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{{Infobox football club season
| club              = [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]]
| season            = [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]]
| manager           = [[John Still (footballer)|John Still]] (until October) <br />[[Mick Halsall]] (from October)
| chairman          = [[Chris Turner (footballer born 1951)|Chris Turner]]
| stadium           = [[London Road Stadium]]
| league            = [[Football League Second Division]]
| league result     = [[1995–96 Football League Second Division|19th]]
| cup1              = [[FA Cup]]
| cup1 result       = [[1995–96 FA Cup#Fourth round proper|Fourth round]]
| cup2              = Coca-Cola Cup
| cup2 result       = Second round
| cup3              = Football League Trophy
| cup3 result       = Southern Section Semi-final
| league topscorer  = [[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (15)
| season topscorer  = Martindale (18)
| highest attendance=
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance=
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| prevseason        = [[1994–95 Peterborough United F.C. season|1994–95]]
| nextseason        = [[1996–97 Peterborough United F.C. season|1996–97]]
}}
During the 1995–96 English football season, [[Peterborough United F.C.]] competed in the [[Football League Second Division]].

==Season summary==
A poor start to the season that saw Peterborough win 3 out of the first 13 games forced manager [[John Still (footballer)|John Still]] to leave the club in October 1995 to be replaced by [[Mick Halsall]]. They show signs of improvement between mid-February and mid-March which saw them win 5 out of the last 8 games climbing them to mid-table but as it seemed Peterborough were going to make a late charge for a play-off place, poor form returned, winning just 1 out of final 12 games picking up just 7 points during that run which saw them slump to a disappointing 19th place just 3 points clear of the relegation zone.

==Final league table==
{{main|1995–96 Football League}}
{{:1995–96 Football League|showteam=PET|transcludesection=Second Division|only_totals=y}}

==Results==
''Peterborough United's score comes first''

===Legend===
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"|<small>Win</small>
|style="background-color: #ffffdd;"|<small>Draw</small>
|style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"|<small>Loss</small>
|}

===Football League Second Division===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 12 August 1995 ||[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]||H||3–1||5,394||[[Simon Clark (English footballer)|Clark]], [[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]], [[Gary Martindale|Martindale]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 19 August 1995 ||[[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]||A||0–3||4,175||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 26 August 1995 ||[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]||H||0–1||5,618||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 29 August 1995 ||[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]||A||1–2||3,902||[[Greg Heald|Heald]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 2 September 1995 ||[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]||H||1–1||4,621||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 9 September 1995 ||[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]||A||1–1||5,637||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 12 September 1995 ||[[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]||A||1–1||6,027||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 16 September 1995 ||[[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]]||H||1–0||3,817||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 23 September 1995 ||[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]||H||3–1||4,509||[[Greg Heald|Heald]], [[Billy Manuel|Manuel]], [[Gary Martindale|Martindale]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 30 September 1995 ||[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]||A||1–5||2,863||[[Lee Power|Power]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 7 October 1995 ||[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]||A||1–1||3,768||[[Lee Power|Power]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 14 October 1995 ||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||H||1–1||3,384||Carter
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 21 October 1995 ||[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]||A||0–3||4,865||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 28 October 1995 ||[[York City F.C.|York City]]||H||6–1||4,605||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (2), [[Dave Morrison (footballer)|Morrison]] (2), [[Lee Power|Power]], [[Paul Shaw (footballer)|Shaw]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 31 October 1995 ||[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]||H||0–2||4,737||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 4 November 1995 ||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||A||1–1||4,241||[[Paul Shaw (footballer)|Shaw]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 18 November 1995 ||[[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]||H||1–1||4,720||[[Paul Shaw (footballer)|Shaw]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 25 November 1995 ||[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]||A||3–2||3,620||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (3)
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 9 December 1995 ||[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]||A||1–2||4,605||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 16 December 1995 ||[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]||H||1–0||3,847||[[Tony Spearing|Spearing]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 19 December 1995 ||[[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]||H||0–1||3,267||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 26 December 1995 ||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||A||1–1||6,017||[[Greg Heald|Heald]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 13 January 1996 ||[[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]||H||4–5||4,596||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]] (2), [[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 20 January 1996 ||[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]||A||2–1||5,572||[[Paul Shaw (footballer)|Shaw]] (2)
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 3 February 1996 ||[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]||A||0–1||5,067||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 10 February 1996 ||[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]||H||2–2||4,985||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]], [[Mike Basham|Basham]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 17 February 1996 ||[[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]||H||6–1||4,032||[[Ken Charlery|Charlery]] (2), [[Marcus Ebdon|Ebdon]], [[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]] (2), [[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (pen)
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 20 February 1996 ||[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]||A||1–0||5,014||[[Ken Charlery|Charlery]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 24 February 1996 ||[[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]]||A||0–1||4,011||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 27 February 1996 ||[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]||H||3–0||3,670||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (2), [[Mark Foran|Foran]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 2 March 1996 ||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||H||0–1||6,105||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 5 March 1996 ||[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]||H||0–2||4,196||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 9 March 1996 ||[[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]||A||1–0||5,915||[[Lee Power|Power]] (pen)
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 16 March 1996 ||[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]||H||3–1||5,004||[[Ken Charlery|Charlery]] (2), [[Lee Power|Power]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 19 March 1996 ||[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]||A||1–1||2,291||[[Andy Ansah|Ansah]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 23 March 1996 ||[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]||A||0–2||9,066||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 26 March 1996 ||[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]||H||0–0||4,425||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 30 March 1996 ||[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]||H||2–3||4,954||[[Carl Griffiths|Griffiths]], [[Ken Charlery|Charlery]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 2 April 1996 ||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||A||0–0||3,805||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 6 April 1996 ||[[York City F.C.|York City]]||A||1–3||3,261||[[Marcus Ebdon|Ebdon]] (pen)
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 8 April 1996 ||[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]||H||0–1||4,343||
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 13 April 1996 ||[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]||A||1–2||8,393||[[Greg Heald|Heald]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
| 20 April 1996 ||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||H||0–0||4,884||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
| 27 April 1996 ||[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]||H||3–1||6,649||[[Lee Power|Power]], [[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]], [[Ken Charlery|Charlery]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 30 April 1996 ||[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]||A||1–2||3,206||[[Giuliano Grazioli|Grazioli]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
| 5 May 1996 ||[[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]||A||0–4||7,535||
|}

===FA Cup===
{{Main|1995–96 FA Cup}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R1||11 November 1995 ||[[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]||A||1–0||3,783||Le Bihan
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R2||2 December 1995 ||[[Bognor Regis Town F.C.|Bognor Regis Town]]||H||4–0||5,004||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]] (3), [[Marcus Ebdon|Ebdon]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R3||6 January 1996 ||[[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]]||H||1–0||5,983||Le Bihan
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R4||6 February 1996 ||[[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]||A||0–2||11,629||
|}

===League Cup===
{{Main|1995–96 Football League Cup}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R1 First Leg ||15 August 1995 ||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||A||1–4||1,862||[[Billy Manuel|Manuel]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R1 Second Leg ||22 August 1995 ||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||H||3–0||1,871||[[Billy Manuel|Manuel]] (2), Le Bihan
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||R2 First Leg ||20 September 1995 ||[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]||A||0–6||19,602||
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
||R2 Second Leg ||3 October 1995 ||[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]||H||1–1||5,745||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]]
|}

===Football League Trophy===
{{Main|1995–96 Football League Trophy}}

===Southern Section===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R1 Group 3 ||26 September 1995 ||[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]||A||3–0||1,682||[[Simon Clark (English footballer)|Clark]], [[Lee Power|Power]], [[Scott McGleish|McGleish]]
|-style="background-color: #ffffdd;"
||R1 Group 3 ||16 October 1995 ||[[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]||H||0–0||3,045||
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||R2||28 November 1995 ||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||H||1–0||1,952||[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Farrell]]
|-style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"
||QF||9 January 1996 ||[[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]||H||3–2||2,460||[[Gary Martindale|Martindale]] (2), [[Scott McGleish|McGleish]]
|-style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"
||SF||13 February 1996 ||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||H||0–1||3,761||
|}

==Squad==
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Jon Sheffield]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Simon Clark (English footballer)|Simon Clark]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Gary Breen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Greg Heald]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=[[Marcus Ebdon]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=[[Lee Power]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Kevin Ashley]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Lee Williams (footballer)|Lee Williams]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Danny Carter}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Gary Martindale]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Neil Le Bihan}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Mike Basham]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Billy Manuel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=[[Carl Griffiths]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Mark Tyler (footballer)|Mark Tyler]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[David Gregory (footballer born 1970)|Mike Gregory]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Giuliano Grazioli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Dave Morrison (footballer)|Dave Morrison]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Dean Hooper]]|other=on loan from [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=LCA|pos=MF|name=[[Ken Charlery]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Sean Farrell (footballer)|Sean Farrell]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Robert Codner]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Paul Shaw (footballer)|Paul Shaw]]|other=on loan from [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Tony Dobson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Andy Furnell}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Tony Spearing]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Gregor Rioch]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Andy Ansah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Mark Foran]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Scott McGleish]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Mark Blount (footballer)|Mark Blount]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Steve Robinson (English footballer)|Steve Robinson]]|other=on loan from [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Steve Williams}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Adam Drury (footballer, born 1978)|Adam Drury]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Ben Sedgemore]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Tom Meredith}}
{{Fs end}}

{{Peterborough United F.C. seasons}}
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{{1995–96 in English football}}

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