1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B
Group B of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool C
Group C of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool D
Group D of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool E
Group E of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool F
Group F of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool G
Group G of tennis's 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool H
Group H of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of eight pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1994 Federation Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.


1994 Federation Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Federation Cup competition in 1994. Thirty-two nations competed in a five-round knockout competition from 18–24 July. Spain was the defending champion, and they successfully defended their title defeating United States in the final.


1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election
The 1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in November 1994, when Albert Reynolds resigned as party leader and Taoiseach. Reynolds had been party leader since February 1992 and had served as Taoiseach since then. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 19 December 1994. Bertie Ahern was the only candidate to stand and was thus elected leader.


1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Candidates, Declined to stand
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1994 Fiesta Bowl
The 1994 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 1994, was the 23rd edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game featured the Arizona Wildcats, and the Miami Hurricanes. The game featured the only shutout in Fiesta Bowl history, as Arizona shut-out Miami. The shutout loss was the first for Miami in 168 games, since they lost 30–0 to Alabama on November 17, 1979.


1994 Fiesta Bowl
The scoring started with Dan White throwing a 13-yard touchdown pass to Troy Dickey. The ensuing extra point failed, and Arizona settled for a 6–0 lead. Kicker Steve McLaughlin kicked a 39-yard field goal to increase the lead to 9–0, at the end of the 1st quarter. Late in the second quarter, running back Chuck Levy scored on a 68-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 16–0.


1994 Fiesta Bowl
In the third quarter, McLaughlin added two field goals of 31 and 21 yards respectively, as the Wildcats opened up a 22–0 lead. In the 4th quarter, White connected with Dickey again for a 13-yard touchdown, to provide the final margin. Arizona gained revenge for an 8–7 Miami win the previous year, when McLaughlin missed a last second 51-yard field goal.


1994 Fife Regional Council election
The 1994 Fife Regional Council election, the sixth and final election to Fife Regional Council, was held on 5 May 1994 as part of the wider 1994 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the region's 46 seat council.


1994 Fijian general election
General elections were held in Fiji between 18 and 25 February 1994. This election, the second since Fiji had become a republic following two military coups in 1987, was brought about by splits within the ruling Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) and by the withdrawal of the support of the Fiji Labour Party, which claimed that Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka had reneged on a deal to review Fiji's electoral system, which was heavily weighted in favour of ethnic Fijians, despite their being nearly equal in number to Indo-Fijians.


1994 Fijian general election
The election produced little change among the 38 seats in the House of Representatives that were reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman Islanders. The SVT won 33 seats (a gain of three), and the Fijian Association Party of former Finance Minister Josefata Kamikamica won five (one down). The Fijian Nationalist Party of Sakeasi Butadroka, which advocated the forced repatriation of all Fijians of Indian descent, lost the three seats that it had won in the previous election.


1994 Fijian general election
The five "general electorates," reserved for Fiji's European, Chinese, and other minorities, showed similarly little change, with the General Voters Party winning four seats and the All Nationals Congress, one. There was a very significant change in the composition of the 27 Indo-Fijian seats, however. The Fiji Labour Party lost 6 of its 13 seats, with the National Federation Party winning the remaining 20.


1994 Fijian general election
The NFP leader, Jai Ram Reddy, enjoyed a personal rapport with Rabuka; although they did not enter into a formal coalition, their negotiations led to a substantial overhaul of the Fijian Constitution which paved the way for the historic election of 1999, which brought Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, to power.


1994 Fijian general election
Following the 1994 election, Rabuka formed a coalition with the General Voters Party and remained Prime Minister.


1994 Finnish European Union membership referendum
An advisory referendum on joining the European Union was held in Finland on 16 October 1994. 56.9% of voters approved of the proposal, with a voter turnout of 70.8%. Due to having its own customs jurisdiction, a separate referendum was held in the Åland Islands a month later, and was also approved.


1994 Finnish European Union membership referendum, Results, By province
A separate referendum was also held in the Åland Islands as it was a separate customs jurisdiction.


1994 Finnish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 16 January 1994, with a second round on 6 February. It was the first time the President had been solely and directly elected by a popular vote. Martti Ahtisaari defeated Elisabeth Rehn in the second round.


1994 Finnish presidential election
Voter turnout was 78.4% in the first round and 78.7% in the second. This was an open presidential election, because the two-term Finnish President, Mauno Koivisto, had refused to seek a third term. His popularity had also clearly declined since Finland entered into a deep economic recession in 1991.


1994 Finnish presidential election
Martti Ahtisaari, a former primary school teacher and a long-time United Nations diplomat, emerged as the frontrunner after winning the Social Democratic presidential primary in the spring of 1993. Having lived abroad for many years during his diplomatic career, he was at first largely unknown to most Finnish voters. On the other hand, he appeared not to be tainted with political scandals or allegations of opportunism, contrary to some of his opponents, especially the Centre Party presidential candidate, Paavo Väyrynen. This was also the first Finnish presidential election to include a popular female candidate. Elisabeth Rehn, the small Swedish People's Party's presidential candidate, appealed to voters through her reputation as a diligent, caring and sincere woman. She was serving as Defence Minister during the election.


1994 Finnish presidential election
Rehn's popularity rose dramatically in early January 1994, helping her defeat her two major bourgeois rivals, Väyrynen and the National Coalition candidate, Raimo Ilaskivi. Väyrynen bitterly blamed the media for scheming to make his support appear to be falling just before the first round of voting. Some Finns voted tactically for Rehn on the first round to eliminate Väyrynen from the second round. Ahtisaari and Rehn agreed on many issues, such as Finland's intention to become a member of the European Union. They disagreed partly on economic issues, with Ahtisaari favouring more economic stimulation and Rehn viewing increased economic stimulus sceptically. The three-week period between the first and second rounds of voting saw Ahtisaari's support rise significantly, and during the final week of campaigning opinion polls showed him leading Rehn.


1994 Five Nations Championship
The 1994 Five Nations Championship was the 65th series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 15 January and 19 March 1994.


1994 Five Nations Championship
The tournament was the 65th in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1994 Five Nations Championship was the 100th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.


1994 Five Nations Championship
The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was the first time that the Five Nations championship title was decided by using points difference to separate the top two teams that finished level on win/loss record.


1994 Five Nations Championship
Wales won the tournament, although a 15–8 away defeat by England in their final match meant they failed to win the Grand Slam:  England had needed a 16-point margin of victory over Wales in the final match to snatch the tournament themselves, but fell short, conceding a late Welsh try while pressing for the score that would have given them a big enough margin. Earlier in the tournament, England won the Calcutta Cup beating Scotland at Murrayfield. In a comparatively low scoring tournament, England then surprisingly lost at home to Ireland, ending their own hopes of a Grand Slam.


1994 Five Nations Championship
Scotland performed poorly throughout and although somewhat unfortunate to lose to England, were heavily defeated by Wales in their opening match and could only manage a draw against Ireland, before being beaten by France at home in their final fixture. The overall result was, however, Wales' 22nd outright victory, including seven victories in the Home Nations, excluding eleven titles shared with other countries. England and France placed second and third with three and two wins respectively. Ireland placed fourth, with Scotland, last. None of the Home Nations achieved the Triple Crown.


1994 Five Nations Championship
Wales missed out on a seventh Grand Slam after losing to England at Twickenham.


1994 Florida Attorney General election
The 1994 Florida Attorney General election was held on November 8, 1998. Democratic incumbent Bob Butterworth defeated Republican nominee Henry Ferro with 57.50% of the vote.


1994 Florida Citrus Bowl
The 1994 Florida Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game featuring the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten, against the Tennessee Volunteers of the SEC.


1994 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election
The 1994 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election took place on November 8, 1994 to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Democratic Commissioner Robert B. Crawford was re-elected to a second term in office.


1994 Florida Gators baseball team
The 1994 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 1994 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Joe Arnold, who was in his 11th and final season at Florida.


1994 Florida Gators football team
The 1994 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Spurrier's 1994 Florida Gators posted an overall record of 10–2–1 and a 6–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams and winning the SEC championship.


1994 Florida Gators football team, Postseason
The Seminoles then won a rematch in the Sugar Bowl, 23–17, referred to as "The Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter."


1994 Florida Marlins season
The Florida Marlins' 1994 season was the second season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51-64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike.


1994 Florida Marlins season, Regular season
By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game).


1994 Florida Marlins season, Regular season
Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening Day for the Marlins. He was the second oldest pitcher to pitch on opening day. Jack Quinn started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Opening Day in 1931 at the age of 47.


1994 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1994 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1994 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The 1994 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium, and played as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his fifteenth season as head coach at Florida State.


1994 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The Seminoles reached the College World Series, their thirteenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for fifth place after recording a win against LSU and losses to Georgia Tech and Cal State Fullerton.


1994 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 1994 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Dunkel.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election
The 1994 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent governor Lawton Chiles, a Democrat, survived a strong challenge from businessman Jeb Bush, a Republican, to win re-election. This race was the second-closest gubernatorial election in Florida history since Reconstruction, due to the strong Republican wave of 1994.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election
Democrats held the Governor's Mansion until 1998. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Florida.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Background
Incumbent Lawton Chiles was eligible to run for a second four-year term under the Constitution of Florida. In late 1991, Chiles's disapproval rating rose significantly after he cut funds for education in his first budget. Around 75% of Floridians gave him a fair or poor performance rating. The following year, Chiles's approval rating fell to only 22% and his disapproval reached 76% after the state's perceived inadequate response to Hurricane Andrew. His disapproval rating remained as high as 71% into 1993. As a result, some Democrats suggested that U.S. Senator Bob Graham run for a third, non-consecutive term as governor.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Primary results, Republican primary
A runoff primary election was scheduled to be held between leading candidate Jeb Bush and second-place candidate James C. Smith because no candidate received a majority of the vote. However, Smith dropped out of the race a few days later, leaving Bush as the Republican nominee for governor.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Bush ran as a political conservative, and tried to paint Chiles as beholden to liberal interests. At one point, when asked what he would do for African Americans, Bush responded: "It's time to strive for a society where there's equality of opportunity, not equality of results. So I'm going to answer your question by saying: probably nothing."


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The final weeks of the campaign was described as "one of the nastiest in Florida political history."


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
On October 18, a debate that was broadcast by 36 radio stations was held at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Bush and Chiles stood behind two lecterns decorated with Mickey Mouse ears.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Another  was conducted by the League of Women Voters of Florida at Tampa Performing Arts Center on November 1. Early in the debate, Chiles again criticized Bush's ad about the death penalty, stating that Bush had outdone his father's ad about Willie Horton and saying "You knew [the ad] was false. You admitted it was false. And I am ashamed that you would use the loss of a mother in an ad like this." Later, during a discussion about school vouchers, Chiles quipped "My mama told me, 'sticks and stones will break my bones,' but names will never hurt me. But let me tell you one other thing about the old liberal. The old He-Coon walks just before the light of day." This referenced Chiles' Florida cracker roots, and served as a deliberate contrast with the more urbane Bush.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In a poll conducted by Associated Industries of Florida between November 3 and November 4, Chiles led Bush by 48%-43%, with a margin of error of 3.5%.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
On the day before the election, a bloc of Chiles' campaign used get-out-the-vote phone calls to about 70,000 people. These calls alleged that Bush was a "tax cheat" and that his running mate Tom Feeney planned to destroy Social Security. The information was falsely attributed to a "tax fairness" and a senior citizen advocacy organizations. Chiles denied authorizing the phone calls but still later apologized when the media discovered top officials in his campaign had authorized them. When the Florida legislature investigated the calls, Chiles claimed he was "out of the loop." Chiles' ultimate margin of victory in the election was less than 64,000 votes.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Throughout the campaign, Bush raised approximately $7 million, more than half of which came from fundraisers featuring his parents and out-of-state fundraisers sponsored by his family and friends. On each of Barbara and George H. W. Bush's visits to Florida, they raked in about $1 million for the campaign. Chiles limited contributions to $100 per person and raised $6.23 million, which included $2 million in public money.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Results
Chiles prevailed against Bush, winning 2,135,008 votes against Bush's 2,071,068 – a margin of about 1.52%. Additionally, write-in candidates G. G. Boone and C. C. Reed garnered 556 and 27 votes, respectively. With the election occurring during the 1994 Republican Revolution, Chiles was one of only two Democratic governors nationwide in close competitive races to hold onto his seat that night (the other being Zell Miller).


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Results
In Florida alone, Republicans took over the State Senate for the first time in over a century, U.S. Senator Connie Mack III was re-elected in a landslide, Sandra Mortham defeated Ron Saunders for Secretary of State, Gerald A. Lewis was ousted by Robert Milligan for Comptroller, and Frank Brogan, who would run as Bush's running mate in 1998, was re-elected as Commissioner of Education. Also following in the conservative tone of the night, a statewide ballot initiative to legalize casino gambling was defeated in a 62%-38% landslide.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Results
During the course of the campaign, Chiles again successfully carried out his "Dixie-Dade Strategy"—winning both Dixie and Dade (now known as Miami-Dade) counties. Chiles also carried the other two major metropolitan counties in the South Florida – Broward and Palm Beach. However, he failed to win the Cuban voters in Miami. In comparison with the 1990 election, Chiles performed significantly worse in North and Central Florida, where he lost his native Polk County. Although he lost several counties in the Panhandle, Chiles' largest margin of victory was in Gadsden County – the only predominantly African-American county in Florida. Bush received his highest percentages of victory in several rural counties in the northern portion of the state, especially Baker, Clay, and Union counties.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Aftermath
After the election, the controversial phone calls were labeled "phonegate." Bill Cotterell of the Tallahassee Democrat believed that the phone calls did not affect the result of the election: "I'm quite sure you know, at least half of them just hung up, never even listened to the message. And those who did probably said, well, that's ridiculous, the governor of Florida ... or the lieutenant governor of Florida can't repeal Social Security." Miami Herald writer Mark Silva also argued that phonegate did not impact the outcome of the election, saying that "[the] campaign was won before that happened. The idea that that somehow tipped the election was a canard, it wasn't true." In November 1995, Bush's campaign manager, J. M. "Mac" Stipanovich noted that "it's quite possible the Chiles campaign stole the election by fraud". Bush himself refused to speculate on the impact of the phone calls.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Chiles testified under oath before a state legislative committee in December 1995, becoming the first modern governor of Florida to do so. He told the Senate Executive Business, Ethics, and Elections Committee that he had no knowledge of the "scare calls." After apologizing to any Floridians who may have been misled, the attempt to tie him to phonegate was reduced to a one-man operation led by then-State Senator Charlie Crist. Later, Chiles passed a law banning false attributions for get-out-the-vote phone calls. Chiles remained governor of Florida until suffering a fatal heart attack on December 12, 1998, less than a month before his second term expired.


1994 Florida gubernatorial election, Aftermath
After his father lost re-election for President of the United States in 1992, Jeb planned on running for president in 2000 after serving for six years as Governor of Florida. However, because he lost this election, his brother George, who was elected Governor of Texas on the same night, instead ran for president in 2000. Jeb did run for governor again, however; he defeated Chiles' lieutenant governor Buddy MacKay in 1998 and easily won re-election in 2002.


1994 Football League Cup Final
The 1994 Football League Cup Final took place on 27 March 1994 at the old Wembley Stadium. It was contested between Manchester United and Aston Villa. Aston Villa won 3–1, with one goal from Dalian Atkinson and two from Dean Saunders, to claim their fourth League Cup final victory; Manchester United's goal was scored by Mark Hughes, before Andrei Kanchelskis was sent off for handball. Manchester United won both the Premier League and FA Cup that season, the result denying United a domestic treble, while Villa finished 10th in the Premier League.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
Aston Villa had finished runners-up to Manchester United in the league the previous season, but were in poor form going into the League Cup final, having lost their last three games. The bookmakers and national press were predicting that the Villa would be beaten comfortably at Wembley. Manchester United had suffered a slight blip of their own with a couple of draws in their previous league matches and high-profile red cards to Eric Cantona and Peter Schmeichel – but victory in the League Cup was predicted to be the first part of a domestic treble.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
Alex Ferguson decided to field a full-strength team with the exception of the suspended Schmeichel, who was deputised by former Villa keeper Les Sealey. Villa boss Ron Atkinson decided to field a five-man midfield with Tony Daley and Dalian Atkinson on the flanks and young attacking midfielder Graham Fenton playing in a withdrawn role behind striker Dean Saunders.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
The match began with Aston Villa playing a fast counter-attacking game. United saw a lot of the ball, but the Villa defence, marshalled by former Manchester United centre-back Paul McGrath, rendered Cantona anonymous. There was a scare for Villa when Mark Bosnich looked to have brought down Roy Keane outside the box, but the referee waved play on. Aston Villa's only chance in the first quarter of the match had been an inswinging corner from Steve Staunton which was touched over by Sealey. On 25 minutes, however, Andy Townsend played a pass into the feet of Dean Saunders who flicked the ball over the top of United's defence and into the path of Atkinson, who put his side 1–0 up.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the second half, the pattern of the game remained the same, United sluggish and Villa playing a counter-attacking game. On 70 minutes, Kevin Richardson tackled United substitute Lee Sharpe who looked certain to score. Five minutes later, Villa went down the other end and earned a free kick when Daley was brought down just outside the United box. Richardson swung it in and Saunders stuck a leg out to divert it into the net for Villa's second goal.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
Mark Hughes pulled a goal back for United with seven minutes remaining and was denied a second just moments later when Bosnich pushed a volley round the post. With time nearly up Villa broke once more, Daley striking the United post with a fantastic shot. The ball fell to Atkinson who hit it goalwards only for the ball to strike Andrei Kanchelskis on the hand. The Russian was to be red carded and could only watch as Dean Saunders converted the resulting penalty to complete the scoring in a 3–1 victory for Aston Villa.


1994 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
The match was also the last to be covered on the original BBC Radio 5; the station closed down that night, with BBC Radio Five Live launching the following morning.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
The 1994 Football League First Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 30 May 1994 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and Leicester City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football, to the Premiership. The top two teams of the 1993–94


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
Football League First Division season gained automatic promotion to the Premiership, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1994–95 season in the Premiership. Leicester City Palace ended the season in fourth position, two places ahead of Derby County. The teams defeated Tranmere Rovers and Millwall, respectively, in the semi-finals.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
The final was played in front of a crowd of 73,671 and was refereed by Roger Milford. Derby made the better start with Marco Gabbiadini's early chance being cleared off the line. On 27 minutes, Derby took the lead: Paul Simpson's through-ball found Seth Johnson who out-ran both Simon Grayson and Brian Carey before scoring past Gavin Ward. Four minutes before half-time, Steve Walsh levelled the score after Paul Williams failed to clear his shot off the line.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
In the 86th minute, Grayson made a run down the right and his pass to the centre was met by Ian Ormondroyd's header. Martin Taylor made the save but the rebound fell to Walsh who scored to put Leicester back into the lead. The match ended 2–1 to secure Leicester City's first win in the play-offs in three attempts.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
Derby County ended their following season in ninth place in the First Division, six points below the final play-off places. Leicester City were relegated from the Premiership the next season after finishing in 19th position, three places and nineteen points from safety.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Leicester City finished the regular 1993–94 season in fourth place in the Football League First Division, the second tier of the English football league system, two places and two points ahead of Derby County. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premiership and instead took part in the play-offs, along with Millwall and Tranmere Rovers, to determine the third promoted team. Leicester City finished ten points behind Nottingham Forest (who were promoted in second place) and seventeen behind league winners Crystal Palace.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Derby County faced Millwall in their play-off semi-final, and the first match of the two-legged tie took place at the Baseball Ground in Derby on 15 May 1994. Midway through the first half the home side took the lead with a goal from Gordon Cowans. Paul Simpson's shot struck the post and as the Millwall goalkeeper Kasey Keller failed to gather the rebound, Cowans struck low to score his first goal in 19 months.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Derby dominated the second half and doubled their lead when Seth Johnson scored on 60 minutes having been sent clear by Marco Gabbiadini; the match ended 2–0. The second leg was played three days later at the New Den in London and was marred by two pitch invasions by Millwall supporters. Gabbiadini put Derby ahead on 16 minutes after converting a cross from Mark Pembridge. Johnson scored the second goal for Derby six minutes later. Soon after fans ran onto the pitch and were confronted by mounted police officers; the players left the pitch while numerous arrests were made.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Play restarted nearly 20 minutes later, and Pat Van Den Hauwe extended Derby's lead with a goal three minutes before half time. Greg Berry reduced the deficit with a header on the hour mark, making it 3–1. Minutes later, just as the referee was about to award a penalty to Millwall, a second pitch invasion took place and the players retreated to the dressing rooms once again. They returned to the pitch 12 minutes later whereupon the referee opted not to award the penalty. No further goals were scored and Derby County progressed to the play-off final with an aggregate 5–1 victory. After the game, Millwall's chairman Reg Burr claimed that the play-offs were "a recipe for violence" and argued "they should be scrapped or else changed radically."


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Leicester City's opponents in their semi-final were Tranmere Rovers, with the first leg being hosted at Prenton Park, Tranmere, on 15 May 1994. The match ended goalless with one of the best chances falling to the home side, when John Aldridge's close range shot was saved by the fingertips of Gavin Ward. The return leg took place three days later at Filbert Street in Leicester. In the last moments of the first half, Leicester took the lead: Mark Blake's shot hit the post and Ian Ormondroyd converted the rebound.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
A minute into the second half, Pat Nevin levelled the score by converting a Ged Brannan cross. David Speedie, a second-half substitute, then restored Leicester's lead with four minutes remaining, heading in a free kick from Blake. With only seconds of the match remaining, an altercation between Speedie and the Tranmere goalkeeper Eric Nixon resulted in both players being sent off. The match ended 2–1 to Leicester and they qualified for the final.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Derby County's first appearance in the second-tier play-off final but they had featured in the 1992 Football League play-offs, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Blackburn Rovers. The club had featured in the second tier since suffering relegation from the top league in the 1990–91 season. Leicester were appearing in their third consecutive  second tier play-off final, having lost in both 1992 and 1993. They had played in the second tier of English football since they were relegated from the First Division in the 1986–87 season.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Derby County won the first of the two meetings between the clubs during the regular season, with a 3–2 victory at Pride Park in December 1993. The return fixture was a 3–3 draw at Filbert Street the following April. Derby County's top scorer was Tommy Johnson with 16 goals (13 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup, 1 in the League Cup and 1 in the Anglo-Italian Cup).


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Two players had 15 goals for the season: Gabbiadini (13 in the league and 2 in the League Cup), and Paul Kitson (13 in the league, 1 in the League Cup and 1 in the Anglo-Italian Cup). Iwan Roberts and Speedie were Leicester City's top scorers with 13 goals (all in the league for Roberts, while Speedie's tally included 1 in the League Cup), while Julian Joachim had scored 12 during the regular season (11 in the league, 1 in the League Cup).


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The Leicester City manager Roy McFarland had been appointed to the role in October 1993, taking over from Arthur Cox with the club in eleventh place, and was given a simple briefing to "get promotion this season". Steve Walsh was making his second full appearance for Leicester since September 1993 when he suffered cruciate ligament injury compounded by tendonitis. The Derby County chairman Lionel Pickering had invested £12 million bringing players to the club.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Roger Milford from Bristol; it was his last match as a league official. The final was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on ITV as part of The Match programme. Derby County played in a 4–4–2 formation while Leicester City started with five defenders, two in midfield and three players in attack.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 30 May 1994 in front of a Wembley Stadium crowd of 73,671. Derby made the better start against Leicester's five-man defence: Jimmy Willis cleared a shot off the goalline from Gabbiadini in the first minute of the match. On 24 minutes, Pembridge and Gabbiadini set up Johnson but he sliced his shot wide of the Leicester goal. Three minutes later, Derby took the lead: Simpson's through-ball found Johnson who out-ran both Simon Grayson and Brian Carey before scoring past Ward. On 41 minutes, Roberts blocked the Derby goalkeeper Martin Taylor as he attempted to reach Gary Coatsworth's cross. Walsh headed the ball goal-bound, Paul Williams failed to clear it off the line, and the scores were level at 1–1.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The first substitution of the game came in the 56th minute when Leicester's Roberts was replaced by Joachim. On 68 minutes, Steve Thompson came on for Coatsworth. In the 84th minute Colin Gibson slipped, allowing John Harkes a chance, but he shot wide of the Leicester goal. Two minutes later, Grayson made a run down the right and his pass to the centre was met by Ormondroyd's header. Taylor made the save but the rebound fell to Walsh who scored for the second time to put Leicester back into the lead. Derby made their only substitution of the match straight away when striker Kitson replaced defender Michael Forsyth, but no further goals were scored; the match ended 2–1 to Leicester.


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
The winning manager Brian Little admitted to being overcome with emotion: "I was a little bit overwhelmed. That is unusual for me but in a way the emotion was even greater than when we lost". He said he was nonetheless unimpressed by his team: "it was not really the sort of performance we were hoping to put on, but today it was the result that mattered." Walsh expressed relief at avoiding a third consecutive play-off final defeat, noting: "I can't believe what has happened here after the disappointments of the last two years".


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
He acknowledged that he was not completely fit and was grateful to avoid the match going into extra time. McFarland suggested his team would bounce back, but acknowledged that "there were a lot of tears on the pitch afterwards which shows the depth of feeling among the players". Regarding his job as manager, he reflected that he was "not concerned" and "would love the chance to have another go."


1994 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
Derby County ended their following season in ninth place in the First Division, six points below the final play-off places. Leicester City were relegated from the Premiership the next season after finishing in 19th position, three places and nineteen points from safety.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The 1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 1994 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Burnley and Stockport County. It was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football, to the First Division. The top two teams of the 1993–94


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Football League Second Division, Reading and Port Vale, gained automatic promotion, while the teams placed from third to sixth place took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these competed for the final place in the First Division for the 1994–95 season. Burnley and Stockport County beat Plymouth Argyle and York City, respectively, in the semi-finals.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The referee for the match, which was played in front of 44,806 spectators, was David Elleray. Chris Beaumont opened the scoring for Stockport in less than two minutes, when he headed David Frain's free kick into the Burnley goal. In the 14th minute, Ted McMinn won the ball from Stockport's Mick Wallace who reacted: first he fouled McMinn and then spat at him, earning himself a straight red card from Elleray.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final
In the 29th minute, David Eyres beat three Stockport defenders before striking the ball past John Keeley to score his 28th goal of the season, and levelling the score at 1–1. In the 60th minute, Beaumont stamped on Les Thompson's calf and was shown a straight red card. Midway through the second half, Gary Parkinson took possession of a loose ball and struck a low shot from the edge of the Stockport penalty area past Keeley, making it 2–1 to Burnley who gained promotion to the First Division.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Burnley ended their next season in 22nd place in the First Division, two places and eight points below safety, and were relegated back to the Second Division. Stockport's following season saw them finish in eleventh position in the Second Division.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Stockport County finished the regular 1993–94 season in fourth position in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system, two places and twelve points ahead of Burnley. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the First Division and instead took part in the play-offs, along with Plymouth Argyle and York City, to determine the third promoted team. Stockport County finished three points behind Port Vale (who were promoted in second place) and four points behind league winners Reading.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Burnley's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Plymouth Argyle with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Turf Moor in Burnley on 15 May 1994. Martin Thorpe, writing in The Guardian described it as a "rough, tough affair" in which six players were shown the yellow card, and although Plymouth had more chances to score, the match ended goalless. The second leg took place three days later at Home Park in Plymouth.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The home side took the lead a quarter of an hour into the match through Dwight Marshall: Burnley failed to clear a free-kick from Paul Dalton and the ball fell to Marshall who struck it past Marlon Beresford, the Burnley goalkeeper. John Francis then levelled the score in the 29th minute, beating the goalkeeper after a "marvellous run". Two minutes later he doubled his and Burnley's tally, scoring after receiving a pass from Adrian Heath. Warren Joyce scored with nine minutes remaining to make the final score 3–1 and Burnley progressed to the final with an aggregate victory of the same scoreline.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Stockport faced York City in their semi-final and the first leg was held at Bootham Crescent in York on 15 May 1994. The home side missed several chances to take the lead while Mike Flynn's header for Stockport was cleared off the York goal-line, and the match ended 0–0. The second leg was played three days later at Edgeley Park in Stockport. After a goalless first half, Chris Beaumont received a pass from Jim Gannon before taking the ball round Dean Kiely, the York goalkeeper, to score in the 85th minute. With no further goals, the match ended 1–0 and Stockport went through to the final with the same aggregate score.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Stockport County's fourth appearance in the play-offs, having failed to make it past the semi-finals in 1990 and 1993 and losing in the 1992 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2–1 against Peterborough United. They had played in the third tier of English football since gaining automatic promotion from the Fourth Division as runners-up in the 1990–91 season and had not participated in the second tier since the 1937–38 season. Burnley had taken part in the play-offs on one previous occasion, losing in the semi-finals in 1991.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
They had played in the third tier since being automatically promoted as champions of the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season and had most recently featured in the second tier in the 1982–83 season. In the two league matches between the sides in the regular season, Stockport won their home match 2–1 at Edgeley Park in September 1993 while the game at Turf Moor the following March ended in a 1–1 draw. This was Stockport's fourth visit to Wembley Stadium in two years, including the 1992 play-off final and the final of the Football League Trophy in 1992 and 1993, both of which ended in defeat.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was David Elleray. Burnley played as a 4–5–1 formation while Stockport adopted a 4–4–2.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 29 May 1994 at Wembley Stadium in front of 44,806 spectators. Beaumont opened the scoring in less than two minutes, when he headed David Frain's free kick into the Burnley goal. Ten minutes later, Francis challenged John Keeley just outside the Burnley penalty area: Francis injured his knee ligaments, was shown a yellow card and had to be substituted for Andy Farrell.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
In the 14th minute, Ted McMinn won the ball from Stockport's Mick Wallace who reacted: first he fouled McMinn and then spat at him, earning himself a straight red card from Elleray. McMinn was also booked for retaliation. In the 29th minute, David Eyres beat three Stockport defenders before striking the ball past Keeley to score his 28th goal of the season, and levelling the score at 1–1. Eyres also hit the frame of the Stockport goal twice as well as seeing another chance defended.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Neither side made any changes to their personnel at half time. In the 60th minute, Beaumont stamped on Les Thompson's calf and was shown a straight red card. Midway through the second half, Gary Parkinson took possession of a loose ball and struck a low shot from the edge of the Stockport penalty area past Keeley, making it 2–1 to Burnley. Despite being down to nine players, Stockport still had chances to score, Lee Todd shooting over the bar from around 8 yards (7.3 m) and Gannon missing the target from even closer. No further goals were scored and the match ended 2–1 with Burnley gaining promotion to the First Division.


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Jimmy Mullen, the winning manager, said that it was "the greatest day of my career" and reflected on two promotions in the last three seasons, describing Burnley's success as "remarkable". The Stockport manager Danny Bergara said that he did not understand what had happened to his side: "It was bizarre ... I don't know what came over one or two of our players because we are not the kind of team to go berserk. But on one or two occasions we did."


1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Burnley ended their next season in 22nd place in the First Division, two places and eight points below safety, and were relegated back to the Second Division. Stockport's following season saw them finish in eleventh position in the Second Division.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The 1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match played on 28 May 1994 at the Wembley Stadium, London, between Wycombe Wanderers and Preston North End. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division, English football's fourth tier, to the Second Division.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The top three teams of the 1993–94 Third Division season gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while the teams placed from fourth to seventh took part in play-off semi-finals, the winners of which competed for the final place for the 1994–95 season in the Second Division. Wycombe Wanderers finished the season in fourth place, and Preston North End in fifth. They defeated Carlisle United and Torquay United, respectively, in the semi-finals.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The referee for the match, played in front of 40,109 spectators, was Keith Cooper. Wycombe dominated the first half but in the 32nd minute, Preston took the lead through Ian Bryson with a overhead kick which beat Paul Hyde in the Wycombe goal. Wycombe equalised straight from the subsequent kick-off with Steve Thompson's shot being put into the net by Jamie Squires for an own goal. In the 37th minute, Preston took the lead once more, with Paul Raynor's diving header; the half ended 2–1. Wycombe drew level two minutes into the second with a goal from Simon Garner.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Ten minutes later, a four-man play from Wycombe concluded with Steve Guppy's cross being passed by Garner to Dave Carroll who scored at the far post to make it 3–2. Fifteen minutes later Carroll scored his second after beating David Moyes 18 yards (16 metres) out from goal, making it 4–2. No further goals were scored and Wycombe were promoted to the Second Division at their first attempt.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final
In their following season, Wycombe Wanderers finished in sixth place in the Second Division, one place outside the play-offs. Preston North End ended their next season in fifth position in the Third Division, qualifying for the play-offs, but losing their semi-final to Bury.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Wycombe Wanderers finished the regular 1993–94 season in fourth place in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Preston North End. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to the Second Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Wycombe Wanderers finished three points behind Crewe Alexandra (who were promoted in third place), four behind Chester City (who were promoted in second place), and nine behind league winners Shrewsbury Town. Preston North End ended the season three points behind Wycombe Wanderers.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Preston North End's opponents in their play-off semi-final were Torquay United, and the first match of the two-legged tie took place at Plainmoor in Torquay on 15 May 1994. The home side dominated the first half with Duane Darby scoring from close range in the 20th minute to make it 1–0 after Steve Woods in the Preston goal pushed out Paul Buckle's 20-yard (18-metre) shot. Darren Moore then doubled the lead with a volley in the 57th minute. With ten minutes remaining, Torquay goalkeeper Ashley Bayes saved a strike from Tony Ellis and the match ended 2–0.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The second leg of the semi-final was held three days later at Deepdale in Preston. Ellis scored with a header to put Preston ahead but Torquay's Gregory Goodridge equalised after going one-on-one with Woods. In the 36th minute, Moore was sent off for punching Paul Raynor and seven minutes later David Moyes headed in Preston's second goal to make it 2–1 at half-time. A goal from Stuart Hicks made it 3–1 and levelled the tie on aggregate, sending the game into extra time. With four minutes remaining, Raynor scored with a header to make it 4–1, and Preston progressed to the final with a 4–3 aggregate victory.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Wycombe Wanderers faced Carlisle United in the second semi-final; the first leg took place at Brunton Park in Carlisle on 15 May 1994. The visitors took the lead in the 33rd minute:  David Titterton played a one-two with Steve Guppy before striking a low cross to Simon Garner, whose shot was blocked by Tony Gallimore, but the ball fell to Steve Thompson, who scored from close range. Carlisle dominated the second half but were caught in the 86th minute by Garner on the break who made it 2–0, the final score.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The second leg of the semi-final was played three days later at Adams Park in High Wycombe. The home side took an early lead with Dave Carroll heading in a Guppy cross in the eleventh minute. Garner then doubled the lead in the 57th minute after wrong-footing Tony Caig in the Carlisle goal. With ten minutes remaining, Rod Thomas was brought down in the penalty area and awarded a penalty. Simon Davey scored from the spot to make it 2–1, but Wycombe progressed to the final with a 4–1 aggregate win.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Preston North End had participated in the play-offs once before, losing in the 1989 semi-finals to Port Vale. Preston had played in the Third Division since winning promotion from the Fourth Division in the 1986–87 season. Preston's last competitive match at Wembley Stadium was the 1964 FA Cup Final, where they had lost 3–2 to West Ham United. Wycombe Wanderers had gained promotion from non-League football when they finished the 1992–93 Football Conference as champions and as such were making their first appearance in the play-offs in their first season in the Football League.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
They had played at the national stadium the previous season, defeating Runcorn in the 1993 FA Trophy final. In the matches between the sides during the regular season, Wycombe had won 3–2 at Deepdale in November 1993 while the return fixture at Adams Park the following May ended in a 1–1 draw.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Keith Cooper. Both sides adopted a 4–4–2 formation.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The final kicked off at around 3 p.m. on 28 May 1994 in front of 40,109 spectators at Wembley Stadium. Guppy's shot hit the Preston goalkeeper Woods and was deflected over the crossbar. Ian Bryson became the first player of the match to be shown the yellow card in the 16th minute. Four minutes later, Garner struck a shot high over the bar after Guppy's pass put him through. On 30 minutes Carroll's lob was caught by Woods.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Wycombe were dominant, but in the 32nd minute Preston took the lead:  Ellis flicked the ball on at the near post, and Bryson's overhead kick beat Paul Hyde in the Wycombe goal. Wycombe equalised straight from the subsequent kick-off: Thompson went clear after a through ball from Garner, and an attempt by Preston's Jamie Squires to defend Thompson's strike put the ball into the net for an own goal. In the 37th minute, Preston took the lead once more, with Raynor's diving header from an Ellis cross, and the half ended with the score at 2–1.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Neither side made any changes to their personnel during the interval and Wycombe drew level two minutes into the second with a goal from Garner. Titterton's pass found the Wycombe striker who ran past Squires and struck past Woods. Preston's Gareth Ainsworth was then booked in the 49th minute. Eight minutes later, a four-man play from Wycombe concluded with Guppy's cross being passed by Garner to Carroll who scored at the far post to make it 3–2. On 61 minutes, Glyn Creaser became the first Wycombe player to be shown the yellow card. Eleven minutes later Carroll scored his second after beating Moyes 18 yards (16 metres) out from goal to make it 4–2. Garner was then booked in the 75th minute. No further goals were scored and Wycombe were promoted to the Second Division at their first attempt.


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Wycombe Wanderers manager Martin O'Neill suggested "everything we have tried to do at the club has come right today" but was cautious about the future noting "we obviously need to strengthen the side". Wycombe's promotion meant they became the first champions of the Conference to be promoted in their first season in the Football League. It also meant they had secured back-to-back promotions having been promoted from non-League football the previous season. John Beck, the defeated Preston manager, conceded that Wycombe deserved the victory: "Justice was done".


1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
In their following season, Wycombe Wanderers finished in sixth place in the Second Division, one place and three points outside the play-offs. Preston North End ended their next season in fifth position in the Third Division, qualifying for the play-offs, but losing at the semi-final stage to Bury.


1994 Football League Trophy Final
The 1994 Autoglass Trophy Final was the 11th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Second Division and Third Division for the Football League Trophy. The Final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 April 1994. The match was contested by Huddersfield Town and Swansea City. Swansea City won the match 3–1 on penalties after drawing 1–1 in normal and extra time.


1994 Football League Trophy Final
The match was Swansea City's first ever match at Wembley. Huddersfield Town, by comparison, had played there on three previous occasions in the 1928, 1930 and 1938 FA Cup Finals and losing all three of them.


1994 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 1993–94 season were held in May 1994, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.


1994 Football League play-offs, Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.


1994 Football League play-offs, First Division
After just missing out on the playoffs a year earlier, Millwall made a stronger challenge for promotion to the Premier League this time around, finishing third and qualifying for the playoffs. Leicester City, beaten finalists in the previous two seasons, qualified for the playoffs by finishing fourth. Tranmere Rovers, who had just missed out on a place in the League Cup final, made another strong challenge in the league and qualified for the playoffs for the second season running. The final playoff place went to Derby County.


1994 Football League play-offs, First Division
The final ended up being an East Midlands clash as Leicester and Derby won in the semi-finals, and Leicester secured promotion after seven years outside the flight by winning the final 2-1 with both of their goals coming from long-serving Steve Walsh. The final was Leicester's seventh appearance at Wembley but the first game they had won there.


1994 Fordham Rams football team
The 1994 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham did not win a game and finished last in the Patriot League.


1994 Fordham Rams football team
In their first year under head coach Nick Quartaro, the Rams compiled an 0–11 record. Mark Mooney, Maurice O'Shea, Chris Ross and Jeff Rupp were the team captains.


1994 Fordham Rams football team
The Rams were outscored 315 to 146. Their winless (0–5) conference record placed last in the six-team Patriot League standings. This was Fordham's fifth consecutive year finishing last, after beginning Patriot League play in 1990.


1994 Fordham Rams football team
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.


1994 Formula One World Championship
The 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 48th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1994 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1994 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a sixteen-race series that commenced on 27 March and ended on 13 November. Michael Schumacher won his first Drivers' Championship, while Williams-Renault won their third consecutive Constructors' Championship, the seventh in all for Williams.


1994 Formula One World Championship
1994 was one of the most tragic and controversial seasons in the sport's history. The San Marino Grand Prix saw the deaths of Austrian rookie Roland Ratzenberger and three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna (details); while a number of other incidents throughout the season resulted in injuries to drivers, mechanics, spectators and a track marshal. The FIA subsequently made sweeping changes to the rules and regulations of F1 in an effort to improve safety.


1994 Formula One World Championship
Schumacher won six of the first seven races, building a significant lead for himself in the Drivers' Championship and for Benetton-Ford in the Constructors' Championship; he was then disqualified from two races and banned from two more, Williams driver Damon Hill winning all four to reduce Schumacher's lead to a single point by the final race in Australia. There, Schumacher and Hill controversially collided while disputing the lead, handing the Drivers' Championship to Schumacher. 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell, returning to F1 after two seasons in CART, won the race to secure the Constructors' Championship for Williams.


1994 Formula One World Championship
Forty-six drivers competed in the 1994 World Championship, including fourteen making their F1 debut, and numerous pay drivers. Mercedes-Benz returned to the sport for the first time since 1955, as an engine supplier to Swiss team Sauber. The season also saw the first win for Ferrari since 1990, whilst McLaren, following the departure of Senna, endured their first winless season since 1980. 1994 was also the final season for the original Team Lotus, one of the most successful constructors in Formula One history, as well as the last Formula One season for 1985 runner-up Michele Alboreto.


1994 Formula One World Championship
1994 was also marked the first-ever presence of Peugeot Sport as an engine manufacturer.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Goodyear.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The South African Grand Prix was dropped months after the Kyalami circuit was sold to the South African Automobile Association in July 1993 and found running a Formula One event proved too costly.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Pacific Grand Prix hosted its first Grand Prix in 1994. The race was held at the TI Circuit in Japan and was held on 17 April.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix swapped places on the calendar so that the Spanish round follows the Monaco Grand Prix.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Argentine Grand Prix had been originally scheduled for 16 October, but was cancelled on 1 June as the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez track, which was being modernized since 1991, was still undergoing work and the owners were not finished with the project.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The European Grand Prix was added as a replacement for the cancelled Argentine Grand Prix with the race being held on 16 October, the race was held at Circuito Permanente de Jerez. It was the first time since 1990 that a F1 race was held at Jerez.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Technical changes
In order to combat the spiraling costs of running a Formula One team, and to counteract criticism that over-reliance on technology was reducing the drivers to a secondary role, sweeping rule changes were introduced for 1994, most notably a ban on all electronic "driver aids"; such as anti-lock brakes, traction control and launch control. Ayrton Senna was among several observers who said that, with such features removed but no attempt to curtail the speed of the cars, 1994 would be "a season with a lot of accidents"; ironically, Senna had been a proponent of the ban on electronic driver aids. Active suspension was also banned.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Technical changes
1994 also saw the reintroduction of refuelling during the race for the first time since 1983. After Senna's fatal crash at Imola, several rule changes were introduced to slow the cars. In Spain, front wing endplates and rear diffusers were reduced in size. For the following race in Canada, the effectiveness of the airbox was reduced by means of holes cut into the engine cover, resulting in less power. From Germany onwards, a 10 mm wooden plank was affixed to the underside of every car to reduce ground effect advantages, whilst also forcing an increase in ride height. Wear was permitted on the plank up to 1 mm by the end of the race. After winning in Belgium, Michael Schumacher would be disqualified after the plank on his Benetton was deemed to have excessive wear.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
The big news in the paddock after the 1993 season was the retirement of defending World Champion Alain Prost after winning his fourth title, and his replacement at Williams by long-term rival Ayrton Senna. It was commonly thought that Senna's move to Williams was a factor behind Prost's retirement, which in a later interview was proved to be correct. Prost's retirement also saw the second season in succession where the reigning World Champion would not defend their title after 1992 champion Nigel Mansell had spent 1993 racing in (and winning) the US-based Champ Car series.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
1994 saw two teams making a debut. Simtek-Ford paired Australian David Brabham, who was making his first appearance in the sport since the 1990 season, with Austrian rookie Roland Ratzenberger. After the latter was killed at Imola, a number of other drivers took the second car. Pacific-Ilmor went for experience with Paul Belmondo and Bertrand Gachot.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
Following a disastrous 1993, BMS Lola merged with Minardi, the team changing its name to BMS Minardi. Experienced Italians Michele Alboreto and Pierluigi Martini were chosen as drivers. Minardi would also use Ford HB V8 power.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
Additionally, two of the top teams unveiled new colour schemes, reflecting new sponsorship deals after Camel withdrew from Formula One. Williams's new sponsorship from Rothmans saw them adopt navy and white with gold and red trim, while the Benetton team went from yellow to the pale blue and mint green of Japanese cigarette brand Mild Seven.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: Brazil
The season started off in Brazil and all the native fans were supporting Senna. It was no surprise that Senna took pole ahead of Schumacher, Alesi, Hill, Frentzen and Gianni Morbidelli. At the start, Alesi took second from Schumacher while Wendlinger and Verstappen, who was driving in place of Lehto who had suffered a neck injury in testing, got ahead of Frentzen and Morbidelli. At the end of lap 1 Senna was leading Alesi, Schumacher, Hill, Wendlinger and Verstappen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: Brazil
On lap 2, Schumacher took second from Alesi after a couple of unsuccessful earlier attempts. The Frenchman had been holding Schumacher up while Senna pulled out a 4-second lead. Senna and Schumacher pulled away from the rest of the pack, increasing their lead by over a second a lap. Both pitted on lap 21 but Schumacher was quicker and rejoined ahead. He pulled away to take a 10-second lead but then Senna began to reel him in. By lap 35, Verstappen, Brundle and Eddie Irvine had all got ahead of Wendlinger.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: Brazil
As they came up to lap Éric Bernard, Verstappen tried to pass Irvine. Irvine pushed him onto the grass and Verstappen spun off, going over Irvine and tipping it into Bernard's car and then hitting Brundle, being launched into a series of barrel rolls. No-one was hurt, but Irvine was banned initially for one race, later extended to three races by the FIA after an unsuccessful appeal. By now, Alesi, who had stopped twice, was behind Hill who had only stopped once.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: Brazil
There was more action as both Ukyo Katayama and then Rubens Barrichello passed Wendlinger to get into the points. Both then stopped, with Barrichello getting ahead. Senna had reduced the gap to Schumacher to 5 seconds, but then spun off on lap 56, just pushing too hard. He was out. Schumacher won ahead of Hill, Alesi, Barrichello, Katayama and Wendlinger.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Pacific (Japan)
Ferrari's Jean Alesi had injured his back in a testing crash at Mugello and was replaced by Nicola Larini who immediately caused controversy when he told the Italian media that he had used the now-banned traction control in practice, though both the team and driver later denied this. Meanwhile, Aguri Suzuki would replace Eddie Irvine for the Jordan team. Round 2 was at the new Tanaka International circuit in Japan and Senna took pole ahead of Schumacher, Hill, Häkkinen, Berger, and Brundle. At the start, Schumacher got ahead of Senna and Häkkinen got past Hill. Häkkinen tried to attack Senna but ran into the back of him. Senna spun and was hit by Larini, taking both out. Schumacher finished the lap leading Häkkinen, Hill, Berger, Barrichello, and Brundle.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Pacific (Japan)
Hill was frustrated at seeing Schumacher pull away and attacked Häkkinen on lap 4. Hill messed up, spun, and dropped back to ninth. He charged back up, passing Brundle on lap 12. It was time for the pit stops during which Hill got ahead of Barrichello. Häkkinen retired when his gearbox failed on lap 19.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Pacific (Japan)
While Schumacher pulled away, Hill closed in on Berger. During the second round of pit stops, Hill got by Berger and Brundle got by Barrichello. However, Hill retired on lap 50 when his transmission failed and Brundle also went out on lap 68 when his engine overheated. Schumacher made it two wins out of two ahead of Berger, Barrichello, Christian Fittipaldi, Frentzen, and Érik Comas.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Lehto was back for the San Marino Grand Prix and Andrea de Cesaris would be the second driver at Jordan. However, the weekend got off to a bad start as Rubens Barrichello had a major crash during practice and was knocked unconscious. Coming too fast into Variante Bassa, his car was launched into the air by the kerb. Less than a yard from that kerb was a tyre wall, which almost instantly stopped the car's forward motion. His car was flipped over and landed upside down. Barrichello had swallowed his tongue and his life was only saved by quick action from the medical team. He would be back at the circuit on the Saturday afternoon with a fractured nose, bandaged arm and cut lip. Barrichello has never been able to recall anything from the incident.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
In qualifying, a front wing flap fell off Roland Ratzenberger's car, causing major suspension damage and worsened aerodynamics. On his next lap the front wing broke off entirely and became lodged underneath the car, causing Ratzenberger to lose control and crash into the wall at the Villeneuve kink at over 180 mph. His Simtek S941 was severely damaged, and he suffered a basal skull fracture caused by the impact and was pronounced dead at Bologna's Maggiore Hospital shortly afterwards.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
After qualifying re-commenced, Senna took pole ahead of Schumacher, Berger, Hill, Lehto and Larini. During the race morning's driver meeting, all the drivers were talking about Ratzenberger's crash and were determined to improve safety for drivers, resulting in the inauguration of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA). Senna offered to take the role of leader as he was the most senior driver.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
At the start of the race, Lehto's Benetton B194 stalled and was hit by Pedro Lamy's Lotus. Debris from the crash, including Lamy's right front tyre, flew into the grandstand and injured four spectators and a policeman. Lamy was unhurt but Lehto received a light arm injury. The safety car—a sports variant of an Opel Vectra whose pace would later be criticized as being inadequate to help maintain the competitors' tyres up to temperature—was called out with Senna leading Schumacher, Berger, Hill, Frentzen and Häkkinen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
The race restarted at the end of lap 5. Senna tried immediately to pull away from Schumacher, whilst Berger in 3rd was already 2.586 seconds behind and Hill in 4th was 5.535 seconds behind. At the start of the 7th lap, Senna lost control, for reasons that are still the subject of controversy, and his car went straight on at Tamburello into an unprotected concrete wall.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Telemetry shows he left the track at 310 km/h (190 mph) and was able to slow the car down by braking to 218 km/h (135 mph) in slightly under 2 seconds before hitting the wall. The suspension of the Williams broke on impact, the right front tyre flying backwards and hitting Senna on the head. The car slid to a halt on the circuit, with Senna motionless. From the helicopter pictures, a slight movement of Senna's head gave a hint of hope. Doctor Sid Watkins was on the scene in less than two minutes.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Senna was airlifted to hospital but nothing could be done and Senna was pronounced dead later that evening. After the race, a moving detail was revealed when an Austrian flag was found in the Brazilian's cockpit because it is thought Senna had planned to pay tribute to Ratzenberger after the race. The race was immediately stopped after Senna's crash.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
During the red flag period, the Larrousse team mistakenly released their driver Erik Comas from the pit lane, and Comas was marshalled to a stop at Tamburello corner. Commentating for Eurosport, former F1 driver John Watson described the Comas incident as the "most ridiculous incident I have seen at any time in my life, that a Grand Prix driver is allowed to exit the pits whilst the race is stopped". At the second restart, German Heinz-Harald Frentzen stopped in the Sauber and had to start from the pit lane.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
When it restarted, Berger took the lead on track but Schumacher (who collided with Damon Hill, forcing the Briton in the Williams to stop for a new front wing) was still leading in the aggregate standings, with Berger, Häkkinen, Larini, Wendlinger and Katayama following. On the 12th Lap in total, Schumacher did take the lead on the circuit from Berger, but pitted immediately afterwards. When Berger stopped on lap 15, Häkkinen took the lead for McLaren. Berger retired on lap 17 with a suspension failure, whilst Häkkinen pitted a bit later, rejoining fourth.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
On Lap 21, Schumacher led (although driving behind Larini) on aggregate ahead of the Italian with Fittipaldi (who pitted on lap 23) in third, Häkkinen, Frentzen (who pitted a bit shorter as well) and Wendlinger making up the top six. From about lap 45 until lap 55, Damon Hill, Ukyo Katayama and Christian Fittipaldi battled for 5th, 6th and 7th, with first Fittipaldi and then Hill passing the Japanese in the Tyrrell on aggregate, Hill himself passed Fittipaldi on lap 49, only to lose the position two laps later. Fittipaldi did not finish the race; he retired with brake problems on lap 55. Damon Hill gained fifth, but lost it again to Katayama with two laps to go, and only kept a one-second lead over Heinz-Harald Frentzen to score the last point in the San Marino Grand Prix.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Another incident followed when Michele Alboreto's Minardi lost its right rear wheel while exiting the pits. Alboreto had already accelerated to a significant speed, and thus the wheel caused severe injuries to a member of the Ferrari pit crew. Alboreto's car came to a halt just outside the pits. The incident would lead to two major rule changes in Formula One:


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Both rules would already be imposed at the next race in Monaco and an 80 km/h speed limit is still in effect today.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Schumacher won ahead of Larini, Häkkinen, Wendlinger, Katayama and Hill but there were no celebrations on the podium and all the talk after the race centred on Senna and Ratzenberger.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Alesi returned as the mourning F1 field moved to Monaco where there would be more bad news as Wendlinger crashed heavily into the Nouvelle Chicane wall at high speed during the first free practice session. Quick action from the marshals saved his life but he was in a coma for three weeks, and recuperation from his head injuries ruled him out for the remainder of the season. Frentzen's Sauber was withdrawn for the Monaco event in response as a mark of respect. Schumacher took his first ever pole ahead of Häkkinen, Berger, Hill, Alesi and Fittipaldi.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
On Friday morning, Niki Lauda announced the reformation of Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA). The representatives elected were Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Gerhard Berger and Christian Fittipaldi. Following the tragic accidents during the season the GPDA demanded the FIA improve the safety of Formula 1. The FIA responded quickly and introduced changes to the regulations as follows:


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Combined this would reduce the amount of downforce by about 15%.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
At the start, with the first two grid positions left empty and painted with the Brazilian and Austrian flags, out of respect for Senna and Ratzenberger (Williams and Simtek not fielding their second cars for the race), Hill got ahead of Berger and attacked Häkkinen into the first corner. There was contact and both spun off into the escape road and were out. Schumacher was leading ahead of Berger, Alesi, Fittipaldi, Brundle and Katayama. Schumacher pulled away while Brundle used a good strategy during the stops, pitting earlier than the others to get ahead of Fittipaldi and Alesi.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Katayama went out on lap 39 with gearbox failure and sixth place went to his teammate Mark Blundell. However, Blundell's engine failed two laps later, spreading oil across the track. Schumacher slid and nearly hit a wall while Berger went down an escape road and dropped behind Brundle. Fittipaldi retired on lap 48 with a gearbox failure. During the second stops, Andrea de Cesaris was able to get ahead of an exhausted Alesi who was struggling with neck pain. Schumacher won ahead of Brundle, Berger, de Cesaris, Alesi and Michele Alboreto.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Between the Monaco GP and the Spanish GP, Williams announced they had brought David Coulthard in to replace Senna, with Nigel Mansell deputising at those races which did not overlap with his IndyCar commitments. Alessandro Zanardi was also in at Lotus alongside Johnny Herbert as Pedro Lamy had suffered a massive testing accident at Silverstone which resulted in him sustaining two dislocated legs and a broken wrist. He would be out for the majority of the season.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Spain
Eddie Irvine returned to Jordan after serving his 3 race ban. Sauber fielded only one car for Frentzen. A temporary tyre chicane was installed at the "Nissan" corner to reduce speeds before the "La Caixa" hairpin.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Spain
In Saturday morning's free practice session Andrea Montermini, who had replaced Ratzenberger in the Simtek, had a huge crash exiting the high-speed final corner. In light of recent events, the paddock breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced Montermini had escaped with only a broken ankle and chipped heel. Schumacher took pole ahead of Hill, Häkkinen, Lehto, Barrichello and Alesi. As Simtek and Sauber both fielded only 1 car for the race, both Pacific cars were able to qualify for the race by default as they did in Monaco.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Spain
Beretta's engine failed on the formation lap meaning the Larousse driver failed to start. Meanwhile, at the start, Alesi got ahead of both Barrichello and Lehto with Coulthard getting ahead of Barrichello as well. Schumacher led Hill, Häkkinen, Alesi, Lehto and Coulthard into lap 2. Schumacher pulled away until he began to have gear selection problems and was stuck in fifth gear. During the stops, Schumacher amazingly was able to pull away without stalling. Behind, there was action in the pits as Coulthard stalled and Alesi had troubles, dropping down four places.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Spain
Schumacher, still in the lead, was struggling and was passed by Hill. During the second round of pit stops, Barrichello spun off near the pit entry and Schumacher was once again able to make a pitstop and not stall the car. Häkkinen was right with him but did not have a chance to attack as his engine failed on lap 49. Lehto took up third, but his engine failed as well five laps later. Brundle took the place, but his transmission failed with six laps to go. Hill won from Schumacher who was a superb second in the circumstances, Blundell, Alesi, Pierluigi Martini and Irvine.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Canada
The new regulations introduced during the Monaco weekend to modify amongst other things the airboxes of the cars were now in effect and were visibly shown as teams had to cut holes in the engine covers. Another temporary chicane was installed prior to the flat-out left-right kink leading to the start-finish straight to slow the cars down. Benetton introduced a revised rear wing assembly and Ferrari had new side pods for their cars. Andrea de Cesaris was back in action, now with Sauber, and celebrated his 200th Grand Prix start.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Canada
Qualifying in Canada saw Schumacher on pole ahead of Alesi, Berger, Hill, Coulthard and Barrichello. At the start, Coulthard surprised Hill and Häkkinen got ahead of Barrichello. Schumacher led from Alesi, Berger, Coulthard, Hill and Häkkinen. Hill passed Coulthard on lap 4 but Coulthard retook the place on the outside. Coulthard waved Hill through on lap 9. Hill now set off after Berger, passing him on lap 15.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Canada
During the stops, Hill got by Alesi with Häkkinen getting ahead of Coulthard. Häkkinen closed up on Berger but was unable to pass. Although it began to rain on lap 40, still there were no major changes at the top, with the top 6 remaining unaltered. On lap 62, Häkkinen's engine blew up, putting him out. On the last lap, Barrichello and Blundell were fighting for sixth when they collided, with Blundell beached in the gravel trap and Barrichello dropping behind Fittipaldi and Lehto. Fittipaldi was, however, disqualified for an underweight car, giving sixth to Lehto. Schumacher won ahead of Hill, Alesi, Berger, Coulthard and Lehto.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Canada
The Canadian GP was the last time in 1994 that the Pacific team qualified for a race. Bertrand Gachot retired after 47 laps with oil pressure problems. For the rest of the season the woefully slow cars would fail to even make the grid.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
France was the venue for the next Grand Prix and Mansell was going to race for Williams as it would not interfere with his CART racing. Benetton had relegated Lehto to the third driver and given the second seat behind Schumacher to Verstappen. Frenchman Jean-Marc Gounon took the second Simtek seat alongside David Brabham. The Williams team took a 1–2 in qualifying with Hill on pole ahead of Mansell, Schumacher, Alesi, Berger and Irvine. At the start, Schumacher showed class to slice between both Williams to take the lead while Barrichello got ahead of Irvine. Schumacher led ahead of Hill, Mansell, Alesi, Berger and Barrichello.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
Schumacher pulled away as usual with Hill unable to keep up. During the stops, Alesi got ahead of Mansell and Berger got by Barrichello. Berger then passed Mansell on lap 24. The order settled down at Schumacher, Hill, Alesi, Berger, Mansell and Barrichello. Alesi soon pitted, dropping to fifth. He then spun on lap 42, and was hit by Barrichello as he tried to rejoin, taking both out.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
Mansell was planning only to stop twice and took third when Berger pitted but retired on lap 46 when his transmission failed. Häkkinen, now fourth, retired two laps later with a blown engine. There were no changes in the third round of stops although Katayama spun off from fifth soon after, on lap 54. Schumacher won once again from Hill, Berger, Frentzen, Martini and de Cesaris.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: Great Britain
Hill took pole position in front of his home crowd in Britain ahead of Schumacher, Berger, Alesi, Häkkinen and Barrichello. There was controversy as Schumacher passed Hill on the parade lap, not permitted under the regulations, and then let him resume first position before they came back to the grid to form up. The first start was aborted when Coulthard (returning to the Williams team) stalled on the grid and was forced to start from the back. Irvine retired on the second parade lap with engine problems and at the second start, Brundle's engine blew in a ball of fire. At the start, Barrichello was the man on the move, getting by Alesi and Häkkinen. Hill led Schumacher, Berger, Barrichello, Alesi and Häkkinen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: Great Britain
Hill and Schumacher stayed together, separated by two seconds until lap 14, when Schumacher was given a five-second stop-go penalty for passing Hill on the parade lap. The team told him to ignore this as they were appealing the decision. Schumacher stayed out beyond the three laps required to adhere to the penalty, and was then shown the black flag meaning he was excluded from the race and from that point would have to return to the pits and retire. Benetton, however, continued to negotiate and appeal the decision with race officials. Schumacher did return to the pits on lap 26, but only for the five-second stop-go penalty. He re-joined the race in third behind Berger and Hill.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: Great Britain
On lap 33, Berger went out with an engine failure. Hill won with Schumacher second, but Schumacher was disqualified for ignoring the black flag and was banned for two races. This meant that Hill kept his win ahead of Alesi, Häkkinen, Barrichello, Coulthard, and Katayama. Häkkinen and Barrichello received a 1 race suspended ban for a collision between the two on the final lap of the race.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: Great Britain
Thus, at the halfway stage of the championship, Schumacher was well ahead of the field with 66 points. Hill was a distant second with 39, Alesi third with 19, Berger fourth with 17, Barrichello fifth with 10, Häkkinen sixth with 8, Brundle seventh with 6 and Larini eighth with 6. In the Constructors' Championship, Benetton were comfortably ahead with 67 points, 24 points ahead of Williams with 43. Ferrari were also right there, just a single point behind with 42, with McLaren fourth with 14.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: Great Britain
Benetton had appealed against Schumacher's ban and he was able to race while the decision was pending.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
The second half of the season started in Germany but the Schumacher fans went home disappointed as the Ferraris locked out the front row in qualifying. Berger took pole ahead of Alesi, Hill, Schumacher down in fourth, Katayama and Coulthard. At the start Katayama got ahead of Hill and Schumacher and then Schumacher got by Hill. There was mayhem behind as Häkkinen hit Brundle and spun off, taking out Frentzen, Barrichello and Irvine, as well as knocking Coulthard's front wing out of place. Brundle braked to avoid the mess but was hit by Herbert, taking Herbert out. Behind, there was a collision between Martini and Alessandro Zanardi, taking out de Cesaris and Alboreto in the process. A total of 10 cars were out by the first corner. Surprisingly, the race was not red-flagged.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
On the run down to the first chicane Alesi slowed with an electrical problem and retired in the pits, but also blocked Katayama, allowing both Schumacher and Hill to attack. Schumacher went through but Hill hit Katayama, damaging his front suspension. Coulthard pitted for a new wing and Hill double-stacked behind him to get his suspension checked. Brundle, Coulthard and Hill rejoined after repairs as Berger was leading from Schumacher, Katayama, Olivier Panis, Bernard and Fittipaldi. Katayama retired on lap 7 with throttle troubles as Verstappen passed Fittipaldi.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
It was time for the stops and Verstappen retired following a fire as fuel spilled onto the bodywork of the car. He managed to escape relatively uninjured but the car was reduced to a smoldering wreck. The incident served to highlight the dangers of refuelling now it had been re-introduced to the sport, and paved the way for future safety measures. Schumacher retired on lap 20 with an engine failure.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
With most of the major players out or far down the order after incidents, Berger took an emotional win which he dedicated to his friend Senna. A race of attrition saw some unfamiliar faces in the top six. Both Ligiers of Panis and Bernard finished on the podium, Fittipaldi and Morbidelli collected valuable points for Footwork and Comas picked up the final point for Larrousse.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
The news before Hungary was that Häkkinen had been banned for one race for causing the pile-up in Germany and was replaced by Philippe Alliot. Schumacher was on pole ahead of Hill, Coulthard, Berger, Katayama and Brundle. At the start Irvine and Barrichello were quick and got ahead of Brundle and Katayama.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
However, they collided into the second corner and took off Katayama as well. Schumacher led Hill, Coulthard, Berger, Brundle and Panis. Early on, Alesi passed Panis for sixth. Nothing changed as the order settled down, with the first round of stops leaving the same order. Finally, there was action behind as Berger stalled during the second round of pit stops and dropped behind Brundle, Alesi and Verstappen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
Both Ferrari engines then failed; Alesi's on lap 59 and Berger's on lap 73. Alesi's engine left oil on the track, and Coulthard spun on it into the wall. On the last lap, Brundle stopped with an electrical failure. Schumacher won from Hill, Verstappen, Brundle, Blundell and Panis.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
Controversy surrounded Benetton following the Verstappen pit-fire at Hockenheim. The team was summoned to appear before the World Motorsport council on 19 October 1994, to explain why a filter had been removed from the refuelling rig. If found guilty, the team would be excluded from the championship, but they were acquitted. McLaren were also in the dock over the use of a fully automatic upchange device. They were also acquitted.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
The most notable aspect of this race was the alteration of the Eau Rouge corner into a slow chicane, due to safety fears after the Senna/Ratzenberger accidents. This was achieved simply by painting new boundary lines onto the track, with the original layout restored for 1995.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
Häkkinen was back in Belgium after the ban, Philippe Adams replaced Zanardi at Lotus and Philippe Alliot moved from McLaren duties to replace Beretta at Larrousse. Rain in qualifying resulting in a scrambled grid order with Barrichello on pole from Schumacher, Hill, Irvine, Alesi and Verstappen. At the start Alesi was on the move, quickly getting ahead of Irvine and Hill. Schumacher took the lead on the run up the hill with Alesi following him to second soon after and Verstappen then passing Irvine. Schumacher led Alesi, Barrichello, Hill, Verstappen and Irvine.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
Hill passed Barrichello for third and this became second when Alesi's engine failed on the next lap. Soon Häkkinen passed Irvine but Coulthard dropped back while trying to follow him through. Barrichello was passed by Verstappen and then Häkkinen attacked him. Barrichello cracked under the pressure and spun off on lap 20 into the wall, ending his race. On the next lap, Schumacher had a 360 degree spin at Pouhon, and his lead was significantly reduced when he rejoined. He kept a five-second lead during the stops in which Häkkinen got ahead of Verstappen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
On lap 35, Coulthard passed Irvine, who then retired on lap 41 with three laps to go, with an alternator failure. Schumacher took the chequered flag, but was disqualified after the race because the wooden stepped flat bottom board on Schumacher's car had been excessively worn away, more than the permitted 10% wear. Hill was reclassified as the winner ahead of Häkkinen, Verstappen, Coulthard, Blundell and Morbidelli.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
Schumacher's ban (handed down after the British Grand Prix) stood after appeal and he would miss Italy and Portugal. He was replaced by Lehto.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
Driver swapping continued as Zanardi got his seat back from Adams for Monza and Yannick Dalmas was back after almost 4 years absence, now partnering Comas at Larrousse. In Italy, the Ferrari fans were sent wild as their drivers took another 1–2 in qualifying, Alesi on pole ahead of Berger and Hill. Johnny Herbert qualified an unexpected fourth in the new Lotus 109 and was followed by Coulthard and Panis. At the start, Herbert and Irvine got ahead of the Williams but Irvine hit Herbert and Herbert spun, causing mayhem behind and a red flag. The second start was uneventful with Coulthard getting ahead of Herbert and Häkkinen getting ahead of Panis. Alesi led Berger, Hill, Coulthard, Herbert and Häkkinen.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
While the Ferraris pulled away (Alesi pulling away from Berger), Häkkinen passed Herbert (in the spare Lotus, an older car) who retired on lap 13 when his alternator failed. Alesi then pitted but his car refused to engage a gear when he tried to rejoin resulting in his retirement. During Berger's stop, he was blocked by another car which was going into the pit. In his frustration, he accidentally stalled the car exiting his stop and lost over 10 seconds, dropping back to third. Coulthard also got ahead of Hill during the stops, however Hill passed Coulthard on lap 29 to take the lead.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
Berger was closing in on them both, however the Williamses held him off and looked set to finish 1–2 until Coulthard slowed dramatically, as he ran out of fuel on the last lap. Hill won from Berger, Häkkinen, Barrichello, Brundle and Coulthard, who was classified sixth.


1994 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
Eddie Irvine was given a one-race ban suspended for three races for his behaviour in the first corner incident at the first start.