Forest & Whites

Last updated : 08 March 2016 By @pnemad

Gordon Kaile (left) and Joe Walton

Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Nottingham Forest

 

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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.