1994–95 Nottingham Forest F.C. season 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
1995–96 in English football 1-0 at home against Queens Park Rangers. Matt Le Tissier scored a hat-trick for Southampton at The Dell but they lost 4-3 to Nottingham Forest. Newcastle United defeated Coventry City 3-0 at home, with a goal by debutant Les Ferdinand. Bolton Wanderers lost 3-2 to Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. 20 August 1995: Middlesbrough's Nick Barmby scored in his debut, a 1-1 draw against Arsenal at Highbury. 21 August 1995: Leeds United's Ghanaian international striker, Tony Yeboah, scored the first of his Goals of the Month against Liverpool. 24 August 1995: Everton paid a club-record £5 million for Manchester United winger