The 1995–96 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s 129th season. They competed in the twenty-team FA Premier League, the top tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.
Season summary David Pleat's first season as Sheffield Wednesday manager was the club's worst in the top flight since winning promotion in 1991. The eagerly-anticipated signing of Belgian forward Marc Degryse turned out to be a major disappointment, though David Hirst provided a fair supply of goals on his return to fitness after a two-year injury struggle.
The Owls struggled all season long, and finished 15th in the final table. This was another dismal showing for a club who were chasing honours just two or three seasons earlier, and Pleat knew that something had to change, and set out to reward the club's board for keeping faith in him for a second season.
Marc Degryse, Chris Waddle, Chris Woods and Klas Ingesson all left in the close season, and all the talk at Hillsborough was the acquisition of young striker Andy Booth from Huddersfield Town for £2.5 million. Many fans saw him as the answer to the problems which had plagued the Owls during the last seasons, and gave them hope of a new challenge for honours.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by round
Results Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In DatePosNameFromFee19 July 1995MFMark PembridgeDerby County£900,00019 July 1995FWMarc DegryseAnderlecht£1,500,00025 November 1995DFSteve NicolNotts CountyFree transfer22 December 1995DFDejan StefanovićRed Star Belgrade£2,000,00022 December 1995FWDarko KovačevićRed Star Belgrade£3,000,0004 March 1996MFRegi BlinkerFeyenoord£275,00016 March 1996DFJon NewsomeNorwich City£1,500,000
Out DatePosNameToFee1 July 1995MFChris Bart-WilliamsNottingham Forest£2,500,0008 November 1995DFDan PetrescuChelsea£2,300,00015 November 1995MFKlas IngessonBari£900,00022 November 1995DFAndy PearceWimbledon£600,00023 January 1996MFAndy SintonTottenham Hotspur£1,500,00029 March 1996DFJulian WattsLeicester City£210,000
Transfers in: £6,175,000 Transfers out: £8,010,000 Total spending: £1,835,000
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