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1994–95 season of Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1994–95 football season
During the 1994–95 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the FA Premier League .
Crystal Palace returned to the Premiership a year after leaving it, and, over the next few months, they would experience one of the most unusual seasons in their history. They were the division's lowest scoring team with just 34 goals, but reached the semi-finals of both cup competitions. They also finished fourth from bottom in the Premiership, which – due to the streamlining of the division to 20 clubs – cost them their top flight status. Manager Alan Smith was sacked just days afterwards, with Steve Coppell returning to the manager's seat two years after handing the reins over to his former assistant Smith.
The aftermath of Palace's relegation saw the sale of numerous players including Richard Shaw , John Salako , Chris Armstrong and Gareth Southgate . A barely recognisable Palace squad would kick off the Endsleigh League Division One campaign with one of the youngest-ever squads to be faced with a challenge for promotion to the Premiership.
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
11
12
19
34
49
−15
45
6
6
9
16
23
−7
5
6
10
18
26
−8
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 H A A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A H H H A A H A H A A Result L D D L D D L W L L W W W W L D L D L D D L L W L D W L L D W L W D D W L L L W L L Position 22 20 18 18 17 21 21 16 19 21 17 16 12 10 12 13 15 13 16 17 16 18 18 16 17 16 16 18 19 20 18 19 18 19 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossCrystal Palace's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
20 August 1994
Liverpool H
1–6
18,084
Armstrong
24 August 1994
Norwich City A
0–0
19,015
27 August 1994
Aston Villa A
1–1
23,305
Southgate
30 August 1994
Leeds United H
1–2
13,654
Gordon
10 September 1994
Manchester City A
1–1
19,971
Dyer
17 September 1994
Wimbledon H
0–0
12,100
24 September 1994
Chelsea H
0–1
16,030
1 October 1994
Arsenal A
2–1
34,136
Salako (2)
8 October 1994
West Ham United A
0–1
16,959
15 October 1994
Newcastle United H
0–1
17,760
22 October 1994
Everton H
1–0
14,505
Preece
29 October 1994
Leicester City A
1–0
20,022
Preece
2 November 1994
Coventry City A
4–1
10,732
Preece (2), Salako , Newman
5 November 1994
Ipswich Town H
3–0
13,349
Newman , Armstrong , Salako
19 November 1994
Manchester United A
0–3
43,788
26 November 1994
Southampton H
0–0
14,007
3 December 1994
Sheffield Wednesday A
0–1
21,930
11 December 1994
Liverpool A
0–0
30,972
17 December 1994
Norwich City H
0–1
12,252
26 December 1994
Queens Park Rangers H
0–0
16,372
27 December 1994
Tottenham Hotspur A
0–0
27,730
31 December 1994
Blackburn Rovers H
0–1
14,232
2 January 1995
Nottingham Forest A
0–1
21,326
14 January 1995
Leicester City H
2–0
12,707
Newman , Ndah
21 January 1995
Everton A
1–3
23,733
Coleman
25 January 1995
Manchester United H
1–1
18,224
Southgate
4 February 1995
Ipswich Town A
2–0
15,570
Dowie , Gordon (pen)
11 February 1995
Coventry City H
0–2
11,871
25 February 1995
Arsenal H
0–3
17,092
5 March 1995
Chelsea A
0–0
14,130
14 March 1995
Sheffield Wednesday H
2–1
10,422
Armstrong , Dowie
18 March 1995
Wimbledon A
0–2
8,835
1 April 1995
Manchester City H
2–1
13,312
Armstrong , Patterson
4 April 1995
Aston Villa H
0–0
12,606
14 April 1995
Tottenham Hotspur H
1–1
18,149
Armstrong
17 April 1995
Queens Park Rangers A
1–0
14,227
Dowie
20 April 1995
Blackburn Rovers A
1–2
28,005
Houghton
29 April 1995
Nottingham Forest H
1–2
15,886
Dowie
3 May 1995
Southampton A
1–3
15,151
Southgate
6 May 1995
West Ham United H
1–0
14,227
Armstrong
9 May 1995
Leeds United A
1–3
30,942
Armstrong
14 May 1995
Newcastle United A
2–3
35,626
Armstrong , Houghton
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
8 January 1995
Lincoln City H
5–1
6,541
Coleman , Armstrong , Gordon (pen), Salako (2)
R4
28 January 1995
Nottingham Forest A
2–1
16,790
Armstrong , Dowie
R5
18 February 1995
Watford A
0–0
13,814
R5R
1 March 1995
Watford H
1–0
10,321
Ndah
QF
11 March 1995
Wolverhampton Wanderers H
1–1
14,604
Dowie
QFR
22 March 1995
Wolverhampton Wanderers A
4–1
27,548
Armstrong (2), Pitcher , Dowie
SF
9 April 1995
Manchester United N 2–2
38,256
Dowie , Armstrong
SFR
12 April 1995
Manchester United N 0–2
17,987
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
20 September 1994
Lincoln City A
0–1
4,310
R2 2nd Leg
4 October 1994
Lincoln City H
3–0 (won 3–1 on agg)
6,870
Gordon , Armstrong , Dyer
R3
25 October 1994
Wimbledon A
1–0
9,394
Armstrong
R4
30 November 1994
Aston Villa H
4–1
12,653
Armstrong (2), Southgate (2)
R5
11 January 1995
Manchester City H
4–0
16,668
Pitcher , Salako , Preece , Armstrong
SF 1st Leg
15 February 1995
Liverpool A
0–1
25,480
SF 2nd Leg
8 March 1995
Liverpool H
0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg)
18,224
Squad at end of season [ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
^ Young was born in Singapore , but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.
^ Dowie was born in Hatfield , England , but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990.
^ Dyer was born in Redbridge , England , and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game
for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.
^ Salako was born in Ibadan , Nigeria , but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991.
^ Bowry was born in Croydon , England , but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2000.
^ Houghton was born in Glasgow , Scotland , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1986.
^ Cox was born in Croydon , England , but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
^ Ndah was born in Southwark , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
^ Boxall was born in Croydon , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
^ Quinn was born in Bexley , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 and B level.
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three Combined Counties League (level 8 only )Eastern Counties League (Premier , One Essex Senior League (level 8 only )Hellenic League (Premier , One Kent League (level 8 only )Midland Alliance (level 8 only )Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )North West Counties League (One , Two Northern Counties East League (Premier , One Northern League (One , Two South Midlands League (Premier , Senior Spartan League (Premier , One Sussex County League (One , Two United Counties League (Premier , One Wessex League (level 8 only )West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )Western League (Premier , One
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions
£1,830,000
£740,000
