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1994–95 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Aston Villa F.C.
season	1994–95
manager	Ron Atkinson
(until 10 Nov)
Jim Barron
(caretaker 10-25 Nov)
Brian Little
(from 25 November)
chairman	Doug Ellis
stadium	Villa Park
league	FA Premier League
league result	[18th](1994-95-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Fourth round](1994-95-fa-cup-fourth-round-proper)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth round](1994-95-football-league-cup)
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	[Second round](1994-95-uefa-cup-second-round)
league topscorer	Dean Saunders (15)
season topscorer	Dean Saunders (17)
highest attendance	40,154 vs Liverpool
(6 May 1995, Premier League)
lowest attendance	12,433 vs Wigan Athletic
(21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
average attendance	29,756
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Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

(until 10 Nov) Jim Barron (caretaker 10-25 Nov) Brian Little (from 25 November) (6 May 1995, Premier League) (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)

The 1994–95 English football season was Aston Villa's 3rd season in the Premier League. The season was Aston Villa's 120th professional season, their 84th season in the top flight and their 7th consecutive season in the top tier of English football including their time the Football League First Division.

Two seasons earlier, Aston Villa narrowly missed out on the league title. The season after that, they dipped to 10th place in the league but still had success as League Cup winners. But the decline continued into 1994–95 and Ron Atkinson paid with his job in November. Within days, former Villa favourite Brian Little was back at the club. Little managed to keep Villa clear of the drop.

Before the season was over, a new era was already in the making at Villa Park. A number of players now past their best were off-loaded to new clubs; these included Ray Houghton, Garry Parker, Kevin Richardson and Earl Barrett. The close season saw more players from the Atkinson era pass through the Villa Park exit door: Shaun Teale, Dalian Atkinson, Dean Saunders and John Fashanu.

Little brought in younger players like Alan Wright (260), Ian Taylor (233), Mark Draper (120), Gary Charles (107), Savo Milosevic (90), Nii Lamptey (10), and Carl Tiler (12) to give some much-needed strength to a side of fading stars, as well as giving such much-needed hope to fans of a club which had been rescued from the threat of a rapid decline. Defender Tiler was sold to Sheffield United for £500,000 after just 18 months at the club, having played just 12 league games due to injury.

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
[](1995-96-aston-villa-f-c-season-kit)	Müller*

*Aston Villa's kits were amended to include "yogurt" under Müller for their matches televised on Sky Sports.

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
1 August 1994	LB	Phil King	Sheffield Wednesday	£200,000
3 August 1994	AM	Nii Lamptey	NED PSV Eindhoven	£200,000
4 August 1994	CF	John Fashanu	Wimbledon	£1,350,000
21 December 1994	CM	Ian Taylor	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,000,000
6 January 1995	RB	Gary Charles	Derby County	£1,450,000
6 January 1995	CF	Tommy Johnson	Derby County	£1,450,000
10 February 1995	CF	Franz Carr	Leicester City	£250,000
10 March 1995	LB	Alan Wright	Blackburn Rovers	£1,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
6 July 1994	RW	Tony Daley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,250,000
1 July 1994	AM	GER Stefan Beinlich	GER Hansa Rostock	£190,000
1 July 1994	AM	GER Matthias Breitkreutz	GER Hansa Rostock	£190,000
11 July 1994	LW	Steve Froggatt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,000,000
14 July 1994	RB	POL Dariusz Kubicki	Sunderland	£100,000
19 July 1994	RB	Neil Cox	Middlesbrough	£1,000,000
21 December 1994	CF	Guy Whittingham	Sheffield Wednesday	£700,000
30 January 1995	RB	Earl Barrett	Everton	£1,700,000
10 February 1995	CM	Garry Parker	Leicester City	£300,000
16 February 1995	CM	Kevin Richardson	Coventry City	£300,000
23 March 1995	CM	IRL Ray Houghton	Crystal Palace	£300,000
24 March 1995	CB	Chris Boden	Derby County	£150,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
9 September 1994	LB	Bryan Small	Birmingham City	9 November 1994
21 March 1995	LM	Gareth Farrelly	Rotherham United	31 May 1995

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£6,900,000

Income

£7,180,000

Balance

£280,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
1	Nigel Spink	GK	ENG	Chelmsford	Chelmsford City	4 January 1977	£4,000	432	0
13	Mark Bosnich	GK	AUS	Liverpool	AUS Sydney Croatia	28 February 1992	Free transfer	60	0
30	Michael Oakes	GK	ENG	Northwich	Academy	1 July 1991		0	0
2	Earl Barrett	RB	ENG	Rochdale	Oldham Athletic	25 February 1992	£1,700,000	116	2
2*	Alan Wright	LB	ENG	Ashton-under-Lyne	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	-	-
3	Steve Staunton	LB	IRE	Dundalk	Liverpool	7 August 1991	£1,100,000	126	7
4	Shaun Teale	CB	ENG	Southport	Bournemouth	25 July 1991	£300,000	147	5
5	Paul McGrath	CB	IRE	ENG Greenford	Manchester United	3 August 1989	£400,000	219	8
15	Phil King	LB	ENG	Bristol	Sheffield Wednesday	1 August 1994	£200,000	-	-
16	Ugo Ehiogu	CB	ENG	Hackney	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	33	0
20	Bryan Small	LB	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 July 1990		38	0
22*	Gary Charles	RB	ENG	Newham	Derby County	6 January 1995	£1,450,000	-	-
24	Chris Boden	CB	ENG	Wolverhampton	Academy	1 January 1992		0	0
6	Kevin Richardson (c)	CM	ENG	Newcastle upon Tyne	ESP Real Sociedad	6 August 1991	£450,000	155	10
7	Ray Houghton	RM/CM	IRE	SCO Glasgow	Liverpool	28 July 1992	£900,000	87	9
11	Andy Townsend	CM	IRE	ENG Maidstone	Chelsea	26 July 1993	£2,100,000	47	4
12	Nii Lamptey	AM	GHA	Tema	NED PSV Eindhoven	3 August 1994	£200,000	-	-
14	Garry Parker	CM	ENG	Oxford	Nottingham Forest	29 November 1991	£650,000	99	13
17	Ian Taylor	CM	ENG	Birmingham	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	-	-
19	Graham Fenton	AM	ENG	Whitley Bay	Academy	1 July 1993		14	1
21	David Farrell	CM	ENG	Birmingham	Redditch United	6 January 1992	£45,000	6	0
8	John Fashanu	CF	ENG	Kensington	Wimbledon	4 August 1994	£1,350,000	-	-
9	Dean Saunders	CF	WAL	Swansea	Liverpool	19 July 1991	£2,300,000	96	34
10	Dalian Atkinson	CF	ENG	Shrewsbury	ESP Real Sociedad	11 July 1991	£1,600,000	92	29
14*	Franz Carr	RW	ENG	Preston	Leicester City	10 February 1995	£250,000	-	-
18	Dwight Yorke	CF	TRI	Canaan	TRI Signal Hill	19 July 1991	£120,000	103	29
22	Guy Whittingham	CF	ENG	Evesham	Portsmouth	3 August 1993	£1,300,000	21	3
25	Tommy Johnson	CF	ENG	Gateshead	Derby County	6 January 1995	£1,450,000	-	-

*squad number was re-used following a players departure.

Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1994.

Results

Premier League

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League

Results by round

Matches

Rideout Saunders Saunders Sutton Cole Fowler Whittingham Stone Penrice Kanchelskis Ardley Jones Leonhardsen Saunders
Klinsmann Bosnich Fenton
Saunders Le Tissier Yorke Taylor Saunders Ehiogu Saunders Johnson
Saunders
Yorke Staunton Yorke Johnson Roberts Lowe Beardsley Hutchison Wright

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Saunders

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Atkinson Saunders Lamptey Whittingham Southgate

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Cup

Parker
Staunton
Townsend
Whittingham
King
Bia
Bergkamp
Seno
Fontolan
Sosa Ehiogu

Statistics

Appearances

Rank	#	Nat	Player	Pos	Apps	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total	XI	Sub	XI	Sub	XI	Sub	XI	Sub	XI
5	IRL		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	6}}	49	36	4	2	0	3	0	4	0	45	4
9	WAL		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	23}}	48	39	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	48	0
	16	ENG		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	7}}	48	38	1	2	0	3	0	4	0	47	1
	3	IRL		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	10}}	47	35	4	2	0	2	0	4	0	43	4
	18	TRI		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	24}}	43	33	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	39	4
11	IRL		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	14}}	40	32	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	40	0
13	AUS		{{sortname	GK	Goalkeeper (association football)	1}}	34	30	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
2	ENG		{{sortname	RB	Defender (association football)	4}}	34	24	1	2	0	3	0	4	0	33	1
4	ENG		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	8}}	32	28	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
7	IRL		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	15}}	32	19	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	24	8
	17	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	16}}	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
6	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	17}}	23	18	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	22	1
	15	ENG		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	11}}	23	13	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	20	3
10	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	25}}	21	11	5	0	0	2	0	3	0	16	5
	14	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	18}}	20	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	16	4
	25	ENG		{{sortname	AM	Midfielder (association football)	20}}	20	7	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	12
	1	ENG		{{sortname	GK	Goalkeeper (association football)	2}}	18	12	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	17	1
	22*	ENG		{{sortname	RB	Defender (association football)	5}}	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
	8	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	26}}	16	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	2
	25	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	27}}	15	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	4
	22	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	28}}		12	4	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	7	5
	12	GHA		{{sortname	AM	Midfielder (association football)	21}}	9	1	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	6
	2*	ENG		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	12}}	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	20	ENG		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	13}}	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	21	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	19}}	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	14*	ENG		{{sortname	RW	Forward (association football)	22}}	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	30	ENG		{{sortname	GK	Goalkeeper (association football)	3}}	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	24	ENG		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	9}}	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Goals Involvements

Rank	#	Nat	Player	Pos	Apps	Goal Inv.	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Assists	Goals	Assists
9	WAL		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	23}}	48	20	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	17	3
	18	TRI		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	24}}	43	14	6	5	1	0	1	1	0	8	6
	3	IRL		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	10}}	47	12	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
10	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	25}}	21	9	3	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	2
11	IRL		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	14}}	40	7	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	5
25	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	27}}	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	-	-	{{sortname	Own Goal	Own Goal	50}}	-	-	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16	ENG		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	7}}	48	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
	22	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	28}}	12	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
	19	ENG		{{sortname	AM	Midfielder (association football)	20}}	20	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
7	IRL		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	15}}	32	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
17	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	16}}	24	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
8	ENG		{{sortname	CF	Forward (association football)	26}}	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	14	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	18}}	20	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
	12	GHA		{{sortname	AM	Midfielder (association football)	21}}	9	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0
4	ENG		{{sortname	CB	Defender (association football)	8}}	32	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2	ENG		{{sortname	RB	Defender (association football)	4}}	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22*	ENG		{{sortname	RB	Defender (association football)	5}}	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	ENG		{{sortname	LB	Defender (association football)	11}}	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	ENG		{{sortname	CM	Midfielder (association football)	17}}	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Clean Sheets

Rank	#	Player	Apps	Conceded	Clean Sheets	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Con	CS	Con
13	AUS	34	49	8	44	6	1	0	4	2	0	0
1	ENG	18	13	8	10	6	0	1	0	0	3	1
30	ENG	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Honours & Awards

Award	Recipient
Manager of the Month (Jan 1995)	Brian Little

References

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