Nottingham Forest F.C. and also signed Stan Collymore, Lars Bohinen and Colin Cooper. Clark brought immediate return to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season. Forest finished third in 1994–95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. Collymore then transferred in the 1995-96 close season to Liverpool for a national record fee of £8.5million. Forest reached the 1995-96 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, the furthest an English team reached in UEFA competition that season. They finished ninth in the league. The 1996–97 season quickly became
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