1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season

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

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	22	17	7	59	33	83
2.	Derby County	46	21	16	9	71	51	79
3.	Crystal Palace	46	20	15	11	67	48	75
4.	Stoke City	46	20	13	13	60	49	73
5.	Leicester City	46	19	14	13	66	60	71
6.	Charlton Athletic	46	17	20	9	57	45	71
7.	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	79	69	69
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	17	12	17	61	58	63
9.	Sheffield United	46	16	14	16	57	54	62
10.	Barnsley	46	14	18	14	60	66	60
11.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	12	18	60	68	60
12.	Port Vale	46	15	15	16	59	66	60
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	17	15	64	60	59
14.	Southend United	46	15	14	17	52	61	59
15.	Birmingham City	46	15	13	18	61	64	58
16.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	59	55	57
17.	Grimsby Town	46	14	14	18	55	69	56
18.	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	54	50	56
19.	Reading	46	13	17	16	54	63	56
20.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17	56	62	55
21.	Portsmouth	46	13	13	20	61	69	52
22.	Millwall	46	13	13	20	43	63	52
23.	Watford	46	10	18	18	62	70	48
24.	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	40	64	45

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

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.		Position	Player
		GK	Kevin Poole
		GK	Željko Kalac
		DF	Simon Grayson
		DF	Colin Hill
		DF	Neil Lewis
		DF	Richard Smith
		DF	Steve Walsh
		DF	Julian Watts
		DF	Mike Whitlow
		DF	Jimmy Willis
		DF	Brian Carey
		DF	Franck Rolling
		DF	Pontus Kåmark
		DF	Jamie Lawrence
		MF	Mark Blake

No.		Position	Player
		MF	David Lowe
		MF	Sam McMahon
		MF	Garry Parker
		MF	Lee Philpott
		MF	Scott Taylor
		MF	Neil Lennon
		MF	Muzzy Izzet
		MF	Steve Corica
		FW	Steve Claridge
		FW	Phil Gee
		FW	Emile Heskey
		FW	Julian Joachim
		FW	Mark Robins
		FW	Iwan Roberts

References

↑ "McGhee the new man at Molineux". The Independent (London). 14 December 1995. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
↑ "O'Neill set for Leicester". The Independent (London). 21 December 1995. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1995-1996/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1996.htm

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