1995–96 Swindon Town F.C. season

January 2025 March 2015 Steve McMahon Manager Michael Spearman Chairman Ground County Ground, Swindon Division Two 1st (champions) FA Cup Sixth Round League Cup Second Round FL Trophy Second Round (South) Wayne Allison (17) Wayne Allison (20) 15,035(vs. Southampton) 6,222(vs. Colchester United) 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 season was Swindon Town's first season in the third tier since 1987. Alongside the Division Two league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Auto Windscreen Trophy. League One Final league table 1995–96 Football League#Second Division Second Division y SWI Result summary thumb|right|Inside the County Ground table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/A/H Result W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/D/D/L/W/D/D/D/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/D/W/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/D/D Position 8/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd soccerbase.com August 2014 Pre-season Tour of Finland #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA July 1995 Friendly SCO Dundee United ?–? Swindon Town Finland July 1995 Friendly FIN Nokian Pyry 2–1 Swindon Town Finland 29 July 1995 Friendly FIN TP-Seinäjoki ?–? Swindon Town Finland Domestic friendlies 2 August 1995 Friendly Swindon Town ?–? Norwich City County Ground 3 August 1995 Friendly Hayes ?–? Swindon Town Church Road 5 August 1995 Friendly Hereford United ?–? Swindon Town Edgar Street 7 August 1995 Friendly Witney Town ?–? Swindon Town Downs Road Football League Second Division 1995–96 Football League #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA +League One match detailsDateOpponentVenueResultF–A 12 August 1995 Hull City A 1–0 19 August 1995 York City H 3–0 26 August 1995 Carlisle United A 1–0 30 August 1995 Oxford United H 1–1 2 September 1995 Brentford A 2–0 9 September 1995 Chesterfield H 1–1 13 September 1995 Bradford City H 4–1 16 September 1995 Bristol Rovers A 4–1 23 September 1995 Rotherham United H 1–0 30 September 1995 Wrexham A 3–4 7 October 1995 Bristol City H 2–0 14 October 1995 Brighton A 3–1 21 October 1995 Crewe Alexandra H 2–1 28 October 1995 Notts County A 3–1 31 October 1995 Bournemouth A 0–0 4 November 1995 Blackpool H 1–1 18 November 1995 Stockport County A 1–1 25 November 1995 Shrewsbury Town H 0–1 9 December 1995 Rotherham United A 2–0 16 December 1995 Wrexham H 1–1 23 December 1995 Walsall A 0–0 26 December 1995 Wycombe Wanderers H 0–0 10 January 1996 Swansea City H 3–0 13 January 1996 York City A 0–2 20 January 1996 Hull City H 3–0 3 February 1996 Carlisle United H 2–1 10 February 1996 Swansea City A 1–0 21 February 1996 Brentford H 2–2 24 February 1996 Bristol Rovers H 2–1 2 March 1996 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–1 5 March 1996 Peterborough United A 2–0 9 March 1996 Walsall H 1–1 16 March 1996 Burnley A 0–0 19 March 1996 Oxford United A 0–3 23 March 1996 Peterborough United H 2–0 30 March 1996 Bristol City A 0–0 3 April 1996 Brighton H 3–2 6 April 1996 Notts County H 1–0 8 April 1996 Crewe Alexandra A 2–0 13 April 1996 Bournemouth H 2–2 17 April 1996 Burnley H 0–0 20 April 1996 Blackpool A 1–1 23 April 1996 Chesterfield A 3–1 27 April 1996 Shrewsbury Town A 2–1 30 April 1996 Bradford City A 1–1 4 May 1996 Stockport County H 0–0 FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 11 November 1995 FA Cup R1 15:00 Swindon Town 4–1 Report Cambridge United Horlock 41 45Finney 48Allen 85 Butler 57 County Ground, Swindon 7,383 Paul Alcock (Surrey) W 2 December 1995 FA Cup R2 15:00 Swindon Town 2–0 Report Cardiff City Allison 58Finney 83 County Ground, Swindon 8,274 W 6 January 1996 FA Cup R3 15:00 Swindon Town 2–0 Report Woking Allison 17Bodin 81 County Ground, Swindon 10,322 W 12 February 1996 FA Cup R4 19:45 Swindon Town 1–0 Report Oldham Athletic Ling 90 County Ground, Swindon 9,508 W 17 February 1996 FA Cup R5 15:00 Swindon Town 1–1 Report Southampton Horlock 32 Watson 77 County Ground, Swindon 15,035 D 28 February 1996 FA Cup R5 (R) 19:45 Southampton 2–0 Report Swindon Town Oakley Shipperley The Dell, Southampton 13,962 L The League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 15 August 1995 League Cup R1L1 19:45 Cambridge United 2–1 Report Swindon Town Corazzin 11 63 pen Gooden 81 Abbey Stadium, Cambridge 2,530 L 23 August 1995 League Cup R1L2 19:45 Swindon Town 2–0 Report Cambridge United Beauchamp 78Horlock 90 County Ground, Swindon 6,724 K. Leach W 20 September 1995 League Cup R2L1 19:45 Swindon Town 2–3 Report Blackburn Rovers Allison 25Finney 26 Sutton 28Shearer 43 83 County Ground, Swindon 14,740 G. Singh L 4 October 1995 League Cup R2L2 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Report Swindon Town Shearer 37 83 Ewood Park, Blackburn 16,924 R. Hart L The Football League Trophy 1995–96 Football League Trophy #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 17 October 1995 South (group stage) 19:45 Torquay United 1–1 Report Swindon Town Curran 36 Ling 4 Plainmoor, Torquay 1,135 C. Wilkes D 8 November 1995 South (group stage) 19:45 Swindon Town 2–0 Report Colchester United Thorne 36Finney 89 County Ground, Swindon 6,222 P. Taylor W 29 November 1995 South (Round 2) 19:45 Swindon Town 0–1 Report Hereford United White 45 County Ground, Swindon 6,650 L Appearances and goals 13 August 2014 Division 2 FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Paul Allen MF ENG 25+2 0 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 Wayne Allison FW ENG 43+1 17 6+0 2 3+0 1 3+0 0 Joey Beauchamp MF ENG 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0 Paul Bodin DF WAL 32+1 2 4+0 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 Lee Collins MF SCO 2+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Steve Cowe FW ENG 4+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ian Culverhouse DF ENG 46+0 0 6+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 Fraser Digby GK ENG 25+0 0 6+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 Jason Drysdale DF ENG 10+3 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Steve Finney FW ENG 22+8 12 2+4 2 4+0 1 2+1 1 Shay Given (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) GK IRE 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ty Gooden MF ENG 14+12 3 3+1 0 1+1 1 3+0 0 Tony Grant (on loan from Everton) MF ENG 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Dean Hooper MF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 Kevin Horlock MF NIR 44+1 12 6+0 3 3+1 1 1+2 0 Scott Leitch (on loan from Heart of Midlothian) MF SCO 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Ling MF ENG 12+4 0 2+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 Steve McMahon MF ENG 20+1 0 3+1 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 Steve Mildenhall GK ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 Eddie Murray DF ENG 3+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Luc Nijholt DF NED 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Wayne O'Sullivan MF IRE 27+7 3 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 David Preece (on loan from Derby County) MF ENG 7+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Robinson DF ENG 46+0 1 6+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0 Mark Seagraves DF ENG 25+3 0 3+1 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 Alex Smith MF ENG 2+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Frank Talia GK AUS 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Shaun Taylor DF ENG 43+0 7 6+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0 Gary Thorne DF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 Peter Thorne FW ENG 22+4 10 4+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 1 |- |} Overall summary Summary Games played 59 (46 Division 2, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)Games won 31 (25 Division 2, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)Games drawn 19 (17 Division 2, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)Games lost 9 (4 Division 2, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)Goals scored 89 (71 Division 2, 10 FA Cup, 5 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)Goals conceded 47 (34 Division 2, 4 FA Cup, 7 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)Goal difference +42Clean sheets 0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)Yellow cards 0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)Red cards 0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)Worst discipline Best result 4–1 (vs. Bradford City)4–1 (vs. Bristol Rovers)4–1 (vs. Cambridge United)Worst result 0–3 (vs. Oxford UnitedMost appearances Mark Robinson and Kevin Horlock (58)Top scorer Wayne Allison (20)Points 92 Score overview OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleBlackpool1–11–1Bournemouth2–20–0Bradford City 4–11–1Brentford2–2 2–0Brighton & Hove Albion 3–2 3–1Bristol City 2–00–0Bristol Rovers 2–1 4–1Burnley0–00–0Carlisle United 2–1 1–0Chesterfield1–1 3–1Crewe Alexandra 2–1 2–0Hull City 3–0 1–0Notts County 1–0 3–1Oxford United1–10–3Peterborough United 2–0 2–0Rotherham United 1–0 2–0Shrewsbury Town0–1 2–1Stockport County0–01–1Swansea City 3–0 1–0Walsall1–10–0Wrexham1–13–4Wycombe Wanderers0–0 2–1York City 3–00–2 References 2 External links Extensive Swindon Town statistics site Category:Swindon Town F.C. seasons Swindon Town F.C.