The Game Of The Season: How It Happened

The Game Of The Season: How It Happened

by Daniel Widdowson “Wow…just wow.” My Facebook status following the Leeds v Nottingham Forest match Tuesday night. This was one the very few occasions that words managed to escape me and it became impossible to express the emotions of the season, and result against...
Derby v Forest: A Day In the Strife

Derby v Forest: A Day In the Strife

by Daniel Widdowson There’s one day that sticks like glue in every football fan’s mind, the one day that every supporter knows the date of the match and the time of kick off… DERBY DAY. For some it strikes fear into their hearts, knowing that their local rivals are...
Notts Forest v Middlesbrough: Cotterill Is No Wally

Notts Forest v Middlesbrough: Cotterill Is No Wally

by Daniel Widdowson Firstly, a disclaimer. The opinions expressed in this article are based on nothing other than Steve Cotterill’s performance during early interviews and his first match in charge of the club. However, I do feel the transformation in the team was so...
Van Hooijdonk: The Man Who Out-Tevezed Tevez

Van Hooijdonk: The Man Who Out-Tevezed Tevez

Carlos Tevez’s extraordinary refusal to play last Tuesday in Munich brought to mind another player’s revolt in the late nineties. Nottingham Forest’s Pierre van Hooijdonk fell out with the club’s owners and promptly hung up his boots, flew back to Holland and went on...
Shut Up And Play: A Forest Fan on The Derby Debacle

Shut Up And Play: A Forest Fan on The Derby Debacle

The astonishing scenes that led up to Derby County’s equaliser last weekend in their feirce clash with local rivals Forest (see link – ) shown once again that easily flustered professional footballers often forget one of the basic rules – play to the...