1995–96 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

In the summer of 1995, new chairman Richard Murray appointed Alan Curbishley as sole manager of Charlton.^[1] Under his sole leadership Charlton made an appearance in the playoffs in 1996 but were eliminated by Crystal Palace in the semi-finals.

Final league table

Main article: 1995-96 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	14,586
19 August 1995	Birmingham City	H	3–1	9,692	Nelson, Bowyer, Grant
26 August 1995	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,124	Bowyer
29 August 1995	Watford	H	2–1	8,442	Bowyer, Leaburn
2 September 1995	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	9,570	Newton, Stuart
9 September 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0	7,402
12 September 1995	Sheffield United	A	0–2	9,448
16 September 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	8,926	Leaburn
23 September 1995	Ipswich Town	A	5–1	13,000	Chapple, Leaburn (3, 1 pen), Linger
30 September 1995	Barnsley	H	1–1	11,219	Grant
7 October 1995	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	8,997
14 October 1995	Leicester City	A	1–1	16,771	Leaburn
21 October 1995	Norwich City	H	1–1	13,369	Bowyer
29 October 1995	Luton Town	A	1–0	6,270	Nelson
5 November 1995	Sunderland	H	1–1	11,366	Newton
12 November 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	20,450
18 November 1995	Derby County	A	0–2	12,963
21 November 1995	Reading	H	2–1	7,840	Chapple, Robinson
25 November 1995	Port Vale	H	2–2	10,174	Mortimer (pen), Bowyer
2 December 1995	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	6,881	Grant, D Whyte (pen)
5 December 1995	Millwall	A	2–0	11,350	Grant (2)
9 December 1995	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	10,279
16 December 1995	Barnsley	A	2–1	6,140	Robinson, Newton
26 December 1995	Portsmouth	H	2–1	11,686	Newton, Nelson
14 January 1996	Birmingham City	A	4–3	18,539	Edwards (own goal), Leaburn, Grant, Robinson
20 January 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	4–1	11,864	Robinson (2), Stuart, Mortimer (pen)
4 February 1996	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	13,535
10 February 1996	Watford	A	2–1	8,394	Robinson, Bowyer
17 February 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–1	11,239	Mortimer
20 February 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	10,951	Robson (pen), Bowyer
24 February 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	6,570	Grant
2 March 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–2	9,323	Butters (own goal)
5 March 1996	Southend United	H	0–3	11,849
9 March 1996	Millwall	H	2–0	12,172	Bowyer, Leaburn
16 March 1996	Southend United	A	1–1	7,382	Mortimer (pen)
23 March 1996	Stoke City	H	2–1	12,770	Mortimer (pen), D Whyte
30 March 1996	Norwich City	A	1–0	13,434	Allen
2 April 1996	Leicester City	H	0–1	11,284
5 April 1996	Luton Town	H	1–1	14,643	Allen (pen)
8 April 1996	Sunderland	A	0–0	20,914
14 April 1996	Derby County	H	0–0	11,366
17 April 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	12,965
20 April 1996	Reading	A	0–0	9,778
27 April 1996	Port Vale	A	3–1	8,428	Balmer, Allen, Newton
30 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	11,053
5 May 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	14,023	Leaburn

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	12 May 1996	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	14,618	Newton
SF 2nd Leg	15 May 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–1 (lost 1-3 on agg)	22,880

FA Cup

Main article: 1995-96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	13,815	Grant, Mortimer (pen)
R4	7 February 1996	Brentford	H	3–2	15,000	Robinson, Bowyer, D Whyte
R5	28 February 1996	Liverpool	A	1–2	36,818	Grant

League Cup

Main article: 1995-96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	15 August 1995	Barnet	A	0–0	1,893
R1 2nd Leg	22 August 1995	Barnet	H	2–0 (won 2-0 on agg)	4,418	Bowyer (2)
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Wimbledon	A	5–4	3,717	Garland, Grant, Bowyer (3)
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Wimbledon	H	3–3 (won 8-7 on agg)	9,823	Leaburn, Newton, Robinson
R3	25 October 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	22,481
R3R	8 November 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	10,909	Robinson

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mike Ammann
		GK	Andy Petterson
		GK	Mike Salmon
		DF	Stuart Balmer
		DF	Steve Brown
		DF	Dean Chandler
		DF	Phil Chapple
		DF	John Humphrey
		DF	Matt Jackson (on loan from Everton)
		DF	Richard Rufus
		DF	Jamie Stuart
		DF	Paul Sturgess
		DF	Chris Whyte
		MF	Lee Bowyer
		MF	Peter Garland

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Keith Jones
		MF	Paul Linger
		MF	Paul Mortimer
		MF	Shaun Newton
		MF	Kevin Nicholls
		MF	John Robinson
		MF	Mark Robson
		MF	Colin Walsh
		FW	Bradley Allen
		FW	Kim Grant
		FW	Carl Leaburn
		FW	Garry Nelson
		FW	David Whyte
		FW	Paul Williams

References

↑ "Alan Curbishley – Background". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
↑ "Charlton Athletic 1995-1996 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
↑ "All Charlton Athletic players: 1996". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

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