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)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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

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. 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. 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

^[5]

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

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

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

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/squad_shots4.htm
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/millwall/tab/players/season/1996
^ http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/millwall-fc/1996/6/

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.millwall-history.org.uk/squad_shots4.htm

[4] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/millwall/tab/players/season/1996

[5] ttp://www.worldfootball.net/teams/millwall-fc/1996/6/

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