Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: Forest's contribution to...

It is claimed, although sources are sketchy, that apart from Clapton Orient, the club to provide the most players for action was Nottingham Forest during the First World War.One example was William 'Tommy' Fiske, a goalkeeper that Forest had signed from Blackpool in May 1914.He was already a reserve, having served with the Norfolk Regiment. So, with another reservist named Robert Firth, who played right wing, they were the first to go.Fiske played four games for Forest before he was mobilised at