1994–95 Wimbledon F.C. season

During the 1994–95 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the FA Premier League, their ninth successive season in the top flight, and extended their stay at this level with a ninth-place finish.

Season summary

Wimbledon failed to build upon their club-best finish of sixth place which had been achieved the previous season, but a ninth-place finish was still an excellent showing for the only Premiership club without their own home, and also with the smallest resources and fan base at this level. Joe Kinnear's men maintained their reputation as one of the hardest Premiership sides to beat, and finished above many big-spending, well-supported clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday and Everton.

Wimbledon's need to sell their biggest assets was highlighted in the close season when they sold full-back Warren Barton to Newcastle United for £4 million - the most expensive defender signed by any British club. However, many of their other key assets - Dean Holdsworth, Robbie Earle and Hans Segers included - were retained for the new season to give Dons fans hope of another season giving the big boys a run for their money.

Early in the season, long-serving striker John Fashanu departed to Aston Villa for £1.35 million, only to retire at the end of the campaign. In Fashanu's place, Wimbledon bought Efan Ekoku from Norwich City; he was the club's leading goalscorer with nine league goals.

Kit

Wimbledon signed no kit manufacturing deal for the season's kit, instead producing them under their own brand. Birmingham-based electronics company Elonex became the kit sponsors.^[1]

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 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	15	11	16	48	65	−17	56	9	5	7	26	26	0	6	6	9	22	39	−17

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

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

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Coventry City	A	1-1	11,005	Castledine
23 August 1994	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	6,341	Holdsworth
27 August 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	7,453
31 August 1994	Manchester United	A	0-3	43,440
10 September 1994	Leicester City	H	2-1	7,683	Harford, Willis(og)
17 September 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	12,366
24 September 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	11,061	Reeves
1 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	16,802	Talboys
8 October 1994	Arsenal	H	1-3	10,842	Jones
17 October 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1-3	20,287	Gayle
22 October 1994	Liverpool	A	0-3	31,139
30 October 1994	Norwich City	H	1-0	8,242	Ekoku
5 November 1994	Leeds United	A	1-3	27,246	Ekoku
9 November 1994	Aston Villa	H	4-3	6,221	Barton (pen), Ardley, Jones, Leonhardsen
19 November 1994	Newcastle United	H	3-2	14,203	Clarke, Ekoku, Harford
26 November 1994	Manchester City	A	0-2	21,131
3 December 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-3	12,341
10 December 1994	Coventry City	H	2-0	7,349	Leonhardsen, Harford
16 December 1994	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	11,282	Holdsworth, Goodman
26 December 1994	Southampton	A	3-2	14,603	Holdsworth (2 1(pen)), Harford
28 December 1994	West Ham United	H	1-0	11,212	Fear
31 December 1994	Chelsea	A	1-1	16,009	Ekoku
2 January 1995	Everton	H	2-1	9,506	Harford (2)
14 January 1995	Norwich City	A	2-1	18,261	Reeves, Ekoku
25 January 1995	Newcastle United	A	1-2	34,374	Ekoku
4 February 1995	Leeds United	H	0-0	10,211
11 February 1995	Aston Villa	A	1-7	23,582	Barton
22 February 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	20,586	Ekoku
25 February 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-1	27,258	Ekoku (2)
4 March 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	9,176	Holdsworth
7 March 1995	Manchester United	H	0-1	18,224
11 March 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	20,395	Reeves
18 March 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	8,835	Jones, Gayle
21 March 1995	Manchester City	H	2-0	5,268	Thorn, Elkins
1 April 1995	Leicester City	A	4-3	15,489	Goodman (2), Leonhardsen (2)
10 April 1995	Chelsea	H	1-1	7,022	Goodman
13 April 1995	West Ham United	A	0-3	21,804
17 April 1995	Southampton	H	0-2	10,521
29 April 1995	Everton	A	0-0	31,567
2 May 1995	Liverpool	H	0-0	12,041
4 May 1995	Arsenal	A	0-0	32,822
13 May 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	2-2	15,341	Holdsworth (2 1(pen))

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Colchester United	H	1-0	6,903	Harford
R4	29 January 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-0	11,637	Leonhardsen, Earle
R5	19 February 1995	Liverpool	A	1-1	25,124	Clarke
R5R	28 February 1995	Liverpool	H	0-2	12,553

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1994	Torquay United	H	2-0	2,451	Gayle,
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Torquay United	A	1-0 (won 3-0 on agg)	4,244	Holdsworth
R3	25 October 1994	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	9,394

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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	Hans Segers
2	DF	Warren Barton
3	DF	Brian McAllister
4	MF	Vinnie Jones^[4]
5	DF	Dean Blackwell
6	DF	Scott Fitzgerald^[5]
7	FW	Andy Clarke
8	MF	Robbie Earle^[6]
9	FW	Efan Ekoku^[7]
10	FW	Dean Holdsworth
11	FW	Gary Blissett
12	DF	Gary Elkins
14	DF	Gerald Dobbs
15	DF	Alan Reeves
16	DF	Alan Kimble
17	DF	Roger Joseph
18	MF	Steve Talboys
19	MF	Stewart Castledine

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Marcus Gayle^[8]
21	DF	Chris Perry
22	MF	Aidan Newhouse
23	GK	Neil Sullivan^[9]
24	MF	Peter Fear
25	FW	Mick Harford
26	MF	Neal Ardley
27	DF	Justin Skinner
28	DF	Andy Thorn
29	FW	Grant Payne
30	MF	Mark Thomas
31	MF	Lenny Piper
32	MF	Gavin Fell
33	MF	Brendan Murphy
34	FW	Jason Euell^[10]
35	MF	Øyvind Leonhardsen
36	FW	Jon Goodman^[11]
37	DF	Kenny Cunningham

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
13		GK	Peter Shilton (to Bolton Wanderers)

No.		Position	Player
15		DF	John Scales (to Liverpool)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 August 1994	FW	Mick Harford	Coventry City	£50,000
6 September 1994	DF	Alan Reeves	Rochdale	£200,000
26 September 1994	MF	Brendan Murphy	Bradford City	Free transfer
5 October 1994	DF	Andy Thorn	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
14 October 1994	FW	Efan Ekoku	Norwich City	£900,000
8 November 1994	MF	Øyvind Leonhardsen	Rosenborg	£650,000
9 November 1994	FW	Jon Goodman	Millwall	£650,000
9 November 1994	DF	Kenny Cunningham	Millwall	£650,000
10 February 1995	GK	Peter Shilton	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
16 August 1994	MF	Paul Miller	Bristol Rovers	Signed
2 September 1994	DF	John Scales	Liverpool	£3,500,000
11 March 1995	GK	Peter Shilton	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer

Transfers in:

£3,100,000

Transfers out:

£3,500,000

Total spending:

£400,000

References

↑ "Wimbledon - Historical Football Kits". Historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1994-1995/results
↑ "Wimbledon - 1994/95". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
↑ Jones was born in Watford, England, but qualified to represent Wales through his maternal grandfather; he made his international debut for Wales in 1994.
↑ Fitzgerald was born in Westminster, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally; he made his debut for the "B" side during 1992.
↑ Earle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally. He made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997, having previously being called up for England once without playing.
↑ Ekoku was born in Manchester, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.
↑ Gayle was born in Hammersmith, London, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally; he made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
↑ Sullivan was born in Sutton, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his debut for Scotland in 1997.
↑ Euell was born in Lambeth, England, and would debut for the England U21 side in 1996, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2004.
↑ Goodman was born in Walthamstow, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his debut for Ireland in 1997.

Wimbledon Football Club

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Grounds	Wimbledon Common Plough Lane Selhurst Park National Hockey Stadium

Rivalries	South London derby

See also	AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

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