1995–96 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United

1995–96 season
Chairman	Chris Turner
Manager	John Still (until October) Mick Halsall (from October)
Stadium	London Road Stadium
Football League Second Division	19th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Coca-Cola Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Southern Section Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Martindale (15) All: Martindale (18)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Peterborough United F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

A poor start to the season that saw Peterborough win 3 out of the first 13 games forced manager John Still to leave the club in October 1995 to be replaced by Mick Halsall. They show signs of improvement between mid-February and mid-March which saw them win 5 out of the last 8 games climbing them to mid-table but as it seemed Peterborough were going to make a late charge for a play-off place, poor form returned, winning just 1 out of final 12 games picking up just 7 points during that run which saw them slump to a disappointing 19th place just 3 points clear of the relegation zone.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Swindon Town	46	25	17	4	71	34	92
2.	Oxford United	46	24	11	11	76	39	83
3.	Blackpool	46	23	13	10	67	40	82
4.	Notts County	46	21	15	10	63	39	78
5.	Crewe Alexandra	46	22	7	17	77	60	73
6.	Bradford City	46	22	7	17	71	69	73
7.	Chesterfield	46	20	12	14	56	51	72
8.	Wrexham	46	18	16	12	76	55	70
9.	Stockport County	46	19	13	14	61	47	70
10.	Bristol Rovers	46	20	10	16	57	60	70
11.	Walsall	46	19	12	15	60	45	69
12.	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	15	16	63	59	60
13.	Bristol City	46	15	15	16	55	60	60
14.	Bournemouth	46	16	10	20	51	70	58
15.	Brentford	46	15	13	18	43	49	58
16.	Rotherham United	46	14	14	18	54	62	56
17.	Burnley	46	14	13	19	56	68	55
18.	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	14	19	58	70	53
19.	Peterborough United	46	13	13	20	59	66	52
20.	York City	46	13	13	20	58	73	52
21.	Carlisle United	46	12	13	21	57	72	49
22.	Swansea City	46	11	14	21	43	79	47
23.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	10	26	46	69	40
24.	Hull City	46	5	16	25	36	78	31

Key
Promoted to Division One
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Three

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

Results

Peterborough United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–1	5,394	Clark, Farrell, Martindale
19 August 1995	Bournemouth	A	0–3	4,175
26 August 1995	Notts County	H	0–1	5,618
29 August 1995	Blackpool	A	1–2	3,902	Heald
2 September 1995	Bristol City	H	1–1	4,621	Farrell
9 September 1995	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	5,637	Farrell
12 September 1995	Carlisle United	A	1–1	6,027	Martindale
16 September 1995	Wrexham	H	1–0	3,817	Martindale
23 September 1995	Bradford City	H	3–1	4,509	Heald, Manuel, Martindale
30 September 1995	Rotherham United	A	1–5	2,863	Power
7 October 1995	Walsall	A	1–1	3,768	Power
14 October 1995	Swansea City	H	1–1	3,384	Carter
21 October 1995	Brentford	A	0–3	4,865
28 October 1995	York City	H	6–1	4,605	Martindale (2), Morrison (2), Power, Shaw
31 October 1995	Burnley	H	0–2	4,737
4 November 1995	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	4,241	Shaw
18 November 1995	Oxford United	H	1–1	4,720	Shaw
25 November 1995	Hull City	A	3–2	3,620	Martindale (3)
9 December 1995	Bradford City	A	1–2	4,605	Farrell
16 December 1995	Rotherham United	H	1–0	3,847	Spearing
19 December 1995	Stockport County	H	0–1	3,267
26 December 1995	Chesterfield	A	1–1	6,017	Heald
13 January 1996	Bournemouth	H	4–5	4,596	Farrell (2), Martindale (2)
20 January 1996	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	5,572	Shaw (2)
3 February 1996	Notts County	A	0–1	5,067
10 February 1996	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–2	4,985	Martindale, Basham
17 February 1996	Carlisle United	H	6–1	4,032	Charlery (2), Ebdon, Farrell (2), Martindale (pen)
20 February 1996	Bristol City	A	1–0	5,014	Charlery
24 February 1996	Wrexham	A	0–1	4,011
27 February 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–0	3,670	Martindale (2), Foran
2 March 1996	Chesterfield	H	0–1	6,105
5 March 1996	Swindon Town	H	0–2	4,196
9 March 1996	Stockport County	A	1–0	5,915	Power (pen)
16 March 1996	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	5,004	Charlery (2), Power
19 March 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	2,291	Ansah
23 March 1996	Swindon Town	A	0–2	9,066
26 March 1996	Blackpool	H	0–0	4,425
30 March 1996	Walsall	H	2–3	4,954	Griffiths, Charlery
2 April 1996	Swansea City	A	0–0	3,805
6 April 1996	York City	A	1–3	3,261	Ebdon (pen)
8 April 1996	Brentford	H	0–1	4,343
13 April 1996	Burnley	A	1–2	8,393	Heald
20 April 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	4,884
27 April 1996	Hull City	H	3–1	6,649	Power, Farrell, Charlery
30 April 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	3,206	Grazioli
5 May 1996	Oxford United	A	0–4	7,535

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	11 November 1995	Exeter City	A	1–0	3,783	Le Bihan
R2	2 December 1995	Bognor Regis Town	H	4–0	5,004	Farrell (3), Ebdon
R3	6 January 1996	Wrexham	H	1–0	5,983	Le Bihan
R4	6 February 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	11,629

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	15 August 1995	Swansea City	A	1–4	1,862	Manuel
R1 Second Leg	22 August 1995	Swansea City	H	3–0	1,871	Manuel (2), Le Bihan
R2 First Leg	20 September 1995	Aston Villa	A	0–6	19,602
R2 Second Leg	3 October 1995	Aston Villa	H	1–1	5,745	Martindale

Football League Trophy

Southern Section

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 Group 3	26 September 1995	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	1,682	Clark, Power, McGleish
R1 Group 3	16 October 1995	Northampton Town	H	0–0	3,045
R2	28 November 1995	Swansea City	H	1–0	1,952	Farrell
QF	9 January 1996	Colchester United	H	3–2	2,460	Martindale (2), McGleish
SF	13 February 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1	3,761

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Jon Sheffield DF Simon Clark DF Gary Breen DF Greg Heald MF Marcus Ebdon FW Lee Power DF Kevin Ashley MF Lee Williams DF Danny Carter FW Gary Martindale MF Neil Le Bihan DF Mike Basham MF Billy Manuel FW Carl Griffiths GK Mark Tyler MF Mike Gregory FW Giuliano Grazioli MF Dave Morrison

No. Position Player DF Dean Hooper (on loan from Swindon Town) MF Ken Charlery FW Sean Farrell MF Robert Codner MF Paul Shaw (on loan from Arsenal) DF Tony Dobson FW Andy Furnell DF Tony Spearing DF Gregor Rioch MF Andy Ansah DF Mark Foran FW Scott McGleish DF Mark Blount MF Steve Robinson (on loan from Birmingham City) FW Steve Williams DF Adam Drury MF Ben Sedgemore DF Tom Meredith