1995–96 Norwich City F.C. season

Martin O'Neill, who had taken Wycombe Wanderers from the Conference to the Second Division with successive promotions, was appointed as Norwich City manager in the summer of 1995.^[1] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman Robert Chase over Chase's refusal to permit O'Neill to spend significant sums on strengthening the squad.^[2] Soon after O'Neill's resignation, Chase stepped down after protests from supporters, who complained that he kept selling the club's best players and was to blame for the relegation.^[3] Indeed, between 1992 and January 1995, Norwich had disposed of a number of key attacking players: Robert Fleck (for £2.1M), Ruel Fox (for £2.25M), Chris Sutton (for £5M), Efan Ekoku (£0.9M) and Mark Robins (£1M).^[4]^[5] Nearly 40 years after being instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, Geoffrey Watling bought Chase's majority shareholding. Gary Megson was appointed Norwich manager on a temporary basis for the second time in eight months. Megson remained in charge until the end of the season before leaving the club.^[6] Just four seasons after finishing third in the Premiership and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, Norwich had finished 16th in Division One.^[7]

Final league table

Main article: 1995-96 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Norwich City's score comes first^[8]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1995	Luton Town	A	3–1	7,848	Newsome (2), Adams
19 August 1995	Sunderland	H	0–0	16,739
26 August 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–3	19,267	Sheron
30 August 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	14,816	Bowen, Johnson
2 September 1995	Port Vale	H	2–1	13,908	Johnson, Fleck
9 September 1995	Sheffield United	A	1–2	11,205	Ward
13 September 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	27,064	Johnson, Ward
16 September 1995	Millwall	H	0–0	15,962
23 September 1995	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	5,901	Akinbiyi, Fleck
30 September 1995	Leicester City	H	0–1	18,435
7 October 1995	Stoke City	A	1–1	12,016	Akinbiyi
14 October 1995	Barnsley	H	3–1	14,002	Newsome, Johnson, Fleck
21 October 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	13,369	Bowen
29 October 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	15,513	Johnson
4 November 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	2–3	13,747	Ward (2)
11 November 1995	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	14,156	Johnson
19 November 1995	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	17,862	Newsome, Fleck
21 November 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–1	13,680	Fleck, Scott, Ward, Adams
26 November 1995	Watford	A	2–0	7,798	Ward, Scott
2 December 1995	Stoke City	H	0–1	15,707
9 December 1995	Grimsby Town	H	2–2	13,283	Ward, Eadie
17 December 1995	Leicester City	A	2–3	14,251	Fleck, Eadie
23 December 1995	Portsmouth	A	0–1	9,934
26 December 1995	Southend United	H	0–1	17,029
30 December 1995	Reading	H	3–3	13,556	Ward, Johnson, Fleck
1 January 1996	Derby County	A	1–2	16,714	Fleck
14 January 1996	Sunderland	A	1–0	14,983	Ward
20 January 1996	Luton Town	H	0–1	12,474
4 February 1996	Birmingham City	H	1–1	12,612	Ward
10 February 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	17,001
17 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–3	14,691	Eadie, Crook
24 February 1996	Millwall	A	1–2	8,218	Milligan
28 February 1996	Sheffield United	H	0–0	10,945
2 March 1996	Southend United	A	1–1	6,208	Bradshaw
9 March 1996	Portsmouth	H	1–1	13,004	Milligan
16 March 1996	Reading	A	3–0	8,501	Sheppard (own goal), Eadie, O'Neill
20 March 1996	Port Vale	A	0–1	6,085
23 March 1996	Derby County	H	1–0	15,349	Goss
30 March 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	13,434
2 April 1996	Barnsley	A	2–2	6,375	Newman, Fleck
6 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	6,618	Eadie
8 April 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	13,021	Fleck, Akinbiyi
14 April 1996	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	20,355	Cureton
20 April 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	14,667	Cureton, Eadie
27 April 1996	Watford	H	1–2	14,188	Crook
5 May 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	20,664	Hopkin (own goal)

FA Cup

Main article: 1995-96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Brentford	H	1–2	10,082	Newsome

League Cup

Main article: 1995-96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Torquay United	H	6–1	7,542	Akinbiyi (2), Crook, Sheron (2), Gore (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	4 October 1995	Torquay United	A	3–2 (won 9-3 on agg)	1,790	Ullathorne, Mills, Eadie
R3	25 October 1995	Bradford City	H	0–0	11,649
R3R	8 November 1995	Bradford City	A	5–3 (a.e.t.)	8,665	Ward (3), Johnson, Fleck
R4	29 November 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	13,820
R4R	20 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0 (won 3-2 on pens)	8,736
QF	10 January 1996	Birmingham City	H	1–1	13,028	Fleck
QFR	24 January 1996	Birmingham City	A	1–2	21,097	Mølby

Squad

^[9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Bryan Gunn
		GK	Andy Marshall
		DF	Mark Bowen
		DF	Carl Bradshaw
		DF	Danny Mills
		DF	Rob Newman
		DF	Jon Newsome
		DF	John Polston
		DF	Spencer Prior
		DF	Daryl Sutch
		DF	Robert Ullathorne
		DF	Jon Wright
		MF	Neil Adams
		MF	Shaun Carey
		MF	Ian Crook
		MF	Darren Eadie

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ali Gibb
		MF	Jeremy Goss
		MF	Andy Johnson
		MF	Mike Milligan
		MF	Jan Mølby
		MF	Keith O'Neill
		MF	Matthew Rush
		MF	Jamie Shore
		MF	Karl Simpson
		FW	Ade Akinbiyi
		FW	Jamie Cureton
		FW	Robert Fleck
		FW	Keith Scott
		FW	Mike Sheron
		FW	Ashley Ward

References

↑ "Profile: Martin O'Neill". BBC Sport. 1 May 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
↑ "Martin O'Neill". BBC Sport. 14 May 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
↑ "Canary Centenary". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
↑ Names listed in date order of transfer from the club.
↑ "Norwich transfers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 March 2012. Select seasons required from dropdown menu.
↑ "Walker reappointed as Megson resigns at Norwich". The Independent. 22 June 1996. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
↑ "Norwich City 1995–1996 : English Division One Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1995-1996/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/players/season/1996

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Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Hull City Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Wigan Athletic

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