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When Pierre van Hooijdonk arrived at Nottingham Forest from Celtic in 1997 he was viewed by supporters as a considerable upgrade on the last centre-forward bought to try to keep the Reds in the Premier League.
Van Hooijdonk arrived as Forest were in deep relegation trouble, struggling to maintain their position in the Premier League. He made his debut for Forest in a 1–1 draw against Blackburn on 11 March 1997.
Nottingham Forest were re-promoted to the Premier League, much thanks to the striking partnership of Pierre van Hooijdonk and Kevin Campbell. In the end, Forest had a four-point margin down to the 3rd positioned-team Sunderland, prompting an immediate return to the top flight.
Nov 23, 2016 · “People in England think I’m a bad guy, an a**hole, but I’m not,” Pierre van Hooijdonk explains as he puts his crutches to one side and sits down with a smile to chat to FFT.
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Fullname: Pierre van Hooijdonk aka: Huggy, PvH Height: 6ft 4′ Weight: 13 stone Born: 29 Nov 1969 Birthplace: Steenbergen, Netherlands Signed: 11 Jan 1995 Left: 10 Mar 1997 Position: Centre-Forward Debut: Celtic 1-1 Hearts, League 11 January 1995 Internationals: Netherlands International Caps: 40International Goals: 12
When Tommy Burns signed Pierre van Hooijdonk in January 1995 (after being hunted down by Davie Hay) for £1.2 million, he signed a genuine quality player. It is thought that 5,000 extra supporters turned out to see his debut against Hearts, and he rewarded their presence with a goal described as a “a rare gem in a field of rock” by one journalist, a...
In 2014, ex-Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram, when opening a pub, spoke of an altercation with Pierre van Hooijdonk in a Celtic v Rangers match in 1996. He told a cheering group of Rangers fans that when he saved the Dutchman’s penalty in that game he went up to him and called him – and he was paraphrasing here – “a non-white, unclean, non-Protestant ...
Daily Record 24 May 2013 PIERRE VAN HOOIJDONK last night claimed Rangers had been guilty of financial doping as he compared them to Tour de France drug cheats. The former Celtic striker has no sympathy for the Ibrox side after watching them tumble to the Third Division following a financial implosion. The Dutchman was part of the Hoops side that fi...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/13/pierre-van-hooijdonk-nottingham-forest-celtic-netherlands-ron-atkinson The Dutch striker on his time at Nottingham Forest, Celtic and returning to Glasgow to pay tribute to Fernando Ricksen @michaelbutler18 Sun 13 Oct 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 13 Oct 2019 12.20 BST Pierre van Hooijd...
Mar 22, 2023 · Football Insider has learned that Nottingham Forest are tracking Netherlands Under-21 striker Sydney van Hooijdonk ahead of a potential summer move.
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After scoring a goal against Forest's fierce rivals Derby, the rest of the Notts Forest players refused to celebrate with van Hooijdonk and instead gave all the credit to Gemmill who had provided the assist, showing just how much damage had been done during his time away from the club.
