# 1995–96 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 1995–96 season was Swindon Town's first season in the third tier since 1987. Alongside the Division Two league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Auto Windscreen Trophy.

## League One
### Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Swindon Town (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 92 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Oxford United (P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 83 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Blackpool | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 82 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 4 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 78 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 73 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |

### Result summary

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Pre-season
### Tour of Finland

Win  Draw  Loss

### Domestic friendlies
## Football League Second Division

Win  Draw  Loss
League One match details :
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A |
| 12 August 1995 | Hull City | A | 1–0 |
| 19 August 1995 | York City | H | 3–0 |
| 26 August 1995 | Carlisle United | A | 1–0 |
| 30 August 1995 | Oxford United | H | 1–1 |
| 2 September 1995 | Brentford | A | 2–0 |
| 9 September 1995 | Chesterfield | H | 1–1 |
| 13 September 1995 | Bradford City | H | 4–1 |
| 16 September 1995 | Bristol Rovers | A | 4–1 |
| 23 September 1995 | Rotherham United | H | 1–0 |
| 30 September 1995 | Wrexham | A | 3–4 |
| 7 October 1995 | Bristol City | H | 2–0 |
| 14 October 1995 | Brighton | A | 3–1 |
| 21 October 1995 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 |
| 28 October 1995 | Notts County | A | 3–1 |
| 31 October 1995 | Bournemouth | A | 0–0 |
| 4 November 1995 | Blackpool | H | 1–1 |
| 18 November 1995 | Stockport County | A | 1–1 |
| 25 November 1995 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 0–1 |
| 9 December 1995 | Rotherham United | A | 2–0 |
| 16 December 1995 | Wrexham | H | 1–1 |
| 23 December 1995 | Walsall | A | 0–0 |
| 26 December 1995 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 0–0 |
| 10 January 1996 | Swansea City | H | 3–0 |
| 13 January 1996 | York City | A | 0–2 |
| 20 January 1996 | Hull City | H | 3–0 |
| 3 February 1996 | Carlisle United | H | 2–1 |
| 10 February 1996 | Swansea City | A | 1–0 |
| 21 February 1996 | Brentford | H | 2–2 |
| 24 February 1996 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–1 |
| 2 March 1996 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–1 |
| 5 March 1996 | Peterborough United | A | 2–0 |
| 9 March 1996 | Walsall | H | 1–1 |
| 16 March 1996 | Burnley | A | 0–0 |
| 19 March 1996 | Oxford United | A | 0–3 |
| 23 March 1996 | Peterborough United | H | 2–0 |
| 30 March 1996 | Bristol City | A | 0–0 |
| 3 April 1996 | Brighton | H | 3–2 |
| 6 April 1996 | Notts County | H | 1–0 |
| 8 April 1996 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–0 |
| 13 April 1996 | Bournemouth | H | 2–2 |
| 17 April 1996 | Burnley | H | 0–0 |
| 20 April 1996 | Blackpool | A | 1–1 |
| 23 April 1996 | Chesterfield | A | 3–1 |
| 27 April 1996 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 2–1 |
| 30 April 1996 | Bradford City | A | 1–1 |
| 4 May 1996 | Stockport County | H | 0–0 |

## FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## The League Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## The Football League Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss

## Appearances and goals

    As of 13 August 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 2 | Division 2 | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | ENG | Paul Allen | 33 | 1 | 25+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Wayne Allison | 56 | 20 | 43+1 | 17 | 6+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Joey Beauchamp | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Paul Bodin | 42 | 3 | 32+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lee Collins | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Cowe | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Ian Culverhouse | 57 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Fraser Digby | 36 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jason Drysdale | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Finney | 43 | 16 | 22+8 | 12 | 2+4 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | GK | EIR | Shay Given (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Ty Gooden | 35 | 4 | 14+12 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Tony Grant (on loan from Everton) | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Dean Hooper | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Kevin Horlock | 58 | 16 | 44+1 | 12 | 6+0 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Leitch (on loan from Heart of Midlothian) | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Martin Ling | 22 | 2 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Steve McMahon | 30 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Steve Mildenhall | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Eddie Murray | 7 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Luc Nijholt | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | EIR | Wayne O'Sullivan | 41 | 3 | 27+7 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | David Preece (on loan from Derby County) | 7 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Mark Robinson | 58 | 1 | 46+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Mark Seagraves | 38 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Alex Smith | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | AUS | Frank Talia | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Shaun Taylor | 56 | 7 | 43+0 | 7 | 6+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Gary Thorne | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Peter Thorne | 34 | 11 | 22+4 | 10 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |