1865
1865: Nottingham Forest Football Club in the Coca Cola Championship
 

Prutts is back

On loan till the end of the season (when he is out of contract). Prutts was one of my favourite players for a very, very simple reason. Even under the DDUP[*], Prutton was always the one who, at the final whistle, was the first to come over and applaud us. No matter how bad we [...]

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He will kill him

I found it funny because the left-back was kicking people and ready to fight everybody. I told Steve Clarke ‘he will kill him’ and before I’d finished he did. Yes, funny. So that was why Jose was laughing when Shevchenko went down …

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Holt vs Holt

To the person that did the Google search for “Are Forest’s Holts brothers?” – the answer is “no”.

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Who needs Mourinho?

On the telly for this one. Mourinho was dressed as a tramp in his pre-match interview. Lineker was quiet. Hanson was almost gracious … a big day out for the Forest fans. Wright tipped us to win … probably because of his Forest connection and because he knew what the other two were like. Desailly [...]

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Excited!

Is anyone else excited about the battle of the housewives’ favourites on Sunday? If nothing else, it gave the Evening Post a chance to compare Jose and Cloughie’s most memorable quotations… I don’t know if we will win the match, but if we do, I will love it. Especially as I have a Chelsea fan [...]

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Memories of Chelsea

In preparation for Sunday … My favourite memory of playing Chelsea was in some meaningless pre-season tournament. Hoddle had just signed Ruud Gullit (the signing that ultimately transformed Chelsea from being no-marks into the ultra-rich champions they are today) and was playing him at sweeper. While the Chelsea fans chanted for Gullit, our own Lars [...]

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A plum draw?

A Forest fan speculates as to why the tie of the round isn’t necessarily a source of happiness for him.

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Prutts to stay

David Prutton is going nowhere. Apart from maybe Hull.

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Cheerio

Harris to Millwall, Padula to Montpelier and Gardner to Vale.

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… and it’s …

Chelsea away. Drogba to score six after the back four spend the night crapping in West London bars? OR Tyson to break free of the non-existent centre-halves and nick one?

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