1994–95 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1994–95 season
Chairman	Richard Thompson
Manager	Gerry Francis (until 11 November); Ray Wilkins (from 15 November)
Stadium	Loftus Road
Premiership	8th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ferdinand (24); All: Ferdinand (26)
Highest home attendance	18,948 vs Manchester United ; (10 Dec 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	6,561 vs Carlisle United ; (5 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	14,613

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.

Final league table

Pos	Team	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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	17	9	16	61	59	+2	60	11	3	7	36	26	+10	6	6	9	25	33	−8

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

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first[1]

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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Tony Roberts
2	DF	ENG	David Bardsley
3	DF	ENG	Clive Wilson
4	DF	ENG	Steve Yates
5	DF	WAL	Karl Ready
6	DF	NIR	Alan McDonald
7	MF	ENG	Andrew Impey
8	MF	ENG	Ian Holloway
9	FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand
10	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen
11	MF	ENG	Trevor Sinclair
12	FW	ENG	Gary Penrice
13	GK	NED	Sieb Dijkstra


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ENG	Simon Barker
15	DF	ENG	Rufus Brevett
16	DF	ENG	Danny Maddix[notes 1]
17	FW	ENG	Dennis Bailey
18	DF	ENG	Alan McCarthy
20	FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen
22	MF	WAL	Michael Meaker[notes 2]
23	GK	ENG	Peter Caldwell
24	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio
25	MF	ENG	Steve Hodge
26	MF	ENG	Ray Wilkins
27	FW	ENG	Maurice Doyle

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ENG	Devon White (to Notts County)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ENG	Tony Witter (to Millwall)

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

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
22 July 1994	GK	Sieb Dijkstra	Motherwell	£250,000
28 October 1994	MF	Steve Hodge	Leeds United	£300,000
17 November 1994	MF	Ray Wilkins	Crystal Palace	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
26 May 1994	MF	Ray Wilkins	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
26 July 1994	FW	Dougie Freedman	Barnet	Free transfer
23 December 1994	FW	Devon White	Notts County	£110,000
23 December 1994	DF	Brian Law	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£134,000
16 May 1995	FW	Maurice Doyle	Millwall	Signed

Transfers in:

£550,000

Transfers out:

£244,000

Total spending:

£306,000

Notes

Maddix was born in Ashford, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
Meaker was born in Ealing, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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References

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[3] Maddix was born in Ashford, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.

[4] Meaker was born in Ealing, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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