Oh the good old days.
Back when he was just a very very good footballer, rather than just a controversial pundit for hire.
I’m talking of course about Stan Collymore.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the day that we signed him from Southend United in a deal that reached as much as £4.6m when all was said and done. Collymore would go on to have a great career with us at the City Ground, scoring 50 goals in 78 appearances including some absolute crackers along the way, before moving to Liverpool in a then English transfer record of £8.5m.
So to celebrate, the club’s social media page decided to dedicate plenty of time to his life and times in the Garibaldi, with Collymore himself offering up a few words along the way, and it gave fans a great opportunity to reminisce about the time he spent with us, even if it was only a brief spell.
Absolute 🐐
— London Trickies (@LondonTrickies) June 23, 2020
Never been fully replaced 🙌
— Forever Forest (@TFFpodcast) June 23, 2020
Real Rolls Royce of a player, reminded me at times of the liquid Terminator in T2… just seemed to glide along the grass and his speed was almost effortless.
— Ken Blackburn (@blackburn_ken) June 23, 2020
Unstoppable on his day 👌🏼⚽️
— Mattyboy24 (@mattyboy2404) June 23, 2020
Definitely part of my Forest dream team! #NFFC
— Keith Mass🌹 (@Keith_M_UK) June 24, 2020
Spot on, best I’ve ever seen in a Forest shirt, unplayable on his day.
— RC (@anglingking) June 23, 2020
What about you? What do you remember about Collymore’s time with us?