Football League Second Division 1994/95

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Football League Second Division 1994/95
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Birmingham City
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Birmingham City
Huddersfield Town (as play-off winner)
Relegated Cambridge United
Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City
Chester City
Leyton Orient
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,441  (ø 2.61 per game)
Top scorer Gary Bennett ( Wrexham AFC )
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The Football League Second Division 1994/95 was the third season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 68th third division playing time overall. Third division champions were Birmingham City and next rose after play-off successes against FC Brentford and the Bristol Rovers also Huddersfield Town in the Football League First Division .

For the following third division season 1995/96, the league with Swindon Town , Burnley FC , Bristol City and Notts County had to include four relegated teams from the top division. With Cambridge United , Plymouth Argyle , Cardiff City , Chester City and Leyton Orient , five clubs had to be relegated from the Second Division.The fourth division champions Carlisle United , placed behind them, and Walsall FC , took two free places for the following season in 1995/96 Play-off winners Chesterfield FC one.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Birmingham City (A)  46  25th  14th  7th 084:370 +47 89
 2. Brentford FC  46  25th  10  11 081:390 +42 85
 3. Crewe Alexandra (N)  46  25th  8th  13 080:680 +12 83
 4th Bristol Rovers  46  22nd  16  8th 070:400 +30 82
 5. Huddersfield Town  46  22nd  15th  9 079:490 +30 81
 6th Wycombe Wanderers (N)  46  21st  15th  10 060:460 +14 78
 7th Oxford United (A)  46  21st  12  13 066:520 +14 75
 8th. Hull City  46  21st  11  14th 070:570 +13 74
 9. York city  46  21st  9  16 067:510 +16 72
10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  19th  14th  13 057:450 +12 71
11. Stockport County  46  19th  8th  19th 063:600  +3 65
12. Blackpool FC  46  18th  10  18th 064:700  −6 64
13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  16  15th  15th 065:640  +1 63
14th Bradford City  46  16  12  18th 057:640  −7 60
15th Peterborough United (A)  46  14th  18th  14th 054:690 −15 60
16. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  14th  17th  15th 054:530  +1 59
17th Rotherham United  46  14th  14th  18th 057:610  −4 56
18th Shrewsbury Town (N)  46  13  14th  19th 054:620  −8 53
19th Bournemouth AFC  46  13  11  22nd 049:690 −20 50
20th Cambridge United  46  11  15th  20th 052:690 −17 48
21st Plymouth Argyle  46  12  10  24 045:830 −38 46
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  9  11  26th 046:740 −28 38
23. Chester City (N)  46  6th  11  29 037:840 −47 29
24. Leyton Orient  46  6th  8th  32 030:750 −45 26th

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1995/96
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 1995/96
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League First Division in 1995/96
  • Participation in the 1995/96 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division in 1995/96
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1993/94
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1993/94

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BIR BLP BOU BRA BRE BRI BRR CAM CAR CHE CRE HUD HUL LEY OXF PET PLY RED SHR STC SWA WRE WYC YOR
    Birmingham City 7: 1 0-0 0-0 2-0 3: 3 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 5-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 3-0 4-0 4: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 1 5: 2 0: 1 4: 2
    Blackpool FC 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 2 0: 2 2: 3 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 1: 4 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 5: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0: 5
    Bournemouth AFC 2: 1 1: 2 2: 3 0: 1 0: 3 2-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 3 2-0 0: 2 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 3-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 4
    Bradford City 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0: 2 3: 4 1-0 2-0 0: 2 4: 2 2-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1: 1 2: 1 0-0
    Brentford FC 1: 2 3: 2 1: 2 4: 3 2: 1 3-0 6-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 2-0 0: 1 7-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0: 2 0-0 3-0
    Brighton & Hove Albion 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 4-0 1: 1 1-0
    Bristol Rovers 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 4-0 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 2-0 4-0 2: 2 1-0 4: 2 1-0 3: 1
    Cambridge United 1-0 0-0 2: 2 4: 1 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3: 4 1: 3 1: 2 2: 2 1-0
    Cardiff City 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 4 2: 3 3-0 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 2
    Chester City 0: 4 2-0 1: 1 1: 4 1: 4 1: 2 0-0 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 4 1: 3 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 0: 4
    Crewe Alexandra 2: 1 4: 3 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 4-0 2: 1 4: 2 0-0 2: 1 3: 3 3: 2 3-0 3: 2 1: 3 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1
    Huddersfield Town 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 5: 1 5: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 1: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 3-0
    Hull City 0-0 1-0 3: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 4-0 2-0 7: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 3: 2 0-0 3-0
    Leyton Orient 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 4 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Oxford United 1: 1 3: 2 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 3: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 1 0-0 4-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 2
    Peterborough United 1: 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 5 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 4 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 3 1: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 1: 5 1: 5 0: 3 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 3: 2 0: 3 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2: 2 1: 2
    Rotherham United 1: 1 0: 2 4-0 3: 1 0: 2 4: 3 0: 3 1-0 2-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 4 1-0 3: 3 0: 1 2-0 2: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 0: 2 0-0 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 3 3-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 3 2: 2 2: 2 1-0
    Stockport County 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1: 2 4-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 4 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 3
    Swansea City 0: 2 1-0 1-0 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 3 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0
    Wrexham AFC 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 4: 1 3: 2 3: 3 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 4: 1 1: 1
    Wycombe Wanderers 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 4: 3 0-0 0-0 3-0 3: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 0-0
    York city 2-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 3-0 3: 1 4: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 3-0 2: 4 2: 4 0: 1 0-0

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    2  Brentford FC 1 1 2    
    5  Huddersfield Town 1 1 2  
    5  Huddersfield Town 2
      4th  Bristol Rovers 1
    3  Crewe Alexandra 0 1 1
    4th  Bristol Rovers 0 1 1  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Gary Bennett Wrexham AFC 29
    2 EnglandEngland Andy Booth Huddersfield Town 26th
    3 EnglandEngland Nicky Forster Brentford FC 24
    4th EnglandEngland Robert Taylor Brentford FC 23

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995-96 . Queen Anne Press, London 1995, ISBN 0-7472-7823-7 , pp. 534 .
    3. ↑ Huddersfield Town prevailed 4-3 on penalties .
    4. ↑ Decision on the away goals rule .