During the 1994–95 English football season, Southampton F.C.

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

 competed in the FA Premier League

FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

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Season summary

Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

 finally got their act together after four seasons of battling relegation, and most importantly managed to hang on to Matthew Le Tissier

Matthew Le Tissier

Matthew "Matt" Le Tissier is a retired English footballer who played for Southampton and England.An attacking midfielder with exceptional technical skills, Le Tissier is the second-highest ever scorer for Southampton behind Mick Channon and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 1990. He was...

. They never featured in the relegation battle, and finished in 10th place above some much more fancied teams including Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 and Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

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Manager Alan Ball made some significant signings during the season - Neil Heaney

Neil Heaney

Neil Heaney is an English former footballer who played as a winger for a number of British clubs.-Career:...

 from Arsenal, Gordon Watson

Gordon Watson

Gordon William George Watson is a retired English football player whose career was almost ended when he suffered a double fracture in the right leg in a tackle with Huddersfield Town defender Kevin Gray on 1 February 1997....

 from Sheffield Wednesday and Neil Shipperley

Neil Shipperley

Neil Jason Shipperley is a retired English professional footballer, who played as a centre-forward. He is the former manager of Walton Casuals of the Isthmian League Division One South....

 from Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

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At the end of the season, Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 appointed Ball as manager after Brian Horton

Brian Horton

Brian Horton is an English former footballer and manager, who is working as Phil Brown's assistant at Preston North End.Horton played for Hednesford Town, Port Vale, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Hull City as a midfielder...

's sacking. Ball was replaced by Southampton's assistant manager David Merrington

David Merrington

David Robert Merrington is a former football manager.As a player Merrington appeared in midfield for Burnley, playing 98 league games including a spell as captain. He later played for Bristol City before retiring and going into coaching .Merrington was a brief caretaker manager for Sunderland A.F.C...

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Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

Southampton broke their club transfer record with the signing of Chelsea striker Neil Shipperley in early 1995.

In

• Neil Heaney - Arsenal, March 1994, £300,000
• Neil Shipperley - Chelsea, 6 January 1995, £1,250,000
• Gordon Watson - Sheffield Wednesday, March 1995, £1,200,000

Out

• Nicky Banger - Oldham Athletic, October 1994, £250,000
• Iain Dowie - Crystal Palace, 13 January 1995, £400,000
• Jeff Kenna - Blackburn Rovers, 15 March 1995, £1,500,000
• Ian Andrews - Bournemouth
• Matthew Bound - Stockport County

Transfers in: £2,750,000

Transfers out: <£2,150,000

Total spending: >£600,000