Over 3,000 Reds will be making the trip up north to the Riverside Stadium to cheer on Forest tomorrow. That in itself is probably testament to the cautious optimism that is starting to ferment gently around the City Ground. Few are getting too carried away, but the fact we go up to Boro above them [. Click to continue reading...

Reports suggest that one of our crocked strikers, Dexter Blackstock, could make a return in tomorrow's match at Middlesbrough, but also that Nathan Tyson will remain on the sidelines for a few weeks yet. Chris Gunter missed Wales' match last week but should be fit to resume tomorrow. For all you stats fans, Forest are now [. Click to continue reading...

Raddy Majewski will hopefully become a permanent fixture at Forest, although there are implications that he could be holding out for a bit more money (who said that Polish workers are content with low wages?) In the meantime, Craig Broon has suggested that Wee Billy Davies could be the next manager of the Scotchland national team; [. Click to continue reading...

Do you have family or friends on Ops with the Armed Forces overseas? If so here is an opportunity to send them some Forest Festive Fun to remind them that the folks at home are thinking of them at Christmas. With the kind permission and support of Nottingham Forest, a couple [...] Click to continue reading...

If reports are to be believed then Forest are mobilising to buy out the Polish international's contract with Polonia Warszawa. The midfielder has shown some fantastic glimpses of his capabilities and has really hit the ground running in English football, so this will be news of considerable delight to Forest fans, certainly this one! Click to continue reading...

The biggest stories this week seem to have surrounded full-backs, both at the club and linked with moves to the Reds. James Perchio, who is hoping to win a spot at right-back, has made it through a friendly against Barnsley without too many ill-effects; Chris Gunter, the current incumbent of the right-back slot has picked up [. Click to continue reading...

After Saturday's dull match against Bristol City (which, I reckon is down to Bristol playing for a draw) the spotlight falls on David Pleat. Apparently, Billy has his eyes on five new players in January (including long-term target Gareth Bale) and wants the transfer acquisition committee to get out of his way. Click to continue reading...

We lined up unchanged from last week's heroics at Cardiff with Billy again playing McGoldrick as a lone striker in front of a packed midfield. Campo Gunter Morgan Wilson Cohen McKenna (c) Moussi Garner Majewski Anderson McGoldrick The game itself started with an impeccably observed minute's silence for Remembrance Sunday today. Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest 1 Bristol City 1 It was the case of two immovable objects in the first half, as Gary Johnson decided to pack midfield and so did Billy Davies! It was actually the visitors who broke ranks first to attack which opened up the game in the second half, and two late goals [...] Click to continue reading...

I know I often rightly get pulled up for being a pessimistic bugger, but surely this impressive run of results (and indeed, for the most part, performances to go with them) has to come to an end sooner or later. With wee Billy a candidate (albeit with some stiff competition) for the monthly managerial accolade, [. Click to continue reading...

I'm sure Mr Lloyd Webber would be disgusted with my crass re-rendering of one of his more famous musicals, but it made me chuckle so there! For those of you who've yet to catch McGugan's dramatic injury time leveller, then you could do worse than click on this link right here! Posted in Amusing [. Click to continue reading...

Following a fairly successful appearance on BBC2 yesterday (doesn't Gabby Logan look a bit like a lion?), the nation's favourite broadcaster has offered us some tasty reaction to the Cardiff v Forest match. Firstly, an audio interview with Lewis and Chrissy Cohen, and a few words from Billy lamenting the inability to take chances and the [. Click to continue reading...

There are few better places to score a last minute goal than Cardiff. Fans from Yorkshire and Wales are graceless winners and volatile losers. They celebrate goals with a goading, Neanderthal insolence that has a tendency to leave visitors feeling three inches tall. By the same token they respond to misfortune with crimson-faced rage and [. Click to continue reading...

Sorry it has been a while, leaves on the line or something. This isn't a proper match report as I only watched on the TV, but I can safely say that this was a cracking match that I think made a decent advertisement for football at this level. The stoppage-time equaliser by Lewis McGugan will [...] Click to continue reading...

Cardiff City 1 Nottingham Forest 1 All runs must come to an end, and it seemed that would be the case today in rainy Welsh Wales before Lewis popped up to unleash a left footed strike just into stoppage time to give the reds a draw which I think on balance is deserved, but in [...] Click to continue reading...

Half-forgetting to do this has given me the advantage of being able to see the other Championship results come in today. May I be one of the many men in Red who is surely raising a glass tonight to congratulate Roy Keane on registering his first league win as Ipswich boss. Here's to you, Roy! [. Click to continue reading...

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! Click to continue reading...

"The month seems to have flown by, which means I guess it's true what they say about time flying when you're having fun 16 points from a possible 18 is my idea of fun! Let's face it, most of us would have settled for any kind of position this season so long as [...] Click to continue reading...

Hallelujah it's raining t-shirts.. tacky gimmicks like this (and the sheep masks before them) rarely ever turn out to be a good idea in my experience. In case you weren't in Pride Park for the downpour, there's a few popping up on eBay! Having been busy whilst the game was on, I might just have to [. Click to continue reading...

Crystal Palace 1 Nottingham Forest 1 A fairly laboursome game was always likely with managers like Davies and Warnock in charge of the two clubs they're both fairly well-versed in employing spoiling tactics to inhibit the other side, and this was pretty much the order of the day at Selhurst Park yesterday. Click to continue reading...

... and all I got was this lousy t-shirt! Posted in Thoughts Read the original post on Through the seasons before us Find out more about Forest blogs on LTLF Click to continue reading...

It wasn't a classic by any stretch, but a 1-1 is a result I'm quite content to leave Selhurst Park with. And let's face it, leaving that place is always a highlight! Whilst the Reds probably enjoyed the lion's share of possession, chances were limited so it was no small relief to see David McGoldrick get [. Click to continue reading...

I must admit I'm rapidly losing interest in 2018-World-Cup gate in Nottingham. A few weeks ago Councillor Kay Cutts of the County Council spread her odiousness around the local media, and attempted to unbalance the scheme the City Council, Rushcliffe Borough Council and Forest have been concocting. Click to continue reading...

Forest travel to South London safe in the knowledge that the 'flag-gate' nonsense has now been dealt with by our ponderous authorities. Both Forest and Derby have been fined (part of which is suspended) a nominal amount, and Tyson has been fined £5k and given a suspended two-match ban. Perhaps a small hillock made out [. Click to continue reading...

Something strange is happening at the City Ground. Five wins in a row, a chest-puffing knockout on live television, a last gasp winner on a damp Tuesday evening. Clean sheets. Clean sheets? I'm fairly sure I wasn't the only person pinching myself when Guy Moussi dementedly volleyed in his winner on Tuesday evening. Click to continue reading...

Some fortuitous camera work by webbo2604 in the Upper Brian Clough Stand (thanks to DeepingRed for pointing it out in the comments on the Match Report) gives you an early view of the Moose in action, latching on the flick Dele puts onto McKenna's frankly hopeful lob into the box! It's amusing to see him disappear [. Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest 1 Barnsley 0 There'll be a few people who made it home only to discover they'd missed a goal in the name of beating the traffic. I wonder if any of them also missed the probably slightly more monumental moment of Des Walker scoring his only competitive goal for the club? Some people [. Click to continue reading...

Our exploits against the Geordies at the weekend has earned us three players in the Team of the Week. Cohen (who I thought was excellent), Gunter and this-Dex-is-on-fire Blackstock all make the cut into the official football league team. Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive Find out more about Forest blogs on LTLF Click to continue reading...

Our victory over Newcastle United is the main talking point today as the Geordies come to terms with not being top of the pile and bemoan their club's predicament. And maybe Kevin Nolan will learn to keep his mouth shut apart from a chant of "you've never won fuck all" it's [...] Click to continue reading...

It's a shame they don't quite show the whole build-up but most of it, along with a few angles. Makes you wonder why Alan Smith was the man tracking Dexter, with Enrique coming across too where were their central defence?! I've definitely seen plenty of those given offside erroneously in the past [. Click to continue reading...

Somebody's run is going to have to end on Tuesday. Barnsley are resurgent under new boss Mark Robins, who of course already played a pivotal role in history at the City Ground by scoring the goal that supposedly saved Sir Alex Ferguson's career. Now, as manager of the Tykes he's engineered a run of three [. Click to continue reading...

Sorry folks the late kick off meant that we didn't get chance to record a podcast after the game yesterday. So you'll have to make do with a traditional match report. On the way to the ground, Radio Nottingham announced the line up as a 4-5-1: Campo in goal, Gunter and Cohen [...] Read the [...] Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest 1 Newcastle United 0 Billy Davies called for the fans to back the team, the fans backed the team, the team repaid the fans. A definite game of two halves, the first of which was the best performance I've seen from Forest under Billy. Davies opted to pack the midfield with Raddy [. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Taylor returns for Newcastle, with Zurab Khizanishvili leading the line for them (I love Georgian names). Ned Kelly is still looking forward to meeting his old club, while Billy Davies is hoping for an early return for little Robbie Earnshaw. Also on his way back is James Perchio who has now returned [. Click to continue reading...

Like it or not, Newcastle are the team that everyone wants to beat this year in the Championship and they're wearing their media mantle of 'big club in the second tier' rather well by sitting pretty at the top of the pile at present. Forest are of course in a good vein of form [...] Click to continue reading...