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title: "Nottingham Forest: Fans react to Robert Earnshaw footage"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-forest-fans-react-to-robert-earnshaw-footage/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
section: "Nottingham Forest News"
published: "2020-04-07T09:15:11Z"
modified: "2020-04-07T09:15:11Z"
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# Nottingham Forest: Fans react to Robert Earnshaw footage

**Fans of Nottingham Forest have been reacting to a [post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/NFFC/status/1247116842558201858), which features footage of a selection of goals scored by former Nottingham Forest striker Robert Earnshaw in celebration of his birthday.**

Earnshaw thrived at Championship level, [scoring 107 goals for Cardiff City](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2016/01/28/robert-earnshaw-retires-his-time-at-albion/), [27 in 47 for Norwich City, 14 in 47 for West Brom and 43 in 110 for Nottingham Forest](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/robert-earnshaw/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/12707).

On Monday, Earnshaw celebrated his 39th birthday, and in praise of their former striker, [Nottingham Forest posted](https://twitter.com/NFFC/status/1247116842558201858) a selection of the striker’s goals during his time at the club.

In reaction to the [footage](https://twitter.com/NFFC/status/1247116842558201858), fans of the club flocked to share their opinion on the footage, with many complimenting the striker’s predatory finishing, others stating how much they missed watching Earnshaw playing in a Forest shirt, while a few well-wishers simply sent their former player their regards on his birthday.

You can see some of their reactions below:

https://twitter.com/NFFC/status/1247116842558201858

> Lethal finishing. Loved him and Blackstock as a front 2.
>
> — James Taylor (@jtweets92) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/jtweets92/status/1247120647970529280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Happy birthday Rob 🎁🎁🎈🎈🔴⚪🔴⚪
>
> — Midlands red (@wykesdarren) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/wykesdarren/status/1247136990878990337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Miss him
>
> — savo (@aidenNFFC\_) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/aidenNFFC_/status/1247131620299202560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Absolutely loved Earnie!!!!
>
> — HannahElizabeth•♡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@NFFC92) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/NFFC92/status/1247119502548045827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> That goal at 1.13 was against Cardiff I think. Must be one of the best games of football in recent years, was like a basketball match
>
> — Markan Sangha (@M\_Sangha1) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/M_Sangha1/status/1247128857536270336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> The void we never filled… still
>
> — Real James Overton (@OvertonOfficial) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/OvertonOfficial/status/1247201090501779459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)