1994–95 in English football reduced to 6 points on appeal at a Football Association hearing, while the £600,000 fine is increased to £1.5 million and the FA Cup ban remains in place. 10 July 1994 – Graham Barrow, manager of newly promoted Chester City, stuns the club by handing in his resignation, after being told that he must break up and sell off his promotion-winning side. 11 July 1994 – Graham Taylor prepares for a Division One promotion challenge with Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing defender Steve Froggatt from Aston Villa for £1 million, while Clayton Blackmore (Manchester United's longest-serving player) signs for Middlesbrough on a
1994–95 FA Cup qualifying rounds to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition. See 1994-95 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards. 1994–95 FA Cup qualifying rounds The 1994–95 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 114th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 557 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 18 from the previous season’s 539. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in