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SEASON: 1995-96

Prev Season: 1994-95
This Season: 1995-96
Next Season: 1996-97

DIVISION:: F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Frank Clark
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Aston Villa (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Bradford City (H) 2-2)
Player Of The Year:: Stuart Pearce

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Woan (12 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	27 times	7 times	7 times	2 times
Conceded	24 times	6 times	4 times	1 time	4 times
Won By	13 times	3 times	4 times
Lost By	8 times	2 times	1 time	2 times	2 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	1	8	0	Newcastle United (1-3), Manchester United (0-5)
2		2	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Manchester United (1-1), Newcastle United (1-1)
3	14	3	3	1	1	1	4	5	4	Aston Villa (1-1), Liverpool (2-4), Liverpool (1-0)
4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	33	6	2	2	-	-	3	1	6	Middlesbrough (1-0), Tottenham Hotspur (2-1)
7	37	7	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Arsenal (1-1), Aston Villa (1-1)
8	68	8	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Everton (0-3)
9	76	9	3	1	-	2	2	6	3	Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Arsenal (0-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-5)
10	17	10	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Coventry City (1-1)
11	1	11	2	1	-	1	2	8	3	Blackburn Rovers (0-7), Leeds United (2-1)
12		12	4	2	1	1	6	4	7	Chelsea (0-0), Everton (3-2), Chelsea (0-1), Leeds United (3-1)
13		13	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Middlesbrough (1-1)
14		14	3	2	-	1	4	2	6	Sheffield Wednesday (1-0), West Ham United (0-1), Sheffield Wednesday (3-1)
15		15	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Wimbledon (0-1)
16		16	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Queens Park Rangers (1-1), Southampton (1-0)
17		17	2	1	1	-	5	2	4	Wimbledon (4-1), Manchester City (1-1)
18		18	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	West Ham United (1-1), Coventry City (0-0)
19		19	2	2	-	-	6	2	6	Bolton Wanderers (3-2), Queens Park Rangers (3-0)
20		20	2	1	1	-	4	1	4	Manchester City (3-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Southampton (4-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,263
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,810
Average League Attendance:: 25,915
Highest Cup Attendance:: 28,844
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,050

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 2
Yellow cards:: 51
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 51
Penalties scored:: 5
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1995-96)

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester United	38	25	7	6	73	35	15	4	0	36	9	10	3	6	37	26	38	82	Champions League	1-1	0-5
2	Newcastle United	38	24	6	8	66	37	17	1	1	38	9	7	5	7	28	28	29	78	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	1-3
3	Liverpool	38	20	11	7	70	34	14	4	1	46	13	6	7	6	24	21	36	71	Cup Winners Cup First Round	1-0	2-4
4	Aston Villa	38	18	9	11	52	35	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	8	20	20	17	63	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	1-1
5	Arsenal	38	17	12	9	49	32	10	7	2	30	16	7	5	7	19	16	17	63	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	1-1
6	Everton	38	17	10	11	64	44	10	5	4	35	19	7	5	7	29	25	20	61		3-2	0-3
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	61	47	14	2	3	44	19	4	5	10	17	28	14	61		1-5	0-7
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	50	38	9	5	5	26	19	7	8	4	24	19	12	61		2-1	1-0
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	13	10	50	54	11	6	2	29	17	4	7	8	21	37	-4	58
10	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	43	52	9	5	5	25	21	5	4	10	18	31	-9	51		1-1	0-1
11	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	46	44	7	7	5	30	22	5	7	7	16	22	2	50		0-0	0-1
12	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	35	50	8	3	8	27	27	3	7	9	8	23	-15	43		1-0	1-1
13	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	40	57	8	3	8	21	21	4	4	11	19	36	-17	43		2-1	3-1
14	Wimbledon	38	10	11	17	55	70	5	6	8	27	33	5	5	9	28	37	-15	41		4-1	0-1
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	48	61	7	5	7	30	31	3	5	11	18	30	-13	40		1-0	3-1
16	Coventry City	38	8	14	16	42	60	6	7	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	38		0-0	1-1
17	Southampton	38	9	11	18	34	52	7	7	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	38		1-0	4-3
18	Manchester City	38	9	11	18	33	58	7	7	5	21	19	2	4	13	12	39	-25	38	Relegated	3-0	1-1
19	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6	23	38	57	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	15	13	31	-19	33	Relegated	3-0	1-1
20	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	5	25	39	71	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	15	23	40	-32	29	Relegated	3-2	1-1

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GAMES
Manager for all games: Frank Clark

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 19, 1995	Southampton	A	4-3	Win	15,164	3	Cooper (8), Woan (36), Roy (42, 79)
2	Wed Aug 23, 1995	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	27,007	6
3	Sat Aug 26, 1995	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	26,645	8	Pearce (35 pen)
4	Tue Aug 29, 1995	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	38,248	7	Campbell (63)
5	Sat Sep 09, 1995	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	17,219	7	Roy (23)
6	Sun Sep 17, 1995	Everton	H	3-2	Win	24,786	6	Watson Dave (17 OG), Lee (20), Woan (64)
7	Sat Sep 23, 1995	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	33,972	8	Lyttle (87)
8	Sat Sep 30, 1995	Manchester City	H	3-0	Win	25,620	8	Lee (10, 46), Stone (82)
9	Sat Oct 14, 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	Win	32,876	5	Stone (65)
10	Sat Oct 21, 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	25,426	5	Roy (27), Lee (68), Cooper (90)
11	Sat Oct 28, 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	Draw	17,549	5	Lee (47)
12	Mon Nov 06, 1995	Wimbledon	H	4-1	Win	20,810	3	Roy (8), Pearce (31), Lee (47), Gemmill (87)
13	Sat Nov 18, 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-7	Loss	27,660	6
14	Mon Nov 27, 1995	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	29,263	7	McGregor (19)
15	Sat Dec 02, 1995	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	Draw	17,342	7	Cooper (90)
16	Sun Dec 10, 1995	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	25,790	8	Stone (82)
17	Mon Dec 18, 1995	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	25,660	8	Campbell (69)
18	Sat Dec 23, 1995	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	36,531	8	Woan (14)
19	Tue Dec 26, 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	27,810	8	Lee (7)
20	Sat Dec 30, 1995	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	27,027	6	Pearce (8 pen)
21	Mon Jan 01, 1996	Liverpool	A	2-4	Loss	39,206	7	Stone (12), Woan (17)
22	Sat Jan 13, 1996	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	23,321	6	Cooper (44)
23	Sat Jan 20, 1996	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	24,482	7
24	Wed Jan 31, 1996	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	24,465	5	Campbell (39), Roy (57 pen)
25	Sat Feb 03, 1996	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	21,257	7
26	Sat Feb 10, 1996	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	27,222	9
27	Sat Feb 24, 1996	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	33,163	10
28	Sat Mar 02, 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	Win	21,930	9	Howe (10), McGregor (46), Roy (80)
29	Sat Mar 16, 1996	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	29,392	10	Allen (56)
30	Sat Mar 23, 1996	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	29,058	9	Stone (43)
31	Sat Mar 30, 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	Loss	9,807	9
32	Sat Apr 06, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	Win	27,053	8	Stone (40), Woan (61)
33	Mon Apr 08, 1996	Leeds United	A	3-1	Win	29,220	8	Cooper (18), Lee (30), Woan (66)
34	Sat Apr 13, 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-5	Loss	25,273	9	Woan (40)
35	Wed Apr 17, 1996	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	24,629	9
36	Sun Apr 28, 1996	Manchester United	A	0-5	Loss	53,926	9
37	Thu May 02, 1996	Newcastle United	H	1-1	Draw	28,280	9	Woan (75)
38	Sun May 05, 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-0	Win	22,910	9	Stone (44), Roy (63), Howe (77)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 06, 1996	Stoke City	3			A	1-1	Draw	17,947	Pearce (82)
Wed Jan 17, 1996	Stoke City	3	Y	1	H	2-0	Win	17,372	Campbell (16), Pearce (55 pen)
Wed Feb 07, 1996	Oxford United	4			H	1-1	Draw	15,050	Campbell (54)
Tue Feb 13, 1996	Oxford United	4	Y	1	A	3-0	Win	8,022	Campbell (40), Woan (82 pen), Silenzi (85)
Wed Feb 28, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	5			H	2-2	Draw	18,600	Woan (4, 72)
Sat Mar 09, 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	5	Y	1	A	1-1	Win	31,055	Roy (9)
Wed Mar 13, 1996	Aston Villa	Quarter			H	0-1	Loss	21,067

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 19, 1995	Bradford City	2	1			A	2-3	Loss	9,288	Bohinen (18, 90)
Wed Oct 04, 1995	Bradford City	2	2			H	2-2	Draw	15,231	Pearce (19), Silenzi (63)

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 12, 1995	Malmo FF	Sweden	1	1	A	1-2	Loss	12,486	Woan (36)
Tue Sep 26, 1995	Malmo FF	Sweden	1	2	H	1-0	Win	23,817	Roy (69)
Tue Oct 17, 1995	Auxerre	France	2	1	A	1-0	Win	20,000	Stone (23)
Tue Oct 31, 1995	Auxerre	France	2	2	H	0-0	Draw	28,063
Tue Nov 21, 1995	Olympique Lyonnais	France	3	1	H	1-0	Win	22,141	McGregor (83)
Tue Dec 05, 1995	Olympique Lyonnais	France	3	2	A	0-0	Draw	35,000
Tue Mar 05, 1996	Bayern Munich	Germany	Quarter	1	A	1-2	Loss	38,000	Chettle (17)
Tue Mar 19, 1996	Bayern Munich	Germany	Quarter	2	H	1-5	Loss	28,844	Stone (85)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 25, 1995	Vang FK	Norway	A	7-1	Win	-	Stone (?), Bohinen (?, ?), Bart-Williams (?), McGregor (?, ?), Roy (?)
Thu Jul 27, 1995	Tistedalen Turn	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Roy (?, ?), Bohinen (?)
Sat Jul 29, 1995	Foerde IL	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Pearce (? pen), McGregor (?), Roy (?)
Mon Jul 31, 1995	Skjetten	Norway	A	4-2	Win	-	Pearce (? pen), Tiler (?), Gemmill (?), Woan (?)
Tue Aug 01, 1995	Stabekk IF	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Stone (?), Phillips (?), Silenzi (?)
Sat Aug 05, 1995	Lincoln City	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?), Woan (?), Bart-Williams (?)
Sat Aug 12, 1995	Riccioni	Italy	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?), Woan (?), Roy (?)
Sat Aug 12, 1995	Rimini	Italy	A	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Aug 14, 1995	Torino	Italy	A	2-1	Win	-	Roy (?, ?)
Tue Aug 15, 1995	Genoa	Italy	A	0-1	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 08, 1996	Newcastle United	England	H	6-5	Win	-	Crossley (?), Pearce (?), Cooper (?), Woan (?), Roy (?), Jemson (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Richard Clark	Bought		Oct 1995	Carl Tiler	Sold	£750,000
	Simon Tracey	Loan In			Kingsley Black	Sold	£25,000
Aug 19, 1995	Kevin Campbell	Bought	£2,940,000	1995	Malcolm Rigby	Sold
Sep 09, 1995	Andrea Silenzi	Bought	£1,800,000		Neil Webb	Sold
Sep 12, 1995	Chris Bart-Williams	Bought	£2,630,000		Nigel Jemson	Sold
Nov 27, 1995	Richard Irving	Bought	£65,000	Sep 30, 1995	Lars Bohinen	Sold
Mar 02, 1996	Chris Allen	Loan In
Jun 01, 1996	Chris Allen	Bought	£400,000
Feb 15, 1997	Alan Fettis	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Mark Crossley	55	21	19	15
GK	13	Alan Fettis										1	Bought on 13 Jan 1996 from Hull City
GK	13	Malcolm Rigby											Released
GK	23	Tommy Wright
GK	24	Simon Tracey										3
Defenders
D	2	Des Lyttle	49	20	16	13	1	1		4	1	3
D	3	Stuart Pearce	44	17	16	11	6	4		1			Player Of The Year (3rd time)
D	4	Colin Cooper	51	19	19	13	5	8		2
D	5	Steve Chettle	54	21	18	15	1	3	1
D	6	Carl Tiler										1	Left to join Aston Villa
D	26	Craig Armstrong										1
D		Des Walker
D		Vance Warner											Reserve squad
Midfielders
M	7	David Phillips	28	9	9	10		1		1	6	8
M	8	Scot Gemmill	47	19	17	11	1	5		9	6	2
M	9	Lars Bohinen	9	4	4	1	2	1		4			Left to join Blackburn Rovers
M	11	Steve Stone	50	19	17	14	9	3		3
M	16	Neil Webb
M	18	Alfe-Inge Haaland	23	7	9	7		4		2	9	11
M	25	Steve Blatherwick
M	27	Chris Allen	3	2	1		1	1			2	1	Went on loan to Oxford United
M		Andy Todd											Reserve squad
M		Craig Atkinson
M		John Burns											Reserve squad
M		John Finnigan											Reserve squad
M		Justin Walker											Reserve squad
M		Steve Melton											Reserve squad
Forwards
F	10	Kevin Campbell	31	10	10	11	6	2		12		1
F	12	Jason Lee	40	16	13	11	8	5	1	5	13	2
F	14	Ian Woan	50	20	17	13	12	6		2
F	15	Andrea Silenzi	18	8	8	2	2	1		2	11	5
F	17	Kingsley Black	2	1		1				1	1
F	19	Bobby Howe	11	4	7		2	1		3	6	9
F	20	Paul McGregor	19	7	5	7	3			5	12	6
F	21	Chris Bart-Williams	50	20	15	15		2		1	1	1
F	22	Brian Roy	41	18	11	12	10	3		15	3
F	24	Richard Irving	1		1						1	2	Went on loan to Sheffield United
F	28	Steve Guinan	2	1		1				1	1
F		Andy Dawson											Reserve squad
F		Gary Bull											Left to join Birmingham City
F		Nigel Clough											Guested in a friendly game
F		Nigel Jemson
F		Paul Smith (1997)											Reserve squad

	30	Richard Clark
		McAllister

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Ian Woan	50
10	Brian Roy	41
9	Steve Stone	50
8	Jason Lee	40
6	Kevin Campbell	31
6	Stuart Pearce	44
5	Colin Cooper	51
3	Paul McGregor	19
2	Andrea Silenzi	18
2	Bobby Howe	11
2	Lars Bohinen	9
1	Chris Allen	3
1	Des Lyttle	49
1	Own Goals	55
1	Scot Gemmill	47
1	Steve Chettle	54

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Leeds United	Wed Jan 31, 1996	Home	2-1	Mon Apr 08, 1996	Away	3-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Tue Dec 26, 1995	Home	1-0	Sat Mar 02, 1996	Away	3-1
Southampton	Sat Aug 19, 1995	Away	4-3	Sat Jan 13, 1996	Home	1-0
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Oct 14, 1995	Away	1-0	Sat Apr 06, 1996	Home	2-1