1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season January 2019 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1995–96 Roy Evans David Moores Premier League 3rd FA Cup Runners-up League Cup Fourth round UEFA Cup Second round Robbie Fowler (28) Robbie Fowler (36) 39,010 1994–95 1996–97 _benfica0708h _liverpool9596h _benfica0708h _adidaswhite _fcb0910h ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 _westgermany1980 _liverpool9596a _liverpool9596a _adidaswhite _liverpool9596a FFFFFF 174C53 174C53 174C53 FFFFFF _liverpool9496t _liverpool9496t _liverpool9496t _liverpool9496t _color_3_stripes_yellow ffcc00 ffcc00 ffcc00 000000 000000 The 1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season was the 104th season in the club's existence, and their 34th consecutive year in the top-flight. In addition to the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons), the club competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Cup. Season overview During the 1995–96 close season, Liverpool signed Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore for a national record transfer fee of £8.5 million. As a result, the club was widely considered among the favourites to win the league title. Defending champions Blackburn Rovers made few significant additions to their squad, while runners-up Manchester United sold three key players and began the season without making a major signing. Liverpool entered the season after finishing fourth in the 1994–95 campaign and winning the Football League Cup. Their squad included emerging talents such as striker Robbie Fowler and midfielders Steve McManaman and Jamie Redknapp. By the end of the 1995–96 season, Fowler finished as the league's second-highest goalscorer behind Alan Shearer, while McManaman recorded 25 assists across all competitions, including 15 in the Premier League. Collymore too was rich on form from the beginning: he found the net on his debut at Liverpool won 1–0 at Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day of the Premier League season. A 1–0 defeat at Leeds United came two days later, followed by wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers.http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=199596 LIVERWEB - Liverpool Results 1995-96 1 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200343/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=199596 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all September started on a low note for the Reds as they lost 1–0 at Wimbledon, but pulled together to win their following games 3–0 over Blackburn Rovers and 5–2 over newly promoted Bolton Wanderers (with Robbie Fowler scoring four times) to end September in third place, with a young Manchester United side and a bolstered Newcastle United leading the way.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 The month also the arrival of midfielder Jason McAteer from newly promoted Bolton Wanderers for £4.5million. McAteer was soon utilized as a right-back, with Rob Jones switching to left-back. There was also success on the European scene, as the Reds overcame Spartak Vladikavkaz in the first round of the UEFA Cup, although their adventure ended in the second round with a shock exit at the hands of Danish side Brøndby. They did manage to edge past Sunderland in the League Cup second round and then crush Manchester City 4–0 in the third round. Three days after knocking them out of the League Cup, they faced City again at Anfield in the league. They beat Alan Ball's side 6–0, with Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler both scoring twice. The result left their opponents rooted to the bottom of the table and still looking for a league win after 11 games, but it was a big boost for the Reds, who were now four points behind leaders Newcastle United and three points adrift of second placed Manchester United. They were, however, closely under pressure from a resurgent Arsenal, newly promoted Middlesbrough and also a Nottingham Forest side who seemed to be coping well without Stan Collymore.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 November was a disaster for the Reds, who failed to win any of their five games that month, losing 2–1 to Newcastle United, Everton and Middlesbrough in the league, in which they also drew 0–0 at West Ham United, and lost 1–0 to Newcastle United in the League Cup fourth round. They ended the month in seventh place, 14 points behind leaders Newcastle United. The title dream was now looking dead and buried with less than half of the season gone.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 December was a much better month for the Reds, who were held 1–1 at Anfield by Southampton at the start of the month before winning 1–0 at struggling Bolton Wanderers. On 17 December, Robbie Fowler took his tally of goals against Manchester United for the season to four as he scored both goals in a 2–0 win at Anfield just over two months after netting twice in the 2–2 draw at Old Trafford. The Anfield win helped keep Newcastle United's lead of the Premier League a comfortable one. For the second season running, Robbie Fowler scored a league hat-trick at home to Arsenal, though this time in the space of nearly 40 minutes rather than the record breaking time of less than five minutes as had happened the previous season, as the Reds won 3–1. They were now just one point behind second placed Manchester United, though they were still 11 points adrift of leaders Newcastle United.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 January was another successful month at Anfield as the Reds ended it in second place, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference, although Newcastle United still had a nine-point lead at the top. It seemed possible that Liverpool might be able to live up to their pre-season tag as title favourites after all.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 Liverpool's best chance of silverware appeared to be in the FA Cup, where they began with a 7–0 third round win over Rochdale in which Ian Rush set a new record for career goals scored in the competition. They had a similarly easy opposition in the fourth round, winning 4–0 at home to Shrewsbury Town, and booked their place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1992 by beating Charlton Athletic 2–1 in the fifth round at the end of February. They were still going well in the league, keeping up the pressure on the leading pack of Newcastle United and Manchester United, though by 24 February they were still nine points behind Kevin Keegan's leaders and Alex Ferguson's second place title chasers.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 The quarter-final brought a 3–0 win in the replay against Leeds United after a goalless draw in the first match, and the month ended with a 3–0 semi-final win over Aston Villa which booked them an FA Cup final clash with Manchester United. April began with a 4–3 home win over Newcastle United – a match widely regarded as one of the most exciting league games of the 1990s. The result did a favour for Liverpool's fierce rivals Manchester United, as it kept their three-point lead over the Tynesiders intact, also keeping Liverpool's title hopes – and their hopes of a unique second double – alive, as they were now just five points off the top.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 However, a 1–0 defeat at struggling Coventry City three days later left Liverpool's title hopes looking practically dead.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 By the time of their 1–0 home win over Middlesbrough on 27 April, the title was beyond Liverpool's reach.http://www.lfconline.co.uk/ Liverpool News – LFC Online www.lfconline.co.uk 29 January 2019 They finished the season third in the Premier League – their highest league finish since finishing runners-up of the old Football League First Division in 1991 – and their last game was at Maine Road on 5 May, when they held Manchester City to a 2–2 draw, a result which saw their hosts relegated on goal difference. The game was also memorable for being the game where Ian Rush scored his final goal for the Reds; after more than 300 goals in two spells at the club over the last 16 years, he would be leaving on a free transfer at the end of the season. The FA Cup final was played at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 1996. It was a relatively dull game despite all the hype that surrounded a clash under the twin towers for the nation's two most successful clubs, and with just five minutes remaining it was still deadlock and extra time was looking likely. However, in the 85th minute, David James punched clear a David Beckham corner, only for Eric Cantona to boot the ball into the net from the edge of the penalty area. Liverpool failed to even make a serious attempt to equalise and the trophy was won by their opponents for a record ninth time.http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1996.htm FA Cup Final 1996 1 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20071023204330/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1996.htm 23 October 2007 dead Squad 1 ENG GK David James 2 ENG DF Rob Jones 4 IRL DF Jason McAteerMcAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994. 5 ENG DF Mark Wright 6 IRL DF Phil BabbBabb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994. 7 ENG FW Nigel Clough 8 ENG FW Stan Collymore 9 WAL FW Ian Rush 10 ENG MF John BarnesBarnes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but also qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he held a British passport and made his international debut for England in May 1983. 11 ENG MF Mark Walters 12 ENG DF John Scales 13 DEN GK Michael Stensgaard 14 DEN MF Jan Mølby 15 ENG MF Jamie Redknapp 16 ENG MF Michael Thomas 17 ENG MF Steve McManaman 18 ENG MF Phil Charnock 19 IRL MF Mark Kennedy 20 NOR DF Stig Inge Bjørnebye 21 ENG DF Dominic MatteoMatteo was born in Dumfries, Scotland, but was raised in England from the age of four and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Scotland in November 2000. 22 ENG DF Steve Harkness 23 ENG FW Robbie Fowler 24 WAL FW Lee Jones 25 ENG DF Neil Ruddock 26 ENG GK Tony WarnerWarner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006. 27 ENG GK Stephen Pears Transfers In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate8FWENG Stan CollymoreENG Nottingham Forest£8,500,0001 July 199527GKENG Stephen PearsENG MiddlesbroughFree14 August 19954MFIRE Jason McAteerENG Bolton Wanderers£4,500,0007 September 1995 Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate11MFENG Mark WaltersENG SouthamptonFree17 January 19967FWENG Nigel CloughENG Manchester City£1,500,00024 January 199614MFDEN Jan MølbyWales Swansea CityFree21 February 19968FWENG Paul StewartENG SunderlandFree5 March 19969FWWAL Ian RushENG Leeds UnitedFree20 May 1996 Competitions Premier League 1995–96 FA Premier League League table LIV Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A Result W/L/W/W/L/W/W/D/D/W/W/L/L/D/L/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/W/D/D Position 7/9/4/3/7/4/3/4/5/5/3/5/7/7/8/8/8/5/3/3/3/2/2/2/3/3/4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive Matches May 2010 Matches 1 19 August 1995 15:00 Liverpool 1–0 Report Sheffield Wednesday Collymore 61 Liverpool Anfield 40,535 Paul Durkin (Isle of Portland) W 2 21 August 1995 (MNF) 20:00 Leeds United 1–0 Report Liverpool Yeboah 51 Leeds Elland Road 35,852 David Elleray (Harrow) L 3 26 August 1995 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Report Liverpool Barnes 88 o.g. Barnes 7 42Fowler 54 Tottenham White Hart Lane 31,254 Keith Cooper (Pontypridd) W 4 30 August 1995 19:45 Liverpool 1–0 Report Queens Park Rangers Ruddock 29 Liverpool Anfield 37,548 Steve Dunn W 5 9 September 1995 15:00 Wimbledon 1–0 Report Liverpool V. Jones 0 23 Babb 30 o.g. South Norwood Selhurst Park 19,530 Keith Burge (Tonypandy) L 6 16 September 1995 15:00 Liverpool 3–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Redknapp 12Fowler 22Collymore 29 Berg 2 ? 51 Liverpool Anfield 39,502 Gary Willard W 7 23 September 1995 15:00 Liverpool 5–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Fowler 11 30 46 67Harkness 83 Todd 77Patterson 81 pen. Liverpool Anfield 40,104 Martin Bodenham W 8 1 October 1995 (Super Sunday) 16:00 Manchester United 2–2 Report Liverpool Butt 2Cantona 71 pen. Fowler 32 54 Trafford Old Trafford 34,934 David Elleray D 9 14 October 1995 15:00 Liverpool 0–0 Report Coventry City Liverpool Anfield 39,079 Paul Danson D 10 22 October 1995 (Super Sunday) 16:00 Southampton 1–3 Report Liverpool G. Watson 2 Le Tissier 2 ? 68 McManaman 21 54Redknapp 73 Southampton The Dell 15,245 Dermot Gallagher W 11 28 October 1995 15:00 Liverpool 6–0 Report Manchester City Rush 3 64Redknapp 5Fowler 47 60Ruddock 53 Liverpool Anfield 39,267 Alan Wilkie W 12 4 November 1995 15:00 Newcastle United 2–1 Report Liverpool Ferdinand 3S. Watson 90 Rush 11 Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 36,547 Mike Reed L 13 18 November 1995 15:00 Liverpool 1–2 Report Everton Fowler 89 Kanchelskis 53 65 Liverpool Anfield 40,818 Gerald Ashby L 14 22 November 1995 19:45 West Ham United 0–0 Report Liverpool Upton Park Boleyn Ground 24,324 Jeff Winter (Middlesbrough) D 15 25 November 1995 15:00 Middlesbrough 2–1 Report Liverpool Cox 2Barmby 66 Ruddock 54 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 29,390 Dermot Gallagher L 16 2 December 1995 15:00 Liverpool 1–1 Report Southampton Collymore 67 Shipperley 60 Liverpool Anfield 38,007 Robbie Hart (Darlington) D 17 9 December 1995 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Report Liverpool Collymore 61 Burnden Burnden Park 21,042 Martin Bodenham W 18 17 December 1995 (Super Sunday) 16:00 Liverpool 2–0 Report Manchester United Fowler 45 87 Liverpool Anfield 40,546 Graham Poll W 19 23 December 1995 15:00 Liverpool 3–1 Report Arsenal Fowler 40 56 78 Wright 8 pen. Liverpool Anfield 39,806 Keith Cooper W 20 30 December 1995 15:00 Chelsea 2–2 Report Liverpool Spencer 9 45 McManaman 33 76 Fulham Stamford Bridge 31,137 Keith Burge D 21 1 January 1996 Liverpool 4–2 Nottingham Forest Fowler 21 41Collymore 62Cooper 86 o.g. Stone 13Woan 18 Nottingham Anfield 39,206 W 22 13 January 1996 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Liverpool Kovačević 7 Rush 87 Sheffield Hillsborough 32,747 D 23 20 January 1996 Liverpool 5–0 Leeds United Ruddock 27 90Fowler 62 pen. 68Collymore 89 Liverpool Anfield 40,254 W 24 31 January 1996 Aston Villa 0–2 Liverpool Collymore 61Fowler 65 Aston Villa Park 39,332 W 25 3 February 1996 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Anfield 40,628 D 26 11 February 1996 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Liverpool Dichio 66 M. Wright 13Fowler 30 Shepherd's Bush Loftus Road 18,405 W 27 24 February 1996 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Liverpool Wilcox 25Sherwood 83 Collymore 10 21Thomas 70 Blackburn Ewood Park 30,895 W 28 3 March 1996 (Super Sunday) Liverpool 3–0 Aston Villa McManaman 2Fowler 5 8 Liverpool Anfield 39,508 W 29 13 March 1996 Liverpool 2–2 Wimbledon McManaman 35Collymore 68 Ekoku 54Holdsworth 60 Liverpool Anfield 34,063 D 30 16 March 1996 Liverpool 2–0 Chelsea M. Wright 53Fowler 62 Liverpool Anfield 40,820 W 31 23 March 1996 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Liverpool Stone 42 Nottingham City Ground 29,058 L 32 3 April 1996 Liverpool 4–3 Newcastle United Fowler 2 55Collymore 68 90 Ferdinand 10Ginola 14Asprilla 57 Liverpool Anfield 40,702 W 33 6 April 1996 Coventry City 1–0 Liverpool Whelan 18 Hillfields Highfield Road 23,137 L 34 8 April 1996 Liverpool 2–0 West Ham United Collymore 22Barnes 38 Liverpool Anfield 40,326 W 35 16 April 1996 Everton 1–1 Liverpool Kanchelskis 18 Fowler 87 Walton Goodison Park 40,120 D 36 27 April 1996 Liverpool 1–0 Middlesbrough Collymore 70 Liverpool Anfield 40,782 W 37 1 May 1996 Arsenal 0–0 Liverpool London Highbury 38,323 D 38 5 May 1996 Manchester City 2–2 Liverpool Rösler 71 pen.Symons 78 Lomas 6 o.g.Rush 41 Moss Side Maine Road 31,436 D FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup Third round 6 January 1996 Liverpool 7–0 (Report) Rochdale Fowler 21Collymore 43 44 70Valentine 48 o.g.Rush 61McAteer 85 Liverpool Anfield 28,126 W Fourth round 18 February 1996 Shrewsbury Town 0–4 (Report) Liverpool Collymore 8Walton 69 o.g.Fowler 75McAteer 84 Shrewsbury Gay Meadow 7,752 W Fifth round 28 February 1996 Liverpool 2–1 (Report) Charlton Athletic Fowler 12Collymore 59 Grant 87 Liverpool Anfield 36,818 W Sixth round 10 March 1996 Leeds United 0–0 (Report) Liverpool Leeds Elland Road 24,632 D Sixth round replay 20 March 1996 Liverpool 3–0 (Report) Leeds United McManaman 57 73Fowler 83 Liverpool Anfield 30,812 W Semi-final 31 March 1996 Liverpool 3–0 (Report) Aston Villa Fowler 16 86McAteer 90 Manchester Old Trafford 39,072 W Final 11 May 1996 Liverpool 0–1 (Report) Manchester United Cantona 85 London Wembley Stadium 79,007 L Football League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup Second round, first leg 20 September 1995 19:45 Liverpool 2–0 Report Sunderland McManaman 8Thomas 72 Liverpool Anfield 25,579 Peter Jones (Loughborough) W Second round, second leg 6 October 1995 19:45 Sunderland 0–1 Report Liverpool Fowler 39 Sunderland Roker Park 20,560 Roger Dilkes (Mossley) W Third round 25 October 1995 19:45 Liverpool 4–0 Report Manchester City Scales 9Fowler 74Rush 79Harkness 82 Liverpool Anfield 29,394 Stephen Lodge (Barnsley) W Fourth round 29 November 1995 19:45 Liverpool 0–1 Report Newcastle United Watson 77 Liverpool Anfield 40,077 Paul Durkin (Isle of Portland) L UEFA Cup 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round, first leg 12 September 1995 Spartak Vladikavkaz RUS 1–2 http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2021 ENG Liverpool Qosimov 20 McManaman 32Redknapp 52 Vladikavkaz Republican Spartak Stadium 43,000 Rémi Harrel (France) W First round, second leg 26 September 1995 Liverpool ENG 0–0 http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1868 RUS Spartak Vladikavkaz Liverpool Anfield 35,042 Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic) D Second round, first leg 13 October 1995 Brøndby IF DEN 0–0 http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1872 ENG Liverpool Brøndby Municipality Brøndby Stadium 37,648 Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands) D Second Round, Second Leg 31 October 1995 Liverpool ENG 0–1 http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1876 DEN Brøndby IF Eggen 78 Liverpool Anfield 35,878 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) L Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 David James GK ENG 38 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Rob Jones DF ENG 33 0 7 0 3 0 4 0 5 Mark Wright DF ENG 28 2 7 0 3 0 4 0 6 Phil Babb DF IRL 28 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 12 John Scales DF ENG 27 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 20 Stig Inge Bjørnebye DF NOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Dominic Matteo DF ENG 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 22 Steve Harkness DF ENG 23+1 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 25 Neil Ruddock DF ENG 18+2 5 2 0 3+1 0 2 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 4 Jason McAteer MF IRL 27+2 0 7 3 3+1 0 0 0 10 John Barnes MF ENG 36 3 7 0 3 0 4 0 15 Jamie Redknapp MF ENG 19+4 3 2+1 0 3 0 4 1 16 Michael Thomas MF ENG 18+9 1 5+1 0 0+1 1 2+1 0 17 Steve McManaman MF ENG 38 6 7 2 4 1 4 1 19 Mark Kennedy MF IRL 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 8 Stan Collymore FW ENG 30+1 14 7 5 2+2 0 1+1 0 9 Ian Rush FW WAL 10+10 5 0+4 1 2 1 2+1 0 23 Robbie Fowler FW ENG 36+2 28 7 6 4 2 3+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 7 Nigel Clough FW ENG 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 May 1996 Competitions February 2017 Competition top scorers Competition Result Top scorer Premier League 3rd ENG Robbie Fowler, 28 UEFA Cup Second round ENG Steve McManaman, 1 ENG Jamie Redknapp, 1 FA Cup Runners-up ENG Robbie Fowler, 6 League Cup Fourth round ENG Robbie Fowler, 2 Overall ENG Robbie Fowler, 36 Notes notes 30em References External links Liverpool club details at Soccerbase Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool