1995–96 Portsmouth F.C. season

In Terry Fenwick's first full season in charge of Portsmouth, relegation to Division Two was avoided on the last day of the 1995-96 season (on goal difference) when Pompey won away at Huddersfield Town while other results went the club's way.

Final league table

Main article: 1995-96 Football League

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

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Southend United	H	4–2	10,630	Creaney (2), Rees, Tilson (own goal)
19 August 1995	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	4,515	McLoughlin (pen)
26 August 1995	Reading	H	0–0	9,917
30 August 1995	Leicester City	A	2–4	15,170	Hall, Creaney (pen)
2 September 1995	Millwall	H	0–1	8,023
9 September 1995	Port Vale	A	2–0	7,374	Burton, Griffiths (pen)
12 September 1995	Sunderland	A	1–1	12,282	McLoughlin (pen)
16 September 1995	Derby County	H	2–2	14,434	Gittens, McLoughlin
23 September 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	11,127
30 September 1995	Luton Town	A	1–3	7,795	Walsh
7 October 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,937	Simpson
14 October 1995	Birmingham City	H	0–1	10,006
21 October 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	16,257	McLoughlin (pen)
28 October 1995	Watford	H	4–2	7,025	Simpson, Stimson, Allen, Carter
4 November 1995	Sheffield United	A	1–4	11,281	Simpson
11 November 1995	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	6,876	Simpson
18 November 1995	Stoke City	H	3–3	8,030	McLoughlin (2), Walsh
21 November 1995	Barnsley	A	0–0	6,187
25 November 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	10,286	Allen, Walsh
2 December 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	6,002	Allen, McLoughlin (pen)
9 December 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1	6,678	Durnin, Hall
16 December 1995	Luton Town	H	4–0	7,012	Hall (2), Carter, Walsh
23 December 1995	Norwich City	H	1–0	9,960	Durnin
26 December 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	11,686	Hall
30 December 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	25,294	Burton, Carter
1 January 1996	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	12,926	Simpson, Butters
13 January 1996	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	6,958	Walsh, Wood, Carter
20 January 1996	Southend United	A	1–2	5,560	Hall
27 January 1996	Millwall	A	1–1	7,710	Burton
4 February 1996	Reading	A	1–0	7,924	McLoughlin
10 February 1996	Leicester City	H	2–1	9,003	Burton, Hall
17 February 1996	Sunderland	H	2–2	12,241	Hall, Griffiths
24 February 1996	Derby County	A	2–3	16,120	McLoughlin (pen), Hall
2 March 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	9,323	Burton (2)
9 March 1996	Norwich City	A	1–1	13,004	Hall
16 March 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	11,732
23 March 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	17,039
27 March 1996	Port Vale	H	1–2	6,335	Allen
30 March 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	8,126
2 April 1996	Birmingham City	A	0–2	14,886
6 April 1996	Watford	A	2–1	23,789	Awford, McLoughlin
8 April 1996	Sheffield United	H	1–2	8,978	Durnin
13 April 1996	Stoke City	A	1–2	11,471	Butters
20 April 1996	Barnsley	H	0–0	8,744
27 April 1996	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	12,954
5 May 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0	14,091	Burton

FA Cup

Main article: 1995-96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1996	Southampton	A	0–3	15,236

League Cup

Main article: 1995-96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	16 August 1995	Cardiff City	H	0–2	4,203
R1 Second Leg	22 August 1995	Cardiff City	A	0–1	4,347

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Alan Knight
-	DF	Robbie Pethick
-	DF	Lee Russell
-	DF	Guy Butters
-	DF	Mark Stimson
-	MF	Jimmy Carter
-	FW	John Durnin
-	MF	Alan McLoughlin
-	FW	Paul Hall
-	DF	Andy Awford
-	FW	Carl Griffiths
-	GK	Mart Poom
-	MF	Fitzroy Simpson
-	FW	Lee Bradbury

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Martin Allen
-	DF	Andy Thomson
-	DF	Kit Symons
-	MF	Paul Wood
-	DF	Tony Dobson
-	FW	Deon Burton
-	DF	Jon Gittens
-	MF	Jason Rees
-	DF	Adrian Whitbread (on loan from West Ham United)
-	FW	Gerry Creaney
-	MF	Sammy Igoe
-	DF	Russell Perrett
-	FW	Paul Walsh
-	DF	Danny Hinshelwood

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