Last season’s Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester united signalled the end of a thirty year wait for a semi-final in a major competition for Nottingham Forest, but there was a time when finals were a regular occurrence including a two-legged victory over Barcelona in Europe. We’re going to take you back in detail courtesy of…
Just as Brian Clough’s men did in 1980 the NFFC walking football squad landed on Spanish soil to defend the European trophy they lifted a year previously. Twelve months ago, the over 50’s and over 60’s sides both emerged victorious in the tournament hosted in Santa Ponsa, this time around they aimed to go one…
At the tail end of last season, I caught up with a former Forest frontman Kevin Campbell, he spoke at length regarding his move to the City Ground, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, non-tackling centre halves and the fear of being marooned on a desert island with Andy Johnson. Despite numerous invites by Nottingham Forest over the…
It may well be thirty years since Nottingham Forest last appeared at Wembley, but should they lift the Championship play-off trophy it will be their third piece of silverware in a week. Whilst Steve Cooper and his troops have been busy preparing for a shot at the Premier league the NFFC walking football teams have…
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a blind or visually impaired football fan? Most fully sighted people that I’ve asked that question to produce the very same answer: “I guess they have to stay at home and listen on the radio.” Well, thanks to Alan March Sport the days of visually impaired…
Nottingham Forest may well have been outside the Premier League for 22 years but thanks to the Serbia supporters branch they are still winning trophies in Europe. I caught up with their Captain and Chairman Milan Milenović who regaled upon the fascinating story of how it all happened. Milan is 42 years of age and…
I’ve often said that an international break can help or hinder your club given their form leading up to one, working on the premise that it eases the pressure of a losing streak, whilst alternatively, stifling the momentum of a side in form. For once I took the unfamiliar vantage point on my sofa having…
Amazing, isn’t it? A Forest manager, albeit interim, dares to break from the monotony of 4-2-3-1 and gets a vital win on the road. And with the possibility of Steve Cooper as the next permanent gaffer at the City Ground, who knows, we may finally be come a side that intends to win as opposed…
As the final whistle blew at the City Ground on Sunday, I was in no doubt that Nottingham Forest and Chris Hughton would finally be parting company. Ironically, at the time of writing (20:30 Sunday 12 September 2021) the NFFC manager is still in his role, but perhaps more telling is the fact that we…
Nottingham Forest returned to Championship action at the City Ground for the first time since March 6, 2020, in front of a 25,000 strong crowd, however, if this season fails to bear fruits of any kind, those supporter numbers will rapidly decline. The stage was beautifully set as swathes of red jerseys poured back into…
After watching Nottingham Forest being held to a goalless draw away at Bristol City, I realised how much we’d improved under the management of Chris Hughton. Far from perfect I admit but the primary directive of avoiding relegation is all but complete. Watching Bristol reminded me of life before James Garner and Filip Krovinović, I…
Newly crowned British Featherweight boxing champion Leigh Wood took time out to speak exclusively to me about his title and the exciting times ahead. The 32-year-old Gedling man used all his experience to knock out Reece Mould in the ninth round, inflicting a first career defeat upon the young pretender. Mould started strongly and was…
When we set up the Nottingham Sport in October 2019, we envisaged twelve months later hosting our first awards ceremony for the best local athletes, teams and Notts sportspeople of 2020. We chose the year because we thought it had a nice sounding ring with it to start fresh from, we thought of a nice…
Irrespective of the fact that my beloved City Ground hasn’t welcomed a supporter through its turnstiles since March 6th 2020, I pose the following question: have we stopped watching football as a sport? It is not the lack of vision that I’m alluding to but rather the way in which many have chosen to perceive the…
I’ve not put pen to paper regarding all things Nottingham Forest for quite some time, but after watching Lewis Grabban literally duck all responsibility against Stoke City I was incensed. As always, this is purely my opinion, a democracy and never a dictatorship. However, I don’t think I’ve been so riled by the attitude of…
Since the turn of the century Nottingham Forest has transformed a plethora of academy graduates into first team players, they all have their own story to tell but none quite so interesting as that of Spencer Weir-Daley. Spencer’s opening gambit was to describe himself as “a veteran, no longer a young boy,” going on to…
Happy Birthday To Us. The Nottingham Sport is officially one years old today having posted our first ever article exactly one year ago today. And you can read it here (although don’t be too excited as it’s quite boring). In truth our vision for the Nottingham Sport website came a little time before this date…
When I saw Dave Shaw’s post on a Nottingham Forest supporter’s group, not only did I look twice, I had to process the information a third time to fully comprehend the magnitude of it all. He uploaded a picture of his great-grandfather, Walter Shaw, holding aloft the FA Cup in 1959, and there lay the…
A couple of months ago during the 40th anniversary week of Nottingham Forest’s second European Cup victory I spoke with the very man that lifted the trophy, the legendary John McGovern. Despite jumping at the opportunity to interview one so coveted perhaps my opening gambit could have set me up for instant failure, I asked…
As the fourth official raised the board of no hope versus Stoke, all I could hear was the sound of Sonny and Cher belting out “I got you babe!” For some, the reality of a Forest implosion may seem shocking, unfortunately for most it’s indicative of our recent past. Where do I begin? Well, I’ve…
