Forest last won 7-0 in the top flight in April 1991, when Chelsea were the opposition. They last scored seven goals in the Premier League in a fondly remembered 7-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995. Saturday will surely become another landmark moment in the history books, in years to come, in exactly the same way as that victory at Hillsborough.

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