1995–96 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

1995–96 season

Chairman

Alan Sugar

Manager

Stadium

8th

Top goalscorer

League: Sheringham (16)
All: Sheringham (24)

Highest home attendance

32,918 vs Chelsea
(27 Apr 1996, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

17,645 vs Chester City
(20 Sep 1995, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

30,510

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1994–95

1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The sale of key players Jürgen Klinsmann, Gheorghe Popescu and Nick Barmby weakened Tottenham's resources for 1995-96, and manager Gerry Francis was faced with taunts of "what a waste of money" from shocked supporters when he paid a club record £4.5million for Crystal Palace striker Chris Armstrong.

But Armstrong quickly formed an effective strikerforce with Teddy Sheringham, and an eighth place finish in the final table was only one place lower than last season's final position - though it was once again not quite enough for a UEFA Cup place.

Perhaps the best moment of the season came on New Year's Day when Spurs triumphed 4-1 at home to Manchester United, dealing a serious blow to the visiting side's title hopes and boosting their own hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup as they muscled in on the top five. While Spurs failed to live up to the promise that the game delivered, the losing side lost only one more league game all season and won the league title which had looked an impossible job a few short months earlier.

Early in the season, Tottenham (and local rivals Wimbledon) were informed that they would be banned from European competition for the 1996-97 season for fielding weakened teams in the pre-season Inter-Toto Cup. The ban was lifted on appeal.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	25	7	6	73	35	+38	82	1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	+29	78	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	+36	71	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	+17	63	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	+17	63	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	+20	61
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	61
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	+12	61
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	−4	58
10	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	−9	51
11	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	46	44	+2	50
12	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	35	50	−15	43
13	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43
14	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	−15	41
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	−13	40
16	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	−18	38
17	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	−18	38
18	Manchester City (R)	38	9	11	18	33	58	−25	38	Relegation to 1996–97 Football League First Division
19	Queens Park Rangers (R)	38	9	6	23	38	57	−19	33
20	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	8	5	25	39	71	−32	29

Updated to games played on 5 May 1996.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	Manchester City	A	1-1	30,827	Sheringham
23 August 1995	Aston Villa	H	0-1	26,726
26 August 1995	Liverpool	H	1-3	31,254	Calderwood
30 August 1995	West Ham United	A	1-1	23,516	Rosenthal
9 September 1995	Leeds United	H	2-1	30,034	Howells, Sheringham
16 September 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	26,565	Sheringham (2, 1 pen), D Walker (own goal)
25 September 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-2	15,659	Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Dozzell
30 September 1995	Wimbledon	H	3-1	25,321	Sheringham (2), Elkins (own goal)
14 October 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	32,876
22 October 1995	Everton	A	1-1	33,629	Armstrong
29 October 1995	Newcastle United	H	1-1	32,279	Armstrong
4 November 1995	Coventry City	A	3-2	17,545	Fox, Sheringham, Howells
18 November 1995	Arsenal	H	2-1	32,894	Sheringham, Armstrong
21 November 1995	Middlesbrough	A	1-0	29,487	Armstrong
25 November 1995	Chelsea	A	0-0	31,059
2 December 1995	Everton	H	0-0	32,894
9 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	28,851	Sheringham
16 December 1995	Wimbledon	A	1-0	16,193	Fox
23 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	30,702	Sheringham, Armstrong
26 December 1995	Southampton	A	0-0	15,238
30 December 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	30,004	Sheringham
1 January 1996	Manchester United	H	4-1	32,852	Sheringham, Campbell, Armstrong (2)
13 January 1996	Manchester City	H	1-0	31,438	Armstrong
21 January 1996	Aston Villa	A	1-2	35,666	Fox
3 February 1996	Liverpool	A	0-0	40,628
12 February 1996	West Ham United	H	0-1	29,781
24 February 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	32,047	Armstrong
2 March 1996	Southampton	H	1-0	26,320	Dozzell
16 March 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-3	32,387	Sheringham, Armstrong
20 March 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	17,829	Howells, Fox, Armstrong
24 March 1996	Manchester United	A	0-1	50,157
30 March 1996	Coventry City	H	3-1	26,808	Sheringham, Fox (2)
6 April 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	27,053	Armstrong
8 April 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	32,036	Armstrong
15 April 1996	Arsenal	A	0-0	38,273
27 April 1996	Chelsea	H	1-1	32,918	Armstrong
2 May 1996	Leeds United	A	3-1	30,061	Armstrong, Anderton (2)
5 May 1996	Newcastle United	A	1-1	36,589	Dozzell

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Hereford United	A	1-1	8,806	Rosenthal
R3R	17 January 1996	Hereford United	H	5-1	31,534	Sheringham (3), Armstrong (2)
R4	27 January 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	32,812	Wilson
R4R	7 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-0	27,846	Rosenthal, Sheringham
R5	28 February 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	2-2	18,600	Armstrong (2)
R5R	9 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1 (lost 1-3 on pens)	31,055	Sheringham

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Chester City	H	4-0	17,645	Armstrong (2), Rosenthal, Sheringham
R2 2nd Leg	4 October 1995	Chester City	A	3-1 (won 7-1 on agg)	5,372	Sheringham (2), Howells
R3	25 October 1995	Coventry City	A	2-3	18,227	Busst (own goal), Armstrong

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[3]

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	Ian Walker
2	DF	Dean Austin
3	DF	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	David Howells
5	DF	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	Ruel Fox
9	MF	Darren Anderton
10	FW	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	Chris Armstrong
12	MF	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	Erik Thorstvedt
14	MF	Stuart Nethercott
15	DF	Clive Wilson

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Ronny Rosenthal
17	MF	Andy Turner
18	MF	Gerry McMahon
19	DF	Kevin Scott
21	MF	Danny Hill
22	DF	David Kerslake
23	DF	Sol Campbell
24	DF	Jason Cundy
25	DF	Stephen Carr
26	FW	Paul Mahorn
27	MF	Andy Sinton
28	MF	Kevin Watson
29	FW	Steve Slade
30	GK	Chris Day

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
8		FW	Ilie Dumitrescu (to West Ham United)

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Darren Caskey (to Reading)

Intertoto Cup squad

Tottenham used a squad of loan players and reserve team players while competing in the Intertoto Cup.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Simon Brown
		GK	Chris Day
		DF	David Byrne (on loan from St. Mirren)
		DF	Jamie Clapham
		DF	Mark Newson (on loan from Barnet)
		DF	Stephen Carr
		DF	Owen Coll
		MF	Alan Pardew (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
		MF	Ian Sampson (on loan from Northampton Town)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andy Turner
		MF	Simon Wormull
		MF	Kevin Watson
		MF	Gerry McMahon
		FW	Paul Mahorn
		FW	Steve Slade
		FW	John Hendry
			Simon Spencer
			Robbie Simpson
			Leon Townley

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Stephen Clemence
		MF	Kevin Maher

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Garry Brady
		FW	Neale Fenn

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
12 June 1995	DF	Clive Wilson	QPR	Free transfer
30 June 1995	FW	Chris Armstrong	Crystal Palace	£4,500,000
6 October 1995	MF	Ruel Fox	Newcastle United	£4,200,000
23 January 1996	MF	Andy Sinton	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,500,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
22 May 1995	MF	Gheorghe Popescu	Barcelona	£2,800,000
11 July 1995	FW	John Hendry	Motherwell	£200,000
8 August 1995	MF	Nick Barmby	Middlesbrough	£5,250,000
28 February 1996	MF	Darren Caskey	Reading	£700,000
9 March 1996	FW	Ilie Dumitrescu	West Ham United	£1,500,000
27 March 1996	DF	Owen Coll	Bournemouth	Signed

Transfers in:

£10,200,000

Transfers out:

£10,450,000

Total spending:

£250,000

References

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Rivalries	North London derby

Other	Superleague Formula team Tottenham Hotspur Ladies F.C.

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FA competitions

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Football Conference

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Hull City Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport Woking

List of transfers

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