1994–95 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 1994–95 season was Blackburn Rovers F.C.'s third season in the Premier League, and their third consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Blackburn Rovers

1994–95 season
Owner	Jack Walker
Chairman	Robert Coar
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Stadium	Ewood Park
Premiership	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Charity Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Shearer (34) All: Alan Shearer (37)
Highest home attendance	30 545 (vs. Newcastle United, 7 May 1995)
Lowest home attendance	14 517 (vs. Birmingham City, 20 September 1994)
Home colours Away colours

The season was marked by the club winning the Premier League title, ending their 81-year run without an English league title. They ended up winning the title by a one-point margin over Manchester United. Rovers led the way for most of the season, but a 2–1 defeat at Kenny Dalglish's old club Liverpool on the final day of the season briefly appeared to threaten their title hopes. Manchester United however could only draw 1–1 at West Ham so the league title was back at Blackburn for the first time since 1914.[1] Jack Walker's dream had come true: within five years of buying the club, he had taken them from strugglers in the old Second Division to champions of England.[2]

Early exits from the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup to Liverpool, Newcastle and Trelleborg respectively were frustrating for Rovers in 1994–95, but turned out for the best as they could concentrate on the league challenge.

Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League Manager of the Year award for leading Blackburn to success, Alan Shearer won both the Golden Boot for contributing 34 of Blackburn's 80 league goals and also the PFA Players' Player of the Year award as nominated by his fellow professionals. Tim Flowers, Graeme Le Saux, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood, Chris Sutton and Shearer all made it into the PFA Team of the Year.[3]

Review

August

Blackburn started the campaign with a 1-1 draw away to Southampton; in his debut, Chris Sutton could have been on the score sheet as early as the second minute but fired wide. It was the home side who took the lead, however, when, in the fifteenth minute, Nicky Banger controlled a box-to-box pass from Matt Le Tissier before firing home. A minute later Sutton had the chance to equalise, but this time headed wide from a Graeme Le Saux cross. Blackburn equalised in the second half when, in the 60th minute, Sutton headed the ball down to Alan Shearer who side-footed the ball past Bruce Grobbelaar.[4]

Blackburn recorded their first victory of the season just three days later at Ewood Park, running out 3-0 winners against Leicester City. Chris Sutton got the first goal and his first for his new club in the 19th minute when he headed in Shearer's delicately flighted chip. Henning Berg doubled the advantage in the 59th minute when he knocked in Sutton's flick on from close range. The points were wrapped up in the 74th minute when Robbie Slater's shot hit the post and fell straight to Shearer, who swept the ball home.[5]

Coventry City were the next visitors, and suffered a similar fate to Leicester, going down 4-0. Chris Sutton netted a hat-trick: the first a header in the 67h minute, the second a right-footed effort in the 74th and finally tapping home from close range after good work by Shearer in the 88th. Jason Wilcox got the other goal with a 20-yard effort that went in off the post.[6]

Blackburn again dropped points, this time in a 0-0 draw away to Arsenal. In a match that was dominated by Arsenal, who were let down by poor finishing, the main talking point was the sending off of Jason Wilcox in the 53rd minute for a second yellow. After defender Colin Hendry was forced off with a head wound, Chris Sutton was called on to play at centre-back, a job he proved to be more than comfortable with.[7]

September

Due to an international break, Rovers' next game was in the second week of September. The match was played at Ewood Park; the opposition, Everton, received the same treatment as previous visitors, leaving home on the back of a 3-0 defeat. Shearer got the first after 17 minutes, latching onto Tim Flowers' clearance before running at the Everton defence and shooting in the bottom left corner. Shearer was the provider for the second just before half time, crossing to the back post for an unmarked Jason Wilcox to blast home, and it was Shearer again who made sure of the points in the 60th minute, converting a penalty after Sutton had been brought down.[8] The match is notable for being the first game to feature Everton's new signing Daniel Amokachi of Nigeria, the first black player at the club in over 20 years. As the score reflected, Amokachi proved no match for the Blackburn defence who seemed to tackle him very easily and he did not threaten goal in the entire match.

Trelleborg (home)

Blackburn bounced back from their European disappointment, winning 2-1 away at Chelsea. Blackburn took the lead through an own goal in the 26th minute and looked likely to score more, but Chelsea equalised in the 56th minute through John Spencer, the first league goal that Blackburn had conceded in seven hours. Just eleven minutes later Chris Sutton headed in Robbie Slater's cross to restore the lead, and from there on in there was only one victor.[9]

Aston Villa were the next visitors to Ewood, and bettered previous opposition by at least scoring, although still going down 3-1. In the 17th minute Sutton was fouled by Ugo Ehiogu and Shearer confidently struck the penalty beyond Mark Bosnich to give Blackburn the lead. The second, in the 55th minute, saw Shearer return the favour when his shot from Stuart Ripley's cross thumped off Ehiogu's chest and Sutton got his toe to it, poking it beyond Bosnich. The duo combined again for the 71st-minute third goal: Sutton gathered a long clearance from Tim Flowers and laid the pass precisely into Shearer's path, who easily went past Ehiogu to thump a 15-yard shot into the net. The Villa defender did manage to get a consolation goal in injury time.[10]

Trelleborg (away)

October

Following on from their midweek European failure, Blackburn lost their first game away to Norwich City 2-1. Blackburn took the lead and, following his £5m move, inevitably it was Chris Sutton who got the first goal, rolling the ball gently past Bryan Gunn in the fourth minute. Norwich fought back, however, and goals from Mark Bowen and Jon Newsome either side of halftime handed them the win and Blackburn their first league defeat.[11]

Blackburn's title challenge continued to stutter in the next match with a 1-1 away to leaders Newcastle United. Rovers took the lead through a 57th-minute penalty from Shearer after Wilcox had been brought down by Newcastle goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek. Blackburn looked to be leaving with all three points, but Newcastle scrambled an equaliser just two minutes from time: Colin Hendry unintentionally flicked on Scott Sellars' corner and the ball fell to Steve Howey. His shot was cleared off the line by Jason Wilcox, only to rebound into the net off the back of Tim Flowers.[12]

Blackburn returned to winning ways against Liverpool, coming out 3-2 winners in a match between the teams placed third and fourth in the Premiership pre-match. Liverpool took the lead through Robbie Fowler's deflected 30th-minute shot, a lead they kept until halftime. The match was turned on its head soon after halftime when Shearer made two goals with crosses from the right of the area that were touched home by Mark Atkins in the 52nd minute and Sutton in the 57th. The lead did not last long as John Barnes scored an overhead kick from Stig Inge Bjørnebye's cross just two minutes later, but Sutton scored what proved to be the winner in the 73rd minute by blasting in from a tight angle after his first effort was blocked by Neil Ruddock.[13]

Blackburn's unbeaten home League record went the next game when they lost 4-2 to Manchester United. Blackburn took the lead after 13 minutes: Eric Cantona handled on the right touchline and, when Graeme Le Saux's cross entered the area, Peter Schmeichel punched the ball out straight to Paul Warhurst, who returned it with a deft chip off 30 yards into the top of the goal. As Blackburn appeared on the brink of an unbreakable hold, the tone of the match was irretrievably altered when Henning Berg brought down Lee Sharpe in the area. The penalty decision, later shown to be incorrect as Berg had played the ball, was compounded by Berg's sending off. Cantona scored the penalty into the left-hand corner. Blackburn regained the lead after 50 minutes when Colin Hendry scored with a powerful header from Le Saux's cross, but the lead lastly barely a minute as Andrei Kanchelskis broke in from the right and, after his attempt at a cross was blocked by Hendry, the winger pounced on the loose ball and hit a left-foot half-volley past Tim Flowers. After 66 minutes it was 3-2 when Le Saux committed an error playing a ball to the unmarked Mark Hughes, who saw Flowers off his line and delicately chipped over the stranded goalkeeper. Rovers pushed for an equaliser, but Kanchelskis broke away in the 82nd minute to secure the points.[14]

Things didn't get any easier for Blackburn as they then faced an away trip to Nottingham Forest, who were unbeaten and had a 24-game unbeaten record in all competitions. In a hard fought, entertaining competitive match, Blackburn came out 2-0 victors. Sutton gave Blackburn the lead in the eighth minute, capitalising on Forest's failure to clear the ball on the edge of their area by thumping a right-foot shot on the turn. The second goal came from a corner, swung over by Ripley to Shearer, whose apparent mishit on the turn fell neatly for Sutton to smash the ball past Mark Crossley in the 68th minute. Jason Wilcox was sent for two bookable offences - the second, in the 87th minute, for time wasting.[15]

FA Charity Shield

Due to Manchester United completing the Double of Premier League and FA Cup in 1993–94, Blackburn Rovers faced them in the season's annual curtain raiser – the FA Charity Shield, as they finished as runners-up in the 1993-94 Premier League. United won the match 2–0 with goals from Eric Cantona and Paul Ince.

14 August 1994, 16:00 Charity Shield	Manchester United	2 – 0	Blackburn	Wembley Stadium, London
	Cantona  22' (pen.) Ince  81'			Attendance: 60,402 Referee: Philip Don

Awards

Despite leading his team to Premier league glory, Kenny Dalglish only won the Premier League Manager of the Month award once. This came in November when he guided Blackburn to four successive wins.[16] The same month also saw Shearer and Sutton jointly win the Premier League Player of the Month award for "|[17] scoring eight goals between them.

Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League Manager of the Year award for leading Blackburn to title success,[18] Alan Shearer won both the Golden Boot and the PFA Players' Player of the Year award as nominated by his fellow professionals.[19]

Tim Flowers, Graeme Le Saux, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood, Sutton and Shearer all made it into the PFA Team of the Year.

Blackburn also provided the opposition when Matt Le Tissier scored the eventual Goal of the Season on 10 December 1994, for his famous lob over old teammate Tim Flowers.

First-team squad

[20] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Tim Flowers 2 DF  ENG Tony Gale 3 DF  IRL Jeff Kenna 4 MF  ENG Tim Sherwood (captain) 5 DF  SCO Colin Hendry 6 DF  ENG Graeme Le Saux 7 MF  ENG Stuart Ripley 8 FW  SCO Kevin Gallacher 9 FW  ENG Alan Shearer 10 FW  ENG Mike Newell 11 MF  ENG Jason Wilcox 12 DF  ENG Nicky Marker 13 GK  ENG Bobby Mimms

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ENG Lee Makel 15 MF  NED Richard Witschge (on loan from Bordeaux) 16 FW  ENG Chris Sutton 17 MF  AUS Robbie Slater 20 DF  NOR Henning Berg 21 MF  ENG Paul Harford 22 MF  ENG Mark Atkins 23 MF  ENG David Batty 24 MF  ENG Paul Warhurst 25 DF  ENG Ian Pearce 26 GK  AUS Frank Talia 31 GK  IRL Shay Given

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ENG Alan Wright (to Aston Villa) 15 DF  ENG Richard Brown (to Stockport County)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  SCO Andy Morrison (to Blackpool) 19 FW  ENG Peter Thorne (to Swindon Town)

Results

FA Premier League

20 August 1994 Round 1	Southampton	1 – 1	Blackburn	The Dell, Southampton
	Banger  15'		60' Shearer	Attendance: 14,209

23 August 1994 Round 2	Blackburn	3 – 0	Leicester City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sutton  18' Berg  59' Shearer  73'			Attendance: 21,050

27 August 1994 Round 3	Blackburn	4 – 0	Coventry City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sutton  67', 74', 88' Wilcox  77'			Attendance: 21,657

31 August 1994 Round 4	Arsenal	0 – 0	Blackburn	Highbury Stadium, London
				Attendance: 37,629

10 September 1994 Round 5	Blackburn	3 – 0	Everton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  17', 60' (pen.) Wilcox  43'			Attendance: 26,538

18 September 1994 Round 6	Chelsea	1 – 2	Blackburn	Stamford Bridge, London
	Spencer  55'		27' (o.g.) Johnsen  66' Sutton	Attendance: 17,513

24 September 1994 Round 7	Blackburn	3 – 1	Aston Villa	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  17' (pen), 72' Sutton  56'		90' Ehiogu	Attendance: 22,694

1 October 1994 Round 8	Norwich City	2 – 1	Blackburn	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Bowen  30' Newsome  55'		4' Sutton	Attendance: 18,145

9 October 1994 Round 9	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Blackburn	St James' Park, Newcastle
	Flowers  88' (o.g.)		58' (pen.) Shearer	Attendance: 33,441

15 October 1994 Round 10	Blackburn	3 – 2	Liverpool	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Atkins  52' Sutton  57', 72'		29' Fowler  59' Barnes	Attendance: 30,263

23 October 1994 Round 11	Blackburn	2 – 4	Manchester United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Warhurst  13' Hendry  51'		45' (pen.) Cantona  52', 82' Kanchelskis  67' Hughes	Attendance: 30,260

29 October 1994 Round 12	Nottingham Forest	0 – 2	Blackburn	City Ground, Nottingham
			6', 68' Sutton	Attendance: 22,131

2 November 1994 Round 13	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 1	Blackburn	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
			53' Shearer	Attendance: 24,207

5 November 1994 Round 14	Blackburn	2 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Wilcox  8' Shearer  49' (pen.)			Attendance: 26,933

19 November 1994 Round 15	Ipswich Town	1 – 3	Blackburn	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Thomsen  28'		Sutton  8' Sherwood  41' Shearer  70'	Attendance: 17,329

26 November 1994 Round 16	Blackburn	4 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sutton  9' Shearer  56', 66' (pen.), 85'			Attendance: 21,302

3 December 1994 Round 17	Wimbledon	0 – 3	Blackburn	Selhurst Park, London
			51' Atkins  72' Wilcox  74' Shearer	Attendance: 12,341

10 December 1994 Round 18	Blackburn	3 – 2	Southampton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Atkins  6' Shearer  13', 74'		65', 78' Le Tissier	Attendance: 23,372

17 December 1994 Round 19	Leicester City	0 – 0	Blackburn	Filbert Street, Leicester
				Attendance: 20,559

26 December 1994 Round 20	Manchester City	1 – 3	Blackburn	Maine Road, Manchester
	Quinn  21'		9' Shearer  16' Atkins  67' Le Saux	Attendance: 23,387

31 December 1994 Round 21	Crystal Palace	0 – 1	Blackburn	Selhurst Park, London
			65' Sherwood	Attendance: 14,232

2 January 1995 Round 22	Blackburn	4 – 2	West Ham United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  14' (pen.), 75', 79' (pen.) Le Saux  61'		33' Cottee  58' (pen.) Dicks	Attendance: 25,503

14 January 1995 Round 23	Blackburn	3 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Warhurst  54' Wilcox  78' Chettle  88' (o.g.)			Attendance: 22,131

22 January 1995 Round 24	Manchester United	1 – 0	Blackburn	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Cantona  80'			Attendance: 43,742

28 January 1995 Round 25	Blackburn	4 – 1	Ipswich Town	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  3', 29', 90' (pen.) Sherwood  49'		76' (pen.) Wark	Attendance: 21,325

1 February 1995 Round 26	Blackburn	1 – 1	Leeds United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  6' (pen.)		85' (pen.) McAllister	Attendance: 28,561

5 February 1995 Round 27	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 1	Blackburn	White Hart Lane, London
	Klinsmann  18' Anderton  29' Barmby  79'		46' Sherwood	Attendance: 28,124

12 February 1995 Round 28	Blackburn	3 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sherwood  26' Atkins  35' Shearer  66'		32' Waddle	Attendance: 22,223

22 February 1995 Round 29	Blackburn	2 – 1	Wimbledon	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  23' Atkins  25'		39' Ekoku	Attendance: 20,586

25 February 1995 Round 30	Blackburn	0 – 0	Norwich City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
				Attendance: 25,579

4 March 1995 Round 31	Aston Villa	0 – 1	Blackburn	Villa Park, Birmingham
			12' Hendry	Attendance: 40,011

8 March 1995 Round 32	Blackburn	3 – 1	Arsenal	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  4', 48' (pen.) Le Saux  18'		49' Morrow	Attendance: 23,452

11 March 1995 Round 33	Coventry City	1 – 1	Blackburn	Highfield Road, Coventry
	Dublin  30'		87' Shearer	Attendance: 18,547

18 March 1995 Round 34	Blackburn	2 – 1	Chelsea	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  16' Sherwood  37'		3' Stein	Attendance: 25,490

1 April 1995 Round 35	Everton	1 – 2	Blackburn	Goodison Park, Liverpool
	Stuart  23'		1' Sutton  6' Shearer	Attendance: 37,905

4 April 1995 Round 36	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 1	Blackburn	Loftus Road, London
			67' Sutton	Attendance: 16,508

15 April 1995 Round 37	Leeds United	1 – 1	Blackburn	Elland Road, Leeds
	Deane  90'		44' Hendry	Attendance: 39,426

17 April 1995 Round 38	Blackburn	2 – 3	Manchester City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  7' Hendry  39'		32' (pen.) Curle  57' Rösler  71' Walsh	Attendance: 27,851

20 April 1995 Round 39	Blackburn	2 – 1	Crystal Palace	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Kenna  47' Gallacher  51'		71' Houghton	Attendance: 28,005

30 April 1995 Round 40	West Ham United	2 – 0	Blackburn	Upton Park, London
	Rieper  50' Hutchison  83'			Attendance: 24,202

8 May 1995 Round 41	Blackburn	1 – 0	Newcastle United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer  29'			Attendance: 30,545

14 May 1995 Round 42	Liverpool	2 – 1	Blackburn	Anfield, Liverpool
	Barnes  64' Redknapp  90'		20' Shearer	Attendance: 40,014

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	42	27	8	7	80	39	+41	89	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United	42	26	10	6	77	28	+49	88	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77
4	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	65	37	+28	74
5	Leeds United	42	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Leeds United were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

FA Cup

8 January 1995 Round 3	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Blackburn	St James Park, Newcastle
	Lee		Sutton	Attendance: 31,721

18 January 1995 Round 3 Replay	Blackburn	1 – 2	Newcastle United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sutton		Hottiger Clark	Attendance: 22,658

League Cup

20 September 1994 Round 2, Leg 1	Blackburn	2 – 0	Birmingham City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Wilcox Sutton			Attendance: 14,517

5 October 1994 Round 2, Leg 2	Birmingham City	1 – 1	Blackburn	St Andrews, Birmingham
	McGavin		Sutton	Attendance: 16,275

26 October 1994 Round 3	Blackburn	2 – 0	Coventry City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Shearer			Attendance: 14,538

30 November 1994 Round 4	Blackburn	1 – 3	Liverpool	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sutton		Rush	Attendance: 30,115

UEFA Cup

13 September 1994 Round 1, Leg 1	Blackburn	0 – 1	Trelleborg	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45			Sandell  72'	Attendance: 13,775 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

27 September 1994 Round 1, Leg 2	Trelleborg	2 – 2	Blackburn	Vångavallen, Trelleborg
19:45	Karlsson  50', 85'		18' Sutton  84' Shearer	Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Squad stats

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tim Flowers	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
2	DF	Tony Gale	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
3	DF	Alan Wright	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
3	DF	Jeff Kenna	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
4	MF	Tim Sherwood	38	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	5
5	DF	Colin Hendry	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	4
6	DF	Graeme Le Saux	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	3
7	MF	Stuart Ripley	36+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36+1	0
8	FW	Kevin Gallacher	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
9	FW	Alan Shearer	42	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	34
10	FW	Mike Newell	2+10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+10	0
11	MF	Jason Wilcox	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	5
12	DF	Nicky Marker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Bobby Mimms	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	Lee Makel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Richard Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Richard Witschge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	Chris Sutton	40	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	15
17	MF	Robbie Slater	12+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12+6	0
18	DF	Andy Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Peter Thorne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Henning Berg	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	1
22	MF	Mark Atkins	30+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	30+4	6
23	MF	David Batty	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
24	MF	Paul Warhurst	20+7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20+7	2
25	DF	Ian Pearce	22+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22+6	0
31	GK	Shay Given	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Starts + substitution appearances

• Last Update: 22 January 2010[21]
• Data does not include appearances/goals obtained whilst at another club
• Substitution appearances in (brackets)
• League – Premier League
• FA Cup – FA Cup
• League Cup – League Cup

Discipline

• As of: 14 May 1995[22]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	GK	Tim Flowers	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
2	DF	Tony Gale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Alan Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	Tim Sherwood	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
5	DF	Colin Hendry	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF	Graeme Le Saux	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7	MF	Stuart Ripley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Alan Shearer	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	FW	Mike Newell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	Jason Wilcox	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
16	FW	Chris Sutton	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17	MF	Robbie Slater	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF	Henning Berg	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
21	DF	Jeff Kenna	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Mark Atkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	David Batty	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	Paul Warhurst	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
25	DF	Ian Pearce	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		TOTALS	58	4	0	0	0	0	58	4

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
13 July 1994	Chris Sutton	Norwich City	£5 000 000[23]
4 August 1994	Robbie Slater	RC Lens	£300 000[23]
8 August 1994	Shay Given	Celtic	Free[23]
11 August 1994	Tony Gale	West Ham	Free[23]
28 August 1994	Tony Carss	Bradford City	Free[23]
15 March 1995	Jeff Kenna	Southampton	£1 500 000[23]

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
9 August 1994	Andy Scott	Cardiff City	Free[23]
12 August 1994	Simon Ireland	Mansfield Town	£60 000[23]
9 December 1994	Andy Morrison	Blackpool	Free[23]
18 January 1995	Peter Thorne	Swindon Town	£225 000[23]
13 February 1995	Matt Dickins	Stockport County	Free[23]
3 March 1995	Richard Brown	Stockport County	Free[23]
10 March 1995	Alan Wright	Aston Villa	£1 000 000[23]

Loaned in

Date	Player	Club	Return date
1 April 1995	Richard Witschge	Bordeaux	31 May 1995[23]

Loaned out

Date	Player	Club	Return date
2 September 1994	Paul Harford	Wigan Athletic	?
9 September 1994	Matt Dickens	Grimsby Town	?
14 October 1994	Matt Dickens	Rochdale	?
15 December 1994	Paul Harford	Shrewsbury Town	?

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