1994–95 Notts County F.C. season

During the 1994–95 English football season, Notts County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Notts County

1994–95 season
Chairman	Derek Pavis
Manager	Mick Walker (until 14 September) Russell Slade (from 14 September – 12 January) Howard Kendall (from 12 January – 1 April) Wayne Jones/Steve Nicol (temporary from 1 April)
Stadium	Meadow Lane
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Devlin (9) All: Devlin (12)
Average home league attendance	7,195

Season summary

In the early stages of the 1994–95 season, Walker was surprisingly sacked in September and this triggered a dramatic decline in the club's fortunes throughout the league campaign. Even though Notts County won the Anglo-Italian Cup at Wembley in March 1995, they ended the season relegated to Division Two.

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
22	Burnley (R)	46	11	13	22	49	74	−25	46
23	Bristol City (R)	46	11	12	23	42	63	−21	45
24	Notts County (R)	46	9	13	24	45	66	−21	40

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Results

Notts County's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–2	10,487	Sherlock
21 August 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	8,569	Simpson
27 August 1994	Sheffield United	A	3–1	9,781	McSwegan (2), Lund
30 August 1994	Oldham Athletic	H	1–3	6,604	McSwegan
3 September 1994	Swindon Town	H	0–1	6,537
10 September 1994	Bristol City	A	1–2	6,670	Jemson
13 September 1994	Barnsley	A	1–1	3,928	Lund
17 September 1994	Stoke City	H	0–2	8,282
24 September 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	3–3	5,726	Agana, Lund, Sturgess (own goal)
1 October 1994	Reading	A	0–2	7,465
8 October 1994	Port Vale	H	2–2	6,903	Williams, Agana
15 October 1994	Watford	A	1–3	7,008	Williams
23 October 1994	Derby County	H	0–0	6,390
29 October 1994	Burnley	A	1–2	12,876	Davis (own goal)
1 November 1994	Southend United	A	0–1	4,302
5 November 1994	Sunderland	H	3–2	8,890	Devlin (2), Legg
19 November 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	11,698
26 November 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	10,088	Turner, Lund
3 December 1994	Derby County	A	0–0	14,278
6 December 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	4,703	Devlin
10 December 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	25,786
17 December 1994	Portsmouth	H	0–1	6,383
26 December 1994	Millwall	H	0–1	6,758
28 December 1994	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	21,558	McSwegan
31 December 1994	Luton Town	H	0–1	6,249
14 January 1995	Burnley	H	3–0	8,698	White, Devlin, McSwegan
21 January 1995	Sunderland	A	2–1	14,334	Matthews, Lund
28 January 1995	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	5,161	White
4 February 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	6,105	Legg, Devlin (pen)
7 February 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	7,374	Matthews
11 February 1995	Southend United	H	2–2	6,768	Legg, Matthews
18 February 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	13,748	Devlin (2)
25 February 1995	Reading	H	1–0	7,184	Agana
4 March 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	13,863
11 March 1995	Sheffield United	H	2–1	11,102	White, Simpson
14 March 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,465	Devlin
21 March 1995	Bristol City	H	1–1	5,692	White
25 March 1995	Stoke City	A	1–2	10,170	White
1 April 1995	Barnsley	H	1–3	6,834	Devlin
8 April 1995	Luton Town	A	0–2	6,428
15 April 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	9,377	White
19 April 1995	Millwall	A	0–0	5,471
22 April 1995	Grimsby Town	H	0–2	5,286
29 April 1995	Watford	H	1–0	5,083	White
3 May 1995	Swindon Town	A	0–3	8,262
7 May 1995	Port Vale	A	1–1	9,452	McSwegan

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1995	Manchester City	H	2–2	12,376	Matthews 24', White 29'
R3R	18 January 1995	Manchester City	A	2–5	14,261	McSwegan 10', Matthews 61'

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	20 September 1994	Bristol City	A	1–0	2,546	Devlin
R2 Second Leg	27 September 1994	Bristol City	H	3–0 (won 4–0 on agg)	2,721	Jemson, Lund (2)
R3	26 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	16,952	Agana, McSwegan (2)
R4	30 November 1994	Norwich City	A	0–1	14,030

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group A	24 August 1994	Ascoli	A	1–1	1,300	Devlin
Group A	6 September 1994	Lecce	H	1–0	2,495	Turner
Group A	5 October 1994	Atalanta	A	1–1	2,300	Agana
Group A	15 November 1994	Venezia	H	3–3	2,861	Devlin, Marsden, Murphy
SF First Leg	24 January 1995	Stoke City	H	0–0	5,135
SF Second Leg	31 January 1995	Stoke City	A	0–0 (won 3–2 on pens)	10,741
F	19 March 1995	Ascoli	N	2–1	11,704	Agana, White

Squad

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	Steve Cherry
—	GK	ENG	Paul Reece
—	GK	AUS	Jason Kearton (on loan from Everton)
—	DF	AUS	Shaun Murphy
—	DF	JAM	Michael Johnson
—	DF	ENG	Dean Yates
—	DF	SCO	Steve Nicol
—	DF	SCO	Graeme Hogg
—	DF	ENG	Chris Short
—	DF	ENG	Tommy Gallagher
—	DF	NGA	Michael Emenalo
—	DF	ENG	Michael Forsyth
—	DF	ENG	Richard Walker
—	DF	ENG	Ray Daniel (on loan from Portsmouth)
—	DF	ENG	Paul Sherlock
—	DF	ENG	Colin Hoyle
—	DF	ENG	Paul Cox
—	MF	SCO	Paul Devlin
—	MF	ENG	Phil Turner

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Gary Mills
—	MF	WAL	Andy Legg
—	MF	ENG	Peter Butler
—	MF	ENG	Michael Simpson
—	MF	ENG	Chris Marsden
—	MF	ENG	Mick Galloway
—	MF	ENG	Martin Kuhl (on loan from Derby County)
—	MF	ENG	Ian Ridgway
—	MF	ENG	James Hunt
—	FW	ENG	Tony Agana
—	FW	ENG	Gary Lund
—	FW	SCO	Gary McSwegan
—	FW	ENG	Devon White
—	FW	ENG	Rob Matthews
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Russell
—	FW	ENG	Nigel Jemson
—	FW	ENG	John Williams (on loan from Coventry City)
—	FW	ENG	Steve Slawson