1994–95 Birmingham City F.C. season


The 1994–95 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 92nd in the Football League and their fourth in the third tier of English football, Division Two, to which they were relegated in 1993–94. They finished in first position in the 24-team division, so were promoted straight back to Division One for 1995–96. They entered the 1994–95 FA Cup in the first round, losing in the third round to Premier League club Liverpool in a penalty shootout in which they failed to convert a single penalty. They entered the League Cup in the first round and lost to Blackburn Rovers in the second. They won the Football League Trophy for the second time in four attempts, defeating Carlisle United at Wembley in front of a crowd of 76,663 with the first golden goal to determine a major English competition.
The club's top scorer was Steve Claridge with 20 league goals and 25 in all competitions. Goalkeeper Ian Bennett missed only one match of the 63 played in all competitions, the first round of the Football League Trophy, in which his replacement Ryan Price made his only competitive first-team appearance for Birmingham.

Football League Division Two

Match details

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
13 August 199415thLeyton OrientAL1–2Claridge7,578
20 August 199414thChester CityHW1–0Donowa12,188
27 August 199410thSwansea CityAW2–0Claridge 25,807
30 August 199411thWycombe WanderersHL0–114,305
3 September 19948thPlymouth ArgyleHW4–2Regis 2, Wallace, Tait13,202
10 September 199411thOxford UnitedAD1–1Claridge8,072
13 September 199411thRotherham UnitedAD1–1Bull3,574
18 September 19946thPeterborough UnitedHW4–0Bull 2, Tait, Dominguez10,800
24 September 19949thHull CityHD2–2Claridge pen, Dominguez12,192
1 October 19949thWrexhamAD1–1Claridge6,012
8 October 19949thHuddersfield TownHD1–1Bull15,265
15 October 19949thBrighton & Hove AlbionAW1–0Donowa11,004
22 October 19949thBrentfordAW2–1Shearer, Ward7,779
29 October 19946thBristol RoversHW2–0Bull, Claridge15,886
1 November 19944thCrewe AlexandraHW5–0Hunt 3, Donowa, Claridge14,212
5 November 19943rdShrewsbury TownAW2–0Bull, Hunt5,949
19 November 19943rdAFC BournemouthHD0–015,477
26 November 19943rdStockport CountyAW1–0Hunt5,577
10 December 19942ndChester CityAW4–0Daish, Claridge, McGavin, Lowe3,946
17 December 19942ndLeyton OrientHW2–0Donowa 220,022
26 December 19942ndCambridge UnitedHD1–1Otto20,743
28 December 19942ndCardiff CityAW1–0Otto7,420
31 December 19941stBlackpoolHW7–1Claridge 2, Donowa 2, Lowe, Parris, Bradshaw og18,025
2 January 19951stBradford CityAD1-1Cooper10,539
14 January 19951stYork CityAL0–26,828
4 February 19951stStockport CountyHW1–0Dinning og17,160
11 February 19953rdCrewe AlexandraAL1–2Donowa6,359
18 February 19953rdYork CityHW4–2Francis 2, Otto, Shearer14,846
21 February 19953rdAFC BournemouthAL1–2Francis6,024
25 February 19952ndWrexhamHW5–2Francis 2, Shearer, Otto, Donowa18,884
4 March 19953rdHull CityAD0–09,854
11 March 19954thSwansea CityHL0–116,191
18 March 19954thWycombe WanderersAW3–0Shearer, Claridge, Poole7,289
21 March 19953rdOxford UnitedHW3–0Francis, Claridge, Daish19,781
25 March 19953rdPeterborough UnitedAD1–1Shearer8,796
29 March 19953rdBristol RoversAD1–1Claridge7,851
1 April 19953rdRotherham UnitedHW2–1Francis, Shearer16,077
4 April 19953rdBlackpoolAD1–1Claridge4,944
11 April 19953rdShrewsbury TownHW2–0Claridge 218,366
15 April 19952ndCardiff CityHW2–1Tait, Ward pen17,455
17 April 19953rdCambridge UnitedAL0–15,317
19 April 19951stPlymouth ArgyleAW3–1Claridge 2, Whyte8,550
26 April 19951stBrentfordHW2–0Francis, Daish25,581
29 April 19951stBrighton & Hove AlbionHD3–3Dominguez, Shearer, Ward19,006
2 May 19951stBradford CityHD0–025,139
6 May 19951stHuddersfield TownAW2–1Claridge, Tait18,775

League table (part)

Note that goals scored took precedence over goal difference as a tiebreaker in the Football League.

Results summary

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round12 November 1994Slough TownA*W4–0Shearer 2, McGavin 213,394
Second round12 December 1994Scunthorpe UnitedHD0–013,832
Second round replay14 December 1994Scunthorpe UnitedAW2–1McGavin, Cooper6,280
Third round7 January 1995LiverpoolHD0–025,326
Third round replay18 January 1995LiverpoolAD1–1
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0–2 pens		Otto 69'36,275

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round 1st leg16 August 1994Shrewsbury TownAL1–2Daish5,049
First round 2nd leg23 August 1994Shrewsbury TownHW2–0
2–1 agg.		Saville, Claridge pen9,847
Second round 1st leg20 September 1994Blackburn RoversAL0–214,517
Second round 2nd leg4 OctoberBlackburn RoversHD1–1
1–2 agg.		McGavin16,275

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round27 September 1994Peterborough UnitedAW5–3Bull, Dominguez, Hunt 32,044
Second round18 October 1994WalsallHW3–0Shearer 2, Donowa10,089
Third round29 November 1994GillinghamHW3–0McGavin, Poole, Tait17,028
Fourth round10 January 1995Hereford UnitedHW3–1Claridge, Ward pen, Otto22,351
Southern area semi-final31 January 1995Swansea CityHW3–2
Golden goal		Claridge, Francis, Tait20,326
Southern area final 1st leg28 February 1995Leyton OrientHW1–0Shearer24,002
Southern area final 2nd leg14 March 1995Leyton OrientAW3–2
4–2 agg.		Claridge 2, Williams10,830
Final23 April 1995Carlisle UnitedWembleyW1–0
Golden goal		Tait76,663

Appearances and goals