1994–95 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1994–95 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 68th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English football, finishing twenty-second, suffering relegation to Division Three.

Cardiff City
1994–95 season
OwnerRick Wright
ManagerEddie May/Terry Yorath/Eddie May
Football League Second Division22nd
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
Welsh CupRunners-up
Auto Windscreens Shield2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Phil Stant (13)
All: Phil Stant (15)
Highest home attendance7,420 (v Birmingham, 28 December 1994)
Lowest home attendance2,560 (v Bradford City, 28 March 1995)
Average home league attendance4,543

After three months of the season, manager Eddie May was sacked from his position and replaced by Terry Yorath. However Yorath's spell in charge saw the side plummet to the bottom of the table and Yorath was also sacked and remarkably replaced by the man he took over from in Eddie May.

Players

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First team squad. [1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK   ENG David Williams
-- GK   WAL Steve Williams
-- DF   WAL Mark Aizlewood
-- DF   WAL Lee Baddeley
-- DF   EIR Derek Brazil
-- DF   WAL Terry Evans
-- DF   ENG Chris Honor
-- DF   CAN Ian McLean
-- DF   WAL Jason Perry
-- DF   ENG Andy Scott
-- DF   WAL Damon Searle
-- DF   WAL Scott Young
-- MF   ENG Wayne Fereday
-- MF   GUY Cohen Griffith
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Ryan Nicholls
-- MF   ENG Nick Richardson
-- MF   ENG Charlie Oatway
-- MF   WAL Danny Street
-- MF   WAL Leigh Vick
-- MF   WAL Nathan Wigg
-- MF   ENG Darren Adams
-- FW   WAL Tony Bird
-- FW   WAL Carl Dale
-- FW   WAL Andy Evans
-- FW   ENG Paul Milsom
-- FW   ENG John Pearson
-- FW   ENG Phil Stant
-- FW   ENG Garry Thompson

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
20 Cambridge United 46 11 15 20 52 69 −17 48 Relegated
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 12 10 24 45 83 −38 46
22 Cardiff City 46 9 11 26 46 74 −28 38
23 Chester City 46 6 11 29 37 84 −47 29
24 Leyton Orient 46 6 8 32 30 75 −45 26
Source: [2]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHA
ResultLLDDDLWLLLLDWWLWLLLDWLLLLDLLLWLDLLDWDLWWDLLLLD
Position~~1919212119212222222222192119202020211920202121212122222222222222222222222221222222222222
Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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13 August 1994 (1994-08-13) 1 Stockport County 4–1 Cardiff City Stockport
Peter Ward  
Kevin Francis  
Kevin Francis  
Alun Armstrong  
  Phil Stant Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5,139
20 August 1994 (1994-08-20) 2 Cardiff City 1–3 Oxford United Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant     Paul Moody
  Paul Moody
  Paul Moody
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,281
27 August 1994 (1994-08-27) 3 York City 1–1 Cardiff City York
Paul Barnes     Paul Millar Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 2,861
30 August 1994 (1994-08-30) 4 Cardiff City 0–0 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,903
3 September 1994 (1994-09-03) 5 Cardiff City 1–1 Swansea City Cardiff
11:00 Nick Richardson     Martin Hayes Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,523
10 September 1994 (1994-09-10) 6 Blackpool 2–1 Cardiff City Blackpool
Phil Brown  
Tony Ellis   (pen)
  Nick Richardson Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 4,189
13 September 1994 (1994-09-13) 7 Chester City 0–2 Cardiff City Chester
  Phil Stant
  Mark Aizlewood
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1,671
17 September 1994 (1994-09-17) 8 Cardiff City 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
15:00   Steve Castle Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,674
24 September 1994 (1994-09-24) 9 Bournemouth 3–2 Cardiff City Bournemouth
Russell Beardsmore  
Russell Beardsmore   (pen)
Warren Aspinall  
  Andy Scott
  Mark Aizlewood
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 3,177
1 October 1994 (1994-10-01) 10 Cardiff City 1–2 Peterborough United Cardiff
15:00 Wayne Fereday     Brian McGorry
  Ken Charlery
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,225
8 October 1994 (1994-10-08) 11 Cardiff City 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant     Ashley Ward
  Rob Edwards
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,126
15 October 1994 (1994-10-15) 12 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Cardiff City Bath, Somerset
Justin Channing  
Billy Clark  
  Nick Richardson
  Paul Millar
Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 3,936
22 October 1994 (1994-10-22) 13 Cardiff City 3–1 Cambridge United Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
  Andy Jeffrey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,580
30 October 1994 (1994-10-30) 14 Bradford City 2–3 Cardiff City Bradford
Shaun Murray  
Jason Perry   (og)
  Paul Millar
  (pen) Paul Millar
  Phil Stant
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 5,937
1 November 1994 (1994-11-01) 15 Leyton Orient 2–0 Cardiff City Leyton Orient
Darren Purse  
Colin West  
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,558
5 November 1994 (1994-11-05) 16 Cardiff City 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
15:00 Lee Baddeley  
Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,004
19 November 1994 (1994-11-19) 17 Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 Cardiff City High Wycombe
Keith Ryan  
Keith Ryan  
Tony Hemmings  
  Phil Stant Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,391
25 November 1994 (1994-11-25) 18 Cardiff City 0–2 Hull City Cardiff
19:30   Linton Brown
  (pen) Dean Windass
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,226
10 December 1994 (1994-12-10) 19 Oxford United 1–0 Cardiff City Oxford
Matt Murphy   Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 6,181
17 December 1994 (1994-12-17) 20 Cardiff City 1–1 Stockport County Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale     Gannon Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,448
26 December 1994 (1994-12-26) 21 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
  (pen) Phil Stant Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4,933
28 December 1994 (1994-12-28) 22 Cardiff City 0–1 Birmingham City Cardiff
12:30   Ricky Otto Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,420
31 December 1994 (1994-12-31) 23 Rotherham United 2–0 Cardiff City Rotherham
Mark Monington  
Ian Breckin  
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3,064
2 January 1995 (1995-01-02) 24 Cardiff City 2–3 Brentford Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Tony Bird  
  Lee Harvey
  Nicky Forster
  Robert Taylor
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,235
7 January 1995 (1995-01-07) 25 Cardiff City 0–1 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00   Andy Watson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,467
14 January 1995 (1995-01-14) 26 Cardiff City 0–0 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,808
17 January 1995 (1995-01-17) 27 Cambridge United 2–0 Cardiff City Cambridge
Carlo Corazzin  
Steve Butler   (pen)
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,460
4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) 28 Hull City 4–0 Cardiff City Hull
Ian Ormondroyd  
Ian Ormondroyd  
Linton Brown  
Warren Joyce  
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 3,903
18 February 1995 (1995-02-18) 29 Huddersfield Town 5–1 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Andy Booth  
Tom Cowan  
Ronnie Jepson  
Paul Reid  
Gary Crosby  
  Derek Brazil Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 10,035
21 February 1995 (1995-02-21) 30 Cardiff City 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale  
Nick Richardson  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,024
25 February 1995 (1995-02-25) 31 Peterborough United 2–1 Cardiff City Peterborough
Ken Charlery  
Ken Charlery  
  Carl Dale Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 4,226
4 March 1995 (1995-03-04) 32 Cardiff City 1–1 Bournemouth Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale     Steve Fletcher Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,008
7 March 1995 (1995-03-07) 33 Swansea City 4–1 Cardiff City Swansea
John Williams  
David Penney  
Colin Pascoe  
Shaun Chapple  
  Nathan Wigg Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 3,942
11 March 1995 (1995-03-11) 34 Cardiff City 1–2 York City Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith     Glenn Naylor
  Glenn Naylor
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,689
15 March 1995 (1995-03-15) 35 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Cardiff City Brighton
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 6,956
18 March 1995 (1995-03-18) 36 Wrexham 0–3 Cardiff City Wrexham
  Ryan Nicholls
  Cohen Griffith
  (og) Tony Humes
Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 3,023
25 March 1995 (1995-03-25) 37 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Cardiff City Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 5,611
28 March 1995 (1995-03-28) 38 Cardiff City 2–4 Bradford City Cardiff
19:30 Perry  
Paul Millar  
  Neil Tolson
  Neil Tolson
  Shaun Murray
  Paul Showler
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,560
1 April 1995 (1995-04-01) 39 Cardiff City 2–1 Chester City Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale  
Paul Millar  
  Gary Hackett Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,405
4 April 1995 (1995-04-04) 40 Cardiff City 2–1 Leyton Orient Cardiff
19:30 Tony Bird  
Tony Bird  
  Scott McGleish Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,324
8 April 1995 (1995-04-08) 41 Cardiff City 1–1 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith     Nathan Peel Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,412
15 April 1995 (1995-04-15) 42 Birmingham City 2–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
Paul Tait  
Mark Ward   (pen)
  Paul Millar Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 17,455
17 April 1995 (1995-04-17) 43 Cardiff City 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
15:00 Tony Bird     Mark Smith
  Dean Spink
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,677
22 April 1995 (1995-04-22) 44 Brentford 2–0 Cardiff City Brentford
Martin Grainger   (pen)
Robert Taylor  
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,268
29 April 1995 (1995-04-29) 45 Cardiff City 0–1 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
15:00   Marcus Stewart Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,462
6 May 1995 (1995-05-06) 46 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Cardiff City Crewe
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,382

Source [3] [4]

League Cup

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16 August 1994 (1994-08-16) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Torquay United Cardiff
19:30 Charlie Oatway   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Bob Harris (Oxfordshire)
23 August 1994 (1994-08-23) Round 1 (Second leg) Torquay United 4–2
(4–3 agg.)
Cardiff City Torquay
Gregory Goodridge  
Richard Hancox  
Richard Hancox  
Richard Hancox  
  Phil Stant
  Phil Stant
Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,719

FA Cup

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12 November 1994 (1994-11-12) Round 1 Enfield 1–0 Cardiff City Enfield, London
Gary Abbott   Stadium: Southbury Road
Attendance: 2,345

Welsh Cup

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7 November 1994 (1994-11-07) Round 3 Ebbw Vale 1–1 Cardiff City Cardiff
19:30     Paul Millar Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,316
22 November 1994 (1994-11-22) Round 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 2–0 Ebbw Vale Cardiff
19:30 Garry Thompson  
Nick Richardson  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,343
Note: Cardiff were deemed to have fielded an ineligible player (Paul Ramsey). As a result following the threat of a court case by Cardiff, the replay was replayed.
7 February 1995 (1995-02-07) Round 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 7–0 Ebbw Vale Cardiff
19:30 Tony Bird  
Garry Thompson  
Mark Aizlewood  
David Ware   (og)
Carl Dale  
Carl Dale  
Carl Dale  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 700
Referee: Roger Gifford (Llanbradach)
15 February 1995 (1995-02-15) Round 4 Cardiff City 4–0 Risca United Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale  
Carl Dale  
Carl Dale  
Derek Brazil  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,294
Referee: VJ Reed (Aberdare)
28 February 1995 (1995-02-28) Quarter Final Llandudno 0–1 Cardiff City Llandudno
  Carl Dale Stadium: Maesdu Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Brian Lawler (Holyhead)
11 April 1995 (1995-04-11) Semi Final (First leg) Swansea City 0–1 Cardiff City Swansea
  Paul Millar Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 2,654
2 May 1995 (1995-05-02) Semi Final (Second leg) Cardiff City 0–0
(1–0 agg.)
Swansea City Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,227
Referee: Keith Burge (Tonypandy)
21 May 1995 (1995-05-21) Final Wrexham 2–1 Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00 Gary Bennett   19' (pen)
Gary Bennett   26'
  78' Carl Dale Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 12,810
Referee: VJ Reed (Aberdare)

Auto Windscreens Shield

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27 September 1994 (1994-09-27) Round 1 Cardiff City 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith  
Carl Dale  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,299
Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)
15 November 1994 (1994-11-15) Round 1 Exeter City 1–1 Cardiff City Exeter
Jason Minett   (pen)   Scott Young Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Mike Pearce (Portsmouth)
29 November 1994 (1994-11-29) Round 2 Exeter City 1–0 Cardiff City Exeter
Jon Brown   Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,452
Referee: John Holbrook (Ludlow)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1995". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ "England 1994–95". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1994-95 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1995". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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