1994–95 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic

1994–95 season
Chairman	Martin Simons
Manager	Alan Curbishley Steve Gritt
Stadium	The Valley
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: David Whyte (18) All: David Whyte (20)
Average home league attendance	10,211
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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

Season summary

Charlton started the campaign very poorly, managing only five wins before Christmas and were hovering towards the relegation places. Their form then started to improve into the new year with 7 wins from 15, picking up 23 points from the possible 45 during that steady run. Despite an inconsistent season, the Addicks avoided any danger of relegation and finished in 15th place.

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

Charlton Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	2-5	8,924	Robinson, Whyte
20 August 1994	Barnsley	H	2-2	8,171	Whyte, Chapple
27 August 1994	Portsmouth	A	1-1	10,566	Nelson
30 August 1994	Sheffield United	H	1-1	8,678	Brown (pen)
3 September 1994	Bristol City	H	3-2	9,019	Whyte (2), Mortimer
10 September 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1-0	3,970	Robson
14 September 1994	Stoke City	A	2-3	10,643	Grant, Nelson
17 September 1994	Swindon Town	H	1-0	9,794	Whyte
24 September 1994	Notts County	A	3-3	5,726	Nelson (2), Whyte
1 October 1994	Watford	H	3-0	8,417	Nelson, Grant, Whyte
8 October 1994	Reading	H	1-2	10,544	Robson
15 October 1994	Port Vale	A	2-0	7,707	Chapple, Whyte
22 October 1994	Burnley	H	1-2	9,436	Whyte
29 October 1994	Derby County	A	2-2	12,588	Grant (2)
1 November 1994	Sunderland	A	1-1	14,085	Grant
5 November 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	9,793	Brown (pen)
13 November 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	10,876	Grant
19 November 1994	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	7,567	Nelson
26 November 1994	Middlesbrough	H	0-2	10,019
10 December 1994	Barnsley	A	1-2	5,465	Mortimer
17 December 1994	Oldham Athletic	H	2-0	8,970	Whyte, Jones
26 December 1994	Southend United	H	3-1	9,525	Whyte, Leaburn (2)
28 December 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	26,738
1 January 1995	Millwall	H	1-1	18,184	Robinson
2 January 1995	Luton Town	A	1-0	7,642	Whyte
14 January 1995	Derby County	H	3-4	9,389	Pardew, Robson, Whyte
21 January 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-5	10,516	Whyte
5 February 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	12,084	Nelson
11 February 1995	Sunderland	H	1-0	12,380	Whyte
18 February 1995	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	16,301
21 February 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	0-1	11,860
4 March 1995	Notts County	H	1-0	13,863	Mortimer
7 March 1995	Bristol City	A	1-2	6,118	Pardew
11 March 1995	Portsmouth	H	1-0	9,475	Leaburn
18 March 1995	Sheffield United	A	1-2	11,862	Pardew
21 March 1995	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	9,601	Robinson, Balmer
25 March 1995	Swindon Town	A	1-0	9,106	Grant
1 April 1995	Stoke City	H	0-0	10,008
4 April 1995	Burnley	A	0-2	10,045
8 April 1995	Millwall	A	1-3	9,506	Balmer
15 April 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	10,922	Whyte, Walsh, Mortimer
18 April 1995	Southend United	A	1-2	6,397	Whyte
22 April 1995	Luton Town	H	1-0	10,918	Whyte
29 April 1995	Port Vale	H	1-1	12,596	Brown
2 May 1995	Watford	A	0-2	6,024
7 May 1995	Reading	A	1-2	12,137	Chandler

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Chelsea	A	0-3	24,485

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1994	Swindon Town	A	3-1	4,932	Nelson (2), Whyte
R2 Second Leg	27 September 1994	Swindon Town	H	1-4 (lost 4-5 on agg)	4,932	Whyte

Squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player GK Mike Salmon GK Mike Ammann GK Andy Petterson DF Steve Brown DF Stuart Balmer DF Richard Rufus DF Phil Chapple DF Alan McLeary DF Jamie Stuart DF Paul Sturgess DF Dean Chandler DF Tom Hovi (on loan from HamKam) MF John Robinson MF Colin Walsh

No. Position Player MF Shaun Newton MF Keith Jones MF Alan Pardew MF Paul Mortimer MF Mark Robson MF Mickey Bennett MF Lee Bowyer MF Peter Garland MF Paul Linger FW Carl Leaburn FW Garry Nelson FW David Whyte FW Kim Grant FW Scott McGleish