Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: Why ​seven was a magic...

Jim Barrett's goals played a major part in Nottingham Forest gaining promotion to the First Division in 1957. He netted 30 times that season and helped them get off to a fine start by scoring seven times in their opening three matches – all victories. The former West Ham player, who would even miss over a month of the season through illness, netted doubles against Leyton Orient and Barnsley on the road, before bagging "an extremely well taken" hat-trick in a 3-1 home win over...