The retired Leicester Tigers and England captain won the World Cup with his nation in 2003.
Nottingham Forest have suffered a second contentious Championship draw in a week after Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion was followed up by a stalemate at Preston North End on Saturday afternoon.
The game at The Hawthorns was marred by Dwight Gayle going to ground under no apparent contact from Alexander Milosevic for a penalty which Jay Rodriguez converted late on for a share of the spoils.
At Deepdale, meanwhile, the Reds saw two goals ruled out, the first by Lewis Grabban disallowed as he strayed offside from Daryl Murphy’s header, but the second one in particular having riled up some fans and manager Martin O’Neill (as per his comments on the official website).
Joe Lolley had the ball in the net for the visitors but it was ruled out for a foul by Ryan Yates, with O’Neill saying after the game that the latter goal should have stood: “The goalkeeper has spilled the ball, it is there to be fought for and we have put the ball in the net.”
Among the fan reaction on Twitter after the game was a message by rugby legend Neil Back, who won the World Cup with England in 2003 and enjoyed a career at the top level with Leicester Tigers between 1990 and 2005.
Back’s son Fin plays academy football for Forest, so it would be natural for the former Tigers and England captain to take an interest in how the club as a whole is doing, and his message was short and to the point:
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