It's over eleven years since Mullen made his last move to try and avoid relegation back to the Second Division in 1995. After less than inspirational moves for John Gayle, Andy Saville and Paul Stewart he brought Arsenal youngster Paul Shaw to the Turf on loan.
He did well, certainly in home games, and scored on his first four Turf Moor appearances which brought us three wins. But despite his goals we were relegated with two games still to play and any possibility of him being signed permanently had gone.
His career took him to Millwall and
That's why, after two previous loan periods, he decided to join
Until Gary Cahill's time at
We desperately tried to sign him but his Forest boss Brian Clough kept changing his mind and in the end he returned to
They were keen to keep him at Plainmoor but he'll be playing his football next season at the Staffsmart Stadium after completing a move to League Two club Boston United and his debut for them will be his 400th league appearance for his 12th club.