Nathan Tyson

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Personal information
Nathan Tyson
Date of birth	4 May 1982 (1982-05-04) (age 26)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Nottingham Forest
Number	9
Youth clubs
	Reading
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2004 2001 2001 2002 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–	Reading → Maidenhead United (loan) → Swansea City (loan) → Cheltenham Town (loan) → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) Wycombe Wanderers → Nottingham Forest (loan) Nottingham Forest	33 0(1) 08 0(3) 11 0(1) 08 0(1) 10 0(3) 68 (39) 08 0(2) 78 (24)
National team²
2003	England U20	01 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Nathan Tyson (born 4 May 1982 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English professional football striker, who currently plays for Nottingham Forest in the Championship.

1 Football career
2 Honours
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Football career

[edit] Reading

Tyson, educated at Forest School, Winnersh, began his career at Reading as part of the youth academy, gaining football league experience in loan spells at Swansea City and Cheltenham Town. During his time at Reading, Tyson predominantly operated on the left-wing, starting in nine matches, as well as seventeen as a substitute. He also appeared as a striker in Reading's reserve side.

Tyson represented the England Under-20 side whilst at Reading.

[edit] Wycombe Wanderers

In December 2003, Tyson joined then Division Two side Wycombe Wanderers on a short-term loan. After impressing the manager Tony Adams, Tyson was offered a two year deal which was signed in March 2004. The transfer fee was undisclosed but is believed to have been around £100,000 with a 20% sell-on clause. Media sources have since claimed the fee was in the region of £140,000, with a 25% sell-on-clause. Two youngsters from Wycombe's Academy also transferred to Reading.

Tyson was top-scorer for Wycombe during the 2004-05 season with 22 league goals. He also won the Fans' Player of the Year Award ahead of defender Roger Johnson. He had started forty of Wycombe's forty-six league matches, whilst appearing as a substitute in two.

He began the 2005-06 season well scoring 13 goals in 13 games, making him the top scorer in the league. As a result of this he was signed in November 2005 by Football League One side Nottingham Forest on loan until January when he signed a permanent deal for the club. He signed for Nottingham Forest for £675,000, and was allocated the squad number "38".

Tyson had made 87 appearances for Wycombe, scoring 44 goals. Tyson had previously attracted interest from Sheffield Wednesday, although a potential move had broken down, for reasons currently unknown. A £700,000 offer for Tyson had been accepted by Wycombe Wanderers.

Tyson's cousin, Mark Philo, also played professional football at Wycombe, but tragically, his life was prematurely ended in a car crash, on 14 January 2006.

[edit] Nottingham Forest

Tyson scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest playing against Port Vale in a league match at The City Ground, on 6 December 2005 (Tyson also managed to score in the reverse fixture against Port Vale on 18 February 2006). A deflected effort against Southend United, on his debut, had instead been ruled as a Che Wilson own goal.

A somewhat humorous misfortune has followed Tyson during his spells at various football clubs, although not directly affecting him. Alan Pardew departed as Reading manager shortly after his arrival at the club, and the departures of John Hollins (Swansea City) and Tony Adams (Wycombe Wanderers) came soon after his arrival at the respective clubs. Gary Megson departed Nottingham Forest in the month following Tyson's permanent move to The City Ground. Tyson laughed off suggestions of a curse in an interview after Nottingham Forest's victory at Port Vale.

On 5 August 2006, just minutes into Forest's first game of the season against Bradford, Tyson was unfortunately injured. In November 2006, he returned from the injury two months ahead of schedule. His first goal back from his knee injury came against Rotherham United on 18 November 2006. Just a few games later, he netted an eight minute first half hat-trick away at Crewe, the quickest hat-trick in the English football league that season.

Tyson missed most of pre-season but made a surprisingly quick comeback against Leeds United on 25 August 2007 when he came on as a second half substitute, a month before he was expected back. He made his first start of the campaign in Forest's 2-0 win at Port Vale and scored his first goal of the season in the 3-2 home loss against Leicester City. He missed the bulk of the Christmas 2007 period through a hamstring injury but then returned to the team. He picked up another hamstring injury against Swindon Town but it is not yet known how long he will be on the sidelines. He scored ten goals in all competitions in the 2007-08 season, helping Forest gain promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship, by finishing second in Football League One on a dramatic last day of the season.

Tyson stated quickly after Forest's elevation that he wanted a new deal, with his current contract ending in the summer of 2009. Manager Colin Calderwood has offered a two-year extension to the deal, with Tyson currently pondering the offer. He has also been subject to a £750,000 bid from Bristol City in May, 2008 but was rejected by The Reds. ^[1]