Steve Cooper has issued a stirring speech to Nottingham Forest supporters following the club's promotion to the Premier League, saying the connection he feels with the fans is the most powerful he has felt in his life.
Cooper architected a miraculous rise from Championship relegation candidates after eight games to play-off winners in one of the most astonishing comebacks the second tier has ever witnessed.
The Pontypridd-born manager, whose fleeting playing career spanned from the Rhondda Leagues to Wrexham, TNS, Rhyl, Bangor City and Porthmadog, has seen his already-high stock shoot through the roof this season and he deserves all the plaudits he is receiving after his work at Forest over the last few months.
