1995–96 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1995–96 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Bruce Rioch
Stadium	Highbury
FA Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ian Wright (15); All: ; Ian Wright (23)
Highest home attendance	38,323 (1 May, vs. Liverpool, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	27,194 (3 October, vs. Hartlepool United, League Cup)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was Arsenal Football Club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Arsenal finished fifth in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Bruce Rioch served as Arsenal manager, succeeding George Graham. Arsenal lost to Sheffield United in the third round of the FA Cup and were knocked out of the semifinals of the League Cup by Aston Villa.

Season summary

Bruce Rioch was appointed Arsenal boss on 8 June 1995, and took over an Arsenal side that had finished 12th in the Premier League the previous season. Rioch was hired from Bolton Wanderers, after an impressive run culminating in promotion to the Premier League. This also included an FA Cup win against Arsenal in 1994, when they were the holders.

Pre-season signings David Platt and Dennis Bergkamp signaled Rioch's intent to play a more attacking, possession based style. Bergkamp was a club-record signing for Arsenal, costing £7.5 million from Inter Milan.^[1] Kevin Campbell and Stefan Schwarz were sold, Paul Davis was freed to join Brentford while Alan Smith confirmed he could no longer play because of his knee injury.

Arsenal made a strong start to the campaign, not losing until matchday 8 at Stamford Bridge. A loss in the North London Derby at White Hart Lane in November was the start of a tough spell however as Arsenal won just three of the next twelve in the Premier League and went out of the FA Cup in the third round to Sheffield United. Arsenal blew their best chance of silverware in February after they went out of the League Cup to eventual winners Aston Villa in the semi-finals.

Rioch did manage to right the ship and lead Arsenal to 5th, on the last day of the season, and a place in the UEFA Cup after losing just two of their final thirteen league matches.

In Rioch's only season, Arsenal saw an improvement from 12th to 5th, improved their goal difference by 14 goals and conceded only 32 goals, a league best. Despite this progress, Rioch had a fallout with Ian Wright, in which Wright ended up turning in a transfer request. Rioch did not get the best out of Bergkamp, nor indeed Wright, but 5th was a creditable finish after the turmoil of George Graham's exit. Still, attendance figures at Highbury were up and the future looked promising for Arsenal.

In the summer of 1996 Rioch clashed with vice-chairman David Dein about transfers. Following Graham's fiasco with an agent that ultimately led to his firing, Arsenal decided that transfers would be dealt with by the board rather than the manager going forward. Rioch and Dein however, failed to see eye to eye about how Arsenal should act in the transfer market. Just days before the start of the next season, by mid-August Bruce Rioch had been sacked.

Rioch's 431 days in charge is the shortest spell of any Arsenal manager since William Elcoat's spell between 1898 and 1899 (when the club was still known as Woolwich Arsenal).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Transfer fee
1	GK	Seaman	31	EU	1990	38	0	£1,300,000^[6]
2	DF	Dixon	31	EU	1988	38	2	Undisclosed
3	DF	Winterburn	31	EU	1987	36	2	Undisclosed
5	DF	Bould	32	EU	1988	19	0	£390,000
6	DF	Adams	28	EU	1983	21	1	Youth system
7	MF	Platt	29	EU	1995	29	6	£4,750,000^[7]
8	FW	Wright	31	EU	1991	31	15	£2,500,000^[8]
9	MF	Merson	27	EU	1985	38	5	Youth system
10	FW	Bergkamp	26	EU	1995	33	11	£7,500,000^[9]
11	MF	Helder	26	EU	1995	24	1	£2,300,000^[10]
12	DF	Linighan	33	EU	1990	18	0	£1,250,000^[11]
13	GK	Bartram	33	EU	1994	1	0	£250,000^[12]
14	DF	Keown	29	EU	1984	34	0	Youth system
15	MF	Parlour	22	EU	1992	22	0	Youth system
16	FW	Hartson	20	EU	1995	19	4	£2,500,000^[13]
17	MF	Hillier	25	EU	1988	5	0	Trainee
18	MF	Morrow	25	EU	1988	4	0	Trainee
19	MF	Jensen	30	EU	1992	15	0	£1,100,000^[14]
20	FW	Kiwomya	25	EU	1995	15	0	£1,250,000^[15]
21	MF	McGoldrick	30	EU	1993	1	0	£1,000,000^[16]
22	MF	Selley	21	EU	1992	0	0	Youth system
23	FW	Dickov	22	EU	1990	7	1	Youth system
24	MF	Flatts	22	EU	1990	0	0	Youth system
25	DF	Marshall	22	EU	1991	11	1	Youth system
26	GK	Harper	23	EU	1994	0	0	£150.000^[12]
27	MF	Shaw	21	EU	1991	0	0	Youth system
28	MF	Hughes	18	EU	1995	1	0	Trainee
29	MF	Clarke	20	EU	1993	6	0	Youth system
30	DF	McGowan	19	EU	1993	1	0	Trainee
31	DF	Rose	19	EU	1994	4	0	Youth system

Last updated: 20 January 2012
Source: Arseweb (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

Reserve squad

As of 21 January 2012.^[17]

Players listed are those that made an appearance for Arsenal's reserve team during the season.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Vince Bartram
—	GK	ENG	Lee Harper
—	GK	ENG	Noel Imber
—	DF	ENG	Tony Adams
—	DF	ENG	Chris Coffey
—	DF	ENG	Jason Crowe
—	DF	ENG	Timmy Griggs
—	DF	ISL	Valur Gíslason
—	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan
—	DF	WAL	Dafydd Owen
—	DF	ENG	Scott Marshall
—	DF	ENG	Gavin McGowan
—	DF	ENG	Steve Morrow
—	DF	EIR	Roy O'Brien
—	DF	ENG	Ross Taylor
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Rose
—	MF	ENG	Michael Black
—	MF	ENG	Adrian Clarke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Dennis
—	MF	DEN	John Jensen
—	MF	ENG	Mark Flatts
—	MF	NED	Glenn Helder
—	MF	ENG	David Hillier
—	MF	ENG	Jamie Howell
—	MF	EIR	Eddie McGoldrick
—	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour
—	MF	ENG	David Platt
—	MF	ENG	Paul Shaw
—	MF	ENG	Stephen Hughes
—	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov
—	FW	WAL	John Hartson
—	FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya
—	FW	ENG	Isaiah Rankin
—	FW	ENG	Paul Read
—	FW	ENG	Jeff Woolsey
—	FW	ENG	Ian Wright

In

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Team	Source
7	MF	David Platt	Sampdoria	£4,750,000	11 July 1995	First-team	^[7]
10	FW	Dennis Bergkamp	Internazionale	£7,500,000	21 June 1995	First-team	^[9]

Total spending: £12,250,000

Out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Team	Source
15	MF	Stefan Schwarz	Fiorentina	£2,300,000	12 July 1995	First-team	^[18]
7	FW	Kevin Campbell	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	1995	First-team

Total income: £2,300,000

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Bruce Rioch
Assistant manager	Stewart Houston
First team coach
Goalkeeping coach	Bob Wilson
Fitness coach
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Club doctor
Chief scout	Steve Crowley

Last updated: 21 January 2012
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	+36	71	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	+17	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	+17	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	+20	61	Excluded from the UEFA Cup^[b]
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	61

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League. They defaulted their UEFA Cup spot from league position to Arsenal.
^ The Football Association was initially awarded a UEFA Fair Play berth to the Premier League's highest-placed team not qualified for Europe, but was revoked by UEFA for its clubs fielding under-strength sides in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[19]

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	17	12	9	49	32	+17	63	10	7	2	30	16	+14	7	5	7	19	16	+3

Last updated: 20 January 2012.
Source: Premier League

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W
Position	8	5	7	6	6	5	4	6	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	5	5	6	5	6	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pre-season

Arsenal spent their initial pre-season in Sweden playing Swedish sides Kristianstads,^[20] Gallstads^[21]^[22] and GAIS.^[23] Returning to England, they then played games against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Inter Milan (at home), and St Albans.

29 July 1995 Friendly	Gallstads	1–6	Arsenal	Gallstads
	Unknown		Merson Jensen Wright Dennis Bergkamp	Stadium: Avallagarden Attendance: 1,834

1 August 1995 Friendly	GAIS Gothenburg	0–2	Arsenal	Gothenburg, Sweden
		Report	Wright Bergkamp	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi (1916) Attendance: 3,500

4 August 1995 (1995-08-04) Friendly	Southend United	1–3	Arsenal	Southend-on-Sea
	Iorfa 77'	Report	Platt 7' Parlour 34' Helder 72'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,923

7 August 1995 (1995-08-07) Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
			Platt Wright	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 22,500

10 August 1995 (1995-08-10) Friendly	Arsenal	0–0	Internazionale	London
19:45		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

15 August 1995 (1995-08-15) Friendly	St Albans City	0–5	Arsenal	St Albans
			Bergkamp , , Wright Helder	Stadium: Clarence Park

Matches

20 August 1995 (1995-08-20) 1	Arsenal	1–1	Middlesbrough	London
16:00	Wright 36'		Barmby 31'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,308 Referee: Gerald Ashby

23 August 1995 (1995-08-23) 2	Everton	0–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
19:45		Report	Platt 70' Wright 87'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,775 Referee: Keith Burge

26 August 1995 (1995-08-26) 3	Coventry City	0–0	Arsenal	Coventry
15:00		Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,600 Referee: Steve Dunn

29 August 1995 (1995-08-29) 4	Arsenal	1–1	Nottingham Forest	London
19:45	Platt 41'		Campbell 63'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,248 Referee: Roger Dilkes

10 September 1995 (1995-09-10) 5	Manchester City	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00			Wright 90'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 23,994 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

16 September 1995 (1995-09-16) 6	Arsenal	1–0	West Ham United	London
15:00	Wright 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,065 Referee: Alan Wilkie

23 September 1995 (1995-09-23) 7	Arsenal	4–2	Southampton	London
15:00	Bergkamp 17', 68' Adams 23' Wright 73'	Report	Watson 24' Monkou 45'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,136 Referee: Robbie Hart

30 September 1995 (1995-09-30) 8	Chelsea	1–0	Arsenal	London
15:00	Hughes 52'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 31,048 Referee: Martin Bodenham

14 October 1995 (1995-10-14) 9	Leeds United	0–3	Arsenal	Leeds
15:00		Report	Merson 43' Bergkamp 56' Wright 86'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 38,552 Referee: Peter Jones

21 October 1995 (1995-10-21) 10	Arsenal	2–0	Aston Villa	London
15:00	Merson 47' Wright 78'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,271 Referee: Robbie Hart

30 October 1995 (1995-10-30) 11	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Arsenal	Bolton
20:00	McGinlay 35'	Report		Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 18,862 Referee: Keith Cooper

4 November 1995 (1995-11-04) 12	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester United	London
15:00	Bergkamp 14'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,317 Referee: Paul Durkin

18 November 1995 (1995-11-18) 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	Tottenham
15:00	Sheringham 30' Armstrong 55'	Report	Bergkamp 14'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,894 Referee: Alan Wilkie

21 November 1995 (1995-11-21) 14	Arsenal	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday	London
19:45	Bergkamp 3' Winterburn 53' Dickov 64' Hartson 86'	Report	Hirst 9' Waddle 20'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,556 Referee: Roger Dilkes

26 November 1995 (1995-11-26) 15	Arsenal	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	London
16:00		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,695 Referee: Graham Poll

2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) 16	Aston Villa	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
16:00	Yorke 65'	Report	Platt 60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,770 Referee: Jeff Winter

9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 17	Southampton	0–0	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00		Report	Adams	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,238 Referee: Paul Danson

16 December 1995 (1995-12-16) 18	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	London
15:00	Bould Dixon 88'	Report	Spencer 25'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,295 Referee: Gerald Ashby

23 December 1995 (1995-12-23) 19	Liverpool	3–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00	Fowler 40', 59', 78'	Report	Wright 7' (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 39,806 Referee: Keith Cooper

26 December 1995 (1995-12-26) 20	Arsenal	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	London
12:00	Wright 45' Merson 61', 84'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,259 Referee: Mike Reed

30 December 1995 (1995-12-30) 21	Arsenal	1–3	Wimbledon	London
15:00	Wright 27'	Report	Earle 38', 67' Holdworth 50'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,640 Referee: Steven Lodge

2 January 1996 (1996-01-02) 22	Newcastle United	2–0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ginola 1' Ferdinand 47'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,530 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

13 January 1996 (1996-01-13) 23	Middlesbrough	2–3	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
15:00	Juninho 38' Stamp 56'	Report	Merson 7' Platt 59' Helder 62'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,359 Referee: Graham Poll

20 January 1996 (1996-01-20) 24	Arsenal	1–2	Everton	London
15:00	Wright 38'	Report	Stuart 50' Kanchelskis 84'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,275 Referee: Martin Bodenham

3 February 1996 (1996-02-03) 25	Arsenal	1–1	Coventry City	London
15:00	Bergkamp 24'	Report	Whelan 23'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,623 Referee: Steve Dunn

10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) 26	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Arsenal	Nottingham
15:00		Report	Bergkamp 60'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,222 Referee: Robbie Hart

24 February 1996 (1996-02-24) 27	West Ham United	0–1	Arsenal	London
15:00		Report	Hartson 2'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 24,217 Referee: David Elleray

2 March 1996 (1996-03-02) 28	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00	Gallen 20'	Report	Bergkamp 49'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Paul Alcock

5 March 1996 (1996-03-05) 29	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester City	London
19:45	Hartson 29', 55' Dixon 41'	Report	Creaney 54'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,519 Referee: Peter Jones

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 30	Wimbledon	0–3	Arsenal	Wimbledon
15:00		Report	Winterburn 61' Platt 65' Bergkamp 83'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,335 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20) 31	Manchester United	1–0	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00	Cantona 65'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 50,028 Referee: Gary Willard

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 32	Arsenal	2–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00	Marshall 3' Wright 17'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,271 Referee: Paul Durkin

6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 33	Arsenal	2–1	Leeds United	London
15:00	Wright 44', 90'	Report	Deane 53'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,619 Referee: Jeff Winter

8 April 1996 (1996-04-08) 34	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Arsenal	Sheffield
15:00	Degryse 61'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 24,349 Referee: Steve Dunn

15 April 1996 (1996-04-15) 35	Arsenal	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
20:00		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,273 Referee: Mike Reed

27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) 36	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Arsenal	Blackburn
15:00	Gallacher 13'	Report	Wright 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 29,834 Referee: Keith Cooper

1 May 1996 (1996-05-01) 37	Arsenal	0–0	Liverpool	London
19:45		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,323 Referee: Gerald Ashby

5 May 1996 (1996-05-05) 38	Arsenal	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
16:00	Platt 82' Bergkamp 84'	Report	Todd 76'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,104 Referee: Gary Willard

FA Cup

6 January 1996 (1996-01-06) R3	Arsenal	1–1	Sheffield United	London
15:00	Wright 70'	Report	Whitehouse 78'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,453 Referee: Paul Durkin

17 January 1996 (1996-01-17) R3 Replay	Sheffield United	1–0	Arsenal	Sheffield
19:45	Veart 68'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 22,225 Referee: Paul Durkin

League Cup

19 September 1995 (1995-09-19) R2, 1st Leg	Hartlepool United	0–3	Arsenal	Hartlepool
		Report	Adams 5', 11' Wright 16'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,945 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

3 October 1995 (1995-10-03) R2, 2nd Leg	Arsenal	5–0	Hartlepool United	London
19:45	Bergkamp 29', 49' Wright 33', 58', 87'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,194 Referee: Steve Dunn

24 October 1995 (1995-10-24) R3	Barnsley	0–3	Arsenal	Barnsley
19:45		Report	Bould Bergkamp Keown	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,429 Referee: Jeff Winter

29 November 1995 (1995-11-29) 4	Arsenal	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	London
19:45	Wright 39' (pen.) Hartson 64'	Report	Degryse 16'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,561 Referee: Keith Burge

10 January 1996 (1996-01-10) Quarter-finals	Arsenal	2–0	Newcastle United	London
20:00	Wright 44', 90'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,857 Referee: Gerald Ashby

14 February 1996 (1996-02-14) Semi-final, 1st leg	Arsenal	2–2	Aston Villa	London
20:00	Bergkamp 26', 37'	Report	Yorke 38', 72'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,562 Referee: Paul Durkin

21 February 1996 (1996-02-21) Semi-final, 2nd leg	Aston Villa	0–0	Arsenal	Birmingham
20:00		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,334 Referee: Keith Burge

Topscorers

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External links

Arsenal 1995–96 on statto.com

[table_note_res_UCWC10.41401674012375-19] Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League. They defaulted their UEFA Cup spot from league position to Arsenal.

[table_note_res_EXUC10.41401674012375-21] The Football Association was initially awarded a UEFA Fair Play berth to the Premier League's highest-placed team not qualified for Europe, but was revoked by UEFA for its clubs fielding under-strength sides in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[19]

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[2] The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. 2003.

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[4] N. Boehm, Arsenal Insider. 2017

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[Platt_in_pounds_4.75_move_to_Arsenal-7] White, Clive (11 July 1995). "Platt in pounds 4.75m move to Arsenal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[8] "TROUBLED TIMES OF IAN WRIGHT". Daily Record. The Free Library. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[Rioch_signs_Bergkamp_to_signal_new_era-9] Shaw, Phil (21 June 1995). "Rioch signs Bergkamp to signal new era". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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