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‘I had to prove myself to the Nottingham Forest fans after crossing the divide from Derby, but it didn’t take too long – I showed I was there to score goals’: Ex-Forest striker reveals how tough start at City Ground quickly changed

DERBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 22: Robert Earnshaw of Nottingham Forest scores the winning goal during the npower Championship match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest at Pride Park on January 22, 2011 in Derby, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images).

Nottingham Forest and Derby County are notorious rivals, so when Robert Earnshaw decided to directly cross that divide in 2008, he was simply making a rod for him own back at the City Ground. Fortunately, he managed to turn things around quickly.

Having become Derby's record signing when joining them for £3.5m from Norwich in the summer of 2007, Earnshaw arrived at Pride Park hoping to keep the Rams in the Premier League. He managed to score just once in the top flight, though, with a controversial £2.65m transfer to Nottingham Forest going through after just one season.

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