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Coventry City 1995–96 football season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League .
Once again, Coventry City defied the odds after a season of struggle. This time they had the determination of manager Ron Atkinson and the regular supply of goals from Dion Dublin to thank for their survival. They hit the headlines in December with a spectacular 5–0 win over defending champions Blackburn, but the defence leaked too many goals for the Sky Blues to progress beyond 16th place in the final table, surviving only on goal difference to secure a 30th successive season of top flight football. Tragedy struck the club as promising defender David Busst suffered a harrowing broken-leg injury during a clash with Denis Irwin and Brian McClair from a corner in the 1-0 defeat at Manchester United , often considered one of the worst football injuries in history, which ultimately ended his career. He was diagnosed with MRSA later on from his injury in hospital, forcing him to premature retirement later that year.
New to the side for the season were defender Paul Williams from Derby County (not to be confused with another defender, Paul Williams , who departed the club the following week, nor with yet another Paul Williams , a Northern Irish forward who played for the club on loan from West Brom in the 92-93 season ); Brazilian midfielder Isaías ; and 21-year-old Leeds United striker Noel Whelan .
Atkinson splashed out more than £15 million on new players during the close season, as he looked to build a Coventry side which was capable of matching the high placing of his old club Aston Villa , one of Coventry's deadliest rivals.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
8
14
16
42
60
−18
38
6
7
6
21
23
−2
2
7
10
21
37
−16
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A A A H H H A H A A H A H A A H Result L W D D D L L L D L L L D L D L W L W W D L D L D W D D D L L L W L W D W D Position 20 11 11 10 11 14 16 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 19 20 19 19 19 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 16 15 16 18 19 18 19 18 17 16 16
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossCoventry City's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1995
Newcastle United A
0-3
36,485
23 August 1995
Manchester City H
2-1
15,957
Telfer , Dublin
26 August 1995
Arsenal H
0-0
20,065
30 August 1995
Chelsea A
2-2
24,398
Isaías , Ndlovu
9 September 1995
Nottingham Forest H
1-1
17,219
Dublin
16 September 1995
Middlesbrough A
1-2
27,882
Isaías
23 September 1995
Blackburn Rovers A
1-5
24,382
Ndlovu
30 September 1995
Aston Villa H
0-3
20,987
14 October 1995
Liverpool A
0-0
39,079
21 October 1995
Sheffield Wednesday H
0-1
13,998
28 October 1995
Leeds United A
1-3
30,161
Dublin
4 November 1995
Tottenham Hotspur H
2-3
17,545
Dublin , Williams
19 November 1995
Queens Park Rangers A
1-1
11,189
Dublin
22 November 1995
Manchester United H
0-4
23,400
25 November 1995
Wimbledon H
3-3
12,523
Heald (own goal), Dublin , Rennie
4 December 1995
Sheffield Wednesday A
3-4
16,229
Dublin (3)
9 December 1995
Blackburn Rovers H
5-0
13,376
Busst , Dublin , Rennie , Ndlovu , Salako
16 December 1995
Aston Villa A
1-4
28,486
Dublin
23 December 1995
Everton H
2-1
16,639
Busst , Whelan
30 December 1995
Bolton Wanderers A
2-1
16,678
Whelan , Salako (pen)
1 January 1996
Southampton H
1-1
16,818
Whelan
14 January 1996
Newcastle United H
0-1
20,547
20 January 1996
Manchester City A
1-1
25,710
Dublin
31 January 1996
West Ham United A
2-3
18,884
Whelan , Dublin
3 February 1996
Arsenal A
1-1
35,623
Whelan
10 February 1996
Chelsea H
1-0
20,639
Whelan
24 February 1996
Middlesbrough H
0-0
18,810
2 March 1996
West Ham United H
2-2
17,459
Salako , Whelan
9 March 1996
Everton A
2-2
34,517
Daish , Williams
16 March 1996
Bolton Wanderers H
0-2
17,226
25 March 1996
Southampton A
0-1
14,461
30 March 1996
Tottenham Hotspur A
1-3
26,808
Dublin
6 April 1996
Liverpool H
1-0
23,137
Whelan
8 April 1996
Manchester United A
0-1
50,332
13 April 1996
Queens Park Rangers H
1-0
22,910
Jess
17 April 1996
Nottingham Forest A
0-0
24,629
27 April 1996
Wimbledon A
2-0
15,540
Ndlovu (2)
5 May 1996
Leeds United H
0-0
22,769
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
7 June 1995
MF
Calita
Farense
£250,000
5 July 1995
FW
Isaías
Benfica
£500,000
11 July 1995
MF
Paul Telfer
Luton Town
£1,150,000
3 August 1995
MF
John Salako
Crystal Palace
£1,500,000
6 August 1995
DF
Paul Williams
Derby County
£750,000
12 February 1996
DF
Liam Daish
Birmingham City
£1,500,000
23 February 1996
MF
Eoin Jess
Aberdeen
£2,000,000
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three Combined Counties League (level 8 only )Eastern Counties League (Premier , One Essex Senior League (level 8 only )Hellenic League (Premier , One Kent League (level 8 only )Midland Alliance (level 8 only )Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )North West Counties League (One , Two Northern Counties East League (Premier , One Northern League (One , Two South Midlands League (Premier , Senior Spartan League (Premier , One Sussex County League (One , Two United Counties League (Premier , One Wessex League (level 8 only )West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )Western League (Premier , One
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions
£6,150,000
£2,425,000
