# 1994–95 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1994–95 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Premier League. They finished the season in 8th place.

## Season summary

When manager Gerry Francis moved across London to take charge of Tottenham Hotspur in November, there was much speculation as to who would replace him at Loftus Road. That question was answered within days when the club's board announced that Ray Wilkins, 38, had been appointed as player-manager - just months after he had left the club to become player-coach at Crystal Palace.
Wilkins kept QPR in contention for a UEFA Cup place, and in the end they finished eighth - just three places short of the promised land. This could easily have been achieved had it not been for a nine-match winless run during the season - longer than any winless run in the Premier League that season. He also took them to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they bowed out to Manchester United.
Prolific goalscorer Les Ferdinand was, perhaps inevitably, sold in the summer - subject of a £6 million move to Newcastle United. Wilkins did not delve into the club's funds to buy a replacement, preferring to make the most of young talent like Danny Dichio and Kevin Gallen.

## Kit

Clubhouse remained QPR's kit manufacturers. American electronics company Compaq became new kit sponsors.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto

### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 19 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### FA Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 20 August 1994 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 43,214 | |
| 24 August 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 3–2 | 12,788 | Ferdinand, Sinclair, Gallen |
| 27 August 1994 | Ipswich Town | H | 1–2 | 12,456 | Ferdinand |
| 31 August 1994 | Leicester City | A | 1–1 | 18,695 | Willis (own goal) |
| 10 September 1994 | Coventry City | H | 2–2 | 11,398 | Penrice (2) |
| 17 September 1994 | Everton | A | 2–2 | 27,285 | Ferdinand (2) |
| 24 September 1994 | Wimbledon | H | 0–1 | 11,059 | |
| 2 October 1994 | Nottingham Forest | A | 2–3 | 21,449 | Ferdinand, Allen |
| 8 October 1994 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–1 | 25,799 | Impey |
| 15 October 1994 | Manchester City | H | 1–2 | 13,631 | Wilson |
| 22 October 1994 | Norwich City | A | 2–4 | 19,431 | Barker, Gallen |
| 29 October 1994 | Aston Villa | H | 2–0 | 16,073 | Dichio, Penrice |
| 31 October 1994 | Liverpool | H | 2–1 | 18,295 | Sinclair, Ferdinand |
| 5 November 1994 | Newcastle United | A | 1–2 | 34,278 | Dichio |
| 19 November 1994 | Leeds United | H | 3–2 | 17,416 | Ferdinand (2), Gallen |
| 26 November 1994 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–4 | 21,302 | |
| 4 December 1994 | West Ham United | H | 2–1 | 12,780 | Ferdinand, Sinclair |
| 10 December 1994 | Manchester United | H | 2–3 | 18,948 | Ferdinand (2) |
| 17 December 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2–0 | 22,766 | Maddix, Ferdinand |
| 26 December 1994 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–0 | 16,372 | |
| 28 December 1994 | Southampton | H | 2–2 | 16,078 | Barker, Gallen |
| 31 December 1994 | Arsenal | A | 3–1 | 32,393 | Gallen, Allen, Impey |
| 14 January 1995 | Aston Villa | A | 1–2 | 26,578 | Yates |
| 24 January 1995 | Leeds United | A | 0–4 | 28,780 | |
| 4 February 1995 | Newcastle United | H | 3–0 | 16,576 | Ferdinand (2), Barker |
| 11 February 1995 | Liverpool | A | 1–1 | 35,996 | Gallen |
| 26 February 1995 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–1 | 13,363 | Barker |
| 4 March 1995 | Wimbledon | A | 3–1 | 9,176 | Ferdinand (2), Holloway |
| 8 March 1995 | Leicester City | H | 2–0 | 10,189 | McDonald, Wilson |
| 15 March 1995 | Norwich City | H | 2–0 | 10,519 | Ferdinand, Gallen |
| 18 March 1995 | Everton | H | 2–3 | 14,488 | Ferdinand, Gallen |
| 22 March 1995 | Chelsea | H | 1–0 | 15,103 | Gallen |
| 1 April 1995 | Coventry City | A | 1–0 | 15,740 | Sinclair |
| 4 April 1995 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0–1 | 16,508 | |
| 8 April 1995 | Arsenal | H | 3–1 | 16,341 | Impey, Gallen, Ready |
| 11 April 1995 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–0 | 11,767 | Ferdinand |
| 15 April 1995 | Southampton | A | 1–2 | 15,210 | Ferdinand |
| 17 April 1995 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–1 | 14,227 | |
| 29 April 1995 | Chelsea | A | 0–1 | 21,704 | |
| 3 May 1995 | West Ham United | A | 0–0 | 22,923 | |
| 6 May 1995 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–1 | 18,367 | Ferdinand (2) |
| 14 May 1995 | Manchester City | A | 3–2 | 27,850 | Ferdinand (2), Dichio |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 7 January 1995 | Aylesbury United | A | 4–0 | 15,417 | Maddix, Ferdinand, Meaker, Gallen |
| R4 | 28 January 1995 | West Ham United | H | 1–0 | 17,694 | Impey |
| R5 | 18 February 1995 | Millwall | H | 1–0 | 16,457 | Wilson (pen) |
| QF | 12 March 1995 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 42,830 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 20 September 1994 | Carlisle United | A | 1–0 | 9,570 | Ferdinand |
| R2 2nd Leg | 5 October 1994 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 (won 3–0 on agg) | 6,561 | Allen, Wilson (pen) |
| R3 | 25 October 1994 | Manchester City | H | 3–4 | 11,701 | Sinclair, Penrice, Gallen |

## Squad

| Position | Nationality | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | League.Cup Goals | F.A.Cup Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| GK | WAL | Tony Roberts | 31 | | 6 | | | 37 | |
| GK | HOL | Sieb Dijkstra | 11 | | 1 | | | 12 | |
| DF | ENG | Danny Maddix | 21 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| DF | WAL | Karl Ready | 11 | 1 | 4 | | | 15 | 1 |
| DF | NIR | Alan McDonald | 39 | 1 | 7 | | | 46 | 1 |
| DF | ENG | Rufus Brevett | 17 | | 1 | | | 19 | |
| DF | ENG | Clive Wilson | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 4 |
| DF | ENG | David Bardsley | 30 | | 7 | | | 37 | |
| DF | ENG | Steve Yates | 22 | 1 | 4 | | | 27 | 1 |
| DF | ENG | Alan McCarthy | | | | | | 2 | |
| MF | ENG | Ray Wilkins | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | |
| MF | ENG | Andrew Impey | 40 | 3 | 6 | | 1 | 46 | 4 |
| MF | ENG | Simon Barker | 37 | 4 | 7 | | | 44 | 4 |
| MF | ENG | Steve Hodge | 15 | | 2 | | | 17 | |
| MF | ENG | Trevor Sinclair | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 37 | 5 |
| MF | ENG | Ian Holloway | 28 | 1 | 5 | | | 37 | 1 |
| FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand | 37 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 26 |
| FW | ENG | Kevin Gallen | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 |
| FW | WAL | Michael Meaker | 7 | | 3 | | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| FW | ENG | Bradley Allen | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | 3 |
| FW | ENG | Gary Penrice | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | 4 |
| FW | ENG | Devon White | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| FW | ENG | Danny Dichio | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | 10 | 3 |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Marvin Bryan |
| — | DF | ENG | Trevor Challis |
| — | DF | ENG | Chris Plummer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Graeme Power |
| — | MF | ENG | Matt Brazier |
    Transfers in: £550,000
    Transfers out: £244,000
    Total spending: £306,000

## Transfers Out

| Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee |
| Tony Witter | Crystal Palace | 19 August 1991 | £125,000 | October 1994 | Millwall | |
| Devon White | Cambridge United | January 1993 | £100,000 | 23 December 1994 | Notts County | £110,000 |
| Marvin Bryan | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | August 1992 | | December 1994 | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| Brian Law | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | August 1987 | | 23 December 1994 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £134,000 |
| Maurice Doyle | Crewe Alexandra | April 1989 | | 16 May 1995 | Millwall | Signed |
| Les Ferdinand | Hayes | March 1987 | £50,000 | June 1995 | Newcastle United. | £6,000,000 |
| Clive Wilson | Chelsea | July 1990 | £450,000 | July 1995 | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| Michael Meaker | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | February 1990 | | July 1995 | Reading | £550,000 |

## Transfers In

| Name | from | Date | Fee |
| Steve Hodge | Leeds United | 28 October 1994 | £300,000 |
| Ray Wilkins | Crystal Palace | 17 November 1994 | Free transfer |
| Michael Mahoney-Johnson | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | April 1995 | |
| Simon Osborn | Reading | 10 July 1995 | £1,100,000 |
| Ned Zelić | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 26 July 1995 | £1,250,000 |