Aston Villa 1994–95 football season
During the 1994–95 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League , League Cup , FA Cup and the UEFA Cup .
Season summary
Two seasons earlier, Aston Villa narrowly missed out on the league title. The season after that, they dipped to 10th place in the league but still had success as League Cup winners. But the decline continued into 1994–95 and Ron Atkinson paid for this with his job in November. Within days, former Villa favourite Brian Little was back at the club as Atkinson's successor, and managed to keep Villa clear of the drop.
Before the season was over, a new era was already in the making at Villa Park . A number of players now past their best were off-loaded to new clubs; these included Ray Houghton , Garry Parker , Kevin Richardson and Earl Barrett . The close season saw more players from the Atkinson era pass through the Villa Park exit door: Shaun Teale , Dalian Atkinson , Dean Saunders and John Fashanu . Little brought in younger players like Mark Draper , Ian Taylor , Savo Milosevic , Nii Lamptey , Carl Tiler , Gary Charles and Alan Wright to give some much-needed strength to a side of fading stars, as well as giving such much-needed hope to fans of a club which had been rescued from the threat of a rapid decline.
Final league table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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
11
15
16
51
56
−5
48
6
9
6
27
24
+3
5
6
10
24
32
−8
Results by matchday
Match 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 A H H A H A A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H H H A A A H A H H A Result D D D W W L L L L D L L L L W D D D L D W D D W W W L W W D L L D L W D L L L D W D Position 7 12 13 9 8 8 9 12 14 15 16 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 19 20 19 18 14 12 14 11 9 9 11 11 10 15 13 11 16 16 17 18 15 18
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Results
Aston Villa's score comes first [ 1]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
20 August 1994
Everton
A
2-2
35,544
Fashanu 65', Saunders 74'
24 August 1994
Southampton
H
1-1
24,179
Saunders 32'
27 August 1994
Crystal Palace
H
1-1
23,305
Staunton 46'
29 August 1994
Coventry City
A
1-0
12,218
Yorke 3'
10 September 1994
Ipswich Town
H
2-0
22,241
Staunton 15', Saunders 85'
17 September 1994
West Ham United
A
0-1
18,326
24 September 1994
Blackburn Rovers
A
1-3
22,694
Ehiogu 90'
1 October 1994
Newcastle United
H
0-2
29,960
8 October 1994
Liverpool
A
2-3
32,158
Staunton 37', Whittingham 90'
15 October 1994
Norwich City
H
1-1
22,468
Saunders 62'
22 October 1994
Nottingham Forest
H
0-2
29,217
29 October 1994
Queens Park Rangers
A
0-2
16,073
6 November 1994
Manchester United
H
1-2
32,136
Atkinson 29'
9 November 1994
Wimbledon
A
3-4
6,221
Parker 19', Saunders 38', 50'
19 November 1994
Tottenham Hotspur
A
4-3
26,899
Atkinson 8', Fenton 21', 27', Saunders 90'
27 November 1994
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1-1
25,082
Atkinson 15'
3 December 1994
Leicester City
A
1-1
20,896
Whittingham 61'
10 December 1994
Everton
H
0-0
29,678
19 December 1994
Southampton
A
1-2
13,874
Houghton 80'
26 December 1994
Arsenal
A
0-0
34,452
28 December 1994
Chelsea
H
3-0
32,901
Sinclair 9' (own goal), Yorke 32', Taylor 82'
31 December 1994
Manchester City
A
2-2
22,513
Brightwell 55'(own goal), Saunders 59'
2 January 1995
Leeds United
H
0-0
35,038
14 January 1995
Queens Park Rangers
H
2-1
26,578
Fashanu 7', Ehiogu 76'
21 January 1995
Nottingham Forest
A
2-1
24,598
Fashanu 32', Saunders 68'
25 January 1995
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1-0
40,017
Saunders 18'
4 February 1995
Manchester United
A
0-1
43,795
11 February 1995
Wimbledon
H
7-1
23,982
Reeves 12' (own goal), Johnson 22', 26', 38', Saunders 48', pen 66', Yorke 83'
18 February 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
A
2-1
24,063
Saunders 26', 44'
22 February 1995
Leicester City
H
4-4
30,825
Saunders 8', Staunton 37', Yorke 60', Johnson 65'
25 February 1995
Newcastle United
A
1-3
34,637
Townsend 40'
4 March 1995
Blackburn Rovers
H
0-1
40,114
6 March 1995
Coventry City
H
0-0
26,186
18 March 1995
West Ham United
H
0-2
28,682
1 April 1995
Ipswich Town
A
1-0
15,710
Swailes 90' (own goal)
4 April 1995
Crystal Palace
A
0-0
12,606
15 April 1995
Chelsea
A
0-1
17,015
17 April 1995
Arsenal
H
0-4
32,005
29 April 1995
Leeds United
A
0-1
32,955
3 May 1995
Manchester City
H
1-1
30,133
Ehiogu 9'
6 May 1995
Liverpool
H
2-0
40,154
Yorke 25', 36'
14 May 1995
Norwich City
A
1-1
19,374
Staunton 7'
FA Cup
League Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
21 September 1994
Wigan Athletic
H
5-0
12,433
Yorke 4', Atkinson 26', 85', Saunders 70', Lamptey 73'
R2 2nd Leg
5 October 1994
Wigan Athletic
A
3-0 (won 8-0 on agg)
2,633
Lamptey 43', 85', Whittingham 60'
R3
26 October 1994
Middlesbrough
H
1-0
19,254
Townsend 30'
R4
30 November 1994
Crystal Palace
A
1-4
12,653
Atkinson 33'
UEFA Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg
15 September 1994
Inter Milan
A
0-1
22,639
R1 2nd Leg
29 September 1994
Inter Milan
H
1-0 (won 4-3 on pens)
30,533
Houghton 41'
R2 1st Leg
18 October 1994
Trabzonspor
A
0-1
27,500
R2 2nd Leg
1 November 1994
Trabzonspor
H
2-1 (lost on away goals)
23,858
Atkinson 77', Ehiogu 90'
Players
First-team squad
Squad at end of season [ 2] [ 3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
The following players made most of their appearances this season for the reserves, and did not appear for the first-team, or only appeared for the first-team in friendlies.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Youth squad
The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, and did not appear for the first team, but may have appeared for the reserve team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Trainees
The following players were signed to Aston Villa as trainees, and did not appear for the youth or reserve teams this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Schoolboys
The following players were signed to Aston Villa as associated schoolboys, and did not appear for the youth or reserve teams this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
1 August 1994
DF
Phil King
Sheffield Wednesday
£200,000
4 August 1994
FW
John Fashanu
Wimbledon
£1,350,000
21 December 1994
MF
Ian Taylor
Sheffield Wednesday
£1,000,000
6 January 1995
DF
Gary Charles
Derby County
£1,450,000
6 January 1995
FW
Tommy Johnson
Derby County
£1,450,000
10 February 1995
MF
Franz Carr
Leicester City
£250,000
10 March 1995
DF
Alan Wright
Blackburn Rovers
£1,000,000
Out
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
6 June 1994
MF
Tony Daley
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£1,250,000
11 July 1994
MF
Steve Froggatt
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£1,000,000
14 July 1994
DF
Dariusz Kubicki
Sunderland
Transfer
19 July 1994
DF
Neil Cox
Middlesbrough
£1,000,000
21 December 1994
FW
Guy Whittingham
Sheffield Wednesday
£700,000
30 January 1995
DF
Earl Barrett
Everton
£1,700,000
10 February 1995
MF
Garry Parker
Leicester City
£300,000
16 February 1995
MF
Kevin Richardson
Coventry City
£300,000
23 March 1995
MF
Ray Houghton
Crystal Palace
£300,000
24 March 1995
DF
Chris Boden
Derby County
£150,000
Transfers in: £6,700,000
Transfers out: £6,700,000
Total spending: £0
Awards
January: Manager of the Month, Brian Little
Notes
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , Senior )
Spartan League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions