1996-04-20

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Derby County	1	1	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	16,757
Simpson	Lineups		Breen
Grimsby Town	0	2	Sheffield United	Blundell Park	7,685
	Lineups		Walker, Taylor
Leicester City	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Filbert Street	17,619
Walsh, Claridge	Lineups		Booth
Luton Town	0	0	Watford	Kenilworth Road	9,454	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Oldham Athletic	The Den	9,574
	Lineups		Richardson (p)
Norwich City	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Carrow Road	14,667
Cureton, Eadie	Lineups		Taylor, Sneekes
Port Vale	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	7,419
Naylor	Lineups		O'Brien
Portsmouth	0	0	Barnsley	Fratton Park	8,734
	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Elm Park	9,778
	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Ipswich Town	Roots Hall	8,363	Largest home game 1995-96
Dublin, Marsh	Lineups		Milton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2	Crystal Palace	Molineux	24,350
	Lineups		Hopkin, Dyer
Footnotes
Crystal Palace 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	Sunderland	43	13	6	2	32	10	9	9	4	27	21	28	81	W	D	D	W	D	1996-04-21	Stoke City	H
2	0	Derby County	44	13	8	1	46	21	7	8	7	21	26	20	76	D	D	W	W	L	1996-04-28	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Crystal Palace	44	9	9	4	34	21	11	6	5	32	24	21	75	W	W	W	L	D	1996-04-28	Derby County	A
4	0	Stoke City	42	12	6	4	31	15	6	6	8	25	30	11	66	W	W	W	L	W	1996-04-21	Sunderland	A
5	0	Charlton Athletic	43	8	9	4	27	22	8	9	5	26	21	10	66	D	L	D	D	D	1996-04-27	Port Vale	A
6	2	Leicester City	44	8	7	7	29	29	9	7	6	33	31	2	65	W	W	D	L	W	1996-04-27	Birmingham City	H
7	-1	Ipswich Town	43	12	4	5	43	29	5	7	10	33	39	8	62	L	L	W	L	L	1996-04-27	Portsmouth	A
8	-1	Huddersfield Town	43	14	4	4	42	22	3	7	11	18	33	5	62	L	W	L	W	W	1996-04-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	0	Birmingham City	44	11	7	4	36	21	4	6	12	24	38	1	58	D	L	W	L	W	1996-04-27	Leicester City	A
10	0	Sheffield United	44	9	6	7	28	24	6	7	9	25	29	0	58	W	D	W	W	W	1996-04-27	Reading	A
11	1	Southend United	44	11	7	4	29	21	4	6	12	22	38	-8	58	W	L	D	L	L	1996-04-27	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-1	Port Vale	42	9	5	7	28	26	5	9	7	26	33	-5	56	D	W	L	L	L	1996-04-23	Luton Town	H
13	0	Barnsley	43	9	8	4	32	26	4	8	10	23	37	-8	55	D	L	D	L	D	1996-04-27	Luton Town	A
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	43	10	5	7	31	27	5	5	11	25	38	-9	55	D	W	W	W	L	1996-04-27	Sunderland	A
15	1	Norwich City	44	7	9	6	25	22	6	6	10	32	31	4	54	D	L	W	D	D	1996-04-27	Watford	H
16	1	Tranmere Rovers	43	8	9	5	40	29	5	6	10	21	30	2	54	D	W	D	L	D	1996-04-27	Grimsby Town	A
17	-2	Grimsby Town	43	8	9	5	26	24	6	3	12	24	37	-11	54	L	L	L	W	W	1996-04-23	Watford	A
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	8	8	6	34	28	5	6	10	21	30	-3	53	L	D	D	L	L	1996-04-27	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Millwall	44	7	6	9	21	25	6	6	10	20	35	-19	51	L	L	W	L	D	1996-04-27	Stoke City	H
20	0	Reading	43	7	7	7	25	27	4	10	8	24	32	-10	50	D	L	W	L	W	1996-04-27	Sheffield United	H
21	1	Oldham Athletic	43	8	7	6	30	20	4	6	12	20	29	1	49	W	L	D	W	L	1996-04-27	Southend United	A
22	-1	Portsmouth	44	8	6	8	34	31	4	7	11	26	37	-8	49	D	L	L	W	L	1996-04-27	Ipswich Town	H
23	0	Watford	43	6	8	7	34	29	2	10	10	20	36	-11	42	D	W	W	D	L	1996-04-23	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Luton Town	42	6	6	9	26	29	4	6	11	10	28	-21	42	D	L	L	D	W	1996-04-23	Port Vale	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Walsall	Dean Court	4,380
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	1	Swindon Town	Bloomfield Road	9,175	Largest home game 1995-96
Barlow	Lineups		Horlock
Bradford City	2	1	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	6,803
Hamilton, Ormondroyd	Lineups		McDougald
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Carlisle United	Goldstone Ground	6,131
Rowe	Lineups
Bristol City	0	2	Oxford United	Ashton Gate	7,674
	Lineups		Moody, Rush
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Rotherham United	Gresty Road	3,685
	Lineups		Goodwin, Jemson
Notts County	1	1	Burnley	Meadow Lane	5,697
Battersby	Lineups		Swan
Peterborough United	0	0	Bristol Rovers	London Road	4,884
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Brentford	Gay Meadow	2,711
Scott 2	Lineups		McGhee
Stockport County	3	0	York City	Edgeley Park	6,286
Flynn 2, Bound (p)	Lineups
Wrexham	5	0	Hull City	Racecourse Ground	3,505
Connolly 2, Russell, Phillips, Morris	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	0	1	Swansea City	Adams Park	3,672
	Lineups		Chapman
Footnotes
Swindon Town promoted

				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	42	12	9	1	37	16	11	6	3	28	15	34	84	D	D	D	W	W	1996-04-23	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Blackpool	44	14	5	3	40	18	8	8	6	24	20	26	79	D	D	L	L	L	1996-04-27	Walsall	H
3	0	Oxford United	43	15	4	2	42	14	6	7	9	22	24	26	74	W	D	W	W	D	1996-04-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	0	Notts County	43	12	6	3	36	20	7	9	6	21	17	20	72	D	D	D	W	L	1996-04-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	12	3	6	37	21	9	4	9	36	34	18	70	L	W	L	L	L	1996-04-27	Oxford United	H
6	1	Wrexham	44	12	6	4	51	25	5	10	7	24	28	22	67	W	D	W	W	W	1996-04-27	Burnley	H
7	1	Stockport County	43	7	9	6	28	20	11	3	7	31	25	14	66	W	D	W	L	W	1996-04-23	Rotherham United	A
8	-2	Chesterfield	42	13	6	2	37	18	5	6	10	16	28	7	66	L	D	D	D	L	1996-04-23	Swindon Town	H
9	0	Bradford City	43	14	3	4	38	23	6	3	13	27	42	0	66	W	L	W	W	L	1996-04-26	Brentford	H
10	0	Bristol Rovers	43	11	4	7	27	27	7	6	8	27	30	-3	64	D	D	L	W	W	1996-04-23	Burnley	A
11	2	Walsall	42	9	7	4	30	18	6	5	11	20	24	8	57	D	D	W	L	W	1996-04-23	Hull City	H
12	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	44	8	8	6	32	26	6	7	9	26	31	1	57	L	D	L	L	L	1996-04-27	Carlisle United	H
13	-1	Bristol City	44	9	6	7	24	19	5	9	8	26	36	-5	57	L	D	D	L	W	1996-04-27	Rotherham United	H
14	0	Brentford	44	11	6	5	22	15	3	7	12	18	32	-7	55	L	D	W	W	W	1996-04-26	Bradford City	A
15	0	AFC Bournemouth	44	11	5	6	31	25	4	5	13	18	43	-19	55	D	D	W	L	D	1996-04-27	Chesterfield	H
16	0	Shrewsbury Town	43	7	8	7	31	27	6	6	9	25	33	-4	53	W	D	D	D	W	1996-04-23	Oxford United	A
17	0	Rotherham United	43	10	7	4	29	19	3	7	12	20	38	-8	53	W	D	W	D	W	1996-04-23	Stockport County	H
18	1	Peterborough United	43	8	6	8	37	26	4	7	10	18	33	-4	49	D	L	L	L	D	1996-04-27	Hull City	H
19	-1	York City	42	8	6	7	28	26	4	7	10	27	41	-12	49	L	W	D	W	L	1996-04-23	Carlisle United	A
20	0	Burnley	42	8	8	5	33	26	4	5	12	18	37	-12	49	D	D	W	L	L	1996-04-23	Bristol Rovers	H
21	1	Swansea City	44	7	8	7	25	28	3	6	13	16	46	-33	44	W	W	L	L	D	1996-04-27	Notts County	A
22	-1	Carlisle United	43	9	6	6	31	19	1	7	14	22	48	-14	43	L	L	L	W	W	1996-04-23	York City	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	6	7	9	24	28	4	3	14	19	34	-19	40	W	L	W	L	L	1996-04-23	Notts County	A
24	0	Hull City	43	4	8	10	24	34	1	8	12	9	35	-36	31	L	L	D	W	L	1996-04-23	Walsall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Ninian Park	3,489
	Lineups		Evans
Darlington	4	0	Bury	Feethams Ground	4,325
Carmichael, Blake, Painter 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Barnet	Belle Vue	1,579
Clark	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Colchester United	St James Park	2,788
Braithwaite, Chamberlain	Lineups		Caesar, McGleish
Fulham	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage	4,657
Hamill	Lineups
Hartlepool United	3	0	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	2,112
Henderson, Allon 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	2	Preston North End	Brisbane Road	5,172
	Lineups		Saville 2
Mansfield Town	1	2	Hereford United	Field Mill	2,358
Harper	Lineups		White (p), Hargreaves
Northampton Town	1	1	Gillingham	Sixfields Stadium	7,427	Largest home game 1995-96
Burns	Lineups		Fortune-West
Rochdale	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Spotland	1,654
Deary	Lineups		Clarkson
Scarborough	2	0	Cambridge United	Seamer Road	1,401
Rockett, Charles	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Chester City	Plainmoor	2,549
Baker	Lineups		Priest
Footnotes
Bury 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	1	Preston North End	44	10	8	4	42	22	11	9	2	32	16	36	80	W	L	L	D	W	1996-04-27	Hartlepool United	A
2	-1	Gillingham	44	15	6	1	32	6	6	10	6	16	14	28	79	D	D	W	W	W	1996-04-27	Fulham	A
3	0	Bury	44	10	6	6	30	21	11	6	5	32	26	15	75	L	W	W	W	L	1996-04-27	Exeter City	A
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	44	13	5	4	38	20	7	7	8	26	29	15	72	W	L	W	W	L	1996-04-27	Rochdale	A
5	1	Darlington	43	9	6	7	27	20	9	11	1	26	18	15	71	W	D	D	W	D	1996-04-23	Hereford United	A
6	-2	Wigan Athletic	44	15	3	4	35	19	5	7	10	25	33	8	70	L	D	W	W	W	1996-04-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	1	Hereford United	42	11	5	4	34	20	7	9	6	23	22	15	68	W	W	W	W	W	1996-04-23	Darlington	H
8	-1	Barnet	44	12	6	4	37	19	5	9	8	22	23	17	66	L	W	W	W	W	1996-04-27	Leyton Orient	A
9	0	Colchester United	44	12	7	3	36	22	4	11	7	22	28	8	66	D	D	D	L	W	1996-04-27	Mansfield Town	A
10	0	Chester City	43	9	9	3	42	21	7	7	8	26	28	19	64	D	L	L	W	D	1996-04-23	Northampton Town	H
11	0	Northampton Town	43	9	9	4	31	21	8	3	10	17	20	7	63	D	W	W	L	W	1996-04-23	Chester City	A
12	0	Exeter City	44	9	8	5	24	21	4	9	9	21	29	-5	56	D	L	L	W	L	1996-04-27	Bury	H
13	0	Scunthorpe United	43	8	6	7	31	25	6	7	9	27	30	3	55	D	L	D	D	W	1996-04-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	0	Rochdale	44	7	8	7	32	32	7	5	10	25	26	-1	55	D	D	W	L	L	1996-04-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	10	6	6	23	18	5	4	12	22	38	-11	55	W	D	L	L	L	1996-04-23	Scunthorpe United	A
16	1	Fulham	44	10	8	4	39	26	2	8	12	18	34	-3	52	W	D	W	L	L	1996-04-27	Gillingham	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	43	5	10	6	22	27	5	10	7	28	33	-10	50	L	D	L	D	W	1996-04-23	Torquay United	H
18	2	Hartlepool United	43	8	9	5	30	22	4	4	13	16	36	-12	49	W	L	L	L	L	1996-04-27	Preston North End	H
19	-1	Lincoln City	44	7	7	8	27	26	5	6	11	24	46	-21	49	L	W	D	L	W	1996-04-27	Northampton Town	A
20	-1	Cambridge United	44	7	8	7	32	30	5	4	13	24	41	-15	48	L	W	D	D	W	1996-04-27	Torquay United	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	44	11	3	8	26	19	1	7	14	15	39	-17	46	L	L	D	L	D	1996-04-27	Barnet	H
22	0	Cardiff City	44	7	6	9	21	20	3	6	13	17	39	-21	42	L	D	D	L	L	1996-04-27	Hereford United	H
23	0	Scarborough	44	5	11	6	21	24	3	5	14	17	40	-26	40	W	L	L	L	L	1996-04-27	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Torquay United	43	4	9	9	17	33	1	5	15	13	41	-44	29	D	L	L	L	L	1996-04-23	Mansfield Town	A