1995–96 Barnsley F.C. season

Barnsley
1995–96 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	Danny Wilson
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Payton (16) All: Payton (19)
Average home league attendance	8,086
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1995–96 season, Barnsley started brightly with 5 league wins from their first 9 games which saw them sit in 3rd place by around mid-September but their form faltered through the first half of the season afterwards and by Christmas, Barnsley sat in a lowly 15th place after winning just two from their next 14 league games onwards. From Boxing Day to the end of February, Barnsley went on a good run of form winning five of the next 9 league matches with just one defeat, which saw the Tykes in the playoff places and a top six finish seemed possible but again from there until the end of the season, their form faltered again winning two from their final 14 league games and ended the season in a disappointing 10th place, after being playoff contenders at one stage.

Final league 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	–6	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

Results

Barnsley's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Crystal Palace	A	3–4	12,067	Liddell, Davis, Viveash
19 August 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	8,795	Payton, Redfearn (pen)
26 August 1995	Watford	A	3–2	8,049	Rammell (2), Davis
29 August 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	9,710	Payton, Davis
2 September 1995	Birmingham City	H	0–5	11,121
9 September 1995	Millwall	A	1–0	9,272	Redfearn
12 September 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	0–3	14,635
17 September 1995	Sheffield United	H	2–2	7,150	Davis, Payton
23 September 1995	Derby County	H	2–0	8,929	Liddell (2)
30 September 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	11,219	Redfearn
7 October 1995	Leicester City	H	2–2	13,669	Payton, Bullock
14 October 1995	Norwich City	A	1–3	14,002	Eaden
21 October 1995	Port Vale	H	1–1	7,332	Archdeacon
28 October 1995	Sunderland	A	1–2	17,024	Liddell
4 November 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	9,668	Redfearn
11 November 1995	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	6,166	Davis
18 November 1995	Reading	A	0–0	6,695
21 November 1995	Portsmouth	H	0–0	6,194
25 November 1995	Luton Town	H	1–0	6,437	Redfearn
2 December 1995	Leicester City	A	2–2	15,125	Payton (2)
9 December 1995	Derby County	A	1–4	14,415	Rammell
16 December 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	6,140	Payton
22 December 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	11,791	Liddell, de Zeeuw
26 December 1995	Stoke City	H	3–1	9,229	Redfearn, Rammell, Liddell
1 January 1996	Southend United	A	0–0	6,537
13 January 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	6,029	Payton
20 January 1996	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	6,620	Liddell
3 February 1996	Watford	H	2–1	6,139	Archdeacon, Payton
10 February 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–1	6,376	Payton (2), Redfearn (pen)
20 February 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–0	14,168
24 February 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–1	14,584
27 February 1996	Millwall	H	3–1	6,331	Payton (2), Liddell
2 March 1996	Stoke City	A	0–2	12,655
9 March 1996	Ipswich Town	H	3–3	7,705	Redfearn (2), Liddell
16 March 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	12,701	Payton
19 March 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	10,660	Eaden, Redfearn, Archdeacon
23 March 1996	Southend United	H	1–1	6,754	Rammell
30 March 1996	Port Vale	A	0–3	7,358
2 April 1996	Norwich City	H	2–2	6,375	Redfearn, Payton
6 April 1996	Sunderland	H	0–1	13,189
8 April 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	23,789	Payton, Moses
13 April 1996	Reading	H	0–1	5,440
20 April 1996	Portsmouth	A	0–0	8,734
27 April 1996	Luton Town	A	3–1	6,194	Redfearn (2), O'Connell
30 April 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	6,981	Regis
4 May 1996	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	6,108	Redfearn

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	9,751
R3R	23 January 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	6,670	Redfearn

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	8,264
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Huddersfield Town	H	4–0 (won 4-2 on agg)	8,192	Payton (3), Rammell
R3	24 October 1995	Arsenal	H	0–3	18,429

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Lee Butler
		GK	Adam Sollitt
		GK	David Watson
		DF	Charlie Bishop
		DF	Steve Davis
		DF	Nicky Eaden
		DF	Adie Moses
		DF	Arjan de Zeeuw
		DF	Gary Fleming
		DF	Scott Jones
		DF	Peter Shirtliff
		DF	Malcolm Shotton
		DF	Adrian Viveash (on loan from Swindon Town)
		MF	Owen Archdeacon
		MF	Martin Bullock
		MF	Andrew Gregory

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Kane (on loan from Aberdeen)
		MF	Jan Mølby (on loan from Liverpool)
		MF	Brendan O'Connell
		MF	Neil Redfearn
		MF	Darren Sheridan
		MF	Carel van der Velden
		FW	Luke Beckett
		FW	Simon Bochenski
		FW	Glynn Hurst
		FW	Chris Jackson
		FW	Andy Liddell
		FW	Andy Payton
		FW	Andy Rammell
		FW	Dave Regis
		FW	Karl Rose
		FW	Laurens ten Heuvel

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