1995/96
Division Two Sat 12 Aug wrexham D 1-1 4 281 - Turner Sat 19 WYCOMBE WANDERERS W 2-0 5 552 5 Legg,White Sat 26 peterborough united W 1-0 5 618 4 White Tue 29 BRADFORD CITY L 0-2 6 168 10 Sat 2 Sep brighton & hove albion L 0-1 5 267 12 Sat 9 BOURNEMOUTH W 2-0 4 875 8 White 2(1pen) Tue 12 STOCKPORT COUNTY W 1-0 4 588 5 Devlin Sat 16 shrewsbury town W 1-0 2 892 5 White Sat 23 BRISTOL CITY D 2-2 5 251 4 Legg,White Sat 30 crewe alexandra D 2-2 4 260 6 Agana,White Sat 7 Oct carlisle united D 0-0 6 058 5 Sat 14 ROTHERHAM UNITED W 2-1 5 478 4 Devlin,Gallagher Sat 21 bristol rovers W 3-0 6 078 2 Nicol,Arkins,Legg Sat 28 SWINDON TOWN L 1-3 8 725 3 Legg Wed 1 Nov BRENTFORD W 4-0 4 005 3 Devlin,Arkins 2,Murphy Sat 4 burnley W 4-3 10 511 3 Arkins,Devlin 2(1pen),Baraclough Sat 18 CHESTERFIELD W 4-1 6 747 3 Gallagher,Strodder,Nicol,Arkins Sat 25 swansea city D 0-0 2 327 2 Sat 9 Dec bristol city W 2-0 5 617 2 Strodder,White Sat 16 CREWE ALEXANDRA L 0-1 5 869 3 Sat 23 BLACKPOOL D 1-1 5 522 3 Arkins Sat 13 Jan wycombe wanderers D 1-1 4 980 4 Rogers Sat 20 WREXHAM W 1-0 5 014 4 Arkins Sat 3 Feb PETERBOROUGH UTD W 1-0 5 067 3 Battersby Sat 10 walsall D 0-0 4 378 4 Sat 17 stockport county L 0-2 6 179 4 Sat 24 SHREWSBURY TOWN D 1-1 4 559 5 Rogers Tue 27 bournemouth W 2-0 3 191 4 Devlin,Hunt Sat 2 Mar HULL CITY W 1-0 4 528 4 Battersby Wed 6 WALSALL W 2-1 4 050 4 Battersby,Jones Sat 9 blackpool L 0-1 7 187 4 Tue 12 YORK CITY D 2-2 3 462 4 Jones,Battersby Sat 16 OXFORD UNITED D 1-1 5 140 4 Martindale Tue 19 bradford city L 0-1 3 622 5 Sat 23 york city W 3-1 3 126 5 Martindale 2,Jones Tue 26 hull city D 0-0 2 589 5 Sat 30 CARLISLE UNITED W 3-1 4 515 4 Jones 2, Martindale Tue 2 Apr rotherham united L 0-2 3 215 4 Sat 6 swindon town L 0-1 10 926 5 Tue 9 BRISTOL ROVERS W 4-2 4 661 4 Strodder,Martindale,Baraclough,Finnan Sat 13 brentford D 0-0 4 588 5 Tue 16 oxford united D 1-1 6 937 4 Murphy Sat 20 BURNLEY D 1-1 5 697 4 Battersby Tue 23 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION W 2-1 3 501 4 Battersby 2 Sat 27 SWANSEA CITY W 4-0 5 051 4 Murphy,Agana,Martindale,Finnan Sat 4 May chesterfield L 0-1 6 708 4 Sun 12 crewe a.(play off sf1L)D 2-2 4 931 Finnan,Martindale Wed 15 CREWE A.(PLAY OFF SF2L)W 1-0 9 640 Martindale Sun 26 bradford c.(f wembley) L 0-2 39 972 F.A CUP Sun 12 Nov york city (round 1) W 1-0 4 228 Legg Sat 2 Dec telford utd (round 2) W 2-0 2 831 Gallagher,Legg Sat 6 Jan MIDDLESBROUGH (R3) L 1-2 12 621 Rogers LEAGUE CUP Tue 15 Aug LINCOLN CITY (R1/L1) W 2-0 3 494 White 2 Tue 22 lincoln city (r1/L2) W 2-0 2 636 White 2 Tue 19 Sep leeds united (r2/L1) D 0-0 12 384 Tue 3 Oct LEEDS UNITED (R2/L2) L 2-3 12 477 White 2(1pen) Football League Trophy Tue 17 Oct chesterfield (prelim) L 1-2 2 150 White Tue 7 Nov STOCKPORT CO. (PRLM) W 1-0 2 015 Devlin Mon 27 doncaster rov (rnd 1) W 3-1 1 714 Murphy,Devlin,Gallagher Tue 9 Jan york city (north q/f) L 0-1 2 075
Final League Table W D L GS Pts 1. Swindon Town 25 17 4 71 92 2. Oxford United 24 11 11 76 83 3. Blackpool 23 13 10 67 82 4. Notts County 21 15 10 63 78 5. Crewe Alexandra 22 7 17 77 73 6. Bradford City 22 7 17 71 73 7. Chesterfield 20 12 14 56 72 8. Wrexham 18 16 12 76 70 9. Stockport County 19 13 14 61 70 10. Bristol Rovers 20 10 16 57 70 11. Walsall 19 12 15 60 69 12. Wycombe Wanderers 15 15 16 63 60 13. Bristol City 15 15 16 55 60 14. Bournemouth 16 10 20 51 58 15. Brentford 15 13 18 43 58 16. Rotherham United 14 14 18 54 56 17. Burnley 14 13 19 56 55 18. Shrewsbury Town 13 14 19 58 53 19. Peterborough United 13 13 20 59 52 20. York City 13 13 20 58 52 21. Carlisle United 12 13 21 57 49 22. Swansea City 11 14 21 43 47 23. Brighton & Hove Albion 10 10 26 46 40 24. Hull City 5 16 25 36 31
Manager/Assistant Colin Murphy/Steve Thompson Goalkeepers Age League Apps. Darren Ward 21 49 Joined from Mansfield Town pre-season Defenders Gary Strodder 30 46 Joined from West Bromwich A. pre-season Shaun Murphy 25 42 Ian Baraclough 25 38 Joined from Mansfield Town 13th October Tommy Gallagher 21 21 (1) Shaun Derry 18 15 Steve Nicol 34 13 Left for Sheffield Wed. 23rd November Richard Walker 24 11 Graeme Hogg 31 10 Chris Wilder 28 9 Joined from Rotherham Utd 2nd January Colin Hoyle 23 2 Left at end of season, later joined Kings Lynn in August 1997 Chris Short 25 0 (2) Left for Sheffield Utd 29th December Midfield Paul Devlin 23 26 Left for Birmingham City 1st March Andy Legg 29 24 (1) Left for Birmingham City 1st March Paul Rogers 30 24 Joined from Sheffield Utd 29th December Michael Simpson 21 18 (5) Ian Richardson 25 18 Joined from Birmingham City 19th January - initially on loan, returned on 20th February and then signed on 22nd March. Phil Turner 33 12 Gary Mills 34 11 (2) Retired at the end of the season James Hunt 19 10 Mick Galloway 21 7 (2) Chris Marsden 26 3 Left for Stockport Co. on loan 12th January, later signed permenantly. Forwards Tony Agana 32 23 (9) Vinny Arkins 24 17 (6) Joined from Shelbourne (Eire) 12th September Devon White 31 18 (2) Left for Watford 16th February Tony Battersby 20 17 (6) Joined from Sheffield Utd 6th January Gary Jones 26 17 (3) Joined from Southend Utd 1st March Steve Finnan(loan) 19 17 (3) Loaned from Birmingham City 5th March until end of season Gary Martindale 24 15 (4) Joined from Peterborough Utd 6th March Lee Ashcroft(loan) 23 4 (2) Loaned from West Bromwich A. 28th March until end of season Nigel Jemson 26 2 (1) Left after end of season, joined Oxford United Gary McSwegan 25 0 (3) Left for Dundee United 5th Octoberplayers ages correct as of 31st December 1996.
Notts County FC 1995/96
Back row; Hoyle, Strodder, Hogg, Ward, Agana, Reece,
White, Redmile, Forsyth
Middle; Gaunt(Youth), Marsden, Hunt, Johnson, Short,
Mills, Jemson, Lund, Murphy, Walker, Emanalo, Pettit(Physio)
Front; Simpson, Devlin, Galloway, McSwegan, Turner,
Murphy(General.Man), Pavis(Chairman), Thompson(Team.Man), Ridgeway, Gallagher,
Butler, Legg, Pearson
Home colours
As previous season (See 1994/95 for details)
except that Notts resorted
back to black shorts. It was the final season
for sponsors Harp Lager.
Change colours
An all yellow strip with black trim and a very
large reproduction of the
club badge across the shirt.
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