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Message: [QUOTE="Woody, post: 2114401, member: 1793"] Nice to see a player put money on the back burner and choose a club for other reasons! well done Andy Cole. icon_thumbs_u [url="http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133943&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133936&contentPK=21039229&folderPk=78484&pNodeId=133959"]http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displ ... eId=133959[/url] COLE: WHY I'M JOINING NOTTINGHAM FOREST PAUL TAYLOR 09:01 - 08 July 2008 Andrew Cole today said he decided to sign for Nottingham Forest to fulfil the dreams of his grandfather, himself and his childhood friends - and to try to help a few more of the City's youngsters follow in his footsteps. The former England man, who was born and raised in the city, revealed that he promised his late grandfather he would one day turn out for the Reds. Cole also believes it would be fitting way to end his career, if he could steer the team he watched from the City Ground terraces as a teenager back into the Premiership, before hanging up his boots. And the 36-year-old, who enjoyed dramatic Premiership success with Newcastle and Manchester United, says he turned down far more lucrative offers to fulfil his pledge. "My granddad was an avid Brian Clough supporter when he was alive. He always wanted me to play for Forest when I was a kid," said Cole. "My granddad is no longer with us, and a good friend of mine is no longer with us - and this will make me feel a lot better. "I want to do this for myself, but for other people as well. I said to my grandfather that I would play for Forest at some stage and now I am happy to do it. "Circumstances saw me go elsewhere but he will be looking down now from heaven smiling on me knowing I am going to achieve his dream. "I am going to make a lot of people in the city very happy by coming to play for Forest." Cole believes his move to the City Ground, on a 12-month contact, will provide a fitting finale to his career. "This is something I have always wanted to do. I have always been very fortunate in my career. Everything has come at the right time for me. Everything has fallen into place," he said. "I always said I would only leave Newcastle to play for Manchester United, who were the team of my dreams - and I did just that. "I said a couple of years ago, to quite a few of my friends - who still live in the city - that one day I would play for Nottingham Forest. "Now that has happened as well. I don't know whether it is fate or what, but all the goals I have wanted to achieve, I have achieved. This will just top things off for me." [/QUOTE]

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