1994–95 Derby County F.C. season

During the 1994–95 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Derby County
1994–95 season
ChairmanLionel Pickering
ManagerRoy McFarland (until 29 April)
Billy McEwan (from 29 April)
StadiumBaseball Ground
First Division9th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Anglo-Italian CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Gabbiadini (11)
All: Gabbiadini (13)
Average home league attendance13,589

Season summary

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During the 1994–95 season, several players left Derby, including Kitson joining Newcastle United for £2.25m, Charles and Johnson moving to Aston Villa for a combined £2.9m and Pembridge moving to Sheffield Wednesday. The side was also weakened when goalkeeper Martin Taylor, an ever-present the previous season and touted for a place in the England squad, broke his leg in a 1–0 defeat at Southend United and was out of action for the next 29 months. With chairman Lionel Pickering's increased frustration at no return on his investment, the purse strings were tightened and McFarland was unable to buy suitable replacements, instead blooding youth products such as Dean Sturridge, Russell Hoult and Lee Carsley to fill the gaps created by the departures. In the event Derby could only record a 9th-place finish and McFarland, in the knowledge his contract was not going to be renewed, said his goodbye's in the penultimate match of the season, a 2–1 home defeat at Southend United, ending a 28-year association with the club, broken only by a two-year spell as player-manager at Bradford City.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Watford 46 19 13 14 52 46 +6 70
8 Sheffield United 46 17 17 12 74 55 +19 68
9 Derby County 46 18 12 16 66 51 +15 66
10 Grimsby Town 46 17 14 15 62 56 +6 65
11 Stoke City 46 16 15 15 50 53 −3 63
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

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Derby County's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 1994 Barnsley A 1–2 8,737 Pembridge
20 August 1994 Luton Town H 0–0 13,060
27 August 1994 Millwall A 1–4 8,809 Sturridge
31 August 1994 Middlesbrough H 0–1 14,659
3 September 1994 Grimsby Town H 2–1 12,027 Charles, Pembridge
11 September 1994 Swindon Town A 1–1 9,054 Kitson
13 September 1994 Bristol City A 2–0 8,029 Kitson, Carsley
17 September 1994 Oldham Athletic H 2–1 13,746 Carsley, Short
25 September 1994 Stoke City H 3–0 11,782 Hodge, Gabbiadini, Charles
1 October 1994 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 12,015
8 October 1994 Watford H 1–1 13,413 Hodge
16 October 1994 Southend United A 0–1 12,317
23 October 1994 Notts County A 0–0 6,390
29 October 1994 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 12,588 Short, Johnson
2 November 1994 Reading H 1–2 10,585 Gabbiadini
6 November 1994 Portsmouth A 1–0 5,117 Gabbiadini
12 November 1994 Sheffield United A 1–2 15,001 Simpson (pen)
19 November 1994 Port Vale H 2–0 13,357 Johnson (2)
27 November 1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–0 22,768 Johnson, Stallard
3 December 1994 Notts County H 0–0 14,278
11 December 1994 Luton Town A 0–0 6,400
17 December 1994 Barnsley H 1–0 13,205 Johnson
26 December 1994 Tranmere Rovers A 1–3 11,581 Johnson
31 December 1994 Sunderland A 1–1 13,979 Johnson
2 January 1995 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 16,035 Trollope
14 January 1995 Charlton Athletic A 4–3 9,389 Short, Stallard, Gabbiadini (2)
22 January 1995 Portsmouth H 3–0 11,143 Simpson (3)
4 February 1995 Sheffield United H 2–3 15,882 Kavanagh, Williams
11 February 1995 Reading A 0–1 8,834
21 February 1995 Port Vale A 0–1 9,387
26 February 1995 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 11,003 Yates, Mills
4 March 1995 Stoke City A 0–0 13,462
7 March 1995 Grimsby Town A 1–0 5,310 Pembridge
11 March 1995 Millwall H 3–2 12,490 Trollope, Pembridge, Gabbiaidini
15 March 1995 Burnley H 4–0 13,922 Mills, Trollope, Gabbiadini, Simpson (pen)
18 March 1995 Middlesbrough A 4–2 18,168 Mills (2), Gabbiadini, Pembridge
22 March 1995 Swindon Town H 3–1 16,839 Simpson (pen), Pembridge, Mills
25 March 1995 Oldham Athletic A 0–1 7,696
1 April 1995 Bristol City H 3–1 14,555 Gabbiadini, Williams, Wrack
8 April 1995 Sunderland H 0–1 15,442
12 April 1995 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–3 16,040 Simpson (2), Gabbiadini
15 April 1995 Burnley A 1–3 11,534 Trollope
17 April 1995 Tranmere Rovers H 5–0 11,711 Pembridge (2), Mills, Gabbiadini, Williams
22 April 1995 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 15,265
29 April 1995 Southend United H 1–2 12,528 Mills
7 May 1995 Watford A 1–2 8,492 Pembridge

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 1995 Everton A 0–1 29,406

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 20 September 1994 Reading A 1–3 6,056 Gabbiadini
R2 Second Leg 28 September 1994 Reading H 2–0 (won on away goals) 9,476 Gabbiadini, Williams
R3 26 October 1994 Portsmouth A 1–0 8,568 Simpson
R4 30 November 1994 Swindon Town A 1–2 8,920 Stallard

Anglo-Italian Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Group B 24 August 1994 Ancona A 1–2 748 Pembridge
Group B 6 September 1994 A.C. Cesena H 6–1 2,010 Hodge (2), Kitson (4)
Group B 5 October 1994 Piacenza A 1–1 1,710 Williams
Group B 15 November 1994 Udinese H 3–1 1,562 Johnson, Stallard

Players

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First-team squad

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The following players all appeared for the first team this season.[2]

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 Steve Sutton
GK   ENG Russell Hoult
GK   ENG Martin Taylor
GK   ENG Andy Quy
DF   ENG Gary Charles
DF   ENG Craig Short
DF   ENG Paul Williams
DF   ENG Darren Wassall
DF   ENG Jason Kavanagh
DF   ENG Dean Yates
DF   ENG Michael Forsyth
DF   ENG Shane Nicholson
DF   ENG Chris Boden
DF   ENG Wayne Sutton
DF   ENG Will Davies
MF   ENG Paul Simpson
MF   USA John Harkes
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   WAL Mark Pembridge
MF   ENG Lee Carsley[notes 1]
MF   ENG Paul Trollope[notes 2]
MF   ENG Gordon Cowans
MF   ENG Steve Hodge (on loan from Leeds United)
MF   ENG Martin Kuhl
MF   ENG Steve Hayward
MF   ENG Darren Wrack
MF   ENG Ian Ashbee
MF   ENG Kevin Cooper
FW   ENG Marco Gabbiadini
FW   ENG Tommy Johnson
FW   ENG Lee Mills
FW   ENG Mark Stallard
FW   ENG Paul Kitson
FW   ENG Dean Sturridge

Reserve team

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The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ENG Andrew Tretton
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ENG Nick Wright

References

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  1. ^ "Derby County results for the 1994-1995 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ "All Derby County players: 1995.HTM".

Notes

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  1. ^ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Ireland in October 1997.
  2. ^ Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in May 1997.