Steve Cooper is speaking on the second anniversary of his first win as Nottingham Forest manager but does he remember it? Of course he does. And not just that it happened away to Barnsley and saw Forest come from behind to win 3-1 at Oakwell.
He remembers the penalty incident for Barnsley's goal. He remembers the scorers: Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson and Lewis Grabban. He even remembers the assists. "Alex Mighten set the third one up," he tells Sky Sports. "It was an amazing dribble."
It is not so long ago, of course, but as Cooper sits in an office at The City Ground ahead of Forest's Premier League game against Brentford on Sunday and reflects on these past two years, it is impossible not to be struck by the scale of change at this football club.
Cooper was - and is - the catalyst.
The tale of how he transformed Forest is well told. Taking over a team bottom of the Championship and braced for the third tier, he sparked things on the pitch and off it, taking the two-time European champions back to the top flight for the first time this century.
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