1994–95 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

1994–95 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall (until 5 December) Paul Goddard (caretaker from 5-28 December) George Burley (from 28 December)
Premiership	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Thomsen (5)
Highest home attendance	22,559 vs Tottenham Hotspur (30 Aug 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	7,787 vs Bolton Wanderers (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,818
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Ipswich Town conceded 93 Premiership goals and recorded just 7 wins all season as one of the worst seasons in their history saw them return to the second tier of the league after three seasons in the top flight.

Manager John Lyall reverted to manager after being Director of Football for the previous season but left in December with relegation already looking more than likely, and former player George Burley was soon back at the club as manager. But the transition did little to alter Ipswich's fortunes. Before then though, in arguably their biggest highlight of the season, the Tractor Boys stunned reigning champions Manchester United by beating them 3-2 at Portman Road in September (having even led by 2-0 at one stage) which would ultimately be one of the defeats that cost United the title by one point; it also meant that Ipswich had maintained an unbeaten home record against the giants during their first three years in the Premier League. However, in the return fixture, an unthinkable double wasn't to be and a 9–0 humiliation at the hands of United at Old Trafford in early March effectively crushed any remaining hopes of survival. On a brighter note though, another highlight included a surprise 1-0 win at Anfield against eventual-4th-placed Liverpool in mid-January.

With an ageing squad, Burley was given little option but to resort to his young reserves in hope of rebuilding his side ready to push for a Premiership comeback.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	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 (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City (R)	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town (R)	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	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27	5	3	13	24	34	−10	2	3	16	12	59	−47

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	18	16	8	12	16	20	14	15	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	18,882
23 August 1994	Wimbledon	A	1-1	5,853	Milton
27 August 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	12,456	Yates (own goal), Genchev
30 August 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-3	22,559	Kiwomya
10 September 1994	Aston Villa	A	0-2	22,241
19 September 1994	Norwich City	H	1-2	17,447	Wark (pen)
24 September 1994	Manchester United	H	3-2	22,539	Mason (2), Sedgley
1 October 1994	Southampton	A	1-3	13,246	Marshall
10 October 1994	Coventry City	A	0-2	9,526
16 October 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	13,073	Wark
23 October 1994	Chelsea	A	0-2	15,068
29 October 1994	Liverpool	H	1-3	22,513	Paz
1 November 1994	Leeds United	H	2-0	15,956	Sedgley, Williams
5 November 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	13,349
19 November 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3	17,329	Thomsen
26 November 1994	Newcastle United	A	1-1	34,459	Thomsen
3 December 1994	Manchester City	H	1-2	13,504	Mason
10 December 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1-4	21,340	Thomsen
16 December 1994	Wimbledon	H	2-2	11,367	Milton, Sedgley
26 December 1994	West Ham United	A	1-1	20,562	Thomsen
28 December 1994	Arsenal	H	0-2	22,054
31 December 1994	Everton	A	1-4	25,659	Sedgley
2 January 1995	Leicester City	H	4-1	15,803	Kiwomya (2), Tanner, Yallop
14 January 1995	Liverpool	A	1-0	32,733	Tanner
21 January 1995	Chelsea	H	2-2	17,296	Slater, Wark (pen)
28 January 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-4	21,325	Wark (pen)
4 February 1995	Crystal Palace	H	0-2	15,570
22 February 1995	Manchester City	A	0-2	21,430
25 February 1995	Southampton	H	2-1	16,076	Mathie, Chapman
28 February 1995	Newcastle United	H	0-2	18,639
4 March 1995	Manchester United	A	0-9	43,804
8 March 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	24,930
20 March 1995	Norwich City	A	0-3	17,510
1 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	0-1	15,710
5 April 1995	Leeds United	A	0-4	28,600
11 April 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	11,767
15 April 1995	Arsenal	A	1-4	36,818	Marshall
17 April 1995	West Ham United	H	1-1	19,099	Thomsen
29 April 1995	Leicester City	A	0-2	15,248
6 May 1995	Coventry City	H	2-0	12,893	Marshall, Pressley (own goal)
9 May 1995	Everton	H	0-1	14,951
14 May 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-4	30,213	Mathie

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Wrexham	A	1-2	8,500	Linighan

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-3	7,787
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1 (lost 0-4 on agg)	8,212

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2][3]

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 Craig Forrest 2 MF Mick Stockwell 3 DF Neil Thompson 4 MF Paul Mason 5 DF John Wark 6 DF David Linighan 7 MF Geraint Williams 8 MF Gavin Johnson 9 MF Boncho Genchev 10 FW Ian Marshall 11 FW Lee Chapman 12 MF Claus Thomsen 13 GK Clive Baker 14 MF Steve Sedgley 16 DF Chris Swailes 17 MF Simon Milton 18 MF Steve Palmer

No. Position Player 19 DF Frank Yallop 20 MF David Gregory 21 MF Stuart Slater 22 MF Lee Durrant 23 GK Phil Morgan 24 DF Mauricio Taricco 25 MF Adam Tanner 26 FW Adrián Paz 27 DF Leo Cotterell 28 DF Tony Vaughan 29 GK Richard Wright 30 FW Neil Gregory 31 MF Lee Norfolk 32 MF Andy Millen 33 FW Alex Mathie 34 DF Kevin Ellis 35 MF Graham Connell

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 11 FW Chris Kiwomya (to Arsenal) 15 DF Phil Whelan (to Middlesbrough)

No. Position Player 16 DF Eddie Youds (to Bradford City) 27 FW Gary Thompson (released)

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 - FW Richard Naylor - FW James Scowcroft

No. Position Player - DF Matt Weston - DF George Burley [4]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
15 June 1994	MF	Claus Thomsen	AGF Aarhus	£250,000
15 June 1994	MF	Steve Sedgley	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,000,000
9 September 1994	DF	Mauricio Taricco	Argentinos Juniors	£175,000
19 January 1995	FW	Lee Chapman	West Ham United	£70,000
24 February 1995	FW	Alex Mathie	Newcastle United	£500,000
23 March 1995	DF	Chris Swailes	Doncaster Rovers	£225,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
13 January 1995	FW	Chris Kiwomya	Arsenal	£1,500,000
3 March 1995	DF	Phil Whelan	Middlesbrough	£300,000
17 March 1995	DF	Eddie Youds	Bradford City	£175,000

Transfers in: £2,220,000

Transfers out: £1,975,000

Total spending: £245,000

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/1994-1995/results
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/ipswich.htm
3. http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/1995
4. http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=matchReport&level=1&year=1995&month=5&day=15&sequence=0

External links

• 1994–95 Season Match Reports