1995-96 season

1995-96 season
General information
Manager	Roy Evans
Captain	Ian Rush
Performance
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	4th round
Europe	UEFA Cup: 2nd round
Top scorers
League	Fowler (28)
FA Cup	Fowler (6)
League Cup	Fowler (2)
Europe	UEFA Cup: McManaman (1) Redknapp (1)
Overall	Fowler (36)
Attendances
Average	37,526
←1994-95	1996-97→

The 1995-96 season was Liverpool's 104th season of football since they were established. Liverpool managed to go one step better than the previous season, finishing third in the league. Liverpool performed disappointingly in the League Cup and UEFA Cup, going out in the early rounds, but reached the final of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Man Utd.

Squad

• 1 David James
• 2 Rob Jones
• 4 Jason McAteer
• 5 Mark Wright
• 6 Phil Babb
• 7 Nigel Clough
• 8 Stan Collymore
• 9 Ian Rush
• 10 John Barnes
• 11 Mark Walters
• 12 John Scales
• 13 Michael Stensgaard
• 14 Jan Molby
• 15 Jamie Redknapp
• 16 Michael Thomas
• 17 Steve McManaman
• 18 Phil Charnock
• 19 Mark Kennedy
• 20 Stig Inge Bjornebye
• 21 Dominic Matteo
• 22 Steve Harkness
• 23 Robbie Fowler
• 24 Lee Jones
• 25 Neil Ruddock
• 26 Tony Warner
• 27 Stephen Pears

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 July 1995	Birmingham	1-0	Rush (73)
29 July 1995	Ajax	0-5
30 July 1995	Fiorentina	1-1	Collymore (60)
2 August 1995	Norway XI	0-3
7 August 1995	Yeovil	7-1	McManaman (10, 21, 51), Fowler (pen 37), Bjornebye (70), Redknapp (80), Clough (90)
10 August 1995	Celtic	0-0
12 August 1995	Shelbourne	1-0	McManaman (8)
14 August 1995	Linfield	1-0	Rush (37)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 August 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Collymore (61)
21 August 1995	Leeds	0-1
26 August 1995	Tottenham	3-1	Barnes (7, 42), Fowler (54)
30 August 1995	Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Ruddock (29)
9 September 1995	Wimbledon	0-1
16 September 1995	Blackburn	3-0	Redknapp (12), Fowler (22), Collymore (29)
23 September 1995	Bolton	5-2	Fowler (11, 30, 46, 67), Harkness (83)
1 October 1995	Man Utd	2-2	Fowler (33, 52)
14 October 1995	Coventry	0-0
22 October 1995	Southampton	3-1	McManaman (21, 54), Redknapp (73)
28 October 1995	Man City	6-0	Rush (3, 64), Redknapp (5), Fowler (47, 60), Ruddock (53)
4 November 1995	Newcastle	1-2	Rush (11)
18 November 1995	Everton	1-2	Fowlerr (89)
22 November 1995	West Ham	0-0
25 November 1995	Middlesbrough	1-2	Ruddock (63)
2 December 1995	Southampton	1-1	Collymore (67)
9 December 1995	Bolton	1-0	Collymore (61)
17 December 1995	Man Utd	2-0	Fowler (45, 87)
23 December 1995	Arsenal	3-1	Fowler (40, 59, 78)
30 December 1995	Chelsea	2-2	McManaman (33, 76)
1 January 1996	Nottingham Forest	4-2	Fowler (3, 41), Collymore (61), Cooper (og 86)
13 January 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Rush (87)
20 January 1996	Leeds	5-0	Ruddock (27, 90), Fowler (pen 62, 68), Collymore (89)
31 January 1996	Aston Villa	2-0	Collymore (61), Fowler (65)
3 February 1996	Tottenham	0-0
11 February 1996	Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Wright (15), Fowler (30)
24 February 1996	Blackburn	3-2	Collymore (10, 21), Thomas (70)
3 March 1996	Aston Villa	3-0	McManaman (2), Fowler (5, 8)
13 March 1996	Wimbledon	2-2	McManaman(35), Collymore (68)
16 March 1996	Chelsea	2-0	Wright (53), Fowler (62)
23 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	0-1
3 April 1996	Newcastle	4-3	Fowler (2, 55), Collymore (68, 90)
6 April 1996	Coventry	0-1
8 April 1996	West Ham	2-0	Collymore (22), Barnes (38)
16 April 1996	Everton	1-1	Fowler (87)
27 April 1996	Middlesbrough	1-0	Collymore (70)
1 May 1996	Arsenal	0-0
5 May 1996	Man City	2-2	Lomas (og 6), Rush (41)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	6 January 1996	Rochdale	7-0	Fowler (21), Collymore (43, 44, 70), Valentine (og 78), Rush (61), McAteer (85)
4	18 February 1996	Shrewsbury	4-0	Collymore (8), Walton (og 69), Fowler (75), McAteer (84)
5	28 February 1996	Charlton	2-1	Fowler (12), Collymore (59)
Quarter-final	10 March 1996	Leeds	0-0
Quarter-final (R)	20 March 1996	Leeds	3-0	McManaman (57, 73), Fowler (83)
Semi-final	3 March 1996	Aston Villa	3-0	Fowler (16, 86), McAteer (90)
Final	11 May 1996	Man Utd	0-1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 (1st leg)	20 September 1995	Sunderland	2-0	McManaman (8), Thomas (72)
2 (2nd leg)	4 October 1995	Sunderland	1-0	Fowler (39)
3	25 October 1995	Man City	4-0	Scales (9), Fowler (74), Rush (79), Harkness (82)
4	29 November 1995	Newcastle	0-1

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	12 September 1995	Spartak Vladikavkaz	2-1	McManaman (32), Redknapp (52)
1 (2nd leg)	26 September 1995	Spartak Vladikavkaz	0-0
2 (1st leg)	17 October 1995	Brondby	0-0
2 (2nd leg)	31 October 1995	Brondby	0-1

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Newcastle	38	24	6	8	66	37	29	78
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	36	71
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	7	63

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	David James	38	0	7	0	4	0	4	0	53	0
4	MF	Jason McAteer	29	0	7	3	4	0	0	0	40	3
5	DF	Mark Wright	28	2	7	0	3	0	4	0	42	2
6	DF	Phil Babb	28	0	4	0	4	0	4	0	40	0
7	MF	Nigel Clough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	FW	Stan Collymore	31	14	7	5	4	0	2	0	44	19
9	FW	Ian Rush	20	5	4	1	2	1	3	0	29	7
10	MF	John Barnes	36	3	7	0	3	0	4	0	50	3
12	DF	John Scales	27	0	7	0	2	1	2	0	38	1
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp	23	3	3	0	3	0	4	1	33	4
16	MF	Michael Thomas	27	1	6	0	1	1	3	0	37	2
17	MF	Steve McManaman	38	6	7	2	4	1	4	1	53	10
19	MF	Mark Kennedy	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
20	DF	Stig Inge Bjornebye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF	Dominic Matteo	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
22	DF	Steve Harkness	24	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	33	2
23	FW	Robbie Fowler	38	28	7	6	4	2	4	0	53	36
24	DF	Rob Jones	33	0	7	0	3	0	4	0	47	0
25	DF	Neil Ruddock	20	5	2	0	4	0	2	0	28	5

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Stan Collymore	Nottingham Forest	£8,500,000	1 July 1995
Stephen Pears	Middlesbrough	Free	14 August 1995
Jason McAteer	Bolton	£4,500,000	7 September 1995

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Mark Walters	Southampton	Free	17 January 1995
Nigel Clough	Man City	£1,500,000	24 January 1996
Jan Molby	Swansea	Free	21 February 1996
Paul Stewart	Sunderland	Free	5 March 1996
Ian Rush	Leeds	Free	20 May 1996