1995–96 West Ham United F.C. season

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West Ham United
1995–96 season
ChairmanTerry Brown
ManagerHarry Redknapp
StadiumUpton Park
Premiership10th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Cottee/Dicks (10)
All: Cottee (12)
Highest home attendance24,324 vs Liverpool
(22 Nov 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance15,375 vs Bristol Rovers
(4 Oct 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance22,340

During the 1995–96 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary[]

West Ham progressed further following the previous season's 14th-place finish (and last-minute scramble away from relegation danger) and climbed to 10th place in the final table – their best finish since they came third in 1986. They were never in any danger of going down, but they never looked like challenging for a UEFA Cup spot. Nor did they make much of an impact in the cup competitions, though striker Tony Cottee showed little sign of his advancing years, coming joint top scorer with penalty taking left-back Julian Dicks.

Manager Harry Redknapp spent heavily over the summer, mostly on foreign players, in hope of building a West Ham side capable of chasing European qualification and major trophies.

The season also brought the debut of two teenage players - defender Rio Ferdinand and midfielder Frank Lampard.

Final league table[]

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 13 9 50 38 +12 61
9 Nottingham Forest 38 15 13 10 50 54 −4 58
10 West Ham United 38 14 9 15 43 52 −9 51
11 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 46 44 +2 50
12 Middlesbrough 38 11 10 17 35 50 −15 43
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results[]

West Ham United's score comes first[1]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 August 1995 Leeds United H 1–2 22,901 Williamson
23 August 1995 Manchester United A 1–2 31,966 Bruce (own goal)
26 August 1995 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 26,645 Allen
30 August 1995 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 23,516 Hutchison
11 September 1995 Chelsea H 1–3 19,228 Hutchison
16 September 1995 Arsenal A 0–1 38,065
23 September 1995 Everton H 2–1 21,085 Dicks (2 pens)
2 October 1995 Southampton A 0–0 13,568
16 October 1995 Wimbledon A 1–0 9,411 Cottee
21 October 1995 Blackburn Rovers H 1–1 21,776 Dowie
28 October 1995 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 23,917 Dowie
4 November 1995 Aston Villa H 1–4 23,637 Dicks (pen)
18 November 1995 Bolton Wanderers A 3–0 19,047 Bishop, Cottee, Williamson
22 November 1995 Liverpool H 0–0 24,324
25 November 1995 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 21,504 Cottee
2 December 1995 Blackburn Rovers A 2–4 26,638 Dicks (pen), Slater
11 December 1995 Everton A 0–3 31,778
16 December 1995 Southampton H 2–1 18,501 Cottee, Dowie
23 December 1995 Middlesbrough A 2–4 28,640 Cottee, Dicks
1 January 1996 Manchester City A 1–2 26,024 Dowie
13 January 1996 Leeds United A 0–2 30,658
22 January 1996 Manchester United H 0–1 24,197
31 January 1996 Coventry City H 3–2 18,884 Cottee, Rieper, Dowie
3 February 1996 Nottingham Forest H 1–0 21,257 Slater
12 February 1996 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 29,781 Dani
17 February 1996 Chelsea A 2–1 25,252 Dicks, Williamson
21 February 1996 Newcastle United H 2–0 23,843 Williamson, Cottee
24 February 1996 Arsenal H 0–1 24,217
2 March 1996 Coventry City A 2–2 17,459 Cottee, Rieper
9 March 1996 Middlesbrough H 2–0 23,850 Dowie, Dicks (pen)
18 March 1996 Newcastle United A 0–3 36,331
23 March 1996 Manchester City H 4–2 24,017 Dowie (2), Dicks, Dani
6 April 1996 Wimbledon H 1–1 20,402 Dicks
8 April 1996 Liverpool A 0–2 40,326
13 April 1996 Bolton Wanderers H 1–0 23,086 Cottee
17 April 1996 Aston Villa A 1–1 26,768 Cottee
27 April 1996 Queens Park Rangers A 0–3 18,828
5 May 1996 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 23,790 Dicks

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 1996 Southend United H 2–0 23,284 Moncur, Hughes
R4 7 February 1996 Grimsby Town H 1–1 22,030 Dowie
R4R 14 February 1996 Grimsby Town A 0–3 8,382

League Cup[]

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 20 September 1995 Bristol Rovers A 1–0 7,103 Moncur
R2 2nd Leg 4 October 1995 Bristol Rovers H 3–0 (won 4–0 on agg) 15,375 Dicks (pen), Bishop, Cottee
R3 25 October 1995 Southampton A 1–2 11,059 Cottee

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Luděk Mikloško
2 DF England ENG Tim Breacker
3 DF England ENG Julian Dicks
4 DF United States USA Steve Potts
5 DF England ENG Alvin Martin
7 MF England ENG Ian Bishop
8 DF Denmark DEN Marc Rieper
9 FW England ENG Tony Cottee
10 MF England ENG John Moncur
11 FW Netherlands NED Marco Boogers
12 DF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Rowland
14 FW Northern Ireland NIR Iain Dowie[3]
15 DF England ENG Kenny Brown
16 FW Portugal POR Dani (on loan from Sporting CP)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Australia AUS Stan Lazaridis
18 MF Romania ROU Ilie Dumitrescu
19 MF Australia AUS Robbie Slater
20 MF England ENG Danny Williamson
21 GK England ENG Peter Shilton
22 DF England ENG Adrian Whitbread
23 MF England ENG Dale Gordon
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Hughes (on loan from RC Strasbourg)
26 MF England ENG Frank Lampard
28 DF Croatia CRO Slaven Bilić
29 FW England ENG Mark Watson
30 GK England ENG Les Sealey
31 GK England ENG Neil Finn
32 DF England ENG Rio Ferdinand

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. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF England ENG Martin Allen (to Portsmouth)
14 MF England ENG Matthew Rush (to Norwich City)
16 MF Scotland SCO Don Hutchison (to Sheffield United)
18 MF England ENG Simon Webster (retired)
21 GK United States USA Ian Feuer (to Luton Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF England ENG Paul Mitchell (to Bournemouth)
25 FW Netherlands NED Jeroen Boere (to Crystal Palace)
25 MF United States USA John Harkes (on loan from Derby County)
27 DF England ENG Chris Whyte (on loan from Birmingham City)

Reserve squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Australia AUS Steve Mautone
— DF Australia AUS Chris Coyne
— MF England ENG Scott Canham
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Darren Currie
— MF England ENG Emmanuel Omoyinmi

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Pos Name From Fee
1 July 1995 FW Marco Boogers Sparta Rotterdam £1,000,000
14 August 1995 MF Robbie Slater Blackburn Rovers £600,000
8 September 1995 FW Iain Dowie Crystal Palace £500,000
8 September 1995 MF Stan Lazaridis West Adelaide £300,000
11 January 1996 GK Peter Shilton Coventry City Free transfer
29 March 1996 GK Steve Mautone Canberra Cosmos £30,000

Out[]

Date Pos Name To Fee
1 July 1995 DF Jamie Victory Bournemouth Free transfer
15 August 1995 MF Matty Holmes Blackburn Rovers £1,200,000
18 August 1995 MF Matthew Rush Norwich City £330,000
7 September 1995 FW Jeroen Boere Crystal Palace £375,000
3 November 1995 FW Chris Moors Torquay United Free transfer
16 December 1995 GK Ian Feuer Luton Town £580,000
10 January 1996 MF Don Hutchison Sheffield United £1,200,000
7 February 1996 MF Darren Currie Shrewsbury Town £70,000
22 February 1996 MF Martin Allen Portsmouth £500,000
28 March 1996 MF Paul Mitchell Bournemouth Free transfer
Transfers in: Decrease £2,430,000
Transfers out: Increase £4,255,000
Total spending: Increase £1,825,000

Statistics[]

Starting 11[]

Considering starts in all competitions[4]
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 MS Notes
1 GK Czech Republic Luděk Mikloško 42
2 RB England Tim Breacker 21
8 CB Denmark Marc Rieper 40
4 CB England Steve Potts 40
3 LB England Julian Dicks 40
20 RM England Danny Williamson 31
7 CM England Ian Bishop 41
24 CM Northern Ireland Michael Hughes 33
10 LM England John Moncur 23
14 CF Northern Ireland Iain Dowie 39
9 CF England Tony Cottee 36

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - West Ham United - 1995/96".
  3. ^ Dowie was born in Hatfield, England.
  4. ^ "All West Ham United players: 1996".
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