Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Nottingham Forest
J-Z
692) Nigel Jemson
PNE 41 apps; 10 goals
Forest 47 apps; 13 goals
PNE debut 03/05/1986 v Aldershot (A) – Lost 0-4
506) Eric Jones
PNE 13 apps; 0 goals
Forest 18 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 26/12/1953 v Burnley (H) – Won 2-1
493) Gordon Kaile
PNE 7 apps; 1 goal
Forest 65 apps; 8 goals
PNE debut 15/12/1951 v Fulham (H) – Lost 0-1
1050) Todd Kane
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Forest 8 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 24/11/2012 v Leyton Orient (A) – Lost 0-2
559) George Lyall
PNE 115 apps; 16 goals
Forest 116 apps; 24 goals
PNE debut 08/04/1966 v Charlton (A) – Lost 2-5
860) Paul McGregor
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Forest 30 apps; 3 goals
PNE Debut 27/03/1999 v Northampton (H) – Won 3-0
835) Paul McKenna
PNE 417 apps; 30 goals
Forest 55 apps; 2 goals
PNE Debut 09/12/1996 v Chesterfield (A) – Won 2-0
215) James McKnight
PNE 12 apps 2 goals
Forest 9 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 02/03/1912 v Tottenham (H) – Lost 0-1
99) Paddy Murray
PNE 51 apps; 9 goals
Forest 26 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 10/09/1898 v Wolves (A) – Drawn 0-0
928) Adam Nowland
PNE 14 apps; 3 goals
Forest 5 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 16/09/2005 v Stoke (H) – Lost 0-1
419) Frank O’Donnell
PNE 92 apps; 36 goals
Forest 11 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 31/08/1935 v Huddersfield (A) – Lost 0-1
894) Brian O’Neil
PNE 112 apps; 5 goals
Forest 5 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 18/01/2003 v Ipswich (A) – Lost 0-3
933) Brett Ormerod
PNE 62 apps; 13 goals
Forest 13 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 31/01/2006 v Crystal Palace (H) – Won 1-0
284) Alf Quantrill
PNE 67 apps; 7 goals
Forest 15 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1921 v Bolton (A) – Drawn 2-2
783) Paul Raynor
PNE 80 apps; 9 goals
Forest 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 17/08/1993 v Burnley (H) – Lost 1-2
999) Iain Turner
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Forest 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 12/02/2011 v Hull (A) – Lost 0-1
1050) Elliott Ward
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Forest 8 apps; 1 goals
PNE debut 27/03/2010 v Q.P.R. (H) – Drawn 2-2
936) Kelvin Wilson
PNE 27 apps; 1 goal
Forest 167 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 28/03/2003 v Crewe (H) – Won 1-0
Player Profile – Gordon Kaile
Gordon Walter Kaile was born in Pimpeme on 7 December 1924 and played as a winger. He played for RAOC Chigwell before joining SecondDivisionNottinghamForest in May 1945. Kaile made his debut in the 1947/48 season in a 1-0 win at home to Leeds on 18 October, making 9 appearances as the club finished in Nineteenth position.
His first league goals came in the 1948/49 season as he netted twice on his 15th Forest League appearance in a 4-3 defeat at Luton on 26 February 1949. He made16 appearances, but couldn’t help Forest avoid relegation to Division Three South as they finished one point behind three other clubs.
His most successful season in front of goal was in 1949/50 when he scored 6 goals from 40 appearances as Forest finished fourth. He scored on his first two appearances of the season in a 3-0 home win over Bristol City on 24 August and the only goal at home to Walsall 3 days later.
Kaile didn’t make an appearance in 1950/51 for Forest as they won the Third Division South title with 110 league goals. Therefore his last Forest match was scoring in a 2-0 win at home to Port Vale on 29 April 1950.
After 65 league appearances for Forest Kaile joined First Division Preston in July 1951 and made 2 appearances during the 1951/52 season. His debut came in a 1-0 home defeat against Fulham on 15 December 1951. He wore the famous number seven shirt in the absence of Tom Finney and his usual deputy Harry Anders.
Kaile didn’t make an appearance in 1952/53 and made his final 5 appearances in the 1953/54 saeson. All of them came in the month of September with him scored his only goal for the club in a 5-1 victory at Liverpool on the 6th. His last appearance came in a 2-1 defeat at Charlton on 17th September; in total he had made 7 league appearances.
In August 1954 Kaile joined Third Division South club Exeter and scored once in 6 league appearances as they finished twenty second in the only season with the club. His goal came in his last league appearance in a 1-1 draw at Gillingham on 13 November. His final match was a week later ina 3-2 FA Cup defeat at Millwall.
In 1967/68 Kaile took charge of non-league side Blanford United and rejoined the Dorset Combination League after dropping out of the league for four seasons between 1963 to 1967, due to lack of players and funds. He brought the club their first league success in 1969/70 when they secured the title.
Gordon Kaile passed away in 1988.