1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season

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Norwich City
1994–95 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerJohn Deehan (until 9 April)
Gary Megson (from 9 April)
StadiumCarrow Road
Premiership20th (relegated)
FA CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerWard (8)
Highest home attendance21,843 vs Liverpool
(29 Apr 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance8,053 vs Swansea City
(21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance18,625

During the 1994–95 English football season, Norwich City competed in the Premier League.

Season summary[edit]

Despite losing striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers before the start of the season in England's first £5 million transfer, Norwich made a strong start to the season and seemed capable of reproducing their impressive form of the two previous seasons. By Christmas, they stood seventh in the table and looked good bets for a UEFA Cup place.

But then it all went wrong, after an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Bryan Gunn. Their final good result of the season was a 2-1 victory over title challengers Newcastle United on New Year's Eve and after that, the Canaries went into a sudden freefall, won only one of their final 20 league games (a 3-0 home win over Ipswich Town in the East Anglian derby which still kept them in 11th) and plunged into 20th place and relegation after a seven-match losing streak followed by a draw - ending their nine-year tenure in the top flight just two years after they had narrowly missed out on the league title.

Just weeks before the end of the season, manager John Deehan handed in his resignation and vacated the manager's seat to make way for 36-year-old player-coach Gary Megson. Megson in turn quit after failing save Norwich from the drop. The man selected by chairman Robert Chase to revert Norwich's declining fortunes was Martin O'Neill, who had just taken Wycombe Wanderers to the brink of the Division Two play-offs in only their second season in the Football League.

Final league table[edit]

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
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
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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 10 13 19 37 54  −17 43 8 8 5 27 21  +6 2 5 14 10 33  −23

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAAHAAAHAHAH
ResultLDWDDWLWWDWLDDLWLWWLLWLLDLDLDDDDLWLLLLLLLD
Position1917101111101198668778999777789101010121413151415111414141620202020
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

Norwich City's score comes first[1]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League[edit]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 August 1994 Chelsea A 0-2 23,098
24 August 1994 Crystal Palace H 0-0 19,015
27 August 1994 West Ham United H 1-0 19,110 Robins
31 August 1994 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-0 25,072
10 September 1994 Arsenal H 0-0 17,768
19 September 1994 Ipswich Town A 2-1 17,447 Newman, Bradshaw
24 September 1994 Manchester City A 0-2 21,031
1 October 1994 Blackburn Rovers H 2-1 18,145 Bowen, Newsome
8 October 1994 Leeds United H 2-1 17,390 Robins, Adams
15 October 1994 Aston Villa A 1-1 22,468 Milligan
22 October 1994 Queens Park Rangers H 4-2 19,431 Robins, Bowen, Sheron, White (own goal)
30 October 1994 Wimbledon A 0-1 8,242
2 November 1994 Southampton A 1-1 12,976 Robins
5 November 1994 Everton H 0-0 18,377
19 November 1994 Coventry City A 0-1 11,885
26 November 1994 Leicester City H 2-1 20,657 Newsome, Sutch
3 December 1994 Manchester United A 0-1 43,789
10 December 1994 Chelsea H 3-0 18,246 Ward (2), Cureton
17 December 1994 Crystal Palace A 1-0 12,252 Ward
26 December 1994 Tottenham Hotspur H 0-2 21,814
27 December 1994 Nottingham Forest A 0-1 21,010
31 December 1994 Newcastle United H 2-1 21,172 Adams, Ward
2 January 1995 Liverpool A 0-4 34,709
14 January 1995 Wimbledon H 1-2 18,261 Goss
25 January 1995 Coventry City H 2-2 14,024 Adams, Ward
4 February 1995 Everton A 1-2 23,293 Milligan
11 February 1995 Southampton H 2-2 18,361 Newsome, Ward
22 February 1995 Manchester United H 0-2 21,824
25 February 1995 Blackburn Rovers A 0-0 25,579
4 March 1995 Manchester City H 1-1 16,266 Cureton
8 March 1995 Sheffield Wednesday H 0-0 13,530
11 March 1995 West Ham United A 2-2 21,464 Eadie, Ullathorne
15 March 1995 Queens Park Rangers A 0-2 10,519
20 March 1995 Ipswich Town H 3-0 17,510 Cureton, Ward, Eadie
1 April 1995 Arsenal A 1-5 36,942 Cureton
5 April 1995 Leicester City A 0-1 15,992
8 April 1995 Newcastle United A 0-3 35,518
12 April 1995 Nottingham Forest H 0-1 19,005
17 April 1995 Tottenham Hotspur A 0-1 32,304
29 April 1995 Liverpool H 1-2 21,843 Ullathorne
6 May 1995 Leeds United A 1-2 31,982 Ward
14 May 1995 Aston Villa H 1-1 19,374 Goss

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 1995 Grimsby Town A 1-0 11,198 Crook
R4 28 January 1995 Coventry City A 0-0 15,101
R4R 8 February 1995 Coventry City H 3-1 (a.e.t.) 14,673 Sheron (2), Eadie
R5 18 February 1995 Everton A 0-5 31,616

League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 21 September 1994 Swansea City H 3-0 8,053 Sheron, Bradshaw (pen), Adams
R2 2nd Leg 4 October 1994 Swansea City A 0-1 (won 3-1 on agg) 3,568
R3 26 October 1994 Tranmere Rovers A 1-1 10,232 Polston
R3R 9 November 1994 Tranmere Rovers H 4-2 13,331 Polston, Prior, Newman, McGreal (own goal)
R4 30 November 1994 Notts County H 1-0 14,030 Eadie
R5 11 January 1995 Bolton Wanderers A 0-1 17,029

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Bryan Gunn
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Bowen (vice-captain)
3 DF England ENG Rob Newman
4 MF England ENG Ian Crook
5 DF England ENG Jon Newsome (captain)
6 MF England ENG Neil Adams
7 FW England ENG Ashley Ward
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mike Milligan[notes 1]
9 MF England ENG Gary Megson
10 DF England ENG John Polston
11 MF Wales WAL Jeremy Goss[notes 2]
12 DF England ENG Andy Brownrigg
13 GK England ENG Darren Crowfoot
14 DF England ENG Spencer Prior
15 DF England ENG Daryl Sutch
16 DF England ENG Carl Bradshaw
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF England ENG Robert Ullathorne
19 MF England ENG Andy Johnson[notes 3]
20 MF England ENG Darren Eadie
21 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith O'Neill
22 FW England ENG Mike Sheron
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Shaun Carey[notes 4]
24 GK England ENG Andy Marshall
25 FW England ENG Jamie Cureton
26 FW England ENG Ade Akinbiyi[notes 5]
27 MF England ENG Ali Gibb
28 FW England ENG Justin Harrington
29 DF England ENG Stacey Kreft
30 MF England ENG Jimmy Simpson
31 MF England ENG Marcus Oldburyn
32 DF Northern Ireland NIR Johnny Wright
33 DF England ENG Danny Mills

Left club during season[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Nigeria NGA Efan Ekoku[notes 6] (to Wimbledon)
12 FW England ENG Mark Robins (to Leicester City)
12 DF England ENG Ian Culverhouse (to Swindon Town)
13 GK Scotland SCO Scott Howie (to Motherwell)
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 GK England ENG Simon Tracey (on loan from Sheffield United)
34 GK England ENG Jon Hallworth (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
34 GK England ENG Andy Rhodes (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos Name From Fee
30 June 1994 DF Jon Newsome Leeds United £1,000,000
28 July 1994 DF Carl Bradshaw Sheffield United £500,000
26 August 1994 FW Mike Sheron Manchester City £1,000,000
8 December 1994 FW Ashley Ward Crewe Alexandra £500,000

Out[edit]

Date Pos Name To Fee
5 July 1994 MF David Smith Oxford United £100,000
13 July 1994 FW Chris Sutton Blackburn Rovers £5,000,000
19 July 1994 DF Colin Woodthorpe Aberdeen £400,000
13 October 1994 GK Scott Howie Motherwell £300,000
14 October 1994 FW Efan Ekoku Wimbledon £900,000
9 December 1994 DF Ian Culverhouse Swindon Town £250,000
16 January 1995 FW Mark Robins Leicester City £1,000,000
Transfers in: Decrease £3,000,000
Transfers out: Increase £7,950,000
Total spending: Increase £4,950,000

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Milligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in 1992.
  2. ^ Goss was born in Oekolia, Cyprus, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1991.
  3. ^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  4. ^ Carey was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Nigeria in November 1999.
  6. ^ Ekoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Norwich City 1994-1995 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Norwich City - 1994/95".
  3. ^ "All Norwich City players: 1995".
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