Champions League or not, this season shows Nottingham Forest have become the Premier League’s finest recruiters The amazement that Nottingham Forest are 90 minutes from Champions League qualification is wearing off. The reality is a victory over Chelsea and another top-five rival dropping points would leave them facing the continent’s elite for the first time in more than 40 years. Nuno Espírito Santo deserves a lot of credit for moulding the squad into his vision of a hard-working defensive unit that is lethal on the counterattack. When he arrived, everything was far from perfect but he used what was available to create a formidable front four. One of those players, the left-winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, had arrived from Sunday’s opponents after his Stamford Bridge career stalled. Continue reading...

Sky Sports pundit denied accreditation for Chelsea game Neville was critical of Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis The Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has been refused entry to the City Ground by Nottingham Forest for their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday against Chelsea. Neville was scheduled to be part of Sky’s commentary team as both sides bid to secure Champions League football next season, but Forest have declined to grant him media accreditation. The east Midlands club declined to comment when approached. Former Manchester United defender Neville said on Instagram: “I was contacted by Sky Sports earlier on in the week and told that I would be commentating at the City Ground on Sunday for the Nottingham Forest v Chelsea match. I was informed yesterday by Sky Sports that Nottingham Forest would not give me an accreditation or access to the stadium as a co-commentator. I’ve had no choice but to withdraw from the coverage. Continue reading...

Nottingham Forest ban Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville from covering their final Premier League game of the season against Chelsea on Sunday.

Champions League places are up for grabs as Nottingham Forest host Chelsea in a winner-takes-all clash Sunday 4pm Venue Vitality Stadium Continue reading...

Winger enters Europa League final as his club’s top scorer this season after showing application alongside ability “It’s easy when things aren’t going well to come up with excuses,” Brennan Johnson says and, with things not going well for him at Tottenham, there was plenty of stuff that he could have hidden behind. The weight of the £47.5m fee which took him from Nottingham Forest in September 2023; Spurs have paid more for only three players in their history. The sky-high expectations of being at one of London’s glamour clubs. Apart from a loan to League One Lincoln in 2020-21, Johnson had known life only in Nottingham and at Forest, whose academy he joined at the age of eight. And then there was the social media abuse; kryptonite for confidence. Continue reading...

Premier League updates from the 2.15pm BST kick-offLive scores | Table | Top scorers | And email Dominic It’s crazy to think that 20 points separated these two teams at the end of last season, with West Ham finishing in ninth on 52 points and Forest way down in 17th on just 32 points. This season has seen a near-perfect reversal of those positions, with Forest currently on 62 points and West Ham on 40. Continue reading...

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo says the club are "concerned but positive" about striker Taiwo Awoniyi, who was put in an induced coma after undergoing surgery on an abdominal injury.

Team fighting for top five and Conference League trophyMaresca: ‘Show desire to bring club where it has to be’ Enzo Maresca has urged Chelsea’s players to take responsibility in the season’s closing weeks, with the club fighting for a top-five finish in the Premier League and preparing for the Conference League final. Fifth-placed Chelsea meet Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Friday night in their penultimate league fixture before a trip to Nottingham Forest, another side battling for Champions League qualification, on Sunday week. Continue reading...

Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi is no longer in an induced coma after undergoing surgery to repair a serious abdominal injury.

Assistant referees need more scope to use their common sense as opposed to simply relying on VAR It was an accident waiting to happen. Anyone with an ounce of common sense could see the potential for the International Football Association Board’s offside protocols in the era of VAR to cause serious injury. Needless collisions are inexcusable. It should not have been allowed to reach the point where we are wondering whether Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi being placed in an induced coma will act as a red flag for the authorities. Injuries happen. What is not acceptable is the safety of players being compromised as a result of technology warping the game and officials being instructed not to flag for offside if a goalscoring opportunity is on the cards. Continue reading...

The injury suffered by Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has raised questions about the application of the offside law.

Forest striker underwent urgent surgery this weekClub anticipate Awoniyi will make a full recovery Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi is expected to be brought out of an induced coma on Wednesday after urgent surgery on a serious abdominal injury sustained in Sunday’s match against Leicester. The Nigeria striker was injured after colliding with a post during the 2-2 draw at the City Ground, after which the Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, stormed on to the pitch. Continue reading...

Player’s condition is not thought to be life-threateningForward underwent abdominal surgery on Monday Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been placed in an induced coma to aid his recovery from urgent abdominal surgery. The Nigeria international underwent the procedure on Monday night, having suffered a serious injury during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester. There is no suggestion that the 27-year-old’s condition is life threatening and it is understood the coma will help restrict his movement and regulate his heart rate. Continue reading...

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma after undergoing the first phase of surgery on a serious abdominal injury.