1996-03-12

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

Football League Trophy Final North 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Carlisle United	0	2	Rotherham United	D 2	Brunton Park	6,692	agg 0-4
Football League Trophy Final South 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Bristol Rovers	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	D 2	Twerton Park, Bath	7,050	agg 1-2

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	1	1	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	17,078
Gullit	Lineups		Clough

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Newcastle United	28	13	0	1	30	7	6	4	4	22	19	26	61	L	D	L	W	W	1996-03-18	West Ham United	H
2	0	Manchester United	29	10	4	0	27	9	8	2	5	29	20	27	60	W	W	W	W	W	1996-03-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Liverpool	28	10	3	1	35	8	6	4	4	21	16	32	55	W	W	W	D	W	1996-03-13	Wimbledon	H
4	0	Aston Villa	30	10	3	2	28	13	6	4	5	18	15	18	55	W	W	L	W	D	1996-03-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	Arsenal	29	7	5	2	24	14	6	4	5	15	13	12	48	W	D	W	W	D	1996-03-16	Wimbledon	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	3	4	19	13	5	6	2	16	12	10	48	W	W	L	D	L	1996-03-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Everton	30	8	4	3	28	14	5	4	6	18	18	14	47	D	W	W	L	W	1996-03-17	Leeds United	A
8	0	Chelsea	30	6	6	3	22	15	5	5	5	14	17	4	44	D	D	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Liverpool	A
9	0	Nottingham Forest	28	8	4	1	21	10	3	6	6	17	29	-1	43	W	L	L	L	W	1996-03-16	Middlesbrough	A
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	1	2	37	12	1	5	9	6	22	9	42	D	L	L	L	W	1996-03-13	Leeds United	H
11	0	West Ham United	30	7	3	5	18	17	5	3	7	17	22	-4	42	W	D	L	W	W	1996-03-18	Newcastle United	A
12	0	Leeds United	27	7	2	4	16	11	4	3	7	17	28	-6	38	W	L	L	L	L	1996-03-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	0	Middlesbrough	30	7	2	6	22	20	2	5	8	6	21	-13	34	L	L	D	L	L	1996-03-16	Nottingham Forest	H
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	5	4	6	25	26	2	4	8	14	23	-10	29	L	L	L	L	W	1996-03-16	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Coventry City	29	4	6	5	19	21	1	6	7	18	32	-16	27	D	D	D	W	D	1996-03-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	Manchester City	30	5	6	4	14	13	1	3	11	8	31	-22	27	D	L	D	D	L	1996-03-16	Southampton	H
17	-1	Wimbledon	28	3	6	6	23	28	3	2	8	17	28	-16	26	D	D	L	L	W	1996-03-13	Liverpool	A
18	0	Southampton	27	4	6	4	16	16	1	4	8	11	24	-13	25	L	L	D	D	W	1996-03-16	Manchester City	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	3	4	8	15	24	3	0	12	11	24	-22	22	L	L	D	W	L	1996-03-16	Manchester United	H
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	29	3	3	8	9	24	2	1	12	20	34	-29	19	W	L	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Coventry City	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's	15,296
Devlin, Barnes P	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Selhurst Park	14,552
Ndah, Hopkin	Lineups		Branch
Grimsby Town	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blundell Park	5,565
Shakespeare, Groves, Forrester	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Sunderland	Boundary Park	7,149
Richardson	Lineups		Gray M, Ball
Port Vale	1	0	Stoke City	Vale Park	16,737	Largest home game 1995-96
Bogie	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	4	4	Watford	The Hawthorns	11,764
Taylor 3, Sneekes	Lineups		Ramage 2, Foster 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Derby County	36	11	6	1	35	16	6	7	5	20	24	15	64	L	D	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Watford	H
2	0	Sunderland	35	10	5	2	25	8	7	7	4	21	18	20	63	W	W	W	W	W	1996-03-17	Birmingham City	A
3	0	Charlton Athletic	34	7	7	3	24	19	7	6	4	24	19	10	55	W	L	L	D	D	1996-03-16	Southend United	A
4	2	Crystal Palace	35	7	7	3	28	18	7	6	5	22	23	9	55	W	W	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Grimsby Town	A
5	-1	Stoke City	34	9	5	3	24	11	5	6	6	21	24	10	53	L	D	W	W	D	1996-03-16	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-1	Huddersfield Town	34	11	4	3	32	17	3	6	7	14	22	7	52	L	W	L	W	D	1996-03-16	Stoke City	A
7	0	Leicester City	34	5	7	4	22	21	7	6	5	29	27	3	49	W	L	D	D	W	1996-03-13	Ipswich Town	H
8	0	Southend United	35	9	5	4	23	18	4	4	9	17	26	-4	48	L	W	D	L	L	1996-03-16	Charlton Athletic	H
9	0	Barnsley	34	8	6	2	26	21	4	6	8	20	30	-5	48	D	L	W	L	D	1996-03-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	0	Ipswich Town	32	9	4	3	36	23	3	7	6	24	26	11	47	D	W	W	L	L	1996-03-13	Leicester City	A
11	1	Birmingham City	34	8	6	3	26	17	4	5	8	20	27	2	47	W	D	W	L	L	1996-03-17	Sunderland	H
12	-1	Portsmouth	35	8	5	4	32	23	3	6	9	23	32	0	44	D	W	L	D	W	1996-03-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	0	Millwall	36	5	6	7	17	20	6	5	7	17	27	-13	44	L	L	L	W	L	1996-03-16	Sheffield United	H
14	0	Norwich City	35	5	8	5	20	19	5	4	8	25	25	1	42	D	D	D	L	L	1996-03-16	Reading	A
15	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	6	7	5	26	22	4	5	8	18	26	-4	42	L	D	L	W	W	1996-03-16	Portsmouth	A
16	3	Grimsby Town	34	6	9	3	21	18	4	3	9	18	30	-9	42	W	L	L	L	D	1996-03-16	Crystal Palace	H
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	34	6	6	5	29	22	4	5	8	16	20	3	41	L	D	W	D	L	1996-03-16	Ipswich Town	A
18	-1	Reading	33	6	5	5	20	19	2	10	5	17	22	-4	39	D	D	W	D	D	1996-03-16	Norwich City	H
19	3	Port Vale	32	5	4	6	19	21	4	8	5	19	22	-5	39	W	W	D	D	D	1996-03-20	Norwich City	H
20	-2	Sheffield United	36	6	5	7	22	23	3	7	8	19	27	-9	39	D	W	D	W	L	1996-03-16	Millwall	A
21	2	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	5	6	25	23	3	2	11	17	33	-14	37	D	L	D	W	W	1996-03-16	Barnsley	H
22	-2	Luton Town	34	6	5	7	24	25	3	5	8	7	20	-14	37	L	D	L	L	D	1996-03-19	Crystal Palace	A
23	-2	Oldham Athletic	33	6	6	5	26	18	2	6	8	15	21	2	36	L	L	L	L	D	1996-03-16	Leicester City	H
24	0	Watford	34	4	6	6	20	19	2	7	9	18	31	-12	31	D	W	D	D	L	1996-03-16	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	3	1	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	8,941
Mellon, Bonner, Ellis	Lineups		Nogan
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Oxford United	Goldstone Ground	3,953
Maskell	Lineups		Murphy 2
Hull City	0	0	Chesterfield	Boothferry Park	2,832
	Lineups
Notts County	2	2	York City	Meadow Lane	3,462
Jones, Battersby	Lineups		Pepper, Barras
Swansea City	2	1	Brentford	Vetch Field	3,538
Chapple, Molby (p)	Lineups		Forster
Walsall	3	2	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot Stadium	3,171
Wilson, Marsh, Lightbourne	Lineups		Blissett, Whalley
Wrexham	5	0	AFC Bournemouth	Racecourse Ground	2,003
Ward, Jones L 2, Connolly, Russell	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Swindon Town	32	9	7	1	29	12	10	3	2	25	11	31	67	D	W	W	W	D	1996-03-16	Burnley	A
2	0	Blackpool	35	12	4	2	34	14	7	6	4	21	17	24	67	W	W	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Swansea City	A
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	10	3	3	30	14	8	4	6	32	27	21	61	L	L	D	W	W	1996-03-16	Peterborough United	A
4	0	Notts County	32	10	4	3	27	15	6	6	3	17	11	18	58	D	L	W	W	W	1996-03-16	Oxford United	H
5	1	Oxford United	34	12	2	2	32	13	4	6	8	14	19	14	56	W	W	W	W	W	1996-03-16	Notts County	A
6	-1	Chesterfield	31	11	3	1	30	12	5	5	6	15	19	14	56	D	W	L	W	W	1996-03-16	Walsall	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	34	8	3	6	21	22	7	5	5	23	22	0	53	W	W	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Bristol City	H
8	0	Wrexham	34	10	6	2	39	19	3	7	6	15	20	15	52	W	L	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Stockport County	H
9	0	Stockport County	35	4	7	6	18	17	9	3	6	26	21	6	49	L	W	D	L	W	1996-03-16	Wrexham	A
10	0	Bradford City	33	9	3	4	25	20	4	3	10	19	31	-7	45	L	D	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Rotherham United	H
11	0	Bristol City	35	8	4	6	20	15	3	7	7	17	29	-7	44	L	L	W	W	L	1996-03-16	Bristol Rovers	A
12	6	Walsall	33	6	7	3	23	15	5	3	9	16	17	7	43	W	D	L	W	L	1996-03-16	Chesterfield	H
13	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	34	5	7	4	20	17	5	6	7	22	25	0	43	D	L	L	L	W	1996-03-16	Brentford	H
14	-1	Brentford	35	9	3	5	18	13	2	7	9	15	27	-7	43	L	W	W	D	D	1996-03-16	Wycombe Wanderers	A
15	-1	Peterborough United	33	7	4	6	32	21	4	5	7	15	25	1	42	W	L	L	W	L	1996-03-16	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-1	Burnley	32	7	6	4	29	22	4	3	8	15	23	-1	42	L	W	L	L	D	1996-03-16	Swindon Town	H
17	-1	AFC Bournemouth	35	9	3	6	24	21	3	3	11	13	33	-17	42	L	D	L	L	L	1996-03-16	York City	H
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	34	6	4	6	24	20	5	4	9	20	29	-5	41	D	L	L	D	L	1996-03-16	Carlisle United	A
19	0	Rotherham United	34	9	5	4	25	17	1	5	10	14	31	-9	40	D	L	D	L	W	1996-03-16	Bradford City	A
20	1	Swansea City	36	6	7	5	22	22	2	5	11	13	38	-25	36	W	D	W	W	D	1996-03-16	Blackpool	H
21	-1	York City	33	5	6	5	18	18	3	5	9	21	33	-12	35	D	D	D	D	L	1996-03-16	AFC Bournemouth	A
22	0	Carlisle United	33	6	5	5	22	16	1	6	10	18	37	-13	32	D	L	L	W	L	1996-03-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	3	6	9	17	27	4	3	10	15	25	-20	30	L	L	W	D	L	1996-03-16	Hull City	H
24	0	Hull City	34	2	7	8	16	27	1	6	10	8	25	-28	22	D	D	L	L	L	1996-03-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Exeter City	2	0	Cardiff City	St James Park	2,609
Pears, Cooper (p)	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	0	Fulham	Victoria Park	1,198
Conlon	Lineups
Rochdale	0	3	Preston North End	Spotland	4,597	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups		Birch, Wilkinson, Moyes
Torquay United	0	0	Gillingham	Plainmoor	2,406
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Gillingham	35	13	4	1	28	5	4	8	5	12	10	25	63	D	D	L	D	L	1996-03-16	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Preston North End	34	8	6	3	39	18	8	8	1	26	13	34	62	W	D	L	D	W	1996-03-16	Darlington	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	5	3	31	18	5	6	6	22	21	14	56	W	W	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Darlington	35	6	5	7	19	18	8	8	1	23	16	8	55	L	D	W	W	D	1996-03-16	Preston North End	A
5	0	Chester City	33	8	5	2	32	15	6	6	6	23	23	17	53	D	W	D	D	L	1996-03-16	Exeter City	H
6	0	Wigan Athletic	35	12	2	4	29	17	3	6	8	21	30	3	53	W	L	W	L	W	1996-03-16	Cardiff City	H
7	0	Bury	33	7	5	5	23	18	7	5	4	24	20	9	52	L	W	W	W	L	1996-03-16	Rochdale	H
8	0	Colchester United	34	8	5	3	26	17	4	9	5	18	22	5	50	W	W	D	D	L	1996-03-16	Scarborough	A
9	0	Northampton Town	34	7	7	3	26	17	6	3	8	13	17	5	49	W	L	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	3	Exeter City	35	8	6	4	20	16	3	8	6	18	21	1	47	W	W	W	L	L	1996-03-16	Chester City	A
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	5	4	19	15	5	3	9	20	30	-6	47	L	L	L	D	W	1996-03-16	Scunthorpe United	H
12	-1	Hereford United	32	6	5	4	25	18	5	8	4	18	17	8	46	W	W	W	D	D	1996-03-19	Bury	A
13	-1	Barnet	35	7	6	4	24	18	3	9	6	16	20	2	45	D	L	W	D	W	1996-03-16	Torquay United	H
14	0	Rochdale	34	5	7	5	26	25	6	3	8	19	19	1	43	L	W	W	D	L	1996-03-16	Bury	A
15	1	Hartlepool United	35	6	9	3	23	17	4	3	10	14	27	-7	42	W	D	L	W	L	1996-03-19	Northampton Town	A
16	-1	Fulham	35	6	8	3	30	23	2	7	9	15	25	-3	39	L	W	D	L	W	1996-03-16	Cambridge United	H
17	0	Cardiff City	36	7	4	7	19	16	3	5	10	15	33	-15	39	L	L	W	L	D	1996-03-16	Wigan Athletic	A
18	0	Lincoln City	34	4	7	6	17	21	5	5	7	21	36	-19	39	L	W	W	D	D	1996-03-16	Leyton Orient	A
19	0	Mansfield Town	33	4	8	4	18	22	3	9	5	23	30	-11	38	D	W	D	D	D	1996-03-16	Gillingham	H
20	0	Scunthorpe United	33	4	5	6	19	20	5	5	8	24	26	-3	37	L	L	L	D	L	1996-03-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	34	9	2	6	23	15	1	5	11	10	31	-13	37	L	L	L	L	W	1996-03-16	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Scarborough	35	4	10	4	18	20	3	5	9	15	25	-12	36	L	L	D	D	L	1996-03-16	Colchester United	H
23	0	Cambridge United	33	5	7	5	26	23	4	1	11	19	35	-13	35	L	L	L	L	L	1996-03-16	Fulham	A
24	0	Torquay United	34	4	7	8	15	29	1	5	9	12	28	-30	27	D	W	L	D	L	1996-03-16	Barnet	A