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1995–96 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Middlesbrough F.C.
season	1995–96
manager	Bryan Robson
chairman	Steve Gibson
stadium	Riverside Stadium
league	FA Premier League
league result	[12th](1995-96-fa-premier-league)
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth round](1995-96-fa-cup)
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	[Fourth round](1995-96-football-league-cup)
league topscorer	Nick Barmby (7)
season topscorer	Nick Barmby (9)
highest attendance	30,011 vs Newcastle United
(10 February 1996, FA Premier League)
lowest attendance	13,280 vs Rotherham United
(20 September 1995, League Cup)
average attendance	29,283
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prevseason	[1994–95](1994-95-middlesbrough-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1996–97](1996-97-middlesbrough-f-c-season)

(10 February 1996, FA Premier League) (20 September 1995, League Cup) During the 1995–96 English football season, Middlesbrough F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Middlesbrough returned to the top flight of English football, and recorded a solid mid-table finish under player-manager Bryan Robson. It was also Boro's first season at new home Riverside Stadium, following the decision to move out from Ayresome Park, once the Taylor report banned standing on British football stadia.

New to the Boro side for the season were record signing Nick Barmby, goalkeeper Gary Walsh (who succeeded Alan Miller as the club's regular goalkeeper) and young defender Phil Whelan. Soon after the beginning of the season, Boro paid nearly £5million for 22-year-old Brazilian forward Juninho.

Boro had peaked at fourth in the FA Premier League in late October after losing just one of their opening 10 games, but the next four months brought just three wins and included an eight-match losing run which posed the threat of relegation to a side who had previously been challenging for a UEFA Cup place. Boro eventually secured survival by a margin of five points.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League

Results

Middlesbrough's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1995	Arsenal	A	1–1	37,308	Barmby
26 August 1995	Chelsea	H	2–0	28,286	Hignett, Fjørtoft
30 August 1995	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,500
9 September 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	18,376	Hignett
12 September 1995	Southampton	H	0–0	29,181
16 September 1995	Coventry City	H	2–1	27,882	Vickers, Fjørtoft
23 September 1995	Manchester City	A	1–0	25,865	Barmby
30 September 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	29,462	Barmby, Hignett
15 October 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	21,177	Hignett (pen)
21 October 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	29,293	Hignett (pen)
28 October 1995	Manchester United	A	0–2	36,580
4 November 1995	Leeds United	H	1–1	29,467	Fjørtoft
18 November 1995	Wimbledon	A	0–0	13,780
21 November 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	29,487
25 November 1995	Liverpool	H	2–1	29,390	Cox, Barmby
2 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	17,546	Morris
9 December 1995	Manchester City	H	4–1	29,469	Barmby (2), Stamp, Juninho
16 December 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	27,996
23 December 1995	West Ham United	H	4–2	28,640	Fjørtoft, Cox, Morris, Hendrie
26 December 1995	Everton	A	0–4	40,091
30 December 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	27,027
1 January 1996	Aston Villa	H	0–2	28,535
13 January 1996	Arsenal	H	2–3	29,359	Juninho, Stamp
20 January 1996	Southampton	A	1–2	15,151	Barmby
4 February 1996	Chelsea	A	0–5	21,060
10 February 1996	Newcastle United	H	1–2	30,011	Beresford (own goal)
17 February 1996	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–4	29,354	Pollock
24 February 1996	Coventry City	A	0–0	18,810
2 March 1996	Everton	H	0–2	29,807
9 March 1996	West Ham United	A	0–2	23,850
16 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	29,392	Mustoe
19 March 1996	Aston Villa	A	0–0	23,933
30 March 1996	Leeds United	A	1–0	31,778	Kavanagh (pen)
5 April 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	29,751	Fjørtoft (2), Freestone
8 April 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	32,036	Whelan
13 April 1996	Wimbledon	H	1–2	29,192	Fleming
27 April 1996	Liverpool	A	0–1	40,782
5 May 1996	Manchester United	H	0–3	29,921

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Notts County	A	2–1	12,621	Pollock, Barmby
R4	7 February 1996	Wimbledon	H	0–0	28,915
R4R	13 February 1996	Wimbledon	A	0–1	5,520

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Rotherham United	H	2–1	13,280	Mustoe, Fjørtoft
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Rotherham United	A	1–0 (won 3–1 on agg)	6,867	Vickers
R3	25 October 1995	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	11,873	Barmby 15'; Hignett 20'
R3R	8 November 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	16,150	Hignett, Fjørtoft
R4	29 November 1995	Birmingham City	H	0–0	28,031
R4R	20 December 1995	Birmingham City	A	0–2	19,878

Squad

Reserve squad

References

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