1995–96 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.
1995–96 season
Chairman	Michael Knighton
Manager	Mick Wadsworth ; Mervyn Day
Stadium	Brunton Park
Division Two	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Area final
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

For the 1995–96 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.

Results & fixtures

Football League Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Peterborough United	46	13	13	20	59	66	−7	52
20	York City	46	13	13	20	58	73	−15	52
21	Carlisle United (R)	46	12	13	21	57	72	−15	49	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Swansea City (R)	46	11	14	21	43	79	−36	47
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	10	10	26	46	69	−23	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
1	12 August	Bristol Rovers	H	1–2	8,003
2	19 August	Chesterfield	A	0–3	3,634
3	26 August	Swindon Town	H	0–1	6,333
4	29 August	Rotherham United	A	2–2	3,350
5	1 September	Swansea City	A	1–1	3,345
6	9 September	Burnley	H	2–0	7,318
7	12 September	Peterborough United	H	1–1	6,027
8	16 September	Oxford United	A	0–4	5,046
9	23 September	Hull City	H	2–0	5,986
10	30 September	Walsall	A	1–2	4,214
11	7 October	Notts County	H	0–0	6,058
12	14 October	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	4,512
13	21 October	Bradford City	H	2–2	6,263
14	28 October	Bournemouth	A	0–2	4,250
15	31 October	Wrexham	A	2–3	2,939
16	4 November	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1–0	5,896
17	18 November	Bristol City	A	1–1	5,423
18	26 November	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2	4,459
19	2 December	Burnley	A	0–2	8,299
20	9 December	Hull City	A	5–2	3,478
21	16 December	Walsall	H	1–1	5,308
22	26 December	Stockport County	A	0–2	5,941
23	30 December	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	2,864
24	1 January	Blackpool	H	1–2	7,532
25	13 January	Chesterfield	H	1–1	5,852
26	20 January	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	5,178
27	3 February	Swindon Town	A	1–2	8,367
28	10 February	Brentford	H	2–1	5,143
29	17 February	Peterborough United	A	1–6	4,302
30	20 February	Swansea City	H	3–0	4,645
31	24 February	Oxford United	H	1–2	5,525
32	2 March	Stockport County	H	0–1	4,849
33	9 March	York City	A	1–1	3,965
34	16 March	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	3,760
35	19 March	Brentford	A	1–1	3,102
36	23 March	Blackpool	A	1–3	8,144
37	26 March	Rotherham United	H	2–0	4,074
38	30 March	Notts County	A	1–3	4,515
39	2 April	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	4,698
40	6 April	Bournemouth	H	4–0	5,401
41	8 April	Bradford City	A	1–3	6,156
42	13 April	Wrexham	H	1–2	7,317
43	20 April	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,131
44	23 April	York City	H	2–0	4,813
45	27 April	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–4	3,964
46	4 May	Bristol City	H	2–1	5,925

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 August	Hull City	A	2–1		2,779
R1 L2	22 August	Hull City	H	2–4		4,250

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	11 November	Preston North End	H	1–2

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
GS	17 October	Bradford City	A	1–1	1,287
GS	7 November	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–1	4,421
R2	28 November	Wrexham	A	2–1	2,522
QF	6 January	Burnley	H	5–0	5,169
SF	30 January	Chesterfield	H	1–0	5,511
F L1 (North)	5 March	Rotherham United	A	0–2	6,858
F L2 (North)	12 March	Rotherham United	H	0–2	6,692

References

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