Frank Clark (footballer) December. Clark made some shrewd signings as Forest manager, including Stan Collymore and Lars Bohinen. Collymore was sold to Liverpool in 1995 for a then British transfer fee record of £8.5M. Clark took over from Nigel Doughty as chairman of Nottingham Forest football club on 12 October 2011. Forest were managerless at the time, following the resignation of Steve McClaren. Clark was sacked from his role as club ambassador on 17 January 2013. Crook Town Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Individual Frank Clark (footballer) Frank Clark (born 9 September 1943) is an English former footballer and manager, and former
History of Nottingham Forest F.C. on strike), because his strike partner was sold. Van Hooijdonk later returned to the club but it was too late to save Bassett, who was sacked in January 1999 after a terrible start to the Premiership campaign and elimination from the FA Cup at the hands of Division One side Portsmouth. Bassett's managerial record Played: 77, Won: 33, Drawn: 20, Lost: 24 Ron Atkinson made his last managerial appearance in football as Nottingham Forest's interim manager, taking charge in January 1999. Brought in with the alleged promise of a million pound bonus if he kept Forest up, 'Big Ron' did