Defender Steve Cook joked about thanking referee Jon Moss as Nottingham Forest celebrated promotion to the Premier League.
Reds fans turned out in their thousands in the city’s Old Market Square for a special event to mark the club’s return to the top-flight. Head coach Steve Cooper, his staff and the players were given a heroes’ reception by a huge crowd as they appeared on the Council House balcony.
Forest had triumphed 1-0 over Huddersfield Town at Wembley on Sunday, but survived two penalty scares on a tense afternoon. VAR was called into action when Jack Colback stuck out a leg in the direction of Harry Toffolo. The Terriers man had been booked for diving, and the video check agreed no foul had taken place. Huddersfield also argued they should have had a spot-kick late on, when substitute Max Lowe went in on Lewis O’Brien.
