1994–95 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers
1994–95 season
Chairman	Frank Corfe
Manager	John King
Stadium	Prenton Park
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Group stage
Average home league attendance	8,906
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Tranmere Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

A reconstructed Prenton Park was opened in March 1995, with the all seater stadium now holding just under 17,000 supporters.

Season summary

In the 1994–95 campaign, Tranmere missed out on promotion via the play-offs for a third consecutive season after losing to Reading in the semi-finals. A reconstructed Prenton Park was opened in March 1995, with the all seater stadium now holding just under 17,000 supporters.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Bolton Wanderers (O, P)	46	21	14	11	67	45	+22	77	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	77	61	+16	76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	10	14	67	58	+9	76
6	Barnsley	46	20	12	14	63	52	+11	72
7	Watford	46	19	13	14	52	46	+6	70

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Tranmere Rovers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1994	Stoke City	A	0–1	15,915
20 August 1994	Swindon Town	H	3–2	8,482	Aldridge (2), Nevin
27 August 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	4,087	Aldridge (pen)
30 August 1994	Luton Town	H	4–2	5,480	Aldridge (3), Malkin
3 September 1994	Sheffield United	H	2–1	7,253	Malkin, Aldridge
10 September 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	27,030
14 September 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–1	6,383	O'Brien
17 September 1994	Millwall	H	3–1	6,243	Malkin (2), Aldridge
24 September 1994	Sunderland	H	1–0	7,500	Malkin
1 October 1994	Burnley	A	1–1	12,427	Aldridge
8 October 1994	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	18,497	Aldridge
15 October 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–1	7,391	Aldridge (3)
22 October 1994	Watford	A	0–2	6,987
29 October 1994	Port Vale	H	1–1	6,972	Morrissey
1 November 1994	Barnsley	H	6–1	5,592	Aldridge (4), Malkin (2)
6 November 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	6,475
19 November 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	7,567	Malkin
26 November 1994	Reading	A	3–1	7,887	Brannan, Muir (2)
3 December 1994	Watford	H	2–1	7,301	Malkin, Irons
6 December 1994	Notts County	A	0–1	4,703
10 December 1994	Swindon Town	A	2–2	8,608	Stevens, Mungall
17 December 1994	Stoke City	H	0–1	7,601
26 December 1994	Derby County	H	3–1	11,581	Malkin (2), Jones
27 December 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	16,782
31 December 1994	Bristol City	H	2–0	7,439	Jones, Irons
2 January 1995	Southend United	A	0–0	5,195
15 January 1995	Port Vale	A	0–2	7,944
22 January 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	5,581	Malkin, Muir, Brannan
4 February 1995	Notts County	H	3–2	6,105	Malkin (2), Morrissey
11 February 1995	Barnsley	A	2–2	5,506	Muir, Jones
18 February 1995	Reading	H	1–0	8,750	Muir
21 February 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	11,860	Nevin
25 February 1995	Burnley	H	4–1	9,909	Muir (2), Nevin, Alridge
5 March 1995	Sunderland	A	1–0	12,043	Garnett
7 March 1995	Sheffield United	A	0–2	14,127
11 March 1995	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	15,810	Morrissey, Aldridge (pen)
18 March 1995	Luton Town	A	0–2	6,660
25 March 1995	Millwall	A	1–2	7,470	Malkin
1 April 1995	Portsmouth	H	4–2	8,722	Aldridge (2), Malkin, Irons
8 April 1995	Bristol City	A	1–0	6,723	Aldridge (pen)
14 April 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	14,959	Nevin
17 April 1995	Derby County	A	0–5	13,957
21 April 1995	Southend United	H	0–2	9,971
30 April 1995	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–5	17,846	Aldridge
3 May 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	12,306	Aldridge
7 May 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	16,337	Irons

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st leg	14 May 1995	Reading	H	1–3	12,207	Malkin
SF 2nd leg	17 May 1995	Reading	A	0–0 (lost 1–3 on agg)	13,245

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Bury	A	2–2	5,755	Muir (2)
R3R	18 January 1995	Bury	H	3–0	7,921	O'Brien, Muir, Malkin
R4	29 January 1995	Wimbledon	H	0–2	11,637

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1994	Brentford	H	1–0	3,754	Brennan
R2 Second Leg	27 September 1994	Brentford	A	0–0 (won 1–0 on agg)	4,076
R3	26 October 1994	Norwich City	H	1–1	10,232	Aldridge
R3R	9 November 1994	Norwich City	A	2–4	13,331	Nevin, Irons

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
Group A	24 August 1994	Venezia	H	2–2	3,012
Group A	6 September 1994	Atalanta	A	0–2	4,000
Group A	4 October 1994	Ascoli	H	0–1	4,546
Group A	15 November 1994	U.S. Lecce	A	0–0	286

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
—	MF	IRL	Liam O'Brien
—	MF	ENG	Kenny Irons
—	MF	ENG	Graham Branch
—	MF	WAL	Alan Morgan
—	MF	IRL	Alan Mahon
—	MF	WAL	Jon Kenworthy
—	MF	ENG	Mike Edwards
—	FW	IRL	John Aldridge
—	FW	ENG	Ian Muir
—	FW	ENG	Chris Malkin
—	FW	ENG	Gary Jones
—	FW	ENG	Ian Thomas-Moore
—	FW	ENG	Gregg Blundell

References

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