1994–95 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
1994-95 season | |
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Chairman | Alan Sugar |
Manager | Osvaldo Ardiles (until 1 November) Gerry Francis (from 15 November) |
Stadium | White Hart Lane |
FA Premier League | 7th |
FA Cup | Semi-finals |
League Cup | Third round |
Top goalscorer | League: Klinsmann (20) All: Klinsmann (30) |
Average home league attendance | 27,259 |
During the 1994–95 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.
Season summary
Tottenham Hotspur began the season coming to terms with the heaviest punishment ever handed out to an English club. As punishment for financial irregularities committed under the club's previous owners during the 1980s, they were fined £600,000 and were docked 12 league points as well as being banned from the 1994-95 FA Cup. Manager Ossie Ardiles reacted defiantly by adopting an impressive new attacking formation, while chairman Alan Sugar challenged his club's sanctions in court. The fine was later increased to £1.5 million, but the points deduction and FA Cup ban were eventually revoked.
On the field, the new ultra-attacking style of football was not bringing as much success as Ardiles might have liked, and in November he paid for these shortcomings with his job, following a 3-0 defeat in the League Cup to Notts County. QPR manager Gerry Francis was named as his successor, and guided Spurs to seventh in the final table - their highest finish for five years. He also took them to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where their Wembley dream was crushed by Everton, who ran out 4-1 winners.
The close season saw 30-goal striker and FWA Player of the Year Jürgen Klinsmann return to his homeland in a £1.5million move to Bayern Munich, and in came Chris Armstrong from Crystal Palace as his replacement. At a club record fee of £4.5million, 24-year-old Armstrong was slammed as a "waste of money" by many supporters, who were sceptical of such a large sum of money being spent on a player who had scored just nine league goals (although his tally for 1994-95 reached 19 thanks to Palace's cup exploits), seen his old club relegated and failed a drugs test.
Gheorghe Popescu and Nick Barmby also moved on at the end of the season, leaving Francis to re-organise in midfield.
Final league table
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Results
Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first[1]
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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20 August 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 4-3 | 34,051 | Sheringham, Anderton, Barmby, Klinsmann |
24 August 1994 | Everton | H | 2-1 | 24,553 | Klinsmann (2) |
27 August 1994 | Manchester United | H | 0-1 | 24,502 | |
30 August 1994 | Ipswich Town | A | 3-1 | 22,559 | Klinsmann (2), Dumitrescu |
12 September 1994 | Southampton | H | 1-2 | 22,387 | Klinsmann |
17 September 1994 | Leicester City | A | 1-3 | 21,300 | Klinsmann |
24 September 1994 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1-4 | 24,558 | Dumitrescu |
1 October 1994 | Wimbledon | A | 2-1 | 16,802 | Sheringham, Popescu |
8 October 1994 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1-1 | 25,799 | Barmby |
15 October 1994 | Leeds United | H | 1-1 | 39,362 | Sheringham |
22 October 1994 | Manchester City | A | 2-5 | 25,473 | Dumitrescu (2, 1 pen) |
29 October 1994 | West Ham United | H | 3-1 | 26,271 | Klinsmann, Sheringham, Barmby |
5 November 1994 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0-2 | 26,933 | |
19 November 1994 | Aston Villa | H | 3-4 | 26,889 | Sheringham, Klinsmann, Bosnich (own goal) |
23 November 1994 | Chelsea | H | 0-0 | 27,037 | |
26 November 1994 | Liverpool | A | 1-1 | 35,007 | Ruddock (own goal) |
3 December 1994 | Newcastle United | H | 4-2 | 28,002 | Sheringham (3), Popescu |
10 December 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 3-1 | 25,912 | Barmby, Klinsmann, Calderwood |
17 December 1994 | Everton | A | 0-0 | 32,813 | |
26 December 1994 | Norwich City | A | 2-0 | 21,814 | Barmby, Sheringham |
27 December 1994 | Crystal Palace | H | 0-0 | 27,730 | |
31 December 1994 | Coventry City | A | 4-0 | 25,659 | Darby (own goal), Barmby, Anderton, Sheringham |
2 January 1995 | Arsenal | H | 1-0 | 28,747 | Popescu |
14 January 1995 | West Ham United | A | 2-1 | 24,578 | Sheringham, Klinsmann |
25 January 1995 | Aston Villa | A | 0-1 | 40,017 | |
5 February 1995 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 3-1 | 28,124 | Klinsmann, Anderton, Barmby |
11 February 1995 | Chelsea | A | 1-1 | 30,812 | Sheringham |
25 February 1995 | Wimbledon | H | 1-2 | 27,258 | Klinsmann |
4 March 1995 | Nottingham Forest | A | 2-2 | 28,711 | Sheringham, Calderwood |
8 March 1995 | Ipswich Town | H | 3-0 | 24,930 | Klinsmann, Barmby, Youds (own goal) |
15 March 1995 | Manchester United | A | 0-0 | 43,802 | |
18 March 1995 | Leicester City | H | 1-0 | 30,851 | Klinsmann |
22 March 1995 | Liverpool | H | 0-0 | 31,988 | |
2 April 1995 | Southampton | A | 3-4 | 15,105 | Sheringham (2), Klinsmann |
11 April 1995 | Manchester City | H | 2-1 | 27,410 | Howells, Klinsmann |
14 April 1995 | Crystal Palace | A | 1-1 | 18,068 | Klinsmann |
17 April 1995 | Norwich City | H | 1-0 | 32,304 | Sheringham |
29 April 1995 | Arsenal | A | 1-1 | 38,377 | Klinsmann |
3 May 1995 | Newcastle United | A | 3-3 | 35,603 | Barmby, Klinsmann, Anderton |
6 May 1995 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1-2 | 18,637 | Sheringham |
9 May 1995 | Coventry City | H | 1-3 | 24,930 | Anderton |
14 May 1995 | Leeds United | H | 1-1 | 33,040 | Sheringham |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 7 January 1995 | Altrincham | H | 3-0 | 25,057 | Sheringham, Rosenthal, Nethercott |
R4 | 29 January 1995 | Sunderland | A | 3-1 | 21,135 | Klinsmann (2, 1 pen), Sheringham, Melville (own goal) |
R5 | 18 February 1995 | Southampton | H | 1-1 | 28,091 | Klinsmann |
R5R | 1 March 1995 | Southampton | A | 6-2 (a.e.t.) | 15,172 | Rosenthal (3), Sheringham, Barmby, Anderton |
QF | 11 March 1995 | Liverpool | A | 2-1 | 39,582 | Sheringham, Klinsmann |
SF | 9 April 1995 | Everton | N | 1-4 | 38,226 | Klinsmann (pen) |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 First Leg | 21 September 1994 | Watford | A | 6-3 | 13,659 | Anderton, Klinsmann (3), Sheringham, Dumitrescu |
R2 Second Leg | 2 October 1994 | Watford | H | 2-3 (won 8-6 on agg) | 17,798 | Barmby, Klinsmann |
R3 | 26 October 1994 | Notts County | A | 0-3 | 13,952 |
Squad
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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