1995–96 Leicester City F.C. season explained

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

Season summary

Mark McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 whilst Leicester were top of Division One to take charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[1] McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill.^[2] 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.

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Sunderland	A	2–1	18,593	Corica, Robins
19 August 1995	Stoke City	H	2–3	17,719	Walsh, Parker (pen)
26 August 1995	Luton Town	A	1–1	7,612	Parker
30 August 1995	Portsmouth	H	4–2	15,170	Roberts (3), Parker
2 September 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	18,441	Whitlow
10 September 1995	Derby County	A	1–0	17,767	Joachim
12 September 1995	Port Vale	A	2–0	8,814	McMahon, Roberts
16 September 1995	Reading	H	1–1	19,103	Roberts
23 September 1995	Southend United	H	1–3	15,276	Lowe
30 September 1995	Norwich City	A	1–0	18,435	Heskey
7 October 1995	Barnsley	A	2–2	13,669	Robins, Walsh
14 October 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	16,771	Lowe
21 October 1995	Sheffield United	A	3–1	13,100	Roberts, Taylor, Lowe
28 October 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	18,376	Robins, Taylor
5 November 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	16,071	Taylor (2), Roberts
11 November 1995	Watford	H	1–0	16,230	Roberts
19 November 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	13,125
21 November 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	14,300	Robins
26 November 1995	Birmingham City	A	2–2	17,350	Roberts, Grayson
2 December 1995	Barnsley	H	2–2	15,125	Roberts, Grayson
9 December 1995	Southend United	A	1–2	5,835	Roberts
17 December 1995	Norwich City	H	3–2	14,251	Whitlow, Roberts, Heskey
23 December 1995	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	7,713	Roberts, Walsh
1 January 1996	Millwall	A	1–1	9,953	Corica
13 January 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	13,669
21 January 1996	Sunderland	H	0–0	16,130
3 February 1996	Luton Town	H	1–1	14,821	Roberts
10 February 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–2	9,003	Roberts
17 February 1996	Port Vale	H	1–1	13,758	Taylor
21 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–2	27,381	Roberts, Heskey (2)
24 February 1996	Reading	A	1–1	9,817	Lewis
28 February 1996	Derby County	H	0–0	20,911
3 March 1996	Ipswich Town	A	2–4	9,817	Roberts (2)
9 March 1996	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	13,784	Heskey (2)
13 March 1996	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	17,783
16 March 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	5,582	Whitlow
23 March 1996	Millwall	H	2–1	12,543	Carey, Taylor
30 March 1996	Sheffield United	H	0–2	15,230
2 April 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	11,287	Claridge
6 April 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	17,331	Roberts
9 April 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	17,889	Robins
13 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	8,882	Robins
17 April 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	12,790	Claridge (2)
20 April 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	17,619	Walsh, Claridge
27 April 1996	Birmingham City	H	3–0	19,702	Claridge, Heskey, Lennon
5 May 1996	Watford	A	1–0	20,089	Izzet

First Division play-offs

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

SF 1st Leg	12 May 1996	Stoke City	H	0–0	20,323
SF 2nd Leg	15 May 1996	Stoke City	A	1–0 (won 1–0 on agg)	21,037	Parker
F	27 May 1996	Crystal Palace	N	2–1	73,573	Parker (pen), Claridge

FA Cup

See main article: 1995–96 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R3	6 January 1996	Manchester City	H	0–0	20,640
R3R	17 January 1996	Manchester City	A	0–5	19,980

League Cup

See main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Burnley	H	2–0	11,142	Robins, Joachim
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Burnley	A	2–0	4,553	Robins (2)
R3	24 October 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	9,166
R3R	8 November 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	14,884	Robins, Roberts

Squad

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Notes and References

1. News: McGhee the new man at Molineux . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mcghee-the-new-man-at-molineux-1525726.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. 14 December 1995. The Independent. 16 September 2009 . London.
2. News: O'Neill set for Leicester . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/oneill-set-for-leicester-1526870.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. 21 December 1995. The Independent. 14 September 2011 . London.
3. Web site: Leicester City 1995-1996 Results - statto.com . 29 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729125052/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1995-1996/results . 29 July 2014 . dead .
4. Web site: All Leicester City players: 1996.HTM.