1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season

1995–96 season of Leicester City February 2015 December 2021 Leicester City 1995–96 Mark McGhee (until 13 December) Martin O'Neill (from 21 December) Martin George Filbert Street First Division 5th (promoted via playoffs) FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Roberts (19) Roberts (20) 20,911 vs. Derby County (28 February 1996) 12,543 vs. Millwall (23 March 1996) 16,198 1994–95 1996–97 During the 1995–96 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Mark McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 whilst Leicester were top of Division One to take charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers.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 16 September 2009 London McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/oneill-set-for-leicester-1526870.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/oneill-set-for-leicester-1526870.html 1 May 2022 subscription live O'Neill set for Leicester 21 December 1995 The Independent 14 September 2011 London Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1995–96 Division One promotion playoffs and beat Crystal Palace 2–1 with a last-gasp Steve Claridge goal securing an immediate return to the Premiership. Final league table 1995–96 Football League#First Division First Division y LEI Football League Championship play-offs#1996 Play-off results Results Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1995-1996/results Leicester City 1995-1996 Results - statto.com 29 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140729125052/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1995-1996/results 29 July 2014 live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 1995 SunderlandA2–118,593Corica, Robins 19 August 1995 Stoke CityH2–317,719Walsh, Parker (pen) 26 August 1995 Luton TownA1–17,612Parker 30 August 1995 PortsmouthH4–215,170Roberts (3), Parker 2 September 1995 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–018,441Whitlow 10 September 1995 Derby CountyA1–017,767Joachim 12 September 1995 Port ValeA2–08,814McMahon, Roberts 16 September 1995 ReadingH1–119,103Roberts 23 September 1995 Southend UnitedH1–315,276Lowe 30 September 1995 Norwich CityA1–018,435Heskey 7 October 1995 BarnsleyA2–213,669Robins, Walsh 14 October 1995 Charlton AthleticH1–116,771Lowe 21 October 1995 Sheffield UnitedA3–113,100Roberts, Taylor, Lowe 28 October 1995 Crystal PalaceH2–318,376Robins, Taylor 5 November 1995 West Bromwich AlbionA3–216,071Taylor (2), Roberts 11 November 1995 WatfordH1–016,230Roberts 19 November 1995 Tranmere RoversH0–113,125 21 November 1995 Huddersfield TownA1–314,300Robins 26 November 1995 Birmingham CityA2–217,350Roberts, Grayson 2 December 1995 BarnsleyH2–215,125Roberts, Grayson 9 December 1995 Southend UnitedA1–25,835Roberts 17 December 1995 Norwich CityH3–214,251Whitlow, Roberts, Heskey 23 December 1995 Grimsby TownA2–27,713Roberts, Walsh 1 January 1996 MillwallA1–19,953Corica 13 January 1996 Stoke CityA0–113,669 21 January 1996 SunderlandH0–016,130 3 February 1996 Luton TownH1–114,821Roberts 10 February 1996 PortsmouthA1–29,003Roberts 17 February 1996 Port ValeH1–113,758Taylor 21 February 1996 Wolverhampton WanderersA3–227,381Roberts, Heskey (2) 24 February 1996 ReadingA1–19,817Lewis 28 February 1996 Derby CountyH0–020,911 3 March 1996 Ipswich TownA2–49,817Roberts (2) 9 March 1996 Grimsby TownH2–113,784Heskey (2) 13 March 1996 Ipswich TownH0–217,783 16 March 1996 Oldham AthleticA1–35,582Whitlow 23 March 1996 MillwallH2–112,543Carey, Taylor 30 March 1996 Sheffield UnitedH0–215,230 2 April 1996 Charlton AthleticA1–011,287Claridge 6 April 1996 Crystal PalaceA1–017,331Roberts 9 April 1996 West Bromwich AlbionH1–217,889Robins 13 April 1996 Tranmere RoversA1–18,882Robins 17 April 1996 Oldham AthleticH2–012,790Claridge (2) 20 April 1996 Huddersfield TownH2–117,619Walsh, Claridge 27 April 1996 Birmingham CityH3–019,702Claridge, Heskey, Lennon 5 May 1996 WatfordA1–020,089Izzet First Division play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersSF 1st Leg12 May 1996 Stoke CityH0–020,323SF 2nd Leg15 May 1996 Stoke CityA1–0 (won 1–0 on agg)21,037ParkerF27 May 1996 Crystal PalaceN2–1 73,573Parker (pen), Claridge FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 1996 Manchester CityH0–020,640R3R17 January 1996 Manchester CityA0–519,980 League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 20 September 1995 BurnleyH2–011,142Robins, JoachimR2 2nd Leg 3 October 1995 BurnleyA2–04,553Robins (2)R324 October 1995 Bolton WanderersA0–09,166R3R8 November 1995 Bolton WanderersH2–314,884Robins, Roberts Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1996.htm All Leicester City players: 1996.HTM ENG GK Kevin Poole AUS GK Željko Kalac ENG DF Simon Grayson ENG DF Colin Hill ENG DF Neil Lewis ENG DF Richard Smith ENG DF Steve Walsh ENG DF Julian Watts ENG DF Mike Whitlow ENG DF Jimmy Willis IRL DF Brian Carey FRA DF Franck Rolling SWE DF Pontus Kåmark JAM DF Jamie Lawrence ENG MF Mark Blake ENG MF David Lowe ENG MF Sam McMahon ENG MF Garry Parker ENG MF Lee Philpott ENG MF Scott Taylor NIR MF Neil Lennon TUR MF Muzzy Izzet AUS MF Steve Corica ENG FW Steve Claridge ENG FW Phil Gee ENG FW Emile Heskey ENG FW Julian Joachim ENG FW Mark Robins WAL FW Iwan Roberts References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City