1994–95 Leicester City F.C. season

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Leicester City
1994–95 season
Chairman Martin George
Manager Brian Little (until 22 November)
Kevin MacDonald (caretaker 22 November - 14 December)
Mark McGhee (from 14 December)
Premiership 21st (relegated)
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Roberts (9)
All: Roberts (11)
Highest home attendance 21,393 vs Liverpool
(26 Dec 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 14,258 vs Brighton & HA
(5 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 19,532
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Leicester City finally made it back to the top flight after a seven-year exile and two successive Wembley playoff final defeats. Even with one of the country's most sought-after young managers in Brian Little, they were still tipped to go straight back down to the First Division. They would ultimately have a very shaky to indifferent start to the season, winning just two of their first 10 games, yet one of them being perhaps their finest performance of the season. On 16 October, they were 4-1 leaders against Southampton by 82 minutes; however, their leaky defense would be evident for the rest of the season (they eventually conceded 80 league goals and only kept four clean sheets all season) and within the final two minutes of that game, they conceded two goals to only narrowly win the game 4-3. By the time manager Brian Little moved to Aston Villa in November, the Foxes looked doomed, and Little's successor Mark McGhee was unable to prove the pundits wrong. Leicester were never out of the bottom two after November and were relegated with just 6 wins and only Ipswich Town below them. The sale of key player Mark Draper at least gave the club a cash windfall to reduce the financial impact of relegation.

Final league table

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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 6 11 25 45 80  −35 29 5 6 10 28 37  −9 1 5 15 17 43  −26

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 H A A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A A A H A A A H A H H A H H A H A H H A
Result L L L D L W D D L W L L L L W L D L D L D L L L W L D D L D L L L L L W L L L W D D
Position 18 21 22 20 21 20 18 19 20 18 18 19 21 21 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
21 August 1994 Newcastle United H 1-3 20,048 Joachim
23 August 1994 Blackburn Rovers A 0-3 21,050
27 August 1994 Nottingham Forest A 0-1 21,601
31 August 1994 Queens Park Rangers H 1-1 18,695 Gee
10 September 1994 Wimbledon A 1-2 7,683 Lowe
17 September 1994 Tottenham Hotspur H 3-1 21,300 Joachim (2), Lowe
24 September 1994 Everton A 1-1 28,003 Draper
3 October 1994 Coventry City H 2-2 19,372 Roberts (2)
8 October 1994 Chelsea A 0-4 18,397
15 October 1994 Southampton H 4-3 20,020 Blake (2), Roberts, Carr
24 October 1994 Leeds United A 1-2 28,547 Blake
29 October 1994 Crystal Palace H 0-1 20,022
5 November 1994 West Ham United A 0-1 18,780
20 November 1994 Manchester City H 0-1 19,006
23 November 1994 Arsenal H 2-1 20,774 Lowe, Seaman (own goal)
26 November 1994 Norwich City A 1-2 20,657 Draper
3 December 1994 Aston Villa H 1-1 20,896 Gee
10 December 1994 Newcastle United A 1-3 34,400 Oldfield
17 December 1994 Blackburn Rovers H 0-0 20,559
26 December 1994 Liverpool H 1-2 21,393 Roberts
28 December 1994 Manchester United A 1-1 43,789 Whitlow
31 December 1994 Sheffield Wednesday H 0-1 20,624
2 January 1995 Ipswich Town A 1-4 15,803 Roberts
14 January 1995 Crystal Palace A 0-2 12,707
25 January 1995 Manchester City A 1-0 21,007 Robins
4 February 1995 West Ham United H 1-2 20,375 Robins
11 February 1995 Arsenal A 1-1 31,373 Draper
22 February 1995 Aston Villa A 4-4 30,825 Robins, Roberts, Lowe (2)
25 February 1995 Coventry City A 2-4 20,633 Lowe, Roberts
4 March 1995 Everton H 2-2 20,447 Draper, Roberts
8 March 1995 Queens Park Rangers A 0-2 10,189
11 March 1995 Nottingham Forest H 2-4 20,423 Lowe, Draper
15 March 1995 Leeds United H 1-3 20,068 Roberts
18 March 1995 Tottenham Hotspur A 0-1 30,851
1 April 1995 Wimbledon H 3-4 15,489 Robins, Willis, Lawrence
5 April 1995 Norwich City H 1-0 15,992 Parker
8 April 1995 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-1 22,551
15 April 1995 Manchester United H 0-4 21,281
17 April 1995 Liverpool A 0-2 36,012
29 April 1995 Ipswich Town H 2-0 15,248 Whitlow, Lowe
6 May 1995 Chelsea H 1-1 18,140 Willis
14 May 1995 Southampton A 2-2 15,101 Parker, Robins

FA Cup

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Main article: 1994-95 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 1995 Enfield H 2-0 17,351 Oldfield, Roberts
R4 30 January 1995 Portsmouth A 1-0 14,928 Roberts
R5 18 February 1995 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0-1 28,544

League Cup

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Main article: 1994-95 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 21 September 1994 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0-1 11,041
R2 2nd Leg 5 October 1994 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0-2 (lost 0-3 on agg) 14,258

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Gavin Ward
2 England DF Simon Grayson
3 England DF Mike Whitlow
4 England DF Jimmy Willis
5 England DF Steve Walsh (captain)
6 England FW Mark Robins
7 England FW Julian Joachim
8 England MF Mark Blake
9 Wales FW Iwan Roberts
10 England MF Mark Draper
11 England FW Ian Ormondroyd
12 England DF Richard Smith
14 England DF Nicky Mohan
15 Republic of Ireland DF Brian Carey
18 England MF Garry Parker
No. Position Player
19 England DF Colin Hill
20 England MF David Oldfield
21 England MF Lee Philpott
22 Jamaica DF Jamie Lawrence
23 England FW Emile Heskey
24 England DF Neil Lewis
25 England FW David Lowe
26 England FW Phil Gee
27 England FW Lee Ellison
29 England MF Sam McMahon
30 England MF Ian Thompson
31 England DF Scott Eustace
32 England GK Russell Hoult
33 England GK Kevin Poole

Left the 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
22 England MF Gary Mills (to Notts County)
16 England MF Franz Carr (to Aston Villa)
6 England MF Steve Agnew (to Sunderland)
No. Position Player
17 England MF Steve Thompson (to Burnley)
34 Scotland DF Mike Galloway (on loan from Celtic)

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
7 July 1994 DF Nicky Mohan Middlesbrough £330,000
22 July 1994 MF Mark Draper Notts County £1,250,000
12 August 1994 FW Lee Ellison Darlington Free transfer
11 October 1994 MF Franz Carr Sheffield United £100,000
6 January 1995 DF Jamie Lawrence Doncaster Rovers £125,000
16 January 1995 FW Mark Robins Norwich City £1,000,000
10 February 1995 MF Garry Parker Aston Villa £300,000

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
25 July 1994 DF Tony James Hereford United Free transfer
12 August 1994 DF Colin Gibson Blackpool Free transfer
26 September 1994 MF Gary Mills Notts County £50,000
11 January 1995 MF Steve Agnew Sunderland £250,000
10 February 1995 MF Franz Carr Aston Villa £250,000
24 February 1995 MF Steve Thompson Burnley £200,000
Transfers in: Decrease £3,105,000
Transfers out: Increase £750,000
Total spending: Decrease £2,355,000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1994-1995/results
  2. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/leicester.htm
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