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1865: Nottingham Forest Football Club in the Coca Cola Championship
 

Play-off pay-off

If either Barnsley or Swansea lose next week and we draw then we’re in. If either Barnsley or Swansea draw next week and we win then we’re in. If both Barnsley and Swansea win then we need to win by five goals more than Swansea and we’re in. So we just need to beat Bradford [...]

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Big Phil for England

The best man for the job. Better than Sam bloody Allardyce anyway. It’s telling that the best English candidate was McClaren (who admittedly single-handedly kept Derby in the Premiership and won Man U the Champion’s League(*)) and he did not even have the confidence of his club captain. (*) I know they’re not all native [...]

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quote of the week

From the BBC website “Quotes of the week”: He was fast and a good dribbler.Arsene Wenger on the squirrel who invaded Highbury during the Champions League semi-final with Villarreal. CHANT OF THE WEEK:Squ-irrel, there’s only one squirrel Arsenal fans salute the star of the show in the clash with Villarreal.

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Idle Boast

All the papers are stating that Chaz will be given the manager’s job with Barlio as his assistant. No complaints from me with this run of form. My idle boast, earlier in the season, that we would finish higher than Huddersfield might even come true.

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Four Scenarios

Shamelessly lifted from a post by 442 on the Blooming Forest message board: 1. Forest fail to reach the playoffs.Comment: Frank and Charlie did a heroes job.New manager: Glenn Hoddle or Roy Keane.Fans reaction: Fans very upset Frank and Charlie didn’t get the job, but understand it as they didn’t want it in the first [...]

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Grant Holt

Forest’s newest player speaks to the BBC (and thinks that Megson should have gone!).

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Yellow peril

So it appears that the inconsistency (and occasional incompetence) of referees can have a significant bearing on the outcomes of a season. Last night, Neil Danns scored two goals to give Colchester a 2-0 win over Hartlepool. This win moves them to third in the table and pretty much consolidates their place in the play-off [...]

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Local Journalism

So it wasn’t just Megson that prompted the Evening Post to make stuff up. It was just general poor journalism. That’s nice to know.

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