1995–96 Nottingham Forest F.C. season 1995–96 Nottingham Forest F.C. season During the 1995–96 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the FA Premier League. Nottingham Forest were expected to struggle following the sale of star striker Stan Collymore to Liverpool, but they performed reasonably well throughout the season and there was never any question of them being relegated. They were unbeaten from 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
1995–96 in English football of relegation. Millwall led for promotion to the Premier League, three points ahead of Leicester City at the top of Division One. 4 November 1995: Manchester United lost 1-0 at Arsenal, and Newcastle extended their lead with a 2-1 home win over Liverpool. 8 November 1995: Chelsea signed Dan Petrescu from Sheffield Wednesday for a club-record £2.3million. 10 November 1995: The FA withdrew its £118.5-million television deal with Football League clubs after they failed to meet a deadline. 11 November 1995: In the FA Cup's first round, Shrewsbury Town defeated Northern Premier League side Marine by a club-record 11-2 and