X-Nico

18 unusual facts about 1995–96 in English football


1994–95 Wimbledon F.C. season

However, many of their other key assets - Dean Holdsworth, Robbie Earle and Hans Segers included - were retained for the new season to give Dons fans hope of another season giving the big boys a run for their money.

1995–96 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea had a mid-table Premiership campaign in 1995–96, finishing 11th for the third time in four seasons, but once again they enjoyed a good cup run.

1995–96 FA Premier League

Manchester United and Newcastle United emerged as the primary title contenders for the 1995–96 season.

1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 1996, at the end of the 1995–96 English league season to determine the final promoted side from the Second Division.

Darron Gee

Gee played in non-League football with Hucknall Town, before moving into management with Dunkirk, with whom he won promotion to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division in the 1995–96 season.

Gee started his managerial career with Dunkirk, leading them to second place in the Central Midlands League Premier Division in the 1995–96 season, thus winning promotion to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division.

Dave Beasant

The team struggled throughout the season, and were never far from the relegation zone, but finished level on points but with a better goal difference than Ball's Manchester City who were relegated.

David Ginola

In the 1995–96, Newcastle finished second, four points behind Manchester United.

Garry Flitcroft

After five years at with City, having played 142 games, some as captain, he joined Blackburn Rovers in March 1996 for £3.5m after City were going through financial difficulties and their then chairman Francis Lee told the then manager Alan Ball to sell their most profitable player, which turned out to be Flitcroft.

Graham Abel

Abel then returned to Northwich for two seasons, ending with another trip to Wembley in a 3–1 defeat by Macclesfield Town in the 1995–96 season.

Ian Woan

Forest made it to the quarter-finals of both the FA Cup and UEFA Cup in 1995–96 but finished a disappointing 9th in the league and failed to qualify for Europe.

Jeff Minton

However rookie boss Jimmy Case could not prevent the club from suffering relegation to the Third Division at the end of the 1995–96 season; they were 12 points short of the safety mark set by York City.

Jesús Seba

After a loan in Segunda División with Villarreal CF, Seba was released by Zaragoza and moved on a free transfer to England's Wigan Athletic, for the start of the 1995–96 season.

Keith Gillespie

In both the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons he helped Newcastle to finish second in the Premier League (runners up to Gillespie's former club, Manchester United, on both occasions), being a key member of "The Entertainers".

Kevin Pilkington

Gary Walsh was sold to Middlesbrough just before the start of the 1995–96 season, enabling Pilkington to become United's second choice goalkeeper.

Phil Gilchrist

He soon formed one of the best defensive partnerships ever seen at The Manor Ground, alongside Matt Elliott, and it was this partnership that formed the basis for the promotion winning side of 1995–96.

Steve Lomas

He soon broke into the first team but will often be remembered at the club for his misfortune of scoring an own goal on the last day of the 1995–96 season, which meant that City could only manage a 2–2 draw at home to Liverpool and were relegated from the Premier League on goal difference.

Vinny Samways

In the 1995–96 season, he spent time on loan at Division One sides Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.


Allen Coombs

Allen William Mark (Doc) Coombs (23 October 1911 – 30 January 1995) was a British electronics engineer at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill.

Australian rules football in the Middle East

Australian Rules in Israel has been played sporadically since at least 1995, when a group of around 20 players began regular social matches in Tel Aviv, although most of the players were based in Jerusalem.

Barbara Alyn Woods

In early 1990's, Woods, starred in several films such as Circuitry Man (1990), The Terror Within II (1991), Delusion (1991), The Waterdance (1992), Flesh and Bone (1993), Ghoulies IV (1994) and Frankie Starlight (1995).

Bungee jumping

Several major movies have featured bungee jumps, most famously the opening sequence of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye in which Bond makes a jump over the edge of a dam in Russia (in reality the dam is in Switzerland: Verzasca Dam, and the jump was genuine, not an animated special effect).

Carlos Lapetra

He settled in Huesca subsequently, working in directorial capacities with SD Huesca and the Spanish national team and dying on 24 December 1995 at the age of 57, due to cancer.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

He is also the author of three more young adult novels, El palacio de la medianoche (1994), Las luces de septiembre (1995) and Marina (1999).

Carole Boston Weatherford

In 1995, Lee & Low Books published her first picture book, Juneteenth Jamboree, about a summer celebration in memory of the Texas Emancipation.

Chad Bratzke

His 12 sacks in 1999 stands as one of seven double-digit individual sack seasons in franchise history (13.0, Dwight Freeney, 2002; 11.5, LB-Johnie Cooks, 1984; 11.0, LB-Vernon Maxwell, 1983; 10.0, DE-Jon Hand, 1989; 10.5, DE-Tony Bennett, 1995; 10.5, DE-Dan Footman, 1997).

Clinical governance

Clinical governance became important in health care after the Bristol heart scandal in 1995, during which anaesthetist Dr Stephen Bolsin exposed the high mortality rate for paediatric cardiac surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Corinthian Chamber Orchestra

Formed in 1995 under the musical direction of conductor Alan Hazeldine, it rapidly developed into one of the best orchestras of its kind and its membership consistently includes the very best amateur players available.

David T. Johnson

In 1995, Johnson became Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the White House and Spokesman for the United States National Security Council.

Dionisio Foianini

As of 1995, Foianini was still alive, in the town of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Dodge Spirit

It was assembled at Newark Assembly in Newark, Delaware as well as Toluca Car Assembly in Toluca, Mexico, and shared its basic design with the 1990 to 1994 Chrysler LeBaron sedan, the 1989 to 1995 Plymouth Acclaim, and the export-only 1989 to 1995 Chrysler Saratoga.

Estatic Fear

In 1995, Estatic Fear took part in the one-hour compilation "Exit", produced by Martin Auzinger and Peter Kern, together with bands Coffee & Cream, Mortus, Born In The Bottle, Bereavement, Nochtschicht, Herb, Dystrophy, Still No Name, and Out Of Cage.

Ghulam Murtaza

Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed, known as G. M. Syed (1904–1995), Pakistani political leader who pioneered the Jeay Sindh movement

Glazier Systems

Glazier Systems was established in Wellington in 1995 by Tony Stewart, Rod Drury, Andrew Kissling and Pat Ryan.

Government Polytechnic Amravati

The institute is approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi & Government of Maharashtra has awarded an academic autonomy to the institute since 1995.

If I Only Had a Brain

Jackson Browne sang a folk music tempo of this song in the 1995 television special The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True when he performed as the Scarecrow.

Il Popolo del Blues

Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale (RAI, Jam, La Nazione, Rolling Stone Italia, Record Collector, Popolare Network), named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”.

Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715

Whetter, James (1995) "Jacobitism in Cornwall", in: Old Cornwall; Vol.

Jerry Ciccoritti

Ciccoritti was instrumental in developing the TV series Catwalk (1992) and Straight Up (1996) and began a secondary career as a director of big-budget television movies and miniseries with Net Worth (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the NHL on behalf of his fellow players.

Jerry Seuseu

A Mangere East Hawks junior, Seuseu represented the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup in 1995 and 1996 before joining the Auckland Warriors where he was named Reserve Grader of the Year in 1997 in a side that lost the Reserve Grade Grand Final.

Jim Rodwell

In 1995, Rodwell captained the Great Britain University side at the World Student Games in Fukuoka, Japan.

Józef Stala

After studies at the Warsaw Theological Academy (now: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw he earned at May 15, 1995 the Licentiate, at June 8, 1998 the Doctorate and in 2005 the Habilitation with his book: "Katecheza o małżeństwie i rodzinie w Polsce po Soborze Watykańskim II." (Religious education in the Families in Poland after the Second Vatican Council) at the Pontifical University of John Paul II.

Lee Hurst

He appeared alongside David Gower in 42 episodes over the first six series, from the first episode on 14 September 1995 until 1998.

Lúčina Slovak Folklore Ensemble

Over the years, Lúčina has sponsored the Cleveland area performance of several Slovak Fok Ensemble including Terchovska Muzika in 1987, Oravan in 1991, and Šarišan in 1990, 1992, and again in 1995.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

The film is based on the 1995 book Long Walk to Freedom by anti-apartheid revolutionary and former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Martin McKinnon

He twice received the maximum three Brownlow votes while with Adelaide, for 23 disposals in a win over reigning premiers Essendon in 1994 and for 25 disposals against St Kilda for which he received an AFL Rising Star nomination in 1995.

Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz

He was appointed bishop for the Diocese of Fessei and auxiliar bishop for the Archdiocese of Oaxaca by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 1995, and consecrated on July 25, in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera.

Miss Pokhara

Miss Pokhara is a beauty pageant which began in 1995 for the girls of Western Development Region.

Moné

She scored three hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "We Can Make It" (#1, 1995), "Movin'" (#2, 1996) and "Partay Feeling" (As B-Crew featuring Barbara Tucker, Dajae, Ultra Nate and Moné) (#22, 1997).

Music of Tanzania

Mr. II and Juma Nature are the most famous Tanzanian rappers; Mr II's (then known as 2-Proud) "Ni Mimi" (1995) was the first major hit for the field.

Neurosecurity

Neal Stephenson's book The Diamond Age (1995) briefly refers to corporations hacking neural implants in order to superimpose advertisements onto a user's field of vision.

Patricia Schroeder

During the 1995 budget debates, after Democrats claimed that Social Security payments would leave seniors with no choice but to eat dog food, Rush Limbaugh humorously claimed that he was going to get his mother a can opener.

Paul A. Rothchild

Paul A. Rothchild (April 18, 1935 - March 30, 1995) was a prominent American producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, widely known for his historic work with The Doors and early production of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Raymond Brescia

From 1995 to 1996, he clerked for Constance Baker Motley who was then a federal judge sitting in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Roger Elkin

He has reviewed for Stand, Outposts and Envoi and his critical articles on Ted Hughes's poetry have appeared in collections of essays edited by Keith Sagar (1995) and Joanny Moulin (1999); and also on the "Earth-Moon, Ted Hughes" and the "Ted Hughes Society" websites.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961, and European Tour event, the Welsh Golf Classic in the early 1980s.

Senatus consultum

Robert Byrd, The Senate of the Roman Republic, 1995, U.S. Government Printing Office, Senate Document 103-23 ;

Suck.com

Suck.com was founded in 1995 by writer Joey Anuff and editor Carl Steadman who created daily comically cynical commentary with a self-obsessed and satiric edge.

Sunshine Hockey League

Kelly Dyer, one of five females to ever play professional hockey in North America, played in the SuHL with the West Palm Beach Blaze from 1993 to 1995.

Susannah Waters

Her discography includes Henry Purcell's King Arthur (conducted by William Christie, 1995) and Dido and Æneas (led by Martin Pearlman, 1996), as well as Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon (2000).

Tara Spencer-Nairn

In 1995, she portrayed Wayne Gretzky's sister Kim Gretzky in the movie Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story.

The Closet

The Celluloid Closet, a 1995 American documentary based on the book of the same name by Vito Russo

The Emerson Theater

The album Live: No Time for Tuning by Indianapolis junk rock band Sloppy Seconds was recorded at the Emerson Theatre on April 15, 1995.

Trevor Wood

They then went on to finish eleventh in the Second Division in 1995–96, before Wood moved on to Graham Turner's Hereford United in the 1996–97 campaign.

Wave 102

The station was founded by Douglas and June Anderson as part of The Petros Radio Group who launched Discovery AM in 1994 and Radio Waves in 1995, then decided to go for the full scale local licence with the help of their neighbour George Mackintosh (who started Radio Tay in 1980) along with a consortium who also founded Kingdom FM in Fife with the assistance of IRG (The Independent Radio Group)

Web Experimental Psychology Lab

The Web Experimental Psychology Lab was founded in 1995, by Ulf-Dietrich Reips at the University of Tübingen, and is now at the University of Zürich.

Will Blythe

His short story "The Taming Power of the Small" was anthologized in the Best American Short Stories for 1988 and adapted into a 1995 short film starring David Morse and Treat Williams.