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1995–96 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1995–96
manager	Alan Ball
chairman	David Bernstein
stadium	Maine Road
league	FA Premier League
league result	[18th](1995-96-fa-premier-league) (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Fifth round](1995-96-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Third round](1995-96-football-league-cup)
league topscorer
Uwe Rösler (9)
season topscorer
Uwe Rösler (13)
highest attendance	31,436 (vs. Liverpool, 5 May)
lowest attendance	23,617 (vs. Wimbledon, 22 November)
average attendance	27,869 (10th highest in league)
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prevseason	[1994–95](1994-95-manchester-city-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1996–97](1996-97-manchester-city-f-c-season)

Uwe Rösler (9) Uwe Rösler (13) During the 1995–96 English football season, Manchester City competed in the FA Premier League.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

The home kit, while on the face of it a classic plain blue shirt with white shorts, in fact had a pattern inlaid that was only visible when caught by the light, which contained an outer circle similar to the club badge at the time, with the word "City" in giant capital letters over the top. The away kit was intended as a tribute to the classic red and black stripes which City had worn as an away kit on a number of occasions previously, but for no apparent reason had two-tone grey shoulder stripes as well as an embossed shield which was more suited to the shape of the club's badge after its redesign in 1997 (by which point the shirt was no longer being worn) than the circular badge of the time.

Season summary

When Alan Ball was named as Manchester City manager at the start of the new season, he said that his job was "the envy of millions". But it quickly appeared to be a poisoned chalice, as a City side in the middle of a major transition (with many older players being transferred to make way for the club's promising set of youngsters) failed to win any of their first 11 FA Premier League games. This was followed by four wins from their next five games, which lifted City out of the relegation zone.

A 2–2 home draw with third-placed Liverpool on the final day of the season looked to have secured City's survival, but positive results and a greater goal difference for the two sides directly above them - Coventry City and Southampton - condemned the club to relegation after seven years in the top flight.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League

Results summary

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	30,827	Rösler
23 August 1995	Coventry City	A	1–2	15,957	Rösler
26 August 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	14,212
30 August 1995	Everton	H	0–2	28,432
10 September 1995	Arsenal	H	0–1	23,994
16 September 1995	Newcastle United	A	1–3	36,501	Creaney
23 September 1995	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	25,865
30 September 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	25,620
14 October 1995	Manchester United	A	0–1	35,707
21 October 1995	Leeds United	H	0–0	26,390
28 October 1995	Liverpool	A	0–6	39,267
4 November 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	28,397	Summerbee
18 November 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	24,422	Lomas
22 November 1995	Wimbledon	H	1–0	23,617	Quinn
25 November 1995	Aston Villa	H	1–0	28,027	Kinkladze
2 December 1995	Leeds United	A	1–0	33,249	Creaney
9 December 1995	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	29,469	Kinkladze
18 December 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	25,660	Rösler
23 December 1995	Chelsea	H	0–1	28,668
26 December 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	28,915
1 January 1996	West Ham United	H	2–1	26,024	Quinn (2)
13 January 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	31,438
20 January 1996	Coventry City	H	1–1	25,710	Rösler
31 January 1996	Southampton	A	1–1	15,172	Rösler
3 February 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	27,509	Clough, Symons
10 February 1996	Everton	A	0–2	37,354
24 February 1996	Newcastle United	H	3–3	31,115	Quinn (2), Rösler
2 March 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	29,078	Lomas
5 March 1996	Arsenal	A	1–3	34,519	Creaney
12 March 1996	Chelsea	A	1–1	17,078	Clough
16 March 1996	Southampton	H	2–1	29,550	Kinkladze (2)
23 March 1996	West Ham United	A	2–4	24,017	Quinn (2)
30 March 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	21,050	Quinn
6 April 1996	Manchester United	H	2–3	29,688	Kavelashvili, Rösler
8 April 1996	Wimbledon	A	0–3	11,844
13 April 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	30,898	Rösler
27 April 1996	Aston Villa	A	1–0	39,336	Lomas
5 May 1996	Liverpool	H	2–2	31,436	Rösler (pen), Symons

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Leicester City	A	0–0	20,640
R3R	17 January 1996	Leicester City	H	5–0	19,980	Rösler, Kinkladze, Quinn, Lomas, Creaney
R4	7 February 1996	Coventry City	A	2–2	18,709	Busst (own goal), Flitcroft
R4R	14 February 1996	Coventry City	H	2–1	22,419	Clough, Symons
R5	18 February 1996	Manchester United	A	1–2	42,692	Rösler

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–0	7,443
R2 Second Leg	4 October 1995	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–0	11,474	Rösler (2), Quinn, Curle (pen)
R3	25 October 1995	Liverpool	A	0–4	29,394

Squad

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/mancity.htm

Sold during season

Statistics

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

References

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