During the 1994–95 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the

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Season summary

During the 1994–95 season, several players left Derby, including Kitson joining

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for £2.25m, Charles and Johnson moving to

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for a combined £2.9m and Pembridge moving to

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. The side was also weakened when goalkeeper Martin Taylor, an ever-present the previous season and touted for a place in the England squad, broke his leg in a 1–0 defeat at

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and was out of action for the next 29 months. With chairman Lionel Pickering's increased frustration at no return on his investment, the purse strings were tightened and McFarland was unable to buy suitable replacements, instead blooding youth products such as

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, Russell Hoult and

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to fill the gaps created by the departures. In the event Derby could only record a 9th-place finish and McFarland, in the knowledge his contract was not going to be renewed, said his goodbye's in the penultimate match of the season, a 2–1 home defeat at

, ending a 28-year association with the club, broken only by a two-year spell as player-manager at

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Final league table

Results

''Derby County's score comes first''

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Anglo-Italian Cup

Players

First-team squad

:''The following players all appeared for the first team this season.''

Reserve team

:''The following players did not appear for the first team this season.''

References

Notes

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Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...