1995–96 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1995–96 season
Chairman	Peter Ellis
Manager	Ray Wilkins
Stadium	Loftus Road
Premiership	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Dichio (10) All: Dichio (11)
Highest home attendance	18,828 vs West Ham United (27 Apr 1996, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	9,207 vs Oxford United (3 Oct 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	15,683
Home colours Away colours
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

One player never makes a team, but QPR felt the loss of prolific striker Les Ferdinand following his £6 million move to Newcastle United.

The last three seasons had seen QPR finish fifth, ninth and eighth in the Premiership thanks largely to Ferdinand's goals, but the new strike partnership of Kevin Gallen and Danny Dichio failed to provide anywhere near as many goals as QPR had managed while Ferdinand was up front. Even the support of excellent winger Trevor Sinclair could not translate into a strong supply of goals, and it was soon clear that player-manager Ray Wilkins and his men were in for a hard season.

A 3-0 win over London rivals West Ham United in late April was not enough to keep QPR up, and their relegation was confirmed after 13 years in the top flight.

Hopes of QPR gaining a quick return to the Premiership were given a major boost by the confirmation that Gallen, Dichio and Sinclair were to stay at the club.

Kit

View From became QPR's new kit manufacturers. American electronics company Compaq remained as kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	25	7	6	73	35	+38	82	1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	+29	78	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	+36	71	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	+17	63	1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	+17	63
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	+20	61
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	61
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
13	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43
14	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	−15	41
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	−13	40
16	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	−18	38
17	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	−18	38
18	Manchester City (R)	38	9	11	18	33	58	−25	38	Relegation to 1996–97 Football League First Division
19	Queens Park Rangers (R)	38	9	6	23	38	57	−19	33
20	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	8	5	25	39	71	−32	29

Updated to games played on 5 May 1996.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	6	23	38	57	−19	33	6	5	8	25	26	−1	3	1	15	13	31	−18

Source: Statto

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L
Position	17	20	15	16	18	15	15	12	13	15	14	15	16	16	18	17	18	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	18	19	18	19	19	19

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	22,860
23 August 1995	Wimbledon	H	0-3	11,837
26 August 1995	Manchester City	H	1-0	14,212	Barker
30 August 1995	Liverpool	A	0-1	37,548
9 September 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	12,459
16 September 1995	Leeds United	A	3-1	31,504	Dichio (2), Sinclair
25 September 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-3	15,659	Dichio, Impey
30 September 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	17,362	Dichio
14 October 1995	Newcastle United	H	2-3	18,254	Dichio (2)
21 October 1995	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	29,293
28 October 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	17,549	Sinclair
4 November 1995	Southampton	A	0-2	15,137
19 November 1995	Coventry City	H	1-1	11,189	Barker
22 November 1995	Everton	A	0-2	30,009
25 November 1995	West Ham United	A	0-1	21,504
2 December 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	17,546	McDonald
9 December 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	28,851
16 December 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	11,456	Osborn, Impey
23 December 1995	Aston Villa	H	1-0	14,778	Gallen
26 December 1995	Arsenal	A	0-3	38,259
30 December 1995	Manchester United	A	1-2	41,890	Dichio
2 January 1996	Chelsea	H	1-2	14,904	Allen
13 January 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	13,957
20 January 1996	Wimbledon	A	1-2	9,123	Hateley
3 February 1996	Manchester City	A	0-2	27,509
11 February 1996	Liverpool	H	1-2	18,405	Dichio
17 February 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	22,442	Barker (2), Goodridge
2 March 1996	Arsenal	H	1-1	17,970	Gallen
6 March 1996	Leeds United	H	1-2	13,991	Gallen
9 March 1996	Aston Villa	A	2-4	28,221	Dichio, Gallen
16 March 1996	Manchester United	H	1-1	18,817	Irwin (own goal)
23 March 1996	Chelsea	A	1-1	25,590	Barker
5 April 1996	Southampton	H	3-0	17,615	Brevett, Dichio, Gallen
8 April 1996	Newcastle United	A	1-2	36,583	Holloway
13 April 1996	Everton	H	3-1	18,349	Gallen, Hateley, Impey
17 April 1996	Coventry City	A	0-1	22,910
27 April 1996	West Ham United	H	3-0	18,828	Ready, Gallen (2)
5 May 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	22,910

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-0	10,230	Quashie, Sinclair
R4	29 January 1996	Chelsea	H	1-2	18,542	Quashie

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 1995	Oxford United	A	1-1	7,477	Dichio
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Oxford United	H	2-1 (won 3-2 on agg)	9,207	Ready, Gallen
R3	25 October 1995	York City	H	3-1	12,972	Sinclair, Impey, Atkin O.G.
R4	29 November 1995	Aston Villa	A	0-1	24,951

Squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Tony Roberts 2 DF David Bardsley (captain) 3 DF Rufus Brevett 4 MF Simon Barker 5 DF Alan McDonald 6 DF Danny Maddix 7 MF Andrew Impey 8 MF Ian Holloway 9 FW Danny Dichio 10 FW Kevin Gallen 11 MF Trevor Sinclair 12 MF Paul Murray (on loan from Carlisle United) 13 GK Sieb Dijkstra

No. Position Player 14 DF Karl Ready 18 DF Gregory Goodridge 19 MF Nigel Quashie 20 MF Ray Wilkins (player-manager) 21 DF Steve Yates 22 FW Lee Charles 23 DF Andy McDermott 24 DF Trevor Challis 25 GK Juergen Sommer 26 FW Mark Hateley 27 DF Matt Brazier 29 DF Chris Plummer

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. Position Player 12 FW Gary Penrice (to Watford) 15 MF Simon Osborn (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 16 DF Ned Zelić (to Eintracht Frankfurt)

No. Position Player 17 FW Bradley Allen (to Charlton Athletic) 19 MF Steve Hodge (to Watford)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player DF Matt Lockwood DF Mark Perry

No. Position Player DF Graeme Power

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
10 July 1995	MF	Simon Osborn	Reading	£1,100,000
26 July 1995	DF	Ned Zelić	Borussia Mönchengladbach	£1,250,000
4 August 1995	FW	Lee Charles	Chertsey Town	£67,500
5 August 1995	DF	Andy McDermott	Australian Institute of Sport	£20,000
9 August 1995	DF	Gregory Goodridge	Torquay United	£100,000
29 August 1995	GK	Juergen Sommer	Luton Town	£600,000
27 October 1995	DF	Lee Sharp	Lincoln United	Signed
3 November 1995	FW	Mark Hateley	Rangers	£1,500,000
2 May 1996	MF	Paul Murray	Carlisle United	£300,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
12 June 1995	DF	Clive Wilson	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer
19 July 1995	MF	Michael Meaker	Reading	£550,000
1 August 1995	FW	Dennis Bailey	Gillingham	Free transfer
10 August 1995	DF	Marvin Bryan	Blackpool	Free transfer
14 August 1995	DF	Alan McCarthy	Leyton Orient	£25,000
14 August 1995	MF	Brian Croft	Torquay United	Free transfer
15 November 1995	FW	Gary Penrice	Watford	£300,000
15 December 1995	MF	Steve Hodge	Watford	Free transfer
15 December 1995	DF	Ned Zelić	Eintracht Frankfurt	£1,000,000
28 March 1996	FW	Bradley Allen	Charlton Athletic	£400,000

Transfers in: £4,937,500

Transfers out: £2,275,000

Total spending: £2,662,500

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in Premiership and League Cup

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	MS	Notes
25	GK		Juergen Sommer	33
2	RB		David Bardsley	29
21	CB		Steve Yates	31
5	CB		Alan McDonald	27
3	LB		Rufus Brevett	28
7	RM		Andy Impey	30
4	CM		Simon Barker	35
8	CM		Ian Holloway	27
11	LM		Trevor Sinclair	39
9	CF		Danny Dichio	22
10	CF		Kevin Gallen	27

References