NUFC 1994/95 - Season Review

NUFC Squad 1994/95

Premiership	6th
UEFA Cup	R2
FA Cup	QF
League Cup	R4
Attendance	34,692
Chairman	J Hall
Manager	K Keegan
Coach	D Fazackerly
Captain	P Beardsley
Top Scorer	P Beardsley, A Cole (15)

Keegan further strengthened his defence with the signings of internationals Marc Hottiger and Phillipe Albert.

The team made a scintillating start and in their first 11 League games they won 9 and drew 2. They also recorded a record 9 victories in a row in all competitions.

United were thrilling the nation with their open one-touch game and they made a name for themselves on the continent too as they returned to the UEFA Cup (for the first time since 1977/78) with an incredible 10-2 aggregate win over Anderlecht.

Unfortunately they blew a 3-0 lead against Athletico Bilbao in the next round by allowing the Spaniards to pull back two goals. Athletico won the second leg 1-0 and United went out on the away goals rule.

The shin split suffering Andy Cole was one of a number of key players who succumbed to injury and as a result United suffered a slump in league form during November and December which saw them drop to 4th. Man City also knocked the Magpies out the League Cup.

The New Year saw Keegan shock the football world by selling star striker Andy Cole to Manchester United. It was a brave decision and Keegan found himself having to justify his actions to irate supporters at the club entrance.

New signing Paul Kitson had the unenviable job of replacing the goal king and despite his best efforts goals were hard to come by and he found himself getting the bird from some fans on occasion.

But United put a decent run together and by mid March they were 3rd in the Premiership and in the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup (for the first time since 1976).

Everton beat the Magpies in the Cup and the season rather fizzled out with United failing to reach the European placings. The Cole transfer was still uppermost in the minds of the United supporters.

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Competitions

Premiership

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After making such a brilliant start to the season the eventual 6th placed finish was something of a disappointment. United found goals harder to come by and although their home form was better than in 1993/94, away from Tyneside they were not as effective.

The Magpies got off to a blistering start, recording 9 wins and 2 draws in the first 11 games.

Their first defeat was at Old Trafford at the end of October and this would be the start of a very poor run of form over the next 3 months which brought only 1 win in 13 games and led to Newcastle slipping to 4th.

United then had another good spell which brought 7 wins out of 9 and after beating Arsenal at home on the 19th March they were in 3rd with 9 games left to play.

Although Blackburn (13 points) and Man United (7 points) were too far ahead Newcastle had a six-point lead over fourth placed Liverpool, although they did have a couple of games in hand. However, only two of the remaining fixtures were won and the Magpies failed to qualify for Europe.

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21/8	A	Leicester	W	3-1	H
24/8	H	Coventry	W	4-0	H
27/8	H	Southampton	W	5-1	H
31/8	A	WHU	W	3-1	H
10/9	H	Chelsea	W	4-2	H
18/9	A	Arsenal	W	3-2	H
24/9	H	Liverpool	D	1-1	H
01/10	A	Aston Villa	W	2-0	H
09/10	H	Blackburn	D	1-1	H
15/10	A	Crystal Palace	W	1-0	H
22/10	H	Sheff Wed	W	2-1	H
29/10	A	Manchester Utd	L	0-2	H
05/11	H	QPR	W	2-1	H
07/11	A	Nottm F	D	0-0	H
19/11	A	Wimbledon	L	2-3	H
26/11	H	Ipswich	D	1-1	H
03/12	A	Tottenham	L	2-4	H
10/12	H	Leicester	W	3-1	H
17/12	A	Coventry	D	0-0	H
26/12	A	Leeds Utd	D	0-0	H
31/12	A	Norwich	L	1-2	H
02/1	H	Man City	D	0-0	H
15/1	H	Manchester Utd	D	1-1	H
21/1	A	Sheff Wed	D	0-0	H
25/1	H	Wimbledon	W	2-1	H
01/2	H	Everton	W	2-0	H
04/2	A	QPR	L	0-3	H
11/2	H	Nottm F	W	2-1	H
25/2	H	Aston Villa	W	3-1	H
28/2	A	Ipswich	W	2-0	H
04/3	A	Liverpool	L	0-2	H
08/3	H	WHU	W	2-0	H
19/3	H	Arsenal	W	1-0	H
22/3	A	Southampton	L	1-3	H
01/4	A	Chelsea	D	1-1	H
08/4	H	Norwich	W	3-0	H
14/4	A	Everton	L	0-2	H
17/4	H	Leeds Utd	L	1-2	H
29/4	A	Man City	D	0-0	H
03/5	H	Tottenham	D	3-3	H
08/5	A	Blackburn	L	0-1	H
14/5	H	Crystal Palace	W	3-2	H

		W	D	L	F	A	Pts
01	Blackburn	27	8	7	80	39	89
02	Man United	26	10	6	77	28	88
03	Nottm Forest	22	11	9	72	43	77
04	Liverpool	21	11	10	65	37	74
05	Leeds	20	13	9	59	38	73
06	Newcastle	20	12	10	67	47	72
07	Tottenham	16	14	12	66	58	62
08	QPR	17	9	16	61	59	60
09	Wimbledon	15	11	16	48	65	56
10	Southampton	12	18	12	61	63	54
11	Chelsea	13	15	14	50	55	54
12	Arsenal	13	12	17	52	49	51
13	Sheff Wed	13	12	17	49	57	51
14	West Ham	13	11	18	44	48	50
15	Everton	11	17	14	44	51	50
16	Coventry	12	14	16	44	62	50
17	Man City	12	13	17	53	64	49
18	Aston Villa	11	15	16	51	56	48
19	C Palace	11	12	19	34	49	45
20	Norwich	10	13	19	37	54	43

UEFA Cup

R1 L1	13/9	A	R Antwerp	W	5-0	H
R1 L2	27/9	H	R Antwerp	W	5-2	H
R2 L1	18/10	H	Bilbao	W	3-2	H
R2 L2	01/11	A	Bilbao	L	0-1	H

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FA Cup

R3	08/1	H	Blackburn	D	1-1
R3r	18/1	A	Blackburn	W	2-1	H
R4	28/1	H	Swansea	W	3-0	H
R5	19/2	H	Man City	W	3-1	H
QF	12/3	A	Everton	L	0-1	H

League Cup

R2 L1	21/9	H	Barnsley	W	2-1	H
R2 L2	05/10	A	Barnsley	W	1-0	H
R3	26/10	H	Man Utd	W	2-0	H
R4	30/11	A	Man City	D	1-1	H
R4r	21/12	H	Man City	L	0-2	H

Squad and Team

Player	A	S	G
Albert P	25	0	3
Allen M	0	1
Beardsley P	44	0	15
Beresford J	46	0	1
Bracewell p	16	4
Clark L	15	12	2
Cole A	27	0	15
Elliott R	13	5	2
Fox R	51	0	12
Gillespie K	18	2	4
Guppy S	0	1
Hooper M	4	2
Hottiger M	51	0	2
Howey S	39	1	1
Jeffrey M	1	2	1
Kitson P	31	3	12
Lee R	44	0	14
Mathie A	4	8	1
Neilson A	6	1
Peacock D	48	0	1
Sellars S	19	0	1
Srnicek P	52	0
Venison B	36	0	1
Watson S	26	9	5
Own Goals			2

Total number of games: 56

Total number of players used: 24

01: Srnicek

02: Hottiger

03: Beresford

04: Venison ((Watson)

05: Peacock

06: Albert > Howey

07: Lee

08: Beardsley

09: Cole > Kitson

10: Fox

11: Sellars > Kitson > Gillespie

Player Moves

Toon In

Name	Date	Age	From	Fee
Hottiger Marc	07/94	26	Sion	£520,000
Albert Phillipe	08/94	27	Anderlecht	£2,65m
Drysdale Jason	08/94	23	Watford	£425,000
Guppy Steve	08/94	25	Wycombe	£150,000
Kitson Paul	09/94	23	Derby County	£2,225m
Gillespie Keith	01/95	19	Man Utd	(p/ex)
Crawford James	03/95	21	Bohemians	£75,000

Toon Out

Name	Date	Age	To	Fee
Appleby Mattie	06/94	22	Darlington	Free
Brock Kevin	06/94	31	Released
Robinson Mark	07/94	25	Swindon	£600,000
Guppy Steve	11/94	25	Port Vale	£225,000
Papavassilou Nikos	12/94	24	Ofi	£25,000
Cole Andy	01/95	23	Man Utd	£7,000,000
Mathie Alex	02/95	26	Ipswich	£500,000
Drysdale Jason	03/95	24	Swindon	£425,000
Bracewell Paul	05/95	32	Sunderland	£50,000

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