1994–95 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1994–95 season
Chairman	Ron Noades
Manager	Alan Smith
Stadium	Selhurst Park
FA Premier League	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Armstrong (8) All: Armstrong (19)
Average home league attendance	14,992
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Crystal Palace returned to the Premiership a year after leaving it, and, over the next few months, they would experience one of the most unusual seasons in their history. They were the division's lowest scoring team with just 34 goals, but reached the semi-finals of both cup competitions. They also finished fourth from bottom in the Premiership, which – due to the streamlining of the division to 20 clubs – cost them their top flight status, thus giving them the distinction of finishing in the last four of all competitions they'd entered that year. Manager Alan Smith was sacked just days afterwards, with Steve Coppell returning to the manager's seat two years after handing the reins over to his former assistant Smith.

The aftermath of Palace's relegation saw the sale of numerous players including Richard Shaw, John Salako, Chris Armstrong and Gareth Southgate. A barely recognisable Palace squad would kick off the Endsleigh League Division One campaign with one of the youngest-ever squads to be faced with a challenge for promotion to the Premiership.

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	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 (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 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

Updated to games played on 21 September 2012.
Source: Barclays 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

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Liverpool	H	1-6	18,084	Armstrong
24 August 1994	Norwich City	A	0-0	19,015
27 August 1994	Aston Villa	A	1-1	23,305	Southgate
30 August 1994	Leeds United	H	1-2	13,654	Gordon
10 September 1994	Manchester City	A	1-1	19,971	Dyer
17 September 1994	Wimbledon	H	0-0	12,100
24 September 1994	Chelsea	H	0-1	16,030
1 October 1994	Arsenal	A	2-1	34,136	Salako (2)
8 October 1994	West Ham United	A	0-1	16,959
15 October 1994	Newcastle United	H	0-1	17,760
22 October 1994	Everton	H	1-0	14,505	Preece
29 October 1994	Leicester City	A	1-0	20,022	Preece
2 November 1994	Coventry City	A	4-1	10,732	Preece (2), Newman, Salako
5 November 1994	Ipswich Town	H	3-0	13,349	Newman, Armstrong, Salako
19 November 1994	Manchester United	A	0-3	43,788
26 November 1994	Southampton	H	0-0	14,007
3 December 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	21,930
11 December 1994	Liverpool	A	0-0	30,972
17 December 1994	Norwich City	H	0-1	12,252
26 December 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	16,372
27 December 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	27,730
31 December 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	14,232
2 January 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	21,326
14 January 1995	Leicester City	H	2-0	12,707	Newman, Ndah
21 January 1995	Everton	A	1-3	23,733	Coleman
25 January 1995	Manchester United	H	1-1	18,224	Southgate
4 February 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	15,570	Dowie, Gordon (pen)
11 February 1995	Coventry City	H	0-2	11,871
25 February 1995	Arsenal	H	0-3	17,092
5 March 1995	Chelsea	A	0-0	14,130
14 March 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	10,422	Armstrong, Dowie
18 March 1995	Wimbledon	A	0-2	8,835
1 April 1995	Manchester City	H	2-1	13,312	Armstrong, Patterson
4 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	0-0	12,606
14 April 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	18,149	Armstrong
17 April 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	14,227	Dowie
20 April 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	28,005	Houghton
29 April 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	1-2	15,886	Dowie
3 May 1995	Southampton	A	1-3	15,151	Southgate
6 May 1995	West Ham United	H	1-0	14,227	Armstrong
9 May 1995	Leeds United	A	1-3	30,942	Armstrong
14 May 1995	Newcastle United	A	2-3	35,626	Houghton, Armstrong

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1995	Lincoln City	H	5-1	6,541	Coleman, Armstrong, Gordon (pen), Salako (2)
R4	28 January 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	16,790	Armstrong, Dowie
R5	18 February 1995	Watford	A	0-0	13,814
R5R	1 March 1995	Watford	H	1-0	10,321	Ndah
QF	11 March 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	14,604	Dowie
QFR	22 March 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4-1	27,548	Armstrong (2), Pitcher, Dowie
SF	9 April 1995	Manchester United	N	2-2	38,256	Dowie, Armstrong
SFR	12 April 1995	Manchester United	N	0-2	17,987

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	20 September 1994	Lincoln City	A	0-1	4,310
R2 Second Leg	4 October 1994	Lincoln City	H	3-0 (won 3-1 on agg)	6,870	Gordon, Armstrong, Dyer
R3	25 October 1994	Wimbledon	A	1-0	9,394	Armstrong
R4	30 November 1994	Aston Villa	H	4-1	12,653	Armstrong (2), Southgate (2)
R5	11 January 1995	Manchester City	H	4-0	16,668	Pitcher, Salako, Preece, Armstrong
SF First Leg	15 February 1995	Liverpool	A	0-1	25,480
SF Second Leg	8 March 1995	Liverpool	H	0-1 (lost 0-2 on agg)	18,224

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	GK	Nigel Martyn
2	DF	John Humphrey
3	DF	Dean Gordon
4	MF	Gareth Southgate (captain)
5	DF	Eric Young^[2]
6	DF	Chris Coleman
7	MF	Simon Rodger
8	FW	Iain Dowie^[3]
9	FW	Chris Armstrong
10	FW	Bruce Dyer
11	MF	John Salako
12	MF	Damian Matthew

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Richard Shaw
15	MF	Bobby Bowry
16	MF	Darren Pitcher
17	FW	Paul Williams
18	FW	Andy Preece
19	GK	Rhys Wilmot
20	MF	Ray Houghton^[4]
21	DF	Ian Cox
22	DF	Darren Patterson
23	MF	Ricky Newman
24	FW	George Ndah
26	MF	Brian Launders

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
8		MF	Ray Wilkins (to Queens Park Rangers)
20		DF	Andy Thorn (to Wimbledon)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Glen Little (on loan to Derry 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
25	GK	Jimmy Glass
	DF	Paul Sparrow
	DF	Jamie Vincent
	DF	Danny Boxall

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Glen Little
		MF	Rob Quinn
		MF	Tony Scully

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1994-1995/results
↑ Young was born in Singapore.
↑ Dowie was born in Hatfield, England.
↑ Houghton was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

Crystal Palace Football Club

Club	Crystal Palace F.C. Original 1861 club Managers Players

Grounds	Crystal Palace Stadium Herne Hill Velodrome The Nest Selhurst Park Milton Keynes relocation proposals

Rivalries	M23 derby South London derby

Subsidiary teams	Crystal Palace Baltimore Crystal Palace LFC

Crystal Palace F.C. seasons

1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15

1994–95 in English football

« 1993–94

1995–96 »

FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Terry Venables

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Burnley Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Bury Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Walsall Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport Woking

List of transfers