LTLF Topic: Manchester United

Black Magic: How Viv Anderson transformed football’s racial profile

by , May 19, 2016
Modern football is inherently diverse. The Premier League and Football League contains players from every part of the world. Furthermore, homegrown black players have become a familiar sight. Fans at the City Ground regularly cheer on the likes of Dexter Blackstock and Britt Assombalonga. It is easy to forget that this has not always been the case [...]

Daniel Taylor: ‘Press box ban is just a red herring’

September 18, 2013
Daniel TaylorOn Saturday the Guardian’s chief football writer and author of a highly-praised book about Forest, Daniel Taylor, wrote about how he and his newspaper had been barred from the City Ground press box on a technicality. With questions posed by LTLF Forum members, we hear his side of the story as well as his views on Forest’s prospects this season...

Five players who should never have left Forest

by , July 29, 2013
The Glory of ForestOften in football you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, with a forgettable squad player suddenly surprising everyone when he excels at a new club. But sometimes it works the other way round, with the player wishing he’d stayed where he was.

With the likes of Lee Camp, Chris Gunter and Wes Morgan leaving the club in the last 12 months only to be linked to quick returns, here is a list of the five players who must most wish they had never left the City Ground...

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...