1994–95 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season explained

Club:	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season:	1994–95
Manager:	Graham Taylor
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Jonathan Hayward
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	First Division
League Result:	4th (lost in play-offs)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	3rd Round
Cup3:	Anglo-Italian Cup
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Steve Bull (16)
Season Topscorer:	David Kelly (22)
Highest Attendance:	28,544 (vs Leicester, 18 February 1995)
Lowest Attendance:	7,285 (vs Atalanta, 15 November 1994)
Average Attendance:	24,792 (league only)
Prevseason:	1993–94
Nextseason:	1995–96

The 1994–95 season was the 96th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

This was the first full season since the completion of the redevelopment of their Molineux Stadium had been completed, and funding from owner Sir Jack Hayward were now fully focused on improving the team. Manager Graham Taylor spent close to £5 million during the season in an attempt to return the club to the top flight.

Despite suffering extensive injuries to many players, the team finished the season in fourth place – their highest position in the football pyramid since 1983–84 – and so qualified for the play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals they were defeated by the eventual promoted side Bolton Wanderers 2–3 on aggregate.

Results

Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Denmark and Sweden for several weeks of training and friendly matches. They then returned home to play two home games against Premiership opposition.

Football League First Division

See also: 1994–95 Football League. A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1994–95 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference. Only one team was automatically promoted due to the reduction in the number of Premiership teams from 22 to 20.

The provisional fixture list was released on 23 June 1994, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Final table

width=30		Team
1	Middlesbrough	46	23	13	10	67	40	+27	82
2	Reading	46	23	10	13	58	44	+14	79
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	14	11	67	45	+22	77
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	77	61	+16	76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	10	14	67	58	+9	76
6	Barnsley	46	20	12	14	63	52	+11	72

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Results by round

Play-offs

See also: 1995 Football League play-offs.

FA Cup

See also: 1994–95 FA Cup.

League Cup

See also: 1994–95 Football League Cup.

Anglo-Italian Cup

See also: 1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup. Wolves played in Group A of the competition, in which the best English club in the group would advance to the semi-finals. However, they finished fourth in the group overall, and were only the second-best English side and so eliminated.

Players

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Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
6 June 1994	Tony Daley	Aston Villa	£1.25 million
11 July 1994	Steve Froggatt	Aston Villa	£1 million
14 July 1994	Neil Emblen	Millwall	£600,000
5 December 1994	John de Wolf	Feyenoord	£600,000
5 December 1994	Don Goodman	Sunderland	£1.1 million
19 December 1994	Gordon Cowans	Derby County	£20,000
23 December 1994	Brian Law	Queens Park Rangers	£134,000
29 December 1994	Jermaine Wright	Millwall	£60,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 July 1994	Mark Turner	Northampton Town	Free
6 July 1994	Darren Roberts	Doncaster Rovers	Free
August 1994	Shaun Bradbury	Hereford United	Free
3 August 1994	Derek Mountfield	Carlisle United	Free
10 August 1994	Kevin Ashley	Peterborough United	Free
12 August 1994	Cyrille Regis	Wycombe Wanderers	Free
15 August 1994	Mark Burke	Port Vale	£75,000
18 August 1994	Paul Cook	Coventry City	£600,000
19 October 1994	Kevin Keen	Stoke City	£300,000
15 November 1994	Chris Marsden	Notts County	£250,000
December 1994	Darren Simkin	Shrewsbury Town	£36,000
2 March 1995	Lee Mills	Derby County	£400,000

Loans in

Start date	Player	From	End date
2 September 1994	Paul Stewart	Liverpool	November 1994
9 September 1994	Mark Walters	Liverpool	October 1994
25 March 1995	Dean Richards	Bradford City	End of season

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Graham Taylor
Assistant manager	Bobby Downes
First Team coach	Steve Harrison
Youth Development Officer	Rob Kelly
Youth Team coach	Chris Evans
Club doctors	Dr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio	Barry Holmes

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews, Tony . Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record . 2008 . Breedon Books . Derby . 978-1-85983-632-3.