1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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

Leeds United

1995–96 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver (until 10 April) Bill Fotherby
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premiership	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 →

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 be defeated, losing 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

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

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

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

Squad

^[2]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   ENG Richard Jobson 17 MF   ENG Mark Tinkler 18 FW   SWE Tomas Brolin 21 FW   GHA Tony Yeboah 22 MF   ENG Mark Ford 23 MF   ENG Andy Couzens 25 DF   ENG Rob Bowman 26 DF   ENG Paul Beesley 27 FW   ENG Andy Gray^[a] 29 DF   IRL Ian Harte 31 DF   ENG Mark Jackson 32 DF   IRL Alan Maybury 33 FW   AUS Harry Kewell 34 MF   ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   ENG David White (to Sheffield United) 16 DF   IRL David O'Leary^[b] (retired) 19 FW   ENG Noel Whelan (to Coventry City)

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

Reserve squad

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   RSA Paul Evans — FW   ENG Nathan Lowndes

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ENG Lee Matthews

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	John Lukic	44	0	28	0	5	0	7	0	4	0
13	GK	ENG	Mark Beeney	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Gary Kelly	51	0	34	0	5	0	8	0	4	0
3	DF	ENG	Tony Dorigo	26	1	17	1	3	0	4	0	2	0
5	DF	RSA	Lucas Radebe	20	0	10+3	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	David Wetherall	51	4	34	4	5	0	8	0	4	0
12	DF	ENG	John Pemberton	27	0	16+2	0	1+1	0	3	0	4	0
15	DF	NIR	Nigel Worthington	22	0	12+4	0	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Richard Jobson	13	1	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Paul Beesley	23	0	8+2	0	4	0	4+1	0	2+2	0
29	DF	IRL	Ian Harte	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Mark Jackson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	IRL	Alan Maybury	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Carlton Palmer	51	3	33	2	6	0	8	0	4	1
10	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister	54	10	36	5	6	3	8	1	4	1
11	MF	WAL	Gary Speed	44	7	29	2	4	1	7	3	4	1
17	MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler	11	0	5+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Mark Ford	22	0	12	0	5	0	4	0	0+1	0
23	MF	ENG	Andy Couzens	18	1	8+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+2	0
33	MF	AUS	Harry Kewell	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Jason Blunt	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	RSA	Phil Masinga	12	2	5+4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0
8	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace	33	2	12+12	1	3+1	1	3+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Brian Deane	50	10	30+4	7	3+3	1	5+2	2	3	0
18	FW	SWE	Tomas Brolin	25	4	17+2	4	1+1	0	2+2	0	0	0
21	FW	GHA	Tony Yeboah	39	19	22	12	6	1	7	3	4	3
25	FW	ENG	Rob Bowman	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	ENG	Andy Gray	19	0	12+3	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
14	FW	ENG	David White	7	1	1+3	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Noel Whelan	13	0	3+5	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	0
20	DF	ENG	Kevin Sharp	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	FW	ENG	Lee Chapman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]

• GK: #1,   John Lukic, 44
• RB: #22,   Gary Kelly, 51
• CB: #12,   John Pemberton, 24
• CB: #18,   David Wetherall, 51
• LB: #3,   Tony Dorigo, 26
• RM: #10,   Gary McAllister, 54
• CM: #4,   Carlton Palmer, 49
• CM: #22,   Mark Ford, 21
• LM: #11,   Gary Speed, 44
• CF: #21,   Tony Yeboah, 39
• CF: #9,   Brian Deane, 41

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date N P Player From club Transfer fee 1 Jun 1995 MF   Wesley Boyle Youth — 1 Jul 1995 27 FW   Andy Gray Youth — 1 Jul 1995 31 DF   Mark Jackson Youth — 2 Aug 1995 26 DF   Paul Beesley   Sheffield United £250,000 15 Sep 1995 DF   Paul Shepherd Youth — 26 Oct 1995 MF   Andrew Wright Youth — 26 Oct 1995 16 DF   Richard Jobson   Oldham Athletic £1,000,000 7 Nov 1995 18 FW   Tomas Brolin   Parma £4,500,000^†^[4] 15 Dec 1995 29 DF   Ian Harte Youth — 23 Dec 1995 33 FW   Harry Kewell Youth — ^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out Date N P Player To club Transfer fee 4 Jul 1995 5 DF   Chris Fairclough   Bolton Wanderers £500,000 16 Sep 1995 16 DF   David O'Leary Retired — 2 Nov 1995 14 MF   David White   Sheffield United £500,000 30 Nov 1995 20 DF   Kevin Sharp   Wigan Athletic £100,000 16 Dec 1995 19 FW   Noel Whelan   Coventry City £2,000,000 28 Mar 1996 30 GK   Paul Pettinger   Coventry City Free

Total spending:   £2,650,000

Loaned in Start date End date N P Player From club 10 Jan 1996 1 Mar 1996 24 FW   Lee Chapman   Ipswich

Loaned out Start date End date N P Player To club 11 Aug 1995 1 Mar 1996 30 GK   Paul Pettinger   Rotherham

Notes

1. Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.
2. O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
3. Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.

References

1. . Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. "FootballSquads - Leeds United - 1995/96". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
3. "All Leeds United players: 1996". www.11v11.com.
4. "Tomas Brolin Read all about this ex-Leeds United player. BBC".