1995 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs

Season	1994–95
Champions	Bolton Wanderers (First Division) Huddersfield Town (Second Division) Chesterfield (Third Division)
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Biggest home win	Chesterfield 5–2 Mansfield (Third Division)
Biggest away win	Tranmere 1–3 Reading (First Division)
Highest scoring	Bolton 4–3 Reading Chesterfield 5–2 Mansfield (7 goals)
Highest attendance	64,107 – Bolton v Reading (First Division final)
Lowest attendance	6,562 – Mansfield v Chesterfield (Third Division semi-final)
Average attendance	19,686
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The Football League play-offs for the 1994–95 season were held in May 1995, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

First Division

Main article: 1994–95 Football League First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	0+9	76

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 1995

14:55

Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Reading
Malkin 14'		Lovell 9', 81' Nogan 74'

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 12,207

Referee: John Kirkby

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14 May 1995

14:55

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Bolton Wanderers
Bull 44' Venus 51'		McAteer 46'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 26,153

Referee: Philip Wright

Second leg

17 May 1995

19:30

Bolton Wanderers	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
McGinlay 44', 109'

Burnden Park, Bolton

Attendance: 20,041

Referee: Steve Dunn

Bolton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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17 May 1995

19:45

Reading	0–0	Tranmere Rovers

Elm Park, Reading

Attendance: 13,245

Referee: Paul Alcock

Reading won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1995 Football League First Division play-off final

29 May 1995

13:30

Bolton Wanderers	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Reading
Coyle 76' De Freitas 86', 119' Paatelainen 105+1'		Nogan 4' Williams 12' Quinn 120'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 64,107

Referee: Peter Foakes

Second Division

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Brentford	46	25	10	11	81	39	+42	85
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	25	8	13	80	68	+12	83
4	Bristol Rovers	46	22	16	8	70	40	+30	82
5	Huddersfield Town	46	22	15	9	79	49	+30	81

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 1995

15:00

Bristol Rovers	0–0	Crewe Alexandra

Twerton Park, Bath

Attendance: 8,538

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14 May 1995

15:00

Huddersfield Town	1–1	Brentford
Billy 9'		Forster 42'

Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield

Attendance: 14,160

Referee: Steve Dunn

Second leg

17 May 1995

19:30

Crewe Alexandra	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bristol Rovers
Rowbotham 97'		Miller 106'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 6,578

Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Bristol Rovers on aggregate. Bristol Rovers won on away goals.

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17 May 1995

19:45

Brentford	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town
Grainger 18' (pen.)		Booth 30'
Penalties
Grainger Taylor Mundee Ratcliffe Bates	3–4	Jepson Scully Sinnott Duxbury Bullock

Griffin Park, London

Attendance: 11,161

Referee: Peter Foakes

Brentford 2–2 Huddersfield Town on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

Main article: 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final

28 May 1995

15:00

Bristol Rovers	1–2	Huddersfield Town
Stewart 45'		Booth 45' Billy 81'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,175

Referee: Clive Wilkes

Third Division

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Chesterfield	42	23	12	7	62	37	+25	81
4	Bury	42	23	11	8	73	36	+37	80
5	Preston North End	42	19	10	13	58	41	+17	67
6	Mansfield Town	42	18	11	13	84	59	+25	65

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 1995

12:00

Mansfield Town	1–1	Chesterfield
Hadley 72'		Robinson 64'

Field Mill, Mansfield

Attendance: 6,562

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14 May 1995

15:00

Preston North End	0–1	Bury
		Pugh 40'

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 13,297

Second leg

17 May 1995

19:30

Bury	1–0	Preston North End
Rigby 88'

Gigg Lane, Bury

Attendance: 9,094

Bury won 2–0 on aggregate.

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17 May 1995

19:30

Chesterfield	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Mansfield Town
Lormor 27' Robinson 56' Law 95' (pen.), 101' Howard 115'		Holland 3' Wilkinson 32'

Saltergate, Chesterfield

Attendance: 8,165

Referee: Clive Wilkes

Chesterfield won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1995 Football League Third Division play-off final

27 May 1995

15:00

Bury	0–2	Chesterfield
		Lormor 23' Robinson 41'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 22,814

Referee: Paul Alcock

External links

• Football League website