# 1995–96 Millwall F.C. season

During the 1995–96 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football.

## Season summary

The season started brightly for Millwall, as the Lions went top of the First Division from almost the start of the season and stayed in the automatic promotion places for the first third of the season. Despite three straight losses, Millwall were still top of an admittedly tight First Division as December arrived. However, manager Mick McCarthy left to manage Ireland after a 6–0 defeat at Sunderland saw Millwall lose top spot; under his successor, Jimmy Nicholl, Millwall went into freefall with only four more wins all season. A draw on the last day of the season condemned the Lions to relegation.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 55 | |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 52 | |
| 22 | Millwall (R) | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 52 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 23 | Watford (R) | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 48 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 45 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Tim Carter |
| — | GK | USA | Kasey Keller |
| — | DF | ENG | Mark Beard |
| — | DF | ENG | Mike Harle |
| — | DF | ENG | Gerard Lavin |
| — | DF | ENG | Keith Stevens |
| — | DF | ENG | Ben Thatcher |
| — | DF | ENG | Damien Webber |
| — | DF | ENG | Tony Witter |
| — | DF | NIR | Anton Rogan |
| — | DF | RUS | Vasili Kulkov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| — | DF | AUS | Lucas Neill |
| — | DF | AUS | Jason van Blerk |
| — | MF | ENG | Mickey Bennett |
| — | MF | ENG | Greg Berry |
| — | MF | ENG | Bobby Bowry |
| — | MF | ENG | Maurice Doyle |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Steve Forbes |
| — | MF | ENG | Ricky Newman |
| — | MF | SCO | Alex Rae |
| — | MF | SCO | Mickey Weir (on loan from Hibernian) |
| — | MF | IRL | Dave Savage |
| — | FW | ENG | Richard Cadette |
| — | FW | ENG | Kerry Dixon |
| — | FW | ENG | Chris Malkin |
| — | FW | ENG | Lee McRobert |
| — | FW | ENG | Scott Taylor |
| — | FW | GER | Uwe Fuchs |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Yuran |
| — | FW | USA | John Kerr |
| — | GK | | Dave Wietcha |
| — | MF | | Jim Connor |
| — | | | Phil O'Neil |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IRL | Nick Colgan (on loan from Chelsea) |
| — | GK | DEN | Jimmy Nielsen (to AaB) |
| — | MF | ENG | Dale Gordon (on loan from West Ham United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NIR | Kingsley Black (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| — | FW | USA | John Kerr (on loan to Walsall) |
| — | FW | AUS | Alistair Edwards (to Sydney Olympic) |

## Transfers
### In

* Mickey Bennett – Charlton Athletic, July
* Bobby Bowry – Crystal Palace, July
* Lucas Neill – Australian Institute of Sport, July
* Anton Rogan – Oxford United, August
* Nick Colgan – Chelsea, September, loan
* Vasili Kulkov – Spartak Moscow, January, loan
* Tim Carter – Oxford United, January
* Mickey Weir – Hibernian, January, loan
* Sergei Yuran – Spartak Moscow, January

### Out

* Roger Joseph – Wimbledon, June
* John Kerr – Walsall, June, loan
* Dave Mitchell – Selangor, June
* Andy Roberts – Crystal Palace, July
* David Oldfield – Luton Town, July
* Alistair Edwards – Sydney Olympic, January

## Results
### First Division

* 23 September: Millwall 1–2 Sunderland (Scott pen., Smith); attendance 8,691
* 1 October: Derby County 2–2 Millwall (Willems, van der Lann; ?); attendance 9,590
* 22 October: Crystal Palace 1–2 Millwall (Gordon; ?); attendance 14,338
* 28 October: Millwall 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (?; Hunt); attendance 9,717
* 18 November: Millwall 0–0 Huddersfield Town; attendance 9,402
* 9 December: Sunderland 6–0 Millwall (Russell 4, Scott pen., P Gray); attendance 18,951
* 16 December: Millwall 0–1 Derby County (Sturridge); attendance 7,694
* 26 December: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Millwall (Bull; ?); attendance 25,591
* 4 November: Birmingham City 2–2 Millwall (Castle, Charlery; Dixon, Rae); attendance 23,016
* 27 January: Millwall 1–1 Portsmouth (Burton); attendance 7,710
* 2 March: Millwall 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Bull); attendance 9,13
* 30 March: Millwall 1–4 Crystal Palace (Hopkin, Brown, Ndah 2); attendance 13,214
* 6 April: West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Millwall (Sneekes); attendance 13,793
* 10 April: Millwall 2–0 Birmingham City (?); attendance 9,271
* 13 April: Huddersfield Town 3–0 Millwall (Jepson pen., Edwards, Booth); attendance 11,206