1994–95 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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

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 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

FA Cup

League Cup

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 DatePlayerFromFee6 June 1994 Tony DaleyAston Villa£1.25 million11 July 1994 Steve FroggattAston Villa£1 million14 July 1994 Neil EmblenMillwall£600,0005 December 1994 John de WolfFeyenoord£600,0005 December 1994 Don GoodmanSunderland£1.1 million19 December 1994 Gordon CowansDerby County£20,00023 December 1994 Brian LawQueens Park Rangers£134,00029 December 1994 Jermaine WrightMillwall£60,000

Out DatePlayerToFee1 July 1994 Mark TurnerNorthampton TownFree6 July 1994 Darren RobertsDoncaster RoversFreeAugust 1994 Shaun BradburyHereford UnitedFree3 August 1994 Derek MountfieldCarlisle UnitedFree10 August 1994 Kevin AshleyPeterborough UnitedFree12 August 1994 Cyrille RegisWycombe WanderersFree15 August 1994 Mark BurkePort Vale£75,00018 August 1994 Paul CookCoventry City£600,00019 October 1994 Kevin KeenStoke City£300,00015 November 1994 Chris MarsdenNotts County£250,000December 1994 Darren SimkinShrewsbury Town£36,0002 March 1995 Lee MillsDerby County£400,000

Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date2 September 1994 Paul StewartLiverpoolNovember 19949 September 1994 Mark WaltersLiverpoolOctober 199425 March 1995 Dean RichardsBradford CityEnd of season

Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham TaylorAssistant managerBobby DownesFirst Team coachSteve HarrisonYouth Development OfficerRob KellyYouth Team coachChris EvansClub doctorsDr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioBarry Holmes

References