1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season

1995–96 season of Leeds United

Leeds United 1995–96 football season

Leeds United
1995–96 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver (until 10 April) 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 December 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,384 vs Notts County (19 September 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	32,578
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.

Competitions

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43	8	3	8	21	21	0	4	4	11	19	36	−17

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Position	5	1	1	2	4	7	6	4	7	8	8	8	5	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

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

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Notts County	H	0–0	12,384
R2 2nd 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 1st Leg	11 February 1996	Birmingham City	A	2–1	24,781	Whyte (own goal), Yeboah
SF 2nd 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

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 September 1995	AS Monaco	A	3–0	14,000	Yeboah (3)
R1 2nd Leg	26 September 1995	AS Monaco	H	0–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	24,501
R2 1st Leg	25 October 1995	PSV Eindhoven	H	3–5	24,846	Speed, Palmer, McAllister
R2 2nd Leg	29 November 1995	PSV Eindhoven	A	0–3	25,750

Statistics

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	John Lukic	28	0	5	0	7	0	4	0	44	0	0	0
2	DF	Gary Kelly	34	0	5	0	8	0	4	51	0	0	4	1
3	DF	Tony Dorigo	17	1	3	0	4	0	2	0	26	0	2	0
4	DF	Carlton Palmer	33	2	6	0	8	0	4	1	51	3	8	0
5	DF	Lucas Radebe	10+3	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	14+6	0	2	0
6	DF	David Wetherall	34	4	5	0	8	0	4	0	51	4	5	0
7	FW	Phil Masinga	5+4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	8+4	2	1	0
8	FW	Rod Wallace	12+12	1	3+1	1	3+1	0	0+1	0	18+15	2	1	0
9	FW	Brian Deane	30+4	7	3+3	1	5+2	2	3	0	41+9	10	5	0
10	MF	Gary McAllister	36	5	6	3	8	1	4	1	54	10	1	0
11	MF	Gary Speed	29	2	4	1	7	3	4	1	44	7	2	0
12	DF	John Pemberton	16+2	0	1+1	0	3	0	4	0	24+3	0	7	1
13	GK	Mark Beeney	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1
14	FW	David White	1+3	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+4	1	0	0
15	DF	Nigel Worthington	12+4	0	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	17+5	0	5	0
16	DF	Richard Jobson	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	2	0
17	MF	Mark Tinkler	5+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	6+5	0	2	0
18	FW	Tomas Brolin	17+2	4	1+1	0	2+2	0	0	0	20+5	4	4	0
19	FW	Noel Whelan	3+5	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	0	6+7	0	0	0
20	DF	Kevin Sharp	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
21	FW	Tony Yeboah	22	12	6	1	7	3	4	3	39	19	1	0
22	MF	Mark Ford	12	0	5	0	4	0	0+1	0	21+1	0	3	0
23	MF	Andy Couzens	8+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+2	0	9+9	1	1	0
24	FW	Lee Chapman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
25	FW	Rob Bowman	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1+3	0	0	0
26	DF	Paul Beesley	8+2	0	4	0	4+1	0	2+2	0	18+5	2	0	0
27	FW	Andy Gray	12+3	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	13+6	0	0	0
29	DF	Ian Harte	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
31	DF	Mark Jackson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	Alan Maybury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW	Harry Kewell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF	Jason Blunt	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2 August 1995	DF	Paul Beesley	Sheffield United	£250,000
26 October 1995	DF	Richard Jobson	Oldham Athletic	£1,000,000
7 November 1995	FW	Tomas Brolin	Parma	£4,500,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
4 July 1995	DF	Chris Fairclough	Bolton Wanderers	£500,000
16 September 1995	DF	David O'Leary	Retired
2 November 1995	MF	David White	Sheffield United	£500,000
30 November 1995	DF	Kevin Sharp	Wigan Athletic	£100,000
16 December 1995	FW	Noel Whelan	Coventry City	£2,000,000
28 March 1996	GK	Paul Pettinger	Coventry City	Free

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
10 January 1996	1 March 1996	FW	Lee Sharpe	Ipswich Town

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
11 August 1995	1 March 1996	GK	Paul Pettinger	Rotherham United

References

"Leeds United players: Premier League 1996". www.11v11.com.
"Leeds United players: FA Cup 1996". www.11v11.com.

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

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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

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