1995–96 Luton Town F.C. season
Appearance
1995–96 season | |
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Chairman | David Kohler |
Manager | Terry Westley (until 18 December) Lennie Lawrence (from 21 December) |
Stadium | Kenilworth Road |
First Division | 24th (relegated) |
FA Cup | Third round |
League Cup | First round |
Anglo-Italian Cup | Group stage |
Top goalscorer | Marshall (13) |
Average home league attendance | 7,223 |
During the 1995–96 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary
[edit]Terry Westley was promoted as Pleat's successor from youth team coach, but was sacked after just six months in charge.[1] Lennie Lawrence was brought in as a replacement, but he was unable to stop Luton from finishing bottom of Division One.[2][3]
Final league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 55 | |
21 | Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 52 | |
22 | Millwall (R) | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 52 | Relegation to the Second Division |
23 | Watford (R) | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 48 | |
24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 45 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated
Squad
[edit][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Player details
[edit]- Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
Pos. | Name | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
DF | Graham Alexander | 35 (2) | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 38 (4) | 1 |
DF | Ben Chenery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
GK | Kelvin Davis | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
DF | Steve Davis | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
FW | Stuart Douglas | 3 (5) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (6) | 1 |
MF | Sean Evers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
GK | Ian Feuer | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
MF | Boncho Genchev | 25 (10) | 9 | 5 (1) | 2 | 30 (11) | 11 |
FW | Kim Grant | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
DF | Richard Harvey | 28 (8) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 34 (8) | 1 |
MF | Ceri Hughes | 21 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 (2) | 1 |
DF | Julian James | 23 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 (4) | 0 |
MF | Gavin Johnson | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
DF | Marvin Johnson | 33 (2) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 (2) | 1 |
DF | Des Linton | 6 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 (4) | 0 |
FW | Dwight Marshall | 23 (3) | 9 | 5 (1) | 4 | 28 (4) | 13 |
FW | Rob Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
FW | Paul McLaren | 9 (3) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 (3) | 1 |
FW | Scott Oakes | 26 (3) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 (3) | 4 |
MF | David Oldfield | 23 (11) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28 (11) | 2 |
DF | Darren Patterson | 21 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 |
DF | Trevor Peake | 15 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (3) | 0 |
MF | Vidar Riseth | 6 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 |
DF | Gary Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
MF | Aaron Skelton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
GK | Juergen Sommer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | John Taylor | 18 (10) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 (10) | 1 |
DF | Mitchell Thomas | 25 (2) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 27 (4) | 0 |
FW | Tony Thorpe | 23 (10) | 7 | 2 (4) | 1 | 25 (14) | 8 |
FW | Graeme Tomlinson | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
DF | Matthew Upson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Johnny Vilstrup | 6 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 |
MF | Gary Waddock | 32 (4) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 35 (5) | 0 |
FW | Paul Wilkinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Jamie Woodsford | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Terry Westley's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "Lennie Lawrence's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "Winners and Losers". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. 6 May 1996. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ "All Luton Town players: 1996.HTM".