1995–96 Millwall F.C. season

During the 1995–96 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football.

1995–96 Millwall F.C. season
Manager Mick McCarthy (until 3 February)
Jimmy Nicholl (from 28 February)
StadiumThe Den
First Division22nd (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Alex Rae (16)

Season summary

The season started brightly for Millwall, as the Lions went top of the First Division from almost the start of the season and stayed in the automatic promotion places for the first third of the season. Despite three straight losses, Millwall were still top of an admittedly tight First Division as December arrived.[1] However, manager Mick McCarthy left to manage Ireland after a 6–0 defeat at Sunderland saw Millwall lose top spot; under his successor, Jimmy Nicholl, Millwall went into freefall with only four more wins all season. A draw on the last day of the season condemned the Lions to relegation.[2]

Final league table
Main article: 1995–96 Football League § First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 16 17 56 62 −6 55
21 Portsmouth 46 13 13 20 61 69 −8 52
22 Millwall 46 13 13 20 43 63 −20 52 Relegated
23 Watford 46 10 18 18 62 70 −8 48
24 Luton Town 46 11 12 23 40 64 −24 45
Source:

Squad
Squad at end of season[3][4]

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 Tim Carter
— GK  USA Kasey Keller
— DF  ENG Mark Beard
— DF  ENG Mike Harle
— DF  ENG Gerard Lavin
— DF  ENG Keith Stevens
— DF  ENG Ben Thatcher
— DF  ENG Damien Webber
— DF  ENG Tony Witter
— DF  NIR Anton Rogan
— DF  RUS Vasili Kulkov (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
— DF  AUS Lucas Neill
— DF  AUS Jason van Blerk
— MF  ENG Mickey Bennett
— MF  ENG Greg Berry
— MF  ENG Bobby Bowry
— MF  ENG Maurice Doyle
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Steve Forbes
— MF  ENG Ricky Newman
— MF  SCO Alex Rae
— MF  SCO Mickey Weir (on loan from Hibernian)
— MF  IRL Dave Savage
— FW  ENG Richard Cadette
— FW  ENG Kerry Dixon
— FW  ENG Chris Malkin
— FW  ENG Lee McRobert
— FW  ENG Scott Taylor
— FW  GER Uwe Fuchs
— FW  RUS Sergei Yuran
— FW  USA John Kerr
— GK   Dave Wietcha
— MF   Jim Connor
—   Phil O'Neil

Left club 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
— GK  IRL Nick Colgan (on loan from Chelsea)
— GK  DEN Jimmy Nielsen (to AaB)
— MF  ENG Dale Gordon (on loan from West Ham United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  NIR Kingsley Black (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
— FW  USA John Kerr (on loan to Walsall)
— FW  AUS Alistair Edwards (to Sydney Olympic)

Transfers

[5]

In

Out

Results

First Division
29 August 1995 Reading 1–2 Millwall Elm Park
Gooding Rae
Dixon
  • 23 September: Millwall 1–2 Sunderland (Scott pen., Smith); attendance 8,691
  • 1 October: Derby County 2–2 Millwall (Willems, van der Lann; ?); attendance 9,590
  • 22 October: Crystal Palace 1–2 Millwall (Gordon; ?); attendance 14,338
  • 28 October: Millwall 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (?; Hunt); attendance 9,717
  • 18 November: Millwall 0–0 Huddersfield Town; attendance 9,402
  • 9 December: Sunderland 6–0 Millwall (Russell 4, Scott pen., P Gray); attendance 18,951
  • 16 December: Millwall 0–1 Derby County (Sturridge); attendance 7,694
  • 26 December: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Millwall (Bull; ?); attendance 25,591
  • 4 November: Birmingham City 2–2 Millwall (Castle, Charlery; Dixon, Rae); attendance 23,016
  • 27 January: Millwall 1–1 Portsmouth (Burton); attendance 7,710
10 February 1996 Millwall 1–1 Reading The Den
Newman Bowry  ?' (o.g.)
  • 2 March: Millwall 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Bull); attendance 9,13
  • 30 March: Millwall 1–4 Crystal Palace (Hopkin, Brown, Ndah 2); attendance 13,214
  • 6 April: West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Millwall (Sneekes); attendance 13,793
  • 10 April: Millwall 2–0 Birmingham City (?); attendance 9,271
  • 13 April: Huddersfield Town 3–0 Millwall (Jepson pen., Edwards, Booth); attendance 11,206

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/squad_shots4.htm
  4. http://www.11v11.com/teams/millwall/tab/players/season/1996
  5. http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/millwall-fc/1996/6/
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