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
1993–94 Liverpool F.C. season from 8 January; original tie abandoned due to floodlight failure After Paul Stewart's first season at Anfield had been plagued by injury and loss of form, manager Graeme Souness paid £2.275 million for Nottingham Forest striker Nigel Clough as strike-partner to Ian Rush in hope of getting Liverpool challenging for the title again. He also boosted the centre of defence with a £2.5 million move for Tottenham Hotspur's Neil Ruddock. Clough made an excellent start to his Liverpool career, scoring two goals on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday in a 2-0 home win on the opening day of the Premier