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Millwall (home)

11 Sep 2010

City Ground 15:00

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Preston (away)

14 Sep 2010

Deepdale 19:45

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Hull (away)

18 Sep 2010

KC Stadium 15:00

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Nottingham Forest 2 – 0 Coventry City

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Another game undefeated for Billy’s men. Five changes from the draw at Watford saw us line up, initially as a 4-4-2, but later as a 4-3-3 (Cohen moving to left midfield and Tyson joining Dex and Earnie up front). Campo, Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Shorey, Cohen, McKenna, Majewski, Tyson, Earnshaw, Blackstock Coventry set out to make [...]

Nottingham Forest 4 – 1 Doncaster Rovers: match report and podcast

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The biggest win of Billy Davies’ Forest career saw us line up in a 4-4-2 formation: Campo Gunter Morgan Wilson Shorey Anderson McKenna Majewski McCleary Blackstock Earnshaw Aston Villa loanee and potential January target Nicky Shorey slotted in at left-back and an injury to the Moose [...]

Billy talks nonsense

Regular readers will know that I am not the manager’s biggest fan; my response is that I don’t need to like him as long as he does a decent job. However, in a day and age where every comment from players and managers is examined under a microscope, I think Billy Davies has come out [...]

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Preston North End: Better late than never

Smith Chambers Morgan (c) Wilson Lynch McGugan Osbourne Cohen McCleary Earnshaw Anderson Subs: Heath (Lynch, 87), Thornhill (McGugan, 90), Breckin (Earnshaw, 90), Garner, Gamble. Just like Rahoul, I would like to apologise for the interruption to the usual service, we have obviously had the wrong type of snow at eighteensixtyfive towers recently. By now, you [...]

The trouble with Billy Davies … Part 1

Before I start, I am not saying that Davies should be sacked or is not fit to manage this club – it is far too early to resort to such mean-spirited words… Those of you who listened to the post-Derby podcast will have noticed that we weren’t happy, and that we were laying the blame [...]

Chants for the memories

“Psycho! Psycho! Psycho!”, “Nigel Nigel, Nigel Nigel”, “Oh, Teddy Teddy, Teddy Teddy Teddy Teddy Sheringham”, “Ian Ian Ian Woan, Ian Woan Ian Woan”, “There’s only one Stevie Chettle”, “Norman, show us your bum”… I started going to Forest in 1990, and one of the best rituals was the team running out to the Robin Hood [...]

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: The joy of text

Apologies for the fact that I haven’t had time to write a proper report yet. Hopefully I will be able to do so in the next 24 hours or so. Rahoul couldn’t make the match last night, so I thought that it might be fun to recount my text message updates that I sent to [...]

Everything but the goal: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Cardiff City

Having reported the other night on how I couldn’t see how we would get a win, Saturday’s match was both a fillip and a kick in the nads teeth. It was good, because it proved to idiots like me that playing decent football can get you out of trouble, and yet it was bad because [...]

Glass half-empty: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich Town

Colin Calderwood was caught speeding on his way home from the match last night. As the policeman approached his car, the bronzen one was heard to exclaim, “I’m sorry officer, I just wanted three points!” Forest (4-4-2): Camp; Chambers, Morgan, WIlson (c), Bennett (Lynch 45); Anderson, Fletcher, Cohen, McCleary (Martin 74); Cole (McGugan 66), Tyson. [...]

Forest v Watford preview

Following the news that Lewis McGugan has joined the walking wounded, there is a new gap in the team, which will be filled by either Garath McCleary or (more likely) Matt Thornhill. I personally wouldn’t mind seeing McCleary start, as it means that Chris Cohen would be able to drop into his more favoured midfield [...]

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