1996-04-13

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	4	1	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	22,131
Hughes 3 (1p), Spencer	Lineups		McAllister
Coventry City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Highfield Road	22,906
Jess	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Maine Road	30,898
Rosler	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	2	Wimbledon	Riverside Stadium	29,176
Fleming	Lineups		Earle, Ekoku
Nottingham Forest	1	5	Blackburn Rovers	City Ground	25,273
Woan	Lineups		Shearer, McKinlay, Wilcox 2, Fenton
Southampton	3	1	Manchester United	The Dell	15,262	Largest home game 1995-96
Monkou, Shipperley, Le Tissier	Lineups		Giggs
West Ham United	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Upton Park	23,086
Cottee	Lineups

				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	Manchester United	35	13	4	0	30	9	9	3	6	34	26	29	73	L	W	W	W	W	1996-04-17	Leeds United	H
2	0	Newcastle United	33	15	0	1	35	8	6	4	7	26	27	26	67	L	W	L	L	W	1996-04-14	Aston Villa	H
3	0	Liverpool	34	13	4	1	45	13	6	4	6	21	18	35	65	W	L	W	L	W	1996-04-16	Everton	A
4	0	Aston Villa	34	11	4	2	31	13	7	4	6	20	18	20	62	W	W	D	L	W	1996-04-14	Newcastle United	A
5	0	Arsenal	34	9	5	2	28	15	7	4	7	18	15	16	57	L	W	W	L	W	1996-04-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	9	4	5	25	18	6	6	4	20	17	10	55	D	L	W	L	W	1996-04-15	Arsenal	A
7	0	Everton	35	9	4	4	33	18	6	5	7	24	23	16	54	L	W	W	L	D	1996-04-16	Liverpool	H
8	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	13	1	3	40	16	3	5	10	14	26	12	54	W	W	L	L	W	1996-04-17	Wimbledon	H
9	-1	Nottingham Forest	34	10	4	2	25	16	4	7	7	21	32	-2	53	L	W	W	L	W	1996-04-17	Coventry City	H
10	0	West Ham United	35	9	4	5	24	20	5	3	9	17	27	-6	49	W	L	D	W	L	1996-04-17	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Chelsea	35	7	7	4	28	19	5	5	7	15	21	3	48	W	L	L	D	L	1996-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	0	Middlesbrough	36	8	3	7	27	24	3	7	8	8	22	-11	43	L	D	W	W	D	1996-04-27	Liverpool	A
13	0	Leeds United	34	8	3	6	20	17	4	3	10	19	35	-13	42	L	L	L	W	L	1996-04-17	Manchester United	A
14	1	Wimbledon	35	5	6	7	27	31	5	4	8	26	34	-12	40	W	W	D	W	W	1996-04-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	7	4	6	28	26	3	4	11	17	29	-10	38	L	W	L	L	W	1996-04-17	Chelsea	H
16	0	Southampton	35	7	6	5	21	18	1	4	12	12	33	-18	34	W	L	W	L	L	1996-04-17	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Manchester City	36	7	6	5	19	17	1	4	13	11	39	-26	34	W	L	L	D	L	1996-04-27	Aston Villa	A
18	1	Coventry City	35	6	6	6	21	23	1	6	10	19	37	-20	33	W	L	W	L	L	1996-04-17	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-1	Queens Park Rangers	36	5	5	8	22	26	3	1	14	13	28	-19	30	L	W	L	W	D	1996-04-27	West Ham United	H
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	36	5	4	9	16	30	3	1	14	22	38	-30	29	L	W	L	D	W	1996-04-27	Southampton	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Reading	Oakwell	5,440
	Lineups		Quinn (p)
Birmingham City	4	0	Luton Town	St Andrew's	15,426
Devlin, Francis, Barnes P 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Southend United	Selhurst Park	15,672
Freedman 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Millwall	Kirklees Stadium	11,206
Jepson (p), Edwards, Booth	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Boundary Park	7,592
	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	0	Sunderland	Bramall Lane	20,050	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Portsmouth	Victoria Ground	11,471
Wallace, Sheron	Lineups		Butters
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Leicester City	Prenton Park	8,882
Lennon OG	Lineups		Robins
Watford	5	2	Port Vale	Vicarage Road	9,066
Connolly 3 (1p), White 2	Lineups		Porter (p), Foyle
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Grimsby Town	The Hawthorns	16,073
Taylor 2, Sneekes	Lineups		Forrester

				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	42	12	6	2	29	10	9	9	4	27	21	25	78	D	D	W	D	W	1996-04-16	Birmingham City	H
2	0	Derby County	42	13	7	1	45	20	7	7	7	21	26	20	74	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-14	Charlton Athletic	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	43	9	9	4	34	21	10	6	5	30	24	19	72	W	W	L	D	W	1996-04-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	40	8	8	4	27	22	8	8	4	26	20	11	64	D	D	L	W	W	1996-04-14	Derby County	H
5	0	Stoke City	41	11	6	4	30	15	6	6	8	25	30	10	63	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-17	Charlton Athletic	H
6	1	Huddersfield Town	42	14	4	4	42	22	3	7	10	17	31	6	62	W	L	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Leicester City	A
7	-1	Ipswich Town	40	11	4	5	41	28	5	7	8	30	32	11	59	L	L	W	W	L	1996-04-14	Norwich City	H
8	0	Leicester City	42	6	7	7	25	28	9	7	6	33	31	-1	59	D	L	W	W	L	1996-04-17	Oldham Athletic	H
9	1	Birmingham City	42	11	7	4	36	21	4	5	11	23	34	4	57	W	L	W	W	L	1996-04-16	Sunderland	A
10	1	Sheffield United	43	9	6	7	28	24	5	7	9	23	29	-2	55	D	W	W	W	W	1996-04-20	Grimsby Town	A
11	-2	Southend United	43	10	7	4	27	20	4	6	12	22	38	-9	55	L	D	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Ipswich Town	H
12	1	Barnsley	42	9	8	4	32	26	4	7	10	23	37	-8	54	L	D	L	D	L	1996-04-20	Portsmouth	A
13	-1	Grimsby Town	41	8	9	4	26	22	6	3	11	24	36	-8	54	L	W	W	L	W	1996-04-16	Port Vale	A
14	3	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	7	31	27	5	4	11	23	36	-9	54	W	W	W	L	W	1996-04-20	Norwich City	A
15	-1	Norwich City	42	7	8	6	23	20	6	6	9	31	29	5	53	W	D	D	L	W	1996-04-14	Ipswich Town	A
16	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	8	5	34	26	5	6	10	21	30	-1	53	D	D	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Crystal Palace	H
17	-1	Port Vale	40	8	4	7	26	25	5	9	7	26	33	-6	52	L	L	L	D	W	1996-04-16	Grimsby Town	H
18	0	Millwall	43	7	6	8	21	24	6	6	10	20	35	-18	51	L	W	L	D	L	1996-04-20	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	7	9	5	35	27	5	5	10	20	29	-1	50	D	L	D	D	L	1996-04-17	Ipswich Town	H
20	1	Reading	41	7	6	7	25	27	4	10	7	22	28	-8	49	W	L	W	L	W	1996-04-16	Watford	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	43	8	5	8	34	31	4	7	11	26	37	-8	48	L	L	W	L	L	1996-04-20	Barnsley	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	41	8	7	6	30	20	3	6	11	19	27	2	46	D	W	L	W	L	1996-04-17	Leicester City	A
23	0	Luton Town	41	6	5	9	26	29	4	6	11	10	28	-21	41	L	L	D	W	L	1996-04-20	Watford	H
24	0	Watford	41	5	8	7	30	27	2	9	10	20	36	-13	38	W	D	L	D	L	1996-04-16	Reading	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	4,588
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Blackpool	Twerton Park, Bath	5,626
Beadle	Lineups		Linighan
Burnley	2	1	Peterborough United	Turf Moor	8,393
Joyce, Swan	Lineups		Heald
Carlisle United	1	2	Wrexham	Brunton Park	7,317
Thomas	Lineups		Connolly, Jones L
Chesterfield	1	1	Bristol City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,619
McDougald	Lineups		Owers
Hull City	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Boothferry Park	3,497
Gordon	Lineups		McAllister, Murphy
Swansea City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vetch Field	2,373
Ampadu, Chapman	Lineups		Ampadu OG
Swindon Town	2	2	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	10,862
Horlock 2 (1p)	Lineups		Jones 2
Walsall	2	1	Bradford City	Bescot Stadium	3,679
Lightbourne 2	Lineups		Wright (p)
York City	2	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Bootham Crescent	3,113
Bull (p), Naylor	Lineups		Skiverton
Footnotes
Blackpool secure play off place
Hull City relegated

				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	40	12	8	1	37	16	11	5	3	27	14	34	82	D	W	W	W	D	1996-04-17	Burnley	H
2	0	Blackpool	43	14	4	3	39	17	8	8	6	24	20	26	78	D	L	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Oxford United	41	15	3	2	41	13	5	7	9	20	24	24	70	W	W	D	L	W	1996-04-16	Notts County	H
4	1	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	3	5	37	19	9	4	9	36	34	20	70	W	L	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Rotherham United	H
5	-1	Notts County	41	12	5	3	35	19	7	8	6	20	16	20	70	D	W	L	L	W	1996-04-16	Oxford United	A
6	0	Chesterfield	40	13	5	2	36	17	5	6	9	15	26	8	65	D	D	L	W	L	1996-04-16	Walsall	H
7	3	Wrexham	42	11	6	4	46	25	5	9	7	22	26	17	63	W	W	W	D	L	1996-04-17	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	-1	Stockport County	42	6	9	6	25	20	11	3	7	31	25	11	63	D	W	L	W	W	1996-04-20	York City	H
9	-1	Bradford City	42	13	3	4	36	22	6	3	13	27	42	-1	63	L	W	W	L	W	1996-04-20	Chesterfield	H
10	-1	Bristol Rovers	42	11	4	7	27	27	7	5	8	27	30	-3	63	D	L	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Peterborough United	A
11	1	Bristol City	43	9	6	6	24	17	5	9	8	26	36	-3	57	D	D	L	W	D	1996-04-20	Oxford United	H
12	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	42	8	7	5	31	24	6	7	9	26	31	2	56	L	L	L	W	W	1996-04-16	Rotherham United	H
13	2	Walsall	40	9	7	4	30	18	6	3	11	19	23	8	55	W	L	W	L	W	1996-04-16	Chesterfield	A
14	-1	Brentford	43	11	6	5	22	15	3	7	11	17	30	-6	55	D	W	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	-1	AFC Bournemouth	43	11	4	6	31	25	4	5	13	18	43	-19	54	D	W	L	D	W	1996-04-20	Walsall	H
16	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	6	7	7	27	24	6	6	9	25	33	-5	49	D	D	W	D	L	1996-04-17	Wrexham	H
17	2	York City	41	8	6	7	28	26	4	7	9	27	38	-9	49	W	D	W	L	W	1996-04-20	Stockport County	A
18	-1	Rotherham United	41	10	7	4	29	19	2	6	12	17	37	-10	49	W	D	W	D	L	1996-04-16	Wycombe Wanderers	A
19	-1	Peterborough United	42	8	5	8	37	26	4	7	10	18	33	-4	48	L	L	L	D	L	1996-04-20	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Burnley	40	8	8	5	33	26	4	3	12	17	36	-12	47	W	L	L	D	L	1996-04-17	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Carlisle United	42	9	6	6	31	19	1	7	13	22	47	-13	43	L	L	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Swansea City	43	7	8	7	25	28	2	6	13	15	46	-34	41	W	L	L	D	L	1996-04-20	Wycombe Wanderers	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	5	7	9	23	28	4	3	14	19	34	-20	37	L	W	L	L	D	1996-04-20	Carlisle United	H
24	0	Hull City	42	4	8	10	24	34	1	8	11	9	30	-31	31	L	D	W	L	D	1996-04-20	Wrexham	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	5	1	Hartlepool United	Underhill Stadium	2,530
Hodges 3, Devine 2	Lineups		Halliday
Bury	1	0	Torquay United	Gigg Lane	3,247
Carter	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Abbey Stadium	2,451
Barnwell, Middleton C	Lineups		Jones, Schofield
Chester City	1	2	Rochdale	Deva Stadium	2,158
Ryan (p)	Lineups		Whitehall 2
Colchester United	2	2	Fulham	Layer Road	3,795
McGleish 2	Lineups		Conroy, Morgan
Gillingham	1	0	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium	7,692
Puttnam	Lineups
Hereford United	3	2	Leyton Orient	Edgar Street	3,459
Wilkins, White 2	Lineups		West 2
Lincoln City	2	1	Mansfield Town	Sincil Bank	2,992
Eustace OG, Bos	Lineups		Ireland
Plymouth Argyle	5	1	Scarborough	Home Park	6,949
Mauge, Littlejohn 2, Barlow 2	Lineups		Ritchie (p)
Preston North End	0	3	Northampton Town	Deepdale	11,774
	Lineups		Grayson 3
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Cardiff City	Glanford Park	2,044
Knill	Lineups		Dale
Wigan Athletic	1	1	Darlington	Springfield Park	4,473
Lowe	Lineups		Appleby
Footnotes
Preston North End secure play off place
Gillingham secure play off place

				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	42	10	8	4	42	22	10	9	1	29	14	35	77	L	D	W	W	W	1996-04-16	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Gillingham	42	15	6	1	32	6	6	8	6	14	12	28	77	W	W	W	D	L	1996-04-16	Colchester United	A
3	0	Bury	42	10	6	6	30	21	10	6	4	30	21	18	72	W	W	L	W	W	1996-04-16	Scunthorpe United	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	43	15	3	4	35	19	5	7	9	25	32	9	70	D	W	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Fulham	A
5	1	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	5	4	38	20	6	7	7	25	26	17	69	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-16	Hereford United	A
6	-1	Darlington	42	8	6	7	23	20	9	11	1	26	18	11	68	D	D	W	D	W	1996-04-20	Bury	H
7	1	Barnet	43	12	6	4	37	19	5	9	7	22	22	18	66	W	W	W	W	L	1996-04-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	1	Colchester United	42	12	6	3	35	21	4	10	7	20	26	8	64	D	L	W	W	L	1996-04-16	Gillingham	H
9	-2	Chester City	42	9	9	3	42	21	7	6	8	25	27	19	63	L	L	W	D	W	1996-04-20	Torquay United	A
10	0	Hereford United	40	10	5	4	31	20	6	9	6	21	21	11	62	W	W	W	W	D	1996-04-16	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	0	Northampton Town	42	9	8	4	30	20	8	3	10	17	20	7	62	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-20	Gillingham	H
12	0	Exeter City	43	9	7	5	22	19	4	9	9	21	29	-5	55	L	L	W	L	W	1996-04-20	Colchester United	H
13	0	Scunthorpe United	41	8	6	6	30	23	6	6	9	26	29	4	54	D	D	W	W	W	1996-04-16	Bury	H
14	1	Rochdale	42	7	7	7	31	31	7	4	10	23	24	-1	53	W	L	L	L	W	1996-04-16	Mansfield Town	A
15	-1	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	6	6	22	18	5	4	12	22	38	-12	52	D	L	L	L	L	1996-04-20	Barnet	H
16	1	Fulham	43	9	8	4	38	26	2	8	12	18	34	-4	49	D	W	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Wigan Athletic	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	41	5	9	5	19	23	5	10	7	28	33	-9	49	L	D	W	L	W	1996-04-16	Rochdale	H
18	2	Lincoln City	43	7	7	8	27	26	5	6	10	24	43	-18	49	W	D	L	W	L	1996-04-20	Hartlepool United	A
19	-1	Hartlepool United	42	7	9	5	27	22	4	4	13	16	36	-15	46	L	L	L	L	W	1996-04-20	Lincoln City	H
20	-1	Leyton Orient	43	11	3	7	26	17	1	7	14	15	39	-15	46	L	D	L	D	L	1996-04-20	Preston North End	H
21	0	Cambridge United	42	6	8	7	30	29	5	4	12	24	39	-14	45	D	D	W	L	D	1996-04-16	Preston North End	H
22	0	Cardiff City	43	7	6	8	21	19	3	6	13	17	39	-20	42	D	D	L	L	D	1996-04-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Scarborough	43	4	11	6	19	24	3	5	14	17	40	-28	37	L	L	L	L	L	1996-04-20	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Torquay United	42	4	8	9	16	32	1	5	15	13	41	-44	28	L	L	L	L	D	1996-04-20	Chester City	H