1995–96 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

1995–96 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	George Burley
Stadium	Portman Road
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Regional semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Marshall (19) All: Ian Marshall and Alex Mathie (19)
Average home league attendance	12,604
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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

Season summary

Having served on the board of directors since 1986, David Sheepshanks was appointed as club chairman in 1995.^[1] 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.

Final league table

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

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–3	18,910	Marshall
19 August 1995	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	12,681	Mathie
26 August 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	14,470
30 August 1995	Stoke City	H	4–1	10,848	Mathie (2), Slater (2)
2 September 1995	Sunderland	H	3–0	12,390	Mathie (3)
9 September 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	12,057	Sedgley
12 September 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,622	Marshall
16 September 1995	Watford	H	4–2	11,441	Uhlenbeek, Thomsen, Gregory (2)
23 September 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	1–5	12,815	Thomsen
30 September 1995	Sheffield United	A	2–2	12,557	Marshall (2)
7 October 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	15,335	Sedgley
14 October 1995	Derby County	A	1–1	13,034	Sedgley
22 October 1995	Luton Town	H	0–1	9,123
28 October 1995	Reading	A	4–1	10,281	Williams, Uhlenbeek, Mathie, Mason
4 November 1995	Grimsby Town	H	2–2	10,250	Mason (2)
11 November 1995	Millwall	A	1–2	11,360	Mason
19 November 1995	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,862	Wark
22 November 1995	Southend United	H	1–1	9,757	Uhlenbeek
25 November 1995	Portsmouth	H	3–2	10,286	Thompson, Marshall, Milton
3 December 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	20,867	Mowbray, Marshall
9 December 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	10,316	Marshall, Stockwell
16 December 1995	Sheffield United	H	1–1	9,630	Tuttle (own goal)
22 December 1995	Barnsley	H	2–2	11,791	Mathie, Marshall
1 January 1996	Port Vale	H	5–1	9,926	Sedgley, Mathie (2), Marshall, Milton
13 January 1996	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,097	Mathie
20 January 1996	Birmingham City	H	2–0	12,540	Milton (2)
3 February 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	10,798	Mowbray, Marshall
10 February 1996	Stoke City	A	1–3	12,239	Scowcroft
20 February 1996	Sunderland	A	0–1	14,052
24 February 1996	Watford	A	3–2	11,872	Uhlenbeek, Mathie (2)
3 March 1996	Leicester City	H	4–2	9,817	Wark, Marshall (2), Milton
9 March 1996	Barnsley	A	3–3	7,705	Marshall (2), Milton
13 March 1996	Leicester City	A	2–0	17,783	Mathie, Marshall
16 March 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	11,759	Marshall
19 March 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	9,674	Mason (2)
23 March 1996	Port Vale	A	1–2	7,277	Marshall
30 March 1996	Luton Town	A	2–1	9,151	Milton (2)
2 April 1996	Derby County	H	1–0	16,210	Vaughan
6 April 1996	Reading	H	1–2	17,328	Mathie
8 April 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	5,904	Scowcroft
14 April 1996	Norwich City	H	2–1	20,335	Marshall, Ullathorne (own goal)
17 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–5	6,008	Mason, Marshall
20 April 1996	Southend United	A	1–2	8,363	Milton
27 April 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–0	12,954	Mathie
1 May 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	17,473	Mathie (2)
5 May 1996	Millwall	H	0–0	17,290

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	21,236
R3R	16 January 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	19,606	Mason
R4	13 February 1996	Walsall	H	1–0	18,489	Mason
R5	17 February 1996	Aston Villa	H	1–3	20,748	Mason

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Stockport County	A	1–1	4,865	Sedgley
R2 Second Leg	3 October 1995	Stockport County	H	1–2	8,250	Thomsen

Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group B	5 September 1995	A.C. Reggiana	H	2–1	9,525	Tanner, Mathie
Group B	11 October 1995	Brescia	A	2–2	1,300	Mason, Sedgley
Group B	8 November 1995	Foggia	A	1–0	2,000	Mason
Group B	13 December 1995	Salerno	H	2–0	6,429	Mowbray, Gregory
SF	23 January 1996	Port Vale	H	2–4	5,831	Gregory, Mason

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player GK Fred Barber (on loan from Luton Town) GK Richard Wright GK Craig Forrest GK Andy Petterson (on loan from Charlton Athletic) DF David Linighan DF Tony Mowbray DF Steve Palmer DF Chris Swailes DF Adam Tanner DF Neil Thompson DF Gus Uhlenbeek DF Claus Thomsen DF Mauricio Taricco DF Frank Yallop[2] MF Richard Appleby

No. Position Player MF Lee Durrant MF Paul Mason MF Simon Milton MF Steve Sedgley MF Stuart Slater MF Mick Stockwell MF Tony Vaughan MF Geraint Williams MF John Wark MF Lee Norfolk FW Lee Chapman FW Ian Marshall FW James Scowcroft FW Alex Mathie FW Neil Gregory

References

1. "Football: Interview David Sheepshanks – Dynamo driving the Tractor". The Independent. 15 April 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
2. Yallop was born in Watford, England, but was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.