1994–95 Birmingham City F.C. season

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Birmingham City F.C.
1994–95 season
Chairman Jack Wiseman
Manager Barry Fry
Stadium St Andrew's
Football League Second Division 1st (promoted)
FA Cup Third round
(eliminated by Liverpool)
League Cup Second round
(eliminated by Blackburn Rovers)
Football League Trophy Winners
Top goalscorerLeague: Steve Claridge (20)
All: Steve Claridge (25)
Highest home attendance25,581 vs Brentford, Division Two, 26 April 1995
Lowest home attendance9,847 vs Shrewsbury Town, League Cup 1st round replay, 23 August 1994
Average home league attendance16,941
←  1993–94
1995–96  →

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. [1] 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. [2]

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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

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
13 August 199415th Leyton Orient A L1–2 Claridge 7,578
20 August 199414th Chester City HW1–0 Donowa 12,188
27 August 199410th Swansea City A W2–0Claridge 25,807
30 August 199411th Wycombe Wanderers HL0–114,305
3 September 19948th Plymouth Argyle HW4–2 Regis 2, Wallace, Tait 13,202
10 September 199411th Oxford United A D1–1Claridge8,072
13 September 199411th Rotherham United A D1–1 Bull 3,574
18 September 19946th Peterborough United HW4–0Bull 2, Tait, Dominguez 10,800
24 September 19949th Hull City HD2–2Claridge pen, Dominguez12,192
1 October 19949th Wrexham A D1–1Claridge6,012
8 October 19949th Huddersfield Town HD1–1Bull15,265
15 October 19949th Brighton & Hove Albion A W1–0Donowa11,004
22 October 19949th Brentford A W2–1 Shearer, Ward 7,779
29 October 19946th Bristol Rovers HW2–0Bull, Claridge15,886
1 November 19944th Crewe Alexandra HW5–0 Hunt 3, Donowa, Claridge14,212
5 November 19943rd Shrewsbury Town A W2–0Bull, Hunt5,949
19 November 19943rd AFC Bournemouth HD0–015,477
26 November 19943rd Stockport County A W1–0Hunt5,577
10 December 19942nd Chester City A W4–0 Daish, Claridge, McGavin, Lowe 3,946
17 December 19942nd Leyton Orient HW2–0Donowa 220,022
26 December 19942nd Cambridge United HD1–1 Otto 20,743
28 December 19942nd Cardiff City A W1–0Otto7,420
31 December 19941st Blackpool HW7–1Claridge 2, Donowa 2, Lowe, Parris, Bradshaw og 18,025
2 January 19951st Bradford City A D1–1 Cooper 10,539
14 January 19951st York City A L0–26,828
4 February 19951st Stockport County HW1–0 Dinning og 17,160
11 February 19953rd Crewe Alexandra A L1–2Donowa6,359
18 February 19953rd York City HW4–2 Francis 2, Otto, Shearer14,846
21 February 19953rd AFC Bournemouth A L1–2Francis6,024
25 February 19952nd Wrexham HW5–2Francis 2, Shearer, Otto, Donowa18,884
4 March 19953rd Hull City A D0–09,854
11 March 19954th Swansea City HL0–116,191
18 March 19954th Wycombe Wanderers A W3–0Shearer, Claridge, Poole 7,289
21 March 19953rd Oxford United HW3–0Francis, Claridge, Daish 19,781
25 March 19953rd Peterborough United A D1–1Shearer8,796
29 March 19953rd Bristol Rovers A D1–1Claridge7,851
1 April 19953rd Rotherham United HW2–1Francis, Shearer16,077
4 April 19953rd Blackpool A D1–1Claridge4,944
11 April 19953rd Shrewsbury Town HW2–0Claridge 218,366
15 April 19952nd Cardiff City HW2–1Tait, Ward pen 17,455
17 April 19953rd Cambridge United A L0–15,317
19 April 19951st Plymouth Argyle A W3–1Claridge 2, Whyte 8,550
26 April 19951st Brentford HW2–0Francis, Daish25,581
29 April 19951st Brighton & Hove Albion HD3–3Dominguez, Shearer, Ward19,006
2 May 19951st Bradford City HD0–025,139
6 May 19951st Huddersfield Town A W2–1Claridge, Tait18,775

League table (part)

Final Second Division table (part) [3]
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1st Birmingham City 46251478437+4789
2nd Brentford 462510118139+4285
3rd Crewe Alexandra 46258138068+1283
4th Bristol Rovers 46221687040+3082
5th Huddersfield Town 46221597949+3081

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46251478437 +478915625318 +3510853119 +12

Source: [3]

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round12 November 1994 Slough Town A*W4–0 Shearer 2, McGavin 213,394
Second round12 December 1994 Scunthorpe United HD0–013,832
Second round replay14 December 1994Scunthorpe United A W2–1McGavin, Cooper 6,280
Third round7 January 1995 Liverpool HD0–025,326
Third round replay18 January 1995Liverpool A D1–1
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0–2 pens 		Otto 69'36,275

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round 1st leg16 August 1994 Shrewsbury Town A L1–2 Daish 5,049
First round 2nd leg23 August 1994Shrewsbury TownHW2–0
2–1 agg. 		Saville, Claridge pen 9,847
Second round 1st leg20 September 1994 Blackburn Rovers A L0–214,517
Second round 2nd leg4 OctoberBlackburn RoversHD1–1
1–2 agg. 		McGavin 16,275

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round27 September 1994 Peterborough United A W5–3 Bull, Dominguez, Hunt 32,044
Second round18 October 1994 Walsall HW3–0 Shearer 2, Donowa 10,089
Third round29 November 1994 Gillingham HW3–0 McGavin, Poole, Tait 17,028
Fourth round10 January 1995 Hereford United HW3–1 Claridge, Ward pen, Otto 22,351
Southern area semi-final31 January 1995 Swansea City HW3–2
Golden goal 		Claridge, Francis, Tait20,326
Southern area final 1st leg28 February 1995 Leyton Orient HW1–0Shearer24,002
Southern area final 2nd leg14 March 1995Leyton Orient A W3–2
4–2 agg. 		Claridge 2, Williams 10,830
Final23 April 1995 Carlisle United Wembley W1–0
Golden goal 		Tait76,663

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 competition
Pos.Nat.Name League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GKFlag of England.svg  ENG Ian Bennett 460504070620
GKFlag of England.svg  ENG Ryan Price 0000001010
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Dave Barnett 310501080450
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Jon Bass 00000 (1)0000 (1)0
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Mick Bodley *3000000030
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Gary Cooper 2613 (1)1104 (1)034 (2)2
DFFlag of Ireland.svg  IRE Liam Daish 373503170524
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Richard Dryden †3000100040
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG John Frain 60102010100
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Ian Hendon *4000000040
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Scott Hiley 90002000110
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG David Howell 2000000020
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG George Parris 1 (1)10000001 (1)1
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Gary Poole 341500071462
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Richard Scott †50003020100
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Bryan Small *3000000030
DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Chris Whyte 31130302 (1)039 (1)1
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Neil Doherty 3 (5)00 (1)0100 (2)04 (8)0
MFFlag of Portugal.svg  POR José Dominguez 12 (18)32 (1)01 (2)02 (2)117 (23)4
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Louie Donowa 21 (10)950305 (1)134 (11)10
MFFlag of Portugal.svg  POR Rui Esteves *0000001010
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Paul Harding 5 (1)00030008 (1)0
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Jonathan Hunt 18 (2)510003322 (2)8
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Kenny Lowe 4 (3)22 (1)00 (1)02 (1)08 (6)2
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Ricky Otto 18 (6)421005125 (6)6
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Steve Robinson 5 (1)00000106 (1)0
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Peter Shearer 20 (3)722204328 (3)12
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Paul Tait 18 (6)42 (1)0102 (3)323 (10)7
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Danny Wallace †4 (2)1001 (1)00 (1)05 (4)1
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Mark Ward 413403071554
MFFlag of England.svg  ENG Matthew Webb 0 (1)00000000 (1)0
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Gary Bull *106000021127
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Steve Claridge 41 (1)2050317456 (1)25
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Miguel de Souza †4 (4)00 (1)020107 (5)0
FWFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  SKN Kevin Francis 158000031189
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Steve McGavin †10 (5)13 (1)31 (1)11 (3)115 (10)6
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Paul Moulden †00000 (1)0000 (1)0
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Dave Regis †4 (2)20010005 (2)2
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Andy Saville 3 (7)00011105 (8)0
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Paul Williams *8 (3)00000109 (3)0
FWFlag of England.svg  ENG Roger Willis †1 (2)00000001 (2)0

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool v Birmingham City, 18 January 1995". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 245.
  3. 1 2 "Birmingham City 1994–1995: English Division Two Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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