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: Les Ferdinand (24) All: Les 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
Biggest win	4-0 Vs Aylesbury United (7 January 1995)
Biggest defeat	0-4 Vs Blackburn Rovers (26 November 1994), Leeds United (24 January 1995)
Home colours Away colours

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

Main article: 1994–95 FA Premier League

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

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

Main article: 1994–95 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

Main article: 1994–95 Football 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