1995–96 Swindon Town F.C. season

1995–96 Swindon Town F.C. season
Chairman	Michael Spearman
Manager	Steve McMahon
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
Division Two	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Sixth Round
League Cup	Second Round
FL Trophy	Second Round (South)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wayne Allison (17); All: ; Wayne Allison (20)
Highest home attendance	15,035; (vs. Southampton)
Lowest home attendance	6,222; (vs. Colchester United)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was Swindon Town's first season in the third tier since 1987. Alongside the Division Two league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Auto Windscreen Trophy.

League One

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swindon Town (C, P)	46	25	17	4	71	34	+37	92	Promotion to the First Division
2	Oxford United (P)	46	24	11	11	76	39	+37	83	Promotion to the First Division
3	Blackpool	46	23	13	10	67	40	+27	82	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Notts County	46	21	15	10	63	39	+24	78
5	Crewe Alexandra	46	22	7	17	77	60	+17	73

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Result summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D
Position	8	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: soccerbase.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pre-season

Tour of Finland

Win Draw Loss

v

July 1995 Friendly

Dundee United

?–?

Swindon Town

Finland

July 1995 Friendly

Nokian Pyry

2–1

Swindon Town

Finland

29 July 1995 Friendly

TP-Seinäjoki

?–?

Swindon Town

Finland

Domestic friendlies

2 August 1995 Friendly

Swindon Town

?–?

Norwich City

County Ground

3 August 1995 Friendly

Hayes

?–?

Swindon Town

Church Road

5 August 1995 Friendly

Hereford United

?–?

Swindon Town

Edgar Street

7 August 1995 Friendly

Witney Town

?–?

Swindon Town

Downs Road

Football League Second Division

Win Draw Loss

League One match details
Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A
12 August 1995	Hull City	A	1–0
19 August 1995	York City	H	3–0
26 August 1995	Carlisle United	A	1–0
30 August 1995	Oxford United	H	1–1
2 September 1995	Brentford	A	2–0
9 September 1995	Chesterfield	H	1–1
13 September 1995	Bradford City	H	4–1
16 September 1995	Bristol Rovers	A	4–1
23 September 1995	Rotherham United	H	1–0
30 September 1995	Wrexham	A	3–4
7 October 1995	Bristol City	H	2–0
14 October 1995	Brighton	A	3–1
21 October 1995	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1
28 October 1995	Notts County	A	3–1
31 October 1995	Bournemouth	A	0–0
4 November 1995	Blackpool	H	1–1
18 November 1995	Stockport County	A	1–1
25 November 1995	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–1
9 December 1995	Rotherham United	A	2–0
16 December 1995	Wrexham	H	1–1
23 December 1995	Walsall	A	0–0
26 December 1995	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–0
10 January 1996	Swansea City	H	3–0
13 January 1996	York City	A	0–2
20 January 1996	Hull City	H	3–0
3 February 1996	Carlisle United	H	2–1
10 February 1996	Swansea City	A	1–0
21 February 1996	Brentford	H	2–2
24 February 1996	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1
2 March 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1
5 March 1996	Peterborough United	A	2–0
9 March 1996	Walsall	H	1–1
16 March 1996	Burnley	A	0–0
19 March 1996	Oxford United	A	0–3
23 March 1996	Peterborough United	H	2–0
30 March 1996	Bristol City	A	0–0
3 April 1996	Brighton	H	3–2
6 April 1996	Notts County	H	1–0
8 April 1996	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0
13 April 1996	Bournemouth	H	2–2
17 April 1996	Burnley	H	0–0
20 April 1996	Blackpool	A	1–1
23 April 1996	Chesterfield	A	3–1
27 April 1996	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–1
30 April 1996	Bradford City	A	1–1
4 May 1996	Stockport County	H	0–0

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

11 November 1995 FA Cup R1	Swindon Town	4–1	Cambridge United	County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Horlock 41' 45' Finney 48' Allen 85'	Report	Butler 57'	Attendance: 7,383 Referee: Paul Alcock (Surrey)

2 December 1995 FA Cup R2	Swindon Town	2–0	Cardiff City	County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Allison 58' Finney 83'	Report		Attendance: 8,274

6 January 1996 FA Cup R3	Swindon Town	2–0	Woking	County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Allison 17' Bodin 81'	Report		Attendance: 10,322

12 February 1996 FA Cup R4	Swindon Town	1–0	Oldham Athletic	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Ling 90'	Report		Attendance: 9,508

17 February 1996 FA Cup R5	Swindon Town	1–1	Southampton	County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Horlock 32'	Report	Watson 77'	Attendance: 15,035

28 February 1996 FA Cup R5 (R)	Southampton	2–0	Swindon Town	The Dell, Southampton
19:45	Oakley Shipperley	Report		Attendance: 13,962

The League Cup

Win Draw Loss

15 August 1995 League Cup R1L1	Cambridge United	2–1	Swindon Town	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
19:45	Corazzin 11' 63' (pen.)	Report	Gooden 81'	Attendance: 2,530

23 August 1995 League Cup R1L2	Swindon Town	2–0	Cambridge United	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Beauchamp 78' Horlock 90'	Report		Attendance: 6,724 Referee: K. Leach

20 September 1995 League Cup R2L1	Swindon Town	2–3	Blackburn Rovers	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Allison 25' Finney 26'	Report	Sutton 28' Shearer 43' 83'	Attendance: 14,740 Referee: G. Singh

4 October 1995 League Cup R2L2	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Swindon Town	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45	Shearer 37' 83'	Report		Attendance: 16,924 Referee: R. Hart

The Football League Trophy

Win Draw Loss

17 October 1995 South (group stage)	Torquay United	1–1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor, Torquay
19:45	Curran 36'	Report	Ling 4'	Attendance: 1,135 Referee: C. Wilkes

8 November 1995 South (group stage)	Swindon Town	2–0	Colchester United	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Thorne 36' Finney 89'	Report		Attendance: 6,222 Referee: P. Taylor

29 November 1995 South (Round 2)	Swindon Town	0–1	Hereford United	County Ground, Swindon
19:45		Report	White 45'	Attendance: 6,650

Appearances and goals

As of 13 August 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	ENG	Paul Allen	33	1	25+2	0	5+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Wayne Allison	56	20	43+1	17	6+0	2	3+0	1	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Joey Beauchamp	4	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	1	0+0	0
	DF	WAL	Paul Bodin	42	3	32+1	2	4+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Lee Collins	7	0	2+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Cowe	11	1	4+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ian Culverhouse	57	0	46+0	0	6+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	ENG	Fraser Digby	36	0	25+0	0	6+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jason Drysdale	19	0	10+3	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Finney	43	16	22+8	12	2+4	2	4+0	1	2+1	1
	GK	EIR	Shay Given (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ty Gooden	35	4	14+12	3	3+1	0	1+1	1	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Tony Grant (on loan from Everton)	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Dean Hooper	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	NIR	Kevin Horlock	58	16	44+1	12	6+0	3	3+1	1	1+2	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Leitch (on loan from Heart of Midlothian)	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Martin Ling	22	2	12+4	0	2+1	1	0+0	0	3+0	1
	MF	ENG	Steve McMahon	30	0	20+1	0	3+1	0	4+0	0	0+1	0
	GK	ENG	Steve Mildenhall	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Murray	7	1	3+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	NED	Luc Nijholt	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	EIR	Wayne O'Sullivan	41	3	27+7	3	1+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Preece (on loan from Derby County)	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Mark Robinson	58	1	46+0	1	6+0	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
	DF	ENG	Mark Seagraves	38	0	25+3	0	3+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Alex Smith	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	AUS	Frank Talia	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Shaun Taylor	56	7	43+0	7	6+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Thorne	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	34	11	22+4	10	4+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	1

Overall summary

Summary

Games played	59 (46 Division 2, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)
Games won	31 (25 Division 2, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Games drawn	19 (17 Division 2, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Games lost	9 (4 Division 2, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Goals scored	89 (71 Division 2, 10 FA Cup, 5 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)
Goals conceded	47 (34 Division 2, 4 FA Cup, 7 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)
Goal difference	+42
Clean sheets	0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Yellow cards	0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Red cards	0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Worst discipline
Best result	4–1 (vs. Bradford City) 4–1 (vs. Bristol Rovers) 4–1 (vs. Cambridge United)
Worst result	0–3 (vs. Oxford United
Most appearances	Mark Robinson and Kevin Horlock (58)
Top scorer	Wayne Allison (20)
Points	92

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Blackpool	1–1	1–1	No
Bournemouth	2–2	0–0	No
Bradford City	4–1	1–1	No
Brentford	2–2	2–0	No
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	3–1	Yes
Bristol City	2–0	0–0	No
Bristol Rovers	2–1	4–1	Yes
Burnley	0–0	0–0	No
Carlisle United	2–1	1–0	Yes
Chesterfield	1–1	3–1	No
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	2–0	Yes
Hull City	3–0	1–0	Yes
Notts County	1–0	3–1	Yes
Oxford United	1–1	0–3	No
Peterborough United	2–0	2–0	Yes
Rotherham United	1–0	2–0	Yes
Shrewsbury Town	0–1	2–1	No
Stockport County	0–0	1–1	No
Swansea City	3–0	1–0	Yes
Walsall	1–1	0–0	No
Wrexham	1–1	3–4	No
Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	2–1	No
York City	3–0	0–2	No

References

External links

Extensive Swindon Town statistics site