1995–96 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1995–96 season
Chairman Jonathan Hayward
Manager Graham Taylor
(until 13 November)
Mark McGhee
(from 13 December)
First Division 20th
FA Cup 4th round
League Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Don Goodman (16)
All: Don Goodman (20)
Highest home attendance 28,088 (vs Birmingham, 17 January 1996)
Lowest home attendance 20,381 (vs Fulham,
20 September 1995)
Average home league attendance 22,658 (league only)

The 1995–96 season was the 97th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

Although the season began with Graham Taylor as manager, he resigned sixteen games into their league campaign under fan pressure due to the team's poor results.[1] Despite being tipped by many to be one of the promotion favourites[2] - following on from having reached the play-offs in the previous season - the side sat in 18th place at the time of Taylor's exit.[3]

After a period under caretaker manager Bobby Downes, Mark McGhee resigned from Leicester City to become Wolves' new manager in December.[4] Despite a slow upturn in results under McGhee that put the team within three points of a play-off place at the start of April, their form again collapsed and they took just four points from the final 24 available.[5]

The club eventually finished the season in 20th place, only confirming their safety from relegation in their final home game. This represented their lowest finish in the football pyramid since returning to the second level in 1989–90.[6]

Results

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1995–96 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

The provisional fixture list was released on 20 June 1995, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Grimsby Town 46 14 14 18 55 69 –14 56
18 Oldham Athletic 46 14 14 18 54 50 +4 56
19 Reading 46 13 17 16 54 63 –11 56
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 16 17 56 62 –6 55
21 Portsmouth 46 13 13 20 61 69 –8 52
22 Millwall 46 13 13 20 43 63 –20 52

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 13 16 17 56 62 −6 55 8 9 6 34 28 +6 5 7 11 22 34 −12

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result D D L W L W L L D D W L D W L D L L L D W L D D D W W D W L W W L D L W W W L L D D L D L D
Position 9 19 21 12 15 12 16 18 18 19 15 18 16 16 18 18 18 19 20 21 20 22 22 20 20 20 18 18 17 18 16 14 15 15 15 14 12 11 12 13 15 15 18 18 18 20

Source: Statto.com

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

A yellow card = Yellow cards

A red card = Red cards

† Permanent player left club during the season

¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos Name P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
GKEngland De Bont, AndyAndy De Bont 0000000000
GKWales Jones, PaulPaul Jones 80002010000
GKEngland Stowell, MikeMike Stowell 380404046000
DFNetherlands de Wolf, JohnJohn de Wolf 14(1)1001015(1)100
DFWales Law, BrianBrian Law 5(2)1101(1)07(3)101
DFNorthern Ireland Masters, NeilNeil Masters 3000003000
DFEngland Pearce, DennisDennis Pearce 3(2)010105(2)000
DFEngland Richards, DeanDean Richards 36(1)1205043(1)100
DFEngland Shirtliff, PeterPeter Shirtliff 2000002000
DFEngland Smith, JamieJamie Smith 10(3)0001011(3)000
DFEngland Thompson, AndyAndy Thompson 456406055600
DFEngland Venus, MarkMark Venus 19(3)0203124(3)100
DFWales Young, EricEric Young 302405039200
MFEngland Atkins, MarkMark Atkins 26(6)3405235(6)500
MFEngland Birch, PaulPaul Birch ¤ 5(2)0002(1)07(3)000
MFAustralia Corica, SteveSteve Corica 170000017000
MFEngland Cowans, GordonGordon Cowans 10(6)0002012(6)000
MFEngland Daley, TonyTony Daley 16(2)30(1)04120(3)400
MFNorthern Ireland Dennison, RobbieRobbie Dennison ¤ 00000(1)00(1)000
MFEngland Emblen, NeilNeil Emblen 30(3)2301(1)134(4)300
MFScotland Ferguson, DarrenDarren Ferguson 26(7)13(1)14133(8)300
MFEngland Flash, RichardRichard Flash 0000000000
MFEngland Froggatt, SteveSteve Froggatt 13(5)1000013(5)100
MFEngland Osborn, SimonSimon Osborn 212400025200
MFEngland Rankine, MarkMark Rankine 27(5)03(1)06036(6)001
MFWales Robinson, CarlCarl Robinson ¤ 0000000000
MFEngland Samways, VinnyVinny Samways 3000003000
MFEngland Thomas, GeoffGeoff Thomas 0(2)000000(2)001
MFEngland Wright, JermaineJermaine Wright 4(3)0001(1)15(4)100
FWEngland Bull, SteveSteve Bull 42(2)15424(1)050(3)1701
FWRepublic of Ireland Crowe, GlenGlen Crowe 1(1)100001(1)100
FWRepublic of Ireland Foley, DominicDominic Foley 1(4)00(1)00(1)01(6)000
FWEngland Goodman, DonDon Goodman 43(1)16416353(1)2000
FWRepublic of Ireland Kelly, DavidDavid Kelly 3(2)000003(2)000
FWSouth Africa Williams, MarkMark Williams 5(7)0102(1)18(8)100

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record[7]

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
30 May 1995England Dean RichardsBradford City£1.85 million
13 September 1995Wales Eric YoungCrystal PalaceFree
20 September 1995South Africa Mark WilliamsRWD Molenbeek£300,000
21 September 1995England Mark AtkinsBlackburn Rovers£1 million
22 September 1995England Richard FlashManchester UnitedFree
22 December 1995England Simon OsbornQueens Park Rangers£1 million
16 February 1996Australia Steve CoricaLeicester City£1.1 million
16 February 1996Australia Željko KalacLeicester City£650,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
23 June 1995Scotland Tom BennettStockport County£75,000
18 July 1995England Paul BladesRotherham United£110,000
25 August 1995England Peter ShirtliffBarnsley£125,000
18 September 1995Republic of Ireland David KellySunderland£1 million
29 December 1995England Gordon CowansSheffield UnitedFree

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
21 December 1995England Vinny SamwaysEverton21 January 1996

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
5 October 1995Northern Ireland Robbie DennisonSwansea CityEnd of season
7 March 1996England Paul BirchPreston North EndEnd of season
28 March 1996Wales Carl RobinsonShrewsbury TownEnd of season

Management and coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Graham Taylor (until 13 November), then Mark McGhee (from 13 December onward)
Assistant Manager Bobby Downes, then Colin Lee (from 13 December onward)
First Team Coach Mike Hickman
Youth Development Officer Chris Evans
Youth Team Coach Chris Turner
Club Doctors Dr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio Barry Holmes

Kit

The season saw a new home shirt introduced featuring an embroidered crest and new collar design. The all-white away kit of the previous season was retained. Both were manufactured by Nutmeg Clothing and featured sponsor name of Goodyear.

References

  1. "Wolves seek successor as Taylor resigns". The Independent. 14 November 1995.
  2. "Midland move to join the moneyed classes". The Independent. 12 August 1995.
  3. "Taylor falls through credibility gap". The Independent. 14 November 1995.
  4. "McGhee the new man at Molineux". The Independent. 14 December 1995.
  5. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1995-1996: Results". Statto.
  6. "Wolverhampton Wanderers: History 1975 to date". Statto.
  7. Matthews, Tony (2008). Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3.
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