Nottingham Forest have not seen a manager leave for another job since David Platt landed the England Under-21s role in 2001.
Since then 17 men have been sacked or quit with Billy Davies getting the chop twice. Now the Reds appear to have landed the right man for the longer term in Steve Cooper as they aim for the Premier League, potentially ending their 23-year exile in the next few weeks.
As it stands, Cooper's most likely City Ground exit would only be for a top flight club. Reds legend Frank Clark knows all to well what it is like to be in the Forest dugout having managed the team, while he has also spent a period as chairman before Fawaz Al Hasawi bought the club. He says Forest will already be preparing for every eventuality on the managerial front, but more pressingly, they will be forming their list of potential summer signings.
