Nottingham Forest

This crucial win - which delayed Fulham's coronation as champions - means Forest's destiny remains in their own hands as chase top-flight football for the ...

Now can they finish the job? An open and end-to-end contest developed. Having said that, it was a Fulham horror show. Samba then clung on to a Wilson daisy-cutter as Forest clung on in the final minutes. Their night was certainly going well. Fulham always seemed to want an extra couple of seconds on the ball, an extra couple of touches and Forest were absolutely determined not to let them have it.

Birmingham City are keen to sign Josh Maja in the summer, one year on from a move to Nottingham Forest going south.

Nottingham Forest failed in their quest to sign Josh Maja during the summer transfer window. Cooper perhaps likes a different sort of striker. Maja stayed with Bordeaux but in January he made a loan move to Stoke City. He’s scored twice for the Potters but hasn’t found the net since scoring in a 2-2 draw against Forest in February.

Nottingham Forest have pushed themselves further into automatic promotion contention after securing a 1-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.Marco.

Silva’s side pushed forward during the first half and went close once again as Fabio Carvalho sent a volleyed effort over the top of the bar, before Mitrovic went close again on the stroke of half time. Forest were good value for their victory as they went toe-to-toe with the Cottagers in a relentless clash in the Championship. Forest, however, have confirmed their spot in the play-offs alongside Huddersfield who are also guaranteed a spot in the end-of-season battle, with Sam Parkin describing their performance as ‘colossal’ on talkSPORT 2.

Nottingham Forests victory at Fulham saw them close on Bournemouth in the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion race; Wigan miss chance to seal League ...

The Robins, who are now just two points adrift of the play-off places with as many games to play, went in at the break 2-0 up, but after Ellis Iandolo was sent off for a second bookable offence, saw Josh March reduce the deficit and were left hanging on to claim a 2-1 victory. However, the Owls frontman was not to be denied and completed his treble with 73rd and 74th-minute strikes to win it, in the process leaving Fleetwood needing to equal Gillingham's result at the weekend to avoid the drop barring a heavy defeat and a sizeable win for Wimbledon. Ihiekwe had headed the visitors into a 17th-minute lead, but then turned the ball into his own net with just two minutes to play at the Stadium of Light. Cyrus Christie added a third on the counter attack just before the hour but Wales striker Kieffer Moore head in his first Bournemouth goal to give the visitors a life-line before Dominic Solanke slotted in from the penalty spot with nine minutes to go. Bournemouth looked to be heading towards a costly defeat at Swansea before recovering with three goals in the final 18 minutes to earn a dramatic point. Fulham missed the chance to wrap up the Sky Bet Championship title as Nottingham Forest boosted their own automatic promotion hopes with a 1-0 win at Craven Cottage.

New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag wants to take a look at James Garner following his Nottingham Forest spell.

Forest would dearly love to get Garner back. United must be delighted with Forest for giving Garner the platform to star on a weekly basis. The England under-21 man is so talented.

Fulham missed the chance to wrap up the Sky Bet Championship title as Nottingham Forest boosted their own automatic promotion hopes with a 1-0 win at Craven ...

Republic of Ireland international Cyrus Christie added a third on the counter attack just before the hour but Wales striker Kieffer Moore head in his first Bournemouth goal to give the visitors a life-line before Dominic Solanke slotted in from the penalty spot with nine minutes to go. Moore then completed the comeback in the closing moments to leave Bournemouth's promotion ambitions in their own hands. However, Philip Zinckernagel's close-range goal after 15 minutes proved the difference as Forest moved to within three points of second place following a third straight win.

Nottingham Forest's Philip Zinckernagel (right) celebrates with Djed Spence (centre) and Brennan Johnson after scoring their side's first goal of the game ...

“At certain moments we didn’t do the basics. The players wanted to get the job done tonight but we didn’t perform at our best level at all. “The goal was strange,” he said.

The Athletic has claimed that Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates had to tell Steve Cooper that he'd made a mistake earlier this season.

He was respectfully informed by the player that he’d made a mistake. Yates covered every single blade of grass and his performance went under the radar when it came to choosing the Man of the Match. His attitude is something that the head coach loves; whilst it’s believed that Yates is the first into meetings and the last to leave the training pitch.

Latest Nottingham Forest news as the defender gives his thoughts following the 1-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

“And that has come in since the manager has arrived, he’s sat us all down, given us that belief to play. That turnaround has seen a philosophy bought to the club, with Worrall opening up on the feeling around the place. Following the win over Fulham, Worrall insisted that their eyes were not on events at the Swansea City Stadium as Bournemouth came from 3-0 down to draw.

Forest had made their worst start to a season for 108 years, now they are in the play-offs. How Steve Cooper has masterminded the turnaround.

“The way that the manager does it here is a perfect example of how to do it. That is it really: stick to the plan. You hear stories of how training used to be before he came in; about how we used to play and how things have changed — in just such a short amount of time,” says Cook. “Neil Warnock used to say that 90 per cent of being a manager is about man-management. “We do not fear anyone,” says defender Lowe. “There is no player I have come up against that has made me think, ‘I need to be on the back foot’. The gaffer wants us to be positive, on the front foot all over the pitch. “You rest at the end, not in the middle,” says Cooper. “I have said that to the players. It is a mindset that has seen them build promotion-winning form under Cooper in the Championship. Worrall has had to work on aspects of the role — including being more of a leader when other players are late for meetings or for training and need reminding of their responsibilities. “He might as well have a rotating door in his office because there are players in and out of there so often,” says Cook. “He is very approachable. It is the fact Cooper just seems to have an intrinsic grasp of this club and what it means to fans. But if it is you on the end of it, it is much less enjoyable. But it is more than just results that have earned the Welshman a place in the hearts of supporters. “You do have to take it in and recognise that not everywhere is like this.

Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive as the Reds pile the pressure on Bournemouth in the race for automatic promotion.

It's two points gained on their immediate rivals for the automatic promotion spot, and belief is definitely growing in Nottingham." "This situation, only the Championship can throw it up, and they go down to Bournemouth on Tuesday night. On Forest's victory over the league leaders, Murray added: "We expected a Fulham onslaught in the second half.

Forest are within sight of the Championship's promotion places; going up would be one of the division's most extraordinary ever turnarounds.

Bournemouth’s strengths are obvious, but Nottingham Forest have already been on an extraordinary journey, to the foot of the Championship and then to the brink of automatic promotion, via a trip to the FA Cup quarter-finals. Cooper’s appointment was an outbreak of common sense at a club that long ago became specialists in the culture of failure. Nottingham Forest, by contrast, will have received around £8-9m per season in the Championship. This is a vast gulf in financial resources, especially after two seasons during which fans weren’t allowed in and clubs were starved of match-day revenues. Bournemouth are three points ahead of Forest and Huddersfield. Huddersfield only have two games remaining, but Bournemouth and Forest have three left, and that third game is against each other on Tuesday May 3. They are away to Blackburn and at home against Millwall in their remaining fixtures, while Forest are at home against Swansea and away to Hull. But crucially, when the two teams play each other, Bournemouth will have home advantage, and they may even go into that match needing just a point to guarantee promotion. Fulham are already promoted but not yet champions, while Bournemouth’s previously comfortable position in second place has been slowly eroded by a succession of dropped points, with Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town in hot pursuit.

Nottingham Forest denied Fulham a title party at Craven Cottage with a 1-0 victory which well and truly keeps alive their hopes of automatic promotion.

It has been our approach up to now and there is no need to change.” They are the form team in the Championship, with eight wins from their last nine games, so the prospect of a return to the Premier League for the first time since 1999 is very real. As a result, Fulham’s wait to secure the Championship title will continue with Silva’s side needing just a point to guarantee top spot, while the race for second place rumbles on with a thrilling finish in store.

Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive as the Reds continue their promotion push with a 1-0 victory at Craven Cottage.

"But listen, they are the things you need to go for you when you are trying to reel in an opponent that is so many points ahead of you. For me, the goalkeeper, if in doubt, take everything with you - your own centre-back, the ball, the forward." The Cherries produced a remarkable comeback from 3-0 down at Swansea City to draw 3-3 but saw the Reds close the gap on them to just three points.

Head Coach Steve Cooper praised the 'heart and soul' of his players after defeating league-leaders Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage on Tuesday evening.

Nottingham Forest beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage to throw themselves into the mix for automatic promotion and Cafu made a rare outing.

The 29-year-old has been a peripheral Forest figure this season. The man signed from Olympiacos hasn’t sulked at his lack of action. Nottingham Forest beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage to throw themselves into the mix for automatic promotion.

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive brings what goalkeeper Brice Samba has said about his side's 1-0 win at Fulham in a big boost for ...

"We attacked the game from the start and forced them into a mistake. Wednesday night's results both in London and South Wales could turn out to be a key point in the 2021-22 campaign. Reds goalkeeper Brice Samba kept his fifth clean sheet in six matches at Craven Cottage and took to social media to react to the game.

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive brings you what the national media reported after the Reds beat Fulham 1-0.

Fulham could not find an equaliser as Forest moved to within three points of second place with a third straight win. Nottingham Forest denied Fulham a title party at Craven Cottage with a 1-0 victory which well and truly keeps alive their hopes of automatic promotion to the Premier League. Nottingham Forest denied Fulham the chance to claim the Championship title with a victory at Craven Cottage that boosts the Reds' hopes of earning automatic promotion to the Premier League.

The 27-year-old signed for Forest back in August on a season-loan loan from the Hornets. Last season he helped the club reach the Premier League via automatic ...

Signing a number 10 typically costs money. Watford are facing a losing battle to keep their Premier League place. Right now, Forest are firmly in the mix to be one of the teams to replace them in the top-flight for 2022/23.

Stumbling towards the title, is it a cause for concern? Slowly but surely, we'll get there. A self-explanatory loss, elaborated by Cam.

He puffed out his chest, opened his stride and virtually cancelled out Aleksandar’s already subdued presence, the 20-year-old doesn’t seem to fully understand what he’s supposed to do as a supporting striker, and it’s as though Marco’s living in blind hope that, one day, a magic switch will be flicked to form a practical connection, but a fruitful partnership just isn’t going to blossom. Losing isn’t the issue here, it was a game that could’ve gone either way before kick-off although Forest rarely mounted persuasive phases of their own and it is so, so Fulhamish that we, a team that had multiple opportunities to restore parity, couldn’t finish the job in our penultimate home meeting. He wanted to tweak the storyline, a fullback’s duties are demanding, fitness and resolve are paramount requirements and the Wales international was a ceaseless participant, right up until he was replaced by Kenny Tete in the 77th minute. In possession, the 21-year-old right-back forayed purposefully, he attracted attention and flaunted a gutsy courage to propel his side into favourable areas out wide and at the back, crucially, he watched his step to stem the Garibaldis’ offensive surge. Keith Stroud’s the dinkiest whopper in existence, but not even he can be blasted because he actually got the vast majority of his decisions correct and for that, I’m not going to explore his adjudication further because it was fine, in my unqualified opinion, anyway. Steve Cooper has transformed Nottingham Forest into the Championship’s in-form outfit, a Slavisa Jokanovic-inspired renaissance that has taken them from the foot of the standings to the penthouse and though our guests delivered our third loss in five outings, we can’t be crestfallen.

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Even though AFC Bournemouth came from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Swansea City, the Reds can still earn automatic promotion to the top flight if they win their remaining three matches. Cooper has had two shots at the Championship play-offs before during his time at Swansea but they missed out on each occasion. Moore came off the bench to score twice as he inspired a comeback against the Swans after the Cherries found themselves 3-0 down.

Well, tough luck, because you're about to hear it again: when Chris Hughton was sacked, Forest were bottom of the Championship with one point from seven games.

Should Forest go up this season, there will be slight echoes of their first promotion to the Premier League, back in 1993-94. Jokanovic’s bottom might have been squeaking a little at the end of November, after a run of four straight defeats left Watford slipping out of the play-off places: not a calamity by any objective standards, but as very recent history proved, managers had been canned for less. This isn’t so much a tale of a club roaring back from a hopeless league position or terrible form to secure promotion, but one doing so while battling against the most chaotic aspects of their own nature. They started the season with Italian Beppe Sannino guiding the ship, which he’d been doing since the previous December, but after four wins from their opening five games, he abruptly resigned, seemingly weary of the constant unrest at the club. They still only snuck into the play-off positions, losing at Coventry on the last day only to be spared an anticlimactic end by West Ham’s late equaliser at Wigan. But such was the conviction instilled by Dowie and Harbin that there was a sense of inevitability about the culmination of their season. His new team battered Millwall at Selhurst Park on Boxing Day in his first game in charge, missing a penalty and hitting the woodwork multiple times, only to succumb 1-0. All of these things are relative, and being in 12th place at the start of March might not be a calamity to every team. There was a dramatic semi-final success over Sunderland on penalties, a shootout secured by Darren Powell’s critical last-minute goal for the visitors’ 10 men. A win over Burnley combined with a defeat for Derby, the only team who could catch them by that point, meant promotion was confirmed. The team took 22 points from Dowie’s first 10 games in charge. They’re three points behind Bournemouth, with a clash between the two looming: should they win their three matches, barring a significant scoring spree by Bournemouth in their other two games, they’ll be back in the top flight for the first time in 23 years. The squad bought into the left-field techniques and the approach served to change mindsets.

Alfie Jones will return to his home city this weekend hoping to end the campaign with a flourish in what's now his adopted home in East Yorkshire.

A lot of people doubted us at the start of the season to get to safety, but we want to push on now. “We want to finish the season strongly,” Jones told Hull Live ahead of the long trip south. "With them pushing at the top, there's going to be a good crowd inside the MKM Stadium and a good atmosphere with bringing a few, so it's made for a great day and we want to finish well and end with three points at home," added the 24-year-old.

Latest Nottingham Forest news from Nottinghamshire Live brings you the latest transfer speculation ahead of what is set to be an interesting summer at the ...

Speaking after collecting the League Two player of the season award, Wilson said: “I think if you told me this time last year that I’d be in this position then I would have laughed at you. To now be holding this award as the best player in League Two - it’s a feeling I can’t explain.” Birmingham City have also been linked with a move for the 22-year-old who would not be a free agent given he is under the age of 24 and would require a compensation fee.

Nottingham Forest have scouted Forest Green Rovers defender Kane Wilson on several occasions in recent weeks, according to Bristol Live.

Forest have some other options to choose from at right-back. The youngster is out of contract at The New Lawn and with that in mind, he looks like the perfect sort of signing that Dane Murphy would be keen to make. Wilson could be an option if the Reds remain in the Championship and his form this season has helped Forest Green reach League One.

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As would the Championship, but with Steve Cooper’s reputation of developing younger players Wilson would be in the best possible hands to make the step up. The Reds may have an outside chance of luring Djed Spence back to the City Ground if they are promoted and League Two to the Premier League would be a huge ask for Wilson. However, despite the fact that Wilson has managed to provide an impressive total of 17 direct goal contributions for Forest Green in League Two this season, he may not be ready to make the step up in level at this stage of his career.

Tobias Figueiredo dropped to the bench and Lewis Grabban was also ruled out after picking up an injury as substitute at London Road, with Xande Silva taking his ...