1994–95 Crystal Palace F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Crystal Palace F.C. 1994–95 Alan Smith Ron Noades Selhurst Park FA Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Semi-finals Chris Armstrong (8) Chris Armstrong (19) 18,224 vs Manchester United (25 Jan 1995, Premier League) vs Liverpool (8 Mar 1995, League Cup) 6,541 vs Lincoln City (8 Jan 1995, FA Cup) 14,992 _3redstripes2 _blueline ff0000 0000ff ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 1993–94 1995–96 During the 1994–95 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary Crystal Palace returned to the Premier League 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 Premier League, 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 Premier League. Final league table 1994–95 FA Premier League CRY Results summary 6 6 9 16 23 5 6 10 18 26 Statto September 2015 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com September 2015 Results Crystal Palace's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1994-1995/results Crystal Palace 1994-1995 Results - statto.com 29 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130324011016/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1994-1995/results 24 March 2013 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1994 LiverpoolH1–618,084Armstrong 24 August 1994 Norwich CityA0–019,015 27 August 1994 Aston VillaA1–123,305Southgate 30 August 1994 Leeds UnitedH1–213,654Gordon 10 September 1994 Manchester CityA1–119,971Dyer 17 September 1994 WimbledonH0–012,100 24 September 1994 ChelseaH0–116,030 1 October 1994 ArsenalA2–134,136Salako (2) 8 October 1994 West Ham UnitedA0–116,959 15 October 1994 Newcastle UnitedH0–117,760 22 October 1994 EvertonH1–014,505Preece 29 October 1994 Leicester CityA1–020,022Preece 2 November 1994 Coventry CityA4–110,732Preece (2), Salako, Newman 5 November 1994 Ipswich TownH3–013,349Newman, Armstrong, Salako 19 November 1994 Manchester UnitedA0–343,788 26 November 1994 SouthamptonH0–014,007 3 December 1994 Sheffield WednesdayA0–121,930 11 December 1994 LiverpoolA0–030,972 17 December 1994 Norwich CityH0–112,252 26 December 1994 Queens Park RangersH0–016,372 27 December 1994 Tottenham HotspurA0–027,730 31 December 1994 Blackburn RoversH0–114,232 2 January 1995 Nottingham ForestA0–121,326 14 January 1995 Leicester CityH2–012,707Newman, Ndah 21 January 1995 EvertonA1–323,733Coleman 25 January 1995 Manchester UnitedH1–118,224Southgate 4 February 1995 Ipswich TownA2–015,570Dowie, Gordon (pen) 11 February 1995 Coventry CityH0–211,871 25 February 1995 ArsenalH0–317,092 5 March 1995 ChelseaA0–014,130 14 March 1995 Sheffield WednesdayH2–110,422Armstrong, Dowie 18 March 1995 WimbledonA0–28,835 1 April 1995 Manchester CityH2–113,312Armstrong, Patterson 4 April 1995 Aston VillaH0–012,606 14 April 1995 Tottenham HotspurH1–118,149Armstrong 17 April 1995 Queens Park RangersA1–014,227Dowie 20 April 1995 Blackburn RoversA1–228,005Houghton 29 April 1995 Nottingham ForestH1–215,886Dowie 3 May 1995 SouthamptonA1–315,151Southgate 6 May 1995 West Ham UnitedH1–014,227Armstrong 9 May 1995 Leeds UnitedA1–330,942Armstrong 14 May 1995 Newcastle UnitedA2–335,626Armstrong, Houghton FA Cup 1994–95 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 1995 Lincoln CityH5–16,541Coleman, Armstrong, Gordon (pen), Salako (2)R428 January 1995 Nottingham ForestA2–116,790Armstrong, DowieR518 February 1995 WatfordA0–013,814R5R1 March 1995 WatfordH1–010,321NdahQF11 March 1995 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–114,604DowieQFR22 March 1995 Wolverhampton WanderersA4–127,548Armstrong (2), Pitcher, DowieSF9 April 1995 Manchester UnitedN2–238,256Dowie, ArmstrongSFR12 April 1995 Manchester UnitedN0–217,987 League Cup 1994–95 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 20 September 1994 Lincoln CityA0–14,310R2 2nd Leg 4 October 1994 Lincoln CityH3–0 (won 3–1 on agg)6,870Gordon, Armstrong, DyerR325 October 1994 WimbledonA1–09,394ArmstrongR430 November 1994 Aston VillaH4–112,653Armstrong (2), Southgate (2)R511 January 1995 Manchester CityH4–016,668Pitcher, Salako, Preece, ArmstrongSF 1st Leg 15 February 1995 LiverpoolA0–125,480SF 2nd Leg 8 March 1995 LiverpoolH0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg)18,224 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/cpalace.htm FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 1994/95 1 ENG GK Nigel Martyn 2 ENG DF John Humphrey 3 ENG DF Dean Gordon 4 ENG MF Gareth Southgate captain 5 WAL DF Eric YoungYoung 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. 6 WAL DF Chris Coleman 7 ENG MF Simon Rodger 8 NIR FW Iain DowieDowie 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. 9 ENG FW Chris Armstrong 10 ENG FW Bruce DyerDyer 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. 11 ENG MF John SalakoSalako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991. 12 ENG MF Damian Matthew 14 ENG DF Richard Shaw 15 ENG MF Bobby BowryBowry 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. 16 ENG MF Darren Pitcher 17 ENG FW Paul Williams 18 ENG FW Andy Preece 19 WAL GK Rhys Wilmot 20 IRL MF Ray HoughtonHoughton 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. 21 ENG DF Ian CoxCox 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. 22 NIR DF Darren Patterson 23 ENG MF Ricky Newman 24 ENG FW George NdahNdah 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. 25 ENG GK Jimmy Glass 26 IRL MF Brian Launders Left club during season 8 ENG MF Ray Wilkins to Queens Park Rangers 20 ENG DF Andy Thorn to Wimbledon ENG MF Glen Little on loan to Derry City Reserve squad ENG DF Jamie Vincent ENG DF Danny BoxallBoxall was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level. SWE MF Björn Enqvist ENG MF Glen Little IRL MF Rob QuinnQuinn 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. IRL MF Tony Scully SCO FW Kevin Hall ENG DF Paul Sparrow Transfers In DatePosNameFromFee26 May 1994MFRay WilkinsQPRFree transfer23 June 1994FWAndy PreeceStockport County£350,0005 July 1994MFDarren PitcherCharlton Athletic£700,0009 August 1994GKRhys WilmotGrimsby Town£80,00013 January 1995FWIain DowieSouthampton£400,00010 February 1995MFBjörn EnqvistMalmö FFSigned23 March 1995MFRay HoughtonAston Villa£300,000 Out DatePosNameToFee4 July 1994GKAndy WoodmanExeter CityFree transfer5 July 1994MFStuart MasseyOxford UnitedFree transfer5 July 1994FWDavid WhyteCharlton Athletic£450,0005 July 1994MFPaul MortimerCharlton Athletic£200,00016 August 1994MFMark HawthorneSheffield UnitedFree transfer17 August 1994MFSimon OsbornReading£90,0005 October 1994DFAndy ThornWimbledonFree transfer17 November 1994MFRay WilkinsQPRFree transfer Transfers in: £1,830,000 Transfers out: £740,000 Total spending: £1,090,000 Notes notes References Category:Crystal Palace F.C. seasons Crystal Palace