Here are all the competitive games where a goalkeeper went off, along with the notes. And the numbers after each player shows how many goals they conceded in each game.
| Date |
Game |
Opponent |
H/A |
Goalkeeper Off |
Player On |
Reason |
Sub Min |
Score |
| Jan 06, 1968 | League Tier 1 | Manchester City | H | Peter Grummitt (2) | Frank Wignall (1) | Injured | 70 | 0-3 |
Goalkeeper Peter Grummit was injured just before City scored their third goal, and went off before play could be resumed. Billy Taylor replaced him in the outfield, and Frank Wignall went in goal.
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| Aug 14, 1968 | League Tier 1 | Chelsea | A | Peter Grummitt (1) | Joe Baker (0) | Injured | 82 | 1-1 |
Peter Grummitt broke his thumb in the 82nd minute. Dave Hilley came on to replace him as an outfield player, and Joe Baker went in goal for the last 10 minutes.
The Daily Mirror reported that Joe Baker wasn't troubled by Chelsea at all while he was in goal. They also went on to say that Henry Newton shouted at Baker for taking more than 4 steps with the ball, and that Chelsea defender Johnny Boyle was then booked for arguing with the ref that Baker had taken more than the allowed steps. The referee then 'gave Baker a comic demonstration of what he must not do'!
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| Feb 28, 1970 | League Tier 1 | Everton | H | Alan Hill (1) | Dave Hilley (0) | Injured | 82 | 1-1 |
Goalkeeper Alan Hill broke his arm toward the end of the game, which actually forced his retirement from football. James McCaffrey came on, and Dave Hilley went into goal
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| Mar 27, 1972 | League Tier 1 | Leeds United | A | Jim Barron (4) | Peter Cormack (2) | Injured | | 1-6 |
Jim Barron suffered a gash to his mouth on the 55th minute, and had to go off for stitches. Peter Cormack took over in goal for the 5 minutes that Barron was gone, and let in two goals! Once Barron came back on though, we still let in another 3 goals to lose this one pretty big
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| Oct 20, 1973 | League Tier 2 | Blackpool | A | Jim Barron (2) | John Galley (0) | Injured | 26 | 2-2 |
Jim Barron went off injured in the 26th minute. Sub John Galley came on and went in goal with us 2-0 down. We ended up drawing 2-2
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| Sep 20, 1975 | League Tier 2 | Oxford United | A | John Middleton (0) | Ian Bowyer (0) | Injured | 45 | 1-0 |
John Middleton was taken off with a broken nose just before half-time, and Ian Bowyer went in goal. Sub George Lyall came on as an outfielder, Ian Bowyer kept a clean sheet and Lyall scored the only goal with two minutes left!
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| Sep 28, 1985 | League Tier 1 | West Ham United | A | Hans Segers (2) | Neil Webb (2) | Injured | 13 | 2-4 |
Hans Segers went off injured in the 13th minute, with us already 2-0 down. Colin Walsh came on, and Neil Webb went in goal before we went 4-0 down and eventually lost 4-2.
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| Oct 11, 1986 | League Tier 1 | Leicester City | A | Steve Sutton (2) | Ian Bowyer (1) | Injured | 76 | 1-3 |
Steve Sutton was carried off in the 76th minute and Ian Bowyer went in goal for the second time in his Forest career. We had just gone 2-1 down, and eventually lost 3-1.
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| Nov 27, 1993 | League Tier 2 | Sunderland | A | Tommy Wright (1) | Mark Crossley (1) | Injured | 15 | 3-2 |
Tommy Wright was taken off with concussion after just 15 minutes and spent the night in a Sunderland hospital, missing three goals and a win!
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| Feb 15, 1997 | FA Cup | Chesterfield | A | Mark Crossley (0) | Alan Fettis (1) | Sent Off | 54 | 0-1 |
Mark Crossley was sent off on the 54th minute meaning Alan Fettis' first action was to face a Tom Curtis penalty. Curtis scored, and we went out of the cup 1-0
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| Oct 24, 1997 | League Tier 2 | Reading | A | Dave Beasant (0) | Steve Chettle (3) | Sent Off | 57 | 3-3 |
Dave Beasant was sent for a very harsh decision in the 57th minute. Steve Chettle went in goal to face the subsequent penalty and let that one in along with two other goals.
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| Sep 15, 1998 | League Cup | Leyton Orient | A | Dave Beasant (0) | Mark Crossley (1) | Injured | 74 | 5-1 |
Dave Beasant went off for the second time in his Forest career (this time due to injury), to be replaced by Mark Crossley, making his 374th appearance for us, but his first in over a year-and-a-half. We were 4-0 up at the time and won 5-1.
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| Sep 22, 1999 | League Cup | Bristol City | A | Mark Crossley (0) | Dave Beasant (0) | Injured | 16 | 0-0 |
This game saw Dave Beasant come on for Mark Crossley, almost exactly a year since they swapped places the other way in 1998.
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| Jan 15, 2000 | League Tier 2 | Grimsby Town | A | Dave Beasant (3) | Mark Crossley (1) | Sent Off | 72 | 3-4 |
Matthieu Louis-Jean came on for Kevin Dawson at half-time, but then Dave Beasant was sent off for handling the ball outside of his area with 20 minutes to go, so back off went Matthieu Louis-Jean to be replaced by Mark Crossley. We finished the game with 9 men as Jon Olav Hjelde had already been dismissed five minutes before Beasant for a foul that gave Grimsby their penalty.
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| Aug 28, 2000 | League Tier 2 | Crystal Palace | A | Dave Beasant (2) | Barry Roche (0) | Sent Off | 90 | 3-2 |
Goalkeeper Barry Roche made his Forest league debut in some style tonight. After taking a 3-0 lead by half-time, Palace pulled it back to 3-2 with just ten minutes to go. Then in the 90th minute keeper Dave Beasant saw a red after bringing down Zhiyi Fan. Roche came on to face the penalty. It was duly scored by Julian Gray but the ref asked it to be retaken and, with his first touch of the ball in the league, Roche saved it to give us the 3-2 victory.
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| Feb 25, 2004 | League Tier 2 | Gillingham | H | Darren Ward (0) | Barry Roche (0) | Injured | 65 | 0-0 |
In what would prove to be his last game for us, Darren Ward went off injured to be replaced by Barry Roche.
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| May 01, 2004 | League Tier 2 | Wigan Athletic | H | Paul Gerrard (0) | Barry Roche (0) | Injured | 49 | 1-0 |
Paul Gerrard went off injured to be replaced by Barry Roche.
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| Apr 16, 2005 | League Tier 2 | Reading | A | Paul Gerrard (0) | Colin Doyle (1) | Sent Off | 71 | 0-1 |
Paul Gerrard was sent off for a second yellow card in the 74th minute.
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| Aug 09, 2005 | League Tier 3 | Walsall | A | Rune Pedersen (2) | Paul Gerrard (1) | Sent Off | 58 | 2-3 |
Rune Pederson was sent off on the 58th minute; Ross Gardner was sacrificed to allow goalkeeper sub Paul Gerrard to come on. He let in a penalty 3 minutes later and we lost 3-2.
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| Feb 15, 2006 | League Tier 3 | Oldham Athletic | A | Paul Gerrard (0) | Rune Pedersen (3) | Injured | 13 | 0-3 |
Paul Gerrard was injured in just the 13th minute meaning Rune Pederson came on. We let in 3 second-half goals.
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| May 07, 2011 | League Tier 2 | Crystal Palace | A | Lee Camp (0) | Karl Darlow (0) | Injured | 74 | 3-0 |
Karl Darlow was injured with 15 minutes to go, giving Karl Darlow his debut. Both kept clean sheets today.
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| Apr 21, 2014 | League Tier 2 | Leeds United | A | Dorus de Vries (0) | Dimitar Evtimov (0) | Injured | 80 | 2-0 |
Dorus de Vries went off injured with 10 minutes so Dimitar Evtimov got make his debut this evening.
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| Aug 06, 2016 | League Tier 2 | Burton Albion | H | Dorus de Vries (0) | Stephen Henderson (3) | Injured | 19 | 4-3 |
In the first game of the season, Dorus de Vries went off injured after just 19 minutes allowing Stephen Henderson to make his debut and let in 3 goals in a 4-3 win.
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| Feb 11, 2017 | League Tier 2 | Norwich City | A | Stephen Henderson (3) | Jordan Smith (2) | Injured | 23 | 1-5 |
Stephen Henderson was stretchered off after conceding the third goal, giving Jordan Smith his debut
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| Aug 14, 2018 | League Cup | Bury | H | Jordan Smith (1) | Luke Steele (0) | Sent Off | 33 | 1-1 |
Jordan Smith was sent off on the half-hour and was replaced by Luke Steele (who came on for Hillal Soudani). Luke kept a clean sheet before facing 11 penalties in the shootout! He saved two and also scored the one he had to take with the score level at 8-8 each.
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| Feb 12, 2022 | League Tier 2 | Stoke City | H | Brice Samba (1) | Joe Worrall (1) | Sent Off | 85 | 2-2 |
Brice Samba was sent off after we had used our three allowed substitutes, so Joe Worrall went in goal to face an immediate penalty that Stoke scored. Ryan Yates equalized in injury time.
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| May 29, 2022 | Playoffs | Huddersfield Town | N | Brice Samba (0) | Ethan Horvath (0) | Injured | 90 | 1-0 |
Never a dull moment with Brice Samba. In our playoff final, while winning 1-0 with just minutes to go, he goes off injured to be replaced by Ethan Horvath who would keep the clean sheet that got us promoted to the Premier League! This would be Samba's last game for us.
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| May 20, 2023 | League Tier 1 | Arsenal | H | Keylor Navas (0) | Wayne Hennessey (0) | Injured | 90 | 1-0 |
Keylor Navas goes off injured in the last minute to be replaced by Wayne Hennessey
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| Feb 11, 2025 | FA Cup | Exeter City | A | Carlos Miguel (2) | Matz Sels (0) | Injured | 58 | 2-2 |
In this FA Cup game, our reserve keeper Carlos Miguel went off injured after an hour maening first-team goalie Matz Sels came on to keep a clean sheet and then save 2 penalties in the shott-out.
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