Psychosomatic
As Forest fans over-react to the sale of two players, Alex Walker wonders if some have become addicted to drama and controversy thanks to the reign of Billy Davies – and could this hamper Stuart Pearce?
LTLF Topic: Kuwait
Pedants to protest over City Ground renaming
With Nottingham Forest reported to be on the verge of announcing a major sponsorship deal with the Kuwaiti government, a small group is planning a protest over the renaming of the club's historic City Ground home.
“We don’t mind the club selling the naming rights,” says Arty Culation of pressure group Pedants Preferring Perfection. “In the modern age, stadium-sponsorship is nothing new and all clubs must move with the times.
“What really bothers us about re-branding the City Ground as ‘Kuwait City Ground Stadium’ is the appalling tautology [...]
“We don’t mind the club selling the naming rights,” says Arty Culation of pressure group Pedants Preferring Perfection. “In the modern age, stadium-sponsorship is nothing new and all clubs must move with the times.
“What really bothers us about re-branding the City Ground as ‘Kuwait City Ground Stadium’ is the appalling tautology [...]
Daniel Taylor: ‘Press box ban is just a red herring’
On 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...The town crier of A Block
‘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...