“It brought back the memory of my goal against Coventry in the Trent End five minutes after coming on, or looking down the other end and seeing my header against Leeds where I smashed my head off the post whilst scoring. It was unbelievable.” While Jason Longdon’s footballing career never hit the stardom that many…
Many things are considered synonymous with matchdays at the World-Famous City Ground. A roaring atmosphere, a distinct lack of hot water, pre-match carlings in the Lower Bridgford concourse (if you sit where I do, anyway) and a football team that we love and adore to bring substance to it all. Arriving at the City Ground…
As far as most people are obviously aware, Nottingham Forest are blessed to possess a set of the greatest fans in the English games. Equipped with passionate vocality in and out of the stands, the love and enthusiasm for our great club resonates through the leagues over and over again, be it through the dark…
I barely need to introduce him, do I? In the era of social media and the shifting tide of journalism, investigative journalists who seek out the tough stories and provide the world with professionally sourced and detailed breaking news becomes harder and harder to find. One such man who certainly fits that bill is The…
In the digital age of football media, it has become more important than ever for football clubs to imprint a high standard of quality within their media teams and the content they push out across their platforms. One such example of a successful team of creators and the content they produce for their club is…
Nottingham Forest are dreamers. But the line is meant to stop there. Within the confines of an East Midlands city lies a ground so steeped in history, so adorned with medals and trophies and stories of legend, and yet one so far removed from present day glory and achievement. Always the nearly team, and failing…
Hull City 1-1 Nottingham Forest (EFL Championship) 07.05.22 Nottingham Forest finished off the regular season in the Championship with a crazy 1-1 draw away at Hull City. Both sides saw opportunities to snatch away all three points, but the majority of them came the way of the hosts, who found themselves through on goal over…
Hucknall Town 2-0 Harrowby United (United Counties League Division One) 29.01.22 Hucknall Town braved harsh conditions to beat Harrowby 2-0, making it six straight wins for Andy Graves men. It was a second half show from the Yellows that brought home the points, with goals from Sam Sims and Grant Ryan within five minutes of…
As has been reported for several weeks, outcast Nottingham Forest playmaker Joao Carvalho is expected to complete a move to Olympiakos for an undisclosed fee in the next 48 hours. The clubs record signing will be bringing an end to a three-and-a-half year stay in the Midlands, which saw him score eight goals and set…
Gedling Miners Welfare 1-3 Hucknall Town (United Counties League Division One) 04.01.22 A red card for Jake Pearson did little to deter a fantastic Hucknall performance, who saw Gedling off in a 3-1 win. Gedling had previously scored six goals in two games earlier this season against The Yellows, in a 3-3 league draw and…
As the clock struck 12 on Friday night, the world (well, specifically England) rolled into a new year, full of new hopes and positivises. And just 18 hours into it, Forest fans were greeted by the arrival of a new man in red; Aston Villa striker Keinan Davis. The 24-year-old has joined the club to…
Three and a half years ago in the EFL Championship, the relegation battle in the 2016/17 season stretched all the way to the very last day. With Blackburn, Birmingham and Nottingham Forest all potentially feared for the drop, depending on the other two team’s results and their own. With an emphatic 3-0 win over Ipswich…
When you visit the City Ground, there is every chance that the football will leave you disappointed, but you will never come away doubting the quality of the stadium it was played in. The City Ground has been home to Nottingham Forest since the third of September 1898, 33 years after the club was established…
As someone who is Nottingham born and bred, a season ticket holder at Nottingham Forest for 3 season (excluding last year, obviously) and lives just 1 minute away from a train station to Nottingham, there was only ever going to be one stadium at which I would start my pilgrimage around the 92. That’s right,…
Hucknall Town 3-1 Holwell Sports (United Counties Football League Division One) 09.10.21 A spirited and war-ready Hucknall Town fought tooth and nail to overcome a 1-0 setback to win 3-1 at Watnall Road. Looking to build on an impressive 5-1 win over Hinckley last time out, the Yellows handed a first start of the season…
The game of choice was certainly not one to remember as I visited Meadow Lane, but the atmosphere and experience absolutely was. After ditching the car at the matchday parking right next to the ground, I headed around the corner to my stand and immediately caught the essence of Nottinghamshire through the meandering fans near…
Kirby Muxloe 2-2 Hucknall Town (United Counties League Division One) 18.09.21 Hucknall Town will be pleased to extend their unbeaten league run to 7 games but may return to Nottinghamshire thinking they should’ve had more than they got out of their 2-2 draw at Kirby Muxloe. Hucknall dominated for large portions of the match, including…
Hucknall Town Reserves 4-4 Beeston (NSL Division One) 14.09.21 Grant Ryan starred in an intense 8-goal thriller at Watnall Road, as Hucknall Town’s Reserves battled with Beeston FC to a 4-4 draw that neither team deserved to be on the losing side of. A bright Hucknall start saw Morgan Bell win an early free kick…
To sit and analyse the issues and ongoings at Nottingham Forest football club extensively is a task greater than many in the world of football writing. Shady leaks and reports deriving straight from the top of the club regarding everything from manager sackings and removal lorries, trickling all the way down to what we simply…
12 league wins, a seventeenth placed Championship finish and 33 different players used. The 2020/21 season has definitely been one to forget as a whole. For a team who so cruelly missed out on the play-offs the previous season to nearly dropping into a relegation fight the following campaign, makes a very tough job for…
