1995–96 Millwall F.C. season

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

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

Season summary

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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 (R) 46 13 13 20 43 63 −20 52 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Watford (R) 46 10 18 18 62 70 −8 48
24 Luton Town (R) 46 11 12 23 40 64 −24 45
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Squad

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

Left club during season

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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 Republic of Ireland IRL Nick Colgan (on loan from Chelsea)
GK Denmark DEN Jimmy Nielsen (to AaB)
MF England ENG Dale Gordon (on loan from West Ham United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
FW United States USA John Kerr (on loan to Walsall)
FW Australia AUS Alistair Edwards (to Sydney Olympic)

Transfers

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In

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Out

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Results

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First Division

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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

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  1. ^ "English Division One 1995-1996 Table - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Millwall 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Millwall Squad Shots 1995 - 1997".
  4. ^ "All Millwall players: 1996".
  5. ^ "Millwall FC - Transfers 1995/1996".