This was the definition of a game of two halves from Forest, a pretty poor quality first half in which an early goal gifted to Middlesbrough caused our hosts to play a pretty calculated game throughout. The second half belonged to the Reds and certainly on balance of chances, whilst I'm pleased with a draw [. Click to continue reading...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

Since I've had no football to watch I've naturally been mentally reviewing the season so far (as in reviewing it in my mind, rather than doing so with a mental illness!). Early though it is, I must admit I've got to concur with one of Billy's post-Peterborough comments. I couldn't find the quote, but he [. Click to continue reading...

Most of us won't remember Tommy Capel he was part of the Forest team of 1951 that won the Third Division South. He scored 24 goals that season from the position of inside left (I have no idea what an inside left is but given I surmised an outside left was basically a [...] Click to continue reading...

Peterborough United 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Happy memories continue to flow from London Road for Forest fans as the mighty Reds storm to three league wins on the bounce a first for Billy. Well, kinda. Billy presided over the last two games in our last three league game winning streak which was kicked off [. Click to continue reading...

The highlights from the Forest vs Scunthorpe United game are on the BBC website and they're reasonably comprehensive! Unfortunately for those of you resident outside the UK I've yet to find anything of interest on YouTube for this game, so if you do find one please feel free to share via the comments for your [. Click to continue reading...

Ah, Peterborough. Just like Scunthorpe gave me nightmares, Peterborough brings back the most thrilling memories; some of the best I've ever experienced as a football fan. Those of you who were there, take a moment to reflect. Those who weren't, I'm sure you know the story. It's April in 1994, and a win at London Road [. Click to continue reading...

After ten league games last season we only had five points. We were bottom of the Championship. We were yet to pick up any points on our travels, and had won only one game in total. So we are already eight points up on the deal and that feels like progress to me! Sometimes we [...] Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest 2 Scunthorpe United 0 Patience was in abundance from fans and players alike tonight, and Forest needed it to break down a bullish Scunthorpe side intent on holding on to a point. An element of luck was ours too, because whilst one would never wish injury on an opponent, the substitution of Iron [. Click to continue reading...