It wasn’t pretty. Far from it. But one moment of quality was all Nottingham Forest needed. Sam Surridge doesn’t need asking twice.
And now the Reds have one foot in the final shake-up. Absolutely remarkable. To go from where they were to where they are is staggering.
When Steve Cooper took charge in September, the remit was to drag the club clear of relegation trouble; to avoid this season being one of catastrophe after Forest’s worst start to a campaign in more than a century. Seven months on, they are on the verge of guaranteeing a top-six finish.
