1994–95 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1994–95 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Ron Atkinson (until 10 November) ; Jim Barron (caretaker 10-25 November) ; Brian Little (from 25 November)
Stadium	Villa Park
Premiership	18th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Saunders (15); All: Saunders (17)
Highest home attendance	40,154 vs Liverpool ; (6 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,433 vs Wigan Athletic ; (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	29,756

During the 1994–95 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Two seasons earlier, Aston Villa narrowly missed out on the league title. The season after that, they dipped to 10th place in the league but still had success as League Cup winners. But the decline continued into 1994–95 and Ron Atkinson paid with his job in November. Within days, former Villa favourite Brian Little was back at the club. Little managed to keep Villa clear of the drop.

Before the season was over, a new era was already in the making at Villa Park. A number of players now past their best were off-loaded to new clubs; these included Ray Houghton, Garry Parker, Kevin Richardson and Earl Barrett. The close season saw more players from the Atkinson era pass through the Villa Park exit door: Shaun Teale, Dalian Atkinson, Dean Saunders and John Fashanu. Little brought in younger players like Mark Draper, Ian Taylor, Savo Milosevic, Nii Lamptey, Carl Tiler, Gary Charles and Alan Wright to give some much-needed strength to a side of fading stars, as well as giving such much-needed hope to fans of a club which had been rescued from the threat of a rapid decline.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 the Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43	Relegation to the Football League First Division

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	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48	6	9	6	27	24	+3	5	6	10	24	32	−8

Source: Statto

Results by matchday

Match	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D
Position	7	12	13	9	8	8	9	12	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	19	18	14	12	14	11	9	9	11	11	10	15	13	11	16	16	17	18	15	18

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

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Everton	A	2–2	35,544	Fashanu 65', Saunders 74'
24 August 1994	Southampton	H	1–1	24,179	Saunders 32'
27 August 1994	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	23,305	Staunton 46'
29 August 1994	Coventry City	A	1–0	12,218	Yorke 3'
10 September 1994	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	22,241	Staunton 15', Saunders 85'
17 September 1994	West Ham United	A	0–1	18,326
24 September 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	22,694	Ehiogu 90'
1 October 1994	Newcastle United	H	0–2	29,960
8 October 1994	Liverpool	A	2–3	32,158	Staunton 37', Whittingham 90'
15 October 1994	Norwich City	H	1–1	22,468	Saunders 62'
22 October 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	29,217
29 October 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	16,073
6 November 1994	Manchester United	H	1–2	32,136	Atkinson 29'
9 November 1994	Wimbledon	A	3–4	6,221	Parker 19', Saunders 38', 50'
19 November 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–3	26,899	Atkinson 8', Fenton 21', 27', Saunders 90'
27 November 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	25,082	Atkinson 15'
3 December 1994	Leicester City	A	1–1	20,896	Whittingham 61'
10 December 1994	Everton	H	0–0	29,678
19 December 1994	Southampton	A	1–2	13,874	Houghton 80'
26 December 1994	Arsenal	A	0–0	34,452
28 December 1994	Chelsea	H	3–0	32,901	Sinclair 9' (own goal), Yorke 32', Taylor 82'
31 December 1994	Manchester City	A	2–2	22,513	Brightwell 55'(own goal), Saunders 59'
2 January 1995	Leeds United	H	0–0	35,038
14 January 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	26,578	Fashanu 7', Ehiogu 76'
21 January 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	24,598	Fashanu 32', Saunders 68'
25 January 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	40,017	Saunders 18'
4 February 1995	Manchester United	A	0–1	43,795
11 February 1995	Wimbledon	H	7–1	23,982	Reeves 12' (own goal), Johnson 22', 26', 38', Saunders 48', pen 66', Yorke 83'
18 February 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	24,063	Saunders 26', 44'
22 February 1995	Leicester City	H	4–4	30,825	Saunders 8', Staunton 37', Yorke 60', Johnson 65'
25 February 1995	Newcastle United	A	1–3	34,637	Townsend 40'
4 March 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1	40,114
6 March 1995	Coventry City	H	0–0	26,186
18 March 1995	West Ham United	H	0–2	28,682
1 April 1995	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	15,710	Swailes 90' (own goal)
4 April 1995	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,606
15 April 1995	Chelsea	A	0–1	17,015
17 April 1995	Arsenal	H	0–4	32,005
29 April 1995	Leeds United	A	0–1	32,955
3 May 1995	Manchester City	H	1–1	30,133	Ehiogu 9'
6 May 1995	Liverpool	H	2–0	40,154	Yorke 25', 36'
14 May 1995	Norwich City	A	1–1	19,374	Staunton 7'

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Barnsley	A	2–0	11,469	Yorke 48', Saunders 64'
R4	28 January 1995	Manchester City	A	0–1	21,177

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1994	Wigan Athletic	H	5–0	12,433	Yorke 4', Atkinson 26', 85', Saunders 70', Lamptey 73'
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Wigan Athletic	A	3–0 (won 8–0 on agg)	2,633	Lamptey 43', 85', Whittingham 60'
R3	26 October 1994	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	19,254	Townsend 30'
R4	30 November 1994	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	12,653	Atkinson 33'

UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	15 September 1994	Inter Milan	A	0–1	22,639
R1 2nd Leg	29 September 1994	Inter Milan	H	1–0 (won 4–3 on pens)	30,533	Houghton 41'
R2 1st Leg	18 October 1994	Trabzonspor	A	0–1	27,500
R2 2nd Leg	1 November 1994	Trabzonspor	H	2–1 (lost on away goals)	23,858	Atkinson 77', Ehiogu 90'

Players

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Nigel Spink
2	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
3	DF	IRL	Steve Staunton
4	DF	ENG	Shaun Teale
5	DF	IRL	Paul McGrath[notes 1]
8	FW	ENG	John Fashanu
9	FW	WAL	Dean Saunders
10	FW	ENG	Dalian Atkinson
11	MF	IRL	Andy Townsend[notes 2]
12	MF	GHA	Nii Lamptey
13	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ENG	Franz Carr
15	DF	ENG	Phil King
16	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu
17	MF	ENG	Ian Taylor
18	FW	TRI	Dwight Yorke
19	FW	ENG	Graham Fenton
20	DF	ENG	Bryan Small
21	MF	ENG	David Farrell
22	DF	ENG	Gary Charles
25	FW	ENG	Tommy Johnson
30	GK	ENG	Michael Oakes

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Earl Barrett (to Everton)
4	MF	ENG	Garry Parker (to Leicester City)
6	MF	ENG	Kevin Richardson (to Coventry City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	IRL	Ray Houghton[notes 3] (to Crystal Palace)
22	FW	ENG	Guy Whittingham (to Sheffield Wednesday)
24	DF	ENG	Chris Boden (to Derby County)

Reserve squad

The following players made most of their appearances this season for the reserves, and did not appear for the first-team, or only appeared for the first-team in friendlies.

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	Ian Brown
—	DF	ENG	Dennis Pearce
—	DF	ENG	Darren Evans
—	DF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca
—	DF	ENG	Daniel West
—	DF	SCO	Paul Browne
—	DF	IRL	John Murphy
—	DF	MAR	Nacer Abdellah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Berry
—	MF	ENG	Steve Cowe
—	MF	SCO	Scott Murray
—	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly
—	FW	ENG	Neil Davis
—	FW	SUR	Ronald Hoop (on trial)
—			Darrell Mooney

Youth squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, and did not appear for the first team, but may have appeared for the reserve team.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Stuart Brock
—	GK	ENG	Matthew George
—	GK	ENG	Adam Rachel
—	DF	ENG	Lee Collins
—	DF	ENG	Guy Hadland
—	DF	ENG	Reuben Hazell
—	DF	ENG	John Hickman
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Impey
—	DF	ENG	Tommy Jaszczun
—	DF	ENG	Aaron Lescott
—	DF	ENG	Jonathan Miley
—	DF	ENG	Andy Mitchell
—	DF	ENG	Ben Petty
—	DF	WAL	David Hughes
—	DF	IRL	John Murphy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Leslie Hines
—	MF	ENG	Lee Burchell
—	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
—	MF	ENG	Darren Middleton
—	MF	ENG	David Moore
—	MF	IRL	Alan Kirby
—	FW	ENG	Richard Burgess
—	FW	ENG	Darren Byfield[notes 4]
—	FW	ENG	Richard Walker
—	FW	IRL	Alan Lee
—		ENG	Marc Senior
—	FW	ENG	Chris Freestone

Trainees

The following players were signed to Aston Villa as trainees, and did not appear for the youth or reserve teams this season.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		ENG	Lee Aston


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Mark Peters

Schoolboys

The following players were signed to Aston Villa as associated schoolboys, and did not appear for the youth or reserve teams this season.

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	Michael Blackwood
—	DF	ENG	Dominic Reece
—	MF	ENG	Mark Appleby
—	FW	ENG	Mark Jones
—			Neil Barrett
—			Robert Deacon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—			James Halliday
—			Jonathan Jones
—			David Lonsdale
—			Nicholas Miles
—			Lewis Read
—			David Serrie

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1994	DF	Phil King	Sheffield Wednesday	£200,000
4 August 1994	FW	John Fashanu	Wimbledon	£1,350,000
21 December 1994	MF	Ian Taylor	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,000,000
6 January 1995	DF	Gary Charles	Derby County	£1,450,000
6 January 1995	FW	Tommy Johnson	Derby County	£1,450,000
10 February 1995	MF	Franz Carr	Leicester City	£250,000
10 March 1995	DF	Alan Wright	Blackburn Rovers	£1,000,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
6 June 1994	MF	Tony Daley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,250,000
11 July 1994	MF	Steve Froggatt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,000,000
14 July 1994	DF	Dariusz Kubicki	Sunderland	Transfer
19 July 1994	DF	Neil Cox	Middlesbrough	£1,000,000
21 December 1994	FW	Guy Whittingham	Sheffield Wednesday	£700,000
30 January 1995	DF	Earl Barrett	Everton	£1,700,000
10 February 1995	MF	Garry Parker	Leicester City	£300,000
16 February 1995	MF	Kevin Richardson	Coventry City	£300,000
23 March 1995	MF	Ray Houghton	Crystal Palace	£300,000
24 March 1995	DF	Chris Boden	Derby County	£150,000

Transfers in:

£6,700,000

Transfers out:

£6,700,000

Total spending: £0

Awards

January: Manager of the Month, Brian Little

Notes

McGrath was born in Ealing, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1985.
Townsend was born in Maidstone, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1989.
Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.
Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

References

"Aston Villa 1994-1995 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
"FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 1994/95".
"Aston Villa Player Database".

External links

Aston Villa official website
avfchistory.co.uk 1994–95 season

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[4] McGrath was born in Ealing, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1985.

[5] Townsend was born in Maidstone, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1989.

[6] Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.

[7] Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

[1] "Aston Villa 1994-1995 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[2] "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 1994/95".

[3] "Aston Villa Player Database".