Players who played for Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest

Which footballers have played for both Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 10 in our list.

Show all 10 players

Player	Country	Aston Villa	Nottingham Forest
Peter Withe	England	1980–1985	1976–1978
David Platt	England	1988–1991	1999–2000
Dean Saunders	Wales	1992–1995	1996–1997
Stan Collymore	England	1997–2000	1993–1995
Marlon Harewood	England	2007–2010	1996–2003 & 2011–2012
Colin Calderwood	Scotland	1999–2000	2000–2001
John Terry	England	–	2000 loan
Alan Hutton	Scotland	2011–2019	2012–2013 loan
Ross McCormack	Scotland	2016–2019	2017 loan
Lewis Grabban	England	2018 loan	2018–2022

Quick facts

10 players in our verified list have played for both Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (3), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Peter Withe; the most recent is Lewis Grabban.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including John Terry.

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