1994–95 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion

1994–95 season
Chairman	Tony Hale
Manager	Keith Burkinshaw (until 17 October) Alan Buckley (from 20 October)
Stadium	The Hawthorns
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Hunt (13)
Average home league attendance	15,217

During the 1994–95 English football season, West Bromwich Albion F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1994–95 season, West Brom started the campaign very poorly with the Baggies winning just one in their first 11 league matches, leaving them bottom of the league and resulting in Burkinshaw being sacked as manager. Grimsby manager Alan Buckley took over the managerial vacancy and managed to keep them away from relegation.

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
17	Port Vale	46	15	13	18	58	64	−6	58
18	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	53	63	−10	58
19	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	10	20	51	57	−6	58
20	Sunderland	46	12	18	16	41	45	−4	54
21	Swindon Town (R)	46	12	12	22	54	73	−19	48	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1994	Luton Town	A	1–1	8,640	Taylor
28 August 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	27,764
31 August 1994	Swindon Town	A	0–0	10,964
10 September 1994	Millwall	A	2–2	8,407	Taylor (2)
14 September 1994	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	14,878	Ashcroft
17 September 1994	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	14,496	Ashcroft
24 September 1994	Burnley	H	1–0	13,539	Taylor
28 September 1994	Portsmouth	H	0–2	13,545
2 October 1994	Stoke City	A	1–4	14,183	Taylor
8 October 1994	Sunderland	H	1–3	13,717	Ashcroft
15 October 1994	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	7,397	Hunt
18 October 1994	Sheffield United	H	1–0	12,713	Mellon
22 October 1994	Barnsley	A	0–2	5,082
29 October 1994	Reading	H	2–0	14,313	Hunt, Ashcroft
2 November 1994	Port Vale	H	0–0	14,513
5 November 1994	Watford	A	0–1	8,419
13 November 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	10,921	Taylor
19 November 1994	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	14,616	Donovan, Ashcroft, Taylor
26 November 1994	Notts County	A	0–2	10,088
3 December 1994	Barnsley	H	2–1	13,921	Heggs, Hamilton
10 December 1994	Sheffield United	A	0–2	13,891
18 December 1994	Luton Town	H	1–0	14,392	Donovan
26 December 1994	Bristol City	H	1–0	21,071	Munro (own goal)
27 December 1994	Southend United	A	1–2	6,847	Ashcroft
31 December 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	18,134	Hunt
2 January 1995	Derby County	A	1–1	16,035	Hamilton
14 January 1995	Reading	A	2–0	9,390	Hunt, Donovan
1 February 1995	Watford	H	0–1	15,455
5 February 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	12,084
11 February 1995	Port Vale	A	0–1	10,751
18 February 1995	Notts County	H	3–2	13,748	Hunt (2), Mardon
21 February 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	7,750
25 February 1995	Stoke City	H	1–3	16,591	Hamilton
4 March 1995	Burnley	A	1–1	11,885	Hunt
8 March 1995	Portsmouth	A	2–1	7,160	Taylor (2)
15 March 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	20,661	Taylor, Ashcroft
19 March 1995	Swindon Town	H	2–5	12,960	Rees, Hunt
22 March 1995	Millwall	H	3–0	11,782	Hunt (3, 1 pen)
25 March 1995	Grimsby Town	A	2–0	7,393	Donovan, Hunt
1 April 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1–3	20,256	Rees
8 April 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	16,207
15 April 1995	Southend United	H	2–0	14,635	Hamilton, Strodder
17 April 1995	Bristol City	A	0–1	8,777
22 April 1995	Derby County	H	0–0	15,365
30 April 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	5–1	17,484	Taylor, Ashcroft (3, 1 pen), Donovan
7 May 1995	Sunderland	A	2–2	18,232	Agnew, Hunt

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Coventry City	A	1–1	16,555	Ashcroft (pen)
R3R	18 January 1995	Coventry City	H	1–2	23,230	Raven

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	16 August 1994	Hereford United	A	0–0	5,425
R1 2nd Leg	7 September 1994	Hereford United	H	0–1 (lost 0–1 on agg)	10,604

First-team squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Gary Germaine[notes 1] — GK  ENG Tony Lange — GK  ENG Stuart Naylor — DF  NIR Paul Agnew — DF  ENG Daryl Burgess — DF  ENG Scott Darton — DF  ENG Paul Edwards — DF  ENG Craig Herbert — DF  ENG Paul Mardon[notes 2] — DF  ENG Neil Parsley — DF  ENG Paul Raven — DF  ENG Gary Strodder — MF  ENG Darren Bradley — MF  ENG Stacy Coldicott — MF  ENG Kevin Donovan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Ian Hamilton — MF  ENG Roy Hunter — MF  NIR Bernard McNally[notes 3] — MF  SCO Micky Mellon — MF  IRL Kieran O'Regan — MF  ENG Mike Phelan — MF  ENG David Smith — FW  ENG Lee Ashcroft — FW  NED Jeroen Boere (on loan from West Ham United) — FW  ENG Graham Fenton (on loan from Aston Villa) — FW  ENG Carl Heggs — FW  ENG Andy Hunt — FW  WAL Tony Rees — FW  ENG Bob Taylor

Notes

1. Germaine was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would represent them at U-21 level.
2. Mardon was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in October 1995.
3. McNally was born in Shrewsbury, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1986.

References

1. "West Bromwich Albion results for the 1994-1995 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. "All West Bromwich Albion players: 1995.HTM".