Steve Hodge was my first favourite Forest player as a young whipper-snapper. At Primary school everyone was a Liverpool or Everton fan, with a few Forest fans thrown in – I was never that into football – but decided to have an affinity with my local team. I could probably only name about three Forest [...]
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I’m at once indebted and slightly irked at Wendy Dickinson – no sooner did my copy of her book ‘For Pete’s Sake‘ arrive this morning, suddenly I have found myself missing a day – and having just finished, I glanced outside. It looks like it’s been a lovely day. If the ability to ‘put down’ [...]
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In the absence of anything transfer-related to write about it’s nice to have a slight distraction. I’ve written about Peter Taylor a few times, he tends to divide Forest fans opinions given the nature of his departure all those years ago, but what is generally undeniable is the impact the formidable combination of him and [...]
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I picked up this book at the excellent ‘Evening with..’ night at The Approach back in December, but given Christmas kerfuffles it’s taken me a while to get around to reading it. However, it’s been worth the wait to have read through Kenny Burns’ book, ‘No Ifs Or Butts.’ Being a fan too young to [...]
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I’ve been on a bit of a Forest book reading phase at the moment, speaking of which – congratulations to Jason who won the competition to have a signed copy of ‘150 BC: Cloughie the Inside Stories‘ courtesy of the very generous author, Dave Armitage. I’m confident it will be a prize he’ll enjoy greatly! [...]
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Thanks to the generosity of author Dave Armitage I am able to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a signed copy of his excellent book 150 BC: Cloughie the Inside Stories. I’ve just finished reading it after my ‘interim review‘ a few days ago – and it’s a brilliant combination of heart-warming, tear-jerking [...]
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Books about Clough always seem to start with the author justifying their decision to write it. The fact of the matter is, Clough was and remains a fascinating character who generates massive interest – surely that’s the only justification you need? Particularly when you’re utilising real people’s real memories to paint a charming picture of [...]
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I find it a bit odd when I get an email asking if I’d mind awfully reviewing a book for somebody; but certainly odd in a good way. This little compilation by Paul Willetts is an interesting idea, and one that will certainly be relevant to football fans of a certain age. Because it’s all [...]
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I’ve mentioned David Peace’s novel based on Clough’s famous 44 days at Leeds United, but always from the position of supreme ignorance of never having read it. Many of you commented, quite rightly, that I should – despite my reservations having heard the reaction of the Clough family to the tome. However, I have relented [...]
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I’m not all that familiar with Russell Brand beyond the occasional appearance I’ve caught on Jonathan Ross – where he comes across as a fairly superficial person very much in the mould of the recent cult in ‘celebrity.’ So it was quite a surprise when a friend pointed me at this excellent article he’s written [...]
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