Season summary
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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.
Final league table
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Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
15
13
10
50
54
−4
58
11
6
2
29
17
+12
4
7
8
21
37
−16
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A A A H A H A H H A H H Result W D D D D W D W W W D W L D D D D L W W L W L W L L L W D W L W W L D L D W Position 3 6 8 7 7 6 8 8 5 5 5 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 5 7 9 10 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Nottingham Forest's score comes first [1]
FA Premier League
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Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1995
Southampton A
4–3
15,164
Cooper , Woan , Roy (2)
23 August 1995
Chelsea H
0–0
27,007
26 August 1995
West Ham United H
1–1
26,645
Pearce (pen)
29 August 1995
Arsenal A
1–1
38,248
Campbell
9 September 1995
Coventry City A
1–1
17,219
Roy
17 September 1995
Everton H
3–2
24,786
Watson (own goal), Lee , Woan
23 September 1995
Aston Villa A
1–1
33,972
Lyttle
30 September 1995
Manchester City H
3–0
25,620
Lee (2), Stone
14 October 1995
Tottenham Hotspur A
1–0
32,876
Stone
21 October 1995
Bolton Wanderers H
3–2
25,426
Roy , Lee , Cooper
28 October 1995
Queens Park Rangers A
1–1
17,549
Lee
6 November 1995
Wimbledon H
4–1
20,810
Roy , Pearce , Lee , Gemmill
18 November 1995
Blackburn Rovers A
0–7
27,660
27 November 1995
Manchester United H
1–1
29,263
McGregor
2 December 1995
Bolton Wanderers A
1–1
17,342
Cooper
10 December 1995
Aston Villa H
1–1
25,790
Stone
18 December 1995
Manchester City A
1–1
25,660
Campbell
23 December 1995
Newcastle United A
1–3
36,531
Woan
26 December 1995
Sheffield Wednesday H
1–0
27,810
Lee
30 December 1995
Middlesbrough H
1–0
27,027
Pearce (pen)
1 January 1996
Liverpool A
2–4
39,206
Stone , Woan
13 January 1996
Southampton H
1–0
23,321
Cooper
20 January 1996
Chelsea A
0–1
24,482
31 January 1996
Leeds United H
2–1
24,465
Campbell , Roy (pen)
3 February 1996
West Ham United A
0–1
21,257
10 February 1996
Arsenal H
0–1
27,222
24 February 1996
Everton A
0–3
33,163
2 March 1996
Sheffield Wednesday A
3–1
21,930
Howe , McGregor , Roy
16 March 1996
Middlesbrough A
1–1
29,392
Allen
23 March 1996
Liverpool H
1–0
29,058
Stone
30 March 1996
Wimbledon A
0–1
9,807
6 April 1996
Tottenham Hotspur H
2–1
27,053
Stone , Woan
8 April 1996
Leeds United A
3–1
29,220
Cooper , Woan , Lee
13 April 1996
Blackburn Rovers H
1–5
25,273
Woan
17 April 1996
Coventry City H
0–0
24,629
28 April 1996
Manchester United A
0–5
53,926
2 May 1996
Newcastle United H
1–1
28,280
Woan
5 May 1996
Queens Park Rangers H
3–0
22,910
Stone , Roy , Howe
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
6 January 1996
Stoke City A
1–1
18,000
Pearce
R3R
17 January 1996
Stoke City H
2–0
17,372
Campbell , Pearce (pen)
R4
7 February 1996
Oxford United H
1–1
15,050
Campbell
R4R
13 February 1996
Oxford United A
3–0
8,022
Campbell , Woan (pen), Silenzi
R5
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
Roy
QF
13 March 1996
Aston Villa H
0–1
21,067
League Cup
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UEFA Cup
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Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg
12 September 1995
Malmö FF A
1–2
12,486
Woan
R1 2nd Leg
26 September 1995
Malmö FF H
1–0 (won on away goals)
23,817
Roy
R2 1st Leg
17 October 1995
Auxerre A
1–0
20,000
Stone
R2 2nd Leg
31 October 1995
Auxerre H
0–0 (won 1–0 on agg)
28,064
R3 1st Leg
21 November 1995
Lyon H
1–0
22,141
McGregor
R3 2nd Leg
5 December 1995
Lyon A
0–0 (won 1–0 on agg)
35,000
QF 1st Leg
5 March 1996
Bayern Munich A
1–2
38,000
Chettle
QF 2nd Leg
19 March 1996
Bayern Munich H
1–5 (lost 2–7 on agg)
28,844
Stone
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
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Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending: Statistics
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Starting 11
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Only considering appearances in Premier League and League Cup [3] References
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Malmö FF
Auxerre
Bayern Munich
£7,425,000
£10,000,000
