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1994–95 Newcastle United F.C. season

This article covers the squad and match results for the 1994–95 season at the English association football club Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United participated in the FA Premier League, finishing in 6th place.

Newcastle United
1994–95 season
ChairmanSir John Hall
ManagerKevin Keegan
StadiumSt James' Park
FA Premier League6th
FA CupSixth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peter Beardsley (12)
All:
Peter Beardsley,
Andy Cole (15)
Highest home attendance35,626
(vs. Leeds United
& Crystal Palace)
Lowest home attendance27,208
(vs. Barnsley)
Average home league attendance33,935

Season summary

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Andy Cole was sold to Manchester United in January 1995 for £7 million

Newcastle United made the best start to any top division season in their history, winning their first six games to go top. The first team had built up a reputation for playing an attacking, almost cavalier, brand of football under Kevin Keegan – their occasionally leaky defence was not a major problem, as the team could almost always score more than they conceded. In a shock move in January 1995, however, hugely influential striker Andy Cole joined Manchester United for £6 million plus £1 million midfielder Keith Gillespie, who joined Newcastle. Fans were saddened and confused with Keegan for selling Cole, leading to Keegan publicly confronting fans at St James' Park explaining his reasons on the day of the transfer.

By Christmas, Newcastle were no longer title favourites but still looked certain of a UEFA Cup place. But things failed to improve in the new year, and the sale of Cole seemed to accelerate their fall from grace. A sixth-place finish in the final table meant that they just missed out on another European campaign, but they were given hope of a fresh chase for honours next time round thanks to the close season signings of David Ginola and Les Ferdinand.

The 1994–95 season also saw the arrival of Marc Hottiger, Philippe Albert, Paul Kitson and Keith Gillespie, as well as the late and close season departures of Barry Venison, Alex Mathie, Mike Jeffrey and Paul Bracewell.

Final league table

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Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Liverpool 42 21 11 10 65 37 +28 74 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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
8 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 61 59 +2 60
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.

Appearances, goals and cards

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(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Pavel Srníček 38 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 52 0 ? 2
2 DF   Barry Venison 28 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 36 1 ? 0
3 DF   John Beresford 33 0 4 1 5 0 4 0 46 1 ? 0
4 MF   Paul Bracewell 13 (3) 0 3 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 16 (4) 0 ? 0
5 MF   Ruel Fox 40 10 5 0 2 1 4 1 51 12 ? 0
6 DF   Steve Howey 29 (1) 1 4 0 4 0 3 0 40 (1) 1 ? 0
7 MF   Robert Lee 35 9 4 1 2 0 3 4 44 14 ? 1
8 MF   Peter Beardsley 34 12 3 0 3 0 4 2 44 15 ? 0
9 FW   Andy Cole 18 9 1 0 5 2 3 4 27 15 ? 0
10 MF   Lee Clark 9 (10) 1 2 1 3 0 1 (2) 0 15 (12) 2 ? 0
11 MF   Scott Sellars 12 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 19 1 ? 0
12 DF   Marc Hottiger 38 1 4 1 5 0 4 0 51 2 ? 0
14 FW   Alex Mathie 3 (6) 1 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 4 (8) 1 ? 0
15 DF   Darren Peacock 35 1 5 0 4 0 4 0 48 1 ? 0
18 MF   Steve Guppy 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 ? 0
18 MF   Keith Gillespie 15 (2) 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 (2) 4 ? 0
19 DF   Steve Watson 22 (5) 4 0 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 1 (2) 1 26 (9) 5 ? 0
20 DF   Alan Neilson 5 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 (1) 0 ? 0
21 FW   Malcolm Allen 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 ? 0
26 DF   Robbie Elliott 10 (4) 2 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 13 (5) 2 ? 0
27 DF   Philippe Albert 17 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 24 3 ? 1
28 FW   Paul Kitson 24 (2) 8 4 (1) 3 3 1 0 0 31 (3) 12 ? 0
30 GK   Mike Hooper 4 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 ? 0
31 FW   Mike Jeffrey 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 ? 0

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Kevin Keegan
Assistant Manager   Terry McDermott
First Team coach   Arthur Cox

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 August 1994 [1] DF   Marc Hottiger   FC Sion £600,000
2 August 1994 MF   Steve Guppy Wycombe Wanderers £150,000
3 August 1994 MF   Jason Drysdale Watford £425,000
10 August 1994 DF   Philippe Albert   Anderlecht £2,700,000
26 September 1994 FW   Paul Kitson Derby County £2,225,000
10 January 1995 MF   Keith Gillespie Manchester United Part-exchange for Andy Cole
1 March 1995 [2] MF   Jimmy Crawford   Bohemians £75,000
Unknown GK   John Burridge   Aberdeen Free
  • Total spending:   £6.175m

Out

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Date Pos. Name To Fee
16 June 1994 DF   Matty Appleby Darlington Free
19 June 1994 FW   Alun Armstrong Stockport County £35,000
22 July 1994 DF   Mark Robinson Swindon Town £600,000
25 November 1994 MF   Steve Guppy Port Vale £225,000
December 1994 MF   Nikki Papavasiliou   OFI Crete £25,000
12 January 1995 FW   Andy Cole Manchester United £6,250,000 + Keith Gillespie
24 February 1995 FW   Alex Mathie Ipswich Town £500,000
23 March 1995 DF   Jason Drysdale Swindon Town £340,000
23 May 1995 MF   Paul Bracewell Sunderland £50,000
Unknown GK   John Burridge   Dunfermline Athletic Free
  • Total income:   £8.025m

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

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Match 1 2 3 4 5 6
Result 1–2 2–0 3–4 1–1
(Pens: 6–5) 		1–3 5–2

League

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Liverpool 42 21 11 10 65 37 +28 74 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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
8 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 61 59 +2 60
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.
Round  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Result 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Position 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th
Round 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Result 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 3–2
Position 5th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 5th 5th 6th

FA Cup

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Match 1 2 3 4 5
Result 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–1

League Cup

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Match 1 2 3 4 5
Result 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2

UEFA Cup

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Match 1 2 3 4
Result 5–0 5–2 3–2 0–1

Matches

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Pre-season

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27 July 1994 MYPA 2–1 Newcastle United Kouvola
  ?'
Hyypiä   ?'		 Cole   ?'
28 July 1994 Visan Pallo 0–2 Newcastle United
Lee   ?'
Mathie   ?'
1 August 1994 Wrexham 4–3 Newcastle United Wrexham
  1'
  46'
  60'
  65'		 Mathie   35', 89'
Beardsley   58'		 Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,842
5 August 1994 Ibrox Tournament Semi-Final Manchester United 1–1
(5–6 p)		 Newcastle United Glasgow
Cantona   43' Fox   19' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 27,282
6 August 1994 Ibrox Tournament Final Sampdoria 3–1 Newcastle United Glasgow
Lombardo   38', 60'
Bertarelli   68' (pen.)		 Cole   9' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 31,362
12 August 1994 Northern Ireland XI 2–5 Newcastle United
  ?'
  ?'		 Cole   ?'
Fox   ?'
Lee   ?'
Mathie   ?'
Elliott   ?'

League

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21 August 1994 Leicester City 1–3 Newcastle United Leicester
Joachim   90' Cole   51'
Beardsley   58'
Elliott   74'
Srníček  		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 20,048
24 August 1994 Newcastle United 4–0 Coventry City Newcastle upon Tyne
Lee   21', 34'
Watson   26'
Cole   73'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,163
27 August 1994 Newcastle United 5–1 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
Watson   30', 37'
Cole   40', 70'
Lee   85'		 Banger   52' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,181
31 August 1994 West Ham United 1–3 Newcastle United London
Hutchison   87' (pen.) Potts   32' (o.g.)
Lee   35'
Mathie   88'		 Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 18,580
10 September 1994 Newcastle United 4–2 Chelsea Newcastle upon Tyne
Cole   7', 66'
Fox   21'
Lee   53'		 Peacock   15'
Furlong   27'
Wise  		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,435
18 September 1994 Arsenal 2–3 Newcastle United London
Adams   9'
Wright   88'		 Keown   7' (o.g.)
Beardsley   45' (pen.)
Fox   74'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 36,819
24 September 1994 Newcastle United 1–1 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
Lee   50'
Albert    		 Rush   70' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,435
1 October 1994 Aston Villa 0–2 Newcastle United Birmingham
Lee   66'
Cole   83'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 29,960
9 October 1994 Newcastle United 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Flowers   88' (o.g.) Shearer   58' (pen.) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,344
15 October 1994 Crystal Palace 0–1 Newcastle United London
Beardsley   89' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,760
22 October 1994 Newcastle United 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle upon Tyne
Watson   35'
Cole   37'		 Taylor   55' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,408
29 October 1994 Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United Manchester
Pallister   11'
Gillespie   77'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 43,795
5 November 1994 Newcastle United 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Newcastle upon Tyne
Kitson   20'
Beardsley   42'		 Dichio   60' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,278
7 November 1994 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Newcastle United Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,102
19 November 1994 Wimbledon 3–2 Newcastle United London
Clarke   2'
Ekoku   27'
Harford   36'		 Beardsley   30'
Kitson   32'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,203
26 November 1994 Newcastle United 1–1 Ipswich Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Cole   86' Thomsen   89' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,459
3 December 1994 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 Newcastle United London
Sheringham   15', 39', 71'
Popescu   80'		 Fox   30', 42' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,002
10 December 1994 Newcastle United 3–1 Leicester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Albert   32', 70'
Howey   50'		 Oldfield   48' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,400
17 December 1994 Coventry City 0–0 Newcastle United Coventry
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,233
26 December 1994 Leeds United 0–0 Newcastle United Leeds
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,337
31 December 1994 Norwich City 2–1 Newcastle United Norwich
Adams   1'
Ward   10'		 Fox   40' (pen.) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,172
2 January 1995 Newcastle United 0–0 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,437
15 January 1995 Newcastle United 1–1 Manchester United Newcastle upon Tyne
Kitson   67' Hughes   13' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,471
21 January 1995 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Newcastle United Sheffield
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 31,215
25 January 1995 Newcastle United 2–1 Wimbledon Newcastle upon Tyne
Fox   34'
Kitson   51'		 Ekoku   78' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,374
1 February 1995 Newcastle United 2–0 Everton Newcastle upon Tyne
Fox   74'
Beardsley   80' (pen.)		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,465
4 February 1995 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 Newcastle United London
Ferdinand   4', 7'
Barker   18'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,576
11 February 1995 Newcastle United 2–1 Nottingham Forest Newcastle upon Tyne
Fox   47'
Lee   73'		 Lee   74' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,471
25 February 1995 Newcastle United 3–1 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
Venison   31'
Beardsley   55', 66'		 Townsend   40' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,637
28 February 1995 Ipswich Town 0–2 Newcastle United Ipswich
Fox   12'
Kitson   38'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,639
4 March 1995 Liverpool 2–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Fowler   57'
Rush   63'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,300
8 March 1995 Newcastle United 2–0 West Ham United Newcastle upon Tyne
Clark   17'
Kitson   52'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,595
19 March 1995 Newcastle United 1–0 Arsenal Newcastle upon Tyne
Beardsley   90' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,611
22 March 1995 Southampton 3–1 Newcastle United Southampton
Heaney   86'
Watson   89'
Shipperley   90'		 Kitson   17' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,676
1 April 1995 Chelsea 1–1 Newcastle United London
Peacock   38' Hottiger   88' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 22,987
8 April 1995 Newcastle United 3–0 Norwich City Newcastle upon Tyne
Beardsley   8' (pen.), 42'
Kitson   74'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,518
14 April 1995 Everton 2–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Amokachi   22', 55' Lee   Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 34,811
17 April 1995 Newcastle United 1–2 Leeds United Newcastle upon Tyne
Elliott   30' McAllister   25' (pen.)
Yeboah   31'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,626
29 April 1995 Manchester City 0–0 Newcastle United Manchester
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 27,389
3 May 1995 Newcastle United 3–3 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle upon Tyne
Gillespie   7'
Peacock   10'
Beardsley   70'
Srníček  		 Barmby   22'
Klinsmann   24'
Anderton   26'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,603
8 May 1995 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Newcastle United Blackburn
Shearer   29' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,545
14 May 1995 Newcastle United 3–2 Crystal Palace Newcastle upon Tyne
Fox   6'
Lee   26'
Gillespie   28'		 Armstrong   51'
Houghton   81'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,626

FA Cup

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8 January 1995 Round 3 Newcastle United 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Lee   56' Sutton   30' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 31,721
18 January 1995 Round 3 replay Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Newcastle United Blackburn
Sutton   75' Hottiger   58'
Clark   85'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,658
28 January 1995 Round 4 Newcastle United 3–0 Swansea City Newcastle upon Tyne
Kitson   41', 46', 72' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,372
19 February 1995 Round 5 Newcastle United 3–1 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Gillespie   18', 64'
Beresford   34'		 Rösler   29' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 33,219
12 March 1995 Round 6 Everton 1–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Watson   66' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,203

League Cup

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21 September 1994 Round 2 1st leg Newcastle United 2–1 Barnsley Newcastle upon Tyne
Cole   25'
Fox   85'		 Redfearn   20' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 27,208
5 October 1994 Round 2 2nd leg Barnsley 0–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Newcastle United Barnsley
Cole   41' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,992
26 October 1994 Round 3 Newcastle United 2–0 Manchester United Newcastle upon Tyne
Albert   82'
Kitson   87'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,178
30 November 1994 Round 4 Manchester City 1–1 Newcastle United Manchester
Rösler   69' Jeffrey   11' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 25,162
21 December 1994 Round 4 replay Newcastle United 0–2 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Rösler   11'
Walsh   80'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 31,056

UEFA Cup

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13 September 1994 Round 1 1st leg Royal Antwerp 0–5 Newcastle United Antwerp
Lee   1', 9', 50'
Sellars   39'
Watson   78'		 Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 19,700
27 September 1994 Round 1 2nd leg Newcastle United 5–2
(10–2 agg.)		 Royal Antwerp Newcastle upon Tyne
Lee   10'
Cole   26', 39', 88'
Beardsley   35' (pen.)		 Kiekens   79'
Severeyns   80'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 31,383
18 October 1994 Round 2 1st leg Newcastle United 3–2 Athletic Bilbao Newcastle upon Tyne
Fox   9'
Beardsley   34' (pen.)
Cole   56'		 Ziganda   72'
Suances   80'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 32,440
1 November 1994 Round 2 2nd leg Athletic Bilbao 1–0
(3a – 3 agg.)		 Newcastle United Bilbao
Ziganda   51' Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
Attendance: 47,000

References

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  1. ^ Marc Hottiger at Soccerbase
  2. ^ James Crawford at Soccerbase
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