Other names East Midlands derby Latest meeting 19 Feb 2014 | First meeting 9 February 1901 Meetings total 104 | |
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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 104 meetings dating back to 1901.
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Notable games
One match which 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 were known as Leicester Fosse. The performance by Fosse players was so appalling that The Football League ordered an enquiry, 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 were 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.
To date, there have been nine hat-tricks recorded in fixtures between the two clubs, of which seven are from Nottingham Forest. Of the seven, three of those hat-tricks came from the 12-0 mauling of Leicester Fosse in 1909. Forest's most recent hat-trick against Leicester was from Robert Earnshaw in December 2009. In November 1948, Don Revie became the first Leicester player to score a hat-trick against Forest, a feat matched by Jermaine Beckford in a 4-0 FA Cup win on 17 January 2012.
The most notable game between the sides in recent history happened on 4 May 2013, the final day of the 2012-13 Football League Championship season, with both sides in with a chance of making the promotion play-offs with a win, Forest took an early lead through Simon Cox, although the game finished 2-2 at half time, a scoreline that remained until late into injury time when Anthony Knockaert gave Leicester a famous first league win at the City Ground since 1972, sending Leicester into the play-offs.
Head-to-head
The below table demonstrates the competitive results between the two sides (not indicative of titles won).
Players
The list below shows transfer dates and fees, where known.
Leicester City then Nottingham Forest
The following played for one or more teams before moving to Nottingham Forest:
Nottingham Forest then Leicester City
The following played for one or more teams before moving to Leicester City:
Managers
Game list
Leicester City/Fosse win Nottingham Forest win Draw
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. Most recently during an FA Cup tie in January 2012, which resulted in eleven arrests.
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.