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)

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion 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	46	13	13	20	43	63	−20	52	Relegated
23	Watford	46	10	18	18	62	70	−8	48
24	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	40	64	−24	45

Source:

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.		Position	Player
		GK	Tim Carter
		GK	Kasey Keller
		DF	Mark Beard
		DF	Mike Harle
		DF	Gerard Lavin
		DF	Keith Stevens
		DF	Ben Thatcher
		DF	Damien Webber
		DF	Tony Witter
		DF	Anton Rogan
		DF	Vasili Kulkov (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
		DF	Lucas Neill
		DF	Jason van Blerk
		MF	Mickey Bennett
		MF	Greg Berry
		MF	Bobby Bowry
		MF	Maurice Doyle

	Position	Player
	MF	Steve Forbes
	MF	Ricky Newman
	MF	Alex Rae
	MF	Mickey Weir (on loan from Hibernian)
	MF	Dave Savage
	FW	Richard Cadette
	FW	Kerry Dixon
	FW	Chris Malkin
	FW	Lee McRobert
	FW	Scott Taylor
	FW	Uwe Fuchs
	FW	Sergei Yuran
	FW	John Kerr
Template:Country data	GK	Dave Wietcha
Template:Country data	MF	Jim Connor
Template:Country data		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.		Position	Player
		GK	Nick Colgan (on loan from Chelsea)
		GK	Jimmy Nielsen (to AaB)
		MF	Dale Gordon (on loan from West Ham United)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kingsley Black (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		FW	John Kerr (on loan to Walsall)
		FW	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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.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/

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

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.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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