1994–95 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1994–1995 season saw Leeds United competing in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Leeds United

1994–95 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Yeboah (12) All: Tony Yeboah (13)
Highest home attendance	39,426 vs Blackburn Rovers (15 April 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	7,844 vs Mansfield Town (21 September 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	30,959
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Season summary

Leeds United were a solid but unremarkable side for much of the 1994–95 season, but the January signing of Ghanaian striker Tony Yeboah breathed new life into a dull-but-dependable side. Leeds ended up qualifying for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

Manager Howard Wilkinson knew that there were other parts of the Leeds set-up which needed reinforcements as well as the attack, and he used the 1995 close season to bring in experienced defenders Richard Jobson and Paul Beesley. Wilkinson was also given hope by the promise of numerous up-and-coming young players including Andy Gray, Harry Kewell and Noel Whelan. The close season also saw plans unveiled for upgrading an already-impressive Elland Road into a 65,000-seat "Wembley of the North", though it seemed very doubtful whether the ambitious plans would ever be realised.  

Final league table

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
4	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	65	37	+28	74
5	Leeds United	42	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73
6	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	67	47	+20	72
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	14	12	66	58	+8	62

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Leeds United were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

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	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73	13	5	3	35	15	+20	7	8	6	24	23	+1

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	13	4	8	6	6	6	8	6	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	West Ham United	Away	0–0	18,810
23 August 1994	Arsenal	Home	1–0	34,218	Whelan
27 August 1994	Chelsea	Home	2–3	32,212	Masinga, Whelan
30 August 1994	Crystal Palace	Away	2–1	15,212	White, Whelan
10 September 1994	Manchester United	Home	2–1	39,396	Deane, Wetherall
17 September 1994	Coventry City	Away	1–2	15,389	Speed
26 September 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	1–1	23,227	McAllister
1 October 1994	Manchester City	Home	2–0	30,938	Whelan (2)
8 October 1994	Norwich City	Away	1–2	17,390	Wallace
15 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	1–1	39,224	Deane
24 October 1994	Leicester City	Home	2–1	28,547	McAllister, Whelan
29 October 1994	Southampton	Away	3–1	15,202	Wallace (2), O.G
1 November 1994	Ipswich Town	Away	0–2	15,956
5 November 1994	Wimbledon	Home	3–1	27,284	Wetherall, White, Speed
19 November 1994	Queens Park Rangers	Away	2–3	17,416	Deane, O.G
26 November 1994	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–0	38,191	Whelan
5 December 1994	Everton	Away	0–3	25,897
10 December 1994	West Ham United	Home	2–2	28,987	Deane, Worthington
17 December 1994	Arsenal	Away	3–1	38,098	Masinga (2), Deane
26 December 1994	Newcastle United	Home	0–0	39,337
31 December 1994	Liverpool	Home	0–2	38,563
2 January 1995	Aston Villa	Away	0–0	35,028
14 January 1995	Southampton	Home	0–0	28,953
24 January 1995	Queens Park Rangers	Home	4–0	28,780	Masinga (2), White, Deane
1 February 1995	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–1	28,561	McAllister
4 February 1995	Wimbledon	Away	0–0	10,211
22 February 1995	Everton	Home	1–0	30,793	Yeboah
25 February 1995	Manchester City	Away	0–0	22,892
4 March 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	0–1	33,750
11 March 1995	Chelsea	Away	3–0	20,174	Yeboah (2), McAllister
15 March 1995	Leicester City	Away	3–1	20,068	Yeboah (2), Palmer
18 March 1995	Coventry City	Home	3–1	29,179	Yeboah, Wallace, O.G
22 March 1995	Nottingham Forest	Away	0–3	26,299
2 April 1995	Manchester United	Away	0–0	43,712
5 April 1995	Ipswich Town	Home	4–0	28,600	Yeboah (3), Speed
9 April 1995	Liverpool	Away	1–0	37,454	Deane
15 April 1995	Blackburn Rovers	Home	1–1	39,426	Deane
17 April 1995	Newcastle United	Away	2–1	35,262	McAllister, Yeboah
29 April 1995	Aston Villa	Home	1–0	32,955	Palmer
6 May 1995	Norwich City	Home	2–1	31,981	Palmer, McAllister
9 May 1995	Crystal Palace	Home	3–1	30,963	Yeboah (2), Wetherall
14 May 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	1–1	33,040	Deane

FA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	7 January 1995	Walsall	Away	1–1	8,619	Wetherall
Third round replay	17 January 1995	Walsall	Home	5–2 (a.e.t.)	17,694	Deane, Wetherall, Masinga (3)
Fourth round	28 January 1995	Oldham Athletic	Home	3–2	25,010	White, Palmer, Masinga
Fifth round	19 February 1995	Manchester United	Away	1–3	42,744	Yeboah

League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Second round first leg	21 September 1994	Mansfield Town	Home	0–1	7,844
Second round second leg	4 October 1994	Mansfield Town	Away	0–0 (lost 0–1 on agg)	7,227

Statistics

Transfers

In

Date	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
30 June 1994		Carlton Palmer	Sheffield Wednesday	£2,600,000	[citation needed]
4 July 1994		Nigel Worthington	Sheffield Wednesday	£325,000	[citation needed]
3 August 1994		Phil Masinga	Mamelodi Sundowns	£275,000	[citation needed]
5 September 1994		Lucas Radebe	Kaizer Chiefs	£250,000	[citation needed]
5 January 1995		Tony Yeboah	Eintracht Frankfurt	£3,400,000	[citation needed]

Out

Date	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 1994		Frank Strandli	SK Brann	£100,000	[citation needed]
30 June 1994		Jon Newsome	Norwich City	£1,000,000	[citation needed]
11 August 1994		Ray Wallace	Stoke City	Free	[citation needed]
8 October 1994		Mark Humphries	Bristol City	Free	[citation needed]
28 October 1994		Steve Hodge	Queens Park Rangers	£300,000	[citation needed]
5 January 1995		Ryan Nicholls	Cardiff City	Free	[citation needed]
22 March 1995		Gordon Strachan	Coventry City	Free	[citation needed]

Loaned out

Date	Nat.	Name	To	Ref.
1 August 1994		Steve Hodge	Derby County	[citation needed]
1 September 1994		Jamie Forrester	Southend United	[citation needed]
23 December 1994		Paul Pettinger	Torquay United	[citation needed]
10 March 1995		Jamie Forrester	Grimsby Town	[citation needed]

References