LTLF Topic: Brian Clough

LTLF meets… Craig Armstrong

September 12, 2013
LTLF Forum members put questions to former youth team player turned Forest academy coach, Craig Armstrong. Craig tells us his views on the current academy prospects, Pierre Van Hooijdonk’s strike and which manager he thought was an ‘absolute knob’...

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...

Post-Season Poem: 2012/13

by , July 11, 2013
In life there are so very few sure things but one is that times are never boring for those who follow the Garibaldi in their endless, epic fairy story. It’s true the Reds frustrate and enrage us on both the pitch and the sporting pages and leave us heartbroken more oft’ than not, but never without some twists in the plot [...]

‘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...