Founded 1865

Peter Davenport

NAT:

POS: Striker

Previous Clubs:

Joined Forest:1981

Signing fee:

Left Forest: 1986 to Man United £600.000

Davenport found it hard in Nottingham to be away from his family in Birkenhead, Clough told him to 'meet and marry a nice Nottingham girl and settle down with her here.'

Davenport was sold to Man United after Cloughie had been informed that Customs and Excise were about to close Forest down due to an unpaid VAT bill for £35.000 which Clough immediately wrote a personal cheque for, selling Davenport a week later.

Now in football management with conference side Southport