Nottingham Forest is shocking soccer pundits with an impressive start to the 2024/25 Premier League. The foundations for that success were built last season.

A 23-year exile from the top division of English football included three years spent in the doldrums of League One, heading to places such as Hartlepool, Yeovil and Oldham. As the chant fans have for Hudson-Odoi suggests, they can now at least dream of spending Thursday nights with him at places like ‘Copenhagen, Leverkusen and Marseille’.

Chris Wood joined Nottingham Forest from Newcastle United in 2023 Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood has become the first player in the club's history to be named Premier League player of the month.

Nottingham Forest fans would probably be forgiven for thinking that any minute they are going to wake up and find that the 2024-25 season so far has all been a collective dream. After ten games of the campaign they are third in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest forward Chris Wood has been named Premier League player of the month for October. He becomes the first Reds player to win the award, and also the first from New Zealand to pick up the prize.