Founded 1865

Stern John

30/10/1976

NAT: Trinidad and Tobago

POS: Striker

Previous Clubs: Columbus Crew

Joined Forest: 22/11/99

Signing fee: £1.500.000 from Columbus Crew

Left Forest: 08/02/2002 free to Birmingham City

This exciting striker scored within six minutes of his debut against Portsmouth

John was settling in nicely at Forest when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in January 2000 but he recovered quickly

Stern was highly skilful with the ball at his feet and he had a good eye for goal

FL: 49 + 23, 18gls, FLC: 3, 2gls, FAC: 4 + 1