1995–96 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1995–96 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar
Manager	Gerry Francis
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premiership	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Intertoto Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Teddy Sheringham (16); All: ; Teddy Sheringham (24)
Highest home attendance	32,918 vs Chelsea ; (27 Apr 1996, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	17,645 vs Chester City ; (20 Sep 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	30,510
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The sale of key players Jürgen Klinsmann, Gheorghe Popescu and Nick Barmby weakened Tottenham's resources for 1995–96, and manager Gerry Francis was faced with taunts of "what a waste of money" from shocked supporters when he paid a club record £4.5million for Crystal Palace striker Chris Armstrong.

But Armstrong quickly formed an effective strikeforce with Teddy Sheringham, and an eighth-place finish in the final table was only one place lower than last season's final position - though it was once again not quite enough for a UEFA Cup place.

Perhaps the best moment of the season came on New Year's Day when Spurs triumphed 4–1 at home to Manchester United, dealing a serious blow to the visiting side's title hopes and boosting their own hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup as they muscled in on the top five. While Spurs failed to live up to the promise that the game delivered, the losing side lost only one more league game all season and won the league title which had looked an impossible job a few short months earlier.

Early in the season, Tottenham (and London rivals Wimbledon) were informed that they would be banned from European competition by UEFA for the 1996–97 season, for fielding weakened teams in the pre-season UEFA Intertoto Cup. The ban was lifted on appeal.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	+20	61	Excluded from the UEFA Cup^[a]
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	61
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	+12	61
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	−4	58
10	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	−9	51

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

^ The Football Association was initially awarded a UEFA Fair Play berth to the Premier League's highest-placed team not qualified for Europe, but was revoked by UEFA for its clubs fielding under-strength sides in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[1]

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	Manchester City	A	1–1	30,827	Sheringham
23 August 1995	Aston Villa	H	0–1	26,726
26 August 1995	Liverpool	H	1–3	31,254	Calderwood
30 August 1995	West Ham United	A	1–1	23,516	Rosenthal
9 September 1995	Leeds United	H	2–1	30,034	Howells, Sheringham
16 September 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	26,565	Sheringham (2, 1 pen), D Walker (own goal)
25 September 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–2	15,659	Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Dozzell
30 September 1995	Wimbledon	H	3–1	25,321	Sheringham (2), Elkins (own goal)
14 October 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	32,876
22 October 1995	Everton	A	1–1	33,629	Armstrong
29 October 1995	Newcastle United	H	1–1	32,279	Armstrong
4 November 1995	Coventry City	A	3–2	17,545	Fox, Sheringham, Howells
18 November 1995	Arsenal	H	2–1	32,894	Sheringham, Armstrong
21 November 1995	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	29,487	Armstrong
25 November 1995	Chelsea	A	0–0	31,059
2 December 1995	Everton	H	0–0	32,894
9 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	28,851	Sheringham
16 December 1995	Wimbledon	A	1–0	16,193	Fox
23 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	30,702	Sheringham, Armstrong
26 December 1995	Southampton	A	0–0	15,238
30 December 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	30,004	Sheringham
1 January 1996	Manchester United	H	4–1	32,852	Sheringham, Campbell, Armstrong (2)
13 January 1996	Manchester City	H	1–0	31,438	Armstrong
21 January 1996	Aston Villa	A	1–2	35,666	Fox
3 February 1996	Liverpool	A	0–0	40,628
12 February 1996	West Ham United	H	0–1	29,781
24 February 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	32,047	Armstrong
2 March 1996	Southampton	H	1–0	26,320	Dozzell
16 March 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–3	32,387	Sheringham, Armstrong
20 March 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	17,829	Howells, Fox, Armstrong
24 March 1996	Manchester United	A	0–1	50,157
30 March 1996	Coventry City	H	3–1	26,808	Sheringham, Fox (2)
6 April 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	27,053	Armstrong
8 April 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	32,036	Armstrong
15 April 1996	Arsenal	A	0–0	38,273
27 April 1996	Chelsea	H	1–1	32,918	Armstrong
2 May 1996	Leeds United	A	3–1	30,061	Armstrong, Anderton (2)
5 May 1996	Newcastle United	A	1–1	36,589	Dozzell

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Hereford United	A	1–1	8,806	Rosenthal
R3R	17 January 1996	Hereford United	H	5–1	31,534	Sheringham (3), Armstrong (2)
R4	27 January 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	32,812	Wilson
R4R	7 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	27,846	Rosenthal, Sheringham
R5	28 February 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	18,600	Armstrong (2)
R5R	9 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1 (lost 1–3 on pens)	31,055	Sheringham

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Chester City	H	4–0	17,645	Armstrong (2), Rosenthal, Sheringham
R2 2nd Leg	4 October 1995	Chester City	A	3–1 (won 7–1 on agg)	5,372	Sheringham (2), Howells
R3	25 October 1995	Coventry City	A	2–3	18,227	Busst (own goal), Armstrong

UEFA Intertoto Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 2	25 June 1995	Luzern	H	0–2	2,497
	1 July 1995	Rudar Velenje	A	2–1	2,000	Sampson, Hendry
	15 July 1995	Öster	H	1–2	2,143	McMahon
	22 July 1995	Köln	A	0–8	6,100

Note: Home games in the Intertoto Cup were played at the Goldstone Ground due to unavailability of White Hart Lane

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3]^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Ian Walker
2	DF	ENG	Dean Austin
3	DF	ENG	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	ENG	David Howells
5	DF	SCO	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	ENG	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	MSR	Ruel Fox
9	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong
12	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	NOR	Erik Thorstvedt
14	DF	ENG	Stuart Nethercott
15	DF	ENG	Clive Wilson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ISR	Ronny Rosenthal
17	MF	ENG	Andy Turner
18	MF	NIR	Gerry McMahon
19	DF	ENG	Kevin Scott
21	MF	ENG	Danny Hill
22	DF	ENG	David Kerslake
23	DF	ENG	Sol Campbell
24	DF	ENG	Jason Cundy
25	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
26	FW	ENG	Paul Mahorn
27	MF	ENG	Andy Sinton
28	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson
29	FW	ENG	Steve Slade
30	GK	ENG	Chris Day

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	ROU	Ilie Dumitrescu (to West Ham United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ENG	Darren Caskey (to Reading)

Intertoto Cup squad

Tottenham used a squad of loan players and reserve team players while competing in the Intertoto Cup.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Simon Brown
—	GK	ENG	Chris Day
—	DF	ENG	David Byrne (on loan from St Mirren)
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Clapham
—	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
—	DF	IRL	Owen Coll
—	DF	ENG	Mark Newson (on loan from Barnet)
—	DF	ENG	Leon Townley
—	MF	ENG	Alan Pardew (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
—	MF	ENG	Ian Sampson (on loan from Northampton Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Robbie Simpson
—	MF	ENG	Simon Spencer
—	MF	ENG	Andy Turner
—	MF	ENG	Simon Wormull
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson
—	MF	NIR	Gerry McMahon
—	FW	ENG	Paul Mahorn
—	FW	ENG	Steve Slade
—	FW	SCO	John Hendry

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Stephen Clemence
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Maher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Garry Brady
—	FW	ENG	Neale Fenn

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
12 June 1995	DF	Clive Wilson	QPR	Free transfer
30 June 1995	FW	Chris Armstrong	Crystal Palace	£4,500,000
6 October 1995	MF	Ruel Fox	Newcastle United	£4,200,000
23 January 1996	MF	Andy Sinton	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,500,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
22 May 1995	MF	Gheorghe Popescu	Barcelona	£2,800,000
1 July 1995	F	Jürgen Klinsmann	FC Bayern Munich	€1,400,000
11 July 1995	FW	John Hendry	Motherwell	£200,000
8 August 1995	MF	Nick Barmby	Middlesbrough	£5,250,000
28 February 1996	MF	Darren Caskey	Reading	£700,000
9 March 1996	FW	Ilie Dumitrescu	West Ham United	£1,500,000
27 March 1996	DF	Owen Coll	Bournemouth	Signed

Transfers in:

£10,200,000

Transfers out:

£11,647,000^[6]

Total spending:

£1,447,420

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Ian Walker	47	0	38	0	6	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Dean Austin	35	0	28	0	4	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Justin Edinburgh	28	0	15+7	0	4	0	1+1	0
5	DF	SCO	Colin Calderwood	36	0	26+3	0	4	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Gary Mabbutt	41	0	32	0	6	0	3	0
14	DF	ENG	Stuart Nethercott	16	0	9+4	0	2+1	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Clive Wilson	36	1	28	0	4+1	1	3	0
19	DF	ENG	Kevin Scott	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	ENG	David Kerslake	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Sol Campbell	39	1	31	1	6	0	2	0
24	DF	ENG	Jason Cundy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	David Howells	33	4	29	3	2	0	2	1
7	MF	MSR	Ruel Fox	32	6	26	6	6	0	0	0
9	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton	9	2	6+2	2	0	0	1	0
12	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell	34	3	24+4	3	2+1	0	1+2	0
18	MF	NIR	Gerry McMahon	18	0	7+7	0	0+1	0	3	0
27	MF	ENG	Andy Sinton	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham	47	24	38	16	6	5	3	3
11	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong	45	22	36	15	6	4	3	3
16	FW	ISR	Ronny Rosenthal	40	4	26+7	1	5	2	2	1
29	FW	ENG	Steve Slade	8	0	1+4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	ROU	Ilie Dumitrescu	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Darren Caskey	6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 May 1999
Source: [[^[7]]]

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Teddy Sheringham	16	5	3	24
2	FW	11	Chris Armstrong	15	4	3	22
3	FW	7	Ruel Fox	6	0	0	6
4	MF	4	David Howells	3	0	1	4
4	FW	16	Ronny Rosenthal	1	2	1	4
6	MF	12	Jason Dozzell	3	0	0	3
7	MF	9	Darren Anderton	2	0	0	2
8	DF	15	Clive Wilson	0	1	0	1
8	DF	23	Sol Campbell	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				47	12	8	67

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	Ian Walker	11	1	1	13
TOTALS			11	1	1	13

References

^ "English clubs pay for Intertoto fiasco". The Independent. 16 December 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Tottenham Hotspur results for the 1995-1996 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1995/96".
^ "All Tottenham Hotspur players: 1996".
^ "No picnic for English clubs by the sea". Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
^ Based on 0.8553 EUR/GBP for July 1995 https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/eur/EUR-to-GBP-1995
^ "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

[table_note_res_EXUC10.059144336757783-2] The Football Association was initially awarded a UEFA Fair Play berth to the Premier League's highest-placed team not qualified for Europe, but was revoked by UEFA for its clubs fielding under-strength sides in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[1]

[1] "English clubs pay for Intertoto fiasco". The Independent. 16 December 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[3] "Tottenham Hotspur results for the 1995-1996 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[4] "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1995/96".

[5] "All Tottenham Hotspur players: 1996".

[6] "No picnic for English clubs by the sea". Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.

[7] Based on 0.8553 EUR/GBP for July 1995 https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/eur/EUR-to-GBP-1995

[8] "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

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