1996-04-02

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Norwich City	Oakwell	6,420
Redfearn, Payton	Lineups		Fleck, Newman
Birmingham City	2	0	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	14,886
Barnes P, Devlin (p)	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Leicester City	The Valley	11,287
	Lineups		Claridge
Crystal Palace	2	2	Port Vale	Selhurst Park	14,180
Freedman 2	Lineups		McCarthy, Foyle
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Reading	Kirklees Stadium	11,828
Edwards 2, Booth	Lineups		Williams A
Ipswich Town	1	0	Derby County	Portman Road	16,210
Vaughan	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	5,037
Barlow	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	0	Southend United	Bramall Lane	11,319
White, Walker 2	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Millwall	Prenton Park	5,850
Rogers,Aldridge (p)	Lineups		Yuran, Malkin
Watford	3	3	Sunderland	Vicarage Road	11,195
Mooney 2, Ramage	Lineups		Agnew, Ball, Russell
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	15,131
	Lineups		Guentchev, Grant

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sunderland	39	12	5	2	29	10	8	8	4	26	21	24	73	D	W	W	W	W	1996-04-06	Barnsley	A
2	0	Derby County	40	12	7	1	39	18	6	7	7	20	26	15	68	L	W	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	40	8	9	3	32	20	9	6	5	28	24	16	66	D	W	D	W	W	1996-04-06	Leicester City	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	38	8	7	4	26	21	8	7	4	26	20	11	62	L	W	W	D	W	1996-04-05	Luton Town	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	38	11	4	4	40	26	5	7	7	29	29	14	59	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-06	Reading	H
6	2	Huddersfield Town	39	12	4	4	36	21	3	7	9	17	29	3	56	W	L	L	L	D	1996-04-06	Southend United	H
7	2	Leicester City	39	6	7	6	24	26	8	6	6	31	30	-1	55	W	L	W	L	L	1996-04-06	Crystal Palace	A
8	-2	Stoke City	37	9	6	3	25	12	5	6	8	23	29	7	54	L	L	D	L	D	1996-04-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	-2	Southend United	40	10	6	4	26	19	4	6	10	21	33	-5	54	L	W	D	D	D	1996-04-06	Huddersfield Town	A
10	0	Barnsley	39	9	8	2	32	24	4	6	10	21	35	-6	53	D	L	D	W	L	1996-04-06	Sunderland	H
11	1	Port Vale	37	8	4	6	25	22	5	9	5	23	25	1	52	D	W	W	W	W	1996-04-06	Birmingham City	A
12	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	7	5	32	24	5	5	8	20	26	2	51	W	W	W	L	D	1996-04-03	Stoke City	A
13	1	Birmingham City	39	9	7	4	29	20	4	5	10	23	32	0	51	W	L	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Port Vale	H
14	-1	Norwich City	40	6	8	6	21	20	6	5	9	30	28	3	49	D	L	W	L	W	1996-04-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	1	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	7	5	33	25	5	5	9	18	23	3	48	D	L	W	W	L	1996-04-06	Norwich City	H
16	3	Sheffield United	40	8	5	7	26	23	4	7	9	21	28	-4	48	W	W	W	L	D	1996-04-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	-2	Grimsby Town	38	7	9	4	23	21	5	3	10	21	32	-9	48	L	W	W	L	W	1996-04-06	Stoke City	A
18	-1	Millwall	40	6	6	8	19	24	6	6	8	20	31	-16	48	D	L	L	W	L	1996-04-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	-1	Portsmouth	40	8	5	7	33	29	3	7	10	23	34	-7	45	L	L	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Watford	A
20	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	8	5	7	27	26	4	4	11	21	35	-13	45	L	W	D	D	W	1996-04-06	Millwall	H
21	0	Reading	38	7	6	6	25	25	2	10	7	19	27	-8	43	L	W	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	38	8	6	5	30	19	2	6	11	16	26	1	42	W	L	L	L	W	1996-04-06	Derby County	H
23	0	Luton Town	38	6	5	8	25	27	4	5	10	9	23	-16	40	W	L	L	L	L	1996-04-05	Charlton Athletic	A
24	0	Watford	38	4	8	6	24	23	2	8	10	19	35	-15	34	D	L	D	D	D	1996-04-06	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Stockport County	Griffin Park	3,274
Smith	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Bradford City	Twerton Park, Bath	4,008
Beadle	Lineups
Burnley	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Turf Moor	7,941
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Brunton Park	4,698
Conway	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Blackpool	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,002	Largest home game 1995-96
Holland	Lineups
Hull City	2	3	Bristol City	Boothferry Park	2,641
Mann, Gordon	Lineups		Hewlett, Agostino, Seal
Oxford United	0	0	Wrexham	Manor Ground	5,554
	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	0	Notts County	Millmoor	3,215
Hurst, Berry	Lineups
Swansea City	0	0	Peterborough United	Vetch Field	3,805
	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Bescot Stadium	3,252
	Lineups		Carroll (p)
York City	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Bootham Crescent	2,767
Pepper	Lineups		Scott, Stevens

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackpool	40	14	4	2	38	15	8	7	5	23	18	28	77	L	W	D	W	W	1996-04-06	Oxford United	A
2	0	Swindon Town	36	10	7	1	31	12	10	5	3	25	14	30	72	D	W	L	D	D	1996-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	12	3	4	37	17	8	4	8	33	31	22	67	L	W	L	W	L	1996-04-06	Brentford	A
4	0	Notts County	38	11	5	3	31	17	7	7	5	20	15	19	66	L	W	D	W	L	1996-04-06	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Oxford United	39	14	3	2	40	13	4	7	9	17	24	20	64	D	L	W	W	D	1996-04-06	Blackpool	H
6	0	Chesterfield	37	13	4	1	34	14	5	5	9	15	26	9	63	W	L	L	W	D	1996-04-06	Stockport County	H
7	0	Stockport County	40	6	8	6	25	20	10	3	7	29	24	10	59	L	W	W	D	W	1996-04-06	Chesterfield	A
8	1	Bristol Rovers	39	10	3	7	25	26	7	5	7	25	26	-2	59	W	L	W	L	L	1996-04-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-1	Bradford City	39	12	3	4	33	21	5	3	12	23	38	-3	57	L	W	L	W	W	1996-04-06	Burnley	A
10	1	Wycombe Wanderers	39	8	7	4	31	21	6	7	7	23	25	8	56	W	W	W	D	W	1996-04-06	Hull City	A
11	1	Bristol City	40	9	5	6	23	16	5	8	7	24	33	-2	55	W	D	W	D	W	1996-04-06	Walsall	A
12	-2	Wrexham	39	10	6	4	43	25	3	9	7	17	24	11	54	D	L	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Swansea City	A
13	1	AFC Bournemouth	40	10	4	6	28	24	4	4	12	16	37	-17	50	D	W	L	W	D	1996-04-06	Carlisle United	A
14	-1	Walsall	37	7	7	4	26	16	6	3	10	19	20	9	49	L	W	L	W	W	1996-04-06	Bristol City	H
15	0	Peterborough United	39	8	5	7	37	25	4	7	8	16	28	0	48	D	L	D	L	D	1996-04-06	York City	A
16	0	Brentford	40	10	5	5	20	14	2	7	11	16	30	-8	48	W	L	D	D	L	1996-04-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	6	6	7	27	24	6	5	9	23	31	-5	47	W	D	L	D	D	1996-04-06	Rotherham United	A
18	2	Rotherham United	39	10	6	4	27	17	1	6	12	15	36	-11	45	W	D	L	D	L	1996-04-06	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	-1	Burnley	37	7	8	4	29	22	4	3	11	17	35	-11	44	D	L	L	L	D	1996-04-06	Bradford City	H
20	-1	York City	38	6	6	7	23	24	4	6	9	26	37	-12	42	L	W	W	L	D	1996-04-06	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Carlisle United	39	8	6	5	26	17	1	7	12	21	44	-14	40	W	L	W	L	D	1996-04-06	AFC Bournemouth	H
22	0	Swansea City	40	6	8	6	22	24	2	6	12	14	43	-31	38	D	L	D	L	W	1996-04-06	Wrexham	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	4	7	9	22	28	4	3	11	16	28	-18	34	D	L	W	L	L	1996-04-03	Swindon Town	A
24	0	Hull City	39	3	8	9	19	30	1	7	11	9	30	-32	27	L	D	D	W	L	1996-04-06	Wycombe Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	0	Cardiff City	Underhill Stadium	2,107
Devine	Lineups
Bury	3	0	Fulham	Gigg Lane	3,371
Sertori, Johnrose, West	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	1	Northampton Town	Abbey Stadium	3,631
	Lineups		White
Chester City	1	1	Leyton Orient	Deva Stadium	2,097
Rimmer	Lineups		West
Colchester United	1	0	Rochdale	Layer Road	3,021
Reinelt	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Darlington	Priestfield Stadium	6,419
	Lineups
Hereford United	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgar Street	2,060
White	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	1	Scarborough	Sincil Bank	3,708
Bos 2, Ainsworth	Lineups		Robertson OG
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Mansfield Town	Home Park	6,375
Corazzin (p)	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Torquay United	Deepdale	11,965
Wilkinson	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park	2,100
Ford, Bradley	Lineups		Halliday
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Exeter City	Springfield Park	2,744
Leonard	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	Preston North End	39	9	8	3	41	19	10	8	1	29	14	37	73	W	W	D	W	D	1996-04-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Gillingham	39	13	6	1	29	6	5	8	6	13	12	24	68	D	L	D	W	D	1996-04-06	Hartlepool United	H
3	0	Bury	39	9	6	5	29	19	9	6	4	28	21	17	66	W	W	D	W	W	1996-04-06	Mansfield Town	H
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	5	3	33	18	5	7	7	23	26	12	63	W	L	D	W	W	1996-04-06	Darlington	H
5	-1	Darlington	39	8	5	7	23	20	8	10	1	24	17	10	63	D	W	W	D	L	1996-04-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	0	Wigan Athletic	40	14	2	4	33	18	4	7	9	23	31	7	63	W	L	W	D	W	1996-04-06	Leyton Orient	H
7	0	Chester City	39	8	9	2	36	19	7	6	7	25	25	17	60	D	W	D	L	D	1996-04-06	Scarborough	H
8	0	Colchester United	39	11	5	3	32	19	4	10	6	19	24	8	60	W	L	W	W	D	1996-04-06	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Barnet	40	10	6	4	30	18	4	9	7	18	22	8	57	W	L	W	W	W	1996-04-06	Northampton Town	H
10	0	Northampton Town	39	8	8	4	28	19	7	3	9	14	18	5	56	W	L	W	D	L	1996-04-06	Barnet	A
11	2	Hereford United	37	8	5	4	27	18	5	9	6	19	21	7	53	W	D	W	L	L	1996-04-06	Fulham	H
12	-1	Exeter City	40	9	7	4	22	17	3	9	8	20	28	-3	52	L	W	L	D	D	1996-04-06	Lincoln City	A
13	-1	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	6	5	22	17	5	3	11	20	35	-10	51	L	L	D	L	W	1996-04-06	Preston North End	A
14	0	Rochdale	39	7	7	6	31	27	6	4	9	20	21	3	50	L	W	L	W	D	1996-04-06	Cambridge United	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	38	7	5	6	28	22	6	5	9	26	29	3	49	W	W	W	W	L	1996-04-06	Torquay United	H
16	0	Hartlepool United	39	7	9	4	26	20	4	4	11	15	29	-8	46	L	W	L	D	W	1996-04-06	Gillingham	A
17	0	Fulham	40	8	8	4	36	26	2	7	11	16	31	-5	45	L	W	W	L	L	1996-04-06	Hereford United	A
18	0	Mansfield Town	38	5	8	5	19	23	4	10	6	25	31	-10	45	L	W	D	W	L	1996-04-06	Bury	A
19	0	Leyton Orient	40	11	2	7	26	17	1	7	12	13	35	-13	45	D	L	L	D	W	1996-04-06	Wigan Athletic	A
20	0	Lincoln City	40	6	7	7	25	24	5	5	10	23	42	-18	45	W	L	L	W	L	1996-04-06	Exeter City	H
21	0	Cambridge United	39	5	7	7	26	26	5	3	12	24	39	-15	40	L	D	D	L	L	1996-04-06	Rochdale	H
22	0	Cardiff City	40	7	5	8	20	18	3	5	12	16	37	-19	40	L	D	L	L	L	1996-04-06	Colchester United	A
23	0	Scarborough	40	4	11	5	19	22	3	5	12	16	30	-17	37	L	L	L	L	D	1996-04-06	Chester City	A
24	0	Torquay United	39	4	8	8	16	30	1	5	13	13	39	-40	28	L	D	L	L	L	1996-04-06	Scunthorpe United	A