FORMER IRELAND FOOTBALLER Andy Reid has claimed that the biggest regret in his career was not playing in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest.
The 40-year-old played for 144 times for Forest between 2000-2005, and 119 more times from 2011-2016. Both spells were below England's top tier
Forest have not been in the Premier League since 1999, but thanks to Steve Cooper's handywork they now are
Reid now working as a head coach of Forest's Under 23s side has admitted his biggest regret was not getting to the promised land with Forest when he was a player
"Probably the biggest regret of my playing career was the fact that I never got to play in the Premier League with Forest. It was always a massive ambition."
“I came close a couple of times, but probably the teams I played in were just a little bit short of making that step.”
Recent but brilliant. Andy Reid scores a solo goal for Forest at West Ham in 2003 #nffc pic.twitter.com/8EYUDS7D8k
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Reid made the play-offs in 2002/03 and scored in a 5-4 aggregate defeat to Sheffield United.
“I think getting to the play-offs on my first time around, it was disappointing that Sheffield United beat us, but getting to the play-offs was an achievement in itself,” he said.
“When I came back, the team we played in under Billy Davies was a really enjoyable team to play in, lots of really good players.
“Maybe if we held it together a bit more - players and probably staff as well - we could have kicked on and done something bigger."
Forest play Fulham tonight at 20.00
