1994–95 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season explained

Club:Tottenham Hotspur
Season:1994–95
Manager:Osvaldo Ardiles (until 1 November)
Steve Perryman (caretaker from 1–15 November)
Gerry Francis (from 15 November)
Chairman:Alan Sugar
Stadium:White Hart Lane
League:Premiership
League Result:7th
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Semi-finals
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:Third round
League Topscorer:
Jürgen Klinsmann (20)
Season Topscorer:
Jürgen Klinsmann (29)
Highest Attendance:33,040 vs Leeds United
(14 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest Attendance:17,798 vs Watford
(4 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average Attendance:27,259
Prevseason:1993–94
Nextseason: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 they were beaten 4–1 by Everton.

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

See main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League.

Results summary
Results by matchday

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first[1]

Legend

WinDrawLoss

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

See main article: 1994–95 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
R37 January 1995 AltrinchamH3–025,057Sheringham, Rosenthal, Nethercott
R429 January 1995 SunderlandA4–121,135Klinsmann (2, 1 pen), Sheringham, Melville (own goal)
R518 February 1995 SouthamptonH1–128,091Klinsmann
R5R1 March 1995 SouthamptonA6–2 15,172Rosenthal (3), Sheringham, Barmby, Anderton
QF11 March 1995 LiverpoolA2–139,582Sheringham, Klinsmann
SF9 April 1995 EvertonN1–438,226Klinsmann (pen)

League Cup

See main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
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]

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

DatePosNameFromFee
1 July 1994DF Owen Coll EnfieldSigned
3 August 1994FW Jürgen Klinsmann Monaco£2,000,000
3 August 1994FW Ilie Dumitrescu Steaua București£2,600,000
12 August 1994MF Gheorghe Popescu PSV Eindhoven£2,900,000

Out

DatePosNameToFee
31 May 1994MF Lee Hodges BarnetFree transfer
31 May 1994MF Andy Gray CA MarbellaSigned
15 June 1994MF Steve Sedgley Ipswich Town£1,000,000
12 July 1994GK Andy Quy Derby CountyFree transfer
13 July 1994FW Glynn Hurst BarnsleyFree transfer
13 July 1994MF Neil Le Bihan Peterborough UnitedFree transfer
25 July 1994MF Jeff Minton Brighton & Hove AlbionFree transfer
2 August 1994DF Ijah Anderson Southend UnitedFree transfer
2 August 1994MF Vinny Samways Everton£2,200,000
12 September 1994FW Peter Beadle WatfordSigned
11 October 1994DF Neil Young BournemouthFree transfer
20 October 1994MF Steve Robinson BournemouthFree transfer
21 March 1995DF Guðni Bergsson Bolton Wanderers£65,000

Transfers in: £7,500,000

Transfers out: £3,265,000

Total spending: £4,235,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

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1FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann20 5 4 29
2FW 10 Teddy Sheringham18 4 1 23
3MF 7 Nick Barmby9 1 1 11
4MF 9 align=left 5 1 1 7
5FW 8 align=left 4 0 1 5
6FW 11 align=left 0 4 0 4
7MF 4 align=left 3 0 0 3
8DF 5 align=left 2 0 0 2
9DF 14 Stuart Nethercott0 1 0 1
MF 15 David Howells1 0 0 1
TOTALS6216886

Clean sheets

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11 Ian Walker11 1 0 12
TOTALS111012

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tottenham Hotspur 1994-1995 Results - statto.com . 30 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326004606/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/1994-1995/results . 26 March 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1994/95.