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Leeds United 95-96

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Officially Released
Tony Yeboah
Gary McAllister
Brian Deane

Gary Speed
John Lukic
Rod Wallace
Carlton Palmer

Unreleased
David White
Noel Whelan
Tomas Brolin
Phil Masinga
Howard Wilkinson
Mark Beeney

BHH Repaints
David Wetherall
Richard Jobson
Gary Kelly
Lucas Radebe
Tony Dorigo

BHH Custom Sculpts
Nigel Worthington
Paul Beesley
John Pemberton
David O'Leary
Mark Tinkler
Andrew Couzens
Mick Hennigan
Mark Ford

Leeds United 95-96: Arsenal were the second team released and therefore issued with PL code "02" receiving a total of 19 sculpts. The players officially released in this kit though only amounted to eight. Those eight were David Seaman, Martin Keown, Tony Adams, Nigel Winterburn, Paul Merson, David Platt, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright. Master models of Lee Dixon, Chris Kiwomya, John Hartson and Steve Bould were later produced and released in the following seasons kit. John Jensen, David Hillier, Steve Morrow, Glenn Helder, Paul Davis and Ray Parlour were also sculpted but sadly never received released. Paul Davis career had come to an end at Arsenal and his master Model didn't progress pass secondary stages, however David Hillier, Steve Morrow and Ray Parlour had production models produced and must have been very close to release. John Jensen and Glenn Helder also had tooling masters produced meaning they too were very close to being available. Chris Kiwomya came the closest being released in this kit as he was supposed to be part of a 4 player pack which never came to be released in stores. 

Custom Sculpts: 

Kit Usage: Arsenal debuted their new kit at the beginning of the 94/95 campaign in which they defeated Man City 3-0 at Highbury. Kevin Campbell opened the scoring within two minutes before Steve McMahon put the second into his own net and Ian Wright finished city off in the second half. The last use of this kit was on the last day of the 95/96 season against Bolton who fate was already resigned to the Championship. All goals came in the second half with Bolton going ahead thanks to Andy Todd before David Platt and Dennis Bergkamp rescued all three points for Arsenal. It was actually an important win as both Everton and Blackburn would have finished higher than Arsenal who would have missed out of European competition.

Achievements 95/96:
Premier League: 13th
FA Cup: Quarter Final (3-0 replay loss to Liverpool)
League Cup: Runners-Up (3-0 loss to Aston Villa)
UEFA Cup: R2 (8-3 Aggregate Loss to PSV Eindhoven)

A fairly mixed bag for Arsenal in this kit, finishing mid-table but then entering the UEFA cup quilifying stages by finishing 5th in the 95/96 season. Two swift exits from the FA Cup to lower league opposition is countered by decent runs in the League Cup progressing to the Quarter Finals in 94/95 and Semi Finals in 95/96. 

Make & Sponsor: Arsenals kit was supplied by Nike and JVC (Japanese electronics manufacturer) sponsored them. This is probably one of the most accurate kits Corinthian produced aside from the fact that the red they used had more of an orange tint to it. The shorts would have been better represented if two fine vertical strips of red ran parallel to each other rather than just one thick vertical line. Aside from this, there really isn't much Corinthian got wrong. Yellow was the tampo print colour chosen for the badge, a metallic gold like that of the French national squad badge would have also been quite a nice touch.
Rating: 9/10

Pack Releases:

Single Blisters: All 8 players were available via single blister purchase

4 Packs:
AR4A: Adams/Merson/Platt/Bergkamp
AR4B: Wright/Kiwomya/Keown/Winterburn (this pack was unreleased)

12 Pack:
N/A

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Name: Tony Yeboah
PL Code: 05
Pose No: 11R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 21

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Name: Gary McAllister
PL Code: 25
Pose No: 8R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 10

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Name: Brian Deane
PL Code: 45
Pose No: 3R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 9

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Name: Gary Speed
PL Code: 65
Pose No: 10R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 11

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Name: John Lukic
PL Code: 85
Pose No: 29
Position: Goalkeeper
Squad No: 1

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Arsenal 96-98

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Name: Rod Wallace
PL Code: 105
Pose No: 7R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 8

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Name: Gary Kelly
PL Code: 125
Pose No: 1R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 2

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Name: Carlton Palmer
PL Code: 145
Pose No: 12R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 4

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Name: David White
PL Code: 165
Pose No: 9R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 14/12

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Name: Tony Dorigo
PL Code: 185
Pose No: 5R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 3

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Name: David Whetherall
PL Code: 205
Pose No: 4R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 6

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Name: Noel Whelan
PL Code: 225
Pose No: 12R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 19

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Name: Tomas Brolin
PL Code: 245
Pose No: 1R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 18

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Name: Richard Jobson
PL Code: 265
Pose No: 13R/12R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 16

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Name: Mark Beeney
PL Code: 285
Pose No: 6
Position: Goalkeeper
Squad No: 13

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Name: Phil Masinga
PL Code: 305
Pose No: 2R
Position: Striker
Squad No: 7

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Name: Lucas Radebe
PL Code: 325
Pose No: 9R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 5

 

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Name: Nigel Worthington
PL Code: 
Pose No: 31R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 15

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Name: Mark Ford
PL Code:
Pose No: 3R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 22

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Name: Mark Tinkler
PL Code: 
Pose No:
 11R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 17

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Name: Paul Beesley
PL Code: 
Pose No:
Position: Defender
Squad No: 26

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Name: John Pemberton
PL Code: 
Pose No: 4R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 12

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Name: Andrew Couzens
PL Code: 
Pose No: 5R
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 23

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Leeds United 96-98

Name: David O'Leary
PL Code: 
Pose No: 31R
Position: Defender
Squad No: 16

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Leeds United 96-98

Name: Mick Hennigan
M Code: N/A
Pose No:
Title: Assistant Manager
Squad No: N/A

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Name: Howard Wilkinson
M Code: 
Pose No: 17
Title: Manager
Squad No: N/A

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England 97-99

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