Highly promising young defender who was something of a protege of Colin Calderwood's; CC nursed him from the youth ranks at the Cobblers and then brought him to Forest not long after moving up the M1.

On the basis of his early appearances, Chambers looked a highly promising central defender; he certainly steadied the ship at the back when he arrived - Wes Morgan and Ian Breckin had been leaking too many soft goals for anyone's liking during Forest's horrible (and eventually fatal to their promotion plans) slump in form in the middle of the 2006 - 2007 season.

However, 2007 - 2008 started with a number of injuries, so Chambers was asked to fill in at right back - a job he did with considerable aplomb for some months. Though he did a decent job out of position, it meant that we missed him in the centre; the Perch-Chambers-Wilson-Bennett "dream team" defence, so promising on paper, in fact didn't appear at all during the promotion season. Since Forest didn't sign a right back during the summer following promotion (indeed, the manager went out of his way to say that he had faith in Chambers at right back), fans weren't surprised that he spent almost all of the season again at right back - and frankly, though committed and steadfast, he wasn't really up to it, especially on the turn. This is not a criticism of anyone other than Colin Calderwood, who seemed to have lost sight of the fact that Chambers is a centre back.

Only when Billy Davies arrived and signed Chris Gunter on loan did Chambers revert to the middle - and promptly looked a far better player. He aquitted himself excellently in the first 10 games of the 2009-2010 season, and was considered very unlucky to lose his place as Kelvin Wilson returned from injury. but Wilson's superb form since then has confined Chambers to occasional performances. None the less, he remains an able deputy with an exemplary attitude, who is more than capable at Championship level. He is solid in the air (and a real attacking threat from set pieces), a robust tackler and a good leader - "a winner", in the words of his manager, and we all need those.