Articles by Alex Walker

‘So you’ve been taken over by a foreigner, huh?’ #1 Leicester City

July 11, 2012
While most Forest fans are no doubt glad to see the Al-Hasawi takeover finally go through, no one really knows what exactly to expect from Fawaz and his brothers. LTLF has been talking to fans from a number of clubs who have also recently been subject to overseas takeovers to gauge their experiences, good and bad...

Anthemic origins: where the terraces got their songs

July 5, 2012
LTLF editor Alex Walker takes a look at the songs that formed the basis of a host of terrace favourites, tracing their origins from Cuba to South Africa, via some funky punks and a bit of a cockney knees-up...

Nigel Doughty: tragedy and perspective

February 4, 2012
If it wasn’t for TV scheduling many of us would be receiving the sad and shocking news of Nigel Doughty’s death at the age of 54 as we left Pride Park or awaited the match reaction from our radios. But with no game today most of us would have been enjoying a Saturday afternoon with no football, maybe spending time with family or friends, or just getting odd jobs around the house done [...]

Book reviews: Nottingham Forest: On This Day, Nottingham Forest Miscellany and The Day I Met Brian Clough

December 6, 2011
Records must have broken this year as a plethora of Forest books hit the shelves – the postman serving the LTLF offices is currently taking three months off with a crippled spine from carrying all the review copies that have dropped through our letterbox in the last few months. But aside from giving postal workers back problems, what purpose are all these books serving? Here we review three Forest-themed books that take a potted history approach to the Reds’ past to find out if they can tell us something we don't already know [...]

Forest sack Billy Davies: first reaction

June 12, 2011
LTLF generally has a neutral editorial policy, but the breaking news that Nottingham Forest have terminated Billy Davies’ contract one year short prompts me to put on record my utter shock and disgust at the actions of the Forest board [...]

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September 25, 2012
LTLF hasn’t been updated since before the Leeds game and you’ve probably guessed the reason for this – we’re in mourning for our season. The unbeaten run is gone, we’ve been found out tactically and the wool Sean O’Driscoll had pulled [...]

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