1995–96 season of Leeds United
Leeds United 1995–96 football season
The 1995–96 season saw Leeds United competing in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup .
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
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
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
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
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
First-team squad
[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Transfers
Transfers in
† Club record transfer fee at the time.
Transfers out
Total spending: £2,650,000
Notes
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , Senior )
Spartan League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions
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