‘A vastly underrated centre-back who didn’t get near an England squad – he was uncompromising, read the game incredibly well and was a tidy footballer’ Stan Collymore on the best Nottingham Forest players he played alongside

Stan Collymore Forest.

During his 12-year career which took in stops at Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Aston Villa among other places, Stan Collymore played with some of his generation’s best football players.

The forward won three England caps during his career which was often marred in controversy, but perhaps his best football came at the City Ground, where he netted 41 goals in 65 Premier League appearances and earned him an English transfer record £8.5million move to Liverpool in 1995.