Spud goes on holiday to start Blues revival at Oldham

Tuesday March 7 1995 - Division One; Oldham Athletic 0 Southend United 2:

I know that face, but obviously Spud didn't rate him!

Steve Thompson, Danny Greaves and Theo Foley had been given charge of team affairs as Peter Taylor had been sent 'on holiday'.

Simon Royce was preferred to Sansome in goal, Keith Dublin was pushed up front and Gary Jones brought back into the side. Steve Tilson was given only his 5th start of the season, Ronnie Whelan was back and Liverpool loan signing Steve Harkness dropped.

It was an incredibly muddy pitch which made for a bitty game, but after a couple of good saves by Royce and a couple of misses from Oldham, the ball was lopped upfield and stuck in the mud instead of running through to the keeper. Jones who had only scored two goals all season before this was first to the ball and hit it into the net.

That was the turning point in Blues season, they gained in confidence, Dublin made a nuisance of himself upfront and disrupted the Oldham defence and it was no real surprise when Thomson scored the second.

The confidence they gained from this win set up a fabulous end to the season, but I still look back and wonder how different things would have been if Oldham had scored early on or that ball had not stuck in the mud and fooled the keeper.

Last 12 games after and including the Oldham win:
P12 W8 D2 L2 F 22 A10 PTS. 26

Included winning the last four games. Full season results and scorers here:

http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_phpresults&Itemid=59&wseason=1994

The Final 1994/95 First Division table

Completed Sunday, 7th May 1995		Pld	Home					Away					Overall					Pts	GS
Completed Sunday, 7th May 1995		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GS

1	Middlesbrough	46	15	4	4	41	19	8	9	6	26	21	23	13	10	67	40	82	67

2	Reading	46	12	7	4	34	21	11	3	9	24	23	23	10	13	58	44	79	58
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	6	1	43	13	5	8	10	24	32	21	14	11	67	45	77	67
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	5	3	39	18	6	8	9	38	43	21	13	12	77	61	76	77
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	4	2	51	23	5	6	12	16	35	22	10	14	67	58	76	67

6	Barnsley	46	15	6	2	42	19	5	6	12	21	33	20	12	14	63	52	72	63
7	Watford	46	14	6	3	33	17	5	7	11	19	29	19	13	14	52	46	70	52
8	Sheffield United	46	12	9	2	41	21	5	8	10	33	34	17	17	12	74	55	68	74
9	Derby County	46	12	6	5	44	23	6	6	11	22	28	18	12	16	66	51	66	66
10	Grimsby Town	46	12	7	4	36	19	5	7	11	26	37	17	14	15	62	56	65	62
11	Stoke City	46	10	7	6	31	21	6	8	9	19	32	16	15	15	50	53	63	50
12	Millwall	46	11	8	4	36	22	5	6	12	24	38	16	14	16	60	60	62	60
13	Southend United	46	13	2	8	33	25	5	6	12	21	48	18	8	20	54	73	62	54
14	Oldham Athletic	46	12	7	4	34	21	4	6	13	26	39	16	13	17	60	60	61	60
15	Charlton Athletic	46	11	6	6	33	25	5	5	13	25	41	16	11	19	58	66	59	58
16	Luton Town	46	8	6	9	35	30	7	7	9	26	34	15	13	18	61	64	58	61
17	Port Vale	46	11	5	7	30	24	4	8	11	28	40	15	13	18	58	64	58	58
18	Portsmouth	46	9	8	6	31	28	6	5	12	22	35	15	13	18	53	63	58	53
19	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	3	7	33	24	3	7	13	18	33	16	10	20	51	57	58	51
20	Sunderland	46	5	12	6	22	22	7	6	10	19	23	12	18	16	41	45	54	41

21	Swindon Town	46	9	6	8	28	27	3	6	14	26	46	12	12	22	54	73	48	54
22	Burnley	46	8	7	8	36	33	3	6	14	13	41	11	13	22	49	74	46	49
23	Bristol City	46	8	8	7	26	28	3	4	16	16	35	11	12	23	42	63	45	42
24	Notts. County	46	7	8	8	26	28	2	5	16	19	38	9	13	24	45	66	40	45

(Report by Robin, www.sufcdb.co.uk, 2003.)

Spud goes on holiday to start Blues revival at Oldham

Last updated : 24 April 2009 By Robin