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1995–96 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |
| season | 1995–96 |
| chairman | Dave Richards |
| manager | David Pleat |
| league | FA Premier League |
| league result | 15th |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | Third round |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | Fourth round |
| cup3 | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| cup3 result | Group stage |
| league topscorer | David Hirst (13) |
| season topscorer | David Hirst (14) |
| highest attendance | 34,101 vs Manchester United |
| (23 Sep 1995, FA Premier League) | |
| lowest attendance | 12,039 vs Crewe Alexandra |
| (4 Oct 1995, League Cup) | |
| average attendance | 24,877 |
| (League games only) | |
| pattern_la1 | _yellowborder |
| pattern_b1 | _whitestripes |
| pattern_ra1 | _yellowborder |
| pattern_so1 | _band_white |
| body1 | 0000FF |
| shorts1 | 0000FF |
| socks1 | 0000FF |
| pattern_b2 | _white_sleeve_seams |
| pattern_so2 | _white_bands |
| leftarm2 | 307D7E |
| body2 | 307D7E |
| rightarm2 | 307D7E |
| socks2 | 307D7E |
| prevseason | 1994–95 |
| nextseason | 1996–97 |
(23 Sep 1995, FA Premier League) (4 Oct 1995, League Cup) (League games only) The 1995–96 season was '''Sheffield Wednesday F.C.''''s 129th season. They competed in the twenty-team FA Premier League, the top tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.
Season summary
David Pleat's first season as Sheffield Wednesday manager was the club's worst in the top flight since winning promotion in 1991. The eagerly-anticipated signing of Belgian forward Marc Degryse turned out to be a major disappointment, though David Hirst provided a fair supply of goals on his return to fitness after a two-year injury struggle.
The Owls struggled all season long, and finished 15th in the final table. This was another dismal showing for a club who were chasing honours just two or three seasons earlier, and Pleat knew that something had to change, and set out to reward the club's board for keeping faith in him for a second season.
Marc Degryse, Chris Waddle, Chris Woods and Klas Ingesson all left in the close season, and all the talk at Hillsborough was the acquisition of young striker Andy Booth from Huddersfield Town for £2.5 million. Many fans saw him as the answer to the problems which had plagued the Owls during the last seasons, and gave them hope of a new challenge for honours.
Final league table
Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League
;Results summary
;Results by round
Results
Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
|---|
FA Premier League
Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League
Pembridge Beardsley Holdsworth Hirst Donaldson Walker Speed Winterburn Dickov Hartson Waddle Amokachi Hirst Degryse Bright Whittingham Whittingham Bright Hirst Wallace Magilton Hirst Taggart Bohinen Gallacher Clark Watts Goodridge McGregor Roy Townsend Hirst Ćurčić Freestone Degryse Ebbrell Kanchelskis
FA Cup
Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup
Mortimer
League Cup
Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup
Edwards Degryse Bright Bright Bright Degryse Edwards Whittingham Hartson
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Main article: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Bright Waddle Woods Petrescu
Players
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 1995 | MF | Mark Pembridge | Derby County | £900,000 |
| 19 July 1995 | FW | Marc Degryse | Anderlecht | £1,500,000 |
| 25 November 1995 | DF | Steve Nicol | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 22 December 1995 | DF | Dejan Stefanović | Red Star Belgrade | £2,000,000 |
| 22 December 1995 | FW | Darko Kovačević | Red Star Belgrade | £3,000,000 |
| 4 March 1996 | MF | Regi Blinker | Feyenoord | £275,000 |
| 16 March 1996 | DF | Jon Newsome | Norwich City | £1,500,000 |
Out
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 1995 | MF | Chris Bart-Williams | Nottingham Forest | £2,500,000 |
| 8 November 1995 | DF | Dan Petrescu | Chelsea | £2,300,000 |
| 15 November 1995 | MF | Klas Ingesson | Bari | £900,000 |
| 22 November 1995 | DF | Andy Pearce | Wimbledon | £600,000 |
| 23 January 1996 | MF | Andy Sinton | Tottenham Hotspur | £1,500,000 |
| 29 March 1996 | DF | Julian Watts | Leicester City | £210,000 |
:Transfers in: £6,175,000 :Transfers out: £8,010,000 :Total spending: £1,835,000
Notes
References
References
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