Aaah…Celtic…UEFA Cup, November 1983.

First up, I was 13 at the time, and had to change buses to get to school, having to cross the Old Market Square every morning.

A bitterly cold November Monday morning sees me crossing what would normally be a deserted Square…except that this Monday morning it was largely populated with scantily-clad Scottish blokes, who stood, dwarfed by stacks of alcoholic 6-packs that they’d procured.

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Disappointment at the end of the 1967 season gives way to a new school for Gary, but more importantly a new season and a new experience – watching the Forest away…

Still in second place we beat Villa 3-0 and I thought it was our God-given right to score three goals at home games. Unfortunately Manchester United were winning their matches as well. We came down with a bump at Roker Park where we lost 1-0 to Sunderland in a midweek match. A draw at Arsenal and then it was semi-final day.

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Although he didn’t get the Championship player of the month award, Chris Cohen can at least content himself with a slot in the Championship Team of the Week (opens as a PDF).
New boy George Boyd (reminds me of “what are the scores, George Daws?”) had a very decent first half and a reasonable second period [...]

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Part two of our exclusive interview with Lee Camp (read part 1 here) is based around questions from our forum members and gives Lee the chance to put an end to some of the stories about him: Is he a Derby fan with a tattoo on his arm to declare his love for the Rams? Who is the best player in a Forest shirt this season? And of course, we finally reveal which book he would read on Jackanory.

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A six-pointer against the team in fourth place. Lose and their game in hand puts them in pole position. Win and we gain some breathing space.
However, Billy was forced into some changes today;

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Gunter Morgan Chambers Cohen
Anderson McKenna Moussi Boyd
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Wilson and Earnshaw had both injured themselves in training yesterday, meaning [...]

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Of all the people.

You could almost see the knowing smirk filling Chambers’ chops as the cross sailed by the goalkeeper and landed on his forehead.

A long afternoon of clubbing balls into the stand and wrong-footing himself were forgotten in a second. Football at its best.[...]

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Nottingham Forest – 1
Swansea City – 0
Phew! Got a bit lucky there didn’t we? An evenly matched pair of sides met today in a game where chances were at a premium.  The Reds probably did edge it on chances created, although what looked like a foul on Pratley in the box perhaps should’ve given the [...]

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I was fortunate enough to meet up with Lee Camp at the City Ground after training yesterday afternoon where he opened himself up to some questions from our forum members. Part 1 of the interview is below (part 2 will follow on Monday).

In part 1 we cover his loan move from QPR last season, his disappointment at missing out on our battle for survival and go all the way back to his first ever game as a goalkeeper.

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To help promote our link up with Victor Chandler we are giving you the chance to win £50 worth of free bets with our goal time competition, we have already given away£200 worth of free bets over on our forum.

To enter the competition all you need to do is hop on over to this thread and tell us what time you think the 1st goal will be scored in the Nottingham Forest v Swansea game tomorrow.

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Third vs Fourth, and Swansea will have revenge on their minds as we pinched three points from them at the Liberty Stadium somewhat against the balance of play earlier in the season back in December.  Of course, there’s also the not-inconsiderable matter of new-boy George Boyd likely to be making his debut for the mighty [...]

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Stan the Man, one of The Approach’s most popular guests, is returning to the Nottingham bar for another Evening With event.

This time he will be joined by comedian John Stiles (Nobby Stiles’ son) though you can guarantee Stanley will raise a few laughs himself with tales of his exploits.

So, if you’re not too busy dogging on Thursday, 15 April, get your tickets now or enter our competition for a pair of passes.

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LTLF would like to pass its condolences on to the family of former Notts County and Mansfield Town player Keith Alexander. Best known in the East Midlands as recent Lincoln City and Peterborough United manager, Alexander was born in Nottingham and began his playing career with Notts. He had survived a brain aneurysm in 2003 but sadly passed away at the age of 53 today.

In what’s thought to be a slight case of fat-fingers by somebody sending him a text message, Terry took some time out of his increasingly busy schedule to take in the latest news that Forest had made a new signing.  Imagine his shock when he thought his kit repertoire was about to include feather boas, [...]

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I’ve tried not to be too impatient on the lack of movement in the transfer market – whilst Billy bangs the drum after each match I’m content to let him keep doing so.  Whilst of course, like any good football fan, I always want us to be strengthening, signing players and generally being awesome, I’m [...]

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To the eternal optimist our blood-and-balls slog against Sheffield United and Middlesbrough was the mark of a side grinding through adversity – as the triumphant invariably do.

To the discerning eye it was the paltry offerings of a spent force.

The reality is probably somewhere in between, and in any case we are far from crisis. But increasingly our fate seems mapped.[...]

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Leicester City – 3
Nottingham Forest – 0
There’s no getting away from it, a 3-0 reverse is an indictment that things didn’t go well, however, I don’t think it’s unfair to suggest it’s slightly flattering to the hosts today – who turned up their performance after a lacklustre first half to bag three second half goals [...]

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Makeshift left-back James Perchio has surprisingly been selected for the Football League Team of the Week. Billy Davies seems happy enough with his contribution but clearly doesn’t want him to play there.

Meanwhile, Chris Cohen has been rewarded for his tireless hard work (and no small amount of skill recently) by being nominated for the PFA [...]

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A trip to the Walkers Stadium presents a big test for Forest’s ailing away form – but, of course, also presents the perfect opportunity for us to get back on track with a morale-boosting win against a resurgent Leicester side.  The Foxes are unbeaten in seven games having had a bit of a wobble in [...]

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In the 1966/67 season Forest are challenging for the league and a good cup run sees the young Gary Roe start dreaming of the double…

In November we went 13 matches without defeat. I saw this as no great thing, it was what I expected with the players we had. I remember waiting for the football results to come up on the telly at Martin Carey’s (my pal’s house) and we beat Everton 1-0 twice in three days over Christmas.

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Worrying times for Nigel Doughty, as his lead agent Nigel ‘non-League’ Clough appears to be getting a little too into his role as the would-be manager of Derby County. His mission is to replace Derby’s squad with over-rated lower league and non-league playing staff whilst delivering a disappointing league finish.
There had been concerns that the [...]

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