Nottingham Forest Greatest All-Time Team

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Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal,
Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Everton, Ipswich
Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, 
Leeds United, Leicester City, West Ham, Blackburn Rovers
Southampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
East Midlands

This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for the club.  The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League.

Founded in 1865, Forest were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and joined the Football League in 1892. Since then they mostly competed in the top two League tiers, excepting five seasons in the third tier. Forest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959. Their most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor between 1975 and 1993, winning the League in 1978, back to back European Cups in the two years thereafter, four League Cups and two Full Members Cups.

1959 FA Cup winner

Team  
GK: Peter Shilton (England)
Peter Shilton is considered one of the greatest keepers ever.  He is England's all-time cap record-holder with 125.  He earned his first cap in 1970 and his last 20 years later in 1990.  He took England to 4th place in the 1990 World Cup.  He played for 11 different clubs in his career, all in England.  He won two straight European Cups in 1979 and 1980 with Nottingham Forrest. He was PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1977–78, an award rarely won by a goalkeeper.

Peter Shilton

GK: Harry Linacre (England)
Linacre started his career with Derby, where he ony played two games in 1899.  He joined Nottingham Forest in 1899. He was chosen to go on the first foreign tour to South America with his Nottingham club in 1905. In the same year as he appeared for England, he toured Uruguay and Argentina. He appeared twice for England that year, first against Scotland and Wales.

GK: Mark Crossley (Wales)
From 1988 until 2011,  he has previously played for numerous clubs in England's top flight, notably for Nottingham Forest, where he became the only goalkeeper to stop a Matthew Le Tissier penalty kick. He has also played for Manchester United, Milwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield. He earned 8 caps playing for Wales between 1997 and 2004.

RB: Viv Anderson (England)
In 1978, Viv Anderson became the first Black player to play for the English senior national team. He would earn 30 caps between 1978 and 1988.  He was on two World Cup team: 1982 and 1986, and two European Championshiop team: 1980 and 1988. He was a part of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forrest team that won back-to-back European Cup in 1979 and 1980.  He also played for Arsenal, Manchester United and and Sheffield Wednesday. 

Viv Anderson

RB: Brian Laws (England)
Aged 17 Laws signed his first professional contract with Burnley. he played for Huddersfield Town in 1983 before joining Middlesbrough. In his three seasons at the club he twice helped the team to promotion, firstly to the 2nd Division and then, just a year later, up to the old First Division.In 1988, he joined Nottingham Forest. He was with Nottingham Forest team for six seasons, playing mainly as right full-back. During this time he won the League Cup twice and was runner up in the League Cup and FA Cup. 

CB/ST: Kenny Burns (Scotland)
Kenny Burns arrived at the Birmingham as a defender in 1971, but was converted to striker and earned the first of his 20 international caps in that role soon afterwards. However, after joining Nottingham in 1977, he was converted back into a central defender. Burns was voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 1977–78, as Forest won the First Division title. He was an influential figure to Forest's victory in the 1979 and 1980 European Cup tournaments.

CB: Des Walker (England)
Walker played 59 times for England.  He started in all of England;'s games at the World Cup Finals in 1990. He was rated as one of the best defender at that Finals.  For club football, he mainly played for Nottingham Forrest and Sheffield Wednesday.  He played one season at Sampdoria in then 1992-1993 season.   He was Forest's player of the year three times. On four straight occasions at Forest he was selected for the PFA Team of the Year.

Des Walker

CB: Bob McKinlay (Scotland)
Born in Scotland, Bob McKinlay was an one club player for Nottingham Forest.  He played for them between 1951 and 1969. He began in the 2nd divsion with the club, but most of his career was spent in the top flight. He is the club's record appearance holder and won the 1959 FA Cup Final with the club against Luton Town.  His uncle Billy McKinlay also played for the same club.

CB: Larry Lloyd  (England)
Larry Lloyd was remembered for his stints with Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. He was a part of Bill Shankly's great side from 1969 to 1974.  He helped Liverpool winning the First Division in 1972-1973, the FA Cup 1973-1974 and the UEFA Cup 1972-1973. He was also a part of Brian Clough's team that won back-to-back European Cup. For England, he played 4 times between 1971 and 1980.

LB: Stuart Pearce (England)
Stuart Pearce was a club legend with Nottingham Forrest.  He was the club's most capped international player with 78 caps between 1987 and 1999.  He played at the World Cup Finals in 1990 and the European championship in 1996 at home, where England had the best two results since the World Cup win in 1966. He also played for Wealdstone, Coventry City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Manchester City.

Stuart Pearce

LB: Frank Clark (England)
Frank Clark started his career at Crook Town in 1961.  He started his professional career at Newcastle United a year later, and played a total of 464 games for them between 1962 and 1975.  He then joined Nottingham Forest, and helped them win promotion in 1977, and he played for them in the 1979 European Cup Final, where they beat Malmö FF.  He also won the league title and the league cup while playing for them.

CM/DM: Roy Keane (Ireland)
Keane was the captain of Manchester United from 1997 to 2005, where he won one Champions' League, 7 Preimer League titles and 4 FA Cups.  He was the PWA Player of the Year in 2000.  He had 67 caps.  He played for Ireland at the 1994 World Cup Finals in the USA, but was sent home 4 years later before the start of the World Cup Finals in 2002. He later played for Celtic in Scotland after leaving Manchester United.

CM: John McGovern (Scotland)
John McGovern played under manager Brian Clough for Derby, Leeds United and finally, Nottingham Forrest. He is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice.  At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League. During his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepools United, Derby County and Nottingham Forest.  At the end of his career, he also played for Bolton Wanderers F.C.

John McGovern

CM: Archie Gemmill (Scotland)
Gems played for a few clubs before Peter Taylor took him to Derby in 1970.  He won two league titles before he followed Brian Clough and Peter Taylor to Nottingham Forest.  He later played for r Birmingham City and Jacksonville Teamen.  Gemmill played 43 times and scored eight goals for Scotland, and captained the team on 22 occasions.  Against Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup Finals, he scored one of the greatest goals in the World Cup Finals.

LM/CM: Steve Hodge (England)
Steve Hodge joined his boyhood club Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1980 and helped the club to reach the semifinal of the UEFA Cup.  He also played for Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspurs and Leeds United. Capped 24 times fro England.  He went to both 1986 and 1990 World Cup Finals. He exchanged shirt with Diego Maradona after the infamous quater-final match vs Argentina in 1986.

CM: Ian Bowyer (England)
Bowyer started his career with Manchester City in 1968.  He participated in the club's Cup Winners' Cup victory. And then, he played for Leyton Orient before joining Nottingham Forest in 1973.  Over there, he was well-decorated with two European Cups, a League Cup and more.  He transferred to sunderland for a season before retuning to Nottingham Forrest.  He spent another 5 seasons over there.

RM/CM: Martin O'Neill (Northern Ireland)
Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the European Cup twice, in 1979 and 1980. He also played for Manchester City, Norwich, Notts County, etc. He was capped 64 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, also captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup.

FW/RWF: Ian Storey-Moore (England)
Storey-Moore was playing junior football in Scunthorpe before he joined Nottingham Forrest in 1961. From 1972 to 1974, he played for Manchester United, but an injury ended his career.  He had brief stint everywhere after 1974. Storey-Moore played once for England against Netherlands in 1970.  He was voted in the Best XI for Nottingham Forest.

LW: John Robertson (Scotland)
John Robertson played for Nottingham Forest when they were at the peak of their success under manager Brian Clough, notably scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory in the 1980 European Cup Final against Hamburger SV. He also played 28 times for Scotland, scoring the winning goal against England in 1981 and against New Zealand in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Derby between two stints with the Forrest.

John Robertson

LW: Stewart Imlach (Scotland)

In 1952, Imlach began his career with Bury.  He wopuld play for Derby before joining Nottingham Forrest in 1955, where he won the 1959 FA Cup.  He would then play for  Luton Town, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Dover , Chelmsford City and Crystal Palace again.  he played 4 times for Scotland, including two of the matches played in the 1958 World Cup Finals.

AM/IF: Johnny Quigley (Scotland) 

Quigley was released by Celtic.  he was almost immediately signed by Nottingham Forest in July 1957. He scored 58 goals in 270 appearances in the 7 seasons he was there.  In 1958 against Manchester City he was the first Forest player to score a First Division post-war hat trick. He would also help Nottingham Forest to win the 1959 FA Cup.  He also played for Huddersfield, Bristol City and Mansfield Town.

FW: Stan Collymore  (England)
Stan Collymore held the English transfer record when he moved from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for £8.5 million in 1995.   He formed a great partnership with Robbie Fowler.  Unfortunately, he never lived up to expectation after his first few seasons.  He left Liverpool in 1997, where he played for Aston Villa, Leicester City, Fulham, Bradford and Real Oviedo. At the international level, he was capped three times at senior level by the England national football team.

Stan Collymore

FW: Grenville Morris (Wales)
Grenville Morris was one of the greatest players of his generation and was known as "The Prince of the Inside-Lefts".  He still holds Nottingham Forest's all-time goal scoring record with 217 in all competitions.  He also played for Aberystwyth Town and Swindon Town before joining Nottingham Forrest in 1898. He won his first full international Welsh cap at the age of 18 in 1896 against England, and went on to play 21 times for his country.

ST: Nigel Clough  (England)
Nigel Clough is most notable for his time as a player at Nottingham Forest, where he played over 400 times in two separate spells, mostly under the managership of his father Brian and scored 131 goals throughout his career making him the second highest scorer in the club's history.  He subsequently had spells with Liverpool, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday.  He was capped 14 times between 1989 and 1993.

ST: Trevor Francis (England)
From 1971 to 1979, Francis played for Birmigham Town.  He was England's first £1 million player when he moved from there to Nottingham Forrest. He was known for winning the European Cup with Nottingham Forest in 1979 and 1980.  His career also took him to Manchester City, Birmingham, Detroit Express, Sampdoria, Atlanta, etc. He played for England 52 times. He went to the 1982 World Cup Finals.

Trevor Francis

Honorable mention
Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands), Steve Sutton (England), Peter Grummitt (England), Charlie Thomson (England), Matz Sels (Belgium), Brian Laws (England), Des Lyttle (England), Tommy Graham (England), Johnny Metgod (Netherlands), Bob Chapman (England), Michael Dawson (England), Steve Chettle (England), Wes Morgan (Jamaica), Joe McDonald (Scotland), Colin Barrett (England), Julian Bennett (England), John Winfield (England), Geoff Thomas (England), Peter Hindley (England), Bill Whare (England), Des Lyttle (England), Matthieu Louis-Jean (France), Chris Bart-Williams (England), Jack Burkitt (England), Jeff Whitefoot (England), Franz Carr (England), Steve Hodge (England), Gary Crosby (England), Barry Lyons (England), David Phillips (Wales), Neil Webb (England), Steve Stone (England), Frank Forman (England), Bryan Roy (Netherlands), Ian Woan (England), Jermaine Jenas (England), Tinsley Lindley England), Billy Gray (England), Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Netherlands), Garry Birtles (England), Tony Woodcock (England), Wally Ardron (England), Robert Earnshaw (Wales), Tommy Wilson (England), Enoch West (England), John O'Hare (Scotland), Teddy Sheringham (England).

Squad Explanation
-- The original team was created in 2016.  I redid it in July 2025.

-- Nottingham Forrest is unlike the other all-time teams I have created. They are much smaller than the other clubs. They also spent many years in the lower divsion, but they are two-time European Cup champions.  Without that achievements, I would not consider making this team.

-- Ten players won one or both of Nottingham Forrest's two European Cup titles. I selected 10 players from those teams.  They were Peter Shilton, John McGovern, Kenny Burns, Brain Law, Viv Anderson, Trevor Francis,  Martin O'Neill, John Robertson, Larry Lloyd and Frank Clark. 

-- Nottingham Forest won the 1959 FA Cup.  Bob McKinlay, Johnny Quigley and Stewart Imlach were honored on this team.

-- The West London Sport created a Nottingham Forest/QPR combined All-Time Best 11.  Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce and John Robertson were selected on that team.  I did not understand why Nottingham Forest was in a combined selection with QPR.

-- The Notting Forest News listed a group of players as legends.  They were Peter Shilton, Stan Collymore, Nigel Clough, Roy Keane, Viv Anderson, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce, John Robertson and Trevor Francis.

--  The book "Official History of Nottingham Forest" has the following players as their Best XI: Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Des Walker, Kenny Burns, Stuart Pearce, Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane, Archie Gemmill, Ian Storey-Moore, Trevor Francis and John Robertson.

-- In 2016, the seasonal ticket-holders voted for the club's "Greatest 11".  The lineup were: Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Des Walker, Kenny Burns, Stuart Pearce, Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane, John McGovern, John Robertson, Stan Collymore and Ian Storey-Moore. 

-- John McGovern played under manager Brian Clough for Derby County, Leeds United, and finally, Nottingham Forest. John O’Hare also represented all three clubs during his career. Archie Gemmill likewise played for Clough at Derby County, though he never featured for Leeds United. Additionally, Colin Todd joined Nottingham Forest in 1982.

-- Nottingham Forrest reached the semifinal of the 1984 UEFA Cup. It was the best result since the two European Cup victories in the late 1970's.The club's best result in Europe without Peter Taylor by Brian Clough's side.

-- From 1988 to 1990, Nottingham Forrest won back-to-back League Cup.  Nigel Clough, Steve Hodge, Stuart Pearce and Des Walker were selected from that team.

-- In 1995, Nottingham Forest finished third in the Premiership.  Their manager was Frank Clark who also made my all-time team as a leftback. It is their best season in recent years.  Stuart Pearce was their captain.  Liked Clark, he was a leftback.  Stan Collymore and Mark Crossley also made my all-time team.

Goalkeepers

-- Peter Shilton is known to be England's greatest goalkeeper. His time with Nottingham Forrest was his most decorared career.  He did not win anything important outside the Reds.  Over here, he won 6 titles, including two European Cups.  After Shilton, it was difficult to pick the backups.  I went with Harry Linarce and Mark Crossley.

-- Harry Linacre spent 10 seasons with the club and played over 300 games for the club.  He earned 2 English caps while playing here.  

-- Mark Crossley was a homegrown talent who spent 12 years playing

303 games for the club. Almost half of them were under Brian Clough.  He famously saved Gary Lineker' penalty in the 1991 FA Cup final—becoming one of the first keepers to stop a spot-kick in an FA Cup final at Wembley.  He was the one goalkeeper who saved a penalty from Matt Le Tissier. 

Mark Crossley

-- After Peter Shilton's departure in 1982, Hans van Breukelen arrived at Nottingham Forest and quickly proved his worth.  However, his time at the club was brief—just two seasons, one of which was marred by injury."  Steve Sutton was an understudy to Shilton, and waited until the departure of van Breukelen to become the club's number one.  He won two League Cups, making him a club hero.  Peter Grummitt played for Brian Clough when both of them were with Brighton.  He was considered to one of the greatest over there. Charlie Thomson won the FA Cup for the Reds in 1959, but he only made honorable mentions.  During the 2024–25 season, Matz Sels became the first Nottingham Forest goalkeeper to win the Premier League Golden Glove, finishing as co-winner with Arsenal's David Raya after both keepers recorded 13 clean sheets.  They were some of the best goalkeepers ever top have played for the Reds.

Defenders

-- Des Walker earned four successive selections for the PFA Team of the Year. He is consistently regarded as one of Nottingham Forest's greatest players. During his career over here, Walker won several trophies, including the Football League Cup in 1988–89 and 1989–90, the Full Members Cup in 1988–89 and 1991–92, and the Football League Centenary Tournament in 1988.

-- Then, I easily took Larry Lloyd and Kenny Burns.  Under Brian Clough, they formed a formidable partnership along with goalkeeper Peter Shilton helped the Reds to win back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980.  Meanwhile, Bob McKinlay, Forest’s all-time appearance record holder with 684 games, was a model of professionalism, rarely receiving cautions throughout his long career. He cemented his legendary status as the hero of the 1959 FA Cup final, where Forest triumphed despite finishing the match with just nine men—securing the club’s second FA Cup victory in history.

Bob McKinlay

-- Steve Chettle played 527 times for Forest in all competitions, scoring 11 goals between 1986 and 1999.  He was third in appearance record. He was a central defender, but also operated on both sides of fullback.  He was probably the best player not selected for this team.  I believed he should be taken ahead of Lloyd.

-- The other great central defenders for the club were Michael Dawson, Wes Morgan, Colin Cooper and John Metgod.  Dawson who played alongside Des Walker was better known for his career with Tottenham Hotspurs.  Morgan would win a Premiership title with Leicester.   Cooper earned two England caps in 1995 while playing for Nottingham Forest.

-- Viv Anderson is known as the first Black player to earn a senior cap with England.  Again, he was often listed as one of the club's greatest defenders.  After him, it was difficult to select the backup rightback.  Bill Whare spent his entire career over here, and was a part of the 1959 FA Cup team.  Des Lyttle, Matthieu Louis-Jean and Peter Hindley were also considered.  But it had to be Brian Laws.  He won the League Cup twice and was runner up in the League Cup and FA Cup.  He was a fan favorite according a source.

-- Stuart Pearce earned a remarkable five consecutive selections for the PFA Team of the Year, cementing his status as one of the Red’s greatest players. During his illustrious career at Nottingham Forest, he lifted two League Cups and the Full Members Cup, while also leaving an indelible mark on the 1991 FA Cup final—despite Forest’s defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, his stunning free-kick goal remains one of the competition’s most iconic moments.  For the second defender, I took Frank Clark who played in the 1979 European Cup Final.

-- Geoff Thomas was hard to find information.  He was honored by Nottingham Forest as one of their greatest leftbacks.  I found nothing on him from google search.  All information pointed to the younger Geoff Thomas (Crystal Palace, England) who dominated search results.  The younger one was born in 1964, and played two injury-rippled seasons in Notthingham Forest who starred for Crystal Palace.  My "AI" search told me the older one was named Geoff Charles Thomas.  He spent most of his career in the Second Division for much of his career.  he did not play in the 1959 FA Cup, but served as team captain during the mid-1950s, praised for his leadership in a transitional period.  Meanwhile, Joe McDonald (Scotland) was a member of the 1959 FA Cup winning team.  Nottingham Forest also nominated Julian Bennett as of their greatest leftbacks. And there was John Winfield.

Midfielders/Wingers

-- John McGovern was the no non-sense captain of two European Cup Finals.  He was Brain Clough's most important player during that era. 

-- Archie Gemmill played for Derby and Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor.  He won many trophies for them.  So, I did not doubt his importance to the two managers.  However, in Nottingham Forest, he only played two seasons.  He was dropped for the 1979 European Cup Final. Initially, I overlooked Archie Gemmill in favor of Neil Webb. While Webb excelled as a complete midfielder—offering both offensive creativity and defensive stability—I ultimately chose Gemmill due to his iconic status as one of Brian Clough's most influential players. The nostalgic connection to Forest's golden era under Clough tipped the scales in his favor. I might have be influenced by the goal he scored in the 1978 World Cup Finals against tye Netherlands.  It remained one of the greatest goals in World Cup history.  

John McGovern and Archie Gemmill

-- Steve Hodge had two spells with the club, and contributed to two League cup victories.  He was also born in Nottingham.  While others may have done more here, Hodge's significance ran deeper because of his roots.  

-- Ian Bowyer was second in appearance record. He was a big part of Brian Clough's all conquering team in the late 1970's.  How could not take him?

-- Roy Keane's transfer out of Nottingham Forest was a British record at the time.  He was not a home grown, but he started playing for the club's under-21 team.  I do consider him a product of the club. It did not really matter.  In 2016, he was voted by fans on the Greatest 11.  He was named on the PFA Team of the Year during the 1992–93 season.  He was not as decorated as some of the players I dropped for the team.  For example, Jack Burkitt fought his way from the Third Division and then, won the 1959 FA Cup.

-- Chris Bart-Williams was the team's top-scorer in 2000-2001 season, despite playing as a defensive midfielder.  He later switched to the sweeper position.  He could not get into the team as a defender because Nottingham Forrest had many more famous players playing in those positions.

-- AM Johnny Quigley (Scotland) helped the Reds to win the 1959 FA Cup.  This team needed an attack midfielder.

-- Martin O'Neil mainly played on the side, but he was two-way box-to-box midfielder.  I put him as one of the side midfielders.  Jeffrey Whitefoot also played on the right, but I preferred someone with more offensive capacity. Ian Storey Moore scored 117 goals in 275 appearances between 1963 to 1972.  He made the All-Time Best XI for both the "Official History of Nottingham Forest" book and the official 150th Anniversary tean.  Franz Carr, Gary Crosby, Barry Lyons and David Phillips were the other wide right players I considered. In 2016, I actually selected Steve Stone.  He was best remembered playing in Euro 1996 for England.  

Ian Storey Moore

-- John Robertson is a true icon of Nottingham Forest. He was instrumental in the Reds’ back-to-back European Cup triumphs, etching his name into the club’s storied history.  Stewart Imlach, honored here as part of Forest’s 1959 FA Cup-winning team, holds a special place in the hearts of supporters. Not only was he the first Forest player ever selected to represent Scotland, but he also played in the 1958 World Cup Finals. While Andy Reid made his mark primarily in the lower divisions with Forest, his contributions remain part of the club’s fabric.  I also took a closer look at Ian Woan. Reid and Woan only made honorable mentions.

-- Jermaine Jenas came from Nottingham Forest's academy. but he  was more famous playing for Tottenham Hotspurs.

Forwards

-- Grenville Morris still holds Nottingham Forest's all-time goal scoring record with 217 in all competitions.  He joined Nottingham Forrest in 1898 after the club won the FA Cup.  The 1898 FA Cup team remained

-- When Brian Clough signed Francis from Birmingham City in February 1979, he became Britain’s first £1 million player—a landmark moment in football history.  Just months later, Francis etched his name into Nottingham Forest folklore by scoring the decisive goal in the 1979 European Cup Final against Malmö FF.

-- Nigel Clough was Nottingham Forrest's second all-time leading scorer.  He was on the team, not because of his name. He just happened to be Brian Clough's son. There was, however, something undeniably special about seeing father and son unite in Forest’s glory days—a unique footballing dynasty. When he was transferred to Liverpool, he was one of Liverpool's most expensive ever signing.

Nigel Clough

-- In Nottingham Forest, Stan Collymore was one of the best players in England.  He helped the club to secure promotion to the top flight, remains one of the highlights of his career.  His career disappeared after his departure from here, but that should not count against him. 

-- Tony Woodcock was homegrown.  He broke into the Forest first team in 1976–77, helping the team to promotion to the First Division. He was the PFA Young Player of the Year: 1977–78.  Garry Birtles won Nottingham Forest Player of the Year award in the 1978-1979 season.  It was one of the club's greatest season.

-- I found a player named Tinsley Lindley.  He scored 14 goals for England in 13 internationals. Lindley was given an O.B.E. in January 1918 for his work during World War One and in 1935 he was also awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.  He played his entire career with this club.  I put him on honorable mention.

-- Wally Ardron still holds the record for scoring most Forest league goals in one season (36 goals in 1950–51).   he might be a better candidate than Collymore, but the younger generation voted Collymore into the their All-Time team.

-- Teddy Sheringham only spent a season here.

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