1995–96 Football League

The 1995-1996 Football League season was the 97th completed season of The Football League. It was contested through three divisions, the First Division, Second Division and Third Division.[1]

The Football League

Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland Derby County
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

First Division

Football League, First Division

Season	1995–96
Champions	Sunderland (2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Sunderland, Derby County
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Leicester City
Relegated	Luton Town, Millwall, Watford
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,417 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers), 27 [2]
Biggest home win	Sunderland 6–0 Millwall
Biggest away win	Barnsley 0–5 Birmingham City
Highest scoring	Watford 6–3 Reading
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	+26	83	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	+20	79	Promoted to FA Premier League
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	+19	75	Participated in play-offs
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	+6	71	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	+12	71	Participated in play-offs
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	−6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	−8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	−7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	−9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	−3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	−14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	−9	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	−6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	−8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	−20	52	Relegated
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	−8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	−24	45

Source:

Play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996							Final at Wembley May 27th, 1996
	3rd	Crystal Palace	2	1	3
	6th	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1
								3rd	Crystal Palace	1
								5th	Leicester City (a.e.t.)	2
	4th	Stoke City	0	0	0
	5th	Leicester City	0	1	1

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Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	CHA	CRY	DER	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEI	LUT	MIL	NWC	OLD	PTV	POR	REA	SHU	STD	STK	SUN	TRA	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		0–5	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Birmingham City	0–0		3–4	0–0	1–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Charlton Athletic	1–1	3–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–1
Crystal Palace	4–3	3–2	1–1		0–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–2
Derby County	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–1		1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	6–2	1–1	3–0	0–0
Grimsby Town	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1		1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Huddersfield Town	3–0	4–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–3		2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1
Ipswich Town	2–2	2–0	1–5	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1		4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–2
Leicester City	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2		1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
Luton Town	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–3
Millwall	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Norwich City	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–3
Oldham Athletic	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0
Port Vale	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3		0–2	3–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2
Portsmouth	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–0	1–2	4–2	3–3	2–2	0–2	4–2	0–2	0–2
Reading	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–1		0–3	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0
Sheffield United	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Southend United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Stoke City	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Sunderland	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	6–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Tranmere Rovers	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	5–1	0–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0		2–3	2–2	2–2
Watford	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	6–3	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	5–2	1–2	4–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–3	3–0		1–1	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–4		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	26
2	Dougie Freedman	Crystal Palace	20
=	Dean Sturridge	Derby County	20
4	Ian Marshall	Ipswich Town	19
=	Iwan Roberts	Leicester City	19
6	Alex Mathie	Ipswich Town	18
7	Andy Payton	Barnsley	17
=	Bob Taylor	West Bromwich Albion	17

Locations

Barnsley

Birmingham

Derby County

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leicester City

Luton Town

Norwich City

Oldham

Portsmouth

Port Vale

Reading

Sheffield United

Southend

Stoke

Sunderland

Tranmere

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the First Division teams

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League, Second Division

Season	1995–96
Champions	Swindon Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Swindon Town, Oxford United
Promoted through play-offs	Bradford City
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion, Carlisle United, Hull City, Swansea City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,414 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Stewart (Bristol Rovers), 21; Gary Martindale (Peterborough United/ Notts County), 21 [2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swindon Town	46	12	10	1	37	16	13	7	3	34	18	+37	92	Division Champions, promoted
2	Oxford United	46	17	4	2	52	14	7	7	9	24	25	+37	83	Promoted
3	Blackpool	46	14	5	4	41	20	9	8	6	26	20	+27	82	Participated in play-offs
4	Notts County	46	14	6	3	42	21	7	9	7	21	18	+24	78
5	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	3	7	40	24	9	4	10	37	36	+17	73
6	Bradford City	46	15	4	4	41	25	7	3	13	30	44	+2	73	Promoted through play-offs
7	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	39	21	6	6	11	17	30	+5	72
8	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	51	27	6	10	7	25	28	+21	70
9	Stockport County	46	8	9	6	30	20	11	4	8	31	27	+14	70
10	Bristol Rovers	46	12	4	7	29	28	8	6	9	28	32	−3	70
11	Walsall	46	12	7	4	38	20	7	5	11	22	25	+15	69
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	8	6	36	26	6	7	10	27	33	+4	60
13	Bristol City	46	10	6	7	28	22	5	9	9	27	38	−5	60
14	Bournemouth	46	12	5	6	33	25	4	5	14	18	45	−19	58
15	Brentford	46	12	6	5	24	15	3	7	13	19	34	−6	58
16	Rotherham United	46	11	7	5	31	20	3	7	13	23	42	−8	56
17	Burnley	46	9	8	6	35	28	5	5	13	21	40	−12	55
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	8	8	32	29	6	6	11	26	41	−12	53
19	Peterborough United	46	9	6	8	40	27	4	7	12	19	39	−7	52
20	York City	46	8	6	9	28	29	5	7	11	30	44	−15	52
21	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	35	20	1	7	15	22	52	−15	49	Relegated
22	Swansea City	46	8	8	7	27	29	3	6	14	16	50	−36	47
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	6	7	10	25	31	4	3	16	21	38	−23	40
24	Hull City	46	4	8	11	26	37	1	8	14	10	41	−42	31

Source:

Play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg –May 12th; 2nd leg –May 15th, 1996							Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 1996
	3rd	Blackpool	2	0	2
	6th	Bradford City	0	3	3
								4th	Notts County	0
								6th	Bradford City	2
	4th	Notts County	2	1	3
	5th	Crewe Alexandra	2	0	2

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Results

Home \ Away	BLP	BOU	BRA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	BUR	CRL	CHF	CRE	HUL	NTC	OXF	PET	ROT	SHR	STP	SWA	SWI	WAL	WRE	WYC	YOR
Blackpool		2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3
Bournemouth	1–0		3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–2
Bradford City	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–2
Brentford	1–2	2–0	2–1		0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0		0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–3
Bristol City	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–1		0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–4		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0
Burnley	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1		2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–4	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–3
Carlisle United	1–2	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0
Chesterfield	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–0		1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–0		1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1
Hull City	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	3–0	2–5	0–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	2–3	1–4	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–3
Notts County	1–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2
Oxford United	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	5–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		4–0	1–1	6–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–4	2–0
Peterborough United	0–0	4–5	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	6–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	6–1
Rotherham United	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1		1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1
Stockport County	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–0
Swansea City	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–4	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–3		0–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–1
Swindon Town	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0
Walsall	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	0–0		1–2	0–1	2–0
Wrexham	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–3	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	4–3	3–0		1–0	2–3
Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	1–2	5–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1		2–1
York City	0–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Marcus Stewart	Bristol Rovers	21
=	Gary Martindale	Peterborough United Notts County	21

Locations

Blackpool

Bournemouth

Bradford C.

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Burnley

Carlisle United

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Hull

Notts County

Oxford

Peterborough

Rotherham

Shrewsbury

Stockport

Swansea City

Swindon

Walsall

Wrexham

Wycombe

York City

Locations of the Second Division teams

Third Division

Football League, Third Division

Season	1995–96
Champions	Preston North End (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Preston North End, Bury, Gillingham
Promoted through play-offs	Plymouth Argyle
Relegated to Conference	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,346 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve White (Hereford United), 29 Andy Saville (Preston North End), 29 [2]
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Preston North End	46	11	8	4	44	22	12	9	2	34	16	+40	86	Division Champions, promoted
2	Gillingham	46	16	6	1	33	6	6	11	6	16	14	+29	83	Promoted
3	Bury	46	11	6	6	33	21	11	7	5	33	27	+18	79
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	5	4	41	20	8	7	8	27	29	+19	78	Promoted through play-offs
5	Darlington	46	10	6	7	30	21	10	12	1	30	21	+18	78	Participated in play-offs
6	Hereford United	46	13	5	5	40	22	7	9	7	25	25	+18	74
7	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	37	22	5	11	7	24	29	+10	72
8	Barnet	46	13	6	4	40	19	5	10	8	25	26	+20	70
9	Chester City	46	11	9	3	45	22	7	7	9	27	31	+19	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	36	21	5	7	11	26	35	+6	70
11	Northampton Town	46	9	10	4	32	22	9	3	11	19	22	+7	67
12	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	30	7	7	9	31	31	+6	60
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	25	19	5	5	13	24	41	−11	59
14	Exeter City	46	9	9	5	25	22	4	9	10	21	31	−7	57
15	Rochdale	46	7	8	8	32	33	7	5	11	25	28	−4	55
16	Cambridge United	46	8	8	7	34	30	6	4	13	27	41	−10	54
17	Fulham	46	10	9	4	39	26	2	8	13	18	37	−6	53
18	Mansfield Town	46	6	10	7	25	29	5	10	8	29	35	−10	53
19	Lincoln City	46	8	7	8	32	26	5	7	11	25	47	−16	53
20	Hartlepool United	46	8	9	6	30	24	4	4	15	17	43	−20	49
21	Leyton Orient	46	11	4	8	29	22	1	7	15	15	41	−19	47
22	Cardiff City	46	8	6	9	24	22	3	6	14	17	42	−23	45
23	Scarborough	46	5	11	7	22	28	3	5	15	17	41	−30	40
24	Torquay United	46	4	9	10	17	36	1	5	17	13	48	−54	29

Source:

Play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th; 2nd leg – May 15th, 1996							Final at Wembley Stadium May 25th, 1996
	4th	Plymouth Argyle	0	3	3
	7th	Colchester United	1	1	2
								4th	Plymouth Argyle	1
								5th	Darlington	0
	5th	Darlington	2	2	4
	6th	Hereford United	1	1	2

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Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRY	CAM	CAR	CHE	COL	DAR	DON	EXE	FUL	GIL	HAR	HER	LEY	LIN	MAN	NOR	PLY	PNE	ROC	SCA	SCU	TOR	WIG
Barnet		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–0
Bury	0–0		1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	7–1	0–2	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1
Cambridge United	1–1	2–4		4–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
Cardiff City	1–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
Chester City	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0		1–1	4–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–0
Colchester United	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Darlington	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–2		2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Exeter City	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–4
Fulham	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1		0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–0
Gillingham	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Hartlepool United	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2
Hereford United	4–1	3–4	5–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–1		3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2
Leyton Orient	3–3	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Lincoln City	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	2–4
Mansfield Town	2–1	1–5	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Northampton Town	0–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3		1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	2–0	5–1	1–3	4–3	3–1
Preston North End	0–1	0–0	3–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	6–0	0–3	3–2		1–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Rochdale	0–4	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3		0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2
Scarborough	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–4	2–1	0–0
Scunthorpe United	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–3		1–0	3–1
Torquay United	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–8		1–1
Wigan Athletic	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–6	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Steve White	Hereford United	29
=	Andy Saville	Preston North End	29

Locations

Bury

Cambridge Utd

Cardiff City

Chester

Colchester

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Hereford United

Lincoln City

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Plymouth Argyle

Preston North End

Rochdale

Scarborough

Scunthorpe United

Torquay

Wigan Athletic

Locations of the Third Division teams

Barnet

Fulham

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Third Division London teams

References

1. "England 1995–96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.