1994–95 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 1994–95 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Ipswich Town

1994–95 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall (until 5 December 1994) Paul Goddard (caretaker) (5–28 December 1994) George Burley (from 28 December 1994)
Premier League	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Claus Thomsen (5) All: Claus Thomsen (5)
Highest home attendance	22,559 (vs Tottenham Hotspur, 30 Aug 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	7,787 (vs Bolton Wanderers, 21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,818
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Season summary

Ipswich Town conceded 93 Premier League goals, kept just 3 clean sheets and recorded just 7 wins all season as one of the worst seasons in their history saw them return to the second tier of the league after three seasons in the top flight.

Manager John Lyall reverted to manager after being Director of Football for the previous season and during the summer, Steve Sedgley became the club's first £1 million signing.^[1] However, Ipswich experienced their worst start to a season for 31 years, losing 11 of their first 15 games.^[2] Following defeat by Manchester City at the beginning of December with Ipswich bottom of the league and relegation already looking more than likely, Lyall quit. Coach Paul Goddard stepped in as caretaker manager but former player George Burley was soon back at the club as manager, with Dale Roberts as his assistant. But the transition did little to alter Ipswich's fortunes. Before then though, in arguably their biggest highlight of the season, the Tractor Boys stunned reigning champions Manchester United by beating them 3–2 at Portman Road in September (having even led by 2–0 at one stage) which would ultimately be one of the defeats that cost United the title by one point. However, in the return fixture, an unthinkable double wasn't to be and a 9–0 humiliation at the hands of United at Old Trafford in early March, a record Premier League defeat, effectively crushed any remaining hopes of survival. The defeat was part of a run of seven defeats with Ipswich failing to score and their relegation was guaranteed on 14 April with six games remaining following results elsewhere.^[3] On a brighter note though, another highlight included a surprise 1–0 win at Anfield against eventual-4th-placed Liverpool in mid-January, their first win at Anfield in 34 attempts.^[2]

In the cups, Ipswich failed to progress in both, losing to First Division Bolton in the Coca Cola Cup and to Second Division Wrexham in the FA Cup.

With an ageing squad, Burley was given little option but to resort to his young reserves in hope of rebuilding his side ready to push for a Premier League comeback.

Former chairman Patrick Cobbold died in December.^[2]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Craig Forrest 2 MF  ENG Mick Stockwell 3 DF  ENG Neil Thompson 4 MF  ENG Paul Mason 5 DF  SCO John Wark 6 DF  ENG David Linighan 7 MF  WAL Geraint Williams 8 MF  ENG Gavin Johnson 9 MF  BUL Boncho Genchev 10 FW  ENG Ian Marshall 11 FW  ENG Lee Chapman 12 DF  DEN Claus Thomsen 13 GK  ENG Clive Baker

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ENG Steve Sedgley 16 DF  ENG Chris Swailes 17 MF  ENG Simon Milton 18 MF  ENG Steve Palmer 19 DF  CAN Frank Yallop 21 MF  ENG Stuart Slater 22 MF  ENG Lee Durrant 24 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 25 MF  ENG Adam Tanner 26 MF  URU Adrián Paz 28 DF  ENG Tony Vaughan 29 GK  ENG Richard Wright 33 FW  SCO Alex Mathie

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  ENG Chris Kiwomya (to Arsenal) 15 DF  ENG Phil Whelan (to Middlesbrough) 16 DF  ENG Eddie Youds (to Bradford City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG David Gregory (on loan to Hereford United) 30 FW  ZAM Neil Gregory (on loan to Scunthorpe United) 32 DF  SCO Andy Millen (loan return to Kilmarnock)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  ENG Phil Morgan 27 DF  ENG Leo Cotterell 31 MF  NZL Lee Norfolk 34 DF  ENG Kevin Ellis 35 MF  SCO Graham Connell

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  SCO George Burley [6] - DF  ENG Matt Weston - FW  ENG Richard Naylor - FW  ENG James Scowcroft - FW  SCO David Pirie

Competitions

FA Premier League

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Aston Villa	42	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48
19	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City (R)	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27	5	3	13	24	34	−10	2	3	16	12	59	−47

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	18	16	8	12	16	20	14	15	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[7]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	18,882
23 August 1994	Wimbledon	A	1–1	5,853	Milton
27 August 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	12,456	Yates (own goal), Genchev
30 August 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3	22,559	Kiwomya
10 September 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–2	22,241
19 September 1994	Norwich City	H	1–2	17,447	Wark (pen)
24 September 1994	Manchester United	H	3–2	22,539	Mason (2), Sedgley
1 October 1994	Southampton	A	1–3	13,246	Marshall
10 October 1994	Coventry City	A	0–2	9,526
16 October 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	13,073	Wark
23 October 1994	Chelsea	A	0–2	15,068
29 October 1994	Liverpool	H	1–3	22,513	Paz
1 November 1994	Leeds United	H	2–0	15,956	Sedgley, Williams
5 November 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0–3	13,349
19 November 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–3	17,329	Thomsen
26 November 1994	Newcastle United	A	1–1	34,459	Thomsen
3 December 1994	Manchester City	H	1–2	13,504	Mason
10 December 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1–4	21,340	Thomsen
16 December 1994	Wimbledon	H	2–2	11,367	Milton, Sedgley
26 December 1994	West Ham United	A	1–1	20,562	Thomsen
28 December 1994	Arsenal	H	0–2	22,054
31 December 1994	Everton	A	1–4	25,659	Sedgley
2 January 1995	Leicester City	H	4–1	15,803	Kiwomya (2), Tanner, Yallop
14 January 1995	Liverpool	A	1–0	32,733	Tanner
21 January 1995	Chelsea	H	2–2	17,296	Slater, Wark (pen)
28 January 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–4	21,325	Wark (pen)
4 February 1995	Crystal Palace	H	0–2	15,570
22 February 1995	Manchester City	A	0–2	21,430
25 February 1995	Southampton	H	2–1	16,076	Mathie, Chapman
28 February 1995	Newcastle United	H	0–2	18,639
4 March 1995	Manchester United	A	0–9	43,804
8 March 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	24,930
20 March 1995	Norwich City	A	0–3	17,510
1 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	0–1	15,710
5 April 1995	Leeds United	A	0–4	28,600
11 April 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	11,767
15 April 1995	Arsenal	A	1–4	36,818	Marshall
17 April 1995	West Ham United	H	1–1	19,099	Thomsen
29 April 1995	Leicester City	A	0–2	15,248
6 May 1995	Coventry City	H	2–0	12,893	Marshall, Pressley (own goal)
9 May 1995	Everton	H	0–1	14,951
14 May 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–4	30,213	Mathie

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Wrexham	A	1–2	8,500	Linighan

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–3	7,787
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1 (lost 0–4 on agg)	8,212

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
15 June 1994	DF	Claus Thomsen	AGF Aarhus	£250,000	[8]
15 June 1994	MF	Steve Sedgley	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,000,000	[9]
1 September 1994	MF	Adrián Paz	Estudiantes de La Plata	Undisclosed	[10]
9 September 1994	DF	Mauricio Taricco	Argentinos Juniors	£175,000	[11]
19 January 1995	FW	Lee Chapman	West Ham United	£70,000	[12]
24 February 1995	FW	Alex Mathie	Newcastle United	£500,000	[13]
23 March 1995	DF	Chris Swailes	Doncaster Rovers	£225,000	[14]

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
1 February 1995	DF	Andy Millen	Kilmarnock	28 February 1995	[15]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 1994	FW	Paul Goddard	Retired		[16]
1 July 1994	FW	Gary Thompson	Free agent	Released	[17]
1 July 1994	DF	Lee Honeywood	Free agent	Released	[18]
13 January 1995	FW	Chris Kiwomya	Arsenal	£1,200,000	[19]
3 March 1995	DF	Phil Whelan	Middlesbrough	£300,000	[20]
17 March 1995	DF	Eddie Youds	Bradford City	£250,000	[21]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
9 January 1995	MF	David Gregory	Hereford United	31 May 1995	[22]
20 January 1995	DF	Eddie Youds	Bradford City	17 March 1995	[21]
6 March 1995	FW	Neil Gregory	Scunthorpe United	31 May 1995	[23]

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player
Player of the Year	Craig Forrest
Players' Player of the Year	Craig Forrest