LTLF Topic: City Ground

‘Never let your mam down’ – Brian Clough to the rescue

by , May 30, 2013
Scene: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, September 1980. A small crowd of about 15 people are watching as STEPHEN FOSTER clings desperately to the River side of the iron railings watched by PC LEE SUMMERS. Another PC stands between SUMMERS and the crowd. FOSTER is hugely distressed and is crying. A Mercedes car slows and stops alongside. BRIAN CLOUGH winds down the car window, thinks better of it and emerges from the car and approaches SUMMERS. The crowd murmur [...]

The town crier of A Block

by , April 29, 2013
Those Forest Men by Mark Collar‘Those Forest Men’ is a unique football book that mixes the history of the club with personal reminiscences, written by local author and regular LTLF contributor, Mark Collar (aka Me Owd Duck). In this exclusive extract, Mark profiles a familiar voice in the A Block...

City Ground bygones

December 21, 2012
With two large video screens being erected at the City Ground this week, members of the LTLF Forum have been reflecting on the changing face of the ground over the years. Reminiscences of things you’ll never see at the City Ground again include kids standing on crates in the Trent End, advertisements for Zycomm Two-Way Radio and bobble hats with Scottish clubs on one side and Forest on the other [...]