1995-96 season

1995-96 season
General information
Manager	Roy Evans
Captain	Ian Rush
Performance
{{{division}}}	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

The 1995-96 season was Liverpool's 104th season of football since they were established.

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

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	06/01/1996	Rochdale	7-0	Fowler (21), Collymore (43, 4470), Valentine (og 78), Rush (61), McAteer (85)
4	18/02/1996	Shrewsbury	4-0	Collymore (8), Walton (og 69), Fowler (75), McAteer (84)
5	28/02/1996	Charlton	2-1	Fowler (12), Collymoree (59)
Quarter-final	10/03/1996	Leeds	0-0
Quarter-final (R)	20/03/1996	Leeds	3-0	McManaman (57, 73), Fowler (83)
Semi-final	31/03/1996	Aston Villa	3-0	Fowler (16, 86), McAteer (90)
Final	11/05/1996	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
6	DF	Phil Babb	28	0	4	0	4	0	4	0	40	0
10	MF	John Barnes	36	3	7	0	3	0	4	0	50	3
20	DF	Stig Inge Bjornebye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	Phil Charnock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
23	FW	Robbie Fowler	38	28	7	6	4	2	4	0	53	36
22	DF	Steve Harkness	24	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	33	2
1	GK	David James	38	0	7	0	4	0	4	0	53	0
24	DF	Rob Jones	33	0	7	0	3	0	4	0	47	0
19	MF	Mark Kennedy	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
21	DF	Dominic Matteo	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4	MF	Jason McAteer	29	0	7	3	4	0	0	0	40	3
17	MF	Steve McManaman	38	6	7	2	4	1	4	1	53	10
27	GK	Stephen Pears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp	23	3	3	0	3	0	4	1	33	4
25	DF	Neil Ruddock	20	5	2	0	4	0	2	0	28	5
9	FW	Ian Rush	20	5	4	1	2	1	3	0	29	7
12	DF	John Scales	27	0	7	0	2	1	2	0	38	1
16	MF	Michael Thomas	27	1	6	0	1	1	3	0	37	2
26	GK	Tony Warner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Mark Wright	28	2	7	0	3	0	4	0	42	2

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	07 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
David Clegg	—	Released	31 May 1996
Iain Brunskill	—	Released	31 May 1996
Steve Pears	—	Released	31 May 1996