1995–96 Birmingham City F.C. season

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Birmingham City F.C.
1995–96 season
Chairman
Leeds United)
Anglo-Italian CupQuarter-final
(eliminated by West Bromwich Albion)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonathan Hunt (11)
All: Jonathan Hunt (15)
Highest home attendance24,781 vs Leeds United, League Cup semi-final 1st leg, 11 February 1996[1]
Lowest home attendance7,446 vs Grimsby Town, League Cup 2nd round 1st leg, 20 September 1995[1]
Average home league attendance18,098[2]

The

penalty shootout
.

At the end of the season, club owner

David Sullivan dismissed Barry Fry as manager and replaced him with playing legend Trevor Francis.[3][4]

The season covers the period from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996.

Football League First Division

Main article: 1995–96 Football League
Date League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
12 August 1995 4th Ipswich Town H W 3–1
Tait, Otto, Bowen
 18,910
19 August 1995 9th Charlton Athletic
A
 L 1–3 Bowen 9,710
26 August 1995 4th Norwich City H W 3–1 Hunt 3 (1 pen.) 19,267
30 August 1995 9th
Huddersfield Town
 A L 2–4
Ward
2 		12,305
2 September 1995 6th Barnsley
A
 W 5–0 Hunt pen., Claridge, Forsyth, Doherty, Charlery 11,121
9 September 1995 5th Crystal Palace H D 0–0 19,403
12 September 1995 6th Stoke City H D 1–1 Hunt 19,005
17 September 1995 11th West Bromwich Albion A L 0–1 17,854
23 September 1995 13th Watford A D 1–1 Finnan 9,422
30 September 1995 12th Oldham Athletic H D 0–0 17,289
8 October 1995 6th Southend United H W 2–0 Claridge 2 17,491
14 October 1995 5th Portsmouth A W 1–0 Claridge 10,009
21 October 1995 3rd Grimsby Town H W 3–1 Claridge 2, Charlery 16,445
29 October 1995 2nd Port Vale A W 2–1 Claridge, Tait 8,875
4 November 1995 2nd Millwall H D 2–2 Castle, Charlery 23,016
11 November 1995 3rd Reading A W 1–0 Charlery 10,203
18 November 1995 3rd Luton Town A D 0–0 7,920
21 November 1995 3rd Derby County H L 1–4 Ward pen. 19,417
26 November 1995 5th Leicester City H D 2–2 Hunt 2 (1 pen.) 17,350
2 December 1995 5th Southend United A L 1–3 Claridge 7,770
9 December 1995 4th Watford H W 1–0 Francis 16,790
16 December 1995 8th Oldham Athletic A L 0–4 6,602
23 December 1995 4th Tranmere Rovers H W 1–0 Hunt 18,439
26 December 1995 3rd Sheffield United A D 1–1 Francis 17,668
14 January 1996 7th Charlton Athletic H L 3–4 Edwards, Hunt pen., Forsyth 18,539
20 January 1996 9th Ipswich Town A L 0–2 12,388
4 February 1996 11th Norwich City A D 1–1 Otto 12,612
17 February 1996 13th Stoke City A L 0–1 15,709
20 February 1996 13th Barnsley H D 0–0 14,168
27 February 1996 13th Crystal Palace A L 2–3 Bowen 2 13,415
2 March 1996 15th Sheffield United H L 0–1 16,799
5 March 1996 13th Wolverhampton Wanderers H W 2–0 Devlin 2 (1 pen.) 22,051
9 March 1996 12th Tranmere Rovers A D 2–2 Hunt, Legg 8,696
12 March 1996 11th
Huddersfield Town
 H W 2–0 Devlin, P. Barnes 15,296
17 March 1996 11th Sunderland H L 0–2 23,251
20 March 1996 11th West Bromwich Albion H D 1–1 Hunt 19,147
23 March 1996 12th Wolverhampton Wanderers A L 2–3 Devlin 2 (1 pen.) 26,256
30 March 1996 13th Grimsby Town A L 1–2 P. Barnes 5,773
2 April 1996 13th Portsmouth H W 2–0 Devlin pen., P. Barnes 14,886
6 April 1996 9th Port Vale H W 3–1 Tait, P. Barnes, Peschisolido 17,469
10 April 1996 10th Millwall A L 0–2 9,271
13 April 1996 9th Luton Town H W 4–0 Francis, Devlin, P. Barnes 2 15,426
16 April 1996 9th Sunderland A L 0–3 19,831
20 April 1996 9th Derby County A D 1–1 Breen 16,757
27 April 1996 12th Leicester City A L 0–3 19,702
5 May 1996 15th Reading H L 1–2 P. Barnes 16,223

League table (part)

Final First Division table (part)[5]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13th Tranmere Rovers 46 14 17 15 64 60 +4 59
14th Southend United 46 15 14 17 52 61 -9 59
15th Birmingham City 46 15 13 18 61 64 -3 58
16th Norwich City 46 14 15 17 59 55 +4 57
17th Grimsby Town 46 14 14 18 55 69 -14 56

Note that goals scored took precedence over

the Football League.[5]

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
46 15 13 18 61 64  −3 58 11 7 5 37 23  +14 4 6 13 24 41  −17

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
Third round 6 January 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers H D 1–1 Poole 21,349
Third round replay 17 January 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers A L 1–2 Hunt 28,088

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
First round 1st leg 15 August 1995 Plymouth Argyle H W 1–0 Cooper 7,964
First round 2nd leg 22 August 1995 Plymouth Argyle A W 2–1
3–1
agg.
 Edwards, Hunt 6,529
Second round 1st leg 20 September 1995 Grimsby Town H W 3–1 Daish, Hunt, Claridge 7,446
Second round 2nd leg 3 October 1995 Grimsby Town A D 1–1
4–2
agg.
 Bowen 3,280
Third round 24 October 1995 Tranmere Rovers H D 1–1 McGreal o.g. 13,752
Third round replay 8 November 1995 Tranmere Rovers A W 3–1
a.e.t.
 Charlery 2, Rushfeldt 9,151
Fourth round 29 November 1995 Middlesbrough A D 0–0 28,031
Fourth round replay 20 December 1995 Middlesbrough H W 2–0 Francis 2 19,878
Fifth round 10 January 1996 Norwich City A D 1–1 Francis 13,028
Fifth round replay 24 January 1996 Norwich City H W 2–1 Daish, Bowen 21,097
Semi-final 1st leg 11 February 1996
Leeds United
 H L 1–2 Francis 24,781
Semi-final 2nd leg 25 February 1996 Leeds United A L 0–3
1–5
agg.
 35,435

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
Group stage 5 September 1995
Genoa
 H L 2–3 Bowen 2 20,430
Group stage 11 October 1995
Perugia
 A W 1–0 Castle 1,200
Group stage 15 November 1995
Ancona
 A W 2–1 Edwards, Tentoni o.g. 1,500
Group stage 12 December 1995
Cesena
 H W 3–1 Hunt, Claridge, Donowa* 7,813
Quarter-final 30 January 1996 West Bromwich Albion H D 2–2
1–4
pens.
 Poole, Bull 9,113

Transfers

In

Date Player Club Fee Ref
July 1995 Ken Charlery Peterborough United £400,000 [6]
July 1995 Richard Forsyth Kidderminster Harriers £50,000 [6]
July 1995 Andy Edwards Southend United £450,000 [6]
July 1995 Jae Martin Southend United Free [6]
July 1995 Jason Bowen Swansea City £275,000 [6]
July 1995 Steve Castle Plymouth Argyle £225,000 [6]
August 1995 Ian Richardson Dagenham & Redbridge £60,000 [6]
September 1995
Michael Johnson
 Notts County £225,000 [6]
September 1995 Steve Barnes Welling United £30,000 [6]
October 1995 Bart Griemink
WK Emmen
 Free [6]
December 1995 Gary Bull Nottingham Forest Free [6]
January 1996 Fred Barber Luton Town Free [6]
February 1996 Gary Breen Peterborough United £250,000 [6][7]
February 1996 Paul Devlin Notts County £250,000
February 1996 Andy Legg Notts County £250,000
March 1996 Paul Barnes York City £350,000 [8]
March 1996 Martin Grainger Brentford £400,000
May 1996 Steve Bruce Manchester United Free [9]
June 1996 Barry Horne Everton £250,000 [10]
June 1996 Gary Ablett Everton £390,000 [11]

Out

Date Player Fee Joined† Ref
July 1995 Andy Saville £100,000 Preston North End [6]
September 1995 Ryan Price £20,000 Macclesfield Town [6]
January 1996 Ben Sedgemore Free Peterborough United [6]
December 1995 Kenny Lowe Free (Gateshead) [6]
February 1996 Ken Charlery * Peterborough United [6][7]
February 1996 Liam Daish £1.5m Coventry City [12]
March 1996 Steve Claridge £1.2m Leicester City [13]
March 1996 Gary Bull § York City [8]
March 1996 Chris Whyte Free One month [14]
March 1996 Ian Richardson £150,000 Notts County [15]
March 1996
Mark Ward
 Free
Huddersfield Town
 [15]
March 1996 Scott Hiley £200,000 Manchester City [15]
June 1996 Peter Shearer Released (Peterborough United)
June 1996 Gary Cooper Released
June 1996 Neil Doherty Released (Kidderminster Harriers)
† Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.
* Part of the deal in which Gary Breen joined Birmingham from Peterborough United for £250,000.[6][7]
§ Part of the deal in which Paul Barnes joined Birmingham from York City for £350,000.[8]

Loan in

Date Player Club Return Ref
October 1995 Sigurd Rushfeldt Tromsø IL Three months [16]
November 1995 Dan Sahlin Hammarby IF One month [17]
November 1995 Danny Hill Tottenham Hotspur One month [18]
November 1995
David Preece
 Derby County One month [19]
January 1996 Paul Sansome Southend United One month [20]
February 1996 Vinny Samways Everton End of season [21]
February 1996 John Sheridan Sheffield Wednesday One month [21]

Loan out

Date Player Club Return Ref
September 1995 Ian Muir Darlington One month [22]
December 1995 Chris Whyte Coventry City One month [23]
January 1996 Ian Richardson Notts County Two months [24]
January 1996 Ken Charlery Southend United One month [25]
February 1996 Scott Hiley Manchester City One month [26]
February 1996 Neil Doherty Northampton Town End of season [27]
February 1996 Steve Castle Gillingham End of season [28]
March 1996 Steve Finnan Notts County End of season [29]

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.
Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players' appearances and goals by competition
Pos. Nat. Name
League
 FA Cup League Cup Anglo-Italian Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Fred Barber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK  ENG Ian Bennett 24 0 1 0 8 0 4 0 37 0
GK  NED Bart Griemink 20 0 1 0 3 0 1 (1) 0 25 (1) 0
GK  ENG Paul Sansome * † 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
DF  ENG Jon Bass 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
DF  IRE Gary Breen 17 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 (1) 1
DF  ENG Gary Cooper 16 (2) 0 0 0 6 (1) 1 2 (1) 0 24 (4) 1
DF  IRE Liam Daish † 16 (1) 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 26 (1) 2
DF  ENG Andy Edwards 36 (1) 1 2 0 11 1 5 1 54 (1) 3
DF  ENG John Frain 22 (1) 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 29 (1) 0
DF  ENG Martin Grainger 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
DF  ENG Scott Hiley † 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
DF  JAM Michael Johnson 31 (2) 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 41 (2) 0
DF  ENG Gary Poole 27 (1) 0 2 1 10 0 3 1 42 (1) 2
DF  ENG Simon Rea 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (2) 0
DF  ENG Chris Whyte † 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 9 0
MF  ENG Steve Barnes 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (5) 0
MF  WAL Jason Bowen 16 (7) 4 0 (2) 0 3 (5) 2 2 2 21 (14) 8
MF  ENG Steve Castle 12 (3) 1 1 0 7 0 3 1 23 (3) 2
MF  WAL John Cornforth 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MF  ENG Louie Donowa 5 (8) 0 1 0 3 (5) 0 1 1 10 (14) 0
MF  IRE Steve Finnan 6 (6) 1 0 0 2 (2) 0 2 (1) 0 10 (9) 1
MF  ENG Richard Forsyth 12 (14) 2 2 0 7 2 3 (1) 0 24 (15) 4
MF  ENG Danny Hill * † 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
MF  ENG Jonathan Hunt 43 (2) 11 1 (1) 1 8 (3) 2 5 1 52 (6) 15
MF  WAL Andy Legg 9 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 (3) 1
MF  ENG Kenny Lowe 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0
MF  ENG Ricky Otto 6 (12) 2 0 0 3 (3) 0 3 0 12 (15) 2
MF  ENG
David Preece
 * † 		6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
MF  ENG Ian Richardson † 3 (4) 0 2 0 3 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 9 (7) 0
MF  SWE Dan Sahlin * † 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
MF  ENG Vinny Samways * 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
MF  IRE John Sheridan * † 1 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 (1) 0
MF  ENG
Paul Tait
 23 (4) 3 0 0 4 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 29 (6) 3
MF  ENG
Mark Ward
 13 3 0 0 3 (1) 0 1 0 17 (1) 3
FW  ENG Paul Barnes 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7
FW  ENG Gary Bull † 3 (3) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 3 (7) 0
FW  LCA Ken Charlery † 8 (9) 4 0 0 3 (1) 2 2 (1) 0 13 (11) 6
FW  ENG Steve Claridge † 28 8 2 0 11 (1) 1 2 (1) 1 43 (2) 10
FW  SCO Paul Devlin 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7
FW  ENG Neil Doherty 0 (2) 1 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (4) 1
FW  SKN Kevin Francis 11 (8) 3 2 0 6 4 1 0 20 (8) 7
FW  ENG Jae Martin 1 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 1 (8) 0
FW  ENG Ian Muir 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
FW  CAN Paul Peschisolido 7 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 (2) 1
FW  NOR Sigurd Rushfeldt * † 3 (4) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 (4) 1
Players not included in matchday squads
Pos. Nat. Name
GK  ENG Ryan Price †
MF  ENG Peter Shearer

See also

  • Birmingham City F.C. seasons

Sources

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books.
    ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9
    .
  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing.
    ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2
    .
  • For match dates, league positions and results: "Birmingham City 1995–1996: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  • For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 426–27, 477–78.
  • For transfers: "Birmingham Transfers 1995/96". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

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  29. ^ "Steve Finnan". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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