Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester United (FA Cup Round Five) 28.02.24 After a good performance, Forest fans probably felt that – while inconvenient for their evening schedule – extra time would be the deserved route. However, Casemiro’s late winner forced a United victory, and saw the Red Devils advance to the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup,…
Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 24.02.24 A frustrating encounter in the West Midlands was on show for Forest fans, as Nuno’s Reds were beaten by Emery’s Villa side who look to amend previous mistakes and put the record straight. The first half started in disastrous fashion. Villa had already tried it, and now…
Five seconds into the video clip and I had a lump in my throat. Ten seconds and I had a tear in my eye. Come the end, after forty seconds, I was wiping both eyes. As we hear Forest fans sing ‘Mull of Kintyre’, the camera focuses on the face of one supporter. 92 year-old…
“It’s incredibly important for people to be able to find out where they’re from, it’s a bit of right,” Professor Turi King, February 2024. The search is on for Peter, the Polish gentleman who is the biological father of one of Nottingham Forest’s two-time, European Cup winners, Tony Woodcock. In the mid-1950s, Eastwood, in north-west…
Two sides are putting in battling performances and grinding out results at the top end of the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division, with Newcastle United currently holding the aces over Nottingham Forest. Carly Davies’s side, on the road at fourth placed Liverpool Feds were held to a battling 1-1 draw, whilst the Lady…
Ask a bunch of fans for their best Forest goals ever and they’ll be recollecting out-loud before you’ve finished the question. The same reaction would follow with any group of supporters, whatever their team. Reading this opening, your mind is probably already sorting a personal top goals sequence! There need be no time limit on…
How Nottingham Forest are combatting availability issues, could this present academy opportunities? With numerous players returning from injury, but some players often facing repeated injury issues, Forest are battling against an ongoing problem that has most recently struck Chris Wood – Forest’s top scorer this season – who is unlikely to return until late March….
The Emirates FA cup is in full swing, and I had the opportunity to watch the rematch between Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. The last time the teams were against each other, they drew 0-0, so this was the deciding match to see which team would progress to the next round. The FA cup, often…
After a few weeks of lulling in regards goals scored in the Nottinghamshire women’s football scene, the back of the net is starting to bulge once more as the FA Women’s National League pair of Nottingham Forest, and Notts County, both had games with six goals. Forest, they bagged six-of-the-best in the Northern Premier clash…
So who are the new boys on Trent side? After a largely lower key transfer window compared to recent times, Nottingham Forest took a more reluctant and reserved approach until the last couple of days of January at least, making only a few signings, but who are these latest captures and how will they fit…
‘Provided You Don’t Kiss Me’ has to be one of the quirkiest book titles in the library of football. Then again, its subject is one of the most colourful and charismatic characters in the game: Brian Clough. Written by a – then – rookie Nottingham Post reporter, Duncan Hamilton, it traces the local media-manager relationship…
Carly Davies’ Nottingham Forest side stretched their unbeaten, Grange Park home record this season to ten-wins-from-ten following a battling, 2-1 win, over visiting Burnley in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier. It was a victory that sees the Reds move up to second in the table, and just four points behind leaders Newcastle United;…
What is Forest’s transfer strategy in the later stages of the transfer window? The end of the Winter transfer window is soon drawing to a close, and Nottingham Forest are yet to make a signing – an unfamiliar concept when looking at recent transfer windows. However the reason for this isn’t because there is no…
Three goalless draws, eight clubs failing to register a goal, and a second consecutive goalless game involving Mansfield Town, it was certainly an interesting weekend of action in Nottinghamshire’s women’s football scene – on the plus side, there was to be a he win in the North East for Nottingham Forest, and a first league…
Only Half A Yard. Furious. Incandescent. Fulminating. Gobsmacked. Foaming at the mouth. Ah, that’s it! Brentford’s first – and equalising – goal against Forest on Saturday evening was something special for several reasons, leaving me, figuratively, foaming at the mouth. It was the worst example by the Reds of making a defensive wall against a…
Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 20.01.24 Brentford’s clinical acumen matched with Forest’s defensive mistakes leads the Reds to end good recent Premier League form, and give the Bees their first win in some time. The first half couldn’t have been more fantastic to start with, as Danilo unleashed his inner Paulo Di Canio, flicks…
Nottingham Forest travel to the capital on Saturday where they will face 16th place Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium. Each team goes into this game as the foil of the other in terms of form with Nottingham Forest winning 3 of their last 5, only losing to Bournemouth amidst an unfortunate VAR error. Whereas…
A few weeks back, Blackpool Tower was reported to be on fire. When emergency services responded, they realised it was a case of mistaken identity. What had been taken to be flames fanning around the structure turned out to be orange netting caught up in it, blowing around in the wind. Perhaps it was an…
Nuno’s FFP mentality should be echoed by Forest fans, despite looming verdict. In a recent press conference, Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo stated that he has urged focus amongst his squad, despite news of charges relating to a breach of Profitability & Sustainability Regulations by the club. And while natural to worry, Forest fans should…
Nottingham Forest have been charged with breaching the Premier League profitability and sustainability regulations and will now be sent to an independent regulator. What have Forest done? In a short and hopefully less confusing description, Forest have been charged for having losses above the thresholds that cover 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2022/23. Over these three seasons,…
