History of Nottingham Forest F.C. Stan Collymore, Stuart Pearce and the Dutch international Bryan Roy were among the most feared players in the Premiership. But Collymore was sold to Liverpool in June 1995 for a then English record fee of £8.4 million, and his £2 million Italian successor Andrea Silenzi was considered to be a disappointing signing. With Collymore gone, Forest's goals dried up in the Premiership during 1995–96 and they finished ninth - although they did reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, making them the only English team to reach the last eight of any European competition that season. Clark added Welsh striker
History of Nottingham Forest F.C. League. The final game of that season was away at Ipswich. Forest lost 2–1 with ironically his son, Nigel, scoring the last goal of Clough's era. Relegation was followed by Keane's £3.75 million British record fee transfer to Manchester United. Since Brian Clough's departure, Nottingham Forest made numerous managerial changes and spent just four further seasons in the Premier League, and none since 1999. Nor have Forest won any major trophies since Clough left. Clough died in September 2004 after a long battle with stomach cancer. Clough's managerial record Played: 908, Won: 418, Drawn: 256, Lost: 234 Frank Clark, who