During the 1994–95 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the
FA Premier League, their ninth successive season in the top flight, and extended their stay at this level with a ninth-place finish.
Season summary
Wimbledon failed to build upon their club-best finish of sixth place which had been achieved
the previous season, but a ninth-place finish was still an excellent showing for the only Premiership club without their own home, and also with the smallest resources and fan base at this level.
Joe Kinnear's men maintained their reputation as one of the hardest Premiership sides to beat, and finished above many big-spending, well-supported clubs including
Arsenal,
Chelsea,
Sheffield Wednesday and
Everton.
Wimbledon's need to sell their biggest assets was highlighted in the close season when they sold full-back
Warren Barton to
Newcastle United for £4 million - the most expensive defender signed by any British club. However, many of their other key assets -
Dean Holdsworth,
Robbie Earle and
Hans Segers included - were retained for the
new season to give Dons fans hope of another season giving the big boys a run for their money.
Early in the season, long-serving striker
John Fashanu departed to
Aston Villa for £1.35 million, only to retire at the end of the campaign. In Fashanu's place, Wimbledon bought
Efan Ekoku from
Norwich City; he was the club's leading goalscorer with nine league goals.
Kit
Wimbledon signed no kit manufacturing deal for the season's kit, instead producing them under their own brand.
Birmingham-based electronics company
Elonex became the kit sponsors.[1]
^Jones was born in
Watford,
England, but also qualified to represent
Wales through his maternal grandfather and made his international debut for
Wales in December 1994.
^Earle was born in
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent
Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
^Ekoku was born in
Cheetham,
England, but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for
Nigeria in 1994.
^Gayle was born in
Hammersmith,
London, and represented them at
U-18 level, but also qualified to represent
Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for
Jamaica in 1998.
^Sullivan was born in
Sutton,
England, but also qualified to represent
Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for
Scotland in 1997.
^Euell was born in
Lambeth,
England, and represented them at
U-21 level, but also qualified to represent
Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for
Jamaica in November 2004.