1994–95 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
During the 1994–95 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.
Season summary
Tottenham Hotspur began the season coming to terms with arguably the heaviest punishment ever handed out to an English club. As punishment for financial irregularities committed under the club's previous owners during the 1980s, they were fined £600,000 and were docked 12 league points as well as being banned from the 1994-95 FA Cup. Manager Ossie Ardiles reacted defiantly by adopting an impressive new attacking formation, while chairman Alan Sugar challenged his club's sanctions in court. The fine was later increased to £1.5 million, but the points deduction and FA Cup ban were eventually revoked.On the field, the new ultra-attacking style of football was not bringing as much success as Ardiles might have liked and in November he paid for these shortcomings with his job, following a 3–0 defeat in the League Cup to Notts County. QPR manager Gerry Francis was named as his successor, and guided Spurs to seventh in the final table – their highest finish for five years. He also took them to the semi-finals of the FA Cup where their Wembley dream was crushed by Everton, who ran out 4–1 winners.
The close season saw 30-goal striker, and FWA Player of the Year, Jürgen Klinsmann return to his homeland in a £1.5million move to Bayern Munich, and in came Chris Armstrong from Crystal Palace as his replacement. At a club record fee of £4.5million 24-year-old Armstrong was slammed as a "waste of money" by many supporters, who were sceptical of such a large sum of money being spent on a player who had scored just nine league goals, seen his old club relegated and failed a drugs test.
Gheorghe Popescu and Nick Barmby also moved on at the end of the season, leaving Francis to re-organise in midfield.
Final league table
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Results
Tottenham Hotspur's score comes firstLegend
FA Premier League
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 7 January 1995 | Altrincham | H | 3–0 | 25,057 | Sheringham, Rosenthal, Nethercott |
| R4 | 29 January 1995 | Sunderland | A | 4–1 | 21,135 | Klinsmann, Sheringham, Melville |
| R5 | 18 February 1995 | Southampton | H | 1–1 | 28,091 | Klinsmann |
| R5R | 1 March 1995 | Southampton | A | 6–2 | 15,172 | Rosenthal, Sheringham, Barmby, Anderton |
| QF | 11 March 1995 | Liverpool | A | 2–1 | 39,582 | Sheringham, Klinsmann |
| SF | 9 April 1995 | Everton | N | 1–4 | 38,226 | Klinsmann |
League Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 21 September 1994 | Watford | A | 6–3 | 13,659 | Anderton, Klinsmann, Sheringham, Dumitrescu |
| R2 2nd Leg | 4 October 1994 | Watford | H | 2–3 | 17,798 | Barmby, Klinsmann |
| R3 | 26 October 1994 | Notts County | A | 0–3 | 13,952 |