1994–95 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1994-95 season
Chairman Alan Sugar
Manager Osvaldo Ardiles (until 1 November)
Steve Perryman (caretaker from 1-15 November)
Gerry Francis (from 15 November)
Stadium White Hart Lane
Premiership 7th
FA Cup Semi-finals
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Klinsmann (21)
All: Klinsmann (30)
Highest home attendance 33,040 vs Leeds United
(14 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 17,798 vs Watford
(4 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 27,259
← 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

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 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
Result W W L W L L L W D D L W L L D D W W D W D W W W L W D L D W D W D L W D W D D L L D
Position 5 2 7 3 9 9 12 10 10 12 13 11 13 15 14 14 11 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

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

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1994 Sheffield WednesdayA4-334,051Sheringham, Anderton, Barmby, Klinsmann
24 August 1994 EvertonH2-124,553Klinsmann (2)
27 August 1994 Manchester UnitedH0-124,502
30 August 1994 Ipswich TownA3-122,559Klinsmann (2), Dumitrescu
12 September 1994 SouthamptonH1-222,387Klinsmann
17 September 1994 Leicester CityA1-321,300Klinsmann
24 September 1994 Nottingham ForestH1-424,558Dumitrescu
1 October 1994 WimbledonA2-116,802Sheringham, Popescu
8 October 1994 Queens Park RangersH1-125,799Barmby
15 October 1994 Leeds UnitedA1-139,362Sheringham
22 October 1994 Manchester CityA2-525,473Dumitrescu (2, 1 pen)
29 October 1994 West Ham UnitedH3-126,271Klinsmann, Sheringham, Barmby
5 November 1994 Blackburn RoversA0-226,933
19 November 1994 Aston VillaH3-426,889Sheringham, Klinsmann, Bosnich (own goal)
23 November 1994 ChelseaH0-027,037
26 November 1994 LiverpoolA1-135,007Ruddock (own goal)
3 December 1994 Newcastle UnitedH4-228,002Sheringham (3), Popescu
10 December 1994 Sheffield WednesdayH3-125,912Barmby, Klinsmann, Calderwood
17 December 1994 EvertonA0-032,813
26 December 1994 Norwich CityA2-021,814Barmby, Sheringham
27 December 1994 Crystal PalaceH0-027,730
31 December 1994 Coventry CityA4-025,659Darby (own goal), Barmby, Anderton, Sheringham
2 January 1995 ArsenalH1-028,747Popescu
14 January 1995 West Ham UnitedA2-124,578Sheringham, Klinsmann
25 January 1995 Aston VillaA0-140,017
5 February 1995 Blackburn RoversH3-128,124Klinsmann, Anderton, Barmby
11 February 1995 ChelseaA1-130,812Sheringham
25 February 1995 WimbledonH1-227,258Klinsmann
4 March 1995 Nottingham ForestA2-228,711Sheringham, Calderwood
8 March 1995 Ipswich TownH3-024,930Klinsmann, Barmby, Youds (own goal)
15 March 1995 Manchester UnitedA0-043,802
18 March 1995 Leicester CityH1-030,851Klinsmann
22 March 1995 LiverpoolH0-031,988
2 April 1995 SouthamptonA3-415,105Sheringham (2), Klinsmann
11 April 1995 Manchester CityH2-127,410Howells, Klinsmann
14 April 1995 Crystal PalaceA1-118,068Klinsmann
17 April 1995 Norwich CityH1-032,304Sheringham
29 April 1995 ArsenalA1-138,377Klinsmann
3 May 1995 Newcastle UnitedA3-335,603Barmby, Klinsmann, Anderton
6 May 1995 Queens Park RangersA1-218,637Sheringham
9 May 1995 Coventry CityH1-324,930Anderton
14 May 1995 Leeds UnitedH1-133,040Sheringham

FA Cup

Main article: 1994-95 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 1995 AltrinchamH3-025,057Sheringham, Rosenthal, Nethercott
R429 January 1995 SunderlandA3-121,135Klinsmann (2, 1 pen), Sheringham, Melville (own goal)
R518 February 1995 SouthamptonH1-128,091Klinsmann
R5R1 March 1995 SouthamptonA6-2 (a.e.t.)15,172Rosenthal (3), Sheringham, Barmby, Anderton
QF11 March 1995 LiverpoolA2-139,582Sheringham, Klinsmann
SF9 April 1995 EvertonN1-438,226Klinsmann (pen)

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 21 September 1994 WatfordA6-313,659Anderton, Klinsmann (3), Sheringham, Dumitrescu
R2 2nd Leg 4 October 1994 WatfordH2-3 (won 8-6 on agg)17,798Barmby, Klinsmann
R326 October 1994 Notts CountyA0-313,952

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Norway GK Erik Thorstvedt
2 England DF Dean Austin
3 England DF Justin Edinburgh
4 Romania MF Gheorghe Popescu
5 Scotland DF Colin Calderwood
6 England DF Gary Mabbutt
7 England MF Nick Barmby
8 Romania FW Ilie Dumitrescu
9 England MF Darren Anderton
10 England FW Teddy Sheringham
11 Israel FW Ronny Rosenthal
12 England MF Jason Dozzell
13 England GK Ian Walker
14 England DF Stuart Nethercott
15 England MF David Howells
No. Position Player
17 Republic of Ireland MF Andy Turner
18 Germany FW Jürgen Klinsmann
19 England DF Kevin Scott
20 England MF Darren Caskey
21 England MF Danny Hill
22 England DF David Kerslake
23 England DF Sol Campbell
24 England FW Paul Mahorn
25 Scotland FW John Hendry
26 England DF Jason Cundy
27 Republic of Ireland DF Stephen Carr
28 Northern Ireland MF Gerry McMahon
30 England GK Chris Day
31 England FW 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. Position Player
16 England MF Micky Hazard (retired)
No. Position Player
29 Northern Ireland MF 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. Position Player
England DF Jamie Clapham
Republic of Ireland DF Owen Coll
England DF Leon Townley
Scotland MF Garry Brady
No. Position Player
England MF Stephen Clemence
England MF Kevin Watson
England FW Steve Slade

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
1 July 1994 DF Owen Coll Enfield Signed
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 £5,500,000
Transfers out: Increase £3,265,000
Total spending: Decrease £2,235,000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/1994-1995/results
  2. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/tottenha.htm
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