1995–96 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers
	1995–96 season
Chairman	Frank Corfe
Manager	John King (until 12 April); John Aldridge (player-manager from 12 April)
Stadium	Prenton Park
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League:; John Aldridge (27); All:; John Aldridge (29)
Average home league attendance	7,862
← 1994–95	1996–97 →

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

Season summary

In the 1995–96 season, Tranmere made a great start, winning eight of their first 16 league games and by 22 November sat in 3rd place and four points of the top and automatic promotion seemed to be on course but afterwards Tranmere went on a horrendous run of form and on 12 April 1996 which saw Tranmere near the relegation zone after only four wins from 24 league games since 22 November, chairman Frank Corfe appointed John Aldridge as player-manager, and King was "moved upstairs" to become Director of football. They finished a disappointing campaign in 13th place.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Tranmere Rovers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	11,880	O'Brien, Aldridge
19 August 1995	Sheffield United	A	2–0	11,247	Aldridge (2)
26 August 1995	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	9,072	O'Brien, Aldridge, Thomas-Moore
29 August 1995	Barnsley	A	1–2	9,710	Aldridge
9 September 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	7,402
12 September 1995	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	7,196	Bennett, Aldridge
16 September 1995	Stoke City	A	0–0	8,609
23 September 1995	Portsmouth	A	2–0	11,127	Nevin, Bennett
30 September 1995	Watford	H	2–3	7,041	Aldridge, Bennett
7 October 1995	Luton Town	H	1–0	6,680	Aldridge
14 October 1995	Millwall	A	2–2	9,293	Bennett, Thomas-Moore
21 October 1995	Southend United	H	3–0	6,584	Thomas-Moore (2), Bennett
29 October 1995	Norwich City	A	1–1	15,513	Thomas-Moore
4 November 1995	Derby County	H	5–1	8,565	Thomas-Moore, Nevin, Aldridge (2), Bennett
19 November 1995	Leicester City	A	1–0	13,125	Thomas-Moore
22 November 1995	Port Vale	H	2–1	6,681	Aldridge (2)
25 November 1995	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	7,500
2 December 1995	Luton Town	A	2–3	6,025	G Jones, Bennett
9 December 1995	Portsmouth	H	1–2	6,678	Thomas-Moore
16 December 1995	Watford	A	0–3	7,257
23 December 1995	Birmingham City	A	0–1	18,439
26 December 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	9,783	Aldridge (2)
1 January 1996	Reading	A	0–1	8,421
13 January 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–1	7,321	Thomas-Moore
20 January 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	24,173	Aldridge
30 January 1996	Sunderland	A	0–0	17,376
3 February 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1	12,041
10 February 1996	Barnsley	H	1–3	6,376	Aldridge
17 February 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	15,014	Branch
20 February 1996	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	5,253	Aldridge, Bennett
24 February 1996	Stoke City	H	0–0	8,312
3 March 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	4,225	Nevin, Aldridge
9 March 1996	Birmingham City	H	2–2	8,696	Aldridge, Rogers
12 March 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	13,183	Branch
16 March 1996	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	11,759	Aldridge, Bennett
23 March 1996	Reading	H	2–1	6,249	Aldridge, Hopkins (own goal)
30 March 1996	Southend United	A	0–2	4,741
2 April 1996	Millwall	H	2–2	5,850	Rogers, Aldridge (pen)
6 April 1996	Norwich City	H	1–1	6,618	Aldridge
8 April 1996	Derby County	A	2–6	16,723	Aldridge (pen), Cook
13 April 1996	Leicester City	H	1–1	8,882	Lennon (own goal)
17 April 1996	Ipswich Town	H	5–2	6,008	Irons (2), O'Brien, Aldridge, Morgan
20 April 1996	Port Vale	A	1–1	7,419	O'Brien
27 April 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	5,408	Aldridge
30 April 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	11,053
5 May 1996	Sunderland	H	2–0	16,188	Irons, Aldridge (pen)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2	10,230

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	8,264	Aldridge
R2 2nd Leg	4 October 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	3–1 (won 4-1 on agg)	5,335	G Jones (2), Brannan
R3	24 October 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–1	13,752	Thomas-Moore
R3R	8 November 1995	Birmingham City	H	1–3 (a.e.t.)	9,151	Aldridge

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Danny Coyne
		GK	Eric Nixon
		DF	Graham Branch
		DF	Ged Brannan
		DF	Dave Challinor
		DF	Shaun Garnett
		DF	Dave Higgins
		DF	Paul Jones
		DF	John McGreal
		DF	Steve Mungall
		DF	Alan Rogers
		DF	Gary Scott
		DF	Gary Stevens
		DF	Shaun Teale
		DF	Tony Thomas

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Cook
		MF	Kenny Irons
		MF	Jon Kenworthy
		MF	Alan Mahon
		MF	Alan Morgan
		MF	John Morrissey
		MF	Pat Nevin
		MF	Liam O'Brien
		FW	John Aldridge (player-manager from 12 April)
		FW	Gary Bennett
		FW	Gregg Blundell
		FW	Jamie Hughes
		FW	Gary Jones
		FW	Ian Thomas-Moore

References

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/tranmere-rovers/1995-1996/results

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/tranmere-rovers/tab/players/season/1996

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1995–96 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

References

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