{"id":552148,"date":"2020-05-22T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=552148"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:48:36","slug":"quiz-nottingham-forest-top-scorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/22\/quiz-nottingham-forest-top-scorers\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz: Who Have Been Top Scorers for Nottingham Forest in the Last 20 Years?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been just over 20 years since <a href=\"\/tag\/Nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> were in the top-flight. This season Sabri Lamouchi&#8217;s side have been a clear promotion contender but who have been the most prolific in front of goal since Forest were in the First Division. Test your Nottingham Forest knowledge with our quiz.<\/p>\n<h2>Quiz: Who Have Been Top Scorers for Nottingham Forest in the Last 20 Years?<\/h2>\n<h3>Prolific Goal Scorers<\/h3>\n<p>The Reds were going through their 12th consecutive season at <a href=\"\/tag\/championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> level before football was paused due to <a href=\"\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_self\">coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forest&#8217;s final positions have varied hugely throughout those campaigns with a 3rd place finish in 2009-10 their highest.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest almost returned to <a href=\"\/tag\/league-one\/\" target=\"_self\">League One<\/a> at the end of the 2016-17 season; they beat <a href=\"\/tag\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Ipswich Town<\/a> on the final day to stay up at the expense of <a href=\"\/tag\/blackburn-rovers\/\" target=\"_self\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The club has struggled to hold any financial might with various owners and managers causing trouble off-the-pitch.<\/p>\n<p>But with Sabri Lamouchi at the helm and Evangelos Marinakis as the owner, Forest seem to have gained some stability.<\/p>\n<p>The 155-year-old club came closest to promotion this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lamouchi&#8217;s side were fifth, 10 points behind second-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a>, when football was suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds could still be promoted should matches be played behind closed doors; if the season is concluded and the final positions used to determine promotion, then Forest fans should remain hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three sides alongside Forest in the play-off positions, Forest have won three of four of the fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Forest are yet to play <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/fulham\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fulham<\/a> at the City Ground or <a href=\"\/tag\/preston-north-end\/\" target=\"_self\">Preston<\/a> at Deepdale.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds beat Fulham at Craven Cottage, and were held to a draw by the Lilywhites in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/brentford\/\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a>, who Forest could play in the play-off semi-finals, are winless against the Reds this season, losing both by a 1-0 scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>Quiz your knowledge of Nottingham Forest top goalscorers over the past twenty years below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"apester-media\" data-media-id=\"5ec825a4dd1976e992c61887\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/static.apester.com\/js\/sdk\/latest\/apester-sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1BNL8l8KS5hqPUChMW8gxA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1205553735\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1BNL8l8KS5hqPUChMW8gxA',sig:'atyfuM9-vlQzmZbZAvPGz4pCU1TEj9RMgUEBmh_BZUU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1205553735',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been just over 20 years since Nottingham Forest were in the top-flight. 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