1995–96 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
1995–96 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Baseball Ground
Football League First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
Coca-Cola Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Sturridge (20)
Highest home attendance	17,460 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (10 February 1996)
Lowest home attendance	9,242 vs. Southend United (13 September 1995)
Average home league attendance	14,327

During the 1995–96 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Jim Smith became the new manager of Derby County in the summer, replacing former boss Roy McFarland. Although the new season started slowly, the signing of sweeper Igor Štimac in the early autumn proved pivotal.^[1] Throwing his brief of "a top-half finish" out the window, Smith guided the Rams to a second-place finish and promotion to the Premier League.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	22	17	7	59	33	83
2.	Derby County	46	21	16	9	71	51	79
3.	Crystal Palace	46	20	15	11	67	48	75
4.	Stoke City	46	20	13	13	60	49	73
5.	Leicester City	46	19	14	13	66	60	71
6.	Charlton Athletic	46	17	20	9	57	45	71
7.	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	79	69	69
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	17	12	17	61	58	63
9.	Sheffield United	46	16	14	16	57	54	62
10.	Barnsley	46	14	18	14	60	66	60
11.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	12	18	60	68	60
12.	Port Vale	46	15	15	16	59	66	60
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	17	15	64	60	59
14.	Southend United	46	15	14	17	52	61	59
15.	Birmingham City	46	15	13	18	61	64	58
16.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	59	55	57
17.	Grimsby Town	46	14	14	18	55	69	56
18.	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	54	50	56
19.	Reading	46	13	17	16	54	63	56
20.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17	56	62	55
21.	Portsmouth	46	13	13	20	61	69	52
22.	Millwall	46	13	13	20	43	63	52
23.	Watford	46	10	18	18	62	70	48
24.	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	40	64	45

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Derby County's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1995	Port Vale	H	0–0	10,869
19 August 1995	Reading	A	2–3	9,280	Preece, Sturridge
26 August 1995	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	10,564	Sturridge
30 August 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	15,170
2 September 1995	Luton Town	A	2–1	6,427	Sturridge (2)
10 September 1995	Leicester City	H	0–1	11,767
13 September 1995	Southend United	H	1–0	9,242	Sturridge
16 September 1995	Portsmouth	A	2–2	14,434	Flynn, van der Lann
23 September 1995	Barnsley	A	0–2	8,929
1 October 1995	Millwall	H	2–2	9,590	Willems, van der Lann
7 October 1995	Sheffield United	A	2–0	12,721	Gabbiadini, Willems
14 October 1995	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	13,034	Gabbiadini
22 October 1995	Stoke City	A	1–1	9,435	van der Lann
28 October 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	11,545	van der Lann, Simpson
4 November 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–5	8,565	Štimac
11 November 1995	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	13,765	Gabbiadini (2), Sturridge (pen)
18 November 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	12,963	Willems, Gabbiadini
21 November 1995	Birmingham City	A	4–1	19,417	Sturridge, Willems, D Powell, Gabbiadini
25 November 1995	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	13,506
2 December 1995	Sheffield United	H	4–2	13,841	Willems (2, 1 pen), Sturridge, Gabbiadini
9 December 1995	Barnsley	H	4–1	14,415	Gabbiadini, Carsley, Sturridge, Willems (pen)
16 December 1995	Millwall	A	1–0	7,694	Sturridge
23 December 1995	Sunderland	H	3–1	16,882	Gabbiadini, Willems (pen), Sturridge
26 December 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0	17,878	Willems
1 January 1996	Norwich City	H	2–1	16,714	Willems, Gabbiadini
13 January 1996	Reading	H	3–0	15,123	Sturridge (2), Flynn
20 January 1996	Port Vale	A	1–1	11,947	Sturridge
3 February 1996	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	7,818	D Powell
10 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	17,460
17 February 1996	Southend United	A	2–1	8,331	Simpson, Willems
21 February 1996	Luton Town	H	1–1	14,825	D Powell
24 February 1996	Portsmouth	H	3–2	16,120	Sturridge, Yates, Gabbiadini
28 February 1996	Leicester City	A	0–0	20,911
2 March 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	3–2	17,097	Simpson (2), van der Lann
5 March 1996	Watford	A	0–0	8,306
9 March 1996	Sunderland	A	0–3	21,644
16 March 1996	Watford	H	1–1	15,939	Simpson (pen)
23 March 1996	Norwich City	A	0–1	15,349
30 March 1996	Stoke City	H	3–1	17,245	Sturridge (2), D Powell
2 April 1996	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	16,210
6 April 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	8,119	Simpson (pen)
8 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	6–2	16,723	Yates, Simpson (3), D Powell, Sturridge
14 April 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	11,334
20 April 1996	Birmingham City	H	1–1	16,757	Simpson
28 April 1996	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	17,041	Sturridge, van der Lann
5 May 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	23,858	Ward, Sturridge

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1996	Leeds United	H	2–4	16,155	Simpson, Gabbiadini

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–1	3,170	Simpson, Gabbiadini, Stallard
R2 Second Leg	4 October 1995	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	8,825	Willems
R3	25 October 1995	Leeds United	H	0–1	16,030

Players

First-team squad

The following players all appeared for the first team this season.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Russell Hoult
		GK	Andy Quy
		GK	Steve Sutton
		DF	Chris Boden
		DF	Matt Carbon
		DF	Jason Kavanagh
		DF	Shane Nicholson
		DF	Chris Powell
		DF	Gary Rowett
		DF	Wayne Sutton
		DF	Darren Wassall
		DF	Simon Webster (on loan from West Ham United)
		DF	Dean Yates
		DF	Igor Štimac
		MF	Lee Carsley^{[notes 1]}

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kevin Cooper
		MF	Glyn Hodges
		MF	Sean Flynn
		MF	Darryl Powell^{[notes 2]}
		MF	David Preece
		MF	Paul Simpson
		MF	Paul Trollope^{[notes 3]}
		MF	Darren Wrack
		MF	Robin van der Laan
		FW	Marco Gabbiadini
		FW	Mark Stallard
		FW	Dean Sturridge
		FW	Ashley Ward
		FW	Ron Willems

Reserve team

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Martin Taylor
		DF	Rob Kozluk

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Nick Wright

References

↑ "Derby sign up Croatian". The Independent. 12 October 1995. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1996.htm

Notes

↑ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for Ireland in 1997.
↑ Powell was born in Lambeth, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
↑ Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in May 1997.

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[1] "Derby sign up Croatian". The Independent. 12 October 1995. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1996.htm

[3] Carsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for Ireland in 1997.

[4] Powell was born in Lambeth, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.

[5] Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in May 1997.

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