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
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Blackburn Rovers (C) 42 27 8 7 80 39 +41 89 1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 42 26 10 6 77 28 +49 88 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3 Nottingham Forest 42 22 11 9 72 43 +29 77
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
8 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 61 59 +2 60
9 Wimbledon 42 15 11 16 48 65 −17 56
10 Southampton 42 12 18 12 61 63 −2 54
11 Chelsea 42 13 15 14 50 55 −5 54
12 Arsenal 42 13 12 17 52 49 +3 51
13 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 49 57 −8 51
14 West Ham United 42 13 11 18 44 48 −4 50
15 Everton 42 11 17 14 44 51 −7 50 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
16 Coventry City 42 12 14 16 44 62 −18 50
17 Manchester City 42 12 13 17 53 64 −11 49
18 Aston Villa 42 11 15 16 51 56 −5 48
19 Crystal Palace (R) 42 11 12 19 34 49 −15 45 Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20 Norwich City (R) 42 10 13 19 37 54 −17 43
21 Leicester City (R) 42 6 11 25 45 80 −35 29
22 Ipswich Town (R) 42 7 6 29 36 93 −57 27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHHA
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
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1994 Nottingham ForestH0-118,882
23 August 1994 WimbledonA1-15,853Milton
27 August 1994 Queens Park RangersA2-112,456Yates (own goal), Genchev
30 August 1994 Tottenham HotspurH1-322,559Kiwomya
10 September 1994 Aston VillaA0-222,241
19 September 1994 Norwich CityH1-217,447Wark (pen)
24 September 1994 Manchester UnitedH3-222,539Mason (2), Sedgley
1 October 1994 SouthamptonA1-313,246Marshall
10 October 1994 Coventry CityA0-29,526
16 October 1994 Sheffield WednesdayH1-213,073Wark
23 October 1994 ChelseaA0-215,068
29 October 1994 LiverpoolH1-322,513Paz
1 November 1994 Leeds UnitedH2-015,956Sedgley, Williams
5 November 1994 Crystal PalaceA0-313,349
19 November 1994 Blackburn RoversH1-317,329Thomsen
26 November 1994 Newcastle UnitedA1-134,459Thomsen
3 December 1994 Manchester CityH1-213,504Mason
10 December 1994 Nottingham ForestA1-421,340Thomsen
16 December 1994 WimbledonH2-211,367Milton, Sedgley
26 December 1994 West Ham UnitedA1-120,562Thomsen
28 December 1994 ArsenalH0-222,054
31 December 1994 EvertonA1-425,659Sedgley
2 January 1995 Leicester CityH4-115,803Kiwomya (2), Tanner, Yallop
14 January 1995 LiverpoolA1-032,733Tanner
21 January 1995 ChelseaH2-217,296Slater, Wark (pen)
28 January 1995 Blackburn RoversA1-421,325Wark (pen)
4 February 1995 Crystal PalaceH0-215,570
22 February 1995 Manchester CityA0-221,430
25 February 1995 SouthamptonH2-116,076Mathie, Chapman
28 February 1995 Newcastle UnitedH0-218,639
4 March 1995 Manchester UnitedA0-943,804
8 March 1995 Tottenham HotspurA0-324,930
20 March 1995 Norwich CityA0-317,510
1 April 1995 Aston VillaH0-115,710
5 April 1995 Leeds UnitedA0-428,600
11 April 1995 Queens Park RangersH0-111,767
15 April 1995 ArsenalA1-436,818Marshall
17 April 1995 West Ham UnitedH1-119,099Thomsen
29 April 1995 Leicester CityA0-215,248
6 May 1995 Coventry CityH2-012,893Marshall, Pressley (own goal)
9 May 1995 EvertonH0-114,951
14 May 1995 Sheffield WednesdayA1-430,213Mathie

FA Cup

Main article: 1994-95 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 1995 WrexhamA1-28,500Linighan

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 21 September 1994 Bolton WanderersH0-37,787
R2 2nd Leg 5 October 1994 Bolton WanderersA0-1 (lost 0-4 on agg)8,212

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.

No. Position Player
1 Canada GK Craig Forrest
2 England MF Mick Stockwell
3 England DF Neil Thompson
4 England MF Paul Mason
5 Scotland DF John Wark
6 England DF David Linighan
7 Wales MF Geraint Williams
8 England MF Gavin Johnson
9 Bulgaria MF Boncho Genchev
10 England FW Ian Marshall
11 England FW Lee Chapman
12 Denmark MF Claus Thomsen
13 England GK Clive Baker
14 England MF Steve Sedgley
16 England DF Chris Swailes
17 England MF Simon Milton
18 England MF Steve Palmer
No. Position Player
19 Canada DF Frank Yallop
20 England MF David Gregory
21 England MF Stuart Slater
22 England MF Lee Durrant
23 England GK Phil Morgan
24 Argentina DF Mauricio Taricco
25 England MF Adam Tanner
26 Uruguay FW Adrián Paz
27 England DF Leo Cotterell
28 England DF Tony Vaughan
29 England GK Richard Wright
30 England FW Neil Gregory
31 New Zealand MF Lee Norfolk
32 Scotland MF Andy Millen
33 Scotland FW Alex Mathie
34 England DF Kevin Ellis
35 Scotland MF 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. Position Player
11 England FW Chris Kiwomya (to Arsenal)
15 England DF Phil Whelan (to Middlesbrough)
No. Position Player
16 England DF Eddie Youds (to Bradford City)
27 England FW 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. Position Player
- England FW Richard Naylor
- England FW James Scowcroft
No. Position Player
- England DF Matt Weston
- Scotland DF George Burley [4]

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: Decrease £2,220,000
Transfers out: Increase £1,975,000
Total spending: Decrease £245,000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/1994-1995/results
  2. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/ipswich.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/1995
  4. ↑ http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=matchReport&level=1&year=1995&month=5&day=15&sequence=0

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