1995–96 Manchester City F.C. season

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

The home kit, while on the face of it a classic plain blue shirt with white shorts, in fact had a pattern inlaid that was only visible when caught by the light, which contained an outer circle similar to the club badge at the time, with the word "City" in giant capital letters over the top. The away kit was intended as a tribute to the classic red and black stripes which City had worn as an away kit on a number of occasions previously, but for no apparent reason had two-tone grey shoulder stripes as well as an embossed shield which was more suited to the shape of the club's badge after its redesign in 1997 (by which point the shirt was no longer being worn) than the circular badge of the time.

Home

Away

When Alan Ball was named as Manchester City manager at the start of the new season, he said that his job was "the envy of millions". But it quickly appeared to be a poisoned chalice, as a City side in the middle of a major transition (with many older players being transferred to make way for the club's promising set of youngsters) failed to win any of their first 11 Premiership games. This was followed by four wins from their next five games, which lifted City out of the relegation zone.

A 2-2 home draw with third-placed Liverpool on the final day of the season looked to have secured City's survival, but positive results and a greater goal difference for the two sides directly above them - Coventry City and Southampton - condemned the club to relegation after seven years in the top flight.

Manchester City's score comes first[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Richard Edghill 3 DF  GER Michael Frontzeck 4 MF  NIR Steve Lomas 5 DF  ENG Keith Curle 6 DF   SUI Giuseppe Mazzarelli (on loan from FC Zürich) 7 MF  GEO Georgi Kinkladze 8 FW  SCO Gerry Creaney 9 FW  IRL Niall Quinn 11 MF  ENG Peter Beagrie 12 DF  ENG Ian Brightwell 13 GK  WAL Martyn Margetson 14 DF  WAL Kit Symons 15 DF  IRL Alan Kernaghan 16 MF  ENG Nicky Summerbee 17 MF  ENG Michael Brown

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ENG Nigel Clough 19 MF  ENG Martin Phillips 20 DF  ENG Lee Crooks 21 GK  GER Eike Immel 23 MF  SCO David Kerr 24 DF  ENG Scott Hiley (on loan from Birmingham City) 25 GK  WAL Andy Dibble 26 MF  ENG Scott Thomas 27 DF  ENG Rae Ingram 28 FW  GER Uwe Rösler 29 DF  ENG John Foster 30 DF  ENG Chris Beech 31 MF  WAL Aled Rowlands 32 FW  GEO Mikhail Kavelashvili

Sold 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 1 GK  ENG Tony Coton (to Manchester United) 2 DF  ENG Andy Hill (to Port Vale) 3 DF  IRL Terry Phelan (to Chelsea) 3 MF  DEN Ronnie Ekelund (on loan from Barcelona) 6 DF  NED Michel Vonk (to Sheffield United) 8 FW  ENG Paul Walsh (to Portsmouth) 10 MF  ENG Garry Flitcroft (to Blackburn Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  WAL Carl Griffiths (to Portsmouth) 18 DF  ENG David Brightwell (to Bradford City) 19 FW  JAM Fitzroy Simpson (to Portsmouth) 24 FW  ENG Adie Mike (to Stockport County) 31 MF  ENG Paul Lake (retired) 32 DF  ALB Eduard Abazaj (on loan from Benfica)