Nottingham Forest have confirmed that their academy star Archie Whitehall is recovering from a head injury after their pre-season friendly was abandoned.
Forest’s academy faced Alfreton on Tuesday night as part of their pre-season preparations but the match was called off at half-time after Whitehall sustained an injury.
Forest’s official academy account tweeted: “Tonight’s pre-season fixture against Alfreton Town has been abandoned following an injury to Archie Whitehall. Archie is recovering well from a head collision. We send our wishes to Archie for a speedy recovery”
Related articles
The incident occurred in the 30th minute when Whitehall challenged for the ball and required medical attention. He was then treated on the pitch before being replaced 12 minutes later by Jack Nadin.
Play was allowed to resume and over 10 additional minutes were played before the referee whistled for half-time. It was then announced that the match would then be abandoned.
Alfreton Town FC tweeted, wishing Whitehall well by saying: “Unfortunately following the injury to the Nottingham Forest player, tonight’s game is abandoned. We wish Archie Whitehall a speedy recovery.”
Tonight’s pre-season fixture against Alfreton Town has been abandoned following an injury to Archie Whitehall.
— Nottingham Forest Academy (@NFFCAcademy) August 6, 2024
Archie is recovering well from a head collision.
We send our wishes to Archie for a speedy recovery ❤️
Nottingham Forest’s first-team will face Olympiacos on Thursday evening in their final pre-season clash. Their preparations do not appear to have gone entirely to plan for Nuno Espirito Santo, beating both Chesterfield and Millwall but being held to a draw by Sunderland and Villareal.
Forest have been busy in the summer transfer window so far, and the injection of fresh talent will be keen to hit the ground running at the City Ground. They will face Bournemouth on the opening weekend of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign, before taking on Southampton and then Wolves.
Unfortunately following the injury to the Nottingham Forest player, tonight’s game is abandoned.
— Alfreton Town FC (@AlfretonTownFC) August 6, 2024
We wish Archie Whitehall a speedy recovery. #ATFC | #Ofton
Espirito Santo will be keen to integrate new signing Jota Silva, also from Portugal, into his starting eleven as soon as possible. The winger has joined the club from Vitoria de Guimaraes in a deal worth £5.9million, with a further £5.1m potentially set to be paid through add-ons.
Nikola Milenkovic has also joined the club from Fiorentina to inject quality and experience into the Forest backline. Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel and midfielders Marko Stamenic and Elliott Anderson have also penned long-term deals with Forest as they look to guide the club up the table and set their sights on a top-half finish.
