It was a dull and dreary night
But not one week before
When ’gainst opponents dressed in white
The Forest failed to score
Nor even make a half a chance
To satisfy their fans
And stood as if put in a trance
To lose against the Rams [...]
First blood was drawn and the board took the hit... Pleat went down without a fight. Then the retaliation: Beswick was sacked, ending 15 years with McClaren. Would it help? The first test was at home against Birmingham [...]
For someone who has pursued a career in football, who has been involved at the very centre of a successful period at a club moving forward and challenging for honours, the career-threatening injury must be the absolute worst-case scenario [...]
In 1959, Nottingham Forest lifted the FA Cup with the same 11 players starting in every round. I had the fortune of meeting the goalkeeper Chic Thomson on several occasions and he regularly told me how this team of ‘journeymen’ came together to [...]