1995–96 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 September 2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1995–96 Graham Taylor(until 13 November)Mark McGhee(from 13 December) Manager Jonathan Hayward Chairman First Division 20th FA Cup 4th round League Cup Quarter-finals Don Goodman (16) Don Goodman (20) 28,088 (vs Birmingham, 17 January 1996) 20,381 (vs Fulham,20 September 1995) 22,658 (league only) 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 season was the 97th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division. Although the season began with Graham Taylor as manager, he resigned sixteen games into their league campaign under fan pressure due to the team's poor results.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wolves-seek-successor-as-taylor-resigns-1581964.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wolves-seek-successor-as-taylor-resigns-1581964.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Wolves seek successor as Taylor resigns 14 November 1995 The Independent London Despite being tipped by many to be one of the promotion favouriteshttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/midland-move-to-join-the-moneyed-classes-1595899.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/midland-move-to-join-the-moneyed-classes-1595899.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Midland move to join the moneyed classes 12 August 1995 The Independent London - following on from having reached the play-offs in the previous season - the side sat in 18th place at the time of Taylor's exit.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/taylor-falls-through-credibility-gap-1581948.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/taylor-falls-through-credibility-gap-1581948.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Taylor falls through credibility gap 14 November 1995 The Independent London After a period under caretaker manager Bobby Downes, Mark McGhee resigned from Leicester City to become Wolves' new manager in December.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mcghee-the-new-man-at-molineux-1525726.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mcghee-the-new-man-at-molineux-1525726.html 1 May 2022 subscription live McGhee the new man at Molineux 14 December 1995 The Independent London Despite a slow upturn in results under McGhee that put the team within three points of a play-off place at the start of April, their form again collapsed and they took just four points from the final 24 available.Wolverhampton Wanderers 1995-1996: Results http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/1995-1996/results Statto 28 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063009/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/1995-1996/results 4 March 2016 live The club eventually finished the season in 20th place, only confirming their safety from relegation in their final home game. This represented their lowest finish in the football pyramid since returning to the second level in 1989–90.Wolverhampton Wanderers: History 1975 to date http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/history/modern Statto 4 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121230042216/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/history/modern 30 December 2012 live Results Football League First Division 1995–96 Football League A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1995–96 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference. The provisional fixture list was released on 20 June 1995, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns. 12 August 1995 1 15:00 BST Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers O'Brien 51Aldridge 81 Bull 40Goodman 53 Prenton Park Birkenhead 11,880 (2,986 away) D 20 August 1995 2 14:55 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Mardon 66 o.g. Taylor 46 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,329 (2,832 away) D "Sunderland vs Wolves" 26 August 1995 3 15:00 BST Sunderland 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Melville 8Gray 28 Roker Park Sunderland 16,816 (1,894 away) L 30 August 1995 4 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Derby County Daley 12Goodman 16de Wolf 32 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,053 (1,500 away) W 2 September 1995 5 15:00 BST Leicester City 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Whitlow 27 Filbert Street Leicester 18,441 (1,700 away) L 9 September 1995 15:00 BST 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Grimsby Town Bull 42 69Goodman 51 76 Groves 39 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,656 (603 away) W "Wolves vs Norwich" 13 September 1995 19:45 BST 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Norwich City Johnson 60Ward 70 Molineux Wolverhampton 27,064 (1,236 away) L 16 September 1995 15:00 BST 8 Southend United 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gridelet 45Jones 73 Goodman 29 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 6,322 (1,986 away) L 23 September 1995 15:00 BST 9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Luton Town Molineux Wolverhampton 23,659 (822 away) D "Port Vale vs Wolves" 30 September 1995 15:00 BST 10 Port Vale 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Richards 37 o.g.Porter 61 pen. Goodman 16Daley 31 Vale Park Burslem 11,550 (3,824 away) D 7 October 1995 15:00 BST 11 Ipswich Town 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sedgley 28 pen. Goodman 38Atkins 42 Portman Road Ipswich 15,335 (1,465 away) W 14 October 1995 15:00 BST 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–4 Stoke City Thompson 71 pen. Gleghorn 39Potter 41Wallace 85Carruthers 89 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,483 (2,927 away) L 21 October 1995 15:00 BST 13 Watford 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Holdsworth 57 Daley 45 Vicarage Road Watford 11,319 (1,269 away) D 28 October 1995 15:00 GMT 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Sheffield United Bull 37 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,881 (865 away) W 4 November 1995 15:00 GMT 15 Barnsley 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Redfearn 77 Oakwell Barnsley 9,668 (478 away) L 12 November 1995 14:55 GMT 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Charlton Athletic Molineux Wolverhampton 20,450 (473 away) D 18 November 1995 15:00 GMT 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Oldham Athletic Emblen 27 Makin 62McCarthy 64Beresford 78 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,128 (513 away) L 22 November 1995 19:45 GMT 18 Crystal Palace 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Freedman 10 29 49 Thompson 64 pen.Young 83 Selhurst Park London 12,571 (663 away) L 25 November 1995 15:00 GMT 19 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Booth 20Dalton 38 Bull 79 McAlpine Stadium Huddersfield 16,423 (1,127 away) L 3 December 1995 14:55 GMT 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Ipswich Town Goodman 60 70 Marshall 30Mowbray 90 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,867 (788 away) D 10 December 1995 14:55 GMT 21 Luton Town 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oakes 31Marshall 50 Richards 7Goodman 18Bull 41 Kenilworth Road Luton 6,997 (1,421 away) W 16 December 1995 15:00 GMT 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Port Vale Porter 6 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,329 (2,424 away) L 26 December 1995 15:00 GMT 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Millwall Bull 10 Malkin 77 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,591 (887 away) D 30 December 1995 15:00 GMT 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Portsmouth Bull 5Goodman 35 Carter 58Burton 65 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,294 (1,412 away) D 13 January 1996 15:00 GMT 25 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers The Hawthorns West Bromwich 21,624 (5,000 away) D 20 January 1996 15:00 GMT 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Bull 35Goodman 67 Aldridge 55 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,173 (984 away) W 3 February 1996 15:00 GMT 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Sunderland Thompson 15 pen.Goodman 18Atkins 61 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,537 (2,777 away) W 10 February 1996 15:00 GMT 28 Derby County 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Baseball Ground Derby 17,460 (1,450 away) D 17 February 1996 15:00 GMT 29 Norwich City 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crook 24Eadie 25 Bull 12 37Goodman 74 Carrow Road Norwich 14,691 (1,587 away) W 21 February 1996 19:45 GMT 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Leicester City Bull 26Law 42 Roberts 38Heskey 60 80 Molineux Wolverhampton 27,381 (3,116 away) L 24 February 1996 15:00 GMT 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Southend United Young 28Thompson 50 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,677 (404 away) W 2 March 1996 15:00 GMT 32 Millwall 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bull 69 The New Den London 9,131 (1,045 away) W 5 March 1996 19:45 GMT 33 Birmingham City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Devlin 28 pen. 39 St Andrew's Birmingham 22,051 (2,124 away) L 9 March 1996 15:00 GMT 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Reading Atkins 42 Gooding 17 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,954 (1,498 away) D 12 March 1996 19:45 GMT 35 Grimsby Town 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Shakespeare 51Livingstone 66Forrester 78 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 5,013 (578 away) L 16 March 1996 15:00 GMT 36 Portsmouth 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Emblen 39Goodman 41 Fratton Park Portsmouth 11,732 (986 away) W 23 March 1996 15:00 GMT 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 Birmingham City Goodman 37Thompson 88 pen.Bull 89 Devlin 6 84 pen. Molineux Wolverhampton 26,256 (2,655 away) W 30 March 1996 15:00 GMT 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Watford Froggatt 33Osborn 41 54 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,885 (812 away) W 3 April 1996 19:45 BST 39 Stoke City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheron 3Sturridge 59 Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 26,483 (2,175 away) L 6 April 1996 19:45 BST 40 Sheffield United 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Taylor 21White 31 Thompson 45 pen. Bramall Lane Sheffield 16,658 (1,484 away) L 8 April 1996 15:00 BST 41 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Barnsley Bull 16Ferguson 51 pen. Moses 13Payton 85 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,789 (706 away) D 13 April 1996 15:00 BST 42 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Boundary Park Oldham 7,592 (1,390 away) D 20 April 1996 15:00 BST 43 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Crystal Palace Hopkin 31Dyer 55 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,350 (1,500 away) L 27 April 1996 15:00 BST 44 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Huddersfield Town Molineux Wolverhampton 25,290 (2,589 away) D 30 April 1996 19:45 BST 45 Reading 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Williams 22Quinn 40 86 Elm Park Reading 12,828 (2,409 away) L 5 May 1996 15:00 BST 46 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leaburn 38 Crowe 52 The Valley London 10,909 (1,723 away) D Final table Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points17Grimsby Town461414185569–145618Oldham Athletic461414185450 +45619Reading461317165463–1156 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers461316175662–65521Portsmouth461313206169–85222Millwall461313204363–2052 Source: Statto.com Results summary 8 9 6 34 28 5 7 11 22 34 Statto.com September 2021 Results by round table b Round Result D/D/L/W/L/W/L/L/D/D/W/L/D/W/L/D/L/L/L/D/W/L/D/D/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/L/D/L/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/L/D/L/D Position 9/19/21/12/15/12/16/18/18/19/15/18/16/16/18/18/18/19/20/21/20/22/22/20/20/20/18/18/17/18/16/14/15/15/15/14/12/11/12/13/15/15/18/18/18/20 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Statto.com FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup 6 January 1996 R3 15:00 GMT Birmingham City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Poole 72 Bull 25 St Andrew's Birmingham 21,349 Robbie Hart D "Wolves vs Birmingham FAC" 17 January 1996 R3 rep. 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Birmingham City Ferguson 17Bull 62 Hunt 51 Molineux Wolverhampton 28,088 Robbie Hart W 27 January 1996 R4 15:00 GMT Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wilson 13 Goodman 28 White Hart Lane London 32,812 David Allison D 7 February 1996 R4 rep. 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Rosenthal 7Sheringham 9 Molineux Wolverhampton 27,846 David Allison L League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup 20 September 1995 R2.1 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Fulham Goodman 4Wright 50 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,381 W 3 October 1995 R2.2 19:45 BST Fulham 1–5 1–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cusack 82 Daley 28Williams 69Atkins 77Goodman 86 88 Craven Cottage London 6,625 W 25 October 1995 R3 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Charlton Athletic Molineux Wolverhampton 22,481 D 8 November 1995 R3 rep. 19:45 GMT Charlton Athletic 1–2 yes Wolverhampton Wanderers Robinson 54 Emblen 23Atkins 98 The Valley London 10,909 W 29 November 1995 R4 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Coventry City Venus 33Ferguson 34 Williams 67 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,628 W 10 January 1996 QF 19:45 GMT Aston Villa 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Johnson 66 Villa Park Birmingham 39,277 L Players ENG yes end of season |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Andy De Bont |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|WAL Paul Jones Paul Jones (footballer, born 1967) |08 8||0||0||0||2||0||10||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Mike Stowell |38||0||4||0||4||0||46||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|NED John de Wolf |14.5 14(1)||1||0||0||1||0||15.5 15(1)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|WAL Brian Law |06.5 5(2)||1||1||0||1.5 1(1)||0||09.5 7(3)||1||0||1|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|NIR Neil Masters |03 3||0||0||0||0||0||03 3||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Dennis Pearce |04.5 3(2)||0||1||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|06.5 5(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Dean Richards Dean Richards (footballer) |36.5 36(1)||1||2||0||5||0||43.5 43(1)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Peter Shirtliff † |02 2||0||0||0||0||0||02 2||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Jamie Smith Jamie Smith (footballer born 1974) |12.5 10(3)||0||0||0||1||0||13.5 11(3)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Andy Thompson Andy Thompson (footballer born 1967) |45||6||4||0||6||0||55||6||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Mark Venus |21.5 19(3)||0||2||0||3||1||26.5 24(3)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|WAL Eric Young Eric Young (footballer, born 1960) |30||2||4||0||5||0||style="background:#98FB98"|39||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Atkins Mark Atkins (footballer) |31.5 26(6)||3||4||0||5||2||style="background:#98FB98"|40.5 35(6)||5||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Paul Birch Paul Birch (footballer, born 1962) ¤ |06.5 5(2)||0||0||0||2.5 2(1)||0||09.5 7(3)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|AUS Steve Corica |17||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|17||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Gordon Cowans † |15.5 10(6)||0||0||0||2||0||17.5 12(6)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Tony Daley |17.5 16(2)||3||0.5 0(1)||0||4||1||22.5 20(3)||4||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|NIR Robbie Dennison ¤ |0||0||0||0||0.5 0(1)||0||0.5 0(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Neil Emblen |32.5 30(3)||2||3||0||1.5 1(1)||1||37.5 34(4)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|SCO Darren Ferguson |32.5 26(7)||1||3.5 3(1)||1||4||1||40.5 33(8)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Richard Flash |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Steve Froggatt |17.5 13(5)||1||0||0||0||0||17.5 13(5)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Simon Osborn |21||2||4||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|25||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Rankine |31.5 27(5)||0||3.5 3(1)||0||6||0||41.5 36(6)||0||0||1|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|WAL Carl Robinson ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Vinny Samways ‡ |03 3||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|03 3||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Geoff Thomas Geoff Thomas (footballer born 1964) |01.5 0(2)||0||0||0||0||0||01.5 0(2)||0||0||1|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Jermaine Wright |06.5 4(3)||0||0||0||1.5 1(1)||1||08.5 5(4)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Steve Bull |43.5 42(2)||15||4||2||4.5 4(1)||0||52.5 50(3)||17||0||1|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|IRL Glen Crowe |01.5 1(1)||1||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|01.5 1(1)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|IRL Dominic Foley |04.5 1(4)||0||0.5 0(1)||0||0.5 0(1)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|06.5 1(6)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Don Goodman |43.5 43(1)||16||4||1||6||3||53.5 53(1)||20||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|IRL David Kelly David Kelly (association footballer) † |04.5 3(2)||0||0||0||0||0||04.5 3(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|RSA Mark Williams Mark Williams (South African footballer) |11.5 5(7)||0||1||0||2.5 2(1)||1||style="background:#98FB98"|15.5 8(8)||1||0||0|| |} Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete RecordMatthews, Tony Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-632-3 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee30 May 1995ENG Dean RichardsBradford City£1.85 million13 September 1995WAL Eric YoungCrystal PalaceFree20 September 1995RSA Mark WilliamsBEL RWD Molenbeek£300,00021 September 1995ENG Mark AtkinsBlackburn Rovers£1 million22 September 1995ENG Richard FlashManchester UnitedFree22 December 1995ENG Simon OsbornQueens Park Rangers£1 million16 February 1996AUS Steve CoricaLeicester City£1.1 million16 February 1996AUS Željko KalacLeicester City£650,000 Out DatePlayerToFee23 June 1995SCO Tom BennettStockport County£75,00018 July 1995ENG Paul BladesRotherham United£110,00025 August 1995ENG Peter ShirtliffBarnsley£125,00018 September 1995IRL David KellySunderland£1 million29 December 1995ENG Gordon CowansSheffield UnitedFree Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date21 December 1995ENG Vinny SamwaysEverton21 January 1996 Loans out Start datePlayerToEnd date5 October 1995NIR Robbie DennisonWAL Swansea CityEnd of season7 March 1996ENG Paul BirchPreston North EndEnd of season28 March 1996WAL Carl RobinsonShrewsbury TownEnd of season Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham Taylor (until 13 November), then Mark McGhee (from 13 December onward)Assistant managerBobby Downes, then Colin Lee (from 13 December onward)First Team coachMike HickmanYouth Development OfficerChris EvansYouth Team coachChris TurnerClub doctorsDr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioBarry Holmes Kit The season saw a new home shirt introduced featuring an embroidered crest and new collar design. The all-white away kit of the previous season was retained. Both were manufactured by Nutmeg Clothing and featured sponsor name of Goodyear. References 1995-96 Wolverhampton Wanderers