1996-04-27

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	1	Manchester City	Villa Park	39,336	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups		Lomas
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Arsenal	Ewood Park	29,834
Gallacher	Lineups		Wright (p)
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Southampton	Burnden Park	18,795
	Lineups		Le Tissier
Liverpool	1	0	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	40,782
Collymore	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	West Ham United	Loftus Road	18,828	Largest home game 1995-96
Ready, Gallen 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	5	Everton	Hillsborough	32,724
Hirst, Degryse	Lineups		Amokachi, Ebbrell, Kanchelskis 3
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	32,918	Largest home game 1995-96
Armstrong	Lineups		Hughes
Wimbledon	0	2	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	15,796
	Lineups		Ndlovu 2

				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	36	14	4	0	31	9	9	3	6	34	26	30	76	W	L	W	W	W	1996-04-28	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Newcastle United	35	17	0	1	37	8	6	4	7	26	27	28	73	W	W	L	W	L	1996-04-29	Leeds United	A
3	0	Liverpool	36	14	4	1	46	13	6	5	6	22	19	36	69	W	D	W	L	W	1996-05-01	Arsenal	A
4	0	Aston Villa	37	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	7	20	19	18	63	L	D	L	W	W	1996-05-05	Everton	A
5	0	Arsenal	36	9	6	2	28	15	7	5	7	19	16	16	59	D	D	L	W	W	1996-05-01	Liverpool	H
6	2	Everton	37	9	5	4	34	19	7	5	7	29	25	19	58	W	D	L	W	W	1996-05-05	Aston Villa	H
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	2	3	44	19	3	5	10	14	26	13	58	D	W	W	W	L	1996-05-05	Chelsea	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	9	5	5	26	19	6	7	4	20	17	10	57	D	D	D	L	W	1996-05-02	Leeds United	A
9	0	Nottingham Forest	35	10	5	2	25	16	4	7	7	21	32	-2	54	D	L	W	W	L	1996-04-28	Manchester United	A
10	1	Chelsea	37	7	7	4	28	19	5	7	7	16	22	3	50	D	D	W	L	L	1996-05-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	-1	West Ham United	37	9	4	5	24	20	5	4	10	18	31	-9	50	L	D	W	L	D	1996-05-05	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	0	Middlesbrough	37	8	3	7	27	24	3	7	9	8	23	-12	43	L	L	D	W	W	1996-05-05	Manchester United	H
13	0	Leeds United	35	8	3	6	20	17	4	3	11	19	36	-14	42	L	L	L	L	W	1996-04-29	Newcastle United	H
14	0	Wimbledon	37	5	6	8	27	33	5	4	9	28	37	-15	40	L	L	W	W	D	1996-05-05	Southampton	A
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	7	5	7	30	31	3	4	11	17	29	-13	39	L	D	L	W	L	1996-05-05	West Ham United	A
16	1	Coventry City	37	6	6	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	37	W	D	W	L	W	1996-05-05	Leeds United	H
17	-1	Southampton	37	7	6	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	37	W	L	W	L	W	1996-05-05	Wimbledon	H
18	0	Manchester City	37	7	6	5	19	17	2	4	13	12	39	-25	37	W	W	L	L	D	1996-05-05	Liverpool	H
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	14	13	28	-16	33	W	L	W	L	W	1996-05-05	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	14	22	38	-31	29	L	L	W	L	D	1996-05-05	Arsenal	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Grimsby Town	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	5,408
Mendonca (p)	Lineups		Aldridge
Leicester City	3	0	Birmingham City	Filbert Street	19,702
Claridge, Heskey, Lennon	Lineups
Luton Town	1	3	Barnsley	Kenilworth Road	6,194
Thorpe	Lineups		Redfearn 2, O'Connell
Millwall	2	3	Stoke City	The Den	10,105
Rae 2 (1p)	Lineups		Sheron, Sturridge 2 (1p)
Norwich City	1	2	Watford	Carrow Road	14,188
Crook	Lineups		Connolly (p), Porter
Port Vale	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Vale Park	8,428
McCarthy	Lineups		Balmer, Newton, Allen
Portsmouth	0	1	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	12,954
	Lineups		Mathie
Reading	0	3	Sheffield United	Elm Park	9,769
	Lineups		Walker 2, Whitehouse
Southend United	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Roots Hall	5,389
Marsh	Lineups		Creaney
Sunderland	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	22,027	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	25,290
	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	Sunderland	45	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	4	27	21	28	83	D	D	W	D	D	1996-05-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
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	44	12	6	4	31	15	7	7	8	28	32	12	70	W	D	W	W	W	1996-04-30	Oldham Athletic	A
5	0	Charlton Athletic	44	8	9	4	27	22	9	9	5	29	22	12	69	W	D	L	D	D	1996-04-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Leicester City	45	9	7	7	32	29	9	7	6	33	31	5	68	W	W	W	D	L	1996-05-05	Watford	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	44	12	4	5	43	29	6	7	10	34	39	9	65	W	L	L	W	L	1996-05-01	Huddersfield Town	H
8	0	Huddersfield Town	44	14	4	4	42	22	3	8	11	18	33	5	63	D	L	W	L	W	1996-05-01	Ipswich Town	A
9	2	Sheffield United	45	9	6	7	28	24	7	7	9	28	29	3	61	W	W	D	W	W	1996-05-04	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Port Vale	44	10	5	8	30	29	5	9	7	26	33	-6	59	L	W	D	W	L	1996-04-30	Luton Town	A
11	1	Southend United	45	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	12	22	38	-8	59	D	W	L	D	L	1996-05-05	Stoke City	A
12	-2	Birmingham City	45	11	7	4	36	21	4	6	13	24	41	-2	58	L	D	L	W	L	1996-05-05	Reading	H
13	0	Barnsley	44	9	8	4	32	26	5	8	10	26	38	-6	58	W	D	L	D	L	1996-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	44	10	5	7	31	27	5	6	11	25	38	-9	56	D	D	W	W	W	1996-04-30	Barnsley	A
15	1	Tranmere Rovers	44	8	9	5	40	29	5	7	10	22	31	2	55	D	D	W	D	L	1996-04-30	Charlton Athletic	A
16	1	Grimsby Town	45	8	10	5	27	25	6	3	13	27	43	-14	55	D	L	L	L	L	1996-05-04	Barnsley	A
17	-2	Norwich City	45	7	9	7	26	24	6	6	10	32	31	3	54	L	D	L	W	D	1996-05-05	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	8	9	6	34	28	5	6	10	21	30	-3	54	D	L	D	D	L	1996-04-30	Reading	A
19	0	Millwall	45	7	6	10	23	28	6	6	10	20	35	-20	51	L	L	L	W	L	1996-05-05	Ipswich Town	A
20	1	Oldham Athletic	44	8	7	6	30	20	4	7	12	21	30	1	50	D	W	L	D	W	1996-04-30	Stoke City	H
21	-1	Reading	44	7	7	8	25	30	4	10	8	24	32	-13	50	L	D	L	W	L	1996-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Portsmouth	45	8	6	9	34	32	4	7	11	26	37	-9	49	L	D	L	L	W	1996-05-05	Huddersfield Town	A
23	0	Watford	45	7	8	7	40	32	3	10	10	22	37	-7	48	W	W	D	W	W	1996-05-05	Leicester City	H
24	0	Luton Town	44	6	6	10	27	32	4	6	12	10	29	-24	42	L	L	D	L	L	1996-04-30	Port Vale	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Chesterfield	Dean Court	4,483
Robinson, Jones	Lineups
Blackpool	1	2	Walsall	Bloomfield Road	9,148
Quinn (p)	Lineups		Butler, O'Connor
Bristol City	4	3	Rotherham United	Ashton Gate	6,101
Partridge, Agostino 2, Kuhl	Lineups		Jemson, Berry, McGlashan
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Oxford United	Gresty Road	4,605
Macauley	Lineups		Beauchamp, Moody
Notts County	4	0	Swansea City	Meadow Lane	5,051
Murphy, Agana, Martindale, Finnan	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	1	Hull City	London Road	6,649
Power, Farrell, Charlery	Lineups		Allison
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	4,233
Currie	Lineups		Horlock, Taylor
Stockport County	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Edgeley Park	6,935
Armstrong, Dinning	Lineups
Wrexham	0	2	Burnley	Racecourse Ground	6,664	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups		Robinson, Nogan
Wycombe Wanderers	4	0	Carlisle United	Adams Park	3,964
Crossley, Williams, Farrell 2	Lineups
Footnotes
Notts County secure play off place. Swansea 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	44	12	9	1	37	16	13	6	3	33	17	37	90	W	W	D	D	D	1996-04-30	Bradford City	A
2	1	Oxford United	45	16	4	2	48	14	7	7	9	24	25	33	80	W	W	W	D	W	1996-05-04	Peterborough United	H
3	-1	Blackpool	45	14	5	4	41	20	8	8	6	24	20	25	79	L	D	D	L	L	1996-05-04	York City	A
4	0	Notts County	45	14	6	3	42	21	7	9	6	21	17	25	78	W	W	D	D	D	1996-05-04	Chesterfield	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	12	3	7	38	23	9	4	9	36	34	17	70	L	L	W	L	L	1996-04-30	Peterborough United	H
6	3	Stockport County	45	8	9	6	30	20	11	3	8	31	27	14	69	W	L	W	D	W	1996-05-04	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	Bradford City	44	15	3	4	40	24	6	3	13	27	42	1	69	W	W	L	W	W	1996-04-30	Swindon Town	H
8	-1	Wrexham	45	12	6	5	51	27	5	10	7	24	28	20	67	L	W	D	W	W	1996-05-04	Rotherham United	A
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	45	11	4	7	27	27	8	6	9	28	32	-4	67	L	W	D	D	L	1996-05-04	Wycombe Wanderers	H
10	0	Chesterfield	44	13	6	3	38	21	5	6	11	16	30	3	66	L	L	L	D	D	1996-04-30	York City	A
11	0	Walsall	44	10	7	4	33	18	7	5	11	22	25	12	63	W	W	D	D	W	1996-04-30	Burnley	H
12	0	Wycombe Wanderers	45	9	8	6	36	26	6	7	9	26	31	5	60	W	L	D	L	L	1996-05-04	Bristol Rovers	A
13	0	Bristol City	45	10	6	7	28	22	5	9	8	26	36	-4	60	W	L	D	D	L	1996-05-04	Carlisle United	A
14	2	AFC Bournemouth	45	12	5	6	33	25	4	5	13	18	43	-17	58	W	D	D	W	L	1996-05-04	Brentford	A
15	-1	Rotherham United	45	11	7	4	31	19	3	7	13	23	42	-7	56	L	W	W	D	W	1996-05-04	Wrexham	H
16	-1	Brentford	45	11	6	5	22	15	3	7	13	19	34	-8	55	L	L	D	W	W	1996-05-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	7	8	8	32	29	6	6	10	25	39	-11	53	L	L	W	D	D	1996-05-04	Burnley	A
18	0	Peterborough United	44	9	6	8	40	27	4	7	10	18	33	-2	52	W	D	L	L	L	1996-04-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Burnley	44	8	8	6	33	27	5	5	12	20	37	-11	52	W	L	D	D	W	1996-04-30	Walsall	A
20	0	York City	43	8	6	7	28	26	4	7	11	27	43	-14	49	L	L	W	D	W	1996-04-30	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Carlisle United	45	10	6	6	33	19	1	7	15	22	52	-16	46	L	W	L	L	L	1996-05-04	Bristol City	H
22	0	Swansea City	45	7	8	7	25	28	3	6	14	16	50	-37	44	L	W	W	L	L	1996-05-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	6	7	9	24	28	4	3	15	20	36	-20	40	L	W	L	W	L	1996-05-04	Walsall	A
24	0	Hull City	45	4	8	10	24	34	1	8	14	10	41	-41	31	L	L	L	L	D	1996-05-04	Bradford City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	3	2	Hereford United	Ninian Park	3,870
Dale, Philliskirk 2	Lineups		White, Fishlock
Darlington	3	1	Chester City	Feethams Ground	4,474	Largest home game 1995-96
Blake, Painter, Bannister	Lineups		Rimmer
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Wigan Athletic	Belle Vue	2,122
Schofield 2 (1p)	Lineups		Martinez
Exeter City	1	1	Bury	St James Park	3,508
Blake	Lineups		Carter (p)
Fulham	0	0	Gillingham	Craven Cottage	10,320	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	0	2	Preston North End	Victoria Park	5,076	Largest home game 1995-96
	Lineups		Davey, Saville
Leyton Orient	3	3	Barnet	Brisbane Road	4,003
West, Hanson, Arnott	Lineups		Devine 2 (1p), Hodges
Mansfield Town	1	2	Colchester United	Field Mill	2,073
Eustace	Lineups		Reinelt, Dunne
Northampton Town	1	1	Lincoln City	Sixfields Stadium	5,166
Warburton	Lineups		Minett (p)
Rochdale	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Spotland	2,355
	Lineups		Evans
Scarborough	1	4	Scunthorpe United	Seamer Road	1,738
Knowles	Lineups		McFarlane, Clarkson, D'Auria 2
Torquay United	0	3	Cambridge United	Plainmoor	1,853
	Lineups		Wanless, Watson OG, Hyde
Footnotes
Gillingham promoted
Preston North End promoted
Plymouth Argyle 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	45	10	8	4	42	22	12	9	2	34	16	38	83	W	W	L	L	D	1996-05-04	Exeter City	H
2	0	Gillingham	45	15	6	1	32	6	6	11	6	16	14	28	80	D	D	D	W	W	1996-05-04	Scarborough	H
3	1	Darlington	45	10	6	7	30	21	10	11	1	27	18	18	77	W	W	W	D	D	1996-05-04	Scunthorpe United	A
4	-1	Bury	45	10	6	6	30	21	11	7	5	33	27	15	76	D	L	W	W	W	1996-05-04	Cardiff City	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	45	13	5	4	38	20	8	7	8	27	29	16	75	W	W	L	W	W	1996-05-04	Hartlepool United	H
6	0	Wigan Athletic	45	15	3	4	35	19	5	7	11	26	35	7	70	L	L	D	W	W	1996-05-04	Northampton Town	H
7	3	Colchester United	45	12	7	3	36	22	5	11	7	24	29	9	69	W	D	D	D	L	1996-05-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	-1	Hereford United	44	11	5	5	34	21	7	9	7	25	25	13	68	L	L	W	W	W	1996-04-30	Hartlepool United	H
9	-1	Chester City	45	10	9	3	43	21	7	7	9	27	31	18	67	L	W	D	L	L	1996-05-04	Mansfield Town	H
10	-1	Barnet	45	12	6	4	37	19	5	10	8	25	26	17	67	D	L	W	W	W	1996-05-04	Fulham	H
11	0	Northampton Town	45	9	10	4	32	22	8	3	11	17	21	6	64	D	L	D	W	W	1996-05-04	Wigan Athletic	A
12	0	Scunthorpe United	45	8	7	7	33	27	7	7	9	31	31	6	59	W	D	D	L	D	1996-05-04	Darlington	H
13	1	Doncaster Rovers	45	11	6	6	25	19	5	5	12	24	40	-10	59	W	D	W	D	L	1996-05-04	Colchester United	A
14	-1	Exeter City	45	9	9	5	25	22	4	9	9	21	29	-5	57	D	D	L	L	W	1996-05-04	Preston North End	A
15	0	Rochdale	45	7	8	8	32	33	7	5	10	25	26	-2	55	L	D	D	W	L	1996-05-04	Hereford United	A
16	1	Fulham	45	10	9	4	39	26	2	8	12	18	34	-3	53	D	W	D	W	L	1996-05-04	Barnet	A
17	-1	Mansfield Town	45	6	10	7	25	29	5	10	7	28	33	-9	53	L	W	L	D	L	1996-05-04	Chester City	A
18	2	Cambridge United	45	7	8	7	32	30	6	4	13	27	41	-12	51	W	L	W	D	D	1996-05-04	Leyton Orient	H
19	0	Lincoln City	45	7	7	8	27	26	5	7	11	25	47	-21	50	D	L	W	D	L	1996-05-04	Torquay United	H
20	-2	Hartlepool United	44	8	9	6	30	24	4	4	13	16	36	-14	49	L	W	L	L	L	1996-04-30	Hereford United	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	45	11	4	8	29	22	1	7	14	15	39	-17	47	D	L	L	D	L	1996-05-04	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Cardiff City	45	8	6	9	24	22	3	6	13	17	39	-20	45	W	L	D	D	L	1996-05-04	Bury	A
23	0	Scarborough	45	5	11	7	22	28	3	5	14	17	40	-29	40	L	W	L	L	L	1996-05-04	Gillingham	A
24	0	Torquay United	45	4	9	10	17	36	1	5	16	13	43	-49	29	L	L	D	L	L	1996-05-04	Lincoln City	A