When Saturday Comes

21. Outdated attitudes mean football fans still tolerate unfair treatment by police: (Stories); ... at Nottingham Forest to take Wolves joint top of the Championship last September, travelling fan Stuart Booth (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) joined a melee bouncing around on the ...; Created on 29 March 2018
22. How the Texaco Cup briefly gripped parts of Scotland and the West Midlands: (Stories); ... and the Republic of Ireland who were not participating in European competitions. So along with finalists Wolves and Hearts the other pioneers in 1970 were Burnley, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, ...; Created on 29 January 2018
23. Micky Adams: My life in football: (Managers); ... each a one-word assessment of their performance, the most common being “shit”. His magnificent accounts of his time as a manager – at Fulham, Swansea, Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Brighton (twice), ...; Created on 18 January 2018
24. Dalglish & Rush, Summerbee & Lee, Warboys & Bannister – where have the great duos gone?: (Stories); ... to Canada for trying to buy booze using counterfeit currency. Eventually Sunderland offloaded Baxter to Nottingham Forest while Kinnell ended up at Ayresome Park, Boro having shelled out £40,000 for ...; Created on 21 December 2017
25. From the archive ~ Traditional floodlights are a sad casualty of modern stadiums: (Stories); ... criss-cross pattern. Several survive, at Shrewsbury, Orient, Fulham, Darlington, Cambridge United and Cardiff City, inter alia. Ones that have gone? Palace, Wrexham, Oxford United, Spurs, both Nottingham ...; Created on 25 September 2017
26. Owls and Blades prepare to resume hostilities in topsy-turvy Steel City Derby: (Stories); ... apart attacking teams than those who sit back, and their best performance of the season so far came when they beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at Hillsborough. Then, the away side set up in a 3-5-2, not dissimilar ...; Created on 22 September 2017
27. There’s always last year ~ Championship 2016-17: (Stories); ... Nottingham Forest, who beat Ipswich 3-0. That Forest found themselves in a relegation fight was of little surprise to Al Needham, who predicted “another season that will tumble from the dog’s arse o ...; Created on 27 July 2017
28. Illegal payments, blackmail and Herbert Chapman – the sorry tale of Leeds City: (Stories); ... just two points in the 1913-14 season. At Elland Road, Nottingham Forest were crushed 8-0; winger Ivan Sharpe and McLeod, who scored 27 goals once again, continued to receive rave reviews. Finally, Leeds ...; Created on 03 July 2017
29. From the archive ~ Why have all the homemade fan banners disappeared?: (Stories); ... aint-Étienne and Swiss outfit FC Zurich en route to the final. Embed from Getty Images After Trevor Francis, bought for £1 million from Birmingham City, headed the winner for Nottingham Forest ...; Created on 30 May 2017
30. Rangers need new approach to challenge Celtic after Mark Warburton failure: (Stories); ... with Nottingham Forest before Forest decided to retain their own caretaker management team. Via representatives or otherwise, the trio had declared their intent to leave. Rangers let them go. Arriving ...; Created on 17 February 2017
31. Unconventional kits can taint fans’ views of a club’s greatest moments: (Stories); ... was unique to Saints at the time, reminiscent as it was of an earlier Nottingham Forest look. The following season Adidas couldn’t even be bothered to supply a bespoke design. Embed from Getty Images ...; Created on 15 February 2017
32. Notts County’s new owner brings hope of League survival against the odds: (Stories); ... that any season ticket holder of rivals Nottingham Forest who attended the Mansfield game in mid-January (a 0-0 draw) would get a free ticket to the next home match against Crawley Town. As such, he immediately ...; Created on 25 January 2017
33. From the archive ~ The glory days of televised indoor tournaments: (Stories); ... United toppled Arsenal in the final.. Nottingham Forest and Charlton Athletic toasted their respective victories with a touch of the black stuff but by the time English clubs were readmitted ...; Created on 28 November 2016
34. Garry Monk in danger from Leeds ‘manager eater’ Cellino: (Stories); ... just outside the relegation places. An impressive away win at Sheffield Wednesday was offset by the nature of defeats to Nottingham Forest, QPR and Birmingham City where the team capitulated in miserabl ...; Created on 09 September 2016
35. Scotland need to turn to Wales for inspiration: (Stories); ... best. And now Strachan has his potential Gareth Bale. Nineteen-year-old Oliver Burke – strong, fast and scoring so spectacularly for Nottingham Forest that RB Leipzig have just paid £13 million for him ...; Created on 03 September 2016
36. Weekly Howl 02-09-16: (2016); ... liver Burke joins RB Leipzig from Nottingham Forest for record fee ...; Created on 02 September 2016
37. Weekly Howl 22-07-16: (2016); A small portion of despair and enlightenment delivered to your inbox every Friday 22 July 2016 ~ --- Manchester United are reportedly closing in on the £100 million signing of Paul Pogba from Juventus. ...; Created on 22 July 2016
38. Weekly Howl 01-07-16: (2016); ... and. (Not for the first time.) --- Iceland’s squad options. --- The Wikipedia page of Nottingham Forest’s new manager Philippe Montanier might give him some ideas for his teamtalks. --- ...; Created on 01 July 2016
39. Hillsborough disaster: a 27-year campaign for justice: (April 2016); ... Ian Preece was a Nottingham Forest supporter at the other end of the ground on the day, looking on as the disaster unfolded. “Within minutes, seconds, the Forest fans realise that something is not quite r ...; Created on 26 April 2016
40. East Midlands derby test for novice managers: (March 2016); ... Midlands derby with Nottingham Forest on Saturday lunchtime. Well, almost. As early reports broke on Monday, after a woeful capitulation to Rotherham two days before, it was made clear by chief executive ...; Created on 18 March 2016

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