“Obviously welcoming a big, big team like Nottingham Forest who are obviously flying in the Premier League, it’s going to be a big game.
Exeter have suffered a spate of injuries and dropped to 18th in League One, but Whitworth was instrumental to their early success, becoming the first Grecians goalkeeper to keep five consecutive clean sheets in the third tier of English football, surpassing a record set in 1978.
Exeter goalkeeper Joe Whitworth is relishing another chance to silence his doubters when the Grecians host Nottingham Forest in the League One side’s first FA Cup fourth-round appearance in 44 years.
“I can’t control it, and there’s going to be perception that I can’t do things others can, but I’ve already shown this year and hopefully I can keep doing it that I can compete with these taller players, I can come and dominate my box and make big saves in big moments of the game.
Whitworth, a lifelong Palace fan and academy product, was handed his debut by Patrick Vieira “four or five hours” before kick-off at rivals Brighton after Vicente Guaita and Sam Johnstone were both ruled out.
