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1995–96 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season


English football club season

FieldValue
clubWolverhampton Wanderers
season1995–96
managerGraham Taylor
(until 13 November)
Mark McGhee
(from 13 December)
mgrtitleManager
chairmanJonathan Hayward
chrtitleChairman
leagueFirst Division
league result20th
cup1FA Cup
cup1 result4th round
cup2League Cup
cup2 resultQuarter-finals
league topscorerDon Goodman (16)
season topscorerDon Goodman (20)
highest attendance28,088 (vs Birmingham, 17 January 1996)
lowest attendance20,381 (vs Fulham,
20 September 1995)
average attendance22,658 (league only)
prevseason1994–95
nextseason1996–97

(until 13 November) Mark McGhee (from 13 December) 20 September 1995) The 1995–96 season was the 97th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

Although the season began with Graham Taylor as manager, he resigned sixteen games into their league campaign under fan pressure due to the team's poor results. Despite being tipped by many to be one of the promotion favourites - following on from having reached the play-offs in the previous season - the side sat in 18th place at the time of Taylor's exit.

After a period under caretaker manager Bobby Downes, Mark McGhee resigned from Leicester City to become Wolves' new manager in December. Despite a slow upturn in results under McGhee that put the team within three points of a play-off place at the start of April, their form again collapsed and they took just four points from the final 24 available.

The club eventually finished the season in 20th place, only confirming their safety from relegation in their final home game. This represented their lowest finish in the football pyramid since returning to the second level in 1989–90.

Results

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1995–96 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

The provisional fixture list was released on 20 June 1995, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns. Aldridge Goodman Gray Goodman de Wolf Goodman Ward Jones Porter Daley Atkins Potter Wallace Carruthers McCarthy Beresford Young Dalton Mowbray Marshall Goodman Bull Goodman Burton Goodman Goodman Atkins Eadie Goodman Law Heskey Thompson Livingstone Forrester Goodman Thompson Bull Osborn Sturridge White Ferguson Payton Dyer Quinn Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
17Grimsby Town461414185569–1456
18Oldham Athletic461414185450+456
19Reading461317165463–1156
20Wolverhampton Wanderers461316175662–655
21Portsmouth461313206169–852
22Millwall461313204363–2052

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

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FA Cup

Bull Sheringham

League Cup

Wright Williams Atkins Goodman Atkins Ferguson

Players

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Transfers

In

DatePlayerFromFee
30 May 1995ENG Dean RichardsBradford City£1.85 million
13 September 1995WAL Eric YoungCrystal PalaceFree
20 September 1995RSA Mark WilliamsBEL RWD Molenbeek£300,000
21 September 1995ENG Mark AtkinsBlackburn Rovers£1 million
22 September 1995ENG Richard FlashManchester UnitedFree
22 December 1995ENG Simon OsbornQueens Park Rangers£1 million
16 February 1996AUS Steve CoricaLeicester City£1.1 million
16 February 1996AUS Željko KalacLeicester City£650,000

Out

DatePlayerToFee
23 June 1995SCO Tom BennettStockport County£75,000
18 July 1995ENG Paul BladesRotherham United£110,000
25 August 1995ENG Peter ShirtliffBarnsley£125,000
18 September 1995IRL David KellySunderland£1 million
29 December 1995ENG Gordon CowansSheffield UnitedFree

Loans in

Start datePlayerFromEnd date
21 December 1995ENG Vinny SamwaysEverton21 January 1996

Loans out

Start datePlayerToEnd date
5 October 1995NIR Robbie DennisonWAL Swansea CityEnd of season
7 March 1996ENG Paul BirchPreston North EndEnd of season
28 March 1996WAL Carl RobinsonShrewsbury TownEnd of season

Management and coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerGraham Taylor (until 13 November), then Mark McGhee (from 13 December onward)
Assistant managerBobby Downes, then Colin Lee (from 13 December onward)
First Team coachMike Hickman
Youth Development OfficerChris Evans
Youth Team coachChris Turner
Club doctorsDr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club PhysioBarry Holmes

Kit

The season saw a new home shirt introduced featuring an embroidered crest and new collar design. The all-white away kit of the previous season was retained. Both were manufactured by Nutmeg Clothing and featured sponsor name of Goodyear.

References

References

  1. (14 November 1995). "Wolves seek successor as Taylor resigns". The Independent.
  2. (12 August 1995). "Midland move to join the moneyed classes". The Independent.
  3. (14 November 1995). "Taylor falls through credibility gap". The Independent.
  4. (14 December 1995). "McGhee the new man at Molineux". The Independent.
  5. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1995-1996: Results". Statto.
  6. "Wolverhampton Wanderers: History 1975 to date". Statto.
  7. Matthews, Tony. (2008). "Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record". Breedon Books.
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