1994–95 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
1994–95 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premiership	5th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Yeboah (12); All: Tony Yeboah (13)
Highest home attendance	39,426 vs Blackburn Rovers ; (15 Apr 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	7,844 vs Mansfield Town ; (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	30,959
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Leeds United were a solid but unremarkable side for much of the 1994–95 season, but the January signing of Ghanaian striker Tony Yeboah breathed new life into a dull-but-dependable side. Leeds ended up qualifying for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

Manager Howard Wilkinson knew that there were other parts of the Leeds set-up which needed reinforcements as well as the attack, and he used the 1995 close season to bring in experienced defenders Richard Jobson and Paul Beesley. Wilkinson was also given hope by the promise of numerous up-and-coming young players including Andy Gray, Harry Kewell and Noel Whelan. The close season also saw plans unveiled for upgrading an already-impressive Elland Road into a 65,000-seat "Wembley of the North", though it seemed very doubtful whether the ambitious plans would ever be realised.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Leeds United were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

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	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73	13	5	3	35	15	+20	7	8	6	24	23	+1

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	13	4	8	6	6	6	8	6	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5

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

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	West Ham United	A	0–0	18,810
23 August 1994	Arsenal	H	1–0	34,218	Whelan
27 August 1994	Chelsea	H	2–3	32,212	Masinga, Whelan
30 August 1994	Crystal Palace	A	2–1	15,212	White, Whelan
10 September 1994	Manchester United	H	2–1	39,396	Deane, Wetherall
17 September 1994	Coventry City	A	1–2	15,389	Speed
26 September 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	23,227	McAllister
1 October 1994	Manchester City	H	2–0	30,938	Whelan (2)
8 October 1994	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,390	Wallace
15 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	39,224	Deane
24 October 1994	Leicester City	H	2–1	28,547	McAllister, Whelan
29 October 1994	Southampton	A	3–1	15,202	Wallace (2), O.G
1 November 1994	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	15,956
5 November 1994	Wimbledon	H	3–1	27,284	Wetherall, White, Speed
19 November 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	17,416	Deane, O.G
26 November 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	38,191	Whelan
5 December 1994	Everton	A	0–3	25,897
10 December 1994	West Ham United	H	2–2	28,987	Deane, Worthington
17 December 1994	Arsenal	A	3–1	38,098	Masinga (2), Deane
26 December 1994	Newcastle United	H	0–0	39,337
31 December 1994	Liverpool	H	0–2	38,563
2 January 1995	Aston Villa	A	0–0	35,028
14 January 1995	Southampton	H	0–0	28,953
24 January 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–0	28,780	Masinga (2), White, Deane
1 February 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	28,561	McAllister
4 February 1995	Wimbledon	A	0–0	10,211
22 February 1995	Everton	H	1–0	30,793	Yeboah
25 February 1995	Manchester City	A	0–0	22,892
4 March 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	33,750
11 March 1995	Chelsea	A	3–0	20,174	Yeboah (2), McAllister
15 March 1995	Leicester City	A	3–1	20,068	Yeboah (2), Palmer
18 March 1995	Coventry City	H	3–1	29,179	Yeboah, Wallace, O.G
22 March 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	26,299
2 April 1995	Manchester United	A	0–0	43,712
5 April 1995	Ipswich Town	H	4–0	28,600	Yeboah (3), Speed
9 April 1995	Liverpool	A	1–0	37,454	Deane
15 April 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	39,426	Deane
17 April 1995	Newcastle United	A	2–1	35,262	McAllister, Yeboah
29 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	1–0	32,955	Palmer
6 May 1995	Norwich City	H	2–1	31,981	Palmer, McAllister
9 May 1995	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	30,963	Yeboah (2), Wetherall
14 May 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	33,040	Deane

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Walsall	A	1–1	8,619	Wetherall
R3R	17 January 1995	Walsall	H	5–2 aet	17,694	Deane, Wetherall, Masinga (3)
R4	28 January 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	3–2	25,010	White, Palmer, Masinga
R5	19 February 1995	Manchester United	A	1–3	42,744	Yeboah

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1994	Mansfield Town	H	0–1	7,844
R2 2nd Leg	4 October 1994	Mansfield Town	A	0–0 (lost 0–1 on agg)	7,227

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[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	ENG	John Lukic
2	DF	IRL	Gary Kelly
3	DF	ENG	Tony Dorigo
4	MF	ENG	Carlton Palmer
5	DF	ENG	Chris Fairclough
6	DF	ENG	David Wetherall
8	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace
9	FW	ENG	Brian Deane
10	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister (captain)
11	MF	WAL	Gary Speed
12	DF	ENG	John Pemberton
13	GK	ENG	Mark Beeney
14	MF	ENG	David White
15	DF	NIR	Nigel Worthington


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IRL	David O'Leary^[3]
17	MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler
18	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester
19	FW	ENG	Noel Whelan
20	DF	ENG	Kevin Sharp^[4]
21	FW	GHA	Tony Yeboah
22	MF	ENG	Mark Ford
23	MF	ENG	Andy Couzens
24	DF	ENG	Rob Bowman
25	FW	ENG	Matthew Smithard
26	FW	RSA	Phil Masinga
27	DF	RSA	Lucas Radebe
30	GK	ENG	Paul Pettinger

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
7	MF	SCO	Gordon Strachan (to Coventry City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	WAL	Ryan Nicholls (to Cardiff City)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

GK: #1, John Lukic, 42
RB: #22, Gary Kelly, 42
CB: #12, John Pemberton, 22
CB: #18, David Wetherall, 38
LB: #3, Tony Dorigo, 28
RM: #10, Gary McAllister, 41
CM: #4, Carlton Palmer, 39
CM: #11, Gary Speed, 39
LM: #15, Nigel Worthington, 25
CF: #8, Rod Wallace, 30
CF: #9, Brian Deane, 33

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	N	P	Player	From club	Transfer fee
30 Jun 1994	4	DF	Carlton Palmer	Sheffield Wednesday	£2,600,000
4 Jul 1994	15	DF	Nigel Worthington	Sheffield Wednesday	£325,000
3 Aug 1994	26	FW	Phil Masinga	Mamelodi Sundowns	£275,000
5 Sep 1994	27	DF	Lucas Radebe	Kaizer Chiefs	£250,000
1 Jan 1995	28	MF	Jason Blunt	Youth	—
5 Jan 1995	21	FW	Tony Yeboah	Eintracht Frankfurt	£3,400,000^†^[6]
1 Apr 1995	29	MF	Nathan Lowndes	Youth	—

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out

Date	N	P	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 Jun 1994	17	FW	Frank Strandli	SK Brann	£100,000
30 Jun 1994	16	DF	Jon Newsome	Norwich City	£1,000,000
11 Aug 1994	10	DF	Ray Wallace	Stoke City	Free
8 Oct 1994	21	DF	Mark Humphries	Bristol City	Free
28 Oct 1994	14	MF	Steve Hodge	QPR	£300,000
5 Jan 1995	21	MF	Ryan Nicholls	Cardiff City	Free
22 Mar 1995	7	MF	Gordon Strachan	Coventry City	Free

Total spending: £5,450,000

Loaned in

Start date	End date	N	P	Player	From club

Loaned out

Start date	End date	N	P	Player	To club
1 Aug 1994	1 Oct 1994	14	MF	Steve Hodge	Derby
1 Sep 1994	1 Mar 1995	18	FW	Jamie Forrester	Southend United
23 Dec 1994	1 Jun 1995	30	GK	Paul Pettinger	Torquay United
10 Mar 1995	1 Jun 1995	18	FW	Jamie Forrester	Grimsby

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/leeds.htm
^ O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
^ Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1995
^ Leeds United Twenty years on is this Yeboah goal now regarded as United’s best?, The Yorkshire Post

[table_note_res_UC10.39745003795133-1] Leeds United were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/leeds.htm

[4] O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.

[5] Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.

[6] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1995

[7] Leeds United Twenty years on is this Yeboah goal now regarded as United’s best?, The Yorkshire Post

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