1994–95 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
1994–95 season
Chairman Jonathan Hayward
Manager Graham Taylor
First Division 4th
(lost in play-offs)
FA Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup 3rd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Steve Bull (16)
All: David Kelly (22)
Highest home attendance 28,544 (vs Leicester, 18 February 1995)
Lowest home attendance 7,285 (vs Atalanta,
15 November 1994)
Average home league attendance 24,792 (league only)

The 1994–95 season was the 96th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

This was the first full season since the completion of the redevelopment of their Molineux Stadium had been completed, and funding from owner Sir Jack Hayward were now fully focused on improving the team. Manager Graham Taylor spent close to £5 million during the season in an attempt to return the club to the top flight.

Despite suffering extensive injuries to many players, the team finished the season in fourth place – their highest position in the football pyramid since 1983–84 – and so qualified for the play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals they were defeated by the eventual promoted side Bolton Wanderers 2–3 on aggregate.

Results

Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Denmark and Sweden for several weeks of training and friendly matches. They then returned home to play two home games against Premiership opposition.

Football League First Division

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A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1994–95 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference. Only one team was automatically promoted due to the reduction in the number of Premiership teams from 22 to 20.

The provisional fixture list was released on 23 June 1994, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Middlesbrough 46 23 13 10 67 40 +27 82
2 Reading 46 23 10 13 58 44 +14 79
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 14 11 67 45 +22 77
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 21 13 12 77 61 +16 76
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 22 10 14 67 58 0+9 76
6 Barnsley 46 20 12 14 63 52 +11 72

Source: Statto.com

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
46 21 13 12 77 61  +16 76 15 5 3 39 18  +21 6 8 9 38 43  −5

Source: Statto.com

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 43 44 45 46
Result W D W L D W W W W W L W D D W L L W L L W L L W W D W L W L W W W L D W W D D D L W D D D D
Position 7 5 3 6 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 6 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Source: Statto.com

Play-offs

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FA Cup

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League Cup

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Anglo-Italian Cup

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Wolves played in Group A of the competition, in which the best English club in the group would advance to the semi-finals. However, they finished fourth in the group overall, and were only the second-best English side and so eliminated.

Players

Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos Name P G P G P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Playoffs Other Total Discipline
GK England Andy De Bont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Wales Paul Jones 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 0 0
GK England Mike Stowell 37 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 45 0 0 0
DF England Paul Blades 30(2) 0 3 0 2(1) 0 0 0 4 0 39(3) 0 0 0
DF Netherlands John de Wolf 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 0 0
DF Wales Brian Law 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 1
DF Northern Ireland Neil Masters 3(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 0 0
DF England Dean Richards 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 2 0 0
DF England Peter Shirtliff (c) 26(2) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 34(2) 0 0 0
DF England Darren Simkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Jamie Smith 24(1) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 30(1) 0 0 1
DF England Andy Thompson 30(1) 9 5 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 44(1) 9 0 0
DF England Mark Venus 35(4) 3 3(1) 0 3 0 2 1 4 1 47(5) 5 0 0
MF Scotland Tom Bennett 4(4) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7(5) 0 0 0
MF England Paul Birch 8(2) 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3(1) 0 15(3) 2 0 0
MF England Mark Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Paul Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Gordon Cowans 21 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 1 0 0
MF England Tony Daley 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland Robbie Dennison 21(1) 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 29(2) 5 0 0
MF England Neil Emblen 23(4) 7 3(2) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2(1) 0 29(8) 7 0 0
MF Scotland Darren Ferguson 22(2) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 29(2) 0 0 0
MF England Steve Froggatt 20 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 25 3 0 0
MF England Kevin Keen 1 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 3(1) 0 0 0
MF England Jimmy Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Chris Marsden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Mark Rankine 24(3) 0 4(1) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 2(2) 0 32(7) 0 0 0
MF England Geoff Thomas 13(1) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16(1) 1 0 0
MF England Mark Walters 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 0
MF England Jermaine Wright 0(6) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(7) 0 0 0
FW England Steve Bull 31 16 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 39 19 0 0
FW England Don Goodman 24 3 5(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31(1) 3 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland David Kelly 38(4) 15 6 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 50(4) 22 0 1
FW England Lee Mills 6(5) 1 2(1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10(6) 3 0 0
FW England Paul Stewart 5(3) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7(3) 2 0 0

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record[1]

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
6 June 1994 England Tony Daley Aston Villa £1.25 million
11 July 1994 England Steve Froggatt Aston Villa £1 million
14 July 1994 England Neil Emblen Millwall £600,000
5 December 1994 Netherlands John de Wolf Feyenoord £600,000
5 December 1994 England Don Goodman Sunderland £1.1 million
19 December 1994 England Gordon Cowans Derby County £20,000
23 December 1994 Wales Brian Law Queens Park Rangers £134,000
29 December 1994 England Jermaine Wright Millwall £60,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 July 1994 England Mark Turner Northampton Town Free
6 July 1994 England Darren Roberts Doncaster Rovers Free
August 1994 England Shaun Bradbury Hereford United Free
3 August 1994 England Derek Mountfield Carlisle United Free
10 August 1994 England Kevin Ashley Peterborough United Free
12 August 1994 England Cyrille Regis Wycombe Wanderers Free
15 August 1994 England Mark Burke Port Vale £75,000
18 August 1994 England Paul Cook Coventry City £600,000
19 October 1994 England Kevin Keen Stoke City £300,000
15 November 1994 England Chris Marsden Notts County £250,000
December 1994 England Darren Simkin Shrewsbury Town £36,000
2 March 1995 England Lee Mills Derby County £400,000

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
2 September 1994 England Paul Stewart Liverpool November 1994
9 September 1994 England Mark Walters Liverpool October 1994
25 March 1995 England Dean Richards Bradford City End of season

Management and coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Graham Taylor
Assistant Manager Bobby Downes
First Team Coach Steve Harrison
Youth Development Officer Rob Kelly
Youth Team Coach Chris Evans
Club Doctors Dr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio Barry Holmes

References

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