Nottingham Forest fans have responded with mixed views after former favourite Lewis McGugan revealed the heartache of a promising career that fizzled out by the age of 29.
Now, four years on, the 33-year-old has opened up about exactly what went wrong. McGugan was a key player for the Reds, having come up through the youth ranks to break into the first team before going o to enjoy success under Gianfranco Zola at Watford and initially flourished at Sheffield Wednesday. It all ended at Scunthorpe in a game in which once the final whistle had blown he knew it was over.
He told this week’s Garibaldi Red podcast it was a relief to accept the end after a nightmare spell at Wednesday - where he was frozen out for a year - damaged his mental health and changed him as a person, as he tried to explain just what went wrong.
