Tottenham Hotspur 1995–96 football season
During the 1995–96 season , Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League .
Season summary
The sale of key players Jürgen Klinsmann , Gheorghe Popescu and Nick Barmby weakened Tottenham's resources for 1995-96, and manager Gerry Francis was faced with taunts of "what a waste of money" from shocked supporters when he paid a club record £4.5million for Crystal Palace striker Chris Armstrong .
But Armstrong quickly formed an effective strikerforce with Teddy Sheringham , and an eighth-place finish in the final table was only one place lower than last season's final position - though it was once again not quite enough for a UEFA Cup place.
Perhaps the best moment of the season came on New Year's Day when Spurs triumphed 4-1 at home to Manchester United , dealing a serious blow to the visiting side's title hopes and boosting their own hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup as they muscled in on the top five. While Spurs failed to live up to the promise that the game delivered, the losing side lost only one more league game all season and won the league title which had looked an impossible job a few short months earlier.
Early in the season, Tottenham (and London rivals Wimbledon ) were informed that they would be banned from European competition by UEFA for the 1996–97 season, for fielding weakened teams in the pre-season UEFA Intertoto Cup . The ban was lifted on appeal.
Final league table
Template:1995–96 FA Premier League table
Results
Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first [1]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1995
Manchester City
A
1-1
30,827
Sheringham
23 August 1995
Aston Villa
H
0-1
26,726
26 August 1995
Liverpool
H
1-3
31,254
Calderwood
30 August 1995
West Ham United
A
1-1
23,516
Rosenthal
9 September 1995
Leeds United
H
2-1
30,034
Howells , Sheringham
16 September 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
A
3-1
26,565
Sheringham (2, 1 pen), D Walker (own goal)
25 September 1995
Queens Park Rangers
A
3-2
15,659
Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Dozzell
30 September 1995
Wimbledon
H
3-1
25,321
Sheringham (2), Elkins (own goal)
14 October 1995
Nottingham Forest
H
0-1
32,876
22 October 1995
Everton
A
1-1
33,629
Armstrong
29 October 1995
Newcastle United
H
1-1
32,279
Armstrong
4 November 1995
Coventry City
A
3-2
17,545
Fox , Sheringham , Howells
18 November 1995
Arsenal
H
2-1
32,894
Sheringham , Armstrong
21 November 1995
Middlesbrough
A
1-0
29,487
Armstrong
25 November 1995
Chelsea
A
0-0
31,059
2 December 1995
Everton
H
0-0
32,894
9 December 1995
Queens Park Rangers
H
1-0
28,851
Sheringham
16 December 1995
Wimbledon
A
1-0
16,193
Fox
23 December 1995
Bolton Wanderers
H
2-2
30,702
Sheringham , Armstrong
26 December 1995
Southampton
A
0-0
15,238
30 December 1995
Blackburn Rovers
A
1-2
30,004
Sheringham
1 January 1996
Manchester United
H
4-1
32,852
Sheringham , Campbell , Armstrong (2)
13 January 1996
Manchester City
H
1-0
31,438
Armstrong
21 January 1996
Aston Villa
A
1-2
35,666
Fox
3 February 1996
Liverpool
A
0-0
40,628
12 February 1996
West Ham United
H
0-1
29,781
24 February 1996
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1-0
32,047
Armstrong
2 March 1996
Southampton
H
1-0
26,320
Dozzell
16 March 1996
Blackburn Rovers
H
2-3
32,387
Sheringham , Armstrong
20 March 1996
Bolton Wanderers
A
3-2
17,829
Howells , Fox , Armstrong
24 March 1996
Manchester United
A
0-1
50,157
30 March 1996
Coventry City
H
3-1
26,808
Sheringham , Fox (2)
6 April 1996
Nottingham Forest
A
1-2
27,053
Armstrong
8 April 1996
Middlesbrough
H
1-1
32,036
Armstrong
15 April 1996
Arsenal
A
0-0
38,273
27 April 1996
Chelsea
H
1-1
32,918
Armstrong
2 May 1996
Leeds United
A
3-1
30,061
Armstrong , Anderton (2)
5 May 1996
Newcastle United
A
1-1
36,589
Dozzell
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
Squad at end of season [2] [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Intertoto Cup squad
Tottenham used a squad of loan players and reserve team players while competing in the Intertoto Cup . [4] [5] [6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
22 May 1995
MF
Gheorghe Popescu
Barcelona
£2,800,000
1 July 1995
F
Jürgen Klinsmann
FC Bayern Munich
€1,400,000
11 July 1995
FW
John Hendry
Motherwell
£200,000
8 August 1995
MF
Nick Barmby
Middlesbrough
£5,250,000
28 February 1996
MF
Darren Caskey
Reading
£700,000
9 March 1996
FW
Ilie Dumitrescu
West Ham United
£1,500,000
27 March 1996
DF
Owen Coll
Bournemouth
Signed
Transfers in: £10,200,000
Transfers out: £11,647,000[7]
Total spending: £1,447,420
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