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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Sunday, November 8, 2009, 9:38 pm
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10, Match Reports
Under the sure setting in of Autumn’s darkened skies, and with the country’s fireworks primed for the evenings festivities, Nottingham Forest found themselves, once again, facing an opposition from the upper reaches of the Championship, themselves hoping to light the very skies for the City Ground faithful, with a victory and three points that would see them leapfrog their opponents, Bristol City.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Sunday, November 1, 2009, 10:04 pm
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10, Match Reports
The great Dylan Thomas once wrote, “Wales is the land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it.” Under Cardiff Skies, it was clear that the inhabitants were somewhat more passionate with the fans in good voice ahead of their side, Cardiff’s tie with Nottingham Forest.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Sunday, October 18, 2009, 6:47 pm
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10
Under darkened, autumnal skies, the scene was set; A near capacity City Ground buzzing, thousands of away fans having made the long trip down from the North East. With many watching on T.V screens around the world the teams walking out of the tunnel were set to impress, and certainly did not let the neutrals down.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Sunday, August 16, 2009, 11:39 am
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10
Thomas Jefferson, author of the declaration of independance and third president of the United States of America once wrote, “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” However, yesterday at the City Ground, Forest fans and players alike were left scratching their heads after a noticeably hard working, and good quality performance left them ‘unluckily’ with no points from a game that they deserved three.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Friday, July 3, 2009, 7:50 pm
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10
Do your amateur team mates, team or manager deserve more praise than they are getting? Read on for details.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 8:30 pm
Read more: All Articles - Season 2009/10, Interviews, Players
LTLF poses your questions to Nottingham Forest defender, Kelvin Wilson.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 5:20 pm
Read more: Interviews, Players, Season 2008/09
LTLF introduces the second part of an exclusive interview with Nottingham Forest captain, James Perch.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Monday, June 15, 2009, 3:28 pm
Read more: Interviews, Players, Season 2008/09
The 2008/09 season ended with Forest escaping relegation and climbing the league, James Perch found himself a big part of new manager Billy Davies’ plans, being handed the captaincy, and now, in the first part of his interview, he answers the questions you put to him.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Saturday, June 13, 2009, 8:10 pm
Read more: Forest News, Season 2008/09
The football league have announced new regulations regarding financial issues as well as the much debated amount of substitutes.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:01 pm
Read more: Forest Opinion, Season 2008/09
Rumour has it that the latest potential signings heading toward the City Ground may be those of Gary Mcsheffrey and Matthew Mills of Birmingham City and Doncaster Rovers respectively. LTLF assesses the potential accuracy of said transfers and the effect they could have on a promising season for the Reds.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:34 am
Read more: Forest News, Season 2008/09
Despite the lack of any news regarding new transfer signings thus far, Mark Arthur has told supporters that he is still expecting a busy month ahead.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:28 am
Read more: Forest News, Season 2008/09
Last season loanee, and close season target Joel Lynch has divided fans in his time at Forest, but with a string of impressive performances toward the end of the season, the Reds seem determined to get their man with only Brighton standing in their way.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:21 am
Read more: Forest News, Season 2008/09
Nottingham Forest’s interest in Preston Captain, Paul Mckenna, has been confirmed by the lilywhites with two bids having been rejected, but the fight is not necessarily over.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Monday, June 1, 2009, 9:37 am
Read more: Forest News, Season 2008/09
Forest Chief Executive, Mark Arthur, has today revealed that Nottingham Forest have submitted a bid in excess of £1 million for Southampton striker, David Mcgoldrick.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 11:13 pm
Read more: General football, Season 2008/09
Another article in response to Kammy’s picks of the season, this time I’ll focus on the Championship season past.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 11:01 pm
Read more: General football, Season 2008/09
So, skysports.com favourite pundit Kammy has produced his picks of the Premiership season, and there are few surprises. I however am fed up of the teams further down the league not getting the recognition they deserve, so I’ll endavour to produce an alternative set of picks of the year.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 10:01 pm
Read more: General football, Season 2008/09
Another season gone, and as the late, great George Harrison once sang, ‘all things must pass’. In Newcastle, Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion’s cases, this means passing down toward the Championship, with Burnley, Birmingham and Wolves replacing them.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Thursday, May 21, 2009, 1:50 pm
Read more: General football, Season 2008/09
The leading scorers and shot-stoppers from all three divisions of The Football League are to receive PUMA Golden Boot and Golden Glove awards to mark their respective achievements in all competitions this season.
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By Peter Michael Blackburn, Monday, May 18, 2009, 8:48 am
Read more: History
Forest won our first ever FA Cup final in 1898. Contemporary reports of the historic 3-1 win over Derby are few and far between … until now!
This is your opportunity to own a copy of a rare, almost forgotten 100+ year old collectible booklet covering the teams that won the English FA Cup in its first 30 years, available again after many years.
First published in 1902 in the auspicious Strand magazine, The Teams that Won the World’s Greatest Football Competition 1871 – 1901 is a classic reprint of one of the earliest historical reference materials of the early years of the FA Cup and gives Forest historians and supporters the opportunity to own a really important historical account of the world’s greatest football competition and the first time we lifted the trophy. A time when Forest could claim to be the best team in the World.
This classic reprint is available for just £12.47. For further details and to order a copy please visit www.cinneide.net/facup
By Peter Michael Blackburn, Monday, April 20, 2009, 9:52 pm
Read more: Forest Matches, Season 2008/09
Forest’s under 18’s brought a three game losing streak to an end with an impressive 2-0 win tonight.
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