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
Squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
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
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