1994–95 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1994–95 season
Chairman Francis Lee
Manager Brian Horton
Stadium Maine Road
Premiership 17th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Fifth round
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

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

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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
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

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1994 ArsenalA0–338,368
24 August 1994 West Ham UnitedH3–019,150Walsh, Beagrie, Rösler
27 August 1994 EvertonH4–019,867Rösler (2), Walsh (2)
31 August 1994 ChelseaA0–321,740
10 September 1994 Crystal PalaceH1–119,971Walsh
17 September 1994 Sheffield WednesdayA1–126,585Walsh
24 September 1994 Norwich CityH2–021,031Quinn, Rösler
1 October 1994 Leeds UnitedA0–230,938
8 October 1994 Nottingham ForestH3–323,150Quinn (2), Lomas
15 October 1994 Queens Park RangersA0–013,631
22 October 1994 Tottenham HotspurH5–225,473Walsh (2), Quinn, Lomas, Flitcroft
29 October 1994 Coventry CityA0–115,802
5 November 1994 SouthamptonH3–321,589Walsh (2), Beagrie
10 November 1994 Manchester UnitedA0–543,738
20 November 1994 Leicester CityA1–019,006Quinn
26 November 1994 WimbledonH2–021,131Flitcroft, Rösler
3 December 1994 Ipswich TownA2–113,574Flitcroft, Rösler
12 December 1994 ArsenalH1–220,580Simpson
17 December 1994 West Ham UnitedA0–317,286
26 December 1994 Blackburn RoversH0–228,915
28 December 1994 LiverpoolA0–238,122
31 December 1994 Aston VillaH2–222,513Rösler (2)
2 January 1995 Newcastle UnitedA0–034,437
14 January 1995 Coventry CityH0–020,232
25 January 1995 Leicester CityH0–121,007
4 February 1995 SouthamptonA2–214,902Kernaghan, Flitcroft
11 February 1995 Manchester UnitedH0–326,368
22 February 1995 Ipswich TownH2–021,430Quinn, Rösler
25 February 1995 Leeds UnitedH0–022,892
4 March 1995 Norwich CityA1–116,266Simpson
8 March 1995 ChelseaH1–221,880Gaudino
15 March 1995 EvertonA1–128,485Gaudino
18 March 1995 Sheffield WednesdayH3–223,355Rösler (2), Walsh
21 March 1995 WimbledonA0–25,268
1 April 1995 Crystal PalaceA1–213,451Rösler
11 April 1995 Tottenham HotspurA1–227,410Rösler
14 April 1995 LiverpoolH2–127,055Summerbee, Gaudino
17 April 1995 Blackburn RoversA3–227,851Curle (pen), Rösler, Walsh
29 April 1995 Newcastle UnitedH0–027,389
3 May 1995 Aston VillaA1–130,133Rösler
6 May 1995 Nottingham ForestA0–128,882
14 May 1995 Queens Park RangersH2–327,850Quinn, Curle (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1995 Notts CountyA2–212,376Beagrie, D. Brightwell
R3R18 January 1995 Notts CountyH5–214,261Rösler (4), Gaudino
R428 January 1995 Aston VillaH1–021,177Walsh
R519 February 1995 Newcastle UnitedA1–233,219Rösler

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 20 September 1994 BarnetA0–13,120
R2 2nd Leg 5 October 1994 BarnetH4–111,545Quinn (2), Walsh, Summerbee
R325 October 1994 Queens Park RangersA4–311,701Summerbee, Curle (pen), Beagrie, Lomas
R430 November 1994 Newcastle UnitedH1–125,162Rösler
R4R21 December 1994 Newcastle UnitedA2–030,156Rösler, Walsh
R511 January 1995 Crystal PalaceA0–416,668

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 England GK Tony Coton
2 England DF Andy Hill
3 Republic of Ireland DF Terry Phelan
4 Germany MF Maurizio Gaudino (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
5 England DF Keith Curle (captain)
6 Netherlands DF Michel Vonk
8 England FW Paul Walsh
9 Republic of Ireland FW Niall Quinn
10 England MF Garry Flitcroft
11 England MF Peter Beagrie
12 England DF Ian Brightwell
13 Wales GK Martyn Margetson
14 Wales FW Carl Griffiths
15 Republic of Ireland DF Alan Kernaghan
16 England MF Nicky Summerbee
17 England MF Mike Quigley
No. Position Player
18 England DF David Brightwell
19 Jamaica MF Fitzroy Simpson
21 Northern Ireland MF Steve Lomas
22 England DF Richard Edghill
23 Scotland MF David Kerr
24 England FW Adie Mike
25 Wales GK Andy Dibble
27 England DF Rae Ingram
28 Germany FW Uwe Rösler
29 England DF John Foster
30 England FW Steve Finney
31 England MF Paul Lake
32 England GK Simon Tracey (on loan from Sheffield United)
33 England GK John Burridge
34 England 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 England MF Steve McMahon (to Swindon Town)
No. Position Player
26 England 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
England DF Chris Beech
England DF Lee Crooks
England MF Michael Brown
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland MF Jim Whitley
Republic of Ireland 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: Decrease £1,530,000
Transfers out: Increase £2,250,000
Total spending: Increase £720,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering only Premiership starts[2]
No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK England Tony Coton 21
12 RB England Ian Brightwell 29
5 CB England Keith Curle 31
6 CB Netherlands Michel Vonk 19
3 LB Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan 26
16 RM England Nicky Summerbee 39
10 CM England Garry Flitcroft 37
21 CM Northern Ireland Steve Lomas 19 Niall Quinn has 24 starts
11 LM England Peter Beagrie 33
8 CF England Paul Walsh 39
28 CF Germany Uwe Rösler 28

References

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