Players who played for Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest

Which footballers have played for both Birmingham City 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 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Birmingham City	Nottingham Forest
Trevor Francis	England	1970–1979	1979–1981
Peter Withe	England	1975–1976 & 1987	1976–1978
Andy Marriott	England / Wales	2003	1989–1993
Nigel Quashie	England / Scotland	2008–2009 loan	1998–2000
Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	2002–2004	1999–2002
Matthew Upson	England	2003–2007	2000 loan
Robbie Blake	England	2005	2000 loan
Jesse Lingard	England	2013–2014 loan	2022–2023
Jack Robinson	England	2025–2026	2018–2020

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.
The most common countries are England (8), Trinidad and Tobago (1).
The earliest in our list is Trevor Francis; the most recent is Jack Robinson.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Nigel Quashie.

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