Leyton Orient, Chester City and Cardiff City were perhaps unsurprisingly relegated to Division Three; Orient had spent much of the season teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, Chester suffered from the loss of manager Graham Barrow and virtually their entire promotion-winning squad from the previous season, and Cardiff had only narrowly avoided an immediate return to Division Three the previous year. But the other two relegated teams were surprise candidates for the drop. Plymouth Argyle had almost won promotion to Division One a year earlier. Cambridge United had narrowly missed out on a place in the then-new Premier League three years earlier and poor form in the run in sealed their fate after Bournemouth avoided the drop in the final two games of the season after spending most of it in the bottom five. This sparked pitch invasion scenes and has been called the team's Great Escape season.
Reference 1: P (played), W (won), L (lost), A (goals against) and Pts. (points).
Reference 2: Birmingham City (C, P), Brentford, Crewe Alexandra, Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town (P), Wycombe Wanderers, Oxford United, Hull City, York City, Swansea City, Stockport County, Blackpool, Wrexham, Bradford City, Peterborough United, Brighton Hove Albion, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Bournemouth, Cambridge United (R), Plymouth Argyle (R), Cardiff City (R), Chester City (R) and Leyton Orient (R).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_in_English_football
Reference 2: Birmingham City (C, P), Brentford, Crewe Alexandra, Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town (P), Wycombe Wanderers, Oxford United, Hull City, York City, Swansea City, Stockport County, Blackpool, Wrexham, Bradford City, Peterborough United, Brighton Hove Albion, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Bournemouth, Cambridge United (R), Plymouth Argyle (R), Cardiff City (R), Chester City (R) and Leyton Orient (R).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_in_English_football
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