Dyche was axed by Everton last season and replaced by David Moyes before the move from Goodison Park was made.
While his Forest team were beaten 3-0 yesterday, Dyche said: “There’s no satisfaction today for obvious reasons, but of course it’s fantastic to see the club come out, hopefully well out, of that dark period for many different reasons.
"I said about the score today, it’s not relevant to me, I’ve moved on, but somewhere in the future I think people will recognise the job I did.
“I said in the build-up to this game, we all did, there were loads of people involved in that period, including the players, and a lot of them are still here. Now they’re in this magnificent stadium, so fair play, that’s one of those things.
"There’s no axe to grind from me. I did my job, worked really hard, so did a lot of people.
“I saw Keano (Michael Keane). I’ll pop in and see Moyesy, I’ll see the staff as well.
“You know what it’s like though, everyone’s prepping for a game, I’m not bowling around, trying to say hello to everyone. But Keano and Tarky (James Tarkowski), I had them at Burnley as well – they’re great fellas.”