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The East Midlands has played a prominent part in the career of Billy Davies - as both a player and manager.
He's well known in the region for his managerial exploits with Derby and, of course, Forest.
But as a talented midfielder he also had a spell with Leicester City, where he met his current City Ground assistant 'Ned' Kelly.
Davies also played for home town club Glasgow Rangers, Swedish side IK Elfsborg, St Mirren and Motherwell.
In 1998 he took his first steps along the managerial route, being appointed player-boss of Motherwell and, at the age of 33, becoming the youngest ever manager in the Scottish top flight at the time.
Six years later he was asked to take over as caretaker manager at Preston -after a spell as first team coach at the club - before landing the job on a full-time basis.
He guided the Lancashire outfit to within a whisker of a place in the Premier League in 2005 as they lost to West Ham in the play-off final.
The play-offs were their destination again 12 months later (although they slipped up at the semi-final stage against Leeds) before he left Deepdale to take charge at Derby.
Success at Pride Park was almost instantaneous for the ambitious Scot, who guided The Rams to promotion to the Premier League, via the play-offs, in his first season at the club.
Widely viewed as a victim of his own success, he parted company with Derby just months later.
But after 14 months out of the game, he returned to management in January 2009 by succeeding Colin Calderwood as Forest boss.
Charged with the job of keeping The Reds in the Championship, he achieved his objective with something to spare - a feat he insists is his greatest managerial achievement to date.

Billy Davies Factfile

Born: Glasgow, 31st May 1964
1980-1998 - as a midfielder, he plays for Rangers, Swedish side IK Elfsborg, St Mirren, Leicester and Motherwell.
1998 - appointed player-manager at Motherwell - at the age of 33, becoming the youngest ever manager in the Scottish top flight at the time.
2004 - after a spell as first team coach at Preston, he takes over as caretaker manager before being given the job on a full-time basis.
2005 - Preston narrowly miss out on a place in the Premier League as they lose to West Ham in the play-off final.
2006 - guides Preston to the play-offs again but this time they lose to Leeds in the semi-finals.
2006 - he leaves Preston in June to take over as manager of Derby.
2007 - guides The Rams to promotion to the Premier League as they beat West Brom in the play-off final at Wembley.
2007 - parts company with Derby in November.
2009 - returns to football management as he takes charge at The City Ground.