Greatest Nottingham Forest Players Ever | Top 10 Legends
6. Des Walker
Walker was not just one of the best defenders ever to have pulled on a Forest shirt, but also one of the best of his generation. He possessed the kind of natural ability that few have been blessed with since.
Des Walker was a constant rock at the back for Forest from the late 1970s. He played in seven finals at Wembley for the club and won five of them. Over two spells with the club he made 408 appearances. He is one of the greatest Nottingham Forest players ever.
5. Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton joined Nottingham Forest in 1977 for a record fee of £325,000. Manager Brian Clough disregarded criticism of the fee by saying, “Shilton wins you matches.”
That proved to be true as with Shilton between the sticks, Forest won the 1977-78 Division One title. He also won the PFA Players’ Player of the Year in the process. He then famously win two successive European Cups in 1979 and 1980 as well as the 1979 European Super Cup.
Shilton made 272 appearances for the club over five years, winning six trophies.
4. Grenville Morris
Nicknamed ‘The Prince of the Inside Lefts’, Morris gave defences nightmares with his ability of scoring goals. He only failed to hit double figures just three times in 15 seasons.
After just 30 games for Swindon, he was signed by Forest in 1898. He went on to become their leading all-time top goalscorer with 217 goals in just 460 appearances for the club.
Unfortunately, he only won one trophy with Forest – the Second Division title in 1906/07. That helped the Reds to return to the First Division at the first attempt.