Chris Wood scores a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest deliver an emphatic response to last weekend's 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth by thrashing Brighton at the City Ground.

It was not quite as emphatic as their 14-0 FA Cup demolition of Clapton FC in 1891, but Nottingham Forest’s 7-0 thrashing of Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday was their biggest Premier League win, somehow allowing them to come away from the past two games with a positive goal difference, despite the previous weekend’s 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth.

NOTTINGHAM Forest’s 7-0 thrashing over Brighton left one pub pulling pints nonstop after they promised a free drink for every goal. The Gedling Inn generously offered punters a fresh beer

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How do you respond to your heaviest defeat of the season? By claiming your biggest top-flight victory in nearly 34 years. That's just what high-flying Nottingham Forest did against Brighton on Saturday,

Saturday's loss at the City Ground was Brighton's heaviest in a league game since the opening day of the 1958-59 season

Nottingham Forest take on Brighton on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the City Ground, with kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. GMT local time. That makes it a 7:30 a.m. ET or 4:30 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 11:30 p.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia.

Nottingham Forest were hammered 5-0 last week at Bournemouth, what they really needed was a wide-open, gung-ho, disastrous opponent to settle their nerves – step forward Fabian Hurzeler's Brighton. The Albion head coach,