[2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Third Division Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	11	8	4	44	22	12	9	2	34	16	78	38	+40	86
2	Gillingham	46	16	6	1	33	6	6	11	6	16	14	49	20	+29	83
3	Bury	46	11	6	6	33	21	11	7	5	33	27	66	48	+18	79
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	5	4	41	20	8	7	8	27	29	68	49	+19	78
5	Darlington	46	10	6	7	30	21	10	12	1	30	21	60	42	+18	78
6	Hereford United	46	13	5	5	40	22	7	9	7	25	25	65	47	+18	74
7	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	37	22	5	11	7	24	29	61	51	+10	72
8	Barnet	46	13	6	4	40	19	5	10	8	25	26	65	45	+20	70
9	Chester	46	11	9	3	45	22	7	7	9	27	31	72	53	+19	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	36	21	5	7	11	26	35	62	56	+6	70
11	Northampton Town	46	9	10	4	32	22	9	3	11	19	22	51	44	+7	67
12	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	30	7	7	9	31	31	67	61	+6	60
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	25	19	5	5	13	24	41	49	60	–11	59
14	Exeter City	46	9	9	5	25	22	4	9	10	21	31	46	53	–7	57
15	Rochdale	46	7	8	8	32	33	7	5	11	25	28	57	61	–4	55
16	Cambridge United	46	8	8	7	34	30	6	4	13	27	41	61	71	–10	54
17	Fulham	46	10	9	4	39	26	2	8	13	18	37	57	63	–6	53
18	Mansfield Town	46	6	10	7	25	29	5	10	8	29	35	54	64	–10	53
19	Lincoln City	46	8	7	8	32	26	5	7	11	25	47	57	73	–16	53
20	Hartlepool United	46	8	9	6	30	24	4	4	15	17	43	47	67	–20	49
21	Leyton Orient	46	11	4	8	29	22	1	7	15	15	41	44	63	–19	47
22	Cardiff City	46	8	6	9	24	22	3	6	14	17	42	41	64	–23	45
23	Scarborough	46	5	11	7	22	28	3	5	15	17	41	39	69	–30	40
24	Torquay United	46	4	9	10	17	36	1	5	17	13	48	30	84	–54	29

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league (none)
	Relegated to Conference (none)

Third Division Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley Stadium May 25th, 1996

4th	Plymouth Argyle	0	3	3
7th	Colchester United	1	1	2
					4th	Plymouth Argyle	1
					5th	Darlington	0
5th	Darlington	2	2	4
6th	Hereford United	1	1	2

^[1]

Third Division results

Home \ Away^[1]	BRN	BRY	CAM	CAR	CHR	COL	DAR	DON	EXE	FUL	GIL	HAR	HER	LEY	LIN	MAN	NOR	PLY	PRE	ROC	SCA	SCU	TOR	WIG
Barnet		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–0
Bury	0–0		1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	7–1	0–2	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1
Cambridge United	1–1	2–4		4–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
Cardiff City	1–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
Chester	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0		1–1	4–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–0
Colchester United	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Darlington	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–2		2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Exeter City	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–4
Fulham	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1		0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–0
Gillingham	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Hartlepool United	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2
Hereford United	4–1	3–4	5–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–1		3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2
Leyton Orient	3–3	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Lincoln City	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	2–4
Mansfield Town	2–1	1–5	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Northampton Town	0–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3		1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	2–0	5–1	1–3	4–3	3–1
Preston North End	0–1	0–0	3–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	6–0	0–3	3–2		1–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Rochdale	0–4	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3		0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2
Scarborough	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–4	2–1	0–0
Scunthorpe United	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–3		1–0	3–1
Torquay United	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–8		1–1
Wigan Athletic	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–6	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1995–1996

Barnet

Fulham

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1995–1996

Top scorers

First Division

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	26
2	Dougie Freedman	Crystal Palace	20
=	Dean Sturridge	Derby County	20
4	Ian Marshall	Ipswich Town	19
=	Iwan Roberts	Leicester City	19
6	Alex Mathie	Ipswich Town	18
7	Andy Payton	Barnsley	17
=	Bob Taylor	West Bromwich Albion	17

Second Division

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Marcus Stewart	Bristol Rovers	21
=	Gary Martindale	Peterborough United Notts County	21

Third Division

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Steve White	Hereford United	29
=	Andy Saville	Preston North End	29

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "England 1995–96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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