# 1994–95 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1994–95 season was the 96th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.
This was the first full season since the completion of the redevelopment of their Molineux Stadium had been completed, and funding from owner Sir Jack Hayward were now fully focused on improving the team. Manager Graham Taylor spent close to £5 million during the season in an attempt to return the club to the top flight.
Despite suffering extensive injuries to many players, the team finished the season in fourth place – their highest position in the football pyramid since 1983–84 – and so qualified for the play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals they were defeated by the eventual promoted side Bolton Wanderers 2–3 on aggregate.

## Results
### Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Denmark and Sweden for several weeks of training and friendly matches. They then returned home to play two home games against Premiership opposition.

### Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1994–95 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference. Only one team was automatically promoted due to the reduction in the number of Premiership teams from 22 to 20.
The provisional fixture list was released on 23 June 1994, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
Final table
Source: Statto.com
Results summary
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto.com
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 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group A of the competition, in which the best English club in the group would advance to the semi-finals. However, they finished fourth in the group overall, and were only the second-best English side and so eliminated.

## Players

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| Pos | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| GK | Andy De Bont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Paul Jones | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Mike Stowell | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Blades | 30(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | John de Wolf | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Law | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Neil Masters | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Dean Richards ‡ | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Peter Shirtliff (c) | 26(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Simkin † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jamie Smith | 24(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30(1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Andy Thompson | 30(1) | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44(1) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Venus | 35(4) | 3 | 3(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 47(5) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Bennett | 4(4) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Birch | 8(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 15(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Burke † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Cook † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Gordon Cowans | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tony Daley | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Robbie Dennison | 21(1) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 29(2) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Neil Emblen | 23(4) | 7 | 3(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 29(8) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Ferguson | 22(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Steve Froggatt | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Keen † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jimmy Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Chris Marsden † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Rankine | 24(3) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 32(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Geoff Thomas | 13(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Walters ‡ | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jermaine Wright | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Bull | 31 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Don Goodman | 24 | 3 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Kelly | 38(4) | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50(4) | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Lee Mills † | 6(5) | 1 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10(6) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Paul Stewart ‡ | 5(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 6 June 1994 | Tony Daley | Aston Villa | £1.25 million |
| 11 July 1994 | Steve Froggatt | Aston Villa | £1 million |
| 14 July 1994 | Neil Emblen | Millwall | £600,000 |
| 5 December 1994 | John de Wolf | Feyenoord | £600,000 |
| 5 December 1994 | Don Goodman | Sunderland | £1.1 million |
| 19 December 1994 | Gordon Cowans | Derby County | £20,000 |
| 23 December 1994 | Brian Law | Queens Park Rangers | £134,000 |
| 29 December 1994 | Jermaine Wright | Millwall | £60,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 July 1994 | Mark Turner | Northampton Town | Free |
| 6 July 1994 | Darren Roberts | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| August 1994 | Shaun Bradbury | Hereford United | Free |
| 3 August 1994 | Derek Mountfield | Carlisle United | Free |
| 10 August 1994 | Kevin Ashley | Peterborough United | Free |
| 12 August 1994 | Cyrille Regis | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 15 August 1994 | Mark Burke | Port Vale | £75,000 |
| 18 August 1994 | Paul Cook | Coventry City | £600,000 |
| 19 October 1994 | Kevin Keen | Stoke City | £300,000 |
| 15 November 1994 | Chris Marsden | Notts County | £250,000 |
| December 1994 | Darren Simkin | Shrewsbury Town | £36,000 |
| 2 March 1995 | Lee Mills | Derby County | £400,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| 2 September 1994 | Paul Stewart | Liverpool | November 1994 |
| 9 September 1994 | Mark Walters | Liverpool | October 1994 |
| 25 March 1995 | Dean Richards | Bradford City | End of season |

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Graham Taylor |
| Assistant manager | Bobby Downes |
| First Team coach | Steve Harrison |
| Youth Development Officer | Rob Kelly |
| Youth Team coach | Chris Evans |
| Club doctors | Dr Peter Ackroyd and Dr Peter Bekenn |
| Club Physio | Barry Holmes |