1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season 1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season During the 1995–96 English football season, Liverpool F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Having paid a national record £8.5million for Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore in the close season, Liverpool were many people's favourites for the league title in 1995–96 – especially as defending champions Blackburn Rovers had failed to significantly add to their squad and runners-up Manchester United had sold three key players but begun the season without a single major signing. 1994–95 had arguably been Liverpool's best season of the post-Dalglish era, as they
1995–96 in English football of relegation. Millwall led for promotion to the Premier League, three points ahead of Leicester City at the top of Division One. 4 November 1995: Manchester United lost 1-0 at Arsenal, and Newcastle extended their lead with a 2-1 home win over Liverpool. 8 November 1995: Chelsea signed Dan Petrescu from Sheffield Wednesday for a club-record £2.3million. 10 November 1995: The FA withdrew its £118.5-million television deal with Football League clubs after they failed to meet a deadline. 11 November 1995: In the FA Cup's first round, Shrewsbury Town defeated Northern Premier League side Marine by a club-record 11-2 and