1995–96 in English football a club-record £4.5 million for striker Chris Armstrong from relegated Crystal Palace. 1 July 1995: Nottingham Forest paid a club-record £2.5 million for Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Chris Bart-Williams, the day they sold striker Stan Collymore to Liverpool for a national-record £8.5 million. Collymore was replaced by Kevin Campbell, a £2.8-million signing from Arsenal. 3 July 1995: Alan Ball was appointed the new manager of Manchester City. 5 July 1995: Aston Villa acquired Leicester City midfielder Mark Draper for £3.25 million. 6 July 1995: Newcastle United signed French winger David Ginola from Paris St Germain for £2.5 million and striker Les
1992–93 FA Premier League British record fee variously reported as £3.3 million, £3.4 million, or £3.6 million. Several other players moved for fees of £2 million or more, including Arsenal's David Rocastle, who joined Leeds United, Dean Saunders, who moved from Liverpool to Aston Villa, and Teddy Sheringham, who left Nottingham Forest for Tottenham Hotspur. The structure of the new league was identical to that of the previous season's Football League First Division, comprising 22 teams, with each playing the other 21 twice for a total of 42 matches. Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough had been promoted from the old Second Division as champions and