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1994–95 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
1994-95 season
ChairmanAlan Sugar
ManagerOsvaldo Ardiles (until 1 November)
Steve Perryman (caretaker from 1-15 November)
Gerry Francis (from 15 November)
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Premiership7th
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Klinsmann (21)
All: Klinsmann (30)
Highest home attendance33,040 vs Leeds United
(14 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance17,798 vs Watford
(4 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance27,259
← 1993-94
1995-96 →

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 arguably 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. (Swindon Town, who had won promotion under Ardiles to the top flight in the 1990 play-offs, were initially relegated to the Third Division for illegal payments to players, before being allowed to stay in the Second.)

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

Template:1994–95 FA Premier League table

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 16 14 12 66 58  +8 62 10 5 6 32 25  +7 6 9 6 34 33  +1

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHH
ResultWWLWLLLWDDLWLLDDWWDWDWWWLWDLDWDWDLWDWDDLLD
Position5273991210101213111315141411101088666666766777777777777
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
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 A 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
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
R2 1st Leg 21 September 1994 Watford A 6-3 13,659 Anderton, Klinsmann (3), Sheringham, Dumitrescu
R2 2nd Leg 4 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Norway NOR Erik Thorstvedt
2 DF England ENG Dean Austin
3 DF England ENG Justin Edinburgh
4 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Popescu
5 DF Scotland SCO Colin Calderwood
6 DF England ENG Gary Mabbutt
7 MF England ENG Nick Barmby
8 FW Romania ROU Ilie Dumitrescu
9 MF England ENG Darren Anderton
10 FW England ENG Teddy Sheringham
11 FW Israel ISR Ronny Rosenthal
12 MF England ENG Jason Dozzell
13 GK England ENG Ian Walker
14 DF England ENG Stuart Nethercott
15 MF England ENG David Howells
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Ireland EIR Andy Turner
18 FW Germany GER Jürgen Klinsmann
19 DF England ENG Kevin Scott
20 MF England ENG Darren Caskey
21 MF England ENG Danny Hill
22 DF England ENG David Kerslake
23 DF England ENG Sol Campbell
24 FW England ENG Paul Mahorn
25 FW Scotland SCO John Hendry
26 DF England ENG Jason Cundy
27 DF Ireland EIR Stephen Carr
28 MF Northern Ireland NIR Gerry McMahon
30 GK England ENG Chris Day
31 FW England ENG Robert Simpson

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
16 MF England ENG Micky Hazard (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steve Robinson (to Bournemouth)

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
DF England ENG Jamie Clapham
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Owen Coll
DF England ENG Leon Townley
MF Scotland SCO Garry Brady
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Stephen Clemence
MF England ENG Kevin Watson
FW England ENG Steve Slade

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
1 July 1994 DF Owen Coll Enfield Signed
3 August 1994 F Jürgen Klinsmann Monaco £2,000,000
3 August 1994 FW Ilie Dumitrescu Steaua București £2,600,000
12 August 1994 MF Gheorghe Popescu PSV Eindhoven £2,900,000

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
31 May 1994 MF Lee Hodges Barnet Free transfer
31 May 1994 MF Andy Gray CA Marbella Signed
15 June 1994 MF Steve Sedgley Ipswich Town £1,000,000
12 July 1994 GK Andy Quy Derby County Free transfer
13 July 1994 FW Glynn Hurst Barnsley Free transfer
13 July 1994 MF Neil Le Bihan Peterborough United Free transfer
25 July 1994 MF Jeff Minton Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer
2 August 1994 DF Ijah Anderson Southend United Free transfer
2 August 1994 MF Vinny Samways Everton £2,200,000
12 September 1994 FW Peter Beadle Watford Signed
11 October 1994 DF Neil Young Bournemouth Free transfer
20 October 1994 MF Steve Robinson Bournemouth Free transfer
21 March 1995 DF Guðni Bergsson Bolton Wanderers £65,000
Transfers in: Decrease £7,500,000
Transfers out: Increase £3,265,000
Total spending: Decrease £4,235,000

References