Players who played for Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday

Which footballers have played for both Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday? 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 6 in our list.

Show all 6 players

Player	Country	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield Wednesday
Viv Anderson	England	1974–1984	1991–1993
Trevor Francis	England	1979–1981	1990–1994
Lee Chapman	England	1988–1990	1984–1988
Nigel Clough	England	1984–1993 & 1996–1997	1997 loan
Mark Crossley	England / Wales	1988–2000	2006–2007 loan
Daryl Murphy	Republic of Ireland	2017–2019	2005–2006 loan

Quick facts

6 players in our verified list have played for both Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday.
The most common countries are England (5), Republic of Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Viv Anderson; the most recent is Daryl Murphy.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Nigel Clough.

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