Football League First Division 1994/95

Football League First Division 1994/95
master	Middlesbrough FC
Climbers	Middlesbrough FC, Bolton Wanderers (as play-off winners)
Relegated	Swindon Town , Burnley FC , Bristol City , Notts County
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,389  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer	John Aldridge ( Tranmere Rovers )
← Football League First Division 1993/94 Football League First Division 1995/96 →
^ Premier League 1994/95 Football League Second Division 1994/95 ↓

The Football League First Division 1994/95 was the third season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 92nd total playing time in the second division. It began on August 13, 1994 and ended on May 7, 1995.

Middlesbrough FC became second division champions and the Bolton Wanderers also rose to the Premier League after success in the play-off against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Reading FC in the final . As part of the reduction of the Premier League in 1995 from 22 to 20 teams, the First Division took on four relegated teams in the following 1994/95 season with Crystal Palace , Norwich City , Leicester City and Ipswich Town . The resulting overhang was in turn compensated for by the fact that four teams had to be relegated from the First Division, including Swindon Town , Burnley FC , Bristol City and Notts County . In return, with Second Division winner Birmingham City and Play-off winner Huddersfield Town , only two teams from the third division were promoted.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Middlesbrough FC	46	23	13	10	067:400	+27	82
2.	Reading FC (N)	46	23	10	13	058:440	+14	79
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	21st	14th	11	067:450	+22	77
4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21st	13	12	077:610	+16	76
5.	Tranmere Rovers	46	22nd	10	14th	067:580	+9	76
6th	Barnsley FC	46	20th	12	14th	063:520	+11	72
7th	Watford FC	46	19th	13	14th	052:460	+6	70
8th.	Sheffield United (A)	46	17th	17th	12	074:550	+19	68
9.	Derby County	46	18th	12	16	066:510	+15	66
10.	Grimsby Town	46	17th	14th	15th	062:560	+6	65
11.	Stoke City	46	16	15th	15th	050:530	−3	63
12.	Millwall FC	46	16	14th	16	060:600	± 0	62
13.	Southend United	46	18th	8th	20th	054:730	−19	62
14th	Oldham Athletic (A)	46	16	13	17th	060:600	± 0	61
15th	Charlton Athletic	46	16	11	19th	058:660	−8	59
16.	Luton Town	46	15th	13	18th	061:640	−3	58
17th	Port Vale (N)	46	15th	13	18th	058:640	−6	58
18th	Portsmouth FC	46	15th	13	18th	053:630	−10	58
19th	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	10	20th	051:570	−6	58
20th	Sunderland AFC	46	12	18th	16	041:450	−4	54
21st	Swindon Town (A)	46	12	12	22nd	054:730	−19	48
22nd	Burnley FC (N)	46	11	13	22nd	049:740	−25	46
23.	Bristol City	46	11	12	23	042:630	−21	45
24.	Notts County	46	9	13	24	045:660	−21	40

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 3rd goals conceded

Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 1995/96

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League

Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 1995/96

Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1995/96

(A)	Relegated from the Premier League 1993/94
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1993/94

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1994/95	BAR	BOL	BRC	BUR	CHA	OF THE	GRI	LUT	MID	Mil	NOC	OLD	POR	PVA	REA	SHU	SEU	STO	SUN	SWI	TRA	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley FC		3-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 3
Bolton Wanderers	2: 1		0: 2	1: 1	5: 1	1-0	3: 3	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	4-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	5: 1
Bristol City	3: 2	0: 1		1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	0-0	3: 2	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 5
Burnley FC	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1		2-0	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	4: 3	1: 2	4: 2	5: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1
Charlton Athletic	2: 2	1: 2	3: 2	1: 2		3: 4	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 2
Derby County	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	4-0	2: 2		2: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 2	0-0	2: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 3	1: 2	3-0	0: 1	3: 1	5-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3
Grimsby Town	1-0	3: 3	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	0: 1		5-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	2-0	4: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	0-0
Luton Town	0: 1	0: 3	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 2		5: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	3: 6	2: 2	2: 3	3-0	3-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3
Middlesbrough FC	1: 1	1-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	2: 4	1: 1	2: 1		3-0	2: 1	2: 1	4-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0
Millwall FC	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 3	3: 1	4: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0		0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1-0
Notts County	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 3	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1		1: 3	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	3: 2	0: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1
Oldham Athletic	1-0	3: 1	2-0	3-0	5: 2	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1		3: 2	3: 2	1: 3	3: 3	0: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	4: 1
Portsmouth FC	3-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0-0	3: 2	2: 1	1: 1		0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 4	4: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2
Port Vale	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0		0: 2	0: 2	5-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 4
Reading FC	0: 3	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 3		1-0	2-0	4-0	0: 2	3-0	1: 3	4: 1	0: 2	4: 2
Sheffield United	0-0	3: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	3-0	2-0	3: 3
Southend United	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	4: 1	1: 3		4: 2	0: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 4	2: 1	0: 1
Stoke City	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	0-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	4: 3	2: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4: 1		0: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	4: 1	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	2-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0		1-0	0: 1	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1
Swindon Town	0-0	0: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	3-0	3: 1	0: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 3	2: 2	3-0	4-0		2: 2	1-0	0-0	3: 2
Tranmere Rovers	6: 1	1-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	3: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	3: 2		2: 1	3: 1	1: 1
Watford FC	3: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 4	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	3: 2	2: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	2-0	2-0		1-0	2: 1
West Bromwich Albion	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	3-0	3: 2	3: 1	0: 2	0-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 3	1: 3	2: 5	5: 1	0: 1		2-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	3: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	2: 3	0: 2	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	5-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Final at Wembley Stadium
	2	Reading FC	3	0	3
	5	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	1
								2	Reading FC	3
								3	Bolton Wanderers	4th
	3	Bolton Wanderers	1	2	3
	4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	24

Web links

• England 1994-95 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1994/95 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Result after extension.