Nottingham Forest coach John Pemberton will leave the club in June as part of Billy Davies' backroom reshuffle.

Pemberton has been at the club for 12 years and it is believed this will then open the avenue for Chris Fairclough to be promoted to first team coach this season.

A disappointed Pemberton said: "I have seen a lot of managers come and go during that time and I have been able to work with most of them. But on this occasion it wasn’t to be and I have to leave. I don’t leave with any hard feelings, absolutely not.

"If I’m not part of those plans, he (Davies) is entitled to do whatever he wants to do. It was not a shock."

Pemberton has certainly left his mark at the club, helping to bring the likes of Michael Dawson, Andy Reid and Jermaine Jenas through the ranks but more recently he masterminded two superb victories last season during his two-game caretaker role.

An important 3-2 victory over Norwich City at Carrow Road and an unbelievable 3-0 win away at the richest club in the world - Manchester City in the FA Cup last January.

Fitness coach Ryland Morgan is also set to leave the club.