1995–96 Millwall F.C. season

1995–96 Millwall F.C. season

Manager	Mick McCarthy (until 3 February) Jimmy Nicholl (from 28 February)
Stadium	The Den
First Division	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Alex Rae (16)

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

Season summary

The season started brightly for Millwall, as the Lions went top of the First Division from almost the start of the season and stayed in the automatic promotion places for the first third of the season. Despite three straight losses, Millwall were still top of an admittedly tight First Division as December arrived.^[1] However, manager Mick McCarthy left to manage Ireland after a 6–0 defeat at Sunderland saw Millwall lose top spot; under his successor, Jimmy Nicholl, Millwall went into freefall with only four more wins all season. A draw on the last day of the season condemned the Lions to relegation.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17	56	62	−6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	13	13	20	61	69	−8	52
22	Millwall (R)	46	13	13	20	43	63	−20	52	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Watford (R)	46	10	18	18	62	70	−8	48
24	Luton Town (R)	46	11	12	23	40	64	−24	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Tim Carter — GK  USA Kasey Keller — DF  ENG Mark Beard — DF  ENG Mike Harle — DF  ENG Gerard Lavin — DF  ENG Keith Stevens — DF  ENG Ben Thatcher — DF  ENG Damien Webber — DF  ENG Tony Witter — DF  NIR Anton Rogan — DF  RUS Vasili Kulkov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) — DF  AUS Lucas Neill — DF  AUS Jason van Blerk — MF  ENG Mickey Bennett — MF  ENG Greg Berry — MF  ENG Bobby Bowry — MF  ENG Maurice Doyle

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Steve Forbes — MF  ENG Ricky Newman — MF  SCO Alex Rae — MF  SCO Mickey Weir (on loan from Hibernian) — MF  IRL Dave Savage — FW  ENG Richard Cadette — FW  ENG Kerry Dixon — FW  ENG Chris Malkin — FW  ENG Lee McRobert — FW  ENG Scott Taylor — FW  GER Uwe Fuchs — FW  RUS Sergei Yuran — FW  USA John Kerr — GK   Dave Wietcha — MF   Jim Connor —   Phil O'Neil

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IRL Nick Colgan (on loan from Chelsea) — GK  DEN Jimmy Nielsen (to AaB) — MF  ENG Dale Gordon (on loan from West Ham United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NIR Kingsley Black (on loan from Nottingham Forest) — FW  USA John Kerr (on loan to Walsall) — FW  AUS Alistair Edwards (to Sydney Olympic)

Transfers

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In

• Mickey Bennett – Charlton Athletic, July
• Bobby Bowry – Crystal Palace, July
• Lucas Neill – Australian Institute of Sport, July
• Anton Rogan – Oxford United, August
• Nick Colgan – Chelsea, September, loan
• Vasili Kulkov – Spartak Moscow, January, loan
• Tim Carter – Oxford United, January
• Mickey Weir – Hibernian, January, loan
• Sergei Yuran – Spartak Moscow, January

Out

• Roger Joseph – Wimbledon, June
• John Kerr – Walsall, June, loan
• Dave Mitchell – Selangor, June
• Andy Roberts – Crystal Palace, July
• David Oldfield – Luton Town, July
• Alistair Edwards – Sydney Olympic, January

Results

First Division

Reading v Millwall

29 August 1995	Reading	1–2	Millwall	Elm Park
	Gooding		Rae Dixon

• 23 September: Millwall 1–2 Sunderland (Scott pen., Smith); attendance 8,691
• 1 October: Derby County 2–2 Millwall (Willems, van der Lann; ?); attendance 9,590
• 22 October: Crystal Palace 1–2 Millwall (Gordon; ?); attendance 14,338
• 28 October: Millwall 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (?; Hunt); attendance 9,717
• 18 November: Millwall 0–0 Huddersfield Town; attendance 9,402
• 9 December: Sunderland 6–0 Millwall (Russell 4, Scott pen., P Gray); attendance 18,951
• 16 December: Millwall 0–1 Derby County (Sturridge); attendance 7,694
• 26 December: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Millwall (Bull; ?); attendance 25,591
• 4 November: Birmingham City 2–2 Millwall (Castle, Charlery; Dixon, Rae); attendance 23,016
• 27 January: Millwall 1–1 Portsmouth (Burton); attendance 7,710

Millwall v Reading

10 February 1996	Millwall	1–1	Reading	The Den
	Newman		Bowry ?' (o.g.)

• 2 March: Millwall 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Bull); attendance 9,13
• 30 March: Millwall 1–4 Crystal Palace (Hopkin, Brown, Ndah 2); attendance 13,214
• 6 April: West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Millwall (Sneekes); attendance 13,793
• 10 April: Millwall 2–0 Birmingham City (?); attendance 9,271
• 13 April: Huddersfield Town 3–0 Millwall (Jepson pen., Edwards, Booth); attendance 11,206

References

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