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1995–96 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Bolton Wanderers F.C.
season	1995–96
chairman	Gordon Hargreaves
manager	Roy McFarland (until 2 January)
Colin Todd (from 2 January)
stadium	Burnden Park
league	FA Premier League
league result	[20th](1995-96-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Fourth round](1995-96-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth round](1995-96-football-league-cup)
league topscorer	John McGinlay (6)
season topscorer	John McGinlay (9)
highest attendance	21,381 (vs. Manchester United,
25 February 1996)
lowest attendance	5,247 (vs. Brentford,
19 September 1995)
average attendance	18,822
prevseason	[1994–95](1994-95-bolton-wanderers-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1996–97](1996-97-bolton-wanderers-f-c-season)

Colin Todd (from 2 January) 25 February 1996) 19 September 1995) The 1995–1996 season was the 117th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their first ever season in the FA Premier League following promotion from the Football League First Division.

This article covers the period from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996.

Season summary

Bolton Wanderers returned to the top flight after a 15-year absence, only eight years after playing in the old Fourth Division, but with a new manager in Roy McFarland following Bruce Rioch's move to Arsenal. Bolton made a poor start to the campaign and McFarland made several moves in the transfer market, but this was not enough to turn things around and he was sacked on New Year's Day with Bolton bottom of the table and just two wins to their name. His assistant Colin Todd took over, and Bolton's form improved, but they could not avoid relegation. In spite of this, their form under Todd was so improved that, had the results from under Todd's management been shown all season, Bolton would have stayed up in 14th place.

Squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Results

FA Premier League

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1995	Wimbledon	A	2 – 3	Thompson 27' (pen), de Freitas 39'	9,317
22 August 1995	Newcastle United	H	1 – 3	Bergsson	20,243
26 August 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2 – 1	de Freitas 21', Stubbs 80'	20,253
30 August 1995	Aston Villa	A	0 – 1		31,770
9 September 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1 – 1	McGinlay 21'	18,376
16 September 1995	Manchester United	A	0 – 3		32,812
23 September 1995	Liverpool	A	2 – 5	Todd 77', Patterson 81' (pen)	40,104
30 September 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	0 – 1		17,362
14 October 1995	Everton	H	1 – 1	Paatelainen 1'	20,427
21 October 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	2 – 3	Sneekes 22', de Freitas 78'	25,426
30 October 1995	Arsenal	H	1 – 0	McGinlay 35'	18,682
4 November 1995	Manchester City	A	0 – 1		28,397
18 November 1995	West Ham United	H	0 – 3		19,047
22 November 1995	Chelsea	A	2 – 3	Ćurčić 10, Green 68'	17,495
25 November 1995	Southampton	A	0 – 1		14,404
2 December 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 1	de Freitas 67'	17,342
9 December 1995	Liverpool	H	0 – 1		21,042
16 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 – 2	Sellars 43'	11,456
23 December 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 – 2	Green 77', Bergsson 79'	30,702
27 December 1995	Leeds United	H	0 – 2		18,414
30 December 1995	Coventry City	H	1 – 2	McGinlay 16'	16,678
1 January 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 4	Ćurčić 51', Taggart 77'	24,872
13 January 1996	Wimbledon	H	1 – 0	McGinlay 44' (pen)	16,216
20 January 1996	Newcastle United	A	1 – 2	Bergsson 19'	36,543
3 February 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 3	Green 29'	30,419
10 February 1996	Aston Villa	H	0 – 2		18,099
17 February 1996	Middlesbrough	A	4 – 1	Blake 12', Coleman 45', de Freitas 62', Lee 73'	29,354
25 February 1996	Manchester United	H	0 – 6		21,381
2 March 1996	Leeds United	A	1 – 0	Bergsson	30,106
16 March 1996	Coventry City	A	2 – 0	Stubbs (2) 60', 70'	17,226
20 March 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2 – 3	Stubbs 74', Sellars 84'	17,829
23 March 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2 – 1	Sellars 52', Ćurčić 52'	18,368
30 March 1996	Manchester City	H	1 – 1	McGinlay 74'	21,050
6 April 1996	Everton	A	0 – 3		37,974
8 April 1996	Chelsea	H	2 – 1	McGinlay 40', Ćurčić 44'	18,021
13 April 1996	West Ham United	A	0 – 1		23,086
27 April 1996	Southampton	H	0 – 1		18,795
5 May 1996	Arsenal	A	1 – 2	Todd 76'	38,104

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 January 1996	Round 3	Bradford City	A	3 – 0	Ćurčić (2), McGinlay	10,265
14 February 1996	Round 4	Leeds United	H	0 – 1		16,694

Coca-Cola Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 September 1995	Round 2 First Leg	Brentford	H	1 – 0	Sneekes	5,243
3 October 1995	Round 2 Second Leg	Brentford	A	3 – 2
4 – 2 (agg)	McGinlay, Patterson, Thompson	4,861
24 October 1995	Round 3	Leicester City	H	0 – 0		9,166
8 November 1995	Round 3 replay	Leicester City	A	3 – 2	Ćurčić, McGinlay, Sneekes	14,884
29 November 1995	Round 4	Norwich City	A	0 – 0		13,820
20 December 1995	Round 4 replay	Norwich City	H	0 – 0 (aet)
2 – 3 (pens)		8,736

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	SCO John McGinlay	Striker	6	2	1	9
2	FR Yugoslavia Saša Ćurčić	Midfielder	4	1	2	7
3	NED Fabian de Freitas	Striker	5	0	0	5
4=	Iceland Guðni Bergsson	Defender	4	0	0	4
4=	ENG Alan Stubbs	Defender	4	0	0	4

References

"Bolton Wanderers 1995-96". bwfcstats.com.
"FootballSquads - Bolton Wanderers - 1995/96".
Branagan was born in [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Fulham]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent the [[Republic of Ireland]] internationally and would make his international debut for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team. Republic of Ireland]] in February 1997.
Davison was born in [[Sedgefield]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Northern Ireland]] internationally and would make his international debut for [[Northern Ireland national football team. Northern Ireland]] in April 1996.
McAteer was born in [[Birkenhead]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent the [[Republic of Ireland]] internationally and made his international debut for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team. Republic of Ireland]] in 1994.
Coyle was born in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire. Paisley]], [[Scotland]], but also qualified to represent the [[Republic of Ireland]] internationally and made his international debut for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team. Republic of Ireland]] in April 1994.

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