It was with great sadness that I learned Sir Bobby Robson passed away today at the age of 76. For me the memories I hold of him would be as England manager when we came so close in Italia ’90. Others will associate him with West Brom, Fulham, Ipswich, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Barcelona [...]
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The Evening Post run with Billy’s comments around the difficulties in securing a deal for Doncaster Rovers defender Matthew Mills. It’s clear they value their asset very highly – certainly higher than Forest are prepared to pay for his services. However, it appears that it could be a smoke and mirrors kind of exercise from [...]
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Nottingham Forest – 1 Stoke City – 1 A good workout and a promising performance from the Reds against the Potters on a horrible evening which, at least, saw me acquire a new coat since I arrived at Trentside woefully ill-prepared for the weather! Forest lined up in this kind of arrangement: Camp Gunter Morgan [...]
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Billy Davies’ latest words in the press have had me pondering a bit. Much like many Forest fans I know or have read comments from, I’ve been somewhat blown away by the quantity and potential of the signings we’ve secured so far. It would be a downright lie to say I haven’t gotten really rather [...]
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Having had a busy day I’ve been catching up on Internet rumours, and came up with this little gem courtesy of the LTLF Forum. Certainly it looks consistent with the sneak previews we’ve seen on the official Forest website – the circled logo, the white bits near the neck/shoulders – of course, it’s not long [...]
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I’ve heard it from a couple of places now that Forest’s not inconsiderable courtship of Matthew Mills from Doncaster Rovers looks likely to be consummated over the next couple of days. Certainly still very much a rumour rather than a confirmed fact, but has been mentioned by folks who’ve proven reliable on such matters in [...]
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Forest have confirmed what most of us probably realised already – namely we will be able to attain the new home kit without the sponsors logo on it. A couple of factors have undoubtedly conspired to make this happen – the main one being the nature of business our sponsors operate in. Gambling companies aren’t [...]
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Nottingham’s bronze statue of the legendary football manager Brian Clough has helped to raise thousands of pounds for good causes. The sale of hundreds of miniature replica statues of the Master Manager has raised £20,000 for the Brian Clough Memorial Fund, which is run by his family and gives money to the types of charitable [...]
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Notts County – 2 Nottingham Forest – 1 Probably the most interesting bit of the afternoon would’ve been the chance to see Sven unveiled to the crowd, unfortunately like many Forest fans I was stuck queuing outside as the Notts County turnstile operatives had a nervous breakdown at actually dealing with more than one person [...]
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It’s been talked about for a while, was all but confirmed yesterday – but is now official, Polish international Radoslaw Majewski will be on loan at Forest for the duration of the 2009/2010 season. Indeed, his career as a Forest player started this evening, where he scored within two minutes against Rushden and Diamonds! The [...]
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