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Forest Fans v Dave Jones: Below the belt

I didn’t particularly want to write about this story, but it has acquired a life of its own.

I think most right-minded fans would agree that chants about Dave Jones were unwarranted, unedifying and only tarnish the name of the club. Jones has, understandably, had his say; you cannot blame him for being upset when his kids were in the crowd. Marthur and Nigel D have apologised to him (rightly so), and the issue has made the national press, as well as the locals.

Speaking of local press, I found a link to this story, which only goes to show how jumped-up local journos can badly blur the lines (I hate journalists stating opinions as fact):

I spent almost a decade covering Forest during the times when Brian Clough was in charge.

He would have let those chanting at Jones know exactly how he felt. Forest manager Colin Calderwood, though, simply said: “I didn’t hear anything.”

As if Colin didn’t have enough on his plate without being lambasted for concentrating on his own affairs! Another example of shoddy local journalism, and yet it has worked because they are only concerned with selling papers and getting hits on their websites – the truth is secondary, and yet local media can still feel chuffed with their “performance”.

Tags: abuse, Cardiff City, dave jones, nottingham forest   Posted in News, Opinion