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1995–96 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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Nottingham Forest
1995–96 season
ChairmanFred Reacher
ManagerFrank Clark
StadiumCity Ground
Premiership9th
FA CupQuarter finals
League CupSecond round
UEFA CupQuarter finals
Top 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 attendance25,916

During the 1995–96 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

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Despite the sale of striker Stan Collymore, Nottingham Forest 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.[1]

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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 7 13 61 47 +14 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 13 9 50 38 +12 61
9 Nottingham Forest 38 15 13 10 50 54 −4 58
10 West Ham United 38 14 9 15 43 52 −9 51
11 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 46 44 +2 50
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

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHH
ResultWDDDDWDWWWDWLDDDDLWWLWLWLLLWDWLWWLDLDW
Position3687768855536778888676757910910998899999
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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Nottingham Forest's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

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

FA Cup

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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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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 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, Silenzi

UEFA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 12 September 1995 Sweden Malmö FF A 1–2 12,486 Woan
R1 2nd Leg 26 September 1995 Sweden Malmö FF H 1–0 (won on away goals) 23,817 Roy
R2 1st Leg 17 October 1995 France Auxerre A 1–0 20,000 Stone
R2 2nd Leg 31 October 1995 France Auxerre H 0–0 (won 1–0 on agg) 28,064
R3 1st Leg 21 November 1995 France Lyon H 1–0 22,141 McGregor
R3 2nd Leg 5 December 1995 France Lyon A 0–0 (won 1–0 on agg) 35,000
QF 1st Leg 5 March 1996 Germany Bayern Munich A 1–2 38,000 Chettle
QF 2nd Leg 19 March 1996 Germany Bayern Munich H 1–5 (lost 2–7 on agg) 28,844 Stone

Squad

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[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley
2 DF England ENG Des Lyttle
3 DF England ENG Stuart Pearce (captain)
4 DF England ENG Colin Cooper
5 DF England ENG Steve Chettle
7 MF Wales WAL David Phillips
8 MF Scotland SCO Scot Gemmill
10 FW England ENG Kevin Campbell
11 MF England ENG Steve Stone
12 FW England ENG Jason Lee
13 GK Northern Ireland NIR Alan Fettis
14 MF England ENG Ian Woan
15 FW Italy ITA Andrea Silenzi
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF England ENG Neil Webb
17 MF England ENG Kingsley Black
18 DF Norway NOR Alfie Haaland
19 MF England ENG Bobby Howe
20 FW England ENG Paul McGregor
21 DF England ENG Chris Bart-Williams
22 FW Netherlands NED Bryan Roy
23 GK Northern Ireland NIR Tommy Wright
24 FW England ENG Richard Irving
25 DF England ENG Steve Blatherwick
26 DF England ENG Craig Armstrong
28 FW England ENG Steve Guinan
30 GK England ENG Richard Clark

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF England ENG Carl Tiler (to Aston Villa)
9 MF Norway NOR Lars Bohinen (to Blackburn Rovers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK England ENG Simon Tracey (on loan from Sheffield United)
27 MF England ENG Chris Allen (on loan to Oxford United)

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK England ENG Malcolm Rigby (de-registered)
DF England ENG Andy Dawson
DF England ENG Stuart Thom
DF England ENG Vance Warner
MF Republic of Ireland IRL John Burns
MF England ENG John Finnigan
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Bobby Howe
MF England ENG Steve Melton
MF England ENG Paul Smith
MF England ENG Justin Walker
FW England ENG Andy Todd

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Name From Fee
1 July 1995 MF Chris Bart-Williams Sheffield Wednesday £2,500,000
1 July 1995 FW Kevin Campbell Arsenal £2,800,000
19 July 1995 FW Richard Irving Manchester United £75,000
16 August 1995 FW Andrea Silenzi Torino £1,800,000
13 January 1996 GK Alan Fettis Hull City £250,000

Out

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Date Pos Name To Fee
1 July 1995 FW Stan Collymore Liverpool £8,500,000
2 August 1995 DF Gary Bowyer Rotherham United Free transfer
14 October 1995 MF Lars Bohinen Blackburn Rovers £750,000
28 October 1995 DF Carl Tiler Aston Villa £750,000
29 December 1995 FW Gary Bull Birmingham City Free transfer
28 February 1996 DF Danny Hinshelwood Portsmouth Free transfer
Transfers in: Decrease £7,425,000
Transfers out: Increase £10,000,000
Total spending: Increase £2,575,000

Statistics

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Starting 11

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Only considering appearances in Premier League and League Cup[4]
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
MS Notes
1 GK Wales Mark Crossley 39
2 RB England Des Lyttle 33
5 CB England Steve Chettle 38
4 CB England Colin Cooper 38
3 LB England Stuart Pearce 31
11 RM England Steve Stone 35
21 CM England Chris Bart-Williams 34
8 CM Scotland Scot Gemmill 26
14 LM England Ian Woan 34
12 CF England Jason Lee 22
22 CF Netherlands Bryan Roy 26

References

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  1. ^ "Bayern bring Forest rude awakening". The Independent. 20 March 1996. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest results for the 1995-1996 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 1995/96".
  4. ^ "All Nottingham Forest players: 1996".