In recent weeks there have been several rumours concerning Forest's attempts to sign Peter
Whittingham from Cardiff City. One rumour has it that Forest have offered Robbie Earnshaw in
part-exchange. Given that he is Forest's top goalscorer for the last two seasons, and has netted 34
goals in 73 games for the club, is this [.
So...another play-off semi-final, another heavy second leg defeat after progress seemed to be there
for the grasping. Forest sides seem to deal with the pressure like England players tackling penalty
shoot-outs. Looking at our abysmal record in knockout situations since what feels like forever,
it's not really a surprise.
Football's a funny old game. If you're old enough to remember ‘The Saint and Greavsie', then
you'll know where the popularisation of that particular stock phrase originated. It wasn't a great
show in all honesty, but was as good as it got in an era when TV punditry was primarily about
humour, albeit of the [.
They do say that you learn more from a defeat than a victory. From the two games against
Birmingham, Billy Davies will have learnt a fair deal about his squad as a whole and also about
some of the individuals within it. He will have learnt that even against the 'form team' of The
Premiership the [.
Breaking news: Kleenex supplies in Derbyshire have just run out. "It's a bigger outrage than when
Diego Maradona punched the ball past Peter Shilton in 1986. It's a bigger disgrace than when
Zinedine Zidane butted Marco Materazzi three years ago," fumes the Derby Telegraph on its
tear-stained pages. The strains of mournful violins can be heard across [.
Nigel Doughty is a man who knows exactly what he wants from life. The millionaire has conquered the
business world in his generation and has seen his private equity business Doughty Hansen collect
total assets of around £8 million. The Newark born man has also pumped around £50 million into
the club of his dreams, Nottingham [.
December is traditionally a time for reflection – a chance to assess triumphs and failings as the
year winds down to its end. A new one waits in the wings, filled with the apparent possibility that
we can address those failings and conjure new triumphs; but now is a time for totting up scores. It
doesn't [.
"I'm quite shy and retiring in private. I don't have much self confidence and I never swear." At
last night's Audience With... session at The Approach, which I'm sure will remain a talking point
for several days, Billy Davies showed he was a master of irony. He was also a deft interviewee,
dodging awkward questions, but still [.
Another splendid "Audience With..." evening at The Approach, this time with Forest's own WMD Billy
Davies. "Don't believe anything you read," Billy advised us, "...or half of what you hear. Cos it's
bulls**t!" To be honest, I was expecting the evening to be very diplomatic, filled with very
carefully practised responses after all you could [.
Kelvin Wilson is no stranger to Nottinghamshire football. The Nottingham born defender has turned
out for teams either side of the Trent, in Notts County and Nottingham Forest. He is also a man
held in the highest regard by his current boss, Billy Davies, who signed Wilson for Preston North
End and then for current [.
When Colin Calderwood guided Nottingham Forest back into the Championship after a three year exile
in League One, the Scot knew he needed to add some firepower to his squad if they were going to
live up to his ambition of producing back to back promotions. The £2.65 million acquisition of
Robert Earnshaw certainly got the [.
Thanks to OmniFootball, you can keep up-to-date with goings on in South Africa with the latest
World Cup blog posts right here on LTLF: More World Cup blog posts » This page will update
automatically with the latest headlines.
Now then, I see victory over Peru keeps Argentina's World Cup hopes alive. They just need a result
against Uruguay on Wednesday. The newspaper said that 'Anything less than Palermo's ninety third
minute winner would probably have seen an end to Maradona's pioneering style of International
management'.
If you are stuck at home for tonight's play-off 2nd leg match check out Picklive who run a very
simple and FREE game where you pick 3 players from the 22 on the pitch and the user with the most
points wins. Tonight's picklive match is being run in conjunction with LTLF and will be [...]
Forest's polish star Radoslaw Majewski has written his personal blog claiming that he has put pen
to paper on a three-year contract. A rough translation reads: "Finally! I signed a contract with
Nottingham Forest! Involved with the club for three years. I waited for this moment for a long
time, so I admit that I am [.
Stan Collymore increased his legendary status last night by auctioning the shirt he wore during
Forest's promotion season of 1993/94 in memory of a young Forest fan who died recently.
Seventeen-year-old Forest fanatic Blaine Thomas suffered a brain haemorrhage on 5 April, 2010 as he
got ready for the Reds' game against Cardiff City.
The transfer window is now upon us and it is time for the speculation to begin on who is coming in
and going out of the City Ground. The Reds spent big in the summer and many people are expecting
more arrivals in this window. However, with the side playing so well this season is [...]
This week saw many of the players sent out on loan by manager Billy Davies to gain first team
football, return back to the City Ground. Youngsters Brendan Moloney, Joe Heath and Matt Thornhill
have all returned to the club as has midfielder Arron Davies from their respective loan spells.
Davies decided to send the players out [.
The new Left Back podcast from Left Lion, featuring myself and Rich Crouch representing LTLF, is
available now. What with all the palaver over the Trent this week, we and regular Notts County
correspondent Jacob went head-to-head to thrash out all the details of local football, including
what Tord Grip will do for money if [.
Myself and Rich Crouch join the Left Lion team in the studio for an irreverent natter about the
Reds, including Rich's stalking of various Forest players around Nottingham and some of the most
bizarre Forest-themed music ever recorded. You can download the Left Back podcast or listen to it
online on the Left Lion site.
Busy Billy has rescheduled his ‘Audience With' appearance at The Approach next month –
originally planned for the 12 November, the event will now take place on Thursday, 26 November.
Refunds will be available to those with tickets who now can't make it and you can still win a pair
of tickets from LTLF.
Thanks to MrTomNFFC for sending us this clip of Robbie Savage tying himself up in knots on Radio
Derby. Savage starts on the offensive over some admittedly slack journalism from his BBC colleague
Colin Gibson, but quickly loses the upper ground, unable to explain Derby's recent poor form –
except to suggest that the [.
The curtain comes down too sharply, the house lights rise too early, the dream of the big stage is
over too soon. Didn't they read the script? We were upstaged while dazzled in the limelight. The
audience files out while the critics compose their notices; harsh reviews all round, all praise
reserved for the co-star, [.
Under the sure setting in of Autumn's darkened skies, and with the country's fireworks primed for
the evenings festivities, Nottingham Forest found themselves, once again, facing an opposition
from the upper reaches of the Championship, themselves hoping to light the very skies for the City
Ground faithful, with a victory and three points that would [.
The great Dylan Thomas once wrote, "Wales is the land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it."
Under Cardiff Skies, it was clear that the inhabitants were somewhat more passionate with the fans
in good voice ahead of their side, Cardiff's tie with Nottingham Forest. The teams strolled out,
once again, as with the Forest [.
Billy Davies has been doing a fair amount to endear himself to the fans recently, with exciting
signings, straight talking and – most importantly – three wins on the trot! Maybe this was
because he knew he would be facing the Nottingham public on 12 November at The Approach, scene of
many a great 'Audience [.
