League In the summer of 1994
Joe Jordan brought in Canadian
Paul Peschisolido from
Birmingham City in a deal which sent striker
Dave Regis to St. Andrews along with £200,000. He also brought in
Carl Muggleton (who was on loan last season),
Keith Downing and
John Dreyer. Everyone knew that the 1994–95 season was going to be a tough one and manager Jordan arranged a strenuous pre-season training camp in Scotland. The league programme started with a 1–0 victory over
Tranmere Rovers but this was followed up with poor results which saw Stoke lose 4–0 back-to-back at
Reading and then
Bolton Wanderers. Shortly after that defeat at Bolton Jordan resigned which was unsurprising as he remained unpopular with the club's supporters.
Asa Hartford assumed the role of caretaker manager for a short time and in his four games in charge Stoke won three. On 30 September 1994
Lou Macari became the first manager to have a second spell at the club returning from
Celtic. His first match back saw Stoke beat
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 but a poor defeat against
Luton Town in the next match saw his attentions turn to strengthening the squad. In came
Kevin Keen,
Ray Wallace and
Lárus Sigurðsson as Stoke entered 1995 just out of the top group of teams. But just one win in 13 saw Stoke fall further behind and whilst there was no danger of dropping too greatly there was no hope of catching the promotion contenders and Stoke had to settle for a mid-table finish of 11th picking up 63 points.
FA Cup Stoke didn't have to wait too long to come up against
Joe Jordan who had returned to
Bristol City and he was given a frosty reception by the supporters but his side managed to win the third round replay at the
Victoria Ground 3–1.
League Cup Stoke drew
Fulham in the second round and after a 3–2 loss at
Craven Cottage Stoke beat Fulham 1–0 and progressed via the
away goals rule. In the next round Stoke lost to eventual winners
Liverpool, 2–1 at
Anfield. ==Final league table==