1994–95 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town

1994–95 season
Chairman	Rikki Hunt
Manager	John Gorman (until 21 November) Steve McMahon (from 28 November)
Stadium	The County Ground
First Division	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi finals
Top goalscorer	League: Fjørtoft (15) All: Fjørtoft (25)
Average home league attendance	9,744
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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

Season summary

After a bright start to the 1994–95 season, a poor run of five defeats in six games resulted in Gorman's sacking in November 1994 with Swindon struggling near the foot of Division One. 33-year-old Manchester City midfielder Steve McMahon took over but, despite a run to the League Cup semi-finals, Swindon suffered a second successive relegation and slipped into Division Two.

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Middlesbrough	46		15	4	4	41	19		8	9	6	26	21		67	40	+27		82
2	Reading	46		12	7	4	34	21		11	3	9	24	23		58	44	+14		79
3	Bolton Wanderers	46		16	6	1	43	13		5	8	10	24	32		67	45	+22		77
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		15	5	3	39	18		6	8	9	38	43		77	61	+16		76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46		17	4	2	51	23		5	6	12	16	35		67	58	+9		76
6	Barnsley	46		15	6	2	42	19		5	6	12	21	33		63	52	+11		72
7	Watford	46		14	6	3	33	17		5	7	11	19	29		52	46	+6		70
8	Sheffield United	46		12	9	2	41	21		5	8	10	33	34		74	55	+19		68
9	Derby County	46		12	6	5	44	23		6	6	11	22	28		66	51	+15		66
10	Grimsby Town	46		12	7	4	36	19		5	7	11	26	37		62	56	+6		65
11	Stoke City	46		10	7	6	31	21		6	8	9	19	32		50	53	–3		63
12	Millwall	46		11	8	4	36	22		5	6	12	24	38		60	60	±0		62
13	Southend United	46		13	2	8	33	25		5	6	12	21	48		54	73	–19		62
14	Oldham Athletic	46		12	7	4	34	21		4	6	13	26	39		60	60	±0		61
15	Charlton Athletic	46		11	6	6	33	25		5	5	13	25	41		58	66	–8		59
16	Luton Town	46		8	6	9	35	30		7	7	9	26	34		61	64	–3		58
17	Port Vale	46		11	5	7	30	24		4	8	11	28	40		58	64	–6		58
18	Portsmouth	46		9	8	6	31	28		6	5	12	22	35		53	63	–10		58
19	West Bromwich Albion	46		13	3	7	33	24		3	7	13	18	33		51	57	–6		58
20	Sunderland	46		5	12	6	22	22		7	6	10	19	23		41	45	–4		54
21	Swindon Town	46		9	6	8	28	27		3	6	14	26	46		54	73	–19		48
22	Burnley	46		8	7	8	36	33		3	6	14	13	41		49	74	–25		46
23	Bristol City	46		8	8	7	26	28		3	4	16	16	35		42	63	–21		45
24	Notts County	46		7	8	8	26	28		2	5	16	19	38		45	66	–21		40

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1994	Port Vale	H	2–0	10,431	Fjørtoft, Scott
20 August 1994	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	8,482	Fjørtoft (2)
27 August 1994	Watford	H	1–0	9,781	Ling
31 August 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	11,188
3 September 1994	Notts County	A	1–0	6,537	Fjørtoft
11 September 1994	Derby County	H	1–1	9,054	Fjørtoft
14 September 1994	Reading	H	1–0	11,551	Scott
17 September 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	9,794
24 September 1994	Grimsby Town	H	3–2	8,219	Bodin (2, 1 pen), Fjørtoft
1 October 1994	Barnsley	A	1–2	3,911	Taylor
8 October 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	14,036	Bodin, Scott, Beauchamp
15 October 1994	Portsmouth	A	3–4	10,610	Bodin (pen), Fjørtoft (2)
22 October 1994	Southend United	H	2–2	9,909	Fjørtoft (2)
29 October 1994	Middlesbrough	A	1–3	17,328	Fjørtoft
1 November 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–3	10,046
5 November 1994	Millwall	H	1–2	9,311	Bodin (pen)
20 November 1994	Bristol City	A	2–3	9,086	Scott (2)
23 November 1994	Burnley	H	1–1	7,654	Scott
26 November 1994	Luton Town	H	1–2	9,455	Scott
3 December 1994	Southend United	A	0–2	5,803
10 December 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	8,608	Bodin, Fjørtoft
17 December 1994	Port Vale	A	2–2	7,747	Taylor, Fjørtoft
26 December 1994	Stoke City	A	0–0	17,662
27 December 1994	Sheffield United	H	1–3	11,007	Fjørtoft
31 December 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	8,917	Ling
15 January 1995	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	8,888	Fjørtoft, Horlock
4 February 1995	Burnley	A	2–1	10,960	Thorne (2)
15 February 1995	Bristol City	H	0–3	9,881
18 February 1995	Luton Town	A	0–3	6,595
25 February 1995	Barnsley	H	0–0	8,158
1 March 1995	Millwall	A	1–3	5,950	Beauchamp
4 March 1995	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	4,934	Taylor
11 March 1995	Watford	A	0–2	7,123
15 March 1995	Sunderland	H	1–0	8,233	Thorne
19 March 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	5–2	12,960	Thorne (3), Fjørtoft, Gooden
22 March 1995	Derby County	A	1–3	16,839	Viveash
25 March 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	9,106
1 April 1995	Reading	A	0–3	12,565
5 April 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	8,100
8 April 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	8,722	Viveash, Beauchamp, Taylor
15 April 1995	Sheffield United	A	2–2	12,217	Gooden, Ling
17 April 1995	Stoke City	H	0–1	10,549
22 April 1995	Sunderland	A	0–1	16,874
29 April 1995	Portsmouth	H	0–2	9,220
3 May 1995	Notts County	H	3–0	6,553	Hamon, Thorne (2)
7 May 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	26,245	Thorne

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Marlow	H	2–0	7,007	Fjørtoft, Nijholt
R4	28 January 1995	Watford	A	0–1	11,202

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	1–3	4,842	Scott
R2 Second Leg	27 September 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	4–1 (won 5–4 on agg)	4,932	Fjørtoft (3), Petterson (own goal)
R3	26 October 1994	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–1	11,382	Thomson
R3R	9 November 1994	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–1	6,482	Scott (2), Fjørtoft (2)
R4	30 November 1994	Derby County	H	2–1	8,920	Fjørtoft (2)
R5	11 January 1995	Millwall	H	3–1	11,772	Mutch (2), Fjørtoft
SF First Leg	12 February 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	15,341	Thorne (2) 38', 76'
SF Second Leg	8 March 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3 (lost 3–4 on agg)	19,851	Fjørtoft 57'

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Fraser Digby GK Nick Hammond DF Dean Hooper DF Brian Kilcline DF Shaun Taylor DF Andy Thomson DF Carl Tiler (on loan from Nottingham Forest) DF Adrian Viveash DF Ian Culverhouse DF Jason Drysdale DF Terry Fenwick DF Luc Nijholt DF Wayne O'Sullivan DF Jamie Pitman DF Mark Robinson DF Paul Bodin DF Andy Todd (on loan from Middlesbrough)

No. Position Player DF Eddie Murray DF Adrian Whitbread MF Ross MacLaren MF Joey Beauchamp MF Austin Berkley MF Ty Gooden MF Kevin Horlock MF Martin Ling MF Steve McMahon (player-manager) MF Neil Webb (on loan from Nottingham Forest) MF Ben Worrall FW Jan Åge Fjørtoft FW Chris Hamon FW Andy Mutch FW Keith Scott FW Peter Throne FW Steve White