Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​From carpet fitter to Reds...

Of all the Nottingham Forest players who reveled in the glory of that night in Munich for the European Cup final in 1979, none had enjoyed such a meteoric rise as Garry Birtles. A couple of years before, he had been a carpet fitter playing for non-league Long Eaton United before moving to Forest for £2,000 at the age of 20. He had only made his league debut four days before knocking in the club's first European Cup goal, against the mighty Liverpool in September 1978. Birtles said:...