1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
1995–96 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver; (until 10 April) ; Bill Fotherby
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Runners–up
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tony Yeboah (12); All: ; Tony Yeboah (19)
Highest home attendance	39,801 vs Manchester United ; (24 December 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,384 vs Notts County ; (19 September 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	32,578
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.

Competittions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	46	44	+2	50
12	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	35	50	−15	43
13	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43
14	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	−15	41
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	−13	40

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43	8	3	8	21	21	0	4	4	11	19	36	−17

Source: Statto

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Position	5	1	1	2	4	7	6	4	7	8	8	8	5	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	West Ham United	A	2–1	22,901	Yeboah (2)
21 August 1995	Liverpool	H	1–0	35,852	Yeboah
26 August 1995	Aston Villa	H	2–0	35,086	Speed, White
30 August 1995	Southampton	A	1–1	15,212	Dorigo
9 September 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	30,034	Yeboah
16 September 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	31,504	Wetherall
23 September 1995	Wimbledon	A	4–2	13,307	Palmer, Yeboah (3)
30 September 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	29,462	Speed, Yeboah
14 October 1995	Arsenal	H	0–3	38,552
21 October 1995	Manchester City	A	0–0	26,390
28 October 1995	Coventry City	H	3–1	30,161	McAllister (3)
4 November 1995	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	29,467	Deane
18 November 1995	Chelsea	H	1–0	36,209	Yeboah
25 November 1995	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,572	Deane
2 December 1995	Manchester City	H	0–1	33,249
9 December 1995	Wimbledon	H	1–1	27,984	Jobson
16 December 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–6	24,573	Brolin, Wallace
24 December 1995	Manchester United	H	3–1	39,801	Deane, Yeboah, McAllister (pen)
27 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–0	18,414	Brolin, Wetherall
30 December 1995	Everton	A	0–2	40,009
1 January 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	31,285
13 January 1996	West Ham United	H	2–0	30,658	Brolin (2)
20 January 1996	Liverpool	A	0–5	40,254
31 January 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	24,465	Palmer
3 February 1996	Aston Villa	A	0–3	35,982
2 March 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	30,106
6 March 1996	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	13,991	Yeboah (2)
13 March 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	23,358
17 March 1996	Everton	H	2–2	29,421	Deane (2)
30 March 1996	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	31,778
3 April 1996	Southampton	H	1–0	26,077	Deane
6 April 1996	Arsenal	A	1–2	37,619	Deane
8 April 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	29,220	Wetherall
13 April 1996	Chelsea	A	1–4	22,131	McAllister
17 April 1996	Manchester United	A	0–1	48,382
29 April 1996	Newcastle United	H	0–1	38,862
2 May 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3	30,061	Wetherall
5 May 1996	Coventry City	A	0–0	22,769

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1996	Derby County	A	4–2	16,155	Deane, Speed, Yeboah, McAllister
R4	14 February 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	16,694	Wallace
R5	21 February 1996	Port Vale	H	0–0	18,607
R5R	27 February 1996	Port Vale	A	2–1	14,023	McAllister (2)
QF	10 March 1996	Liverpool	H	0–0	34,632
QFR	20 March 1996	Liverpool	A	0–3	30,812

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Notts County	H	0–0	12,384
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Notts County	A	3–2 (won 3–2 on agg)	6,867	Speed, Couzens, McAllister
R3	25 October 1995	Derby County	A	1–0	11,873	Speed
R4	29 November 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	26,006	Deane, Yeboah
R5	10 January 1996	Reading	H	2–1	21,023	Speed, Masinga
SF 1st Leg	11 February 1996	Birmingham City	A	2–1	24,781	Whyte (own goal), Yeboah
SF 2nd Leg	25 February 1996	Birmingham City	H	3–0 (won 5–1 on agg)	35,435	Deane, Yeboah, Masinga
F	24 March 1996	Aston Villa	N	0–3	77,065

UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 September 1995	AS Monaco	A	3–0	14,000	Yeboah (3)
R1 2nd Leg	26 September 1995	AS Monaco	H	0–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	24,501
R2 1st Leg	25 October 1995	PSV Eindhoven	H	3–5	24,846	Speed, Palmer, McAllister
R2 2nd Leg	29 November 1995	PSV Eindhoven	A	0–3	25,750

Statistics

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	John Lukic	28	0	5	0	7	0	4	0	44	0	0	0
2	DF	Gary Kelly	34	0	5	0	8	0	4	51	0	0	4	1
3	DF	Tony Dorigo	17	1	3	0	4	0	2	0	26	0	2	0
4	DF	Carlton Palmer	33	2	6	0	8	0	4	1	51	3	8	0
5	DF	Lucas Radebe	10+3	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	14+6	0	2	0
6	DF	David Wetherall	34	4	5	0	8	0	4	0	51	4	5	0
7	FW	Phil Masinga	5+4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	8+4	2	1	0
8	FW	Rod Wallace	12+12	1	3+1	1	3+1	0	0+1	0	18+15	2	1	0
9	FW	Brian Deane	30+4	7	3+3	1	5+2	2	3	0	41+9	10	5	0
10	MF	Gary McAllister	36	5	6	3	8	1	4	1	54	10	1	0
11	MF	Gary Speed	29	2	4	1	7	3	4	1	44	7	2	0
12	DF	John Pemberton	16+2	0	1+1	0	3	0	4	0	24+3	0	7	1
13	GK	Mark Beeney	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1
14	FW	David White	1+3	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+4	1	0	0
15	DF	Nigel Worthington	12+4	0	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	17+5	0	5	0
16	DF	Richard Jobson	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	2	0
17	MF	Mark Tinkler	5+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	6+5	0	2	0
18	FW	Tomas Brolin	17+2	4	1+1	0	2+2	0	0	0	20+5	4	4	0
19	FW	Noel Whelan	3+5	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	0	6+7	0	0	0
20	DF	Kevin Sharp	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
21	FW	Tony Yeboah	22	12	6	1	7	3	4	3	39	19	1	0
22	MF	Mark Ford	12	0	5	0	4	0	0+1	0	21+1	0	3	0
23	MF	Andy Couzens	8+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+2	0	9+9	1	1	0
24	FW	Lee Chapman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
25	FW	Rob Bowman	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1+3	0	0	0
26	DF	Paul Beesley	8+2	0	4	0	4+1	0	2+2	0	18+5	2	0	0
27	FW	Andy Gray	12+3	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	13+6	0	0	0
29	DF	Ian Harte	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
31	DF	Mark Jackson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	Alan Maybury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW	Harry Kewell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF	Jason Blunt	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2 August 1995	DF	Paul Beesley	Sheffield United	£250,000
26 October 1995	DF	Richard Jobson	Oldham Athletic	£1,000,000
7 November 1995	FW	Tomas Brolin	Parma	£4,500,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
4 July 1995	DF	Chris Fairclough	Bolton Wanderers	£500,000
16 September 1995	DF	David O'Leary	Retired
2 November 1995	MF	David White	Sheffield United	£500,000
30 November 1995	DF	Kevin Sharp	Wigan Athletic	£100,000
16 December 1995	FW	Noel Whelan	Coventry City	£2,000,000
28 March 1996	GK	Paul Pettinger	Coventry City	Free

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
10 January 1996	1 March 1996	FW	Lee Sharpe	Ipswich Town

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
11 August 1995	1 March 1996	GK	Paul Pettinger	Rotherham United

References

^ "Leeds United players: Premier League 1996". www.11v11.com.
^ "Leeds United players: FA Cup 1996". www.11v11.com.

[1] "Leeds United players: Premier League 1996". www.11v11.com.

[2] "Leeds United players: FA Cup 1996". www.11v11.com.

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