1994–95 season of West Ham United
West Ham United 1994–95 football season
West Ham United 1994–95 season Chairman Terry Brown Manager Harry Redknapp Stadium Boleyn Ground Premiership 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Top goalscorer League: Cottee (13) All: Cottee (15) Highest home attendance 24,783 vs Manchester United (14 May 1995, Premier League ) Lowest home attendance 13,553 vs Walsall (5 Oct 1994, League Cup ) Average home league attendance 20,118
During the 1994–95 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League .
Season summary [ ]
Before the season started, the West Ham board of directors heard speculation that assistant manager Harry Redknapp was about to be offered his old job as Bournemouth manager. They reacted by dismissing manager Billy Bonds and promoting Redknapp to the manager's seat. Redknapp then earned the instant admiration of the Upton Park faithful by signing Don Hutchison and re-signing striker Tony Cottee , who returned to the club after six years at Everton. Redknapp also strengthened the squad over the next months by bringing in Julian Dicks , Les Sealey and Stan Lazaridis .
The Hammers spent much of the season battling against relegation, but a good run of form during the final month pulled them up to a secure 14th-place finish.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
12
Arsenal
42
13
12
17
52
49
+3
51
13
Sheffield Wednesday
42
13
12
17
49
57
−8
51
14
West Ham United
42
13
11
18
44
48
−4
50
15
Everton
42
11
17
14
44
51
−7
50
Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
16
Coventry City
42
12
14
16
44
62
−18
50
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
42
13
11
18
44
48
−4
50
9
6
6
28
19
+9
4
5
12
16
29
−13
Results by matchday
Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Ground H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H A A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H A A A H A H H A H H Result D L L L D W L W W L W L L W L L L D W D L W L L L W D L L W L D D W D W D W D L W D Position 13 18 19 21 19 17 19 15 13 14 12 14 14 14 17 17 18 19 17 18 18 16 16 19 20 19 20 20 20 19 19 18 19 18 20 17 18 16 15 16 13 14
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Results [ ]
West Ham United's score comes first [1]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
20 August 1994
Leeds United
H
0–0
18,610
24 August 1994
Manchester City
A
0–3
19,150
27 August 1994
Norwich City
A
0–1
19,110
31 August 1994
Newcastle United
H
1–3
17,375
Hutchison (pen)
10 September 1994
Liverpool
A
0–0
30,907
17 September 1994
Aston Villa
H
1–0
18,326
Cottee
25 September 1994
Arsenal
H
0–2
18,495
2 October 1994
Chelsea
A
2–1
18,696
Allen , Moncur
8 October 1994
Crystal Palace
H
1–0
16,959
Hutchison
15 October 1994
Manchester United
A
0–1
43,795
22 October 1994
Southampton
H
2–0
18,853
Rush , Allen
29 October 1994
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1–3
26,271
Rush
1 November 1994
Everton
A
0–1
28,353
5 November 1994
Leicester City
H
1–0
18,780
Dicks (pen)
19 November 1994
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0–1
25,300
26 November 1994
Coventry City
H
0–1
17,251
4 December 1994
Queens Park Rangers
A
1–2
12,780
Boere
10 December 1994
Leeds United
A
2–2
28,987
Boere (2)
17 December 1994
Manchester City
H
3–0
17,286
Cottee (3)
26 December 1994
Ipswich Town
H
1–1
20,562
Cottee
28 December 1994
Wimbledon
A
0–1
11,212
31 December 1994
Nottingham Forest
H
3–1
20,664
Holmes , Hughes , Cottee
2 January 1995
Blackburn Rovers
A
2–4
25,503
Cottee , Dicks
14 January 1995
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1–2
24,578
Boere
23 January 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
H
0–2
14,554
4 February 1995
Leicester City
A
2–1
20,375
Cottee , Dicks (pen)
13 February 1995
Everton
H
2–2
21,081
Cottee (2)
18 February 1995
Coventry City
A
0–2
17,563
25 February 1995
Chelsea
H
1–2
21,500
Hutchison
5 March 1995
Arsenal
A
1–0
36,295
Hutchison
8 March 1995
Newcastle United
A
0–2
34,595
11 March 1995
Norwich City
H
2–2
21,464
Cottee (2)
15 March 1995
Southampton
A
1–1
15,178
Hutchison
18 March 1995
Aston Villa
A
2–0
28,682
Moncur , Hutchison
8 April 1995
Nottingham Forest
A
1–1
28,361
Dicks
13 April 1995
Wimbledon
H
3–0
21,804
Boere , Dicks (pen), Cottee
17 April 1995
Ipswich Town
A
1–1
18,882
Boere
30 April 1995
Blackburn Rovers
H
2–0
24,202
Hutchison , Rieper
3 May 1995
Queens Park Rangers
H
0–0
22,923
6 May 1995
Crystal Palace
A
0–1
18,224
10 May 1995
Liverpool
H
3–0
22,446
Hutchison (2), Holmes
14 May 1995
Manchester United
H
1–1
24,783
Hughes
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
7 January 1995
Wycombe Wanderers
A
2–0
9,007
Brown , Cottee
R4
28 January 1995
Queens Park Rangers
A
0–1
17,694
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
20 September 1994
Walsall
A
1–2
5,994
Ntamark (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg
5 October 1994
Walsall
H
2–0 (won 3–2 on agg)
13,553
Hutchison , Moncur
R3
26 October 1994
Chelsea
H
1–0
18,815
Hutchison 2'
R4
30 November 1994
Bolton Wanderers
H
1–3
18,190
Cottee
Squad [ ]
Squad at end of season [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
22 June 1994
MF
Joey Beauchamp
Oxford United
£1,000,000
24 June 1994
MF
John Moncur
Swindon Town
£900,000
17 August 1994
DF
Adrian Whitbread
Swindon Town
£500,000
30 August 1994
MF
Don Hutchison
Liverpool
£1,500,000
7 September 1994
FW
Tony Cottee
Everton
Transfer
28 November 1994
GK
Les Sealey
Blackpool
Free transfer
6 May 1995
FW
Mark Watson
Sutton United
Signed
13 May 1995
DF
Marc Rieper
Brøndby
£1,100,000
Out [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
31 May 1994
DF
Tony Gale
Wealdstone
Free transfer
18 August 1994
MF
Joey Beauchamp
Swindon Town
£850,000
6 September 1994
DF
David Burrows
Everton
Transfer
4 October 1994
MF
Peter Butler
Notts County
£350,000
21 October 1994
FW
Steve Jones
Bournemouth
£150,000
30 December 1994
FW
Mike Marsh
Coventry City
£450,000
19 January 1995
FW
Lee Chapman
Ipswich Town
£70,000
25 April 1995
MF
Matt Holland
Bournemouth
Free transfer
Transfers in: £5,000,000
Transfers out: £1,870,000
Total spending: £3,130,000
References [ ]
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013 .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "FootballSquads - West Ham United - 1994/95" .
^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead , England , but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally.
^ Holland was born in Bury , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.
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