Wes Morgan

Westley Nathan "Wes" Morgan (born 21 January 1984) is an English footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest as a defender.

Career

Born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, having been rejected by Nottingham Forest's near neighbours Notts County at the age of 15, Morgan had contemplated abandoning football as a career option, but then the chance came to join Forest, the team he supported growing up.Following a series of stellar performances in the youth team the central defender made his debut on 12 August 2003 against Port Vale at the age of 19, and throughout the 2003–04 season managed to hold down a place in the first team, playing alongside several partners including ex-England international Des Walker, and Michael Dawson, who also went on to play for the national side.

Over the past five years, Morgan has gone on to become the longest-serving current player at the City Ground, and has made over 300 appearances for the club in all competitions. In the 2007–08 campaign, Morgan was a virtual ever-present in defence, as he helped Forest gain automatic promotion finishing second in the league, as Forest were promoted from League One to the Championship. His only goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory at Tranmere Rovers. Morgan helped Forest keep 24 clean sheets in all that season, the record for the league, helping him secure his first honour of his career.

Although this was so, Morgan found it hard to adapt back into the Championship in the early stages of the...
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