1995–96 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town
1995–96 season
Chairman	David Kohler
Manager	Terry Westley (until 18 December) ; Lennie Lawrence (from 21 December)
Stadium	Kenilworth Road
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Marshall (13)
Average home league attendance	7,223
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Terry Westley was promoted as Pleat's successor from youth team coach, but was sacked after just six months in charge.^[1] Lennie Lawrence was brought in as a replacement, but he was unable to stop Luton from finishing bottom of Division One.^[2]^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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
24	Luton Town (R)	46	11	12	23	40	64	−24	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Squad

^[4] 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	Kelvin Davis
—	GK	USA	Ian Feuer
—	GK	USA	Juergen Sommer
—	DF	SCO	Graham Alexander
—	DF	ENG	Ben Chenery
—	DF	ENG	Steve Davis
—	DF	IRL	David Greene
—	DF	ENG	Richard Harvey
—	DF	ENG	Julian James
—	DF	ENG	Marvin Johnson
—	DF	ENG	Des Linton
—	DF	NIR	Darren Patterson
—	DF	ENG	Aaron Skelton
—	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson
—	MF	BUL	Boncho Genchev
—	MF	WAL	Ceri Hughes
—	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	WAL	Nathan Jones
—	MF	ENG	Rob Matthews
—	MF	ENG	Paul McLaren
—	MF	ENG	David Oldfield
—	MF	NOR	Vidar Riseth (on loan from Kongsvinger)
—	MF	DEN	Johnny Vilstrup
—	MF	IRL	Gary Waddock
—	FW	GHA	Kim Grant
—	FW	JAM	Dwight Marshall
—	FW	ENG	Scott Oakes
—	FW	ENG	John Taylor
—	FW	ENG	Tony Thorpe
—	FW	ENG	Graeme Tomlinson (on loan from Manchester United)
—	FW	ENG	Paul Wilkinson (on loan from Middlesbrough)
—	FW	ENG	Jamie Woodsford

Player details

Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Graham Alexander	35 (2)	1	3 (2)	0	38 (4)	1
DF	Ben Chenery	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Kelvin Davis	6	0	4	0	10	0
DF	Steve Davis	36	2	6	0	42	2
FW	Stuart Douglas	3 (5)	1	0 (1)	0	3 (6)	1
MF	Sean Evers	1	0	1	0	2	0
GK	Ian Feuer	38	0	1	0	39	0
MF	Boncho Genchev	25 (10)	9	5 (1)	2	30 (11)	11
FW	Kim Grant	10	3	0	0	10	3
DF	Richard Harvey	28 (8)	1	6	0	34 (8)	1
MF	Ceri Hughes	21 (2)	1	2	0	23 (2)	1
DF	Julian James	23 (4)	0	4	0	27 (4)	0
MF	Gavin Johnson	5 (1)	0	0	0	5 (1)	0
DF	Marvin Johnson	33 (2)	0	5	1	38 (2)	1
DF	Des Linton	6 (4)	0	3	0	9 (4)	0
FW	Dwight Marshall	23 (3)	9	5 (1)	4	28 (4)	13
FW	Rob Matthews	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Paul McLaren	9 (3)	1	4	0	13 (3)	1
FW	Scott Oakes	26 (3)	3	4	1	30 (3)	4
MF	David Oldfield	23 (11)	2	5	0	28 (11)	2
DF	Darren Patterson	21 (2)	0	3	0	24 (2)	0
DF	Trevor Peake	15 (3)	0	0	0	15 (3)	0
MF	Vidar Riseth	6 (5)	0	1	0	7 (5)	0
DF	Gary Simpson	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
MF	Aaron Skelton	0	0	1	0	1	0
GK	Juergen Sommer	2	0	2	0	4	0
FW	John Taylor	18 (10)	0	3	1	21 (10)	1
DF	Mitchell Thomas	25 (2)	0	2 (2)	0	27 (4)	0
FW	Tony Thorpe	23 (10)	7	2 (4)	1	25 (14)	8
FW	Graeme Tomlinson	1 (6)	0	0	0	1 (6)	0
DF	Matthew Upson	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Johnny Vilstrup	6 (1)	0	2	0	8 (1)	0
MF	Gary Waddock	32 (4)	0	3 (1)	0	35 (5)	0
FW	Paul Wilkinson	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Jamie Woodsford	1 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	1 (4)	0

References

^ "Terry Westley's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
^ "Lennie Lawrence's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
^ "Winners and Losers". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. 6 May 1996. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ "All Luton Town players: 1996.HTM".

[westley-1] "Terry Westley's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.

[lawrence-2] "Lennie Lawrence's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2009.

[relegated96-3] "Winners and Losers". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. 6 May 1996. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

[4] "All Luton Town players: 1996.HTM".

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