1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
1995–96 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver (until 10 Apr 1996) Bill Fotherby
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Runners–up
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Yeboah (12) All: Tony Yeboah (19)
Highest home attendance	39,801 vs Manchester United (24 Dec 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,384 vs Notts County (19 Sep 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	32,578
← 1994-95 1996-97 →

During the 1995–96 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Leeds began the season in good form, with a Tony Yeboah hat-trick giving them an away win over AS Monaco in their UEFA Cup opener. But their European campaign was short-lived, and with the league title soon looking like an unrealistic target, their best hope of success was in the Coca-Cola Cup. They reached the final to claim their first cup final appearance since the 1975 European Cup Final, only to fail miserably and lose 3-0 to Aston Villa.

The Wembley defeat triggered a six-match losing run in the Premier League, and drew 0-0 with Coventry on the final day of the season, avoiding matching their own club record run of league defeats and gifting survival to their opponents.

Howard Wilkinson then spent a substantial sum on new players in the summer, bringing in Nigel Martyn, Ian Rush and Lee Sharpe in hope of making Leeds contenders for the league title for the first time in five years.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Manchester United	38	25	7	6	73	35	82
2.	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	78
3.	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	71
4.	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	63
5.	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	63
6.	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	61
7.	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	61
8.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	61
9.	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	58
10.	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	51
11.	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	46	44	50
12.	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	35	50	43
13.	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	43
14.	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	41
15.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	40
16.	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	38
17.	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	38
18.	Manchester City	38	9	11	18	33	58	38
19.	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6	23	38	57	33
20.	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	5	25	39	71	29

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Relegated to Division One

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	West Ham United	A	2-1	22,901	Yeboah (2)
21 August 1995	Liverpool	H	1-0	35,852	Yeboah
26 August 1995	Aston Villa	H	2-0	35,086	Speed, White
30 August 1995	Southampton	A	1-1	15,212	Dorigo
9 September 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	30,034	Yeboah
16 September 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	31,504	Wetherall
23 September 1995	Wimbledon	A	4-2	13,307	Palmer, Yeboah (3)
30 September 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	29,462	Speed, Yeboah
14 October 1995	Arsenal	H	0-3	38,552
21 October 1995	Manchester City	A	0-0	26,390
28 October 1995	Coventry City	H	3-1	30,161	McAllister (3)
4 November 1995	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	29,467	Deane
18 November 1995	Chelsea	H	1-0	36,209	Yeboah
25 November 1995	Newcastle United	A	1-2	36,572	Deane
2 December 1995	Manchester City	H	0-1	33,249
9 December 1995	Wimbledon	H	1-1	27,984	Jobson
16 December 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-6	24,573	Brolin, Wallace
24 December 1995	Manchester United	H	3-1	39,801	Deane, Yeboah, McAllister (pen)
27 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	18,414	Brolin, Wetherall
30 December 1995	Everton	A	0-2	40,009
1 January 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	31,285
13 January 1996	West Ham United	H	2-0	30,658	Brolin (2)
20 January 1996	Liverpool	A	0-5	40,254
31 January 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	24,465	Palmer
3 February 1996	Aston Villa	A	0-3	35,982
2 March 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	30,106
6 March 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	13,991	Yeboah (2)
13 March 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	23,358
17 March 1996	Everton	H	2-2	29,421	Deane (2)
30 March 1996	Middlesbrough	H	0-1	31,778
3 April 1996	Southampton	H	1-0	26,077	Deane
6 April 1996	Arsenal	A	1-2	37,619	Deane
8 April 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1-3	29,220	Wetherall
13 April 1996	Chelsea	A	1-4	22,131	McAllister
17 April 1996	Manchester United	A	0-1	48,382
29 April 1996	Newcastle United	H	0-1	38,862
2 May 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-3	30,061	Wetherall
5 May 1996	Coventry City	A	0-0	22,769

Goalscorers

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1996	Derby County	A	4-2	16,155	Deane, Speed, Yeboah, McAllister
R4	14 February 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	16,694	Wallace
R5	21 February 1996	Port Vale	H	0-0	18,607
R5R	27 February 1996	Port Vale	A	2-1	14,023	McAllister (2)
QF	10 March 1996	Liverpool	H	0-0	34,632
QFR	20 March 1996	Liverpool	A	0-3	30,812

Goalscorers

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Notts County	H	0-0	12,384
R2 Second Leg	3 October 1995	Notts County	A	3-2 (won 3-2 on agg)	6,867	Speed, Couzens, McAllister
R3	25 October 1995	Derby County	A	1-0	11,873	Speed
R4	29 November 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	26,006	Deane, Yeboah
R5	10 January 1996	Reading	H	2-1	21,023	Speed, Masinga
SF First Leg	11 February 1996	Birmingham City	A	2-1	24,781	Whyte (own goal), Yeboah
SF Second Leg	25 February 1996	Birmingham City	H	3-0 (won 5-1 on agg)	35,435	Deane, Yeboah, Masinga
F	24 March 1996	Aston Villa	N	0-3	77,065

Goalscorers

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	12 September 1995	AS Monaco	A	3-0	14,000	Yeboah (3)
R1 Second Leg	26 September 1995	AS Monaco	H	0-1 (won 3-1 on agg)	24,501
R2 First Leg	25 October 1995	PSV Eindhoven	H	3-5	24,846	Speed, Palmer, McAllister
R2 Second Leg	29 November 1995	PSV Eindhoven	A	0-3	25,750

Goalscorers

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	John Lukic
2	DF	Gary Kelly
3	DF	Tony Dorigo
4	MF	Carlton Palmer
5	DF	Lucas Radebe
6	DF	David Wetherall
7	FW	Phil Masinga
8	FW	Rod Wallace
9	FW	Brian Deane
10	MF	Gary McAllister (captain)
11	MF	Gary Speed
12	DF	John Pemberton
13	GK	Mark Beeney
15	DF	Nigel Worthington

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Richard Jobson
17	MF	Mark Tinkler
18	FW	Tomas Brolin
21	FW	Tony Yeboah
22	MF	Mark Ford
23	MF	Andy Couzens
25	DF	Rob Bowman
26	DF	Paul Beesley
27	FW	Andy Gray^[3]
29	DF	Ian Harte
31	DF	Mark Jackson
32	DF	Alan Maybury
33	FW	Harry Kewell
34	MF	Jason Blunt

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	David White (to Sheffield United)
16	DF	David O'Leary^[4] (retired)
19	FW	Noel Whelan (to Coventry City)

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Kevin Sharp^[5] (to Wigan Athletic)
24	FW	Lee Chapman (on loan from Ipswich Town)
30	GK	Paul Pettinger (to Gillingham)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[6]

GK: #1, John Lukic, 31
RB: #22, Gary Kelly, 37
CB: #12, John Pemberton, 18
CB: #18, David Wetherall, 37
LB: #3, Tony Dorigo, 18
RM: #10, Gary McAllister, 39
CM: #4, Carlton Palmer, 38
CM: #18, Tomas Brolin, 18
LM: #11, Gary Speed, 32
CF: #21, Tony Yeboah, 25
CF: #9, Brian Deane, 32

Transfers

In

Paul Beesley - Sheffield United, 2 August 1995, £250,000
Richard Jobson - Oldham Athletic, 26 October 1995, £1,000,000
Tomas Brolin - Parma, 7 November 1995, £4,300,000^†

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Out

Chris Fairclough - Bolton Wanderers, 4 July 1995, £500,000
David O'Leary - 16 September 1995, retired
David White - Sheffield United, 2 November 1995, £500,000
Kevin Sharp - Wigan Athletic, 30 November 1995, £100,000
Noel Whelan - Coventry City, 16 December 1995, £2,000,000
Paul Pettinger - Gillingham, 28 March 1996, free

Transfers in:

£5,550,000

Transfers out:

£3,100,000

Total spending:

£2,450,000

Loaned in

Lee Chapman - Ipswich Town, 10 Jan 1996

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leeds-united/1995-1996
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/leeds.htm
↑ Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.
↑ O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
↑ Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1996

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