Season summary 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 .[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 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 = LossResults Nottingham Forest's score comes first [2]
Legend FA Premier League 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 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 UEFA Cup 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
Squad [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers In Out Transfers in: Transfers out: Total spending: Statistics Starting 11 Only considering appearances in Premier League and League Cup [4] References 
