1995–96 Wimbledon F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Wimbledon F.C. 1995–96 Sam Hammam Joe Kinnear Selhurst Park FA Premier League 14th FA Cup Quarter-final League Cup Second round UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage Robbie Earle (11) Efan Ekoku/Dean Holdsworth (16) 25,380 vs Manchester United (3 February 1996, FA Premier League) 3,717 vs Charlton Athletic (19 September 1995, League Cup) 13,246 _navyborder _Roma1 _navyborder _yellow_stripes _yellowline 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 _collarred 2 _red stripes _blackline E41B17 E41B17 E41B17 000000 E41B17 1994–95 1996–97 During the 1995–96 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was their tenth successive season in the top flight of English football and although they finished 14th, lower than on any of the previous nine occasions, they finished high enough to maintain their top flight membership. Season summary With the FA Premier League's lowest crowds and transfer budget, Wimbledon had begun most of their top division seasons since promotion in 1986 as pre-season relegation favourites, but the "Crazy Gang" spirit kept Wimbledon going once again, although their 14th-place finish was their lowest since joining the top flight 10 seasons earlier. Dean Holdsworth and Efan Ekoku were once again a formidable strikerforce, while Vinnie Jones was as combative as ever and Oyvind Leonhardsen's performances attracted attention from several bigger clubs. Manager Joe Kinnear retained all his key players and added several new signings during the close season, as he aimed to defy expectations once again. It was the last season at Wimbledon for long-serving goalkeeper Hans Segers, who lost his place early in the season to Paul Heald and was transferred to Wolves soon afterwards. Within a few months however, Kinnear had decided on Neil Sullivan as his regular goalkeeper. The season saw Wimbledon play in European competition for the first (and the only) time in their history, in the Intertoto Cup. However, as Selhurst Park was unavailable the club were forced to play the matches at Brighton & Hove Albion's Goldstone Ground. The lack of home support affected Wimbledon's performances, and they finished fourth in their group of five after a 4–0 home defeat to Turkish club Bursaspor, a 1–1 draw at Slovak side Košice, a 0–0 draw with Israelis Beitar Jerusalem at home and a 3–0 away defeat at Belgian team Charleroi. Kit Core became Wimbledon's kit manufacturers for the season. Birmingham-based electronics company Elonex remained the kit sponsors.http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Wimbledon/Wimbledon.htm Wimbledon - Historical Football Kits Final league table 1995–96 FA Premier League WDN Results summary 5 6 8 27 33 5 5 9 28 37 Statto September 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result W/W/L/D/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/D/D/D/L/D/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/D/D/D/L/W/W/D/W/W/L/L/D Position 4/2/3/6/3/6/9/11/12/14/15/17/16/17/16/17/17/18/18/16/15/15/15/14/16/16/16/15/15/17/15/15/15/15/14/14/14/14 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com September 2015 Results Wimbledon's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1995-1996/results Wimbledon results for the 1995-1996 season - Statto.com 22 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060014/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1995-1996/results 23 September 2015 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 1995 Bolton WanderersH3–29,317Ekoku, Earle, Holdsworth 23 August 1995 Queens Park RangersA3–011,837Leonhardsen, Holdsworth, Goodman 26 August 1995 Manchester UnitedA1–332,226Earle 30 August 1995 Sheffield WednesdayH2–26,352Goodman, Holdsworth (pen) 9 September 1995 LiverpoolH1–019,530Harford 16 September 1995 Aston VillaA0–226,928 23 September 1995 Leeds UnitedH2–413,307Holdsworth, Reeves 30 September 1995 Tottenham HotspurA1–325,321Earle 16 October 1995 West Ham UnitedH0–19,411 21 October 1995 Newcastle UnitedA1–636,434Gayle 28 October 1995 SouthamptonH1–27,982Euell 6 November 1995 Nottingham ForestA1–420,810Jones 18 November 1995 MiddlesbroughH0–013,780 22 November 1995 Manchester CityA0–123,617 25 November 1995 Coventry CityA3–312,523Jones (pen), Goodman, Leonhardsen 3 December 1995 Newcastle UnitedH3–318,002Holdsworth (2), Ekoku 9 December 1995 Leeds UnitedA1–127,984Leonhardsen 16 December 1995 Tottenham HotspurH0–116,193 23 December 1995 Blackburn RoversH1–17,105Earle 26 December 1995 ChelseaA2–121,906Earle, Ekoku 30 December 1995 ArsenalA3–137,640Earle (2), Holdsworth 1 January 1996 EvertonH2–311,121Holdsworth, Ekoku 13 January 1996 Bolton WanderersA0–116,216 20 January 1996 Queens Park RangersH2–19,123Leonhardsen, Clarke 3 February 1996 Manchester UnitedH2–425,380Gayle, Euell 10 February 1996 Sheffield WednesdayA1–219,085Gayle 24 February 1996 Aston VillaH3–312,193Goodman (2), Harford 2 March 1996 ChelseaH1–117,048S. Clarke (own goal) 13 March 1996 LiverpoolA2–234,063Ekoku, Holdsworth 16 March 1996 ArsenalH0–318,335 23 March 1996 EvertonA4–231,382Gayle, Castledine, Clarke, Goodman 30 March 1996 Nottingham ForestH1–09,807Holdsworth 6 April 1996 West Ham UnitedA1–120,402Jones 8 April 1996 Manchester CityH3–011,844Earle (2), Ekoku 13 April 1996 MiddlesbroughA2–129,192Earle, Ekoku 17 April 1996 Blackburn RoversA2–324,174Earle, Gayle 27 April 1996 Coventry CityH0–215,540 5 May 1996 SouthamptonA0–015,172 FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 1996 WatfordA1–111,187LeonhardsenR3R17 January 1996 WatfordH1–05,142ClarkeR47 February 1996 MiddlesbroughA0–028,915R4R13 February 1996 MiddlesbroughH1–05,520HoldsworthR517 February 1996 Huddersfield TownA2–217,307Ekoku (2)R5R28 February 1996 Huddersfield TownH3–17,015Ekoku, Goodman (2)QF9 March 1996 ChelseaA2–230,805Holdsworth, EarleQFR20 March 1996 ChelseaH1–321,380Goodman League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 19 September 1995 Charlton AthleticH4–53,717Holdsworth (2), Earle, ClarkeR2 2nd Leg 3 October 1995 Charlton AthleticA3–3 (lost 7–8 on agg)9,823Earle, Holdsworth (2, 1 pen) UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersGroup 10 24 June 1995 BursasporH0–41,8792 July 1995 KošiceA1–14,023Piper15 July 1995 Beitar JerusalemH0–070222 July 1995CharleroiA0–32,014 Note: Home games in the Intertoto Cup were played at the Goldstone Ground due to unavailability of White Hart Lane Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/wimbled.htm FootballSquads - Wimbledon - 1995/96 1 NED GK Hans Segers 2 IRL DF Kenny Cunningham 3 ENG DF Alan Kimble 4 WAL MF Vinnie JonesJones was born in Watford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales through his maternal grandfather and made his international debut for Wales in December 1994. 5 ENG DF Dean Blackwell 6 IRL DF Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level. 7 NOR MF Øyvind Leonhardsen 8 ENG MF Robbie EarleEarle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1997. 9 NGA FW Efan EkokuEkoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994. 10 ENG FW Dean Holdsworth 11 ENG FW Marcus GayleGayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. 12 ENG DF Gary Elkins 13 ENG GK Paul Heald 14 ENG FW Jon GoodmanGoodman was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1997. 15 ENG DF Alan Reeves 16 ENG DF Andy Thorn 17 SCO DF Brian McAllister 18 ENG MF Neal Ardley 19 ENG MF Stewart Castledine 20 ENG FW Mick Harford 21 ENG DF Chris Perry 22 ENG FW Andy Clarke 23 ENG GK Neil SullivanSullivan was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 1997. 24 ENG MF Peter Fear 25 ENG FW Gary Blissett 26 ENG MF Aidan Newhouse 27 ENG FW Grant Payne 28 ENG MF Steve Talboys 29 ENG DF Gerald Dobbs 30 ENG DF Roger Joseph 31 ENG MF Mark Thomas 32 ENG DF Justin Skinner 33 IRL GK Brendan Murphy 34 ENG MF Jason EuellEuell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004. 35 ENG DF Andy Pearce Left club during the season 35 ENG GK Simon Tracey on loan from Sheffield United Others Iain Laidlaw (born 10 December 1976) is a defender who had represented the club in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup,https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/no-picnic-for-english-clubs-by-the-sea-1588438.html No picnic for English clubs by the sea Phil Shaw The Independent 1995-06-26 2010-06-26 signed for the club that summer, but was released in 1997 without making a league appearance.Playfair Football Who's Who 1998 Jack Rollin 0-7472-5810-4 1997 214 Headline Publishing Transfers In DatePosNameFromFee25 July 1995GKPaul HealdLeyton Orient£125,000 Out DatePosNameFromFee5 June 1995DFWarren BartonNewcastle United£4,000,0008 August 1995FWSteve AnthrobusShrewsbury Town£25,000 Transfers in: £125,000 Transfers out: £4,025,000 Total spending: £3,900,000 Notes notes References Category:Wimbledon F.C. seasons Wimbledon