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
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
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
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.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
- Transfers in: £1,530,000
- Transfers out: £2,250,000
- Total spending: £720,000
Statistics
Starting 11
- Considering only Premiership starts[2]
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