1994–95 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1994–95 season
Chairman Fred Reacher
Manager Frank Clark
Stadium City Ground
Premiership 3rd
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Collymore (22)
All: Collymore (25)
Highest home attendance 28,882 vs Manchester City
(6 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 10,076 vs Hereford United
(21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 23,633
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Surprisingly for a newly promoted side, Forest finished in third place, behind Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United: no newly promoted club has achieved as high a finish in the Premier League since, although Newcastle United had matched the achievement the previous season and six seasons later, Ipswich Town would finish fifth which, to this day, is the highest placing finish a promoted club has achieved since.

Season summary

After achieving promotion back to the Premiership at the first attempt, Nottingham Forest continued to succeed in life after Brian Clough as new manager Frank Clark guided them to an impressive third-place finish and UEFA Cup qualification, giving Forest their first European campaign of the post-Heysel era.

Striker Stan Collymore was on target 22 times in the league and speculation that he would be on his way to another club proved correct at the end of the season when he sold to Liverpool for a national record fee of £8.4 million. The failure of Clark to buy a proven replacement cast significant doubt over whether Forest could mount a serious challenge for honours in the post-Collymore era.

Kit

The kit was sponsored by Canadian brewery Labatts.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Blackburn Rovers (C) 42 27 8 7 80 39 +41 89 1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 42 26 10 6 77 28 +49 88 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3 Nottingham Forest 42 22 11 9 72 43 +29 77
4 Liverpool 42 21 11 10 65 37 +28 74
5 Leeds United 42 20 13 9 59 38 +21 73
6 Newcastle United 42 20 12 10 67 47 +20 72
7 Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 14 12 66 58 +8 62
8 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 61 59 +2 60
9 Wimbledon 42 15 11 16 48 65 −17 56
10 Southampton 42 12 18 12 61 63 −2 54
11 Chelsea 42 13 15 14 50 55 −5 54
12 Arsenal 42 13 12 17 52 49 +3 51
13 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 49 57 −8 51
14 West Ham United 42 13 11 18 44 48 −4 50
15 Everton 42 11 17 14 44 51 −7 50 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
16 Coventry City 42 12 14 16 44 62 −18 50
17 Manchester City 42 12 13 17 53 64 −11 49
18 Aston Villa 42 11 15 16 51 56 −5 48
19 Crystal Palace (R) 42 11 12 19 34 49 −15 45 Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20 Norwich City (R) 42 10 13 19 37 54 −17 43
21 Leicester City (R) 42 6 11 25 45 80 −35 29
22 Ipswich Town (R) 42 7 6 29 36 93 −57 27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
42 22 11 9 72 43 +29 77 12 6 3 36 18 +18 10 5 6 36 25 +11

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHA
Result W D W W W D W W D W W L L D L L D W W D W L W L L W D L L D D W W W W W D W W W W D
Position 6 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Mark Crossley
2 England DF Des Lyttle
3 England DF Stuart Pearce (captain)
4 England DF Colin Cooper
5 England DF Steve Chettle
6 England DF Carl Tiler
7 Wales MF David Phillips
8 Scotland MF Scot Gemmill
9 Norway MF Lars Bohinen
10 England FW Stan Collymore
11 England MF Steve Stone
12 England FW Jason Lee
13 Northern Ireland GK Tommy Wright
No. Position Player
14 England MF Ian Woan
15 England FW Robert Rosario
16 England MF Neil Webb
17 Northern Ireland MF Kingsley Black
18 Norway DF Alf-Inge Håland
19 England MF Bobby Howe
20 England FW Paul McGregor
21 England FW Gary Bull
22 Netherlands FW Bryan Roy
23 England GK Malcolm Rigby
24 England DF Vance Warner
30 England GK Billy Mercer (on loan from Sheffield United)

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
19 England DF Brian Laws (to Grimsby Town)
20 England MF Gary Crosby (to Huddersfield Town)
No. Position Player
30 Australia GK John Filan (on loan to Cambridge United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
England DF Steve Blatherwick
England DF Craig Armstrong
No. Position Player
Republic of Ireland MF John Burns

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
1 August 1994 MF John Burns Belvedere Signed
1 August 1994 GK Malcolm Rigby Notts County £50,000
4 August 1994 FW Bryan Roy Foggia £2,500,000

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
13 July 1994 GK Mark Statham Wigan Athletic Free transfer
13 July 1994 MF Ian Kilford Wigan Athletic Free transfer
2 August 1994 FW Lee Glover Port Vale £200,000
27 September 1994 MF Gary Crosby Huddersfield Town Free transfer
1 December 1994 DF Brian Laws Grimsby Town Free transfer
20 March 1995 MF Lee Marshall Stockport County Free transfer
Transfers in: Decrease £2,550,000
Transfers out: Increase £200,000
Total spending: Decrease £2,350,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering appearances in all competitions[2]
No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 MS Notes
1 GK Wales Mark Crossley 42
2 RB England Des Lyttle 38
5 CB England Steve Chettle 41
4 CB England Colin Cooper 35
3 LB England Stuart Pearce 36
11 RM England Steve Stone 41
7 CM Wales David Phillips 38
9 CM Norway Lars Bohinen 30
14 LM England Ian Woan 35
10 CF England Stan Collymore 37
22 CF Netherlands Bryan Roy 37

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/nottmf.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1995
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