Season 1994-95

The South Stand at Nene Park, adjoining the Diamond Centre, was fully operational prior to the 1994/95 season when Peterborough United were defeated in the NFA Maunsell Cup prior to the start of the league programme. The league season commenced with a 2-0 defeat by eventual Southern League Premier Division runners-up Cheltenham Town. After an early FA Cup exit, the hoped-for promotion was overshadowed by an excellent FA Trophy run, eventually ended by a 2-1 two-legged semi-final defeat at the hands of GM Conference runners-up Woking. The West Terrace, named the Peter DeBanke Terrace in memory of a former player and respected servant of both Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds, and capable of accommodating 1,800 spectators, was opened during the 1994/95 season leaving only the East Terrace uncovered.

See below for a match summary as well as links to match reports. The final league table for the season can be seen here.

See here for a detailed summary of all the games during the season, including team-line up for each game and match timings.

Date	V	Lge	Opponent	Result	Scorers	Att
Tue 02/08/94	H	MCF	Peterboro Utd	Won 2-1	Watkins, Nuttell	1760
Sat 20/08/94	H	BHP	Cheltenham Town	Lost 0-2	–	1610
Tue 23/08/94	A	BHP	Gravesend & Nft	Won 1-0	Watkins	821
Sat 27/08/94	A	BHP	Halesowen Town	Won 4-2	Collins/2, Watkins, Johnson	751
Mon 29/08/94	H	BHP	Trowbridge Town	Won 2-1	Collins, Flower	1481
Sat 03/09/94	H	BHP	Burton Albion	Drew 2-2	Watkins/2	1556
Tue 06/09/94	A	BHP	Crawley Town	Won 4-2	Watkins, Nuttell/2, Collins	601
Sat 10/09/94	A	FAC1q	Eastwood Hanley	Lost 0-1	–	165
Sat 17/09/94	H	FAT1q	Hendon	Drew 0-0	–	1174
Tue 20/09/94	A	FAT1qr	Hendon	Won 4-1	Collins/2, Watkins/2	151
Tue 27/09/94	H	HSC1	Desborough	Won 8-0	Watkins/2, Mann/2, Nuttell/2, Capone, Mason	398
Sat 01/10/94	A	BHP	Gresley Rovers	Lost 3-4	Nuttell, Keast, Watkins	787
Tue 04/10/94	H	DMC1/1	Rothwell Town	Drew 0-0	–	734
Sat 08/10/94	H	BHP	Crawley Town	Won 5-0	Watkins/2, Nuttell, Mann, Collins	1543
Sat 15/10/94	H	FAT2q	Wembley	Won 2-1	Collins, Mann	1173
Tue 18/10/94	A	DMC1/2	Rothwell Town	Won 2-1	Keast, Kirkup	630
Sat 22/10/94	A	BHP	Dorchester Town	Lost 2-4	Watkins, Wooding	637
Tue 25/10/94	H	HSC2	North’ton Spcr	Won 3-1	Keast, Nuttell/2	704
Sat 29/10/94	H	BHP	Gloucester City	Lost 1-2	Mann	1553
Sat 05/11/94	A	BHP	Burton Albion	Drew 2-2	Wooding, Collins	762
Tue 08/11/94	H	DMC2	Bedworth Utd	Won 4-2	Mann, Collins, Watkins, Bailey	524
Sat 12/11/94	H	BHP	VS Rugby	Won 4-1	Mann, Collins, King, Watkins	1653
Tue 15/11/94	A	BHP	Trowbridge Town	Drew 1-1	Watkins	329
Sat 19/11/94	A	BHP	Corby Town	Won 4-0	King, Bailey/2, Nuttell	786
Sat 26/11/94	H	FAT3q	Crawley Town	Won 2-1	King, Mann	1369
Sat 03/12/94	A	BHP	Leek Town	Drew 3-3	Richardson, Collins, Nuttell	485
Sat 10/12/94	H	BHP	Halesowen Town	Drew 1-1	Nuttell	1346
Wed 14/12/94	H	DMC3	Baldock Town	Won 3-0	King, Collins, York	513
Sat 17/12/94	H	BHP	Solihull Brgh	Won 3-1	Johnson, King, Nuttell	1139
Mon 26/12/94	A	BHP	Cambridge City	Won 3-2	Watkins/3	562
Sat 31/12/94	A	BHP	Hastings Town	Won 2-0	Nuttell, Watkins	624
Mon 02/01/95	H	BHP	Chelmsford City	Won 3-1	Watkins/2, King	2523
Sat 07/01/95	H	BHP	Worcester City	Drew 1-1	Collins	1731
Sat 14/01/95	A	BHP	VS Rugby	Lost 0-2	–	972
Mon 16/01/95	A	DMCQ	Worcester City	Drew 0-0	–	455
Tue 24/01/95	H	FAT1	Sudbury Town	Won 3-1	Spooner, Collins, Watkins	1301
Sat 28/01/95	A	BHP	Cheltenham Town	Lost 0-3	–	920
Sat 04/02/95	H	BHP	Sittingbourne	Won 5-0	Collins/2, Watkins, Bailey, Spooner	1417
Tue 07/02/95	H	DMCQr	Worcester City	Won 3-1	Collins, Wooding, King	1007
Sat 18/02/95	A	BHP	Atherstone Utd	Won 7-1	King, Watkins/3, Collins, Keast, Wilkin	402
Mon 20/02/95	A	FAT2	Farnborough Tn	Won 1-0	Watkins	682
Sat 25/02/95	H	BHP	Gresley Rovers	Lost 0-1	–	1878
Tue 28/02/95	H	DMCS/1	Leek Town	Won 2-0	Watkins, Wooding	804
Sat 04/03/95	H	FAT3	Halesowen Town	Won 6-1	Nuttell/2, Watkins, Collins/2, King	2547
Tue 07/03/95	A	DMCS/2	Leek Town	Lost 0-4 AET	–	210
Sat 11/03/95	H	BHP	Corby Town	Won 6-1	Watkins/3, Collins, Nuttell, King	2137
Tue 14/03/95	A	HSCSF	Rothwell Town	Won 2-0	King, Wilkin	510
Sat 18/03/95	A	BHP	Gloucester City	Lost 0-1	–	614
Tue 21/03/95	H	BHP	Leek Town	Won 5-0	Watkins, Collins/2, Nuttell/2	1111
Sat 25/03/95	A	FAT4	Enfield	Drew 1-1	Wooding	1789
Tue 28/03/95	H	FAT4r	Enfield	Won 4-3 AET	Keast, Collins/2, Mann	3007
Thu 30/03/95	H	BHP	Gravesend & Nft	Won 6-2	Wilkin/4, Nuttell/2	858
Sat 01/04/95	H	BHP	Atherstone Utd	Drew 2-2	Wilkin, Nuttell	1754
Mon 03/04/95	A	BHP	Hednesford Town	Lost 2-5	Wilkin, Collins	1012
Sat 08/04/95	H	FATS/1	Woking	Won 1-0	Mann	4375
Tue 11/04/95	H	BHP	Hednesford Town	Lost 2-3	Collins, Wilkin	1657
Sat 15/04/95	A	FATS/2	Woking	Lost 0-2	–	4643
Mon 17/04/95	H	BHP	Cambridge City	Won 2-1	Wilkin/2	1217
Wed 19/04/95	H	HSCF	Kettering Town (1)	Void 1-0	Spooner	2350
Sat 22/04/95	A	BHP	Solihull Boro	Drew 0-0	–	206
Sun 23/04/95	H	BHP	Hastings Town	Won 3-1	King, Kirkup/2	1078
Mon 24/04/95	A	BHP	Chelmsford City	Drew 2-2	Wilkin, Kirkup	911
Wed 26/04/95	A	BHP	Sittingbourne	Lost 1-3	Kirkup	641
Sat 29/04/95	A	BHP	Worcester City	Drew 1-1	Wooding	545
Tue 02/05/95	H	BHP	Dorchester Town	Won 2-1	Bailey, Kirkup	908
Thu 04/05/95	A	BHP	Sudbury Town	Lost 0-1	–	386
Sat 06/05/95	H	BHP	Sudbury Town	Drew 2-2	Kirkup, Mann	1793

Notes

Note 1: Match abandoned at HT due to floodlight failure