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Fine Margins: Forest 0 – QPR 0 – Matchday 33
Unfortunately, it was another Forest home game, with another disappointing outcome as we lost ground on the automatic places at the top end of The Championship. It wasn't for the lack of effort yesterday that we couldn't get that all important goal but Forest simply...
read moreHe’s one of our own (honorary) – A farewell interview with Robin Chipperfield – Part 3
CURRENT SET UP With the club now in a much better place under its current ownership, there were parallels drawn from Billy Davies first stint to the current squad. Chippers highlighted the likes of Matty Cash, Michael Dawson, Joe Worrall, Joe Lolley and...
read moreHe’s one of our own (honorary) – A farewell interview with Robin Chipperfield – Part 2
MANAGERS – THERE'S BEEN A FEW… With so many managers to talk about, there really wasn’t enough time to go into greater detail. I'd be sitting next to Chippers at Sydney Harbour if we went proper in-depth! I wasn’t even counting caretaker roles when it was...
read moreHe’s one of our own (honorary) – A farewell interview with Robin Chipperfield – Part 1
In my lifetime, I’ve been blessed that BBC Radio Nottingham’s coverage of Forest has been pretty much exceptional for the past 30 years or so. Andrew James and Martin Fisher were the voices synonymous with Forests success in the early 90’s and left big boots to fill....
read moreAway Q&A: QPR – Matchday 33
it’s been a long time since Forest went into the business end of the season having consistently been in the top six up until this point. After a tough run of games, it feels quite timely that Mark Warburton brings his QPR team to Forest tomorrow. We know one thing for...
read moreRollercoaster – WBA 2 Forest 2 – Matchday 32
Despite the wheels coming off last Tuesday night at The City Ground; I'd already had my West Brom tickets through the post and was very much looking forward to a first visit to The Hawthorns on Saturday. Yes, the defeat at Charlton had knocked us back but for the...
read moreBad Taste – Forest 0 Charlton 1 -Matchday 31
I remember as a kid, a mildly poorly one at the time, my mum trying to get me to take a paracetamol to help with feeling rubbish. Not having a drink of water to hand, the taste of the tablet in my mouth was horrible. In the struggle of my resistance to swallow, I...
read moreBrothers in arms – Forest 2 Leeds 0 – Matchday 30
Magnificent. What I witnessed on Saturday teatime was quite emotional as we battered Marco Bielsa's Leeds United into submission. From the players, manager and fans in the stands; the effort from all concerned brought it's just rewards. This was the very best of...
read moreAway Q&A Leeds United – Matchday 30
Tomorrow’s fixture against Leeds United seems a huge one for both clubs. Having both team lost their way last weekend, and Leeds arguably looking a little more fragile than Forest, I’ll more than put my house on a cracking atmosphere being in place at The City Ground...
read moreThat’s life – Birmingham City 2 – Forest 1 – Matchday 29
The prospect of completing a write up after a Forest defeat never fills me with much hope. After the swing of events in yesterday's 2-1 win defeat at Birmingham; watching the game back was akin to walking to the bookies with a winning bet slip, only to see your horse...
read moreAway Q&A: Birmingham. Matchday 29
Birmingham away has never been the happiest of hunting grounds for Forest and recalling last seasons debacle under Martin O’Neill it’s refreshing to think that we’ll pose some kind of threat on Saturday. My vivid memory of that game was the travelling fans chanting...
read moreMind your own Beeswax- Brentford 0 Forest 1 – Matchday 28
It's a well known thought in sport that you should never under estimate your opponents. Forest's win at Brentford on Tuesday night had a resounding sense off exactly pulling that off. My pre-match piece was full of respect and almost envy of what Brentford are...
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