The 1994–95 season was Manchester City's sixth consecutive season in the top tier of English football, and their third in the Premier League.

Season summary Manchester City endured another torrid season which saw them struggle. Their goalscoring rate improving dramatically from 36 to 53, but they slipped one place into 17th - though still enough to achieve survival. But it was too late to save manager Brian Horton's job and he was sacked to make way for Alan Ball of Southampton.

Key striker Niall Quinn recovered from a serious knee injury but failed to make an impact on City's dismal showing, though new German striker Uwe Rösler was among the Premiership's top target men with 15 league goals. His strike partner Paul Walsh was also a frequent goalscorer, with 12 Premiership strikes.

One of the things that gave City fans something to look forward to was the emergence of young players like Garry Flitcroft, Richard Edghill and Steve Lomas. The close season arrival of Georgian midfielder Georgi Kinkladze was another prospect which suggested that the dark clouds that had recently hung over Maine Road might not have cast too lengthy a shadow.

City's average attendance was significantly lower this season due to the redevelopment of the Kippax Stand, which was not complete until October 1995.

Team kit The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

True products of the nineties, the home and away kits used in the 1994–95 season were arguably over-designed. The home kit, while on the face of it a classic plain blue shirt with white shorts, in fact had a pattern inlaid in such a way as was only visible when caught by the light, which contained oversized angular Umbro diamonds over the top of each other across the front of the shirt. The away kit was intended as a tribute to the classic red and black stripes which City had worn as an away kit on a number of occasions previously, but for no apparent reason had two-tone grey shoulder stripes as well as an embossed shield which was more suited to the shape of the club's badge after its redesign in 1997 (by which point the shirt was no longer being worn) than the circular badge of the time. The third kit was a more simple white kit with dark blue pinstripes and matching shorts.

Final league table

Results summary

Results by round

Results Manchester City's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1994 ArsenalA0–338,368 24 August 1994 West Ham UnitedH3–019,150Walsh, Beagrie, Rösler 27 August 1994 EvertonH4–019,867Rösler (2), Walsh (2) 31 August 1994 ChelseaA0–321,740 10 September 1994 Crystal PalaceH1–119,971Walsh 17 September 1994 Sheffield WednesdayA1–126,585Walsh 24 September 1994 Norwich CityH2–021,031Quinn, Rösler 1 October 1994 Leeds UnitedA0–230,938 8 October 1994 Nottingham ForestH3–323,150Quinn (2), Lomas 15 October 1994 Queens Park RangersA2–113,631Flitcroft, Walsh 22 October 1994 Tottenham HotspurH5–225,473Walsh (2), Quinn, Lomas, Flitcroft 29 October 1994 Coventry CityA0–115,802 5 November 1994 SouthamptonH3–321,589Walsh (2), Beagrie 10 November 1994 Manchester UnitedA0–543,738 20 November 1994 Leicester CityA1–019,006Quinn 26 November 1994 WimbledonH2–021,131Flitcroft, Rösler 3 December 1994 Ipswich TownA2–113,574Flitcroft, Rösler 12 December 1994 ArsenalH1–220,580Simpson 17 December 1994 West Ham UnitedA0–317,286 26 December 1994 Blackburn RoversH1–328,915Quinn 28 December 1994 LiverpoolA0–238,122 31 December 1994 Aston VillaH2–222,513Rösler (2) 2 January 1995 Newcastle UnitedA0–034,437 14 January 1995 Coventry CityH0–020,232 25 January 1995 Leicester CityH0–121,007 4 February 1995 SouthamptonA2–214,902Kernaghan, Flitcroft 11 February 1995 Manchester UnitedH0–326,368 22 February 1995 Ipswich TownH2–021,430Quinn, Rösler 25 February 1995 Leeds UnitedH0–022,892 4 March 1995 Norwich CityA1–116,266Simpson 8 March 1995 ChelseaH1–221,880Gaudino 15 March 1995 EvertonA1–128,485Gaudino 18 March 1995 Sheffield WednesdayH3–223,355Rösler (2), Walsh 21 March 1995 WimbledonA0–25,268 1 April 1995 Crystal PalaceA1–213,451Rösler 11 April 1995 Tottenham HotspurA1–227,410Rösler 14 April 1995 LiverpoolH2–127,055Summerbee, Gaudino 17 April 1995 Blackburn RoversA3–227,851Curle (pen), Rösler, Walsh 29 April 1995 Newcastle UnitedH0–027,389 3 May 1995 Aston VillaA1–130,133Rösler 6 May 1995 Nottingham ForestA0–128,882 14 May 1995 Queens Park RangersH2–327,850Quinn, Curle (pen)

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 1995 Notts CountyA2–212,376Beagrie, D. BrightwellR3R18 January 1995 Notts CountyH5–214,261Rösler (4), GaudinoR428 January 1995 Aston VillaH1–021,177WalshR519 February 1995 Newcastle UnitedA1–333,219Rösler

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 20 September 1994 BarnetA0–13,120R2 2nd Leg 5 October 1994 BarnetH4–111,545Quinn (2), Walsh, SummerbeeR325 October 1994 Queens Park RangersA4–311,701Summerbee, Curle (pen), Beagrie, LomasR430 November 1994 Newcastle UnitedH1–125,162RöslerR4R21 December 1994 Newcastle UnitedA2–030,156Rösler, WalshR511 January 1995 Crystal PalaceA0–416,668

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In DatePosNameFromFee24 June 1994MFNicky SummerbeeSwindon Town£1,500,0001 August 1994FWRay KellyAthlone Town£30,00015 December 1994GKJohn BurridgeFalkirkFree transfer

Out DatePosNameToFee12 August 1994MFDavid RocastleChelsea£1,250,00026 August 1994FWMike SheronNorwich City£1,000,0001 December 1994MFSteve McMahonSwindon TownFree transfer

Transfers in: £1,530,000 Transfers out: £2,250,000 Total spending: £720,000

Statistics

Starting 11 Considering only Premier League starts

References Manchester City squad for 1994–95 season