1994–95 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

1994–95 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall (until 5 December) Paul Goddard (caretaker from 5-28 December) George Burley (from 28 December)
Premiership	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Thomsen (5)
Highest home attendance	22,559 vs Tottenham Hotspur (30 Aug 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	7,787 vs Bolton Wanderers (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,818

During the 1994–95 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Ipswich Town conceded 93 Premiership goals and recorded just 7 wins all season as one of the worst seasons in their history saw them return to the second tier of the league after three seasons in the top flight.

Manager John Lyall reverted to manager after being Director of Football for the previous season but left in December with relegation already looking more than likely, and former player George Burley was soon back at the club as manager. But the transition did little to alter Ipswich's fortunes. Before then though, in arguably their biggest highlight of the season, the Tractor Boys stunned reigning champions Manchester United by beating them 3-2 at Portman Road in September (having even led by 2-0 at one stage) which would ultimately be one of the defeats that cost United the title by one point; it also meant that Ipswich had maintained an unbeaten home record against the giants during their first three years in the Premier League. However, in the return fixture, an unthinkable double wasn't to be and a 9–0 humiliation at the hands of United at Old Trafford in early March effectively crushed any remaining hopes of survival. On a brighter note though, another highlight included a surprise 1-0 win at Anfield against eventual-4th-placed Liverpool in mid-January.

With an ageing squad, Burley was given little option but to resort to his young reserves in hope of rebuilding his side ready to push for a Premiership comeback.

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League

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	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27	5	3	13	24	34	−10	2	3	16	12	59	−47

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	18	16	8	12	16	20	14	15	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	18,882
23 August 1994	Wimbledon	A	1-1	5,853	Milton
27 August 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	12,456	Yates (own goal), Genchev
30 August 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-3	22,559	Kiwomya
10 September 1994	Aston Villa	A	0-2	22,241
19 September 1994	Norwich City	H	1-2	17,447	Wark (pen)
24 September 1994	Manchester United	H	3-2	22,539	Mason (2), Sedgley
1 October 1994	Southampton	A	1-3	13,246	Marshall
10 October 1994	Coventry City	A	0-2	9,526
16 October 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	13,073	Wark
23 October 1994	Chelsea	A	0-2	15,068
29 October 1994	Liverpool	H	1-3	22,513	Paz
1 November 1994	Leeds United	H	2-0	15,956	Sedgley, Williams
5 November 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	13,349
19 November 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3	17,329	Thomsen
26 November 1994	Newcastle United	A	1-1	34,459	Thomsen
3 December 1994	Manchester City	H	1-2	13,504	Mason
10 December 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1-4	21,340	Thomsen
16 December 1994	Wimbledon	H	2-2	11,367	Milton, Sedgley
26 December 1994	West Ham United	A	1-1	20,562	Thomsen
28 December 1994	Arsenal	H	0-2	22,054
31 December 1994	Everton	A	1-4	25,659	Sedgley
2 January 1995	Leicester City	H	4-1	15,803	Kiwomya (2), Tanner, Yallop
14 January 1995	Liverpool	A	1-0	32,733	Tanner
21 January 1995	Chelsea	H	2-2	17,296	Slater, Wark (pen)
28 January 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-4	21,325	Wark (pen)
4 February 1995	Crystal Palace	H	0-2	15,570
22 February 1995	Manchester City	A	0-2	21,430
25 February 1995	Southampton	H	2-1	16,076	Mathie, Chapman
28 February 1995	Newcastle United	H	0-2	18,639
4 March 1995	Manchester United	A	0-9	43,804
8 March 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	24,930
20 March 1995	Norwich City	A	0-3	17,510
1 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	0-1	15,710
5 April 1995	Leeds United	A	0-4	28,600
11 April 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	11,767
15 April 1995	Arsenal	A	1-4	36,818	Marshall
17 April 1995	West Ham United	H	1-1	19,099	Thomsen
29 April 1995	Leicester City	A	0-2	15,248
6 May 1995	Coventry City	H	2-0	12,893	Marshall, Pressley (own goal)
9 May 1995	Everton	H	0-1	14,951
14 May 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-4	30,213	Mathie

FA Cup

Main article: 1994-95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Wrexham	A	1-2	8,500	Linighan

League Cup

Main article: 1994-95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-3	7,787
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1 (lost 0-4 on agg)	8,212

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CAN	Craig Forrest
2	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell
3	DF	ENG	Neil Thompson
4	MF	ENG	Paul Mason
5	DF	SCO	John Wark
6	DF	ENG	David Linighan
7	MF	WAL	Geraint Williams
8	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson
9	MF	BUL	Boncho Genchev
10	FW	ENG	Ian Marshall
11	FW	ENG	Lee Chapman
12	MF	DEN	Claus Thomsen
13	GK	ENG	Clive Baker
14	MF	ENG	Steve Sedgley
16	DF	ENG	Chris Swailes
17	MF	ENG	Simon Milton
18	MF	ENG	Steve Palmer

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	CAN	Frank Yallop
20	MF	ENG	David Gregory
21	MF	ENG	Stuart Slater
22	MF	ENG	Lee Durrant
23	GK	ENG	Phil Morgan
24	DF	ARG	Mauricio Taricco
25	MF	ENG	Adam Tanner
26	FW	URU	Adrián Paz
27	DF	ENG	Leo Cotterell
28	DF	ENG	Tony Vaughan
29	GK	ENG	Richard Wright
30	FW	ENG	Neil Gregory
31	MF	NZL	Lee Norfolk
32	MF	SCO	Andy Millen
33	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie
34	DF	ENG	Kevin Ellis
35	MF	SCO	Graham Connell

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya (to Arsenal)
15	DF	ENG	Phil Whelan (to Middlesbrough)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Eddie Youds (to Bradford City)
27	FW	ENG	Gary Thompson (released)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	ENG	Richard Naylor
-	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	ENG	Matt Weston
-	DF	SCO	George Burley

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
15 June 1994	MF	Claus Thomsen	AGF Aarhus	£250,000
15 June 1994	MF	Steve Sedgley	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,000,000
9 September 1994	DF	Mauricio Taricco	Argentinos Juniors	£175,000
19 January 1995	FW	Lee Chapman	West Ham United	£70,000
24 February 1995	FW	Alex Mathie	Newcastle United	£500,000
23 March 1995	DF	Chris Swailes	Doncaster Rovers	£225,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
13 January 1995	FW	Chris Kiwomya	Arsenal	£1,500,000
3 March 1995	DF	Phil Whelan	Middlesbrough	£300,000
17 March 1995	DF	Eddie Youds	Bradford City	£175,000

Transfers in: £2,220,000

Transfers out: £1,975,000

Total spending: £245,000

External links

• 1994–95 Season Match Reports