A back page exclusive story in the Nottingham Evening Post ruffled a few feathers down at the City Ground, after former Forest hero Stuart Pearce said he’d like to go back there one day as manager.

“Psycho” was in the city this week promoting his new book and the day after the article appeared the Post photographer had problems gaining entry to the ground for a book signing – and the newspaper decided to abandon the job.

Pearce himself also felt the need to clarify what he said – posting a fresh interview on the Nottingham Forest official website declaring he was not after current manager David Platt’s job.

The website story ran: “A report in a local paper yesterday had suggested that the ex Forest skipper was looking to take over the managerial hot-seat at The City Ground from his former England colleague.

“But Pearce has set the record straight by telling us: “The last thing I would ever do is tout for other people’s jobs.

“I was asked by a reporter whether I would be interested in a job in management in the future.

“The paper concerned ran a story along the lines of ‘I’m looking for your job David’ – but that’s not the case. That’s not what I’m about!”

Deputy Post editor Jon Grubb told HoldTheFrontPage: “Radio Trent also ran a story along those lines but if you look at what Pearcy actually said, the notion he wants Platt’s job is garbage – and that’s perfectly clear in our article.

“No-one’s said what was written was inaccurate in any way. And Pearce’s publishers must be chuffed to bits with what we ran on Wednesday – it must have added a few thousand in sales on his book.

“We did have some difficulty getting into the ground to cover his book-signing. It seems we were refused entry. I’m not sure if it was an over-zealous security guard.

“We have been in touch with Forest and they deny knowledge of any problem but we decided not to go back and we won’t be giving the book signing any publicity.”

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