23 December Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1, two wins in nine – but we end up 5th

Season 1995/6 was the Bruce Rioch year, the season between the final outing of George Graham (replaced in February by Stewart Houston) and Arsene Wenger (preceded by Pat Rice). On the morning of 30 October the league table looked promising PD W D L F A GD Pts 1 Newcastle United 11 9 1 1 …