1994–95 Manchester City F.C. season

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.

Manchester City
1994–95 season
ChairmanFrancis Lee
ManagerBrian Horton
StadiumMaine Road
Premier League17th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Rösler (15)
All: Rösler (22)
Highest home attendance28,915 vs Blackburn Rovers
(26 Dec 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance11,545 vs Barnet
(5 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance22,725 (12th highest in league)

Season summary

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Manchester City endured another torrid season which saw them struggle. 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.

City's average attendance was significantly lower this season due to the redevelopment of the Kippax Stand, which was not complete until October 1995.

Team kit

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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 arguably over-designed. 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Everton 42 11 17 14 44 51 −7 50 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
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 (R) 42 11 12 19 34 49 −15 45 Relegation to Football League First Division
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAAAHAHAAH
ResultLWWLDDWLDWWLDLWWWLLLLDDDLDLWDDLDWLLLWWDDLL
Position21105991071111879911876681011111111141314131514161612131616111213131317
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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Manchester City's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

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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 2–1 13,631 Quinn, Walsh
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

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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 1–3 33,219 Rösler

League Cup

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Tony Coton
2 DF   ENG Andy Hill
3 DF   IRL Terry Phelan
4 MF   GER Maurizio Gaudino (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
5 DF   ENG Keith Curle (captain)
6 DF   NED Michel Vonk
8 FW   ENG Paul Walsh
9 FW   IRL Niall Quinn
10 MF   ENG Garry Flitcroft
11 MF   ENG Peter Beagrie
12 DF   ENG Ian Brightwell
13 GK   WAL Martyn Margetson
14 FW   WAL Carl Griffiths
15 DF   IRL Alan Kernaghan
16 MF   ENG Nicky Summerbee
17 MF   ENG Mike Quigley
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ENG David Brightwell
19 MF   JAM Fitzroy Simpson
21 MF   NIR Steve Lomas
22 DF   ENG Richard Edghill
23 MF   SCO David Kerr
24 FW   ENG Adie Mike
25 GK   WAL Andy Dibble
27 DF   ENG Rae Ingram
28 FW   GER Uwe Rösler
29 DF   ENG John Foster
30 FW   ENG Steve Finney
31 MF   ENG Paul Lake
32 GK   ENG Simon Tracey (on loan from Sheffield United)
33 GK   ENG John Burridge
34 MF   ENG Scott Thomas

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   ENG Steve McMahon (to Swindon Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW   ENG Mike Sheron (to Norwich City)

Reserve squad

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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 Chris Beech
DF   ENG Lee Crooks
MF   ENG Michael Brown
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   NIR Jim Whitley
FW   IRL Ray Kelly

Transfers

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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
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

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Starting 11

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Considering only Premier League starts[2]
No.
Pos.
Nat.
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

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  1. ^ "Manchester City 1994-1995 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  2. ^ "All Manchester City players: 1995".