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Norwich City 1994–95 football season
During the 1994–95 English football season, Norwich City competed in the Premier League.
Season summary [ edit ]
Despite losing striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers before the start of the season in England's first £5 million transfer, Norwich made a strong start to the season and seemed capable of reproducing their impressive form of the two previous seasons. By Christmas , they stood seventh in the table and looked good bets for a UEFA Cup place.
But then it all went wrong, after an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Bryan Gunn . Their final good result of the season was a 2-1 victory over title challengers Newcastle United on New Year's Eve and after that, the Canaries went into a sudden freefall, won only one of their final 20 league games (a 3-0 home win over Ipswich Town in the East Anglian derby which still kept them in 11th) and plunged into 20th place and relegation after a seven-match losing streak followed by a draw - ending their nine-year tenure in the top flight just two years after they had narrowly missed out on the league title.
Just weeks before the end of the season, manager John Deehan handed in his resignation and vacated the manager's seat to make way for 36-year-old player-coach Gary Megson . Megson in turn quit after failing save Norwich from the drop. The man selected by chairman Robert Chase to revert Norwich's declining fortunes was Martin O'Neill , who had just taken Wycombe Wanderers to the brink of the Division Two play-offs in only their second season in the Football League .
Final league table [ edit ]
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
10
13
19
37
54
−17
43
8
8
5
27
21
+6
2
5
14
10
33
−23
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 H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H H A H H A A H A A A H A H A H Result L D W D D W L W W D W L D D L W L W W L L W L L D L D L D D D D L W L L L L L L L D Position 19 17 10 11 11 10 11 9 8 6 6 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 12 14 13 15 14 15 11 14 14 14 16 20 20 20 20
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Results [ edit ]
Norwich City's score comes first [1]
FA Premier League [ edit ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
20 August 1994
Chelsea
A
0-2
23,098
24 August 1994
Crystal Palace
H
0-0
19,015
27 August 1994
West Ham United
H
1-0
19,110
Robins
31 August 1994
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0-0
25,072
10 September 1994
Arsenal
H
0-0
17,768
19 September 1994
Ipswich Town
A
2-1
17,447
Newman , Bradshaw
24 September 1994
Manchester City
A
0-2
21,031
1 October 1994
Blackburn Rovers
H
2-1
18,145
Bowen , Newsome
8 October 1994
Leeds United
H
2-1
17,390
Robins , Adams
15 October 1994
Aston Villa
A
1-1
22,468
Milligan
22 October 1994
Queens Park Rangers
H
4-2
19,431
Robins , Bowen , Sheron , White (own goal)
30 October 1994
Wimbledon
A
0-1
8,242
2 November 1994
Southampton
A
1-1
12,976
Robins
5 November 1994
Everton
H
0-0
18,377
19 November 1994
Coventry City
A
0-1
11,885
26 November 1994
Leicester City
H
2-1
20,657
Newsome , Sutch
3 December 1994
Manchester United
A
0-1
43,789
10 December 1994
Chelsea
H
3-0
18,246
Ward (2), Cureton
17 December 1994
Crystal Palace
A
1-0
12,252
Ward
26 December 1994
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0-2
21,814
27 December 1994
Nottingham Forest
A
0-1
21,010
31 December 1994
Newcastle United
H
2-1
21,172
Adams , Ward
2 January 1995
Liverpool
A
0-4
34,709
14 January 1995
Wimbledon
H
1-2
18,261
Goss
25 January 1995
Coventry City
H
2-2
14,024
Adams , Ward
4 February 1995
Everton
A
1-2
23,293
Milligan
11 February 1995
Southampton
H
2-2
18,361
Newsome , Ward
22 February 1995
Manchester United
H
0-2
21,824
25 February 1995
Blackburn Rovers
A
0-0
25,579
4 March 1995
Manchester City
H
1-1
16,266
Cureton
8 March 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
H
0-0
13,530
11 March 1995
West Ham United
A
2-2
21,464
Eadie , Ullathorne
15 March 1995
Queens Park Rangers
A
0-2
10,519
20 March 1995
Ipswich Town
H
3-0
17,510
Cureton , Ward , Eadie
1 April 1995
Arsenal
A
1-5
36,942
Cureton
5 April 1995
Leicester City
A
0-1
15,992
8 April 1995
Newcastle United
A
0-3
35,518
12 April 1995
Nottingham Forest
H
0-1
19,005
17 April 1995
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0-1
32,304
29 April 1995
Liverpool
H
1-2
21,843
Ullathorne
6 May 1995
Leeds United
A
1-2
31,982
Ward
14 May 1995
Aston Villa
H
1-1
19,374
Goss
League Cup [ edit ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
21 September 1994
Swansea City
H
3-0
8,053
Sheron , Bradshaw (pen), Adams
R2 2nd Leg
4 October 1994
Swansea City
A
0-1 (won 3-1 on agg)
3,568
R3
26 October 1994
Tranmere Rovers
A
1-1
10,232
Polston
R3R
9 November 1994
Tranmere Rovers
H
4-2
13,331
Polston , Prior , Newman , McGreal (own goal)
R4
30 November 1994
Notts County
H
1-0
14,030
Eadie
R5
11 January 1995
Bolton Wanderers
A
0-1
17,029
Players [ edit ]
First-team squad [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ]
Transfers in: £3,000,000
Transfers out: £7,950,000
Total spending: £4,950,000
^ Milligan was born in Manchester , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 , U-23 , and B level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in 1992.
^ Goss was born in Oekolia, Cyprus , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1991.
^ Johnson was born in Bristol , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
^ Carey was born in Kettering , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Nigeria in November 1999.
^ Ekoku was born in Cheetham , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.
References [ edit ]
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