Players who played for Coventry City and Nottingham Forest

19 players have played for both Coventry City and Nottingham Forest, according to Wikidata. The best known include Peter Shilton, Stuart Pearce and Chuba Akpom. 3 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Stuart Pearce. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1950 (Peter Taylor), the most recent in 2014 (Chuba Akpom).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Coventry City special (in French)Today's games with its 144 players. Nottingham Forest special (in French)Today's games with its 248 players.

The full list (19 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityCoventry CityNottingham Forest
Peter ShiltonGoalkeeperEngland1995–19961977–1982
Stuart PearceDefenderEngland1983–19851985–1997
Chuba AkpomForwardEngland20142015
Cyrus ChristieDefenderIreland2010–20142020–2021
Stern JohnForwardTrinidad and Tobago2004–20071999–2002
George BoatengMidfielderNetherlands1998–19992011–2012
Peter TaylorGoalkeeperUnited Kingdom1950–1955–
Gary GardnerMidfielderUnited Kingdom20112015
Iain TurnerGoalkeeperScotland20102009
Marlon KingForwardJamaica2010–20112003–2005
Carlton PalmerMidfielderEngland1999–20011999
David McGoldrickForwardIreland2012–20132009–2013
Dimítrios KonstantópoulosGoalkeeperGreece2007–20102008
Danny FoxDefenderEngland, Scotland2008–20092014–2019
Gary McSheffreyMidfielderUnited Kingdom1998–20132009
Charlie GeorgeForwardUnited Kingdom19831980
Eoin JessMidfielderScotland1996–19972002–2005
Dele AdebolaForwardNigeria2003–20082009–2011
Colin DoyleGoalkeeperIreland20102004–2005

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Coventry City

West Brom19Aston Villa16Blackburn Rovers16Sunderland15Southampton15Sheffield Wednesday15Liverpool14Leeds United14

With Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa25Derby County25Birmingham City23Manchester City22Newcastle United20Leeds United20Sheffield Wednesday20Sunderland19