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Leicester City F.C.–Nottingham Forest F.C. rivalry

The fixture between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City is a football rivalry played between the two East Midlands clubs, often referred to as an East Midlands derby. There have been a total of 111 meetings dating back to 1901 as of 11 May 2025.

Notable games
One match that remains Leicester City's worst defeat and Nottingham Forest's record league win is the 12–0 result at the City Ground on 21 April 1909, when Leicester was known as Leicester Fosse. The performance by Fosse players was so appalling that The Football League ordered an inquiry, although no further action was taken after it turned out several of the already relegated Leicester side were hungover from a player's wedding the night before. On 18 September 2007, Nottingham Forest was given a 'free goal' by Leicester City in a League Cup match at the City Ground. It was a rescheduled match after their original meeting on 28 August, which Forest were leading 1–0, was abandoned due to Leicester player Clive Clarke collapsing in the dressing room at half-time. Leicester nonetheless won the match 3–2. On 3 October 2022, Leicester and Forest met for the first time in the top flight of English football for 23 years, with the sides 20th and 19th respectively. Leicester won the game 4–0, but Forest won the return match 2–0 on 15 January 2023. == Honours, head to head, and statistics ==
Honours, head to head, and statistics
Honours Head-to-head The table below demonstrates the competitive match results between the two sides. ==Crossing the divide==
Crossing the divide
Players established himself as one of the top goalkeepers in the country at Leicester City before enjoying European success with Nottingham Forest. played for Forest, managed Leicester, and later managed Forest. The list below shows transfer dates and fees, where known. Leicester City then Nottingham ForestAndy Impey – May 2004, free transfer • Yohan Benalouane – January 2019, undisclosed fee • Ben Hamer – July 2015, loan The following played for one or more teams before moving to Nottingham Forest: • Matt Mills – Played for Bolton Wanderers in between • Matty Fryatt – Played for Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday in between • Lee Peltier – Played for Forest on loan from Leeds UnitedJack Hobbs – Played for Hull City in between • Neil Lennon – Played for Celtic in between • John Curtis – Played for Portsmouth in between • Peter Shilton – Played for Stoke City in between • Molla Wagué – Played for Udinese and Watford before joining Forest on loan in 2019 • Anthony Knockaert – Joined Forest on loan from Fulham in 2020 • Jesse Lingard – Played for five different clubs in between a loan with Leicester City and a free transfer to Nottingham Forest • Chris Wood – Played for Leeds United, Burnley and Newcastle United in between Nottingham Forest then Leicester CityWes Morgan – January 2012, £1,000,000 • Paul Konchesky – July 2011, undisclosed amount. Played for Forest on loan from Liverpool, then joined Leicester at the end of the loan spell • Gareth Williams – July 2004, £500,000 • Riccardo Scimeca – June 2003, free transfer • Nicky Summerbee – August 2002, free transfer • Alan Rogers – November 2001, £300,000. Returned to Forest in 2004 • Kjetil Osvold – April 1987, loan The following played for one or more teams before moving to Leicester City: • Matthew Upson – Played for six different clubs in between • Andy Johnson – Played for West Bromwich Albion in between • Stan Collymore – Played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in between • Phil Gilchrist – Played for Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, and Oxford United in between • Garry Parker – Played for Aston Villa in between, also had a spell as caretaker manager at Leicester ManagersRob Kelly – Played for and managed Leicester, later caretaker manager of Forest on three separate occasions • Billy Davies – Played briefly for Leicester, before going on to manage Nottingham Forest on two separate spells (also managed Derby County) • Gary Megson – Played for and managed Forest, later managed Leicester • Steve Beaglehole – Reserve team coach for Forest, briefly joint caretaker manager at Leicester • Micky Adams – Assistant and briefly caretaker manager at Forest, later managed Leicester • Dave Bassett – Managed Forest, and was later manager, Director of football, and caretaker manager at Leicester • Martin O'Neill – Played for Forest, managed Leicester, later managed Forest. • David Pleat – Played for Forest, later managed Leicester • Matt Gillies – Leicester City's longest serving manager, later went on to manage Forest • Steve Cooper – Took Forest back to the Premier League after a two-decade-plus absence, later managed Leicester ==Match list==
Match list
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Hooliganism and crowd trouble
In 1977, an incident described as "trouble" broke out after a match between Leicester and Forest. Eighteen people were arrested in connection with the incident. Incidents of throwing of objects and racist chanting from Nottingham Forest fans towards Leicester fans have also been observed in recent years. Reports of racist chanting and items being thrown at Alan Rogers during a 2–2 draw between the clubs in 2002. Following a derby clash on 4 May 2013, six Forest fans were arrested after Leicester won the game and a play-off place in the 91st minute of play. Prior to Leicester and Forest's 2–2 draw on 19 February 2014, a Nottingham Forest fan was arrested for tweeting racist abuse at Leicester fans. A fight broke out between both sets of supporters during a boxing event at the King Power Stadium in September 2018. Two men were arrested after violent incidents before and after Nottingham Forest's fourth-round FA Cup tie with Leicester City in February 2002. Officers were called to disturbances in Nottingham city centre before the game began. During the FA Cup match a Leicester City fan was arrested and later charged with three counts of common assault and going onto a playing area at a football match. On 6 February 2022 before the 2021–22 FA Cup clash between the sides, Leicester fans vandalised a bar in the city centre of Nottingham prior to kick off and a Leicester City fan ran on the pitch as Nottingham Forest players were celebrating a goal and attacked one of the Forest players. ==See also==
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