1995–96 Football League

The Football League
Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland Derby County
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995-1996 Football League season was the 97th completed season of The Football League. It was contested through three divisions, the First Division, Second Division and Third Division.^[1]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland (2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Sunderland, Derby County
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Leicester City
Relegated	Luton Town, Millwall, Watford
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1417 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers), 27 ^[2]
Biggest home win	Sunderland 6–0 Millwall
Biggest away win	Barnsley 0–5 Birmingham City
Highest scoring	Watford 6–3 Reading
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–8	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Championship Playoffs § 1996

Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley May 27th, 1996

3rd	Crystal Palace	2	1	3
6th	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1
					3rd	Crystal Palace	1
					5th	Leicester City (a.e.t.)	2
4th	Stoke City	0	0	0
5th	Leicester City	0	1	1

^[1]

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham City !BIR	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leicester City !LEI	Luton Town !LUT	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Port Vale !PTV	Portsmouth !POR	Reading !REA	Sheffield United !SHU	Southend United !STD	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tranmere Rovers !TRA	Watford !WAT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		0–5	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	0–0		3–4	0–0	1–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–1	3–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	4–3	3–2	1–1		0–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–2
Derby County !Derby County	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–1		1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	6–2	1–1	3–0	0–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1		1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	3–0	4–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–3		2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	2–2	2–0	1–5	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1		4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–2
Leicester City !Leicester City	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2		1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
Luton Town !Luton Town	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–3
Millwall !Millwall	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–3
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0
Port Vale !Port Vale	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3		0–2	3–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–0	1–2	4–2	3–3	2–2	0–2	4–2	0–2	0–2
Reading !Reading	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–1		0–3	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Southend United !Southend United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Stoke City !Stoke City	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	6–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	5–1	0–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0		2–3	2–2	2–2
Watford !Watford	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	6–3	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	5–2	1–2	4–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–3	3–0		1–1	1–1
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–4		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	26
2	Dougie Freedman	Crystal Palace	20
=	Dean Sturridge	Derby County	20
4	Ian Marshall	Ipswich Town	19
=	Iwan Roberts	Leicester City	19
6	Alex Mathie	Ipswich Town	18
7	Andy Payton	Barnsley	17
=	Bob Taylor	West Bromwich Albion	17

Locations

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the First Division teams

Locations of the First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Swindon Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Swindon Town, Oxford United
Promoted through play-offs	Bradford City
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion, Carlisle United, Hull City, Swansea City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1414 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Stewart (Bristol Rovers), 21; Gary Martindale (Peterborough United/ Notts County), 21 ^[2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swindon Town	46	12	10	1	37	16	13	7	3	34	18	71	34	+37	92
2	Oxford United	46	17	4	2	52	14	7	7	9	24	25	76	39	+27	83
3	Blackpool	46	14	5	4	41	20	9	8	6	26	20	67	40	+27	82
4	Notts County	46	14	6	3	42	21	7	9	7	21	18	63	39	+24	78
5	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	3	7	40	24	9	4	10	37	36	77	60	+17	73
6	Bradford City	46	15	4	4	41	25	7	3	13	30	44	71	69	+2	73
7	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	39	21	6	6	11	17	30	56	51	+5	72
8	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	51	27	6	10	7	25	28	76	55	+21	70
9	Stockport County	46	8	9	6	30	20	11	4	8	31	27	61	47	+14	70
10	Bristol Rovers	46	12	4	7	29	28	8	6	9	28	32	57	60	–3	70
11	Walsall	46	12	7	4	38	20	7	5	11	22	25	60	45	+15	69
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	8	6	36	26	6	7	10	27	33	63	59	+4	60
13	Bristol City	46	10	6	7	28	22	5	9	9	27	38	55	60	–5	60
14	Bournemouth	46	12	5	6	33	25	4	5	14	18	45	51	70	–19	58
15	Brentford	46	12	6	5	24	15	3	7	13	19	34	43	49	–6	58
16	Rotherham United	46	11	7	5	31	20	3	7	13	23	42	54	62	–8	56
17	Burnley	46	9	8	6	35	28	5	5	13	21	40	56	68	–12	55
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	8	8	32	29	6	6	11	26	41	58	70	–12	53
19	Peterborough United	46	9	6	8	40	27	4	7	12	19	39	59	66	–7	52
20	York City	46	8	6	9	28	29	5	7	11	30	44	58	73	–15	52
21	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	35	20	1	7	15	22	52	57	72	–15	49
22	Swansea City	46	8	8	7	27	29	3	6	14	16	50	43	79	–36	47
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	6	7	10	25	31	4	3	16	21	38	46	69	–23	40
24	Hull City	46	4	8	11	26	37	1	8	14	10	41	36	78	–42	31

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Play-offs

Main article: Football League One Playoffs § 1996

Semifinals 1st leg –May 12th; 2nd leg –May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 1993

3rd	Blackpool	2	0	2
6th	Bradford City	0	3	3
					4th	Notts County	0
					6th	Bradford City	2
4th	Notts County	2	1	3
5th	Crewe Alexandra	2	0	2

^[1]

Results

Home ╲ Away	Blackpool !BLP	Bournemouth !BOU	Bradford City !BRA	Brentford !BRE	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol City !BRI	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Burnley !BUR	Carlisle United !CRL	Chesterfield !CHF	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Hull City !HUL	Notts County !NTC	Oxford United !OXF	Peterborough United !PET	Rotherham United !ROT	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Stockport County !STP	Swansea City !SWA	Swindon Town !SWI	Walsall !WAL	Wrexham !WRE	Wycombe Wanderers !WYC	York City !YOR
Blackpool !Blackpool		2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3
Bournemouth !Bournemouth	1–0		3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–2
Brentford !Brentford	1–2	2–0	2–1		0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0		0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–3
Bristol City !Bristol City	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–1		0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–4		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0
Burnley !Burnley	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1		2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–4	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–3
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	1–2	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–0		1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–0		1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1
Hull City !Hull City	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	3–0	2–5	0–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	2–3	1–4	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–3
Notts County !Notts County	1–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2
Oxford United !Oxford United	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	5–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		4–0	1–1	6–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–4	2–0
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	0–0	4–5	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	6–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	6–1
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1		1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–0
Swansea City !Swansea City	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–4	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–3		0–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–1
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0
Walsall !Walsall	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	0–0		1–2	0–1	2–0
Wrexham !Wrexham	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–3	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	4–3	3–0		1–0	2–3
Wycombe Wanderers !Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	1–2	5–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1		2–1
York City !York City	0–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Marcus Stewart	Bristol Rovers	21
=	Gary Martindale	Peterborough United Notts County	21

Locations

Locations of the Second Division teams

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Preston North End (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Preston North End, Bury, Gillingham
Promoted through play-offs	Plymouth Argyle
Relegated to Conference	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1346 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve White (Hereford United), 29 Andy Saville (Preston North End), 29 ^[2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	11	8	4	44	22	12	9	2	34	16	78	38	+40	86
2	Gillingham	46	16	6	1	33	6	6	11	6	16	14	49	20	+29	83
3	Bury	46	11	6	6	33	21	11	7	5	33	27	66	48	+18	79
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	5	4	41	20	8	7	8	27	29	68	49	+19	78
5	Darlington	46	10	6	7	30	21	10	12	1	30	21	60	42	+18	78
6	Hereford United	46	13	5	5	40	22	7	9	7	25	25	65	47	+18	74
7	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	37	22	5	11	7	24	29	61	51	+10	72
8	Barnet	46	13	6	4	40	19	5	10	8	25	26	65	45	+20	70
9	Chester	46	11	9	3	45	22	7	7	9	27	31	72	53	+19	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	36	21	5	7	11	26	35	62	56	+6	70
11	Northampton Town	46	9	10	4	32	22	9	3	11	19	22	51	44	+7	67
12	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	30	7	7	9	31	31	67	61	+6	60
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	25	19	5	5	13	24	41	49	60	–11	59
14	Exeter City	46	9	9	5	25	22	4	9	10	21	31	46	53	–7	57
15	Rochdale	46	7	8	8	32	33	7	5	11	25	28	57	61	–4	55
16	Cambridge United	46	8	8	7	34	30	6	4	13	27	41	61	71	–10	54
17	Fulham	46	10	9	4	39	26	2	8	13	18	37	57	63	–6	53
18	Mansfield Town	46	6	10	7	25	29	5	10	8	29	35	54	64	–10	53
19	Lincoln City	46	8	7	8	32	26	5	7	11	25	47	57	73	–16	53
20	Hartlepool United	46	8	9	6	30	24	4	4	15	17	43	47	67	–20	49
21	Leyton Orient	46	11	4	8	29	22	1	7	15	15	41	44	63	–19	47
22	Cardiff City	46	8	6	9	24	22	3	6	14	17	42	41	64	–23	45
23	Scarborough	46	5	11	7	22	28	3	5	15	17	41	39	69	–30	40
24	Torquay United	46	4	9	10	17	36	1	5	17	13	48	30	84	–54	29

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league (none)
	Relegated to Conference (none)

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Two Playoffs § 1996

Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996					Final at Wembley Stadium May 25th, 1996

4th	Plymouth Argyle	0	3	3
7th	Colchester United	1	1	2
					4th	Plymouth Argyle	1
					5th	Darlington	0
5th	Darlington	2	2	4
6th	Hereford United	1	1	2

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Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnet !BAR	Bury !BRY	Cambridge United !CAM	Cardiff City !CAR	Chester !CHR	Colchester United !COL	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Exeter City !EXE	Fulham !FUL	Gillingham !GIL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Hereford United !HER	Leyton Orient !LEY	Lincoln City !LIN	Mansfield Town !MAN	Northampton Town !NOR	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Preston North End !PNE	Rochdale !ROC	Scarborough !SCA	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Torquay United !TOR	Wigan Athletic !WIG
Barnet !Barnet		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–0
Bury !Bury	0–0		1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	7–1	0–2	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	1–1	2–4		4–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	1–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
Chester !Chester	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0		1–1	4–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–0
Colchester United !Colchester United	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Darlington !Darlington	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–2		2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Exeter City !Exeter City	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–4
Fulham !Fulham	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1		0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–0
Gillingham !Gillingham	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2
Hereford United !Hereford United	4–1	3–4	5–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–1		3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2
Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient	3–3	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	2–4
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	2–1	1–5	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	0–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3		1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	2–0	5–1	1–3	4–3	3–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	0–1	0–0	3–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	6–0	0–3	3–2		1–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Rochdale !Rochdale	0–4	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3		0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2
Scarborough !Scarborough	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–4	2–1	0–0
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–3		1–0	3–1
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–8		1–1
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–6	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Steve White	Hereford United	29
=	Andy Saville	Preston North End	29

Locations

Locations of the Third Division teams

Barnet

Fulham

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Third Division London teams

References

1 2 3 4 "England 1995–96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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Football Conference

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Others	Newport

List of transfers

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