1995–96 Football League, Second Division
Swansea City went down after being managed by four different men in the same season, with Liverpool legend Jan Molby taking over as player-manager before relegation was confirmed in hope of bringing some long-awaited success to the South Wales side. Carlisle United's disappointing return to the third tier of the English league ended in instant relegation as they occupied the fourth and final relegation place.


1995–96 Football League, Second Division
York City, who beat the drop at Carlisle's expense, made the headlines in the autumn with a shock 3-0 win over a Manchester United side, who finished the season as Premier League champions and FA Cup winners, in the first leg of the League Cup second round. This would prove to be the only time that the double winners lost a competitive game at home all season. York went on to eliminate their illustrious opponents from the competition, as a 3-1 United win at Bootham Crescent in the return leg was not enough to save Alex Ferguson's team from suffering a humiliating exit from the competition.


1995–96 Football League, Third Division
Under a new owner and a new manager, Preston North End sealed promotion from Division Three as champions following two successive playoff failures. Gillingham, another club with a new owner and a new manager, sealed promotion as runners-up after seven seasons in the league's basement division. Bury clinched the final automatic promotion place following a mid-season change of manager from Mike Walsh to Stan Ternent. In the playoffs, Neil Warnock clinched his fourth promotion in seven seasons as manager, guiding Plymouth Argyle to promotion in his first full season in charge at Home Park with a 1-0 win over Darlington at Wembley. Hereford United and Colchester United were the losing semi-finalists in the playoffs.


1995–96 Football League, Third Division
A disastrous season for Torquay United saw the Devon club finish well adrift of 23rd placed Scarborough at the foot of the Division Three table, being confined to the bottom place with several games to spare, but their Football League status was saved when Stevenage Borough - whose Broadhall Way stadium did not meet Football League requirements - were crowned Conference champions. The club's future was then secured with a takeover by new chairman Mike Bateson, who replaced Eddie May with Kevin Hodges as the manager at Plainmoor.


1995–96 Football League, Third Division
May's old club Cardiff City finished 22nd in the table - the lowest final position in the Ninian Park side's history. Fulham, another side once more familiar with the higher divisions of the league, finished a lowly 17th in the table, and prepared from a better campaign in 1996-97 by appointing veteran defender Micky Adams as player-manager following Ian Branfoot's move to the role of general manager.


1995–96 Football League, Third Division
As with a number of clubs in the higher divisions, relocation was on the cards at a number of Division Three clubs by this season. New Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan was looking to move the club away from their outdated home at Springfield Park to an all-seater stadium elsewhere, while Plymouth Argyle were considering leaving Home Park for a new 25,000-seat stadium at nearby Central Park.


1995–96 Football League, Third Division
Two Division Three clubs were hit by major tragedy in the 1995-96 season. Wigan Athletic defender Mike Millett, who had just broken into the first team, was killed in a car crash the day before his 18th birthday. Alan Nicholls, the 22-year-old former Plymouth Argyle and England under-21 goalkeeper who was on loan with Conference side Stalybridge Celtic from Gillingham, was killed in a motorbike crash near Peterborough in November, along with the brother of former Gillingham player Scott Lindsey.


1995–96 Football League Cup
The 1995–96 Football League Cup (known as the Coca-Cola Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.


1995–96 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who beat Leeds United 3–0 in the final at Wembley Stadium.


1995–96 Football League Cup, First round
56 of the First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1994–95 season.


1995–96 Football League Cup, Third round
Most matches in the third round were played on 24 and 25 October with 1 match being played on 7 November.


1995–96 Football League Cup, Fourth round
Most matches were played on 28-29 November with two replays being played on 20 December.


1995–96 Football League Cup, Quarter-finals
The four matches were played between 10 January with one replay being played on 24 January.


1995–96 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made in January 1996 after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The first leg matches were played on 11 and 14 February 1996, the second leg matches were played on 21 and 25 February 1996. Leeds United comfortably beat Birmingham City to reach their first domestic cup final for 23 years, while four-time winners Aston Villa only overcame Arsenal on away goals.


1995–96 Football League Cup, Final
The 1996 Coca-Cola Cup Final was played on 24 March 1996 and was contested between Aston Villa and Leeds United at Wembley Stadium. Aston Villa won the final 3–0 to equal Liverpool's record of five League Cup titles.


1995–96 Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy 1995–96, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1995–96 for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Second and Third Divisions (now known as League One and Two).


1995–96 Football League Trophy
The winners were Rotherham United, who defeated Shrewsbury Town 2–1 in the final.


1995–96 Football League Trophy
The competition began on 25 September 1995 and ended with the final on 14 April 1996.


1995–96 Football League Trophy
The tournament begins with clubs divided into a Northern and a Southern section, and teams entering a group stage. Each section then gradually eliminates the qualifying teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.


1995–96 Fortuna Düsseldorf season, Season summary
On their return to the Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf avoided relegation with a respectable 13th placed finish.


1995–96 Fortuna Düsseldorf season, Players, First team squad
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1995–96 Fortuna Düsseldorf season, Notes
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1995–96 Four Hills Tournament
The 1995-96 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 30 December 1995 and 6 January 1996.


1995–96 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 1995–96 Frauen-Bundesliga was the 6th season of the Bundesliga (women), Germany's premier football league. It was the first season in which 3 points were awarded for a win. Previously the traditional 2 points were awarded for wins. In the final the runners-up of the divisions met. TSV Siegen from the north defeated SG Praunheim 1–0 to win their sixth championship.


1995–96 Frauen-Bundesliga, Qualification, Group South 1
SC Siegelbach renounced the right to participate in the qualification for the Bundesliga. Replacement Rot-Weiß Göcklingen received no license to participate, because they returned the necessary documents late.


1995–96 Frauen-Bundesliga, Qualification, Group South 2
FC Oster Oberkirchen and SV Dirmingen renounced their right to participate in the qualification.


1995–96 French Division 1
The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points.


1995–96 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997


1995–96 French Division 2
The Division 2 season 1995/1996, organised by the LFP was won by SM Caen and saw the promotions of SM Caen, Olympique de Marseille and AS Nancy, whereas Stade Poitevin, USL Dunkerque, Angers SCO and Olympique Alès were relegated to National.


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams in the first division ("A1")


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
In the "A1" group were abstent historical clubs like Béziers, Biarritz,  Tarbes, and FC Lourdes.


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
The teams were divided in two pool of 10, and the first 4 were directly qualified to the "Last 16" round, while the ranked from 5th to 8th were admitted to a "barrage" with eight teams from "A2" group.


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
Stade Toulousain won their 13th title winning the final against CA Brive, who lost their 4th final.


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
Four team were relegated to lower level: Bayonne, Racing club de France, Montpellier, RC Nice et FCS Rumilly that were replaced by Béziers, Biarritz, Périgueux, Dijon, and Paris Université Club.


1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship
Stade Toulousain won his 14th title beating in the final the Bourgoin, at his first final.


1995–96 French nuclear tests
The France's 1995–1996 nuclear test series was a group of 6 nuclear tests conducted in 1995–1996. These tests followed the 1989–91 French nuclear tests series .


1995–96 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1995–96 season was Galatasaray's 92nd in existence and the 38th consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1995–96 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
The 1995–96 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 30th season for the program, the third under head coach Paul Westhead. The Patriots played their home games at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his 24th season as head coach. They played their home games at USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East 7 Division of the Big East Conference, were the regular-season champions of the Big East 7 Division, and finished the season with a record of 29-8, 13-5 in Big East play.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the tournament final before losing to Connecticut. They were awarded a No. 2 seed in the East Regional of the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – Georgetown's 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in 18 years – and advanced to the East Regional Final before losing to No. 1 seed Massachusetts. They were ranked No. 4 in the season's final Associated Press Poll and No. 7 in the postseason Coaches' Poll.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
This was the Big East's first season in which it organized its teams into divisions; the two divisions were the Big East 6 and Big East 7 divisions. Georgetown would play as a member of the Big East 7 Division for three seasons before the conference scrapped its divisional structure after the end of the 1997-98 season. For its first year in the Big East 7 Division, Georgetown fielded a powerhouse team that included four future National Basketball Association (NBA) stars and began the season ranked fifth in the country.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Allen Iverson led the team with a dominant season. The previous year, he had averaged 20.4 points per game despite shooting only 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three-point range, and 19 percent in three-point shots during Big East play; this year he shot 48 percent from the field and 36.6 percent in three-pointers, with impressive results. In the second game of the year against Temple in the Preseason NIT, he shot 50 percent from the field, scored 24 points, and had a career-high 10 rebounds.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
In the tournament's third game four days later, he scored 23 points against 25th-ranked Georgia Tech, and two days after that he completed the tournament with a career-high 40-point game against 19th-ranked Arizona. In an early Big East game against Rutgers, he scored 21 points despite playing only 20 minutes. In the last 25 games of the season, Iverson led the team in scoring 21 times, including another 40-point game against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence, and 30 against 23rd-ranked Memphis.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior center and team co-captain Othella Harrington had had a standout freshman year, but his production had declined over the previous two seasons as Georgetown began to emphasize uptempo guard play rather than feeding the ball to the "big man" at center, and his junior year had been his least successful. He recovered this season, with a shooting percentage from the field (55%) and free-throw line and an offensive rebound total (100) which all were more like those of his freshman year. He scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds against Duquesne, scored 23 at USAir Arena against 17th-ranked Syracuse – a team against which he averaged 17 points per game and three times scored 20 or more points during his four-year career – and had a 27-point, 10-rebound game against Memphis.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Freshman point guard Victor Page joined the Hoyas this season. One of the nation's top prospects, he played in all 37 games and started 33. In the first three games of the season, he scored a combined 71 points, including 25 in the Georgia Tech game. He averaged 12.5 points per game for the season. Senior forward and team co-captain Jerome Williams had another good year, averaging 10 points and 8.8 rebounds a game, shooting 58.8% from the field, and finishing second to Iverson in steals. He completed his two-year varsity career averaging 54.4 percent from the field. Sophomore center Jahidi White saw only limited action, but began to show his potential, including a 19-point, 11-rebound effort in only 17 minutes of play against Morgan State in December 1995.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Two days after beating Memphis, the Hoyas faced third-ranked Connecticut at USAir Arena. The Huskies came into the game with a chance to break the record for consecutive wins in Big East games set by the 1984-85 Hoyas. Before a national television audience and a sold-out arena, the Georgetown defense held Connecticut junior shooting guard Ray Allen to two points in the first half and forced the Huskies to commit 20 turnovers.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Hoya sophomore forward Boubacar Aw scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds, while Iverson scored 26 points, highlighted by a soaring dunk early in the second half that electrified the crowd, and had eight steals and six assists as the Hoyas upset Connecticut 77-65. Connecticut became the highest-ranked team that Georgetown had defeated since the 1987-88 Hoyas defeated second-ranked Pittsburgh in January 1988.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas closed out the regular season with a 106-68 win at USAir Arena over sixth-ranked Villanova, the sixth-largest margin of victory in Georgetown history and the school's largest margin of victory ever against a Top Ten opponent. Iverson played only 27 minutes but scored 37 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had three steals.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown finished the regular season as the first-ever Big East 7 Division champion, earning the Hoyas a No.2 seed in the 1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament and a bye in its first round. The Hoyas beat Miami in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they faced ninth-ranked Villanova. The Wildcats got Iverson into foul trouble and held Harrington, Williams, and Aw to a combined 1-for-8 (12.5%) shooting from the field. Page responded by putting the Hoyas into a slowdown offense, focusing on quick scoring attempts as the shot clock ran down, grabbing nine rebounds, and shooting 12-for-19 (63.2%) from the field to score a career-high 34 points. Georgetown won 84-76 to advance to the tournament final the next evening.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The final was another meeting with third-ranked Connecticut. Georgetown was ahead 74-63 with 4:46 left in the game when the Hoyas again began to play a delay game, trying to get the ball inside to Iverson for scoring opportunities just before the shot clock expired. Iverson, however, shot only 4-for-15 (26.7%) from the field for the evening, and Georgetown did not score again for the rest of the game. Connecticut closed the gap.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
With the Hoyas leading 74-73 and thirteen seconds remaining, Ray Allen barely beat the shot clock with an off-balance shot that scored to give the Huskies a 75-74 lead. Georgetown failed in two attempts to score in the final seconds, and Connecticut took its third Big East Tournament championship. It was the fourth time the Hoyas had lost in the tournament's final game since 1991. Page, however, became only the second player to receive tournament Most Valuable Player honors without playing for the championship team.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The loss prevented Georgetown from receiving a No. 1 seed in the 1996 NCAA Tournament, but the Hoyas were seeded No. 2 in the tournament's East Region. The Hoyas defeated Mississippi Valley State in the first round and New Mexico in the second round, and Harrington scored 23 points as Georgetown beat eighth-ranked Texas Tech in the East Region semifinal. The Hoyas thus advanced to an NCAA regional final (the "Elite Eight") for the first time since 1989 to face the region's No. 1 seed, top-ranked Massachusetts. Although Harrington scored 13 points, Iverson shot only 6-for-21 (28.6%) from the field against the Minutemen, and Massachusetts won 86-62 to knock Georgetown out of the tournament.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Despite his poor tournament performances against Connecticut and Massachusetts, Iverson finished the year having scored 926 points, breaking the previous single-season record by 124 points, and also setting single-season records for field goals (312), field goal attempts (650), three-point shots (87), three-point attempts (238), steals (124), minutes played (1,214), and scoring average (25.0 points per game), and he ranked seventh in the United States in average points scored per game for the season.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Citing a need to earn money for his family with which to pay one of his sister's medical bills, Iverson opted after the season to forgo his remaining two years of college eligibility and leave school to enter the NBA Draft, the first Georgetown player to do so since John Thompson became head coach in 1972. The move was controversial, as Georgetown fans had come to expect the team's great players to fulfill a full four-year commitment to play for the school. His departure presaged a decline in Georgetown's basketball fortunes over the next decade.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team finished the year ranked fourth in the Associated Press Poll and seventh in the Coaches' Poll.


1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Junior reserve guard Brendan Gaughan later became a successful NASCAR driver.


1995–96 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team
The 1995–96 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tubby Smith, and played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia. The Bulldogs finished 6th during the SEC Regular season, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 8 seed in the West region. They defeated No. 9 seed Clemson and No. 1 seed Purdue to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The Bulldogs fell to Syracuse, the eventual National runner-up, to finish the season at 21–10 (9–7 SEC).


1995–96 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by 15th year head coach Bobby Cremins, the Yellow Jackets reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.


1995–96 Georgian Cup
The 1995–96 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the fifty-second season overall and sixth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 64th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 46th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. After being in severe financial difficulties for several months, Gillingham had been saved from going out of business during the summer of 1995 by new chairman Paul Scally, who purchased the club for a nominal fee and appointed Tony Pulis as the team's new manager.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season
Having signed many new players, Gillingham began the season strongly with four consecutive wins and remained in the top three positions in the Third Division for the entire season, finishing in second place. The club thus gained promotion to the Second Division seven years after being relegated from the third tier.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season
Gillingham reached the third round of the FA Cup, but were eliminated at the earliest stage of both the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy. The team played a total of 54 competitive matches, winning 24, drawing 20, and losing 10. The team's top goalscorer was Leo Fortune-West, who scored 12 goals in the Third Division and 15 across all competitions.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season
Goalkeeper Jim Stannard played the most games for Gillingham, being absent for only one of the team's 54 matches; he played in all the club's League matches, in which he kept 29 clean sheets and conceded only 20 goals, both new Football League records for a 46-match season. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 10,595, for a game against promotion rivals Preston North End.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
The 1995–96 season was Gillingham's 64th season playing in the Football League and the 46th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's sixth consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league system, which since 1992 had been named the Football League Third Division. In the 1994–95 season, Gillingham had finished 19th, three places off the bottom of the division.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
In January 1995, after nearly a decade of financial difficulties, the club had been declared insolvent and placed in administrative receivership with debts of approximately £2,000,000. At the end of the 1994–95 season, with no rescue deal finalised, fans were unsure whether the club would still be in existence to start the next season; one takeover bid had already collapsed when the leader of the consortium resigned after adverse publicity surrounding his financial status.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
In early June, however, shareholders and creditors voted overwhelmingly to accept a takeover bid from Sevenoaks-based businessman Paul Scally, who paid a nominal fee to purchase the club. The deal was finalised at the end of the month, one day before a deadline imposed on the club by the Football League to be out of receivership or face expulsion, and Scally was officially named as the club's new chairman. He appointed former Gillingham player Tony Pulis to the vacant position of manager; Pulis had been out of football for a year since leaving the manager's job at AFC Bournemouth.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
Pulis significantly rebuilt the team ahead of the new season, with eight new players joining the club. Three new signings were announced at the same time as Scally's takeover and the appointment of Pulis: forward Leo Fortune-West joined from non-League club Stevenage Borough for a transfer fee of £5,000, which was donated by Gillingham's official supporters' club from funds collected earlier in the year as part of its efforts to save the club, goalkeeper Jim Stannard was signed from Fulham, and Kevin Rattray arrived from non-League club Woking.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
Subsequent signings included midfielder Mark O'Connor, who had previously played for the club between 1989 and 1993; he had played under Pulis's management at Bournemouth. Midfielder Dave Martin joined from Bristol City on a free transfer and was immediately installed as the new club captain. Simon Ratcliffe joined from Brentford, and shortly before the first match of the season, Mark Harris and Dominic Naylor arrived from Swansea City and Plymouth Argyle respectively.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and pre-season
The team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches, including one against Premier League club Chelsea, who sent a full-strength team including high-profile new signings  Ruud Gullit and Mark Hughes. The match drew a crowd of over 10,000, with many more turned away, and provided a significant funding boost for the club. Gillingham adopted a new first-choice kit featuring blue and black striped shirts; the second-choice shirts, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition, were red and black. The team were forced to wear the previous season's kit for the first four games, however, as the suppliers of the new kit failed to deliver it on time.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Gillingham began the season with a 2–1 victory at home to Wigan Athletic; new signings Martin, Naylor, Fortune-West, Ratcliffe, Stannard, O'Connor and Harris all made their debuts for the club and Fortune-West scored the winning goal. Seven days later Dennis Bailey, who had joined the club from Queens Park Rangers shortly after the opening game, made his league debut and scored in a 3–0 win over Lincoln City.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
The team's winning run extended to four games with victories over Cambridge United and Barnet, after which Gillingham were top of the league table;  it was the first time that Gillingham had opened a league season with four wins. The winning run came to an end with a defeat by Colchester United on 2 September and in the next two games the team only managed two draws and dropped to second place in the table.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
The team held another promotion-chasing team, Chester City, to a 1–1 draw and then secured two more wins without conceding a goal. The second of these, at home to Rochdale, drew an attendance of 7,782, the largest of the season to date and the highest attendance for a league game at Priestfield Stadium since 1989. Alex Watson, recently signed on loan from Pulis' former club Bournemouth, scored the only goal of that game. Pulis was named the divisional Manager of the Month for September, the first time that a Gillingham manager had achieved this feat for ten years.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Gillingham achieved their biggest win of the season on 21 October, defeating Doncaster Rovers 4–0. After this result, Gillingham were three points clear of second-placed Preston North End and had conceded only five goals in thirteen matches, fewer than half the number allowed by any other team in the division. The team only scored a single goal across the next three games, however, achieving a 1–1 draw and two 0–0 draws, after which they had slipped to third in the table.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Victory over Scarborough on 18 November took Gillingham back into second place in the division. A week later, the team played Fulham in a match noted for its aggression; two Fulham players were sent off and close to the end of the game Gillingham's O'Connor suffered a broken leg after a rough tackle by an opponent. This incident led to a mass brawl involving almost every player on the pitch; both clubs were later fined by the football authorities for failing to control their players.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
O'Connor would not play another game for more than a year after the injury and was forced to retire from professional football in 1997. The scheduled game against Chester City on 9 December was postponed, allowing Preston North End to move above Gillingham into second place on goal difference. The team played away to Preston on 23 December in front of a crowd of 10,682, the largest attendance of the season for any match involving Gillingham. The game between the two promotion contenders ended in a 0–0 draw. Gillingham's final match of 1995 resulted in a 1–0 victory over Plymouth Argyle; the year ended with Gillingham in second place, two points behind Chester City, although Chester had played one more game. Gillingham would remain in the top two positions for the rest of the season.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
Gillingham began 1996 with consecutive wins over Leyton Orient, Chester City, and Lincoln City. The first of these victories took the team back to the top of the table. Against Chester, Steve Butler, who had joined the club from Cambridge United in December, achieved the team's only hat-trick of the season, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 victory in a 17-minute spell. On 3 February, the team were held to a 0–0 draw by Cambridge after both Ratcliffe and Fortune-West were sent off, reducing the Gillingham team to nine players.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
By mid-February, Gillingham were eight points ahead of second-placed Preston and had still only conceded 10 goals in 29 matches; the second-best defensive record in the division was held by Preston, who had conceded 25 goals, and only two other teams in the division had allowed fewer than 30. Midfielder Steve Castle joined on loan from Birmingham City and scored on his debut against Hereford United on 17 February. The team failed to score any goals in the next three games, however, resulting in a draw and two defeats. Striker Bailey, who had scored six goals in his first 13 games for the club, had now gone 19 games without scoring at all.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
On 9 March, first-placed Gillingham drew 1–1 at home to second-placed Preston; the crowd of 10,595 was the largest attendance of the season at Priestfield Stadium. During the following week, with the team having only scored one goal in five games, Pulis bolstered his attacking options by signing striker John Gayle on loan from Stoke City. Gayle scored the only goal on his debut in a 1–0 victory over Mansfield Town and scored again a week later in a 1–1 draw with Leyton Orient.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
The next game resulted in a 2–0 defeat to Rochdale, after which Gillingham fell to second place in the table and were overtaken by Preston, who would go on to remain atop the division for the rest of the season. On 6 April, Gillingham beat Hartlepool United 2–0. It was the 25th game of the season in which Stannard had kept a clean sheet, breaking the previous club record set by John Simpson in the 1963–64 season.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
After an unbeaten run of six games following the defeat to Rochdale, Gillingham went into the penultimate match of the season away to Fulham knowing that victory would clinch promotion to the Second Division. Although the match ended in a 0–0 draw, third-placed Bury's failure to defeat Exeter City meant that promotion was still confirmed. Gillingham's final match resulted in a 1–0 victory at home to Scarborough. The team finished the season in second place, three points behind Preston and four points ahead of third-placed Bury.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
The season was notable for the team's strong defence but also the low number of goals they scored; in only 12 out of 46 games did the team score more than one goal, and the total of 49 goals scored was the lowest of any team that finished in the top half of any of the Football League's three divisions.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
In March, Keith Pike of The Times had characterised the Gillingham team as "an army of six-footers able to belt the ball into orbit and tackle themselves into a frenzy" and stated that their approach to the game was effective but unattractive to watch and had "no craft, no flair, no guile". After the final game of the season, the same writer said that Gillingham had "not endeared themselves to the third division and, with luck, will get found out in the second".


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1995–96 FA Cup in the first round and were drawn to play away to Wycombe Wanderers of the Second Division. Bailey scored as Gillingham held their higher-division opponents to a draw, meaning that a replay was required. Gillingham won the replay 1–0 when veteran Wycombe defender Terry Howard scored an own goal. In the second round, Gillingham played semi-professional club Hitchin Town of the Isthmian League and won 3–0.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
The Premier League and Football League First Division teams entered the competition in the third round and Gillingham were paired with Reading of the First Division. Although Martin scored a goal to give Gillingham the lead at half time, Reading scored three times after the break to eliminate Gillingham from the competition. Gillingham finished the game with nine players after both Neil Smith and Martin were sent off and Pulis was also ejected from the technical area for arguing with the referee.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
Gillingham entered the 1995–96 Football League Cup in the first round and were drawn against Bristol Rovers of the Second Division. The first round was played over two legs, with the first taking place at Priestfield. Naylor scored his first of only two goals for the club as Gillingham held their higher-level opponents to a 1–1 draw. Bristol Rovers won the second leg 4–2, however, meaning that Gillingham were eliminated from the competition, losing 5–3 on aggregate.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Trophy
The 1995–96 Football League Trophy, a tournament exclusively for Second and Third Division teams, began with a preliminary round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three, contested on a round-robin basis. Gillingham were grouped with Cardiff City and Hereford United, both of the Third Division. In their first match of the tournament, Gillingham lost 3–2 to Cardiff. As Cardiff had already drawn with Hereford, they were now guaranteed to top the group and progress to the next round and Gillingham needed to beat Hereford to finish second and join them. A 2–2 draw, however, meant that Gillingham's participation in the competition ended at the earliest stage. The game drew a crowd of 1,866, the lowest attendance at Priestfield during the season.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Stannard made the most appearances of any Gillingham player during the season; he played in 53 of the team's 54 matches, missing only one game in the Football League Trophy. In his 46 Third Division appearances, he kept 29 clean sheets and conceded only 20 goals, both new Football League records for a 46-match season. At the end of the season, he was elected by his fellow professionals into the PFA Team of the Year for the Third Division. No other player played in every league game; Bailey came closest, playing 45 times, followed by Harris with 44.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Three players played in only one match during the season: Steve Brown, Alan Nicholls and Kevin Bremner. Brown, who had only joined the club in March 1995 but did not figure in Pulis' plans once he took over as manager, left the club early in October to join Lincoln City. Nicholls joined the club on a one-month contract to serve as cover for Stannard and played once in the League Trophy. His one-month contract was not extended and he joined non-League club Stalybridge Celtic but was killed in a motorcycle accident on 25 November.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Bremner, the coach of the club's youth team, played as a substitute in a League Trophy match; it was his only appearance for Gillingham. Fortune-West was the team's top goalscorer; he scored 12 goals in Third Division matches, 2 in the FA Cup and 1 in the League Cup for a total of 15 goals. Bailey was the only other player to reach double figures, scoring 10 goals. Chairman Scally registered himself as a player towards the end of the season in the hope that, if the club had already secured promotion, he would be able to play in the final game and thereby win a bet with friends, but Pulis refused to select him.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
The club's players and officials celebrated promotion with an open-top bus parade through the streets of Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham. Following promotion, Pulis again overhauled his squad ahead of the upcoming season in the Second Division, and several players who had played significant roles in the 1995–96 season moved on. Martin, who had captained the team to promotion, and Naylor both left the club after a single season and joined Leyton Orient.


1995–96 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Gary Micklewhite, one of the few players to have been with the club before Pulis' arrival and to have remained a regular in the team during the 1995–96 season, retired from professional football and joined non-League club Slough Town. Gillingham signed a number of new players, including spending a new club record fee to sign Watford's Andy Hessenthaler, who would go on to have a long association with the club as player and subsequently manager. In the 1996–97 season, the team secured a mid-table finish in their first season at the higher level, finishing 11th in the Second Division.


1995–96 Golden State Warriors season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Warriors' 50th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors won the Draft Lottery, and selected Joe Smith from the University of Maryland with the first overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft. During the offseason, the team acquired B. J. Armstrong from the expansion Toronto Raptors, and signed free agents Jerome Kersey and Jon Barry. With Armstrong and Kersey in the lineup at point guard and small forward respectively, Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin both played off the bench for most of the season.


1995–96 Golden State Warriors season
Midway through the season, Hardaway was traded along with Chris Gatling to the Miami Heat for Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles. Under new head coach Rick Adelman, the Warriors were in playoff connection with a 26–28 record as of February 24, but then lost 18 of their final 28 games. The team posted a 10–win improvement, finishing sixth in the Pacific Division with a 36–46 record, missing the playoffs by three games.


1995–96 Golden State Warriors season
Smith averaged 15.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game while being selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and Latrell Sprewell led the team in scoring with 18.9 points per game. Following the season, Willis signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets, Kersey signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Barry signed with the Atlanta Hawks.


1995–96 Golden season
The 1995–96 season is the second season of Golden, the preceder of Sun Hei SC in Hong Kong First Division League.


1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 19–7 (.731) overall in the regular season (10–4 in WCC, tied for first),and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.


1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
In November 1995, athletic director Fitzgerald announced this season would be his penultimate as head coach, with plans to promote longtime assistant Dan Monson in the spring of 1997.


1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Regular season co-champion, Gonzaga advanced to the final of the WCC tournament at Santa Clara, but fell to fifth seed Portland. Ten days later in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the Bulldogs traveled to south to Pullman and lost to Washington State by nineteen points to finish at 21–9 (.700).


1995–96 Greek Football Cup
The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of the Greek Football Cup.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
AEK Athens won the cup after 13 years, shattering in the Final 7–1 Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup Final. It was also the last title, after 4 championships, that was achieved by AEK Athens, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
After the First Round (phase of groups), AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens qualified in semi-finals against PAOK, with 3–1 in Toumba Stadium. For one more time, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were drawn as opponents in the groups round, in order to be balloted again confronted in quarter-finals. Demis Nikolaidis played in the Final as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer in AEK Athens.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Round of 16
First legs were held on January 3, 1996. Second on January 17, 1996.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs were held on January 31, 1996, while second legs on February 14.


1995–96 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 52nd Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.


1995–96 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mike Heideman. The Phoenix played their home games at the Resch Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 25–4, 16–0 in Horizon League play and lost in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament to Virginia Tech.


1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1995–96 season, Grimsby had a disappointing campaign and Laws' initially successful managerial reign deteriorated after he clashed with Grimsby player Ivano Bonetti. Laws reportedly threw a plate of chicken wings at the Italian following a 3–2 defeat at Luton Town in February 1996 and caused the popular player to leave the club at the end of the season. Grimsby finished the season in 17th place and were in the battle to avoid relegation right up to the penultimate game of the season.


1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Guatemalan general election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential elections held on 7 January 1996. Álvaro Arzú of the National Advancement Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 46.8% on 12 November and 36.9% on 7 January.


1995–96 Guildford Flames season
The 1995–96 season, was the Guildford Flames' fourth year of ice hockey. They competed in the British League Division One. Ivan Brown, once a member of the Winnipeg Jets' coaching staff, joined as a full-time coach from the start of season.


1995–96 Guildford Flames season
The fourth season saw the team go from strength to strength, Guildford appointed Ivan Brown (former Winnipeg Jets coach) as a new non-player coach. Flames' finished one place higher than in the previous season and made their first appearance in the Promotion playoffs. Finishing third in a playoff group so close that three more goals would have put them in first place. This was also the season which on Sunday 17 December 1995, saw Andy Sparks gets his number retired in a ceremony after a match with the Bracknell Bees at the Guildford Spectrum. In a fitting tribute in front of a full house, his no. 15 shirt was the first to be retired and hung from the rafters.


1995–96 HNK Hajduk Split season
The 1995–96 season was the 85th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their fifth in the Prva HNL. Their 1st place finish in the 1994–95 season meant it was their 5th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.


1995–96 HNK Rijeka season
The 1995–96 season was the 50th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 5th season in the Prva HNL and 22nd successive top tier season.


1995–96 HNK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics
Competitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season
The 1995–96 Hartford Whalers season was the 24th season of the franchise, 17th season in the NHL.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
On May 31, the Whalers acquired a fourth round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jan Vopat.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
The Whalers participated in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta on July 8. With their first round selection, 13th overall, Hartford selected Jean-Sébastien Giguère from the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Giguere had a record of 14-27-5 with a 3.94 GAA and a .889 save percentage with the Mooseheads during the 1994-95 season. In the fourth round, the club selected Sami Kapanen from HIFK of the SM-liiga. In 49 games, Kapanen scored 14 goals and 42 points. Other notable players the Whalers selected in the draft include Ian MacNeil, Byron Ritchie and Mike Rucinski.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
Hartford signed free agent Jeff Daniels on July 18. Daniels played in three games with the Florida Panthers during the 1994-95, earning no points. He played a majority of the season with the Detroit Vipers of the IHL, scoring eight goals and 20 points in 25 games.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
On July 27, the Whalers and St. Louis Blues were involved in a blockbuster trade. Hartford acquired Brendan Shanahan from the Blues in exchange for Chris Pronger. In 45 games during the 1994-95 season, Shanahan scored 20 goals and 41 points. Shanahan had back-to-back 50+ goal seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94. Shanahan was named to the NHL First All-Star Team during the 1993-94 season, as he scored 52 goals and 102 points in 81 games, while accumulating 211 penalty minutes.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
The Whalers signed free agent Gerald Diduck on August 24. Diduck split the 1994-95 season between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks. In 35 games, he scored two goals and five points.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Off-season
On October 6, the Whalers acquired Nelson Emerson in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Darren Turcotte. In 1994-95, Emerson scored 14 goals and 37 points in 48 games with the Jets. During the 1993-94 season, Emerson scored a career high 33 goals and 74 points in 83 games with Winnipeg. Also, on October 6, at the NHL Waiver Draft, the Whalers selected Jason Muzzatti from the Calgary Flames. Muzzatti had a 10-14-4 record with the Saint John Flames during the 1994-95 season.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season
Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season
The Whalers were shutout a league-high 8 times during the Regular season.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Transactions
The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 Hartford Whalers season, Draft picks
Hartford's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.


1995–96 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 1995–96 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C. 's 13th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.


1995–96 Heineken Cup
The 1995–96 Heineken Cup was the first edition of the Heineken Cup, which was to become the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. Competing teams, from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales and, for the only time to date, Romania (teams from England and Scotland were not permitted to enter the competition by the RFU and SRU respectively), were divided into four pools of three, in which teams played each other only once, meaning one home and one away game per team. The winners of the pools qualified for the knock-out stages.


1995–96 Heineken Cup, Pool stage
The twelve teams were arranged into four pools of three, with each team playing the other team in their pool once. Two points were awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. The four pool winners qualified for the knockout stage.


1995–96 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The 1996 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1995–96 Heineken Cup, the inaugural season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 6 January 1996 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Cardiff of Wales and Toulouse of France. Toulouse won the match 21–18 after extra time; they took the lead with two tries in the first 10 minutes, but the kicking of Adrian Davies kept Cardiff level.


1995–96 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final
With the scores at 15–12 as the clock ticked past 80 minutes, Davies stepped up again and slotted over a penalty to take the game to extra time. Christophe Deylaud restored Toulouse's lead with another penalty shortly after the game restarted, before Davies tied the scores up again. Then, going into the final few seconds of extra time, the referee penalised Cardiff for using hands in the ruck; Deylaud slotted the resulting penalty to seal Toulouse's victory.


1995–96 Hellenic Football League
The 1995–96 Hellenic Football League season was the 43rd in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1995–96 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


1995–96 Hellenic Football League, Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1995–96 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 1995–96 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 30th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


1995–96 Honduran Segunda División
The 1995–96 Honduran Segunda División was the 29th season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Miguel Escalante, Universidad won the tournament after finishing first in the final round (or Cuadrangular) and obtained promotion to the 1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1995–96 Hong Kong FA Cup
1995–96 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 22nd staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. It was competed by all of the 10 teams from Hong Kong First Division League. The competition kicked off on 17 March 1996 and finished on 21 April with the final.


1995–96 Hong Kong FA Cup
South China captured the cup for the sixth time after beating Golden by 4-1 in the final.


1995–96 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1995–96 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 85th since its establishment.


1995–96 Houston Rockets season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Rockets' 29th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season in Houston. In the offseason, the Rockets signed free agents Mark Bryant and Eldridge Recasner. After two straight NBA championships, the team got a new logo which was actually unveiled aboard the Space Shuttle, and got new pinstripe uniforms adding dark navy blue to their color scheme. The Rockets got off to a fast start winning ten of their first eleven games.


1995–96 Houston Rockets season
However, injuries would be an issue all year as Clyde Drexler, Sam Cassell and Mario Elie were all out for long stretches. Midway through the season, the team signed free agent Sam Mack, who previously played in the Continental Basketball Association. Despite the injuries and a 7-game losing streak in March, the Rockets finished third in the Midwest Division with a 48–34 record, with Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon both being selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game.


1995–96 Houston Rockets season
Olajuwon averaged 26.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game as he was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Drexler finished second on the team in scoring with 19.3 points per game, while Cassell played a sixth man role averaging 14.5 points per game off the bench, and Robert Horry provided the team with 12.0 points and 1.5 blocks per game.


1995–96 Houston Rockets season
In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Rockets defeated the 4th-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in four games. However, they would be swept in the Western Conference Semifinals by the Seattle SuperSonics in four straight games. Following the season, Cassell, Bryant, Robert Horry and Chucky Brown were all traded to the Phoenix Suns, three-point specialist Kenny Smith signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons, and Recasner signed with the Atlanta Hawks.


1995–96 Houston Rockets season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1995–96 campaign was Town's first season in the second tier since the 1987-88 season. They finished in 8th place, just 8 points and 2 places below the play-offs.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
The closed season saw the departure of the hugely successful strike partnership of Andy Booth and Ronnie Jepson, whose goals had been vital to Huddersfield's success in the previous two seasons. Booth left for Premier League club Sheffield Wednesday in a club record £2.7 million deal while Jepson left to 2nd Division Bury on a free transfer. Horton invested the money in the prolific Bristol Rovers striker Marcus Stewart (for a club record £1.2 million), Barnsley's Andy Payton (£350,000) and Blackpool defender Andy Morrison (£500,000).


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following Town's promotion the previous season, many were surprised that manager Neil Warnock resigned to become manager of Plymouth Argyle. A few days later, the ex-Manchester City and Oxford United manager Brian Horton was hired as his replacement. They had a bad start to the season, losing 3–0 to local rivals Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park, but they managed to recover with convincing wins against Watford, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town soon set Town players and fans alight.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town did have a good middle part of the season, going on a run of only 2 losses in 19 league games losing only to Port Vale and eventual champions Derby County. They also put on a good run in the FA Cup, which saw them reach the last 16 for the first time since the 1971-72 season. They eventually lost in a replay to Premier League side Wimbledon.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town seemed to be on course for a play-off spot, but the end of the season saw Town lose 8 of their last 13 games, winning only 3 of them. They finished in 8th place, but a better end to the season might have seen Town get nearer to the play-offs for the Premier League.


1995–96 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 I-Divisioona season
The 1995–96 I-Divisioona season was the 22nd season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 16 teams participated in the league, and Hermes Kokkola and SaiPa Lappeenranta qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga.


1995–96 IHL (Russia) season
The 1995–96 International Hockey League season was the fourth and last season of the International Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. The league was replaced by the Russian Superleague for 1996-97. 28 teams participated in the league, and HK Dynamo Moscow won the Cup of IHL by defeating HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the final. But the champion was the team "HC Lada Togliatti".


1995–96 IHL season
The 1995–96 IHL season was the 51st season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. 19 teams participated in the regular season, and the Utah Grizzlies won the Turner Cup.


1995–96 IIHF Federation Cup
The Federation Cup 1995–96 was the second and last edition of the IIHF Federation Cup. The season started on October 6, 1995, and finished on December 29, 1995.


1995–96 IIHF Federation Cup
The tournament was won by AS Mastini Varese, who beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the final.


1995–96 IIHF Federation Cup, Preliminary round, Group A *, Group A Participants
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár, HK Solvita Kaunas, KHK Crvena zvezda, SC Miercurea Ciuc


1995–96 IIHF Federation Cup, Preliminary round, Group A *, Group A Winner
* : Scheduled group did not take place, SC Miercurea Ciuc qualification criteria were unclear.


1995–96 Icelandic Hockey League season
The 1995-96 Icelandic Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Three teams participated in the league, and Skautafelag Akureyrar won the championship.


1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Joe Cravens and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.


1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 11–15 overall in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play, sixth in the league standings.


1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
At the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the Vandals defeated third-seed Montana in the opening round, but lost by 25 points in the semifinals to top-seed and host Montana State, the eventual champion, and ended at 12–16 (.429).


1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Idaho incurred consecutive losing seasons for the first time in a decade, when they had three straight cellar finishes under Bill Trumbo. A few days later, Cravens was fired by athletic director Pete Liske, and was succeeded by former head coach Kermit Davis.


1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
After this season, Idaho (and Boise State) departed for the Big West Conference; Vandal basketball later returned to the Big Sky, beginning with the 2014–15 season.


1995–96 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1995–96 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
After advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 1994-95, Illinois extended its run on postseason play with a berth in the 1996 NIT. The Illini started the 1995-96 season 11-1 before losing Kiwane Garris to injury. Without its leader, the Illini dropped its first five Big Ten games. Garris returned, but was never 100 percent and junior forward Jerry Hester missed games with a severely sprained ankle. The Illini finished the 1996 season 18-13 overall, 7-11 in the Big Ten.


1995–96 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
But more importantly the 1996 season marked the end of the most successful era in Illinois basketball when Lou Henson announced his retirement before the end of the season. In his 21 years at Illinois, Henson notched 423 victories and guided the Illini to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. The Okay, Oklahoma native coached Illinois to 11, 20-win seasons and finished his career as the third winningest coach in Big Ten history with 214 league victories.


1995–96 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Kevin Stallings, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.


1995–96 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds finished the season 22–12, 13–5 in conference play to finish in second place. They were the number two seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They won their quarterfinal game versus the University of Northern Iowa and lost their semifinal game versus the University of Tulsa.


1995–96 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds received an invitation to the 1996 National Invitation Tournament. They beat Mount St. Mary's University in the first round, the University of Wisconsin in the second round, and were defeated by Tulane University in the quarterfinal round.


1995–96 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 25th year. The team played its home games in  Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1995–96 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20–11 and a conference record of 13–5, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers were invited to participate in the 1996 NCAA Tournament. However, IU made a quick exit with a loss in the first round to Boston College.


1995–96 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Notes
^Jan 16: Purdue forfeited this game, thus IU's official record is 20–11 (13–5).


1995–96 Indiana Pacers season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Pacers' 20th season in the National Basketball Association, and 29th season as a franchise. During the offseason, the Pacers signed free agents Ricky Pierce and Eddie Johnson. The team struggled with a 6–8 start to the season, which included a brawl in a 119–95 home loss to the Sacramento Kings on November 10, with a total of 16 players, eight from each team suspended. However, the Pacers posted a 14–2 record in January, and later on won eight of their final nine games of the season.


1995–96 Indiana Pacers season
The team finished second in the Central Division with a 52–30 record. Reggie Miller led the Pacers in scoring averaging 21.1 points per game, and was selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, and to the All-NBA Third Team. Rik Smits averaged a career high of 18.5 points per game, while Derrick McKey made the NBA  All-Defensive Second Team. The Pacers were also the only team in the league to beat the Chicago Bulls twice during their historic 72–10 season. However, during the final month of the regular season, Miller suffered an eye socket injury.


1995–96 Indiana Pacers season
Without Miller, the Pacers struggled in the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs against the 6th-seeded Atlanta Hawks. Pierce was placed in the lineup at shooting guard in Miller's absence. With the series tied at 2–2, Miller would return to play in Game 5 scoring 29 points, but the Pacers would lose at home, 89–87. Following the season, Pierce and Mark Jackson were both traded to the Denver Nuggets.


1995–96 Inter Milan season
During the 1995–96 Italian football season, F.C. Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A.


1995–96 Inter Milan season, Season summary
Inter continued to languish quite far back from the top teams, finishing an unspectacular seventh in the domestic league competition. Despite a reigniting of the team under Roy Hodgson, poached away from Switzerland's national team, Inter was unable to claim a European slot on merit, and was only awarded a UEFA Cup slot thanks to Juventus winning the Champions League.


1995–96 Inter Milan season, Season summary
Prior to the season had Inter made three important signings, with Paul Ince, Roberto Carlos and Javier Zanetti all joining the club. While Ince and Roberto Carlos would leave the club in a few seasons, Zanetti would be a stalwart for Inter in years to come, captaining the team in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, 15 years on from his signing.


1995–96 Inter Milan season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Inter Milan season, Squad, Transfers, In
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1995–96 Inter Milan season, Squad, Transfers, Out
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1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by 10th year head coach Tom Davis, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 24–8 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #6 seed in the West Region.


1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Tim Floyd, who was in his 2nd season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.


1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 24–9, 9–5 in Big Eight play to finish in 2nd place. They defeated Nebraska, Missouri, and #5 Kansas to win the 1996 Big Eight conference tournament championship. This was Iowa State's first conference championship in program history. The conference championship earned them a bid to the NCAA Tournament and a #5 seed. In the tournament they defeated Cal and lost to Utah in the round of 32.


1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Following the 1995–96 academic school year, the Big Eight Conference was dissolved and the Big 12 Conference was formed. The former members of the Big Eight were joined by Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech, all formally of the Southwest Conference.


1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Games were televised by ESPN, CBS, Creative Sports (Big 8) and the Cyclone Television Network.


1995–96 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season
The previous season the Cyclones finished the season 23–11, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. They defeated #17 Nebraska, #2 Kansas, and lost to # 19 Oklahoma State in the  1995 Big Eight conference tournament championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and a #7 seed. In the tournament they defeated Florida to reach the round of 32 where they lost to North Carolina who would advance to the Final Four.


1995–96 Ipswich Town F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League First Division.


1995–96 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary
Having served on the board of directors since 1986, David Sheepshanks was appointed as club chairman in 1995. George Burley was appointed manager at his former club, with Dale Roberts as his assistant, having had talks with Ipswich Town without Colchester United knowing and so compensation was duly paid. In his first season in charge, Ipswich failed to get back in Premier League at the first attempt, falling one place short of the First Division play-off zone.


1995–96 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad
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1995–96 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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1995–96 Iraq FA Cup
The 1995–96 Iraq FA Cup was the 20th edition of the Iraq FA Cup. The tournament was won by Al-Zawraa for the fourth consecutive time and the 11th time in their history, beating Al-Shorta 2–1 in the final. The previous rounds saw Al-Zawraa beat Al-Shuala 6–0, Salahaddin 6–0, Al-Sulaikh 4–1 and Al-Naft 1–0. Meanwhile, Al-Shorta had eliminated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the semi-finals 4–2 on penalties after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya had beaten Al-Ramadi 2–1 with a golden goal in the quarter-finals. Al-Zawraa also won the 1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League to complete their third double in a row.


1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League
The 1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League of Clubs was the 22nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi National League to Iraqi Advanced League. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the third consecutive time. They also won the Iraq FA Cup for the fourth consecutive time, meaning they won three doubles in a row. In this season, a win was worth three points and the bonus point system from the previous season was removed.


1995–96 Irish Cup
The 1995–96 Irish Cup was the 116th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 4 May 1996 with the final.


1995–96 Irish Cup
Linfield were the defending champions after winning their 35th Irish Cup last season, with a 3–1 win over Carrick Rangers in the 1995 final. This season they reached the quarter-finals, but lost to 2–0 to Crusaders. Glentoran were the eventual cup winners, defeating Glenavon 1–0 in the final to win the cup for the 16th time.


1995–96 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1995–96 comprised 8 teams, and Portadown won the championship.


1995–96 Irish League Cup
The 1995–96 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 19 September 1995 with the final.


1995–96 Irish League Cup
Ards were the defending champions after their first League Cup win last season; a 2–0 penalty shootout victory over Cliftonville in the previous final. This season they went out in the second round to Coleraine, who had been runners-up for the past two seasons. Portadown were the eventual winners, lifting the cup for the first time with a 2–1 victory over Crusaders in the final.


1995–96 Israel State Cup
The 1995–96 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 57th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 42nd after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1995–96 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv who had beaten Ironi Rishon LeZion 4–1 in the final.


1995–96 Israel State Cup
As Maccabi Tel Aviv won the double, Ironi Rishon LeZion qualified to the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, entering in the qualifying round.


1995–96 Israeli Hockey League season
The 1995–96 Israeli Hockey League season was the fifth season of Israel's hockey league. Six teams participated in the league, and the Lions Jerusalem won the championship and HC Bat Yam ending as runners-up.


1995–96 Isthmian League
The 1995–96 season was the 81st season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league consisted of four divisions.


1995–96 Isthmian League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:


1995–96 Isthmian League, Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:


1995–96 Isthmian League, Division Two
Division Two consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:


1995–96 Isthmian League, Division Two
Division started the season one club short after Newbury Town folded. At the end of the season Saffron Walden Town resigned from the league due to ground grading problems and joined the Essex Senior League. Thus, no teams were relegated from the Second Division this season.


1995–96 Isthmian League, Division Three
Division Three consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:


1995–96 Japan Figure Skating Championships
The 1995–96 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 64th edition of the event. They were held from January 12 to 14, 1996 in Yokohama. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. As well as crowning the national champions of Japan for the 1995–96 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 1996 World Championships.


1995–96 Japan Ice Hockey League season
The 1995–96 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 30th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Seibu Tetsudo won the championship.


1995–96 Jordan League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Al-Wehdat won the championship.


1995–96 Juventus F.C. season
Juventus Football Club finished second in Serie A and regained the European Cup trophy after 11 years, winning the Champions League final against Ajax 4–2 on penalties in Rome. Juventus also won the Supercoppa Italiana in the late summer of 1995, before going on to finish second in the league. Following the Champions League title, strikers Gianluca Vialli and Fabrizio Ravanelli were sold to Chelsea and Middlesbrough, respectively. The club also dropped Pietro Vierchowod, Paulo Sousa and Massimo Carrera. Instead, Juventus decided to sign playmaker Zinedine Zidane from Bordeaux, along with young striker Christian Vieri, who signed from Atalanta.


1995–96 Juventus F.C. season, Players, Squad information
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1995–96 Juventus F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
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1995–96 KFC Uerdingen 05 season, Season summary
After Bayer AG withdrew their sponsorship, Uerdingen was reformed as Krefelder Fußball-Club Uerdingen 05. However, without Bayer's sponsorship the club struggled financially and they were ultimately relegated. As of 2016, this remains the club's last top-flight season.


1995–96 KFC Uerdingen 05 season, First team squad
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1995–96 KFC Uerdingen 05 season, First team squad, Left club during season
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1995–96 KNVB Cup
The 78th edition of the KNVB Cup (at the time called Amstel Cup) started on August 12, 1995. The final was played on May 16, 1996: PSV beat Sparta 5–2 and won the cup for the seventh time. A total of 60 clubs participated.


1995–96 KNVB Cup, Group stage
The matches of the group stage were played between August 12 and September 16, 1995. 56 clubs participated, 28 advanced to the next round.


1995–96 KNVB Cup, Knock-out Stage, First round
The matches of the first knock-out round were played on November 28, 29 and 30, 1995. The four highest ranked Eredivisie clubs from last season entered the tournament this round.


1995–96 KNVB Cup, Knock-out Stage, Round of 16
The matches of the round of 16 were played on January 24, 1996.


1995–96 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 98th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 8th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the Jayhawks final season in the Big Eight Conference, which dissolved at the end of the 1995–1996 school year.


1995–96 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 1995–96, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1995.


1995–96 Kategoria e Dytë
The 1995–96 Kategoria e Dytë was the 49th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.


1995–96 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
The 1995–96 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the fourth season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. Four teams participated in the league, and Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk won the championship.


1995–96 Kent Football League
The 1995–96 Kent Football League season was the 30th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.


1995–96 Kent Football League
The league was won by Furness, while Dartford returned to the Southern Football League after three seasons in the Kent League.


1995–96 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:


1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1995–96 college basketball season. Coached by Rick Pitino, the team finished the season with a 34–2 record and won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship over the Syracuse University Orangemen, 76–67.


1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Also known as "The Untouchables", nine players from the 95–96 team eventually played in the NBA. These players were Derek Anderson, Tony Delk, Walter McCarty, Ron Mercer, Nazr Mohammed, Mark Pope, Jeff Sheppard, Wayne Turner, and Antoine Walker. The 1995–96 Kentucky team is widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history.


1995–96 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Kazma Sporting Club won the championship.


1995–96 La Liga
The 1995–96 La Liga season, the 65th since its establishment, started on September 9, 1995, and finished on May 26, 1996.


1995–96 La Liga, League table, Positions by round
Note: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in yellow) being non-related with a position in La Liga, does not appear until the winner is assured to not win La Liga, thus if wins La Liga has a spot in the UEFA Champions League, then 1995–96 Copa del Rey runners-up earns a spot in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Atlético Madrid won their 9th La Liga title in the last matchday, so after matchday 42 Barcelona's places are coloured in yellow. In light yellow the spot expected for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.


1995–96 Latvian Hockey League season
The 1995–96 Latvian Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Eight teams participated in the league, and Riga Alianse won the championship.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league)
The 1995–96 League Cup was the twenty-fifth and final season of the rugby league League Cup, known for sponsorship purposes as the Regal Trophy.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league)
The last final was won by Wigan, who beat local rivals St. Helens 25-16 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 17,590.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw a reduction in the  number of entrants, the number decreasing to forty-two.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Background
The inclusion of two French clubs continued, but the number of invitations to the top junior clubs was reduced by six from eleven last season, to just five this season.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Background
The ten first round winners added to the twenty-two clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round of thirty-two. There were no drawn matches during this season's competition


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1)


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and results, Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 it merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons. 2 * Pia are a French League Club playing at Stade Daniel-Ambert 3 * Park Amateurs were a Junior (amateur) club from Halifax4 * Woolston Rovers are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. the ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool 5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the venue as Clarence Street, York.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
At the time Bramley were playing their home matches at Clarence Field, Kirkstall, Leeds6 * Doncaster Dragons were now playing at Belle Vue7 * Hemel Stags are a semi professional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000)8 * Ellenborough Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from the Ellenborough suburb of Maryport, Cumbria9 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull10 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the venue as Clarence Street, York.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
At the time Bramley were playing their home matches at Clarence Field, Kirkstall, Leeds11 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 4,180, but Hull official archives gives 4,180 and St Helens official archives give 5,10212 * after extra time - 16-16 at full time13 * Postponed due to heavy frost. This match would have been televised by BBC but the replayed game wasn't shown14 * Warrington record defeat, at the  time15 *  This was the last Regal Trophy Final. 16 * St. Helens sacked their coach Eric Hughes following this loss.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
17 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Chris Joynt as numbered position 12, whereas Wigan official archives shows the  player as No 1118 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Simon Booth as numbered position 11, whereas Wigan official archives shows the  player as No 1219 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Vila Matautia as numbered position 15, whereas Wigan official archives shows the  player as No 1420 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Andy Northey (for Anthony Sullivan 47 min) as numbered position 14, whereas Wigan official archives shows the  player as No 1521  * The McAlpine Stadium is the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
The stadium is 40% owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council and 60% by the two clubs, hosted its first match in August 1994 and seats 24,499 people along with hospitality boxes and conference rooms. Since opening the stadium has been sponsored by/known as the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, and more lately the Galpharm Stadium/John Smith's Stadium, and is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Postscript
To date, this was the last season for the John Player sponsored trophy competitions, which had taken place annually since its inauguration in the 1971-72 for a period of 25 seasons.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Postscript
It was unfortunately such a short period for what was intended to be the "League Cup" and that very few of the professional clubs managed to have their name inscribed on the trophy, or even reach the semi-final stageThe reasons given by the ruling body, the Rugby Football League for the  competition's demise, were that  it was deemed the trophy was adding to fixture congestion for more successful sides and a clean sweep was needed to herald the "Summer Rugby" image of the game.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Postscript, Entrants and number of cup wins
This table list all the semi-professional clubs which have entered the competition and reached at least the semi-final stage, the number (and dates) of their cup final wins, cup final runner-up spots, and losing semi-Final appearances.


1995–96 League Cup (rugby league), Postscript, Entrants and number of cup wins
Note - several stats taken from  records of the now defunct "The  Rugby League Record Keepers Club" documents


1995–96 League of Ireland First Division
The 1995–96 League of Ireland First Division season was the 11th season of the League of Ireland First Division.


1995–96 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Bray Wanderers won the division.


1995–96 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Third placed Home Farm Everton played off against Athlone Town who finished in tenth place in the 1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division. The winner would compete in the 1996–97 League of Ireland Premier Division.


1995–96 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation Play-off, 2nd Leg
Home Farm Everton won 4–3 on penalties and were promoted to the Premier Division


1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 11th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the title.


1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division, Regular season
This season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.


1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Athlone Town who finished in tenth place played off against Home Farm Everton, the third placed team from the 1995–96 League of Ireland First Division.


1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation Play-off, 2nd Leg
Home Farm Everton won 4–3 on penalties and were promoted to the Premier Division.


1995–96 League of Wales
The 1995–96 League of Wales was the fourth season of the League of Wales since its establishment in 1992. The league was won by Barry Town.


1995–96 Lebanese Premier League
The 1995–96 Lebanese Premier League season was the 36th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese professional league for association football clubs in the country, established in 1934.


1995–96 Lebanese Premier League
Shabab Sahel and Riada Wal Adab joined as the promoted clubs from the 1994–95 Lebanese Second Division. They replaced Salam Zgharta and Ahli Saida who were relegated to the 1995–96 Lebanese Second Division. Ansar, the defending champions, won their eighth consecutive—and overall—Lebanese Premier League title.


1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season
During the 1995–96 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.


1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
Leeds began the season in good form, with a Tony Yeboah hat-trick giving them an away win over AS Monaco in their UEFA Cup opener. But their European campaign was short-lived, and with the league title soon looking like an unrealistic target, their best hope of success was in the Coca-Cola Cup. They reached the final to claim their first cup final appearance since the 1975 European Cup Final, only to be defeated, losing 3–0 to Aston Villa.


1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
The Wembley defeat triggered a six-match losing run in the Premier League, and drew 0–0 with Coventry on the final day of the season, avoiding matching their own club record run of league defeats and gifting survival to their opponents.


1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
Howard Wilkinson then spent a substantial sum on new players in the summer, bringing in Nigel Martyn, Ian Rush and Lee Sharpe in hope of making Leeds contenders for the league title for the first time in five years.


1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Squad
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1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
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1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
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1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
Mark McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 whilst Leicester were top of Division One to take charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers. McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill. Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1995–96 Division One promotion playoffs and beat Crystal Palace 2–1 with a last-gasp Steve Claridge goal securing an immediate return to the Premiership.


1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Libyan Premier League
Following are the statistics of the Libyan Premier League for the 1995–96 season. The Libyan Premier League (Arabic: دوري الدرجة الأولى الليبي) is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. It was founded in 1963 and features mostly professional players.


1995–96 Liechtenstein Cup
The 1995–96 Liechtenstein Cup was the fifty-first season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of fourteen teams for one spot in the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. FC Vaduz were the defending champions.


1995–96 Liga Alef
The 1995–96 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Kafr Kanna and Hapoel Ashkelon promoted to Liga Artzit as the respective winners of the North and South division.


1995–96 Liga Alef
At the bottom, Hapoel Givat Olga, Maccabi Or Akiva (from North division), Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Merhavim (from South division) were all relegated to Liga Bet.


1995–96 Liga Artzit
The 1995–96 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Tayibe win the title and become the first ever Arab club to be promoted to the top division. Hapoel Jerusalem were also promoted.


1995–96 Liga Artzit
At the other end of the table, Shimshon Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Shalem were relegated to Liga Alef.


1995–96 Liga EBA season
The 1995–96 Liga EBA season was the second season of this competition, second tier of Spanish basketball. Due to the reduction of the Liga ACB to 18 teams for the next seasons, there was not any promotion from this league.


1995–96 Liga EBA season, Final Eight
The Final Eight of the Liga EBA was held in the Pazo dos Deportes of Lugo.


1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
The 1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Dunhill for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 26 November 1995 and ended on 6 October 1996. Bandung Raya won the title after beating PSM 2–0 in the final.


1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Teams, Team changes
The number of teams dropped from 34 to 31 this season.


1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Teams, Kits and sponsorship
All of the teams kits are provided by Adidas and sponsored by Dunhill as part of the league's sponsorship deal.


1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Awards, Top scorers
The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1995-96 season.


1995–96 Liga Leumit
The 1995–96  Liga Leumit season began on 26 August 1995 and ended on 18 May 1996, with Maccabi Tel Aviv win their second consecutive title.


1995–96 Liga Leumit
That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The two teams that were relegated to Liga Artzit were: Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Tel Aviv.


1995–96 Liga Leumit
Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Jaffa. The teams relegated were: Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.


1995–96 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino
The 1995–96 División de Honor de Fútbol Femenino was the eight edition of Spain's women's football premier league. Nine teams took part in the competition, with Atlético Málaga and CF Llers replacing relegated teams Anaitasuna FT, León FF and FFP Alcobendas.


1995–96 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino
Añorga KKE won its third title with 11 wins in 16 matches and five points difference over Oroquieta Villaverde. Espanyol, CD Sondika and CE Sabadell followed in the table. Oviedo Moderno-Tradehi was relegated.


1995–96 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 1995–96 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 22nd season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Five teams participated in the league, and CH Jaca won the championship.


1995–96 Lithuanian Hockey League season
The 1995–96 Lithuanian Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Lithuanian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Lithuania. Five teams participated in the league, and SC Energija won the championship. SC Energija received a bye until the finals, as they played in the Eastern European Hockey League.


1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season was the 104th season in the club's existence, and their 34th consecutive year in the top-flight. In addition to the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons), the club competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Cup.