Season 1995-1996 Details

There was little to report in the transfer market in the close season, with Wilkinson again returning to the city of his birth to pick up journeyman central defender Paul Beesley from Bramall Lane for £250,000 as Chris Fairclough exited to Bolton Wanderers for £500,000. Although there were several younger players on the peripheral, and Lucas Radebe and David White on the injured list, it was the usual Lukic; Kelly, Dorigo; Palmer, Pemberton, Wetherall; Deane, Wallace, Yeboah, McAllister and Speed that lined up for the first game at West Ham United with Whelan, Beesley and Worthington coming from the substitutes’ bench to replace Wallace, Palmer and Dorigo respectively. If the football world had not noticed the arrival of Tony Yeboah last season, they were forced to admire his goal-scoring prowess and the attacking talents of the revitalised Leeds United as they took the Premier League by storm at the beginning of the new season.

Read more about the 1995-1996 season in the Sergeant Wilko & The Last Champions section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1995-1996 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Premier League		38	12	7	19	40	57	-17	43	13
FA Cup		6	3	2	1	7	6	1	-	QF
League Cup		8	6	1	1	13	8	5	-	RU
Europe		4	1	0	3	6	9	-3	-	UC (R2)
TOTAL		56	22	10	24	66	80	-14	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	Howard Wilkinson	West Ham United (A) - 19/08/1995	19/08/1995	56	22	10	24	39.29%

	Honours	Manager
	League Cup Runners-up	Howard Wilkinson

	Premier League		Venue	Date		Score
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	19/08/1995		2 : 1	W
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	21/08/1995		1 : 0	W
	Aston Villa	H	Elland Road	26/08/1995		2 : 0	W
	Southampton	A	The Dell	30/08/1995		1 : 1	D
	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	09/09/1995		1 : 2	L
	Queens Park Rangers	H	Elland Road	16/09/1995		1 : 3	L
	Wimbledon	A	Selhurst Park	23/09/1995		4 : 2	W
	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Elland Road	30/09/1995		2 : 0	W
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	14/10/1995		0 : 3	L
	Manchester City	A	Maine Road	21/10/1995		0 : 0	D
	Coventry City	H	Elland Road	28/10/1995		3 : 1	W
	Middlesbrough	A	Riverside Stadium	04/11/1995		1 : 1	D
	Chelsea	H	Elland Road	18/11/1995		1 : 0	W
	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	25/11/1995		1 : 2	L
	Manchester City	H	Elland Road	02/12/1995		0 : 1	L
	Wimbledon	H	Elland Road	09/12/1995		1 : 1	D
	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough	16/12/1995		2 : 6	L
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	24/12/1995		3 : 1	W
	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	27/12/1995		2 : 0	W
	Everton	A	Goodison Park	30/12/1995		0 : 2	L
	Blackburn Rovers	H	Elland Road	01/01/1996		0 : 0	D
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	13/01/1996		2 : 0	W
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	20/01/1996		0 : 5	L
	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	31/01/1996		1 : 2	L
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	03/02/1996		0 : 3	L
	Bolton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	03/03/1996		0 : 1	L
	Queens Park Rangers	A	Loftus Road	06/03/1996		2 : 1	W
	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	13/03/1996		0 : 1	L
	Everton	H	Elland Road	17/03/1996		2 : 2	D
	Middlesbrough	H	Elland Road	30/03/1996		0 : 1	L
	Southampton	H	Elland Road	03/04/1996		1 : 0	W
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	06/04/1996		1 : 2	L
	Nottingham Forest	H	Elland Road	08/04/1996		1 : 3	L
	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	13/04/1996		1 : 4	L
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	17/04/1996		0 : 1	L
	Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	29/04/1996		0 : 1	L
	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	02/05/1996		1 : 3	L
	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	05/05/1996		0 : 0	D

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Derby County FA Cup 3rd Round	A	Baseball Ground	07/01/1996		4 : 2	W
	Bolton Wanderers FA Cup 4th Round	A	Burnden Park	14/02/1996		1 : 0	W
	Port Vale FA Cup 5th Round	H	Elland Road	21/02/1996		0 : 0	D
	Port Vale FA Cup 5th Round Replay	A	Vale Park	27/02/1996		2 : 1	W
	Liverpool FA Cup Quarter Final	H	Elland Road	10/03/1996		0 : 0	D
	Liverpool FA Cup Quarter Final Replay	A	Anfield	20/03/1996		0 : 3	L

	League Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Notts County Coca Cola Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	19/09/1995		0 : 0	D
	Notts County Coca Cola Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	A	Meadow Lane	03/10/1995		3 : 2	W
	Derby County Coca Cola Cup 3rd Round	A	Baseball Ground	25/10/1995		1 : 0	W
	Blackburn Rovers Coca Cola Cup 4th Round	H	Elland Road	29/11/1995		2 : 1	W
	Reading Coca Cola Cup 5th Round	H	Elland Road	10/01/1996		2 : 1	W
	Birmingham City Coca Cola Cup Semi Final 1st Leg	A	St Andrews	11/02/1996		2 : 1	W
	Birmingham City Coca Cola Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	25/02/1996		3 : 0	W
	Aston Villa Coca Cola Cup Final	N	Wembley	24/03/1996		0 : 3	L

	Europe		Venue	Date		Score
	Monaco UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg	A	Stade Louis Ii	12/09/1995		3 : 0	W
	Monaco UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	26/09/1995		0 : 1	L
	PSV Eindhoven UEFA Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	17/10/1995		3 : 5	L
	PSV Eindhoven UEFA Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	A	Phillips Stadion	31/10/1995		0 : 3	L

	Premier League Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Manchester United	38	82	38	25	7	6	73	35
2		Newcastle United	38	78	29	24	6	8	66	37
3		Liverpool	38	71	36	20	11	7	70	34
4		Aston Villa	38	63	17	18	9	11	52	35
5		Arsenal	38	63	17	17	12	9	49	32
6		Everton	38	61	20	17	10	11	64	44
7		Blackburn Rovers	38	61	14	18	7	13	61	47
8		Tottenham Hotspur	38	61	12	16	13	9	50	38
9		Nottingham Forest	38	58	-4	15	13	10	50	54
10		West Ham United	38	51	-9	14	9	15	43	52
11		Chelsea	38	50	2	12	14	12	46	44
12		Middlesbrough	38	43	-15	11	10	17	35	50
13		Leeds United	38	43	-17	12	7	19	40	57
14		Wimbledon	38	41	-15	10	11	17	55	70
15		Sheffield Wednesday	38	40	-13	10	10	18	48	61
16		Coventry City	38	38	-18	8	14	16	42	60
17		Southampton	38	38	-18	9	11	18	34	52
18		Manchester City	38	38	-25	9	11	18	33	58
19		Queens Park Rangers	38	33	-19	9	6	23	38	57
20		Bolton Wanderers	38	29	-32	8	5	25	39	71

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 1995-96
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 1995-96
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 1995/96
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 1995 - 1996