1995–96 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

1995–96 season
Chairman	David Bernstein
Manager	Alan Ball, Jr.
Stadium	Maine Road
FA Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Uwe Rösler (9) All: Uwe Rösler (13)
Highest home attendance	31,436 (vs. Liverpool, 5 May)
Lowest home attendance	23,617 (vs. Wimbledon, 22 November)
Average home league attendance	27,869
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Manchester City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

True products of the nineties, the two kits used in the 1995–96 season were over-designed, with the away kit in particular leaving a legacy as being one of the worst kits in Premier League history. The home kit, while on the face of it a classic plain blue shirt with white shorts, in fact had a pattern inlaid that was only visible when caught by the light, which contained an outer circle similar to the club badge at the time, with the word "City" in giant capital letters over the top. The away kit was intended as a tribute to the classic red and black stripes which City had worn as an away kit on a number of occasions previously, but for no apparent reason had two-tone grey shoulder stripes as well as an embossed shield which was more suited to the shape of the club's badge after its redesign in 1997 (by which point the shirt was no longer being worn) than the circular badge of the time.

Home

Away

Season summary

When Alan Ball was named as Manchester City manager at the start of the new season, he said that his job was "the envy of millions". But it quickly appeared to be a poisoned chalice, as a City side in the middle of a major transition (with many older players being transferred to make way for the club's promising set of youngsters) failed to win any of their first 11 Premiership games. Then game four wins from their next five games, which lifted City out of the relegation zone, regularly passing through the revolving door of third place from bottom.

A 2-2 home draw with third-placed Liverpool on the final day of the season looked to have secured their survival. But positive results and a greater goal difference for the two sides directly above them - Coventry City and Southampton - condemned the club to relegation after seven years in the top flight.

Final league table

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Richard Edghill 3 DF Michael Frontzeck 4 MF Steve Lomas 5 DF Keith Curle 6 DF Giuseppe Mazzarelli (on loan from FC Zürich) 7 MF Georgi Kinkladze 8 FW Gerry Creaney 9 FW Niall Quinn 11 MF Peter Beagrie 12 DF Ian Brightwell 13 GK Martyn Margetson 14 DF Kit Symons 15 DF Alan Kernaghan 16 MF Nicky Summerbee 17 MF Michael Brown

No. Position Player 18 FW Nigel Clough 19 MF Martin Phillips 20 DF Lee Crooks 21 GK Eike Immel 23 MF David Kerr 24 DF Scott Hiley (on loan from Birmingham City) 25 GK Andy Dibble 26 MF Scott Thomas 27 DF Rae Ingram 28 FW Uwe Rösler 29 DF John Foster 30 DF Chris Beech 31 MF Aled Rowlands 32 FW Mikhail Kavelashvili

Sold 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 1 GK Tony Coton (to Manchester United) 3 DF Terry Phelan (to Chelsea) 3 MF Ronnie Ekelund (on loan from Barcelona) 6 DF Michel Vonk (to Sheffield United) 8 FW Paul Walsh (to Portsmouth) 10 MF Garry Flitcroft (to Blackburn Rovers)

No. Position Player 14 FW Carl Griffiths (to Portsmouth) 18 DF David Brightwell (to Bradford City) 19 FW Fitzroy Simpson (to Portsmouth) 24 FW Adie Mike (to Stockport County) 31 MF Paul Lake (retired) 32 DF Eduard Abazaj (on loan from Benfica)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[2]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 21 GK Eike Immel 41 2 RB Richard Edghill 16 Michael Brown has 16 starts 12 CB Ian Brightwell 29 5 CB Keith Curle 35 14 LB Kit Symons 41 16 RM Nicky Summerbee 34 10 CM Garry Flitcroft 26 4 CM Steve Lomas 35 7 LM Georgi Kinkladze 40 9 CF Niall Quinn 27 28 CF Uwe Rösler 28 References ↑ "Manchester City 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-28.  ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/tab/players/season/1995 Manchester City F.C. Players Managers Reserves & Academy Records & statistics Honours Current season History Seasons 1880–1928 1928–1965 1965–2001 2001–present Overview Strip Ownership and finances Europe People Players (100+ appearances) 25–99 appearances fewer than 25 appearances Managers Supporters Grounds Early grounds (1880–1887) Hyde Road (1887–1923) Maine Road (1923–2003) City of Manchester Stadium (2003–) Reserve grounds Academy Stadium Training ground Carrington Training Centre (2001–2014) Etihad Campus (2014–) Football teams First team Elite Development Squad Academy Women Affiliated football teams under CFG New York City FC Melbourne City FC Yokohama F. Marinos Club Atlético Torque Affiliated academies Sun Jihai Youth Training Football Base Media Media Blue Moon Rising Football Mania There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Trautmann Rivalries League record by opponent Manchester City rivalries Manchester derby Schools Connell Sixth Form College Related articles Revie Plan The Kippax The Poznań "Blue Moon" "Roll With It" Famous matches Maine Road F.C. Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone) Book:Manchester City F.C. Category:Manchester City F.C. Manchester City F.C. seasons Ardwick A.F.C. 1880–81 . 1881–82 . 1882–83 . 1883–84 . 1884–85 . 1885–86 . 1886–87 . 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 Manchester City F.C. 1890–91 . 1891–92 . 1892–93 . 1893–94 . 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18. 2018–19 . 2019–20 1995–96 in English football « 1994–95 1996–97 » FA competitions FA Cup (Qualifying rounds Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) Premier League and Football League Premier League Football League (First Division Second Division Third Division) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (First Division Final Second Division Final Third Division Final) Football Conference Football Conference Conference League Cup Lower leagues Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League North West Counties League Wessex League Western League European competitions Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup Related to national team UEFA Euro 1996 Terry Venables 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 List of transfers