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How Did The Nottingham Forest Players React To Van Hooijdonk Going on Strike? Forest Fan TV. 17.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 41. 1.6K views 10 months ago. All Things FFTV Can't get enough...
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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.
- Background
- The 1997/98 Season
- The Inevitable Breakdown
- Going on Strike
- The End For Bassett and Van Hooijdonk at The City Ground
Dave Bassett started his managerial career with Wimbledon, between 1981-1987, where he took the Dons from the 4th-tier of English football all the way up to the Premier League as we now know it. Bassett also took Sheffield United from the old third division into the first division in the late 1980s, solidifying his status as a manager that could tr...
With Stuart Pierce failing to keep Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Dave Bassett took over the manager's seat at the Midlands' club for the start of the 1997/98 season in what is now known as the Championship. Pierre van Hooijdonk was already at the club having played the final eight games of the previous season but only scored 1-goal, leav...
Most Forest fans will tell you that it all looked too good to be true, and it was. The success of the Championship-winning side was short-lived as a summer of broken promises and ego clashes lead to the downfall of the Midlands club. After netting 34-goals in a season, van Hooijdonk was selected for the Netherlands' 1998 World Cup squad. Though not...
Pierre van Hooijdonk felt so aggrieved by all of the issues within the club and the way he had personally been treated by them that he decided to go on strike, citing that he could no longer play for his current employers. Forest refused to sell van Hooijdonk, though, and the Dutchman was forced to train with his former club NAC Breda in order to k...
The final straw for most Forest fans was during a game against Leicester City in which van Hooijdonk put his side in front only to get sent-off and the game ended in a 3-1 defeat. Forest finished the season second from bottom and were relegated back down to the Championship. Bassett had already been sacked by this point, leaving the club in January...
Oct 14, 2019 · Controversial former Nottingham Forest striker Pierre van Hooijdonk has explained to The Guardian the exact point when his relationship began to break down with the East Midlands-based club.
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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.
Oct 11, 2019 · Nottingham Forest news | Kevin Campbell and Pierre van Hooijdonk were deadly during the 1997-98 Championship-winning season and the former has revealed how they did it. Sport. By. Richard...
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Nov 16, 2019 · The striker famously refused to return to pre-season training after seeing a number of Forest's high-profile stars leave during the summer, including his attacking sidekick Kevin Campbell.
