1995–96 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough

1995–96 season

Chairman

Steve Gibson

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Barmby (7)
All: Barmby (9)

Highest home attendance

30,011 vs Newcastle United
(10 Feb 1996, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

13,280 vs Rotherham United
(20 Sep 1995, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

29,283

Home colours

Away colours

← 1994–95

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During the 1995–96 English football season, Middlesbrough F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Middlesbrough returned to the top flight of English football, and recorded a solid mid-table finish under player-manager Bryan Robson. It was also Boro's first season at new home Riverside Stadium, following the decision to move out from Ayresome Park, once the Taylor report banned standing on British football stadia.

New to the Boro side for the season were record signing Nick Barmby, goalkeeper Gary Walsh (who succeeded Alan Miller as the club's regular goalkeeper) and young defender Phil Whelan. Soon after the beginning of the season, Boro paid nearly £5million for 22-year-old Brazilian forward Juninho.

Boro had peaked at fourth in the Premier League in late October after losing just one of their opening 10 games, but the next four months brought just three wins and included an eight-match losing run which posed the threat of relegation to a side who had previously been challenging for a UEFA Cup place. Boro eventually secured survival by a margin of five points.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	25	7	6	73	35	+38	82	1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	+29	78	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	+36	71	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	+17	63	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	+17	63	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	+20	61
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	61
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	+12	61
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	−4	58
10	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	−9	51
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
16	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	−18	38
17	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	−18	38
18	Manchester City (R)	38	9	11	18	33	58	−25	38	Relegation to 1996–97 Football League First Division
19	Queens Park Rangers (R)	38	9	6	23	38	57	−19	33
20	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	8	5	25	39	71	−32	29

Updated to games played on 5 May 1996.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Middlesbrough's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1995	Arsenal	A	1-1	37,308	Barmby
26 August 1995	Chelsea	H	2-0	28,286	Hignett, Fjørtoft
30 August 1995	Newcastle United	A	0-1	36,500
9 September 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	18,376	Hignett
12 September 1995	Southampton	H	0-0	29,181
16 September 1995	Coventry City	H	2-1	27,882	Vickers, Fjørtoft
23 September 1995	Manchester City	A	1-0	25,865	Barmby
30 September 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	29,462	Barmby, Hignett
15 October 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	21,177	Hignett (pen)
21 October 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	29,293	Hignett (pen)
28 October 1995	Manchester United	A	0-2	36,580
4 November 1995	Leeds United	H	1-1	29,467	Fjørtoft
18 November 1995	Wimbledon	A	0-0	13,780
21 November 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	29,487
25 November 1995	Liverpool	H	2-1	29,390	Cox, Barmby
2 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	17,546	Morris
9 December 1995	Manchester City	H	4-1	29,469	Barmby (2), Stamp, Juninho
16 December 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	27,996
23 December 1995	West Ham United	H	4-2	28,640	Fjørtoft, Cox, Morris, Hendrie
26 December 1995	Everton	A	0-4	40,091
30 December 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	27,027
1 January 1996	Aston Villa	H	0-2	28,535
13 January 1996	Arsenal	H	2-3	29,359	Juninho, Stamp
20 January 1996	Southampton	A	1-2	15,151	Barmby
4 February 1996	Chelsea	A	0-5	21,060
10 February 1996	Newcastle United	H	1-2	30,011	Beresford (own goal)
17 February 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-4	29,354	Pollock
24 February 1996	Coventry City	A	0-0	18,810
2 March 1996	Everton	H	0-2	29,807
9 March 1996	West Ham United	A	0-2	23,850
16 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	29,392	Mustoe
19 March 1996	Aston Villa	A	0-0	23,933
30 March 1996	Leeds United	A	1-0	31,778	Kavanagh (pen)
5 April 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-1	29,751	Fjørtoft (2), Freestone
8 April 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	32,036	Whelan
13 April 1996	Wimbledon	H	1-2	29,192	Fleming
27 April 1996	Liverpool	A	0-1	40,782
5 May 1996	Manchester United	H	0-3	29,921

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Notts County	A	2-1	12,621	Pollock, Barmby
R4	7 February 1996	Wimbledon	H	0-0	28,915
R4R	13 February 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	5,520

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Rotherham United	H	2-1	13,280	Mustoe, Fjørtoft
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Rotherham United	A	1-0 (won 3-1 on agg)	6,867	Vickers
R3	25 October 1995	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	11,873	Hignett, Barmby
R3R	8 November 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	16,150	Hignett, Fjørtoft
R4	29 November 1995	Birmingham City	H	0-0	28,031
R4R	20 December 1995	Birmingham City	A	0-2	19,878

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alan Miller
2	DF	Neil Cox
3	DF	Chris Morris
4	DF	Steve Vickers
5	DF	Nigel Pearson
6	DF	Derek Whyte
7	MF	Nick Barmby
8	MF	Jamie Pollock
9	FW	Jan Åge Fjørtoft
10	FW	John Hendrie
11	MF	Robbie Mustoe
12	MF	Alan Moore
13	GK	Gary Walsh
14	DF	Curtis Fleming
15	DF	Phil Whelan
16	MF	Bryan Robson (player-manager)
17	DF	Clayton Blackmore

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Graham Kavanagh
19	FW	Jaime Moreno
20	MF	Phil Stamp
21	MF	Craig Hignett
22	DF	Craig Liddle
23	GK	Ben Roberts
24	FW	Chris Freestone
25	MF	Juninho
26	MF	Keith O'Halloran
27	DF	Michael Barron
28	DF	Viv Anderson
29	FW	Paul Wilkinson
30	DF	Branco
31	DF	Alan White
32	FW	Andy Campbell
33	MF	Mark Summerbell

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Micky Cummins

References

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FA competitions

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