The 1994–95 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 92nd in the Football League and their fourth in the third tier of English football, the Football League Second Division, to which they were relegated in 1993–94. They finished in first position in the 24-team division, so were promoted straight back to Division One for 1995–96. They entered the 1994–95 FA Cup in the first round, losing in the third round to Premier League club Liverpool in a penalty shootout in which they failed to convert a single penalty. They entered the League Cup in the first round and lost to Blackburn Rovers in the second. They won the Football League Trophy for the second time in four attempts, defeating Carlisle United at Wembley in front of a crowd of 76,663 with the first golden goal to determine a major English competition.Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 245.
The club's top scorer was Steve Claridge with 20 league goals and 25 in all competitions. Goalkeeper Ian Bennett missed only one match of the 63 played in all competitions, the first round of the Football League Trophy, in which his replacement Ryan Price made his only competitive first-team appearance for Birmingham.
Football League Second Division
Match details
DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance13 August 199415thLeyton OrientAL1–2Claridge7,57820 August 199414thChester CityHW1–0Donowa12,18827 August 199410thSwansea CityAW2–0Claridge 25,80730 August 199411thWycombe WanderersHL0–114,3053 September 19948thPlymouth ArgyleHW4–2Regis 2, Wallace, Tait13,20210 September 199411thOxford UnitedAD1–1Claridge8,07213 September 199411thRotherham UnitedAD1–1Bull3,57418 September 19946thPeterborough UnitedHW4–0Bull 2, Tait, Dominguez10,80024 September 19949thHull CityHD2–2Claridge pen, Dominguez12,1921 October 19949thWrexhamAD1–1Claridge6,0128 October 19949thHuddersfield TownHD1–1Bull15,26515 October 19949thBrighton & Hove AlbionAW1–0Donowa11,00422 October 19949thBrentfordAW2–1Shearer, Ward7,77929 October 19946thBristol RoversHW2–0Bull, Claridge15,8861 November 19944thCrewe AlexandraHW5–0Hunt 3, Donowa, Claridge14,2125 November 19943rdShrewsbury TownAW2–0Bull, Hunt5,94919 November 19943rdAFC BournemouthHD0–015,47726 November 19943rdStockport CountyAW1–0Hunt5,57710 December 19942ndChester CityAW4–0Daish, Claridge, McGavin, Lowe3,94617 December 19942ndLeyton OrientHW2–0Donowa 220,02226 December 19942ndCambridge UnitedHD1–1Otto20,74328 December 19942ndCardiff CityAW1–0Otto7,42031 December 19941stBlackpoolHW7–1Claridge 2, Donowa 2, Lowe, Parris, Bradshaw og18,0252 January 19951stBradford CityAD1–1Cooper10,53914 January 19951stYork CityAL0–26,8284 February 19951stStockport CountyHW1–0Dinning og17,16011 February 19953rdCrewe AlexandraAL1–2Donowa6,35918 February 19953rdYork CityHW4–2Francis 2, Otto, Shearer14,84621 February 19953rdAFC BournemouthAL1–2Francis6,02425 February 19952ndWrexhamHW5–2Francis 2, Shearer, Otto, Donowa18,8844 March 19953rdHull CityAD0–09,85411 March 19954thSwansea CityHL0–116,19118 March 19954thWycombe WanderersAW3–0Shearer, Claridge, Poole7,28921 March 19953rdOxford UnitedHW3–0Francis, Claridge, Daish19,78125 March 19953rdPeterborough UnitedAD1–1Shearer8,79629 March 19953rdBristol RoversAD1–1Claridge7,8511 April 19953rdRotherham UnitedHW2–1Francis, Shearer16,0774 April 19953rdBlackpoolAD1–1Claridge4,94411 April 19953rdShrewsbury TownHW2–0Claridge 218,36615 April 19952ndCardiff CityHW2–1Tait, Ward pen17,45517 April 19953rdCambridge UnitedAL0–15,31719 April 19951stPlymouth ArgyleAW3–1Claridge 2, Whyte8,55026 April 19951stBrentfordHW2–0Francis, Daish25,58129 April 19951stBrighton & Hove AlbionHD3–3Dominguez, Shearer, Ward19,0062 May 19951stBradford CityHD0–025,1396 May 19951stHuddersfield TownAW2–1Claridge, Tait18,775
League table (part) + Final Second Division table (part)Team1stBirmingham City46251478437+47892ndBrentford462510118139+42853rdCrewe Alexandra46258138068+12834thBristol Rovers46221687040+30825thHuddersfield Town46221597949+3081
Results summary
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round12 November 1994Slough TownA*W4–0Shearer 2, McGavin 213,394Second round12 December 1994Scunthorpe UnitedHD0–013,832Second round replay14 December 1994Scunthorpe UnitedAW2–1McGavin, Cooper6,280Third round7 January 1995LiverpoolHD0–025,326Third round replay18 January 1995LiverpoolAD1–1aet0–2 pensOtto 69'36,275
Played at St Andrew's, Birmingham
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round 1st leg16 August 1994Shrewsbury TownAL1–2Daish5,049First round 2nd leg23 August 1994Shrewsbury TownHW2–02–1 agg.Saville, Claridge pen9,847Second round 1st leg20 September 1994Blackburn RoversAL0–214,517Second round 2nd leg4 OctoberBlackburn RoversHD1–11–2 agg.McGavin16,275
Football League Trophy
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round27 September 1994Peterborough UnitedAW5–3Bull, Dominguez, Hunt 32,044Second round18 October 1994WalsallHW3–0Shearer 2, Donowa10,089Third round29 November 1994GillinghamHW3–0McGavin, Poole, Tait17,028Fourth round10 January 1995Hereford UnitedHW3–1Claridge, Ward pen, Otto22,351Southern area semi-final31 January 1995Swansea CityHW3–2Golden goalClaridge, Francis, Tait20,326Southern area final 1st leg28 February 1995Leyton OrientHW1–0Shearer24,002Southern area final 2nd leg14 March 1995Leyton OrientAW3–24–2 agg.Claridge 2, Williams10,830Final23 April 1995Carlisle UnitedWembleyW1–0Golden goalTait76,663
Appearances and goals
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham. Players marked left the club during the playing season. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
+ Players' appearances and goals by competitionNameLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyTotalGoalsGoalsGoalsGoalsGoalsGK Ian Bennett460504070620GK Ryan Price0000001010DF Dave Barnett310501080450DF Jon Bass00000 (1)0000 (1)0DF Mick Bodley *3000000030DF Gary Cooper2613 (1)1104 (1)034 (2)2DF Liam Daish373503170524DF Richard Dryden 3000100040DF John Frain60102010100DF Ian Hendon *4000000040DF Scott Hiley90002000110DF David Howell2000000020DF George Parris1 (1)10000001 (1)1DF Gary Poole341500071462DF Richard Scott 50003020100DF Bryan Small *3000000030DF Chris Whyte31130302 (1)039 (1)1MF Neil Doherty3 (5)00 (1)0100 (2)04 (8)0MF José Dominguez12 (18)32 (1)01 (2)02 (2)117 (23)4MF Louie Donowa21 (10)950305 (1)134 (11)10MF Rui Esteves *0000001010MF Paul Harding5 (1)00030008 (1)0MF Jonathan Hunt18 (2)510003322 (2)8MF Kenny Lowe4 (3)22 (1)00 (1)02 (1)08 (6)2MF Ricky Otto18 (6)421005125 (6)6MF Steve Robinson5 (1)00000106 (1)0MF Peter Shearer20 (3)722204328 (3)12MF Paul Tait18 (6)42 (1)0102 (3)323 (10)7MF Danny Wallace 4 (2)1001 (1)00 (1)05 (4)1MF Mark Ward413403071554MF Matthew Webb0 (1)00000000 (1)0FW Gary Bull *106000021127FW Steve Claridge41 (1)2050317456 (1)25FW Miguel de Souza 4 (4)00 (1)020107 (5)0FW Kevin Francis158000031189FW Steve McGavin 10 (5)13 (1)31 (1)11 (3)115 (10)6FW Paul Moulden 00000 (1)0000 (1)0FW Dave Regis 4 (2)20010005 (2)2FW Andy Saville3 (7)00011105 (8)0FW Paul Williams *8 (3)00000109 (3)0FW Roger Willis 1 (2)00000001 (2)0
See also Birmingham City F.C. seasons
Sources
For match dates, league positions and results: For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 424–25, 481.
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