Players who played for Derby County and Nottingham Forest

Which footballers have played for both Derby County 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	Derby County	Nottingham Forest
Alan Hinton	England	1967–1975	1964–1967
Peter Shilton	England	1987–1992	1977–1982
Dean Saunders	Wales	1988–1991	1996–1997
Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	2005 loan	1999–2002
Danny Higginbotham	England / Gibraltar	2000–2003	2012 loan
Kris Commons	England / Scotland	2008–2011	2004–2008
Jamie Ward	England / Northern Ireland	2011–2015	2015–2019
Tom Ince	England	2015 & 2015–2017	2014 loan
Jesse Lingard	England	2015 loan	2022–2023

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Derby County and Nottingham Forest.
The most common countries are England (7), Wales (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1).
The earliest in our list is Alan Hinton; the most recent is Jesse Lingard.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Stern John.

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