1994–95 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
	1994–95 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	George Graham (until 22 February); Stewart Houston (caretaker from 22 February)
Stadium	Highbury
Premiership	12th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter–finals
Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Wright (18); All: Wright (30)
Average home league attendance	35,330
← 1993–94	1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Arsenal competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

The sacking of long-serving and highly successful manager George Graham following a bungs scandal saw Arsenal endure their most frustrating season in 10 years. They finished 12th in the Premier League - below unfancied London rivals Queens Park Rangers and Wimbledon - and also had to endure the loss of Paul Merson for three months while he underwent treatment to combat drug and gambling addictions.

Graham's assistant Stewart Houston took over as manager until the end of the season, and the changeover coincided with a horrible run of 6 defeats in 7 games, leaving Arsenal in serious danger of being relegated just four years after winning the title and two years after their domestic cup double. Fortunately the team rallied in the final weeks and took 8 points from their final 5 games, securing their Premier League spot. The FA Cup only added to the frustration, as they were embarrassingly knocked out at the first hurdle by London rivals Millwall, though they at least had a comparatively decent League Cup run, losing in the fifth round to eventual winners Liverpool.

Despite their domestic troubles, the team reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final for the second year in succession. With 120 minutes showing on the clock in Paris, a penalty shoot-out was looking certain as Arsenal were drawing 1–1 with Real Zaragoza. But a last minute goal by former Tottenham Hotspur player Nayim from 40 yards out saw the Gunners lose defence of the trophy and it went to the Spaniards instead.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	42	27	8	7	80	39	+41	89	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	42	26	10	6	77	28	+49	88	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77
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
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	61	59	+2	60
9	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	48	65	−17	56
10	Southampton	42	12	18	12	61	63	−2	54
11	Chelsea	42	13	15	14	50	55	−5	54
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	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
16	Coventry City	42	12	14	16	44	62	−18	50
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	53	64	−11	49
18	Aston Villa	42	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48
19	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City (R)	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	12	17	52	49	+3	51	6	9	6	27	21	+6	7	3	11	25	28	−3

Last updated: 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L
Position	2	6	14	13	12	15	14	14	12	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	13	13	13	11	10	11	12	10	8	9	9	13	14	10	12	12	10	10	10	11	12

Last updated: 14 May 1995.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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
1	GK	David Seaman
2	DF	Lee Dixon
3	DF	Nigel Winterburn
4	MF	Paul Davis
5	DF	Andy Linighan
6	DF	Tony Adams
7	FW	Kevin Campbell
8	FW	Ian Wright
9	FW	Alan Smith
10	MF	Paul Merson
11	MF	Eddie McGoldrick
12	DF	Steve Bould
13	GK	Vince Bartram
14	DF	Martin Keown
15	MF	Stefan Schwarz
16	FW	John Hartson

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	John Jensen
18	DF	David Hillier
19	MF	Jimmy Carter
21	MF	Steve Morrow
22	MF	Ian Selley
23	MF	Ray Parlour
24	FW	Paul Dickov
25	MF	Mark Flatts
26	GK	Lee Harper
27	DF	Scott Marshall
28	MF	Paul Shaw
29	MF	Stephen Hughes
30	MF	Adrian Clarke
31	FW	Chris Kiwomya
32	MF	Glenn Helder
33	DF	Gavin McGowan

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Pal Lydersen (to IK Start)

Squad statistics

As of 10 May 1995^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		David Seaman	48	0	31	0	2	0	6	0	9	0
2	DF		Lee Dixon	55	1	39	1	2	0	5	0	9	0
3	DF		Nigel Winterburn	55	0	39	0	2	0	5	0	9	0
4	MF		Paul Davis	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Andy Linighan	27	2	13+7	2	2	0	2	0	3	0
6	DF		Tony Adams	40	4	27	3	0+1	0	4	1	8	0
7	FW		Kevin Campbell	33	5	19+4	4	1+1	0	5	1	1+2	0
8	FW		Ian Wright	45	30	30+1	18	2	0	3	3	9	9
9	FW		Alan Smith	27	4	17+2	2	1	0	3	1	4	1
10	MF		Paul Merson	34	7	24	4	0	0	2	1	8	2
11	MF		Eddie McGoldrick	18	0	9+2	0	0	0	3+2	0	1+1	0
12	DF		Steve Bould	43	2	30+1	0	1	0	5	0	5+1	2
13	GK		Vince Bartram	12	0	11+0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	DF		Martin Keown	43	1	24+7	1	1+1	0	3+2	0	5	0
15	MF		Stefan Schwarz	47	4	34	2	1	0	4	0	8	2
16	FW		John Hartson	20	8	14+1	7	0	0	0	0	4+1	1
17	MF		John Jensen	33	1	24	1	2	0	1+1	0	5	0
18	DF		David Hillier	17	0	5+4	0	2	0	2	0	2+2	0
19	MF		Jimmy Carter	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Steve Morrow	22	2	11+4	1	1	0	1+1	1	0+4	0
22	MF		Ian Selley	17	1	10+3	0	0	0	3	0	1	1
23	MF		Ray Parlour	45	0	22+8	0	2	0	5	0	7+1	0
24	FW		Paul Dickov	13	3	4+5	0	0	0	2+2	3	0	0
25	MF		Mark Flatts	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Paul Shaw	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Stephen Hughes	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Adrian Clarke	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Chris Kiwomya	17	3	5+9	3	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
32	MF		Glenn Helder	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Gavin McGowan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Premier League

Matches

20 August 1994 1	Arsenal	3 – 0	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Campbell 2' McMahon 36' (o.g.) Wright 76'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,368

23 August 1994 2	Leeds United	1 – 0	Arsenal	Leeds
19:45 BST	Whelan 89'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,218

28 August 1994 3	Liverpool	3 – 0	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Fowler 26', 29', 31'			Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 30,017

31 August 1994 4	Arsenal	0 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	London
19:45 BST				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,629

10 September 1994 5	Norwich City	0 – 0	Arsenal	Norwich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,768

18 September 1994 6	Arsenal	2 – 3	Newcastle United	London
15:00 BST	Adams 9' Wright 88'		7', 45' Beardsley 74' Fox	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,819

25 September 1994 7	West Ham United	0 – 2	Arsenal	London
16:00 BST			18' Adams 54' Wright	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 18,498

1 October 1994 8	Arsenal	1 – 2	Crystal Palace	London
15:00 BST	Wright 72'		19', 41' Salako	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,136

8 October 1994 9	Wimbledon	1 – 3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Jones 82'		11' Wright 57' Smith 65' Campbell	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,842

15 October 1994 10	Arsenal	3 – 1	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Wright 39', 63' Campbell 54'		34' Wise	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,234

23 October 1994 11	Arsenal	2 – 1	Coventry City	London
15:00 BST	Wright 13', 32'		81' Wegerle	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,725

29 October 1994 12	Everton	1 – 1	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Unsworth 14'		24' Schwarz	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,003

6 November 1994 13	Arsenal	0 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,705

19 November 1994 14	Southampton	1 – 0	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Magilton 60'			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,201

23 November 1994 15	Leicester City	2 – 1	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Dixon 16' (o.g.) Lowe 28'	Report	19' (pen.) Wright	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,774

26 November 1994 16	Arsenal	0 – 0	Manchester United	London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,301

3 December 1994 17	Nottingham Forest	2 – 2	Arsenal	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Pearce 36' Roy 60'		59' Keown 76' Davis	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,662

12 December 1994 18	Manchester City	1 – 2	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Simpson 80'		31' Smith 34' Schwarz	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 20,500

17 December 1994 19	Arsenal	1 – 3	Leeds United	London
15:00 GMT	Linighan 86'		24', 85' Masinga 88' Deane	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,098

26 December 1994 20	Arsenal	0 – 0	Aston Villa	London
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,452

28 December 1994 21	Ipswich Town	0 – 2	Arsenal	Ipswich
19:45 GMT			16' Wright 79' Campbell	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,054

31 December 1994 22	Arsenal	1 – 3	Queens Park Rangers	London
15:00 GMT	Jensen 64'		3' Gallen 76' Allen 77' Impey	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 32,393

2 January 1995 23	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 0	Arsenal	London
19:45 GMT	Popescu 22'		Schwarz	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 28,747

14 January 1995 24	Arsenal	1 – 1	Everton	London
15:00 GMT	Wright 4'		13' Watson	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,743

21 January 1995 25	Coventry City	0 – 1	Arsenal	Coventry
19:45 GMT			78' Hartson	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 14,468

24 January 1995 26	Arsenal	1 – 1	Southampton	London
19:45 GMT	Hartson 21'		74' Magilton	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,213

4 February 1995 27	Sheffield Wednesday	3 – 1	Arsenal	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Petrescu 8' Ingesson 25' Bright 90'		3' Linighan	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 23,468

11 February 1995 28	Arsenal	1 – 1	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT	Merson 52'		78' Draper	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,373

21 February 1995 29	Arsenal	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest	London
19:45 GMT	Kiwomya 81'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,441

25 February 1995 30	Crystal Palace	0 – 3	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT			24' Merson 39', 77' Kiwomya	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,092

5 March 1995 31	Arsenal	0 – 1	West Ham United	London
15:00 GMT			20' Hutchison	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,295

9 March 1995 32	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Arsenal	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Shearer 4', 48' Le Saux 18'		49' Morrow	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,452

19 March 1995 33	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Beardsley 89'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 35,611

22 March 1995 34	Manchester United	3 – 0	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Hughes 26' Sharpe 31' Kanchelskis 80'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 43,623

1 April 1995 35	Arsenal	5 – 1	Norwich City	London
15:00 BST	Hartson 4', 13' Dixon 6' Merson 75' Newman 90' (o.g.)		32' Cureton	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,942

8 April 1995 36	Queens Park Rangers	3 – 1	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Impey 27' Gallen 59' Ready 82'		89' Adams	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,341

12 April 1995 37	Arsenal	0 – 1	Liverpool	London
19:45 BST			90' Fowler	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,036

15 April 1995 38	Arsenal	4 – 1	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Merson 33' Wright 47', 50', 56'		71' Marshall	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,818

17 April 1995 39	Aston Villa	0 – 4	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 BST		Report	31', 87' Hartson 33', 72' (pen.) Wright	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,005

29 April 1995 40	Arsenal	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 BST	Wright 61' (pen.)	Report	74' Klinsmann	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 39,377

4 May 1995 41	Arsenal	0 – 0	Wimbledon	London
19:45 BST				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 32,822

14 May 1995 42	Chelsea	2 – 1	Arsenal	London
16:00 BST	Furlong 20' Stein 52'		23' Hartson	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 32,822

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

15 September 1994 1st Leg	Omonia	1 – 3	Arsenal	Nicosia
20:00 EEST	Malekkos 72'	Report	37', 80' Merson 50' Wright	Stadium: Makario Stadium Attendance: 13,954 Referee: Antonio Almeida Marcal (Portugal)

29 September 1994 2nd Leg	Arsenal	3 – 0 (6 – 1 agg.)	Omonia	London
20:00 BST	Wright 9', 70' Schwarz 31'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 24,165 Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

Second round

20 October 1994 1st Leg	Brøndby	1 – 2	Arsenal	Brøndby
20:00 CEST	Strudal 53'	Report	18' Wright 21' Smith	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 13,406 Referee: Werner Müller (Switzerland)

3 November 1994 2nd Leg	Arsenal	2 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Brøndby	London
20:00 GMT	Wright 27' Selley 46'	Report	3' Hansen 71' Eggen	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 32,290 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Quarter-finals

2 March 1995 1st Leg	Arsenal	1 – 1	Auxerre	London
20:00 GMT	Wright 60'	Report	63' Verlaat	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,208 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

16 March 1995 2nd Leg	Auxerre	0 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Arsenal	Auxerre
21:00 CEST		Report	16' Wright	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Semi-finals

6 April 1995 1st Leg	Arsenal	3 – 2	Sampdoria	London
20:00 BST	Bould 34', 36' Wright 69'	Report	51', 77' Jugović	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)

20 April 1995 2nd Leg	Sampdoria	3 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 5 agg.) (2 – 3 p)	Arsenal	Genoa
20:30 CEST	Mancini 14' Bellucci 82', 85'	Report	61' Wright 88' Schwarz	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
		Penalties
	Mihajlović Jugović Maspero Mannini Lombardo		Dixon McGoldrick Hartson Adams Merson

Final

10 May 1995	Arsenal	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Real Zaragoza	Paris
20:15 CEST	Hartson 75'	Report	67' Esnáider 119' Nayim	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

FA Cup

7 January 1995 R3	Millwall	0 – 0	Arsenal	London
		Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,718 Referee: Stephen Lodge

18 January 1995 R3 Replay	Arsenal	0 – 2	Millwall	London
		Report	10' Beard 90' Kennedy	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 32,319 Referee: Stephen Lodge

League Cup

21 September 1994 R2 1st Leg	Hartlepool United	0 – 5	Arsenal	Hartlepool
		Report	Wright Adams Smith Merson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,421

5 October 1994 R2 2nd Leg	Arsenal	2 – 0 (7 – 0 agg.)	Hartlepool United	London
	Campbell 79' Dickov 89'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 20,520

26 October 1994 R3	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Arsenal	Oldham
		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,303

9 November 1994 R3 Replay	Arsenal	2 – 0	Oldham Athletic	London
	Dickov 15', 40'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 22,746

30 November 1994 R4	Arsenal	2 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	London
	Morrow Wright	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,390

11 January 1995 R5	Liverpool	1 – 0	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Rush 59'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,026 Referee: Philip Don

References

[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/arsenal.htm

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/arsenal/tab/players/season/1995

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