1994–95 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

1994–95 season

Chairman

Francis Lee

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Rösler (15)
All: Rösler (22)

Highest home attendance

28,915 vs Blackburn Rovers
(26 Dec 1994, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

11,545 vs Barnet
(5 Oct 1994, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

22,725

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1993–94

1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season was Manchester City's sixth consecutive season in the top tier of English football, and their third in the Premier League.

Season summary

Manchester City endured another torrid season which saw them continue to fall well short of the standards of their city rivals. Their goalscoring rate improving dramatically from 36 to 53, but they slipped one place into 17th - though still enough to achieve survival. But it was too late to save manager Brian Horton's job and he was sacked to make way for Alan Ball of Southampton.

Key striker Niall Quinn recovered from a serious knee injury but failed to make an impact on City's dismal showing, though new German striker Uwe Rösler was among the Premiership's top target men with 15 league goals. His strike partner Paul Walsh was also a frequent goalscorer, with 12 Premiership strikes.

One of the few things that gave City fans something to look forward to was the emergence of exciting young players like Garry Flitcroft, Richard Edghill and Steve Lomas. The close season arrival of Georgian midfielder Georgi Kinkladze was another exciting prospect which suggested that the dark clouds that had recently hung over Maine Road might not have cast too lengthy a shadow.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

True products of the nineties, the home and away kits used in the 1994–95 season were over-designed, with the away kit in particular leaving a legacy as being one of the worst kits of Premier League history. The home kit, while on the face of it a classic plain blue shirt with white shorts, in fact had a pattern inlaid in such a way as was only visible when caught by the light, which contained oversized angular Umbro diamonds over the top of each other across the front of the shirt. The away kit was intended as a tribute to the classic red and black stripes which City had worn as an away kit on a number of occasions previously, but for no apparent reason had two-tone grey shoulder stripes as well as an embossed shield which was more suited to the shape of the club's badge after its redesign in 1997 (by which point the shirt was no longer being worn) than the circular badge of the time. The third kit was a more simple white kit with dark blue pinstripes and matching shorts.

Final league table

Main article: 1994-95 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers	42	27	8	7	80	39	+41	89	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	42	26	10	6	77	28	+49	88	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77
4	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	65	37	+28	74
5	Leeds United	42	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73
6	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	67	47	+20	72
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	14	12	66	58	+8	62
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	61	59	+2	60
9	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	48	65	−17	56
10	Southampton	42	12	18	12	61	63	−2	54
11	Chelsea	42	13	15	14	50	55	−5	54
12	Arsenal	42	13	12	17	52	49	+3	51
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	49	57	−8	51
14	West Ham United	42	13	11	18	44	48	−4	50
15	Everton	42	11	17	14	44	51	−7	50	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
16	Coventry City	42	12	14	16	44	62	−18	50
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	53	64	−11	49
18	Aston Villa	42	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48
19	Crystal Palace	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20	Norwich City	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town	42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	12	13	17	53	64	−11	49	8	7	6	37	28	+9	4	6	11	16	36	−20

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L
Position	21	10	5	9	9	10	7	11	11	8	7	9	9	11	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	13	15	14	16	16	12	13	16	16	11	12	13	13	13	17

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Arsenal	A	0–3	38,368
24 August 1994	West Ham United	H	3–0	19,150	Walsh, Beagrie, Rösler
27 August 1994	Everton	H	4–0	19,867	Rösler (2), Walsh (2)
31 August 1994	Chelsea	A	0–3	21,740
10 September 1994	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	19,971	Walsh
17 September 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	26,585	Walsh
24 September 1994	Norwich City	H	2–0	21,031	Quinn, Rösler
1 October 1994	Leeds United	A	0–2	30,938
8 October 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	3–3	23,150	Quinn (2), Lomas
15 October 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	13,631
22 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	5–2	25,473	Walsh (2), Quinn, Lomas, Flitcroft
29 October 1994	Coventry City	A	0–1	15,802
5 November 1994	Southampton	H	3–3	21,589	Walsh (2), Beagrie
10 November 1994	Manchester United	A	0–5	43,738
20 November 1994	Leicester City	A	1–0	19,006	Quinn
26 November 1994	Wimbledon	H	2–0	21,131	Flitcroft, Rösler
3 December 1994	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	13,574	Flitcroft, Rösler
12 December 1994	Arsenal	H	1–2	20,580	Simpson
17 December 1994	West Ham United	A	0–3	17,286
26 December 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	28,915
28 December 1994	Liverpool	A	0–2	38,122
31 December 1994	Aston Villa	H	2–2	22,513	Rösler (2)
2 January 1995	Newcastle United	A	0–0	34,437
14 January 1995	Coventry City	H	0–0	20,232
25 January 1995	Leicester City	H	0–1	21,007
4 February 1995	Southampton	A	2–2	14,902	Kernaghan, Flitcroft
11 February 1995	Manchester United	H	0–3	26,368
22 February 1995	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	21,430	Quinn, Rösler
25 February 1995	Leeds United	H	0–0	22,892
4 March 1995	Norwich City	A	1–1	16,266	Simpson
8 March 1995	Chelsea	H	1–2	21,880	Gaudino
15 March 1995	Everton	A	1–1	28,485	Gaudino
18 March 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–2	23,355	Rösler (2), Walsh
21 March 1995	Wimbledon	A	0–2	5,268
1 April 1995	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	13,451	Rösler
11 April 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	27,410	Rösler
14 April 1995	Liverpool	H	2–1	27,055	Summerbee, Gaudino
17 April 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–2	27,851	Curle (pen), Rösler, Walsh
29 April 1995	Newcastle United	H	0–0	27,389
3 May 1995	Aston Villa	A	1–1	30,133	Rösler
6 May 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	28,882
14 May 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	27,850	Quinn, Curle (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1995	Notts County	A	2–2	12,376	Beagrie, D. Brightwell
R3R	18 January 1995	Notts County	H	5–2	14,261	Rösler (4), Gaudino
R4	28 January 1995	Aston Villa	H	1–0	21,177	Walsh
R5	19 February 1995	Newcastle United	A	1–2	33,219	Rösler

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1994	Barnet	A	0–1	3,120
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Barnet	H	4–1	11,545	Quinn (2), Walsh, Summerbee
R3	25 October 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–3	11,701	Summerbee, Curle (pen), Beagrie, Lomas
R4	30 November 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–1	25,162	Rösler
R4R	21 December 1994	Newcastle United	A	2–0	30,156	Rösler, Walsh
R5	11 January 1995	Crystal Palace	A	0–4	16,668

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	DF	Andy Hill
3	DF	Terry Phelan
4	MF	Maurizio Gaudino (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
5	DF	Keith Curle (captain)
6	DF	Michel Vonk
8	FW	Paul Walsh
9	FW	Niall Quinn
10	MF	Garry Flitcroft
11	MF	Peter Beagrie
12	DF	Ian Brightwell
13	GK	Martyn Margetson
14	FW	Carl Griffiths
15	DF	Alan Kernaghan
16	MF	Nicky Summerbee
17	MF	Mike Quigley

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	David Brightwell
19	MF	Fitzroy Simpson
21	MF	Steve Lomas
22	DF	Richard Edghill
23	MF	David Kerr
24	FW	Adie Mike
25	GK	Andy Dibble
27	DF	Rae Ingram
28	FW	Uwe Rösler
29	DF	John Foster
30	FW	Steve Finney
31	MF	Paul Lake
32	GK	Simon Tracey (on loan from Sheffield United)
33	GK	John Burridge
34	MF	Scott Thomas

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
4		MF	Steve McMahon (to Swindon Town)

No.		Position	Player
26		FW	Mike Sheron (to Norwich City)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Chris Beech
		DF	Lee Crooks
		MF	Michael Brown

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jim Whitley
		FW	Ray Kelly

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
24 June 1994	MF	Nicky Summerbee	Swindon Town	£1,500,000
1 August 1994	FW	Ray Kelly	Athlone Town	£30,000
15 December 1994	GK	John Burridge	Falkirk	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
12 August 1994	MF	David Rocastle	Chelsea	£1,250,000
26 August 1994	FW	Mike Sheron	Norwich City	£1,000,000
1 December 1994	MF	Steve McMahon	Swindon Town	Free transfer

Transfers in:

£1,530,000

Transfers out:

£2,250,000

Total spending:

£720,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering only Premiership starts^[2]

No.	Pos	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Tony Coton	21
12	RB	Ian Brightwell	29
5	CB	Keith Curle	31
6	CB	Michel Vonk	19
3	LB	Terry Phelan	26
16	RM	Nicky Summerbee	39
10	CM	Garry Flitcroft	37
21	CM	Steve Lomas	19	Niall Quinn has 24 starts
11	LM	Peter Beagrie	33
8	CF	Paul Walsh	39
28	CF	Uwe Rösler	28

References

Manchester City squad for 1994–95 season

↑ "Manchester City 1994-1995 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/tab/players/season/1995

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Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Bury Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Walsall Wigan Athletic

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