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When Nottingham Forest were promoted to the Premiership in 1994, Dutch international Bryan Roy arrived at the City Ground and immediately forged an impressive partnership with Stan Collymore, one which helped the club defy the odds and end the season in third.

Nearly three decades on, and with Forest preparing for a renewed assault on the Premier League, got the two friends together for a look back and ahead.

Bryan is the only player I played with whereby a manager called me and asked my opinion. I remember as clear as day Frank Clark ringing up and saying, ‘You’re not going to believe this, there’s a chance we can get Bryan Roy…’ It was at a time when Italian football was what Premier League football is now — King of the Castle — with all the great players going there instead of England and Spain. And I obviously knew that, before Foggia, Bryan had played for Ajax and won the UEFA Cup. So I was incredibly excited. For any newly-promoted club, if you can get in one player who excites the supporters and players you have a chance, and Bryan did that.

I didn’t know Frank had done that, but I’m happy he did because me and