Nottingham Forest didn't know[by whom?] what to expect following the sale of star striker Stan Collymore to Liverpool, but they performed reasonably well throughout the season and were comfortably in the top half. They were unbeaten in their first 12 league games, although they drew too many games to be considered serious title challengers, before they ran into a 7–0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers, who had just signed Forest midfielder Lars Bohinen.
The biggest success of the season was Forest's UEFA Cup exploits. In arguably the worst season for English clubs in European competitions in the era of three European trophies, they were the only English side with European action to look forward to after Christmas, and in March their adventure resumed with the first leg of the quarter-final – against Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion. Forest lost 2–1, and any remaining hopes of a semi-final place were crushed in the second leg when the Bavarians thrashed Frank Clark's men 5–1 at the City Ground.
A ninth-place finish in the final table was not quite enough to secure another European campaign, and Clark's big summer signing, Dean Saunders, was captured in hope that he could be the man to score the goals which would bring more success to the club.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1995 96 Nottingham Forest F C season news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message During the 1995 96 English football season Nottingham Forest competed in the FA Premier League Nottingham Forest1995 96 seasonChairmanFred ReacherManagerFrank ClarkStadiumCity GroundPremiership9thFA CupQuarter finalsLeague CupSecond roundUEFA CupQuarter finalsTop goalscorerLee Roy Woan 8 Highest home attendance29 263 vs Manchester United 27 Nov 1995 Premier League Lowest home attendance15 050 vs Oxford United 7 Feb 1996 FA Cup Average home league attendance25 916Home coloursAway colours 1994 951996 97 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Results 3 1 Legend 3 2 FA Premier League 3 3 FA Cup 3 4 League Cup 3 5 UEFA Cup 4 Squad 4 1 Left club during season 4 2 Reserve squad 5 Transfers 5 1 In 5 2 Out 6 Statistics 6 1 Starting 11 7 ReferencesSeason summary editNottingham Forest didn t know by whom what to expect following the sale of star striker Stan Collymore to Liverpool but they performed reasonably well throughout the season and were comfortably in the top half They were unbeaten in their first 12 league games although they drew too many games to be considered serious title challengers before they ran into a 7 0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers who had just signed Forest midfielder Lars Bohinen The biggest success of the season was Forest s UEFA Cup exploits In arguably the worst season for English clubs in European competitions in the era of three European trophies they were the only English side with European action to look forward to after Christmas and in March their adventure resumed with the first leg of the quarter final against Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion Forest lost 2 1 and any remaining hopes of a semi final place were crushed in the second leg when the Bavarians thrashed Frank Clark s men 5 1 at the City Ground A ninth place finish in the final table was not quite enough to secure another European campaign and Clark s big summer signing Dean Saunders was captured in hope that he could be the man to score the goals which would bring more success to the club Final league table editMain article 1995 96 FA Premier League Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts7 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 7 13 61 47 14 618 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 13 9 50 38 12 619 Nottingham Forest 38 15 13 10 50 54 4 5810 West Ham United 38 14 9 15 43 52 9 5111 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 46 44 2 50Source Premier LeagueRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored Results summaryOverall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD38 15 13 10 50 54 4 58 11 6 2 29 17 12 4 7 8 21 37 16Source Statto Results by roundRound1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738GroundAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHHResultWDDDDWDWWWDWLDDDDLWWLWLWLLLWDWLWWLDLDWPosition3687768855536778888676757910910998899999Source Statto comA Away H Home W Win D Draw L LossResults editNottingham Forest s score comes first 1 Legend edit Win Draw LossFA Premier League edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers19 August 1995 Southampton A 4 3 15 164 Cooper Woan Roy 2 23 August 1995 Chelsea H 0 0 27 00726 August 1995 West Ham United H 1 1 26 645 Pearce pen 29 August 1995 Arsenal A 1 1 38 248 Campbell9 September 1995 Coventry City A 1 1 17 219 Roy17 September 1995 Everton H 3 2 24 786 Watson own goal Lee Woan23 September 1995 Aston Villa A 1 1 33 972 Lyttle30 September 1995 Manchester City H 3 0 25 620 Lee 2 Stone14 October 1995 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 0 32 876 Stone21 October 1995 Bolton Wanderers H 3 2 25 426 Roy Lee Cooper28 October 1995 Queens Park Rangers A 1 1 17 549 Lee6 November 1995 Wimbledon H 4 1 20 810 Roy Pearce Lee Gemmill18 November 1995 Blackburn Rovers A 0 7 27 66027 November 1995 Manchester United H 1 1 29 263 McGregor2 December 1995 Bolton Wanderers A 1 1 17 342 Cooper10 December 1995 Aston Villa H 1 1 25 790 Stone18 December 1995 Manchester City A 1 1 25 660 Campbell23 December 1995 Newcastle United A 1 3 36 531 Woan26 December 1995 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 0 27 810 Lee30 December 1995 Middlesbrough H 1 0 27 027 Pearce pen 1 January 1996 Liverpool A 2 4 39 206 Stone Woan13 January 1996 Southampton H 1 0 23 321 Cooper20 January 1996 Chelsea A 0 1 24 48231 January 1996 Leeds United H 2 1 24 465 Campbell Roy pen 3 February 1996 West Ham United A 0 1 21 25710 February 1996 Arsenal H 0 1 27 22224 February 1996 Everton A 0 3 33 1632 March 1996 Sheffield Wednesday A 3 1 21 930 Howe McGregor Roy16 March 1996 Middlesbrough A 1 1 29 392 Allen23 March 1996 Liverpool H 1 0 29 058 Stone30 March 1996 Wimbledon A 0 1 9 8076 April 1996 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 1 27 053 Stone Woan8 April 1996 Leeds United A 3 1 29 220 Cooper Woan Lee13 April 1996 Blackburn Rovers H 1 5 25 273 Woan17 April 1996 Coventry City H 0 0 24 62928 April 1996 Manchester United A 0 5 53 9262 May 1996 Newcastle United H 1 1 28 280 Woan5 May 1996 Queens Park Rangers H 3 0 22 910 Stone Roy HoweFA Cup edit Main article 1995 96 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR3 6 January 1996 Stoke City A 1 1 18 000 PearceR3R 17 January 1996 Stoke City H 2 0 17 372 Campbell Pearce pen R4 7 February 1996 Oxford United H 1 1 15 050 CampbellR4R 13 February 1996 Oxford United A 3 0 8 022 Campbell Woan pen SilenziR5 28 February 1996 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 2 18 600 Woan 2 R5R 9 March 1996 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 1 won 3 1 on pens 31 055 RoyQF 13 March 1996 Aston Villa H 0 1 21 067League Cup edit Main article 1995 96 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR2 1st Leg 19 September 1995 Bradford City A 2 3 9 288 Bohinen 2 R2 2nd Leg 4 October 1995 Bradford City H 2 2 lost 4 5 on agg 15 231 Pearce SilenziUEFA Cup edit Main article 1995 96 UEFA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 1st Leg 12 September 1995 nbsp Malmo FF A 1 2 12 486 WoanR1 2nd Leg 26 September 1995 nbsp Malmo FF H 1 0 won on away goals 23 817 RoyR2 1st Leg 17 October 1995 nbsp Auxerre A 1 0 20 000 StoneR2 2nd Leg 31 October 1995 nbsp Auxerre H 0 0 won 1 0 on agg 28 064R3 1st Leg 21 November 1995 nbsp Lyon H 1 0 22 141 McGregorR3 2nd Leg 5 December 1995 nbsp Lyon A 0 0 won 1 0 on agg 35 000QF 1st Leg 5 March 1996 nbsp Bayern Munich A 1 2 38 000 ChettleQF 2nd Leg 19 March 1996 nbsp Bayern Munich H 1 5 lost 2 7 on agg 28 844 StoneSquad edit 2 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp WAL Mark Crossley2 DF nbsp ENG Des Lyttle3 DF nbsp ENG Stuart Pearce captain 4 DF nbsp ENG Colin Cooper5 DF nbsp ENG Steve Chettle7 MF nbsp WAL David Phillips8 MF nbsp SCO Scot Gemmill10 FW nbsp ENG Kevin Campbell11 MF nbsp ENG Steve Stone12 FW nbsp ENG Jason Lee13 GK nbsp NIR Alan Fettis14 MF nbsp ENG Ian Woan15 FW nbsp ITA Andrea Silenzi No Pos Nation Player16 MF nbsp ENG Neil Webb17 MF nbsp ENG Kingsley Black18 DF nbsp NOR Alfie Haaland19 MF nbsp ENG Bobby Howe20 FW nbsp ENG Paul McGregor21 DF nbsp ENG Chris Bart Williams22 FW nbsp NED Bryan Roy23 GK nbsp NIR Tommy Wright24 FW nbsp ENG Richard Irving25 DF nbsp ENG Steve Blatherwick26 DF nbsp ENG Craig Armstrong28 FW nbsp ENG Steve Guinan30 GK nbsp ENG Richard ClarkLeft club during season edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player6 DF nbsp ENG Carl Tiler to Aston Villa 9 MF nbsp NOR Lars Bohinen to Blackburn Rovers No Pos Nation Player24 GK nbsp ENG Simon Tracey on loan from Sheffield United 27 MF nbsp ENG Chris Allen on loan to Oxford United Reserve squad edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player13 GK nbsp ENG Malcolm Rigby de registered DF nbsp ENG Andy Dawson DF nbsp ENG Stuart Thom DF nbsp ENG Vance Warner MF nbsp IRL John Burns MF nbsp ENG John Finnigan No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp ENG Bobby Howe MF nbsp ENG Steve Melton MF nbsp ENG Paul Smith MF nbsp ENG Justin Walker FW nbsp ENG Andy ToddTransfers editIn edit Date Pos Name From Fee1 July 1995 MF Chris Bart Williams Sheffield Wednesday 2 500 0001 July 1995 FW Kevin Campbell Arsenal 2 800 00019 July 1995 FW Richard Irving Manchester United 75 00016 August 1995 FW Andrea Silenzi Torino 1 800 00013 January 1996 GK Alan Fettis Hull City 250 000Out edit Date Pos Name To Fee1 July 1995 FW Stan Collymore Liverpool 8 500 0002 August 1995 DF Gary Bowyer Rotherham United Free transfer14 October 1995 MF Lars Bohinen Blackburn Rovers 750 00028 October 1995 DF Carl Tiler Aston Villa 750 00029 December 1995 FW Gary Bull Birmingham City Free transfer28 February 1996 DF Danny Hinshelwood Portsmouth Free transferTransfers in nbsp 7 425 000 Transfers out nbsp 10 000 000 Total spending nbsp 2 575 000Statistics editStarting 11 edit Only considering appearances in Premier League and League Cup 3 No Pos Nat Name MS Notes1 GK nbsp Mark Crossley 392 RB nbsp Des Lyttle 335 CB nbsp Steve Chettle 384 CB nbsp Colin Cooper 383 LB nbsp Stuart Pearce 3111 RM nbsp Steve Stone 3521 CM nbsp Chris Bart Williams 348 CM nbsp Scot Gemmill 2614 LM nbsp Ian Woan 3412 CF nbsp Jason Lee 2222 CF nbsp Bryan Roy 26References edit Nottingham Forest results for the 1995 1996 season Statto com Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 22 September 2015 FootballSquads Nottingham Forest 1995 96 All Nottingham Forest players 1996 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 96 Nottingham Forest F C season amp oldid 1108526401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,