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1995–96 Crystal Palace F.C. season

During the 1995–96 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Crystal Palace
1995–96 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerSteve Coppell (until February)
Dave Bassett (from February)
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerDougie Freedman (20)
Highest home attendance19,354 (vs. Norwich City, 5 May 1996)
Lowest home attendance11,548 vs. Grimsby Town, 5 March 1996)
Average home league attendance15,248

Season summary edit

Alan Smith was sacked within days of relegation from the Premiership, and Steve Coppell returned to the manager's seat. Relegation also resulted in an exodus of players. The likes of Chris Coleman, Eric Young, Richard Shaw, Gareth Southgate, Iain Dowie, John Salako and Chris Armstrong were all sold to other clubs and Palace's line-up in the first game of the 1995–96 Division One campaign was barely recognisable. The campaign went poorly, and Coppell's second spell was brought to an end after only seven months, with relegation looking increasingly possible. Dave Bassett then joined the club for a second spell,[1] which proved to be far more productive than his first as the club embarked on a stunning run of form which took them to the play-offs. The Eagles beat Charlton Athletic in the semi-finals to take them to the final against Leicester City at Wembley Stadium, in which they narrowly lost to the Foxes by a long range Steve Claridge goal in the final minute of extra time.

Final league table edit

Main article: 1995–96 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sunderland (C, P) 46 22 17 7 59 33 +26 83 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Derby County (P) 46 21 16 9 71 51 +20 79
3 Crystal Palace 46 20 15 11 67 48 +19 75 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Stoke City 46 20 13 13 60 49 +11 73
5 Leicester City (O, P) 46 19 14 13 66 60 +6 71
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
See also: Play-off results

Results edit

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 August 1995 Barnsley H 4–3 12,067 Houghton, Dowie (2), Gordon (pen)
19 August 1995 Ipswich Town A 0–1 12,681
26 August 1995 Charlton Athletic H 1–1 14,124 Dyer
29 August 1995 Sheffield United A 3–2 15,170 Dyer (2), Gordon
9 September 1995 Birmingham City A 0–0 19,403
12 September 1995 Watford A 0–0 8,780
16 September 1995 Huddersfield Town H 0–0 15,645
23 September 1995 Oldham Athletic A 1–3 14,434 Hopkin
30 September 1995 Stoke City H 1–1 14,613 Freedman
7 October 1995 Sunderland H 0–1 13,754
15 October 1995 Port Vale A 2–1 6,935 Freedman, Gordon
22 October 1995 Millwall H 1–2 14,338 Gordon
28 October 1995 Leicester City A 3–2 18,376 Dyer (2), Hopkin
4 November 1995 Reading H 0–2 16,058
11 November 1995 Norwich City A 0–1 14,156
19 November 1995 Southend United A 1–1 5,089 Lapper (own goal)
22 November 1995 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–2 12,571 Freedman (3)
25 November 1995 Derby County H 0–0 13,506
3 December 1995 Sunderland A 0–1 12,777
9 December 1995 Oldham Athletic H 2–2 12,709 Davies, Freedman
16 December 1995 Stoke City A 2–1 12,090 Freedman, Taylor
23 December 1995 West Bromwich Albion A 3–2 7,694 Gordon (3, 2 pens)
1 January 1996 Portsmouth A 3–2 12,296 Hopkin (2), Freedman
13 January 1996 Ipswich Town H 1–1 14,097 Davies
20 January 1996 Barnsley A 1–1 6,620 Gordon
4 February 1996 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 13,560
10 February 1996 Sheffield United H 0–0 15,883
17 February 1996 Watford H 4–0 13,325 Freedman (2), Dyer (2)
20 February 1996 Tranmere Rovers A 3–2 5,253 Freedman, Boere, Houghton
24 February 1996 Huddersfield Town A 0–3 13,041
27 February 1996 Birmingham City H 3–2 12,965 Dyer (3)
2 March 1996 Luton Town A 0–0 9,478
5 March 1996 Grimsby Town H 5–0 11,548 Freedman (3), Hopkin, Houghton
9 March 1996 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 18,336 Freedman
12 March 1996 Tranmere Rovers H 2–1 13,183 Ndah, Hopkin
16 March 1996 Grimsby Town A 2–0 5,059 Ndah, Gordon
19 March 1996 Luton Town H 2–0 13,609 Dyer (2)
23 March 1996 Portsmouth H 0–0 17,039
30 March 1996 Millwall A 4–1 13,214 Hopkin, Brown, Ndah (2)
2 April 1996 Port Vale H 2–2 14,180 Freedman (2)
6 April 1996 Leicester City H 0–1 17,331
8 April 1996 Reading A 2–0 12,579 Freedman, Houghton
14 April 1996 Southend United H 2–0 15,672 Freedman (2)
20 April 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–0 24,350 Hopkin, Dyer
28 April 1996 Derby County A 1–2 17,041 Brown
5 May 1996 Norwich City H 0–1 19,354

First Division play-offs edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg 12 May 1996 Charlton Athletic A 2–1 14,618 Brown, Veart
SF 2nd Leg 15 May 1996 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 22,880 Houghton
F 27 May 1996 Leicester City N 1–2 73,573 Roberts

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 1996 Port Vale H 0–0 10,456
R3R 16 January 1996 Port Vale A 3–4 6,754 Taylor, Cox, Dyer

League Cup edit

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 19 September 1995 Southend United A 2–2 4,031 Hopkin (2)
R2 Second Leg 3 October 1995 Southend United H 2–0 6,588 Vincent, McKenzie
R3 25 October 1995 Middlesbrough H 2–2 11,873 Hopkin (2)
R3R 8 November 1995 Middlesbrough A 0–2 16,150

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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 Nigel Martyn
— GK   WAL Rhys Wilmot
— DF   ENG Danny Boxall[notes 1]
— DF   ENG Kenny Brown (on loan from West Ham United)
— DF   ENG Sagi Burton[notes 2]
— DF   ENG Ian Cox[notes 3]
— DF   ENG Jason Cundy (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
— DF   ENG Andy Cyrus
— DF   ENG Marc Edworthy
— DF   ENG Tony Gale
— DF   ENG Dean Gordon
— DF   ENG Paul Sparrow
— DF   ENG Dave Tuttle
— DF   ENG Jamie Vincent
— DF   WAL Gareth Davies[notes 4]
— MF   ENG Tony Folan[notes 5]
— MF   ENG Damian Matthew
— MF   ENG Darren Pitcher
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Rob Quinn[notes 6]
— MF   ENG Andy Roberts
— MF   ENG Simon Rodger
— MF   SCO David Hopkin
— MF   SCO Steven Thomson
— MF   IRL Rory Ginty
— MF   IRL Ray Houghton[notes 7]
— MF   IRL Brian Launders
— MF   IRL Tony Scully
— MF   AUS Carl Veart
— FW   ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 8]
— FW   ENG Jason Harris
— FW   ENG Leon McKenzie
— FW   ENG George Ndah[notes 9]
— FW   WAL Gareth Taylor[notes 10]
— FW   SCO Dougie Freedman
— FW   NIR Iain Dowie[notes 11]
— FW   NED Jeroen Boere

References edit

  1. ^ "Bassett poised to take over at Palace". The Independent. London. 8 February 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Boxall was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
  2. ^ Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.
  3. ^ Cox was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
  4. ^ Davies was born in Hereford, England, but was raised in Wales and has represented them at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Folan was born in Croydon, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  6. ^ Quinn was born in Bexley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 and B level.
  7. ^ Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.
  8. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.
  9. ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
  10. ^ Taylor was born in Weston-super-Mare, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in 1995.
  11. ^ Dowie was born in Hatfield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990.
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