Sierra Leone International Tyrese Fornah’s Derby County has secured promotion to the Sky Bet Championship for the 2024/25 campaign.
On Saturday, the team beat Carlisle United 2-0 at Pride Park Stadium, securing automatic promotion from League One.
Fornah, a former Nottingham Forest midfielder who joined the club in August 2023, made nineteen first-team appearances for the Rams.
He signed a two-year contract that will run until the summer of 2025 and posted a message on social media saying “Glory to God! Grateful to experience this with a great bunch of boys and staff, Promotion & Championship Football secured.”
Derby needed only a draw against the division’s bottom side to end their two-year stay in League One. Max Bird’s fierce swerving shot from outside the box had Rams fans singing and bouncing to the joyous tune of ‘We Are Going Up’ after just five minutes. James Collins got Paul Warne’s Rams over the promotion line with a composed close-range finish on the hour mark to complete the victory.
It’s the fourth time 50-year-old Warne has guided a side to promotion from League One, his three previous successes coming with Rotherham as they yo-yoed between the second and third tiers.
Fornah started at Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Forest’s Academy in 2018. He debuted for Forest in 2020 and went on to have loan spells at Casa Pia, Plymouth Argyle, and Shrewsbury Town.
In the 2022/23 season, he played for Reading, making 37 appearances and scoring two goals while also – providing two assists.
