1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season

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

Leicester City

1995–96 season
Chairman	Martin George
Manager	Mark McGhee (until 13 December) Martin O'Neill (from 21 December)
Stadium	Filbert Street
First Division	5th (promoted via playoffs)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Roberts (19) All: Roberts (20)
Highest home attendance	20,911 vs. Derby County (28 February 1996)
Lowest home attendance	12,543 vs. Millwall (23 March 1996)
Average home league attendance	16,198
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Season summary

Mark McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 whilst Leicester were top of Division One to take charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[1] McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill.^[2] Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1995–96 Division One promotion playoffs and beat Crystal Palace 2–1 with a last-gasp Steve Claridge goal securing an immediate return to the Premiership.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Crystal Palace	46	20	15	11	67	48	+19	75	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Stoke City	46	20	13	13	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City (O, P)	46	19	14	13	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	17	20	9	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	79	69	+10	69

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

See also: Play-off results

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Sunderland	A	2–1	18,593	Corica, Robins
19 August 1995	Stoke City	H	2–3	17,719	Walsh, Parker (pen)
26 August 1995	Luton Town	A	1–1	7,612	Parker
30 August 1995	Portsmouth	H	4–2	15,170	Roberts (3), Parker
2 September 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	18,441	Whitlow
10 September 1995	Derby County	A	1–0	11,767	Joachim
12 September 1995	Port Vale	A	2–0	8,814	McMahon, Roberts
16 September 1995	Reading	H	1–1	19,103	Roberts
23 September 1995	Southend United	H	1–3	15,276	Lowe
30 September 1995	Norwich City	A	1–0	18,435	Heskey
7 October 1995	Barnsley	A	2–2	13,669	Robins, Walsh
14 October 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	16,771	Lowe
21 October 1995	Sheffield United	A	3–1	13,100	Roberts, Taylor, Lowe
28 October 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	18,376	Robins, Taylor
5 November 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	16,071	Taylor (2), Roberts
11 November 1995	Watford	H	1–0	16,230	Roberts
19 November 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	13,125
21 November 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	14,300	Robins
26 November 1995	Birmingham City	A	2–2	17,350	Roberts, Grayson
2 December 1995	Barnsley	H	2–2	15,125	Roberts, Grayson
9 December 1995	Southend United	A	1–2	5,835	Roberts
17 December 1995	Norwich City	H	3–2	14,251	Whitlow, Roberts, Heskey
23 December 1995	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	7,713	Roberts, Walsh
1 January 1996	Millwall	A	1–1	9,953	Corica
13 January 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	13,669
21 January 1996	Sunderland	H	0–0	16,130
3 February 1996	Luton Town	H	1–1	14,821	Roberts
10 February 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–2	9,003	Roberts
17 February 1996	Port Vale	H	1–1	13,758	Taylor
21 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–2	27,381	Roberts, Heskey (2)
24 February 1996	Reading	A	1–1	9,817	Lewis
28 February 1996	Derby County	H	0–0	20,911
3 March 1996	Ipswich Town	A	2–4	9,817	Roberts (2)
9 March 1996	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	13,784	Heskey (2)
13 March 1996	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	17,783
16 March 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	5,582	Whitlow
23 March 1996	Millwall	H	2–1	12,543	Carey, Taylor
30 March 1996	Sheffield United	H	0–2	15,230
2 April 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	11,287	Claridge
6 April 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	17,331	Roberts
9 April 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	17,889	Robins
13 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	8,882	Robins
17 April 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	12,790	Claridge (2)
20 April 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	17,619	Walsh, Claridge
27 April 1996	Birmingham City	H	3–0	19,702	Claridge, Heskey, Lennon
5 May 1996	Watford	A	1–0	20,089	Izzet

First Division play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
SF 1st Leg	12 May 1996	Stoke City	H	0–0	20,323
SF 2nd Leg	15 May 1996	Stoke City	A	1–0 (won 1–0 on agg)	21,037	Parker
F	27 May 1996	Crystal Palace	N	2–1 (a.e.t.)	73,573	Parker (pen), Claridge

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Manchester City	H	0–0	20,640
R3R	17 January 1996	Manchester City	A	0–5	19,980

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Burnley	H	2–0	11,142	Robins, Joachim
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Burnley	A	2–0	4,553	Robins (2)
R3	24 October 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	9,166
R3R	8 November 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	14,884	Robins, Roberts

Squad

^[4]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Kevin Poole — GK   AUS Željko Kalac — DF   ENG Simon Grayson — DF   ENG Colin Hill — DF   ENG Neil Lewis — DF   ENG Richard Smith — DF   ENG Steve Walsh — DF   ENG Julian Watts — DF   ENG Mike Whitlow — DF   ENG Jimmy Willis — DF   IRL Brian Carey — DF   FRA Franck Rolling — DF   SWE Pontus Kåmark — DF   JAM Jamie Lawrence — MF   ENG Mark Blake

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ENG David Lowe — MF   ENG Sam McMahon — MF   ENG Garry Parker — MF   ENG Lee Philpott — MF   ENG Scott Taylor — MF   NIR Neil Lennon — MF   TUR Muzzy Izzet — MF   AUS Steve Corica — FW   ENG Steve Claridge — FW   ENG Phil Gee — FW   ENG Emile Heskey — FW   ENG Julian Joachim — FW   ENG Mark Robins — FW   WAL Iwan Roberts

References

1. "McGhee the new man at Molineux". The Independent. London. 14 December 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
2. "O'Neill set for Leicester". The Independent. London. 21 December 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
3. . Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
4. "All Leicester City players: 1996.HTM".