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06 FANS’ FORUM<br />
New head coach Steve Cooper<br />
meets the fans<br />
18 PINK OCTOBER<br />
Learn about Lyle Taylor’s fundraising this<br />
month for Cancer Research UK<br />
22 SMALES TALK REVISITED<br />
What was on our former secretary’s mind<br />
when Blackpool visited in 1972<br />
30 INTERNATIONAL JET SET<br />
Reds on their travels during<br />
the international break<br />
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32 THE KIT MAN<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> and Blackpool kits over the years<br />
36 IN OPPOSITION<br />
All you need to know about The Seasiders<br />
46 ACADEMY UPDATE<br />
The latest from Andy Reid’s Under 23s<br />
50 NFFC WOMEN<br />
Find out about the record breaking crowd at<br />
the East Midlands Derby<br />
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WELCOME BACK TO THE CITY GROUND FOR TODAY’S MATCH AND<br />
WELCOME TO NEIL CRITCHLEY AND HIS BLACKPOOL SIDE<br />
The international break has provided more valuable<br />
time for me and my staff to get to know the players<br />
and work on the way we want the team to play.<br />
For those who have been away playing for their<br />
countries, it is well earned recognition for their<br />
personal performances.<br />
Brennan Johnson has been in the Wales squad<br />
and has also won the EFL Player of the Month for<br />
September, which is a well-deserved award.<br />
Brennan is an exciting young player who you have<br />
taken to your hearts as another youngster who has<br />
come through the club’s academy system .<br />
Like many others, he’s been bright since we arrived<br />
and, like all our young players, we will manage him<br />
carefully. There will be times when we need to<br />
challenge him and, occasionally, we may need to<br />
pull him out. But he is a talent like the other young<br />
lads around the first team squad and me and my<br />
staff look forward to working with them across<br />
the season.<br />
Young players was one of the questions I got<br />
asked at the recent Fans’ Forum. You can read<br />
about it on the next couple of pages.<br />
I really enjoyed answering questions from a<br />
cross-section of fans and it was important to<br />
me to get to know more about your club from<br />
your perspective and, hopefully, I was able<br />
to give a little more insight into how me and<br />
my staff like to work.<br />
I also met with some of the club legends<br />
during the week and, again, that gave<br />
further understanding of the values of<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Football Club.<br />
I think we all enjoyed our away day at<br />
Birmingham a fortnight ago. I thought<br />
we were really good in open play at St Andrews and<br />
could have scored more than the excellent goals that<br />
we did score.<br />
To score three away from home in the Championship<br />
twice in four days is a great achievement for the<br />
players – we all know what a tough league it is.<br />
Lewis has been really good as a senior player since<br />
we arrived and he scored an excellent goal. It was<br />
good to see Ryan get on the scoresheet too, to add<br />
goals to his all round play and, also, Djed getting<br />
forward to score at an important stage of the match.<br />
But I can assure you nobody here is getting carried<br />
away. We still have lots of work to do to pull away<br />
from the bottom reaches of the league. In the<br />
Birmingham game, the opposition could have scored<br />
a couple themselves from set pieces so there has<br />
been plenty for us to work on ahead of today.<br />
One of the things I have noticed since I arrived is the<br />
support, both home and away. The tickets were sold<br />
out for Birmingham and you again dominated the<br />
stadium with your support. It is something I discuss<br />
with the players and makes a real difference – thank<br />
you.<br />
I also understand that today will attract the biggest<br />
crowd of the season. The club has put effort into<br />
a fan zone and also a Food Bank, which is a really<br />
important initiative that shows the club recognises<br />
its’ importance in the community. Please contribute<br />
if you are able .<br />
It is a fantastic football club and I am proud to be the<br />
coach. We will be doing everything we can today to<br />
get the three points for you .<br />
Enjoy the match,<br />
Steve<br />
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MATCH REPORT<br />
FOREST 2 - 1 BLACKPOOL<br />
Saturday, 16th October 2021 | Kick-off 3pm | The City Ground | Sky Bet Championship<br />
Attendance: 27,946 including 1,795 Blackpool supporters<br />
The biggest crowd of the season<br />
– nearly 28,000 – saw The Reds<br />
finally record their first home<br />
win of the season.<br />
On sunny Trentside afternoon,<br />
head coach Steve Cooper named<br />
an unchanged 18 from the 3-0<br />
victory at Birmingham before the<br />
international break.<br />
Brennan Johnson was named<br />
EFL Young Player of the Month<br />
for September on the morning of<br />
the match and he celebrated his<br />
accolade by rounding off a fine<br />
team goal midway through the<br />
first half.<br />
The Reds held possession for<br />
nearly a minute, exchanging 26<br />
passes, with a raking cross field<br />
pass from Joe Worrall finding<br />
Max Lowe on the left and his<br />
inviting low cross was comfortably<br />
dispatched by the Welshman from<br />
six yards out. It was Johnson’s first<br />
goal at The City Ground and his<br />
third of the season.<br />
The Reds threatened again shortly<br />
afterwards. Johnson’s neat flick<br />
found Lewis Grabban who fed Lowe<br />
on the left and the full back’s curling<br />
shot from the edge of the box was<br />
just over Daniel Grimshaw’s bar in<br />
the Blackpool goal.<br />
The Reds were dominant<br />
throughout the first half, with Djed<br />
Spence a continual threat down<br />
the right hand side, but Blackpool<br />
nearly equalised just before the<br />
break when Jerry Yates’ header<br />
from a corner was nearly bundled<br />
home by Arsenal loanee, Tyreece<br />
John-Jules.<br />
The Reds almost doubled their<br />
lead three minutes into the second<br />
half when Ryan Yates’s through<br />
ball released Johnson who cut<br />
the ball back for Grabban eight<br />
yards out. The front man seemed<br />
certain to score until former Reds<br />
academy graduate Jordan Gabriel<br />
appeared from nowhere to clear.<br />
However, Blackpool levelled<br />
after 53 minutes against the run<br />
of play. Brice Samba and Spence<br />
both went for a Josh Bowler<br />
cross, Gabriel headed Samba’s<br />
punch goalwards and Jerry Yates<br />
volleyed home from six yards.<br />
It was Yates’s third goal of the<br />
season after his 23 last term.<br />
But The Seasiders were not level<br />
for long as, on the hour mark, The<br />
Reds reclaimed the lead with Lewis<br />
Grabban’s fifth goal of the season.<br />
Max Lowe crossed after more<br />
neat approach play, Joe Worrall’s<br />
close range shot was well saved by<br />
Grimshaw but Grabban swept the<br />
loose ball home.<br />
Blackpool enjoyed periods of<br />
possession but it was The Reds<br />
who looked the more threatening,<br />
FOREST<br />
30 Samba<br />
4 Worrall<br />
3 Figueiredo<br />
26 McKenna ■<br />
2 Spence<br />
22 Yates<br />
8 Colback<br />
79’ Garner<br />
15 Lowe<br />
20 Johnson <br />
86’ Lolley<br />
11 Zinckernagel ■<br />
80’ Mighten<br />
7 Grabban <br />
Un-used subs:<br />
1 Horvath<br />
10 Carvalho<br />
13 Bong<br />
33 Taylor<br />
MATCH STATS<br />
46% POSSESSION 54%<br />
13 SHOTS<br />
6<br />
5 SHOTS ON TARGET 3<br />
4 CORNERS<br />
3<br />
11 FOULS<br />
7<br />
THE TEAMS<br />
BLACKPOOL<br />
32 Grimshaw<br />
4 L-Gabriel<br />
21 Ekpiteta<br />
26 Keogh<br />
29 Garbutt<br />
11 Bowler<br />
6 Stewart<br />
71’ Dougall<br />
8 Wintle<br />
28 John-Jules<br />
62’ Mitchell<br />
9 Yates <br />
14 Madine<br />
80’ Carey<br />
Un-used subs:<br />
2 Connolly<br />
3 Husband<br />
7 Dale<br />
13 Moore<br />
with Lowe stinging the hands of<br />
Grimshaw and substitute Joe<br />
Lolley’s jinking run setting up<br />
Grabban who failed to connect<br />
properly from seven yards.<br />
The Reds ran out deserved<br />
winners for their first home<br />
victory in front of <strong>Forest</strong><br />
supporters since the 2-0 win over<br />
Leeds in February last year.<br />
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MATCH REPORT<br />
BRISTOL CITY 1 - 2 FOREST<br />
Tuesday, 19th October 2021 | Kick-off 7.45pm | Ashton Gate | Sky Bet Championship<br />
Attendance: 18,325 including 1,514 <strong>Forest</strong> supporters<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> claimed their fourth<br />
consecutive win in dramatic<br />
fashion with an injury time<br />
double from substitute Lyle<br />
Taylor at Ashton Gate.<br />
Steve Cooper made just one<br />
change to the 18 against<br />
Blackpool with James Garner<br />
replacing Jack Colback on an<br />
unseasonably warm but extremely<br />
wet West Country evening.<br />
Brennan Johnson was a continual<br />
threat on the right in the first half.<br />
Early on he was released by Lewis<br />
Grabban but couldn’t connect<br />
cleanly with his shot; then he cut<br />
onto his left foot but Dan Bentley<br />
made the save; and, after half an<br />
hour, he dispossessed Nathan Baker,<br />
again cut in on his left foot, but hit<br />
the inside of Bentley’s far post.<br />
Bristol City, who started the match<br />
above The Reds but with the<br />
unenviable record of no wins in 16<br />
at home, also had their moments,<br />
with Andreas Weimann heading<br />
straight at Brice Samba and Alex<br />
Scott screwing his shot wide from<br />
just six yards.<br />
Grabban again released<br />
Johnson in the inside right and he<br />
rounded Bentley but his shot was<br />
deflected to Philip Zinckernagel<br />
who was unable to control with the<br />
keeper stranded.<br />
Five minutes before the break,<br />
The Robins took the lead against<br />
the run of play. A long kick from<br />
Bentley was flicked on by ex-Derby<br />
man Chris Martin, and when Nahki<br />
Wells’ shot from the edge of the<br />
box was parried by Samba, the<br />
18-year old Scott smashed the<br />
rebound into the empty net for his<br />
first senior goal.<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> dominated the possession<br />
in the second half, forcing a<br />
succession of corners and keeping<br />
Nigel Pearson’s men on the back<br />
foot, as the rain became torrential<br />
in the West Country.<br />
The hosts were still a threat<br />
coming forward, though, with<br />
Scott denied a penalty and<br />
Samba pushing a fierce Wells shot<br />
onto the post.<br />
Grabban had a goal disallowed for<br />
offside and The Reds continued<br />
to push until, entering injury time,<br />
a slide rule pass from Ryan Yates<br />
released Djed Spence who was<br />
upended by Nathan Baker.<br />
Substitute Lyle Taylor coolly<br />
stepped up and sent Dan Bentley<br />
the wrong way from the spot.<br />
The centre forward quickly<br />
retrieved the ball from the net and,<br />
from the kick off, The Reds were<br />
on the hunt for the unlikely winner.<br />
BRISTOL CITY<br />
1 Bentley<br />
22 Kalas<br />
5 Atkinson<br />
17 Baker<br />
6 James<br />
19 Tanner<br />
14 Weimann<br />
36 Scott ■<br />
77’ Palmer<br />
3 Dasilva<br />
9 Martin<br />
80’ Massengo<br />
21 Wells<br />
83’ O’Dowda<br />
Un-used subs:<br />
2 Simpson<br />
12 O’Leary<br />
15 Bakinson<br />
16 Pring<br />
MATCH STATS<br />
34% POSSESSION 66%<br />
9 SHOTS<br />
15<br />
2 SHOTS ON TARGET 6<br />
1 CORNERS<br />
9<br />
7 FOULS<br />
8<br />
THE TEAMS<br />
FOREST<br />
30 Samba<br />
4 Worrall<br />
3 Figueiredo<br />
66’ Mighten<br />
26 McKenna<br />
2 Spence<br />
22 Yates<br />
37 Garner<br />
15 Lowe<br />
11 Zinckernagel<br />
77’ Lolley<br />
20 Johnson<br />
7 Grabban<br />
81’ Taylor <br />
Un-used subs:<br />
1 Horvath<br />
8 Colback<br />
13 Bong<br />
10 Carvalho<br />
Remarkably, with two minutes of<br />
injury time gone, Joe Lolley’s cross<br />
shot was parried by Bentley and<br />
it was Taylor on hand to bundle<br />
home the rebound to give The<br />
Reds a dramatic and memorable<br />
late victory.<br />
It was The Reds’ fourth away win<br />
in succession, a feat last achieved<br />
back in 1995.<br />
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FANS’ FORUM<br />
HEAD COACH STEVE COOPER MET WITH A CROSS-SECTION<br />
OF SUPPORTERS LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF TOPICS<br />
FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT ON TRENTSIDE<br />
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The Reds are undefeated<br />
since Cooper’s arrival, drawing<br />
with Millwall in his opening<br />
game at The City Ground before<br />
beating Barnsley and Birmingham<br />
on the road.<br />
Speaking to <strong>Forest</strong> supporters<br />
ahead of today’s clash against<br />
Blackpool, Cooper said: “I’ve<br />
never been so motivated to do<br />
well. I’ve got a feeling that I<br />
haven’t had before.<br />
“The first game at The City Ground<br />
was special. Mull of Kintyre with<br />
my Dad inside the stadium and it<br />
meant a lot.<br />
“I just want to look forward<br />
now. Our job is to get ready for<br />
Blackpool and to get the group of<br />
players in the right place ready for<br />
the next match.<br />
VISION<br />
“We want to get it right and build<br />
on the history of the club and on<br />
the amount of people that come<br />
and watch every week. We need<br />
to embrace what this football club<br />
stands for and thrive on that.<br />
“There’ll always be an appreciation<br />
from myself and I always talk<br />
about the supporters to the players<br />
because it doesn’t cost anything<br />
to be humble, and it doesn’t cost<br />
anything to work hard or to show<br />
respect. We want to try and build<br />
an identity and for the team to play<br />
a certain way.<br />
“I said to the players after the<br />
Barnsley game that I’ve managed<br />
one home and one away game and<br />
we’ve got an opportunity to get<br />
a massive group of supporters to<br />
help us over the line.<br />
“This is a tough division. There’s<br />
no entitlement in this league. I<br />
know there are no easy games and<br />
everyone wants to come to The<br />
City Ground and win because it’s<br />
one you’d remember.<br />
“I believe in togetherness and, if<br />
we can be together, we can pull<br />
each other out of the bad times<br />
when they do happen and get us<br />
back to where I want us to be.”<br />
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG<br />
PLAYERS<br />
“I know Gary Brazil through<br />
previous jobs and Warren Joyce.<br />
I also know Andy Reid from his<br />
playing career here and we’ve<br />
struck up a good relationship.<br />
“There’s a genuine interest from<br />
me in youth football. I’ve been to<br />
watch the teams train because I<br />
really enjoy it and you can always<br />
pick up ideas.<br />
“A lot of good work goes on in<br />
academies now and it’s something<br />
I’m genuinely interested in. I park
my car right by the training dome<br />
at the Academy and there’s no way<br />
I get in my car without watching<br />
the kids train!<br />
“I believe a thriving Championship<br />
team has young players in it.<br />
Teams that have done well in the<br />
Championship and won promotion<br />
have all had homegrown players<br />
because they give natural<br />
enthusiasm. I want homegrown<br />
young players in the squad.”<br />
PHILOSOPHY<br />
“You need everybody bought<br />
in and there’s got to be a set of<br />
principles that you stick to that<br />
you really believe in, whether it’s<br />
against top of the league or the<br />
biggest budget.<br />
We’ve also got to respect<br />
the opponent. For example,<br />
Birmingham last week, it would be<br />
foolish to go into that game and<br />
not talk about set-pieces. But I still<br />
want the team to build from the<br />
back, play forward, be exciting and<br />
get good numbers up the pitch.<br />
“It is a set of principles that we will<br />
work on every day and then you<br />
tweak things for what’s coming<br />
next. I believe in going into games<br />
to win them. I don’t like chopping<br />
and changing from one game to<br />
the next because I don’t think you<br />
build an identity.<br />
“Wherever we go, we’ll bring our<br />
game and although we won’t win<br />
every game, we’re certainly going<br />
to try to.”<br />
CULTURE<br />
“I’m a believer in building selfbelief<br />
and people feeling good<br />
about themselves because I think<br />
that’s how you get the best out<br />
of people. I’m more interested in<br />
showing people a bit of love and<br />
support rather than criticise them.<br />
“That doesn’t mean you can’t be<br />
challenging or demanding because<br />
I think that’s a high performing<br />
culture. You can challenge<br />
people and support them at the<br />
same time. I’m very clear on my<br />
leadership style and what I think a<br />
good culture looks like.<br />
‘It’s about culture and<br />
togetherness and belonging,<br />
understanding who you work for<br />
and what it represents and then<br />
and ‘go for it’ and commit to that’s<br />
what we’re going to do.<br />
“I’ve bought in to what the owner<br />
Mr Marinakis has said to me, and<br />
Dane Murphy. I’ve asked them to<br />
buy into me too and now it’s time<br />
to go for it.”<br />
Cooper was speaking in front of a<br />
cross-section of fans representing<br />
groups including the Supporters’<br />
Club, the Supporters’ Trust, Forza<br />
Garibaldi and LGBT+ Trickies. The<br />
forum was part of the club’s new<br />
programme of fan engagement<br />
and similar events are being<br />
planned for the future.<br />
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MARPLES’ MUSINGS<br />
REGULAR COLUMNIST AND AWAY TRAVELLER<br />
DAVE MARPLES REFLECTS ON THE UNCANNY<br />
SIMILARITIES WITH THE WEATHER IN MATCHES IN<br />
BRISTOL SEPARATED BY 32 YEARS<br />
Biblical and incessant rain in Bristol? Ah,<br />
that will be another memorable <strong>Forest</strong> away<br />
game then.<br />
For the younger generation amongst you, it<br />
must be tiresome hearing about the League<br />
Cup semi-final second leg game at Ashton Gate<br />
in February 1989. With the score locked at 1-1<br />
from the first leg, this game has its place firmly<br />
lodged into the <strong>Forest</strong> away games hall of<br />
fame. It isn’t just Garry Parker’s late winner that<br />
secures its place, it’s that it meant a return to<br />
Wembley for a final after nine long years away.<br />
It’s the inflatables in the away end. It’s the rain.<br />
The never-ending and unremitting rain. It’s all<br />
of these things.<br />
But from now on, when discussing an away<br />
trip to Ashton Gate, it might not be so legally<br />
binding for those of a certain age to bring up<br />
the ‘Garry Parker in the rain’ game. A match –<br />
or at least, a minute – of equally astonishing<br />
drama occurred on an equally wet evening in<br />
Bristol on Tuesday.<br />
As full time loomed, we were consoling<br />
ourselves with the internal observation<br />
that we knew the unbeaten run would come<br />
to an end sometime and that the performance<br />
wasn’t bad – not bad at all. We hadn’t been<br />
at our best but we had still fashioned some<br />
decent chances and looked dangerous when<br />
breaking forward. Besides, we’d recently<br />
strolled away with maximum points and stacks<br />
of goals from Huddersfield, Barnsley and<br />
Birmingham: to do the same again at Bristol<br />
seemed, well, a bit greedy.<br />
Yet in the space of 47 seconds, everything<br />
changed. After nonchalantly dispatching his<br />
penalty, Lyle Taylor sprinted to retrieve the<br />
ball, eager to get the game going again. Such<br />
a gesture was not just a statement of intent<br />
but more like a plane flying a banner across<br />
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the sky declaring that, like Russell Osman in<br />
Escape to Victory, we can win this. The smoke<br />
from the flare lit to mark the equaliser was still<br />
wafting around just 47 seconds after the ball<br />
was retrieved from the Bristol goal to when it<br />
resided there once more. Carnage broke loose<br />
in the away end.<br />
When asked after the game whether he could<br />
quite believe what had happened, Steve<br />
Cooper casually replied, ‘Yeah.’ Not in an<br />
arrogant manner but more to articulate that<br />
given the way the team kept playing, such a<br />
comeback shouldn’t feel quite as outlandish<br />
at it may have seemed. Admittedly, nobody<br />
can realistically claim that they saw that<br />
dénouement coming. But at the same time,<br />
it wasn’t wholly unexpected. This game - or<br />
at least a similar game - has been played out<br />
before.<br />
Back in October 2001, Paul Hart was in his third<br />
month as manager of <strong>Forest</strong> when we travelled<br />
to Watford for a midweek away game. Despite<br />
going one down, we rallied and came away<br />
with a 2-1 win. Some similarities exist between<br />
the two games. Watford’s opener, just like<br />
City’s, came after the goalkeeper parried a first<br />
attempt but could not keep out the followup.<br />
From then on, Hart’s young <strong>Forest</strong> team<br />
simply kept doing what they were told: keeper<br />
Darren Ward repeatedly bowled the ball out to<br />
his full backs who carried it up field and kept<br />
asking questions of the Watford defence. David<br />
Johnson and Stern John (see right) hit the<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> goals to seal a remarkable turnaround<br />
against a side looking for a third consecutive<br />
win.<br />
Likewise, against Bristol City, <strong>Forest</strong> just kept<br />
doing what they had been doing and you could<br />
almost see the opposition players’ shoulders<br />
sag as yet another ball was threaded wide for<br />
a marauding full back to link up with a wide<br />
forward and pose yet more problems for a<br />
wilting defence.<br />
It is a rare occasion that one feels utterly<br />
immune to the misery of stepping into a third<br />
consecutive puddle wearing inadequate<br />
footwear while trundling away into the night<br />
from an away game in midweek, hundreds of<br />
miles from <strong>Nottingham</strong>. Yet Tuesday was one<br />
such occasion. Like Gene Kelly, we danced and<br />
serenaded our way back to our cars and buses<br />
with a wholly new and fanciful story of a trip at<br />
Ashton Gate on an evening when legends were<br />
created. From a distance, it might only seem<br />
like a league win, but it felt like so much more.<br />
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SMALES TALK<br />
REVISITED<br />
Richard Harrison looks back at former <strong>Forest</strong> secretary Ken Smales’ thoughts when<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> arrived in December 1974 – mainly concerning the introduction of an ultramodern<br />
fixture computer at Football League HQ<br />
Ken Smales’ column did not appear quite<br />
so regularly in the 1974-75 season, as the<br />
space was often used for a feature called<br />
“Talking Points” penned by Commercial<br />
Manager John Carter. When <strong>Fulham</strong> came<br />
to town in early December, though, Carter<br />
was away caring for his wife after an<br />
operation and “Platform” duly returned.<br />
Ken concerned himself with the relatively<br />
new use of a computer to produce the<br />
Football League’s fixtures. League Secretary<br />
Alan Hardaker had recently felt the need to<br />
explain that “the computer was not human<br />
and could not think” but merely based the<br />
fixtures it produced on the data it was given.<br />
Ken seizes the opportunity to offer “a couple<br />
of thoughts to feed into it next year!”.<br />
Specifically, he laments us not having been<br />
given a home fixture on Boxing Day since<br />
1971 (a mere three years) and, after we had<br />
crossed the river to play Notts the previous<br />
Christmas, he was clearly disappointed at<br />
the prospect of travelling to Hull instead<br />
of playing our festive football at The City<br />
Ground.<br />
Clubs were given a “fixture questionnaire”<br />
to fill in and Ken tells of a request we had<br />
“fed” the computer to give us an away<br />
fixture on 31st August to avoid a clash<br />
with the Test Match at Trent Bridge. This<br />
request was apparently ignored, leaving<br />
Ken to recall traffic congestion and a lack<br />
of consideration for those who liked both<br />
sports. (albeit, this is all rather puzzling as<br />
records suggest there does not seem to<br />
have been a Test Match in <strong>Nottingham</strong> on<br />
that date!)<br />
Next, Ken turns his attention to the Football<br />
Association for only allowing a short gap<br />
(including Christmas) between the second<br />
and third rounds of the FA Cup. Noting that<br />
the postal service is “not dependable at the<br />
best of times”, he imagines a possible allticket<br />
home tie against “a big club” and the<br />
difficulties of “having 50,000 tickets printed<br />
and sold in such a short space of time with<br />
no postal applications”.<br />
He concludes by considering the odds of<br />
both us and Notts being drawn at home (4<br />
to 1) and of a <strong>Nottingham</strong> derby (63 to 1),<br />
before referring the reader to a separate list<br />
of the occasions since the war when we both<br />
played at home on the same day.<br />
Our games against <strong>Fulham</strong> that season<br />
would give Ken plenty more food for<br />
thought, as we ended up playing The<br />
Cottagers six times in a little over two<br />
months, thanks to a marathon four-match FA<br />
Cup fourth round tie, which the Cottagers<br />
eventually won en route to the final where<br />
they lost to West Ham.<br />
This match in December 1974 finished in<br />
a 1-1 draw, Neil Martin and Rod Belfitt the<br />
scorers.<br />
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THE HISTORY FILES<br />
IN THE LAST WEEK’S BLACKPOOL PROGRAMME,<br />
NOTTINGHAM FOREST HONORARY HISTORIAN, DON<br />
WRIGHT, STARTED A TWO PIECE ARTICLE ON TRIP TO<br />
SOUTH AMERICA 60 YEARS – HERE IS PART TWO<br />
After two resounding victories against the<br />
Britanicos (13-1) and Rosario (6-0), The Reds<br />
attracted the joint highest attendance of the tour<br />
when 10,000 watched the match against Alumni<br />
on 25th June 1905.<br />
That was when Senor Langone of Independiente<br />
found red shirts inspirational and irresistible and it is<br />
surely possible that the young Juan Peron was there<br />
too, later to be President of Argentina.<br />
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In any event, the Alumni were beaten 6-1. Lessons (2),<br />
Niblo, Shearman and Timmins scored. There was also<br />
an own goal. Another 10,000 spectators were present<br />
for the match on 2nd July 1905 against Liga Argentina,<br />
a representative side selected from the country’s<br />
leading clubs. It made no difference as Lessons<br />
struck another four goals in a 9-1 victory. Niblo (2),<br />
Henderson, Timmins and Shearman got the others.<br />
Finally, on 5th July 1905, <strong>Forest</strong> played an exhibition<br />
game with all 13 players taking part and, presumably,<br />
a few locals making up the sides. The ‘A’ team beat<br />
the ‘B’ team 2-1 but the venue and other details are<br />
unrecorded. Inside-right Bill Shearman, who had<br />
top-scored in the First Division season with 13 goals<br />
from 29 matches, got 13 goals in eight matches<br />
on tour but the leading scorer was centre-forward<br />
George Lessons with 17. Both forwards twice hit four<br />
goals in tour games.<br />
Tom Clifford, who played six games at right-half, is listed<br />
as C. Clifford in former secretary Ken Smales’ records,<br />
which provide no further information about him.<br />
In fact, he was a 29-year-old former Celtic player<br />
who had been signed by <strong>Forest</strong> from Motherwell just<br />
before the tour began. According to the <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
Evening Post on Thursday, 3rd August, 1905, Hallam
said the trip had introduced Clifford to his new<br />
comrades and from what had been seen of him, he<br />
gave promise of strengthening the half-back line.<br />
The player had sustained a slight knee injury but<br />
should have recovered for the start of the season.<br />
But Clifford never played for <strong>Forest</strong> again so perhaps<br />
the injury proved more serious than first thought.<br />
The forgotten footballer almost became the<br />
unknown soldier. Royal Scots Fusilier Tom Clifford<br />
was killed at the Battle of the Somme on 19th<br />
January, 1917. With no identified grave, he is listed in<br />
the Memorial to the Missing monument, designed by<br />
Sir Edward Lutyens, erected in the French village of<br />
Thiepval (see above).<br />
Secretary Hallam regarded Argentinian playing<br />
standards as better than Midland League but<br />
not quite up to the English Second Division. He<br />
said, however, that attendances compared well,<br />
particularly as admission charges were three times<br />
higher than in England.<br />
It had been a triumphant tour. Despite leaving at<br />
home Welsh wizard Arthur Grenville Morris, who<br />
had been the league season’s second highest scorer<br />
after Shearman, <strong>Forest</strong> had scored 57 goals in eight<br />
matches (excluding the exhibition game) and, without<br />
iconic defender Frank Forman, conceded just four.<br />
The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle<br />
of the Second World War and the only episode<br />
of that conflict to take place in South America.<br />
Three Royal Navy cruisers engaged their quarry,<br />
the German battleship Graf Spee, in the estuary<br />
of the River Plate. The German captain scuttled<br />
his damaged ship in the port of Montevideo and<br />
then committed suicide. The film ‘The Battle of<br />
the River Plate’, made in 1956 and starring John<br />
Gregson, Anthony Quayle and Peter Finch (as the<br />
German captain) was a huge box office success<br />
and was chosen for the 1956 Royal Command Film<br />
Performance. ‘Rio de la Plata’ and ‘Dolores Song’, by<br />
composer Brian Easdale, featured in the film.<br />
<strong>Forest</strong>’s tour is described as “an unmitigated success”<br />
by Uruguayan writer Andreas Campomar in a chapter<br />
headed ‘Battles of the River Plate’ at the beginning of<br />
his history of Latin American football i‘Golazo! (2014).<br />
A publisher/writer, Campomar, who has written<br />
for the Daily Telegraph, the Literary Review, the<br />
Times Literary Supplement and the Spectator,<br />
confirms that by the end of the tour: “Such was the<br />
esteem in which <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> were held that<br />
Independiente copied the club’s red strip.” Equally<br />
impressed, says Campmar, were the Argentine<br />
Football Association who sought to make the<br />
summer tour by British clubs an annual event.<br />
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DEVON MORRIS<br />
Six-year old Devon attended his<br />
first ever <strong>Forest</strong> match when we<br />
played Millwall. His dream is to<br />
play for <strong>Forest</strong> in his his favourite<br />
number 17 shirt.<br />
He came to the match with Dad<br />
James and his cousin Ben Grice.<br />
Devon, we hope you had a<br />
great day out at The City Ground and<br />
hope to see you here again very soon.<br />
JOHN GLEESON<br />
It’s a warm City Ground<br />
welcome for John Gleeson and his<br />
partner, Kimi Donavan, who are sat<br />
in the upper tier of the Bridgford<br />
Stand today.<br />
John moved to the States in 1970 and<br />
it is his first visit to The City Ground<br />
in over 60 years. It is also Kimi’s first<br />
trip to the fair city of <strong>Nottingham</strong>.<br />
We welcome you both and hope<br />
you enjoy your experience back in<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong>.<br />
JILL & IAN SAXBY<br />
Two of our season ticket holders<br />
and lifelong fans had a very special<br />
day yesterday … Jill and Ian Saxby<br />
got married.<br />
Jill sits in the Trent End with her<br />
son and grandson and Ian sits in<br />
the Main Stand. However, today, as<br />
part of their honeymoon they will<br />
both be in the Trent End!<br />
Everybody at the club hopes that<br />
you had a fantastic day yesterday<br />
and the team will try their best to<br />
extend those celebrations with a<br />
honeymoon victory today.<br />
SOPHIE<br />
MCCARTHY<br />
12 year old Sophie<br />
McCarthy and<br />
her Dad, Paul, are<br />
visiting The City<br />
Ground today<br />
from Ireland. We<br />
hope you both<br />
gave a great day.<br />
ALAN LANE<br />
Happy 80th<br />
Birthday to Alan<br />
Lane ... eighty<br />
years a Red!”<br />
Lifelong Red<br />
and wonderful<br />
husband, dad,<br />
and grandad<br />
Love from Rita,<br />
Andrew, Amanda,<br />
Julie, Sam and<br />
Victoria<br />
DAVID GORDON<br />
Happy 40th to David Gordon from<br />
Naomi, Kaci and Lola<br />
ANDY VANN<br />
Happy 40th to Andy Vann from<br />
Jo-Anne<br />
NORMAN & JANE<br />
BALMER<br />
Welcome back to The City Ground<br />
to Norman and Jane Balmer who<br />
have been following <strong>Forest</strong> for<br />
over 50 years from their home in<br />
Cumbria, including all over Europe<br />
to see the European Cup victories.<br />
We hope you both enjoy the match<br />
and being back at The City Ground<br />
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LUCY<br />
BREEDON<br />
Happy 22nd<br />
Birthday, we<br />
hope you have<br />
an amazing day.<br />
Love from Mum,<br />
Dad, Archie &<br />
Thomas!<br />
FOREVER FOREST<br />
FREDDIE JACKSON<br />
A warm welcome to Freddie who<br />
is attending his first match at The<br />
City Ground today. His Mum,<br />
Emma, tells us that Freddie loves<br />
his football and plays for Sleaford<br />
Town Juniors Under 7s.<br />
Have a great afternoon, Freddie,<br />
and we hope you come back soon!<br />
PHIL<br />
PETTITT<br />
Happy 60th<br />
birthday Phil<br />
Pettitt love from<br />
all the family<br />
ANDREW EDGE<br />
A TRUE FOREST FAN<br />
A BRILLIANT FATHER,<br />
HUSBAND AND GRANDAD<br />
A TRUE FAMILY MAN<br />
BRIAN GRIFFIN<br />
A year since Brian’s death.<br />
A family man who always<br />
supported the club through<br />
thick and thin<br />
Many great memories<br />
throughout the years from the<br />
fans to the players, nothing<br />
quite defined Brian more than<br />
his love for his club<br />
Will be greatly missed<br />
Love Neil, Wendy and all the<br />
family<br />
OANA & JON VICKERS<br />
Congratulations to Oana and<br />
Jon on their wedding day .. they<br />
got married this morning and are<br />
enjoying hospitality in an executive<br />
box with their family for the match!<br />
We hope you had a great morning<br />
… and have a great afternoon too.<br />
STEVE MELLOR<br />
11 November 1973 to 30<br />
September 2021<br />
A lifelong <strong>Forest</strong> fan<br />
RIP from Neil Mellor, Brian<br />
Mellor, Sarah Hardy, Sally-<br />
Anne and Harry<br />
GRENVILE JACKSON<br />
OBE<br />
Grenvile Jackson OBE, lifelong<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> fan, respected by all, a<br />
hero to many<br />
15 May 1949 to 9 October 2021<br />
Rest in peace<br />
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THE KIT MAN<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Review’s own Kit Man, Tom Ignatowicz, goes back<br />
to the 1950s to look at kits worn by today’s two teams<br />
VINTAGE KITS<br />
A large v-neck was a staple design<br />
of the 1950s and 60s with a simple<br />
traditional club logo on the left of the<br />
shirt, often on its’ own white patch.<br />
Both teams kept to that design here,<br />
with The Seasiders also wearing black<br />
socks with orange before changing to<br />
their familiar white socks in later years.<br />
Jim Barrett, our former forward, is seen<br />
here in our 2-1 loss at The City Ground.<br />
1957-58<br />
1976-77<br />
EARLY THIRD KIT<br />
With both our home red and yellow away U-Win kits deemed<br />
unsuitable, <strong>Forest</strong> wore this rare combination at Bloomfield Road.<br />
Martin O’Neill can be seen wearing the previous season’s white<br />
away shirts, minus the logo of supplier Umbro, whilst the shorts<br />
were also without branding (in that era, not impossible they were<br />
purchased from a local shop!). The shirt design was largely the<br />
same as Blackpool’s whose, by no coincidence, were also made<br />
by Umbro. Despite the promotion that Brian Clough would finally<br />
secure that season, we suffered a 1-0 defeat in what was an<br />
extremely popular away day fixture in the 1970s.<br />
PLAYOFF UPS AND DOWNS<br />
We finished third in just our second season back<br />
in the Championship, earning a play-off semifinal<br />
with Blackpool. Chris Cohen celebrates here<br />
with his teammates and the travelling fans after<br />
scoring an early goal in the first leg. Our away kit<br />
had a chequerboard pattern with two shades of<br />
navy blue used in a half and half colour scheme,<br />
complete with red and white trim. With no third<br />
kit, it was used on multiple occasions and would<br />
be reused on one occasion the following season.<br />
2009-10<br />
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PLAIN KITS<br />
We simplified our shirts in 2012 to the<br />
point that we had no white trim at all,<br />
a rare feature. There were, however,<br />
different tones of red throughout the kit<br />
to bring it life, modelled here by Darius<br />
Henderson. Likewise, our opponents kept<br />
it simple, taking direct inspiration from<br />
those shirts worn decades earlier with a<br />
v-shape underneath a flappy collar, nicely<br />
finished off with their sponsor following<br />
suit in the shirt’s colour scheme. A late<br />
penalty for <strong>Forest</strong> converted by Lewis<br />
McGugan rescued a hard-earned point.<br />
2012-13<br />
2013-14<br />
GOALS GALORE<br />
In 2014, we made a return to a royal<br />
blue away kit that gave reminders of<br />
the 1950s kits in a modern template,<br />
and proved to be a popular design.<br />
Our opponents Blackpool were in their<br />
usual white with orange trim, in what<br />
felt like a repetitive design with the<br />
usual bright blue sponsor. The game<br />
itself was full of goals despite only<br />
being 1-0 at half time. Gary Gardner<br />
(pictured) grabbed himself a goal,<br />
with both teams exchanging leads<br />
before finishing an exciting 4-4 draw.<br />
TANGERINE SASH<br />
A football kit featuring a bold diagonal sash<br />
rarely looks bad and Blackpool here is no<br />
exception. Their plain smart design would<br />
also see the sash continue around to the back<br />
of the shirt to complete the look, which not<br />
even a brightly coloured sponsor could ruin.<br />
Henri Lansbury (pictured) shows our first<br />
kit since returning to Adidas but it was an<br />
afternoon to forget. A first half red card for<br />
Djamel Abdoun could have been forgotten<br />
after Karl Darlow saved the resulting penalty<br />
but a stoppage time Stephen Dobbie goal<br />
would win it for the Tangerines.<br />
2014-15<br />
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The turning point on Tuesday night. Djed Spence<br />
is upended by Bristol City’s Nathan Baker in the<br />
box as the match nears injury time.<br />
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OPPOSITION OVERVIEW<br />
FULHAM<br />
Head coach: Marco Silva | Stadium: Craven Cottage | Capacity: 19,359<br />
The last couple of seasons<br />
have been a rollercoaster<br />
ride for <strong>Fulham</strong>; up and<br />
down, up and down. They<br />
were promoted to the<br />
Premier League in 2018,<br />
relegated a season later,<br />
back up in 2020 via the<br />
play-offs, and back down<br />
last season.<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> enjoyed some good<br />
moments last season – including<br />
a memorable win over Liverpool<br />
at Anfield – but they did not come<br />
often enough and therefore The<br />
Cottagers lost their place in topflight.<br />
Scott Parker left the club<br />
in the summer, to be replaced by<br />
Portuguese coach Marco Silva.<br />
So far, it has proved to be a<br />
successful appointment. The<br />
44-year-old Lisbon-born manager<br />
knows the English game well.<br />
After managing Estoril and<br />
Sporting CP in his home country,<br />
Mr Marinakis appointed Silva as<br />
head coach of Olympiacos. He then<br />
took charge of Hull City in January<br />
2017 but could not save them from<br />
relegation from the top tier and left<br />
at the end of the season.<br />
Shortly afterwards, he joined<br />
Watford and steered them to the<br />
to top half of the Premier League<br />
but left in January 2018 and joined<br />
Everton that summer.<br />
Silva was the manager of<br />
Everton for one and half-seasons.<br />
In his first full season, the team<br />
finished a creditable eighth in the<br />
Premier League but he was sacked in<br />
December of 2019 after a poor<br />
run of form.<br />
Last summer Silva signed a<br />
three-year contract with <strong>Fulham</strong>,<br />
continuing his journey in England. In<br />
an interview with The Guardian last<br />
August, he said: “We need to try and<br />
get off this rollercoaster that we’re<br />
on. We need to break that cycle. “<br />
The coach wants the rollercoaster<br />
to go up and stay that way. For now,<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> are focusing on achieving<br />
promotion. So far, so good. The<br />
Cottagers started their season by<br />
winning four of their first five games.<br />
Since that excellent start, there have<br />
been highs and lows.<br />
Ahead of Wednesday‘s home<br />
match versus Cardiff, Silva‘s<br />
men had collected eight points<br />
from a possible 15 over their last<br />
five matches.<br />
Sat in third and only two points<br />
behind West Brom before the<br />
midweek round of fixtures, <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
are firmly in the promotion reckoning<br />
again. There is still a long way to go<br />
and a lot of football to be played. Will<br />
the rollercoaster go up this season?<br />
Time will tell but few would bet<br />
against <strong>Fulham</strong> being around the top<br />
places in the division all season.<br />
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THE FORM GUIDE<br />
Lee Clarke looks at the recent form of Marco Silva’s<br />
men from the banks of the Thames<br />
25 SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
BRISTOL CITY (A)<br />
Drew 1-1<br />
Goal: Aleksandar Mitrovic 50’<br />
More frustration for Marco<br />
Silva’s team. Aleksandar<br />
Mitrovic fired <strong>Fulham</strong> into<br />
the lead early in the second<br />
half but a Kasey Palmer<br />
goal 11 minutes from time<br />
gave Nigel Pearson’s team<br />
a share of the spoils despite<br />
their nightmare run of form<br />
at Ashton Gate.<br />
2 OCTOBER 2021<br />
COVENTRY (A)<br />
Lost 4-1<br />
Goal: Callum McFadzean<br />
OG, 18<br />
One to forget from a<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> perspective. The<br />
Sky Blues produced a<br />
second half goal blitz<br />
after a Callum McFadzean<br />
own goal had put The<br />
Cottagers ahead at the<br />
break and seemingly on<br />
course for an away win.<br />
18 SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
READING (H)<br />
Lost 2-1<br />
Goal: Rodrigo Muniz 86’<br />
The Royals defied the<br />
odds to claim a surprise<br />
win at Craven Cottage last<br />
month. Ovie Ejaria struck<br />
twice and although Rodrigo<br />
Muniz (right) responded late<br />
on, the Cottagers suffered<br />
their first home defeat of<br />
the season.<br />
29 SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
SWANSEA (H)<br />
Won 3-1<br />
Goals: Aleksandar Mitrovic<br />
12’, 32’, 45’<br />
A demonstration in clinical<br />
finishing by Mitrovic saw<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> dismantle last<br />
season’s play-off finalists’<br />
Swansea with a stunning first<br />
half hat-trick. Ex-Red Jamie<br />
Paterson goal was a mere<br />
consolation for the visitors.<br />
16 OCTOBER 2021<br />
QPR (H)<br />
Won 4-1<br />
Goals: Aleksandar Mitrovic<br />
10’ & 67’, De Cordova-Reid<br />
71’, Antonee Robinson 90+1’<br />
Silva’s men hit form with a<br />
stunning performance in<br />
their local derby against<br />
Mark Warburton’s QPR.<br />
The Championship’s top<br />
marksmen Mitrovic was<br />
amongst the goals again<br />
but The Cottagers were<br />
forced to be patient when<br />
QPR drew level before<br />
claiming a comprehensive<br />
victory late on ahead of<br />
Wednesday’s home clash<br />
with Cardiff.<br />
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SPINE OF THE TEAM<br />
Gudmunder Asgeirsson looks at the key players in the <strong>Fulham</strong> side<br />
GOALKEEPER:<br />
PAULO GAZZANIGA<br />
The talented shot-stopper<br />
was born in Argentina. At<br />
the age of 15, he moved<br />
to Spain, where he joined<br />
Valencia‘s youth academy.<br />
He did not manage a firstteam<br />
appearance for the<br />
Spanish club and in 2011 he<br />
arrived in England – signing<br />
for Gillingham. He won<br />
his place in the starting<br />
XI, playing 20 matches in<br />
League Two and his form<br />
was noticed by Premier<br />
League club Southampton.<br />
He was The Saints backup<br />
keeper from 2012-2017,<br />
featuring 21 times in the<br />
Premier League during<br />
his time at the club. In the<br />
summer of 2017, he signed<br />
for Tottenham, reuniting<br />
him with manager Mauricio<br />
Pochettino. Gazzaniga and<br />
Pochettino – who worked<br />
together at Southampton<br />
and Spurs – were both<br />
born in Murphy, Argentina.<br />
Gazzaniga played 22 times<br />
in the top-flight for Spurs<br />
before signing for <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
last summer. He has also<br />
spent time on loan in Spain<br />
with Rayo Vallecano and<br />
Elche.<br />
DEFENDEER:<br />
TOSIN ADARABIOYO<br />
This powerful central<br />
defender started his<br />
career with Manchester<br />
City. He joined the club<br />
at the young age of five.<br />
Adarabioyo progressed<br />
well and at the age of 14 he<br />
was playing with the Under<br />
18 side. Two years later he<br />
wore the captain‘s armband<br />
for that age group. Under<br />
manager Pep Guardiola<br />
he was promoted to City‘s<br />
first-team, appearing in<br />
the Champions League,<br />
Carabao Cup and FA Cup,<br />
but never the Premier<br />
League. In 2018-19 he<br />
spent the season on loan<br />
with West Bromwich<br />
Albion and the season<br />
after with Blackburn<br />
Rovers. Over those two<br />
season he gained valuable<br />
experience, featuring 63<br />
times in the Championship.<br />
In October 2020, he<br />
signed for <strong>Fulham</strong> on a<br />
permanent deal. The 23-<br />
year old appeared 32 times<br />
but could not help The<br />
Cottagers avoid relegation.<br />
This season he is proving<br />
to be an important part of<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong>‘s defence looking<br />
to bounce back to the<br />
Premier League.<br />
MIDFIELDER:<br />
JEAN MICHAEL SERI<br />
A creative midfielder, Seri<br />
was scouted by Porto<br />
while playing for ASEC<br />
Mimosas in his country<br />
of birth, Ivory Coast. He<br />
went to Porto on a loan<br />
deal, the following summer<br />
signing an agreement to<br />
stay in Portugal with Paços<br />
de Ferreira. He helped<br />
the Portuguese side take<br />
steps in the right direction;<br />
from narrowly avoiding<br />
relegation to missing out<br />
on a European place by just<br />
one point. He signed for<br />
French club Nice in 2015<br />
and quickly became a key<br />
player. The 2016-17 season<br />
was his best at the club,<br />
as he was picked for the<br />
Ligue 1 Team of the Year<br />
and Nice finished third.<br />
His performances drew<br />
attention from bigger clubs<br />
in Europe. In the summer<br />
of 2018, <strong>Fulham</strong> won the<br />
race for his signature.<br />
However, he took time<br />
to settle, being loaned to<br />
Galatasaray and Bordeaux,<br />
before becoming a<br />
regular this season in the<br />
Championship.<br />
FORWARD:<br />
ALEKSANDAR<br />
MITROVIC<br />
Mitrovic is argubaly the best<br />
striker in the Championship.<br />
At a young age, he quickly<br />
proved his goalscoring<br />
abilities with Partizan<br />
in Serbia. Belgian outfit<br />
Anderlecht were impressed<br />
by what they saw and<br />
signed him in 2013. With<br />
Anderlecht, he netted 44<br />
goals in 90 games, which<br />
convinced Premier League<br />
club Newcastle to sign him.<br />
He scored nine goals during<br />
his first season in England‘s<br />
top-flight as The Magpies<br />
were relegated. In February<br />
2018, he signed for <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
on loan, and there he settled<br />
in quickly. He helped the<br />
team win promotion back to<br />
the Premier League, scoring<br />
12 goals in 17 Championship<br />
games. <strong>Fulham</strong> were<br />
relegated again in 2019, but<br />
Mitrovic scored 26 goals<br />
to fire them straight back<br />
up at the first attempt.<br />
The Serbian international<br />
struggled somewhat last<br />
season in the Premier League<br />
scoring just three times but<br />
he has been in brilliant form<br />
again this season, leading the<br />
Championship goalscoring<br />
charts with 12 goals in 12<br />
matches.<br />
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LAST FIVE v FOREST<br />
Lee Clarke looks back at our last five<br />
contests with The Cottagers<br />
14 FEBRUARY 2017<br />
FULHAM 3-2 FOREST<br />
Pajtim Kasami opened the<br />
scoring for <strong>Forest</strong> early on<br />
against his former club but two<br />
goals in three first half minutes<br />
from Tom Cairney and Lucas<br />
Piazon put <strong>Fulham</strong> in control.<br />
Ben Brereton (now Brereton-<br />
Diaz), currently second top<br />
scorer in the Championship<br />
behind Aleksandar Mitrovic,<br />
equalised for the Reds just<br />
after half-time but an own<br />
goal from Jack Hobbs 18<br />
minutes from time gifted<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> the points.<br />
26 SEPTEMBER 2017<br />
FOREST 1-3 FULHAM<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> under Mark Warburton<br />
put up a strong fight against a<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> side who would later<br />
be promoted via the play-offs.<br />
Daryl Murphy equalised<br />
Aboubakar Kamara’s opener<br />
but late goals from Stefan<br />
Johansen and Neeskens<br />
Kebano sealed the away win<br />
for The Cottagers.<br />
3 FEBRUARY 2018<br />
FULHAM 2-0 FOREST<br />
Aitor Karanka was in charge<br />
for this defeat in the capital<br />
as <strong>Fulham</strong> completed the<br />
double over The Reds. Lucas<br />
Piazon opened the scoring<br />
midway through the second<br />
half before Stefen Johansen<br />
wrapped things up in the<br />
closing stages.<br />
24 AUGUST 2019<br />
FULHAM 1-2 FOREST<br />
This game saw <strong>Forest</strong> claim<br />
an unexpected win at Craven<br />
Cottage, flexing their play-off<br />
credentials in the process. A<br />
superb team goal saw Lewis<br />
Grabban open the scoring<br />
and the striker added another<br />
in the second half. Aleksandar<br />
Mitrovic scored for <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
but it proved nothing more<br />
than a consolation in the<br />
summer sunshine.<br />
7 JULY 2020<br />
FOREST 0-1 FULHAM<br />
Harry Arter, later to join<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> and currently on loan<br />
at Charlton, dented The Reds’<br />
play-off aspirations with a<br />
rare goal just before half time.<br />
It was a massive three points<br />
for Scott Parker’s team who<br />
went on to win the 2019/20<br />
play-offs whilst <strong>Forest</strong> missed<br />
out on goal difference.<br />
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SHARED MEMORIES<br />
FOOTBALL HISTORIAN LEIGH EDWARDS LOOKS AT SOME PLAYERS<br />
WHO GRACED BOTH THE BANKS OF THE THAMES AND THE TRENT<br />
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ROY DWIGHT<br />
Former <strong>Fulham</strong> winger Roy<br />
Dwight famously scored before<br />
breaking a leg in <strong>Forest</strong>’s 1959<br />
FA Cup final success. Moving to<br />
Craven Cottage from Hastings<br />
United in July 1950, the England<br />
Youth international was twice<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong>’s leading marksman<br />
and scored in the 1957-58 FA<br />
Cup semi-final replay against<br />
Manchester United, the season<br />
before his success with <strong>Forest</strong>.<br />
He netted 54 goals in 72 League<br />
games before joining <strong>Forest</strong> in<br />
July 1958 and missed just one<br />
match in the top-flight in 1958-59.<br />
The uncle of rock star Elton John,<br />
he netted 21 goals in 44 League<br />
games prior to joining Gravesend<br />
& Northfleet in February 1961.<br />
TONY BARTON<br />
One-time <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />
winger Tony Barton made a<br />
significant contribution as <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
regained top-flight status in<br />
1958-59. The England schoolboy<br />
international was <strong>Fulham</strong>’s then<br />
youngest League debutant at<br />
17 years 16 days old in their 4-2<br />
defeat at Lincoln City in April<br />
1954 and netted eight goals<br />
in 49 League games while at<br />
Craven Cottage. He joined FA<br />
Cup holders <strong>Forest</strong> in December<br />
1959 and his solitary goal in 22<br />
League outings clinched the 1-1<br />
draw at Chelsea four months<br />
later, moving to Portsmouth in<br />
December 1961. He was later<br />
manager of Aston Villa’s 1982<br />
European Cup success and<br />
passed away in 1993.<br />
BRIAN WILLIAMSON<br />
One-time <strong>Fulham</strong> goalkeeper<br />
Brian Williamson understudied<br />
Peter Grummitt as <strong>Forest</strong> were<br />
League Championship runners-up<br />
and FA Cup semi-finalists in 1966-<br />
67. Moving to the City Ground<br />
from Leeds United in February<br />
1966, he made 19 League<br />
appearances prior to joining<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> in in November 1968 due<br />
to injury to Jack McClelland and<br />
the poor form of Ian Seymour. He<br />
played 12 League games before<br />
displaced by Malcolm Webster<br />
and decided to quit football in<br />
November 1969, becoming a<br />
security guard.<br />
MARK CROSSLEY<br />
One-time <strong>Fulham</strong> goalkeeper<br />
Mark Crossley was ever-present<br />
as <strong>Forest</strong> reached the FA Cup final<br />
in 1990-91. Signing professional at<br />
The City Ground in July 1987, he<br />
helped <strong>Forest</strong> to reach the League<br />
Cup and ZDS Cup finals in 1992.<br />
He starred as <strong>Forest</strong> regained<br />
top-flight status in 1993-94, then<br />
was ever-present as Frank Clark’s<br />
side were third in the Premier<br />
League in 1994-95. Making 303<br />
League appearances, he joined<br />
Middlesbrough in July 2000. He<br />
moved to <strong>Fulham</strong> in August 2003<br />
and played 20 League games<br />
while at Craven Cottage.
ANDY COLE<br />
England international striker<br />
Andy Cole played for both<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> and <strong>Forest</strong>. Initially<br />
joining <strong>Fulham</strong> on loan from<br />
Arsenal in September 1991, he<br />
made his full League debut in<br />
that month’s 3-1 victory at home<br />
to Swansea City. He returned to<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> from Blackburn Rovers<br />
in July 2004 and was top scorer<br />
in 2004-05, netting 15 goals in<br />
44 League games overall for the<br />
Whites. Moving to <strong>Forest</strong> from<br />
Sunderland in July 2008, he made<br />
ten League appearances for his<br />
hometown club before hanging<br />
up his boots four months later.<br />
DANNY CULLIP<br />
One-time Reds central defender<br />
Danny Cullip helped <strong>Fulham</strong> to<br />
win promotion in 1996-97. Moving<br />
to <strong>Fulham</strong> from Oxford United<br />
in July 1996, he was given his<br />
League debut in the following<br />
month’s 1-0 victory at home to<br />
Hereford United and scored twice<br />
in 50 League games while at<br />
Craven Cottage prior to joining<br />
Brentford in February 1998. He<br />
joined <strong>Forest</strong> from Sheffield<br />
United in August 2005 and helped<br />
reach the League One play-offs<br />
in 2006-07, making 31 League<br />
appearances before moving to<br />
QPR in January 2007.<br />
JONATHAN GREENING<br />
One-time <strong>Forest</strong> midfielder<br />
Jonathan Greening appeared for<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> in the 2010 UEFA Europa<br />
League final. The England U-21<br />
international initially joined on<br />
loan from West Brom in August<br />
2009 and the move was made<br />
permanent the following summer.<br />
His only goal in 33 League games<br />
overall came in their 1-0 win at<br />
home to Portsmouth in February<br />
2010 and he helped take <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
to an FA Cup sixth round replay<br />
that season. He reunited with<br />
Steve McClaren at <strong>Forest</strong> in<br />
July 2011, making 49 League<br />
appearances while Trentside.<br />
PAJTIM KASAMI<br />
Switzerland international<br />
midfielder Pajtim Kasami played<br />
for both <strong>Fulham</strong> and <strong>Forest</strong>.<br />
Moving to Craven Cottage from<br />
Italian side Palermo in July 2011,<br />
his three goals in 38 League<br />
games for <strong>Fulham</strong> included a<br />
stunning strike in their 4-1 victory<br />
at Crystal Palace in October 2013.<br />
He joined Greek side Olympiakos<br />
in July 2014 and was loaned to<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> for the 2016-17 campaign.<br />
Scoring twice in 25 League<br />
outings while at The City Ground,<br />
his half-volley gave <strong>Forest</strong> an<br />
early lead in our 3-2 defeat at<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> in February 2017.<br />
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STOKE CITY U23s 1<br />
NOTTINGHAM FOREST U23s 0<br />
Mon 18th October 2021 | Kick-off 7pm | Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle Town FC | Premier League 2 Division 2<br />
Andy Reid’s Under 23s suffered their<br />
first league defeat in five matches<br />
when beaten by a single goal by<br />
Stoke’s Under 23s in Newcastleunder-Lyme<br />
last Monday.<br />
The Reds, playing in the distinctive<br />
luminous yellow and orange change<br />
kit, included Cafu, Xande Silva<br />
and Mohamed Drager from Steve<br />
Cooper’s first team squad to get<br />
extra minutes in their legs.<br />
The side was stronger than the XI<br />
fielded in the 6-2 reverse in the<br />
Premier League Cup at QPR the<br />
preceding week, when a number of<br />
youngsters were on international duty.<br />
The Reds’ youngsters changed from<br />
the usual diamond formation to adopt<br />
the 3-4-1-2 system recently used by<br />
the first team, with Silva and Julian<br />
Larsson leading the line and Ateef<br />
Konate just behind. Leading scorer<br />
Will Swan dropped to the bench.<br />
The game on a rainy evening in<br />
Staffordshire swung on two key<br />
moments.<br />
Firstly, in the 27th minute a sweeping<br />
move from one end of the pitch to<br />
the other resulted in a penalty for<br />
<strong>Forest</strong>. Cafu took the spot kick but<br />
Stoke keeper Nathan Broome saved<br />
with a strong outstretched arm as<br />
Cafu tried to slot the ball down the<br />
middle of the goal.<br />
Then, with 11 minutes left, Stoke<br />
grabbed the only goal of the game<br />
when striker Douglas James-Taylor<br />
powered a ferocious effort from<br />
just inside the right hand side of the<br />
penalty area high past Nicky Hogarth.<br />
The Reds had ten shots, five of which<br />
were on target, which was more than<br />
their hosts but it was Stoke who took<br />
the three points.<br />
The result meant that Stoke<br />
leapfrogged <strong>Forest</strong> into fourth in the<br />
Premier League 2 Division 2 table,<br />
with The Reds slipping a place to fifth.<br />
NEXT MATCH<br />
The Under 23s played at league<br />
leaders <strong>Fulham</strong> on Friday night<br />
(details in the next edition of <strong>Forest</strong><br />
Review)<br />
The next home match is on Monday,<br />
1st November against second placed<br />
West Bromwich Albion at Meadow<br />
Lane with a 7pm kick-off.<br />
MATCH STATISTICS<br />
Stoke U23: Broome, Roney,<br />
Macari, Coates, Trialist<br />
(Sparrow 20’), Sy (Jarrett 90’),<br />
Wright-Phillips, Malone, James-<br />
Taylor, Porter, Oakley-Boothe<br />
Unused subs: Hemfrey, Knowles,<br />
Sparrow, Jarrett, McCarthy<br />
Goal: James-Taylor 79’<br />
Bookings: Waller 35’, Thomas 57’<br />
<strong>Forest</strong>: Nicky Hogarth; Aaron<br />
Donnelly, Sam Sanders, Fin<br />
Back; Jayden Richardson,<br />
Cafu (Josh Barnes 80’), Tyrese<br />
Fornah (c) (Lewis Salmon<br />
89’), Mohamed Drager; Ateef<br />
Konate; Xande Silva, Julian<br />
Larsson (Will Swan 69’)<br />
Unused subs: Alex Akers,<br />
Ollie Hammond<br />
Bookings: Hogarth 29’<br />
ANDY REID’S VIEW<br />
”It was a tough game with<br />
the conditions and pitch not<br />
particularly good, so it was it<br />
was a decent test for our lads.<br />
It’s always good to test them<br />
in different circumstances and<br />
scenarios.<br />
“I can’t really fault the work rate<br />
and, maybe, if we had scored<br />
the penalty in the first half then<br />
it might have been different.<br />
Unfortunately, that wasn’t to<br />
be but there were some decent<br />
performances.<br />
“We tried a different shape<br />
which will help us have a bit<br />
more flexibility moving forward.<br />
I think it’s important that we<br />
give the players different tests<br />
and different formations so<br />
that when they step on in their<br />
careers they have it in the locker.<br />
“Steve (Cooper) also wanted<br />
some of the players around<br />
his squad to get some minutes<br />
under the belt.<br />
“I’m disappointed that we didn’t<br />
come away with anything from<br />
the game. We most certainly<br />
deserved something.<br />
“We’ve got a tough test now. We<br />
go to <strong>Fulham</strong> on Friday who are<br />
doing well. These are the type of<br />
weeks that really test the players.<br />
It makes it feel like it’s more like<br />
a first team week for us where<br />
the first team will have to play<br />
Saturday, Tuesday and we’re<br />
playing Monday and Friday.”<br />
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DATE KO OPPOSITION RES VENUE COMP GOALSCORERS<br />
AUGUST 2021<br />
Fri 13 19:00 Aston Villa L 5-2 Bodymoor Heath Training Ground League O Hammond, W Swan<br />
Mon 23 19:00 Southampton D 0-0 Staplewood Training Ground League<br />
Fri 27 19:00 Wolverhampton L 0-1 The Impact Arena League<br />
SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
Mon 6 19:00 Blackburn Rovers W 4-1 The County Ground PL Cup J Lolley x2, A Konate, W Swan<br />
Sun 12 19:00 Reading W 2-0 The Impact Arena League J Larsson x2<br />
Mon 20 19:00 Birmingham City W 5-0 Loughborough University Stadium League O Konate, W Swan x2, O Hammond, J Larsson<br />
Sat 25 15:00 Middlesbrough W 1-0 The Impact Arena League W Swan<br />
OCTOBER 2021<br />
Fri 13 19:00 Burnley D 1-1 Turf Moor League A Gibson-Hammond<br />
Tue 12 15:00 QPR L 6-2 The Impact Arena PL Cup L Salmon, A Konate<br />
Mon 18 19:00 Stoke City L 1-0 The Impact Arena League<br />
Fri 22 19:00 <strong>Fulham</strong> Motspur Park League<br />
NOVEMBER 2021<br />
Mon 18 19:00 West Brom Meadow Lane League<br />
Fri 5 19:00 Norwich The Walks Stadium League<br />
Fri 12 19:00 Middlesbrough Heritage Park PL Cup<br />
Mon 22 19:00 Newcastle The Impact Arena League<br />
Mon 29 19:00 Sunderland Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground League<br />
DECEMBER 2021<br />
Mon 6 19:00 Burnley Tameside Stadium League<br />
Mon 13 19:00 Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground PL Cup<br />
Fri 17 19:00 Stoke City The Impact Arena League<br />
JANUARY 2022<br />
Mon 10 19:00 <strong>Fulham</strong> The Impact Arena League<br />
Fri 14 19:00 Norwich The City Ground League<br />
wed 19 19:00 QPR The Impact Arena PL Cup<br />
Mon 24 19:00 Newcastle Northumberland FA League<br />
FEBRUARY 2022<br />
Mon 7 19:00 Aston Villa Meadow Lane League<br />
Fri 11 19:00 Middlesbrough The Impact Arena PL Cup<br />
Mon 21 19:00 Reading The City Ground League<br />
Sun 27 14:00 Southampton Staplewood Training Ground League<br />
MARCH 2022<br />
Mon 14 19:00 Sunderland Meadow Lane League<br />
Mon 21 19:00 West Brom The Hawthorns League<br />
APRIL 2022<br />
Fri 1 19:00 Wolverhampton The City Ground League<br />
NAME PLD GLS/CS<br />
Harry Arter 1<br />
Zach Abbott 1<br />
Finley Back 4 (1)<br />
Joshua Barnes 1 (3)<br />
Cafu 1<br />
James Clarridge (1)<br />
Samuel Collins (1)<br />
Aaron Donnelly 6 (1)<br />
Mohamed Drager 2<br />
Detlef Esapa Osong (2)<br />
Baba Fernandes 6<br />
William Fewster 5 (1)<br />
Tyrese Fornah 6<br />
Joseph Gardner (4)<br />
Alexander Gibson-Hammond 5 (1) 1<br />
Oliver Hammond 6 2<br />
Nicky Hogarth 9<br />
Pharrell Johnson 1<br />
Ateef Konate 8 3<br />
Julian Larsson 8 3<br />
Joseph Lolley 1 2<br />
Loic Mbe Soh 1<br />
Kyle McAdam 2<br />
Jamie McDonnell 2 (1)<br />
Jack Nadin 1 (1)<br />
Braian Ojeda 1<br />
Joshua Powell 1<br />
Rezart Rama 3 (2)<br />
Jayden Richardson 5<br />
Lewis Salmon 4 (4) 1<br />
Samuel Sanders 8<br />
Jordan Smith 1<br />
William Swan 6 (3) 5<br />
Dale Taylor (1)<br />
Jack Thompson (1)<br />
Jordan Wright 2<br />
Reece Wylie 2<br />
Xande Silva 2<br />
Fri 22 19:00 Middlesbrough The City Ground League<br />
Fri 29 19:00 Birmingham City St Andrews Trillion Trophy Stadium League<br />
# TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS<br />
1 FULHAM U23 8 6 1 1 13 19<br />
2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION U23 8 6 0 2 4 18<br />
3 ASTON VILLA U23 8 5 2 1 13 17<br />
4 NEWCASTLE UNITED U23 8 4 1 3 5 13<br />
5 STOKE CITY U23 8 4 1 3 -7 13<br />
6 NOTTINGHAM FOREST U23 8 3 2 3 3 11<br />
7 BURNLEY U23 8 3 2 3 1 11<br />
8 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS U23 8 3 2 3 -3 11<br />
9 NORWICH U23 8 3 1 4 -1 10<br />
10 MIDDLESBROUGH U23 8 3 0 5 -2 9<br />
11 READING U23 8 2 3 3 -3 9<br />
12 BIRMINGHAM CITY U23 8 2 1 5 -10 7<br />
13 SUNDERLAND U23 8 2 0 6 -4 6<br />
14 SOUTHAMPTON U23 8 1 2 5 -9 5<br />
William Swan<br />
5 Goals<br />
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COMMUNITY MATTERS<br />
TRUST CEO GRAHAM MORAN HONOURED WITH<br />
BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL<br />
Earlier this summer, Graham Moran, BEM, <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust Chief<br />
Executive Officer was honoured with a British Empire Medal in The Queen’s Birthday<br />
Honours List for 2021.<br />
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List demonstrates<br />
the extraordinary efforts made by individuals in<br />
the United Kingdom who have put others before<br />
themselves.<br />
This award recognises Graham’s service to<br />
football and the community in <strong>Nottingham</strong> and<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong>shire. Over the last 14 years, Graham<br />
has worked alongside many people within the<br />
Community Trust and football club under the<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> flag supporting local people<br />
through the delivery of community engagement<br />
programmes.<br />
Graham recently attended the award ceremony,<br />
with his wife Mandy and received a British Empire<br />
Medal from <strong>Nottingham</strong>shire Lord-Lieutenant,<br />
Sir John Peace, who incidentally is a Patron of<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust.<br />
Graham Moran, BEM, said, “I am delighted to have<br />
collected this award and want to thank everyone<br />
connected with <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Football<br />
Club for their invaluable support and the many<br />
people who have helped me along way during my<br />
30 years involvement in professional football.<br />
“The last 14 years have been very important to<br />
me, having the opportunity to do a job I love at the<br />
greatest football club in the world!”<br />
Graham continued, “I want to thank <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
<strong>Forest</strong> owner, Mr Marinakis, Nicholas Randall, QC,<br />
Giannis Vrentzos, and, more recently, Dane Murphy<br />
for investing significantly in the work of <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust and everyone else at<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> who have helped create one of<br />
the strongest relationships between a professional<br />
football club and its official charity in the country.”<br />
“I am also very grateful to Calum Osborne my<br />
Deputy Chief Executive and my team at the<br />
Community Trust, without whom the award would<br />
not have been possible.”<br />
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ANDY REID, RYAN YATES AND DJED SPENCE ATTEND<br />
FOREST FOOTBALL FESTIVAL<br />
Earlier this month, <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust (NFCT)<br />
hosted the <strong>Forest</strong> Football Festival in partnership with the <strong>Nottingham</strong> Schools’<br />
Football Association (NSFA).<br />
This action-packed event welcomed over 20 local<br />
schools to The <strong>Forest</strong> Sports Zone with teams<br />
eager to play football and, of course, have fun.<br />
The day saw hundreds of children from different<br />
schools across <strong>Nottingham</strong>, as well as their<br />
teachers, staff, and coaches from <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust.<br />
The children were also treated to appearances<br />
from former Reds legend and now Under 23 head<br />
coach, Andy Reid, as well as first team players,<br />
Ryan Yates and Djed Spence who were keen to see<br />
some local talent and award children with their<br />
certificates and medals.<br />
Graham Moran, BEM, <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />
Community Trust Chief Executive Officer, was<br />
in attendance and was delighted to see such a<br />
fantastic turn out.<br />
Graham said “We are proud to organise large<br />
events such as this that celebrate the development<br />
of community football. It goes without saying, that<br />
we wouldn’t be able to recruit so many schools<br />
without the support of the NSFA.<br />
“For us, it’s important that every school in the city<br />
has the opportunity to take part. Previously, we’ve<br />
operated similar events on a smaller scale. However,<br />
this is the start of something much bigger and better.<br />
We want to make sure we have a regular calendar of<br />
events that schools can access throughout the year,<br />
for both girls’ and boys’ football.”<br />
Andy Reid arrived as the tournament was in full flow<br />
to the delight of the children involved. Andy was on<br />
hand to offer advice and words of wisdom to the<br />
youngsters and gave his thoughts on the occasion.<br />
Andy said on the day: “It’s a great atmosphere<br />
and the kids are all really enjoying it. Football is<br />
supposed to be fun and it’s clear there is plenty<br />
of that today. There are some good players down<br />
here and I have been watching a lot of the games.<br />
“It’s not necessarily about who’s the best though,<br />
football must aim to be inclusive and it’s great to<br />
see players and teams from all over the city.<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Community Trust would like<br />
to thank all the schools’ involved, the <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
Schools’ FA and of course, Andy Reid, Ryan Yates<br />
and Djed Spence for attending the event.<br />
In addition, the Trust would like to mention the<br />
post-16 education students, who were present for<br />
the whole event and helped coordinate and run<br />
proceedings.<br />
If you would like any more information<br />
on future events, please visit<br />
nottinghamforestcommunitytrust.co.uk<br />
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FOREVER STARS<br />
Forever Stars is an East Midlands charity dedicated to supporting families who have<br />
suffered a stillbirth or infant loss<br />
The charity were very kindly donated a table for<br />
the Blackpool match by long-standing <strong>Forest</strong><br />
hospitality client Dave Wheat of <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />
Label Company<br />
Here is an example of their work as told by Daniel<br />
and Laura Barnett:<br />
“Harrison Barnett, our beautiful boy was stillborn in<br />
August 2016. He has since become our inspiration<br />
We first became aware of Forever Stars whilst<br />
Laura was being cared for on the labour ward,<br />
following complications with Harrison’s birth.<br />
Forever Stars had fundraised and built a Serenity<br />
Suite - a bereavement suit at the QMC Hospital<br />
- which we were able to use, meaning we could<br />
spend time with Harrison giving him a naming<br />
ceremony and enjoy some home comforts with our<br />
families away from the medical sterile environment<br />
of the labour ward.<br />
When your child dies nothing really makes it any<br />
better, and from our point of view that moment<br />
now defines the rest of our lives.<br />
What you do learn though is that having wonderful<br />
family and friends around gradually gets you back<br />
to somewhere like you were before.<br />
With the help of our wonderful family and friends<br />
we have been able to fundraise to support other<br />
families who go through the unimaginable too.<br />
Forever Stars’ Forever In Bloom campaign was<br />
something we passionately became involved with<br />
to help create a remembrance garden for all those<br />
babies taken too soon and amazingly Harrison<br />
now has a permanent memorial there so we can<br />
visit and have a quiet space to think of him and so<br />
others can do the same.<br />
We wish to thank everyone at Forever Stars,<br />
particularly the Daniels Family, and especially<br />
Richard, as for me as a baby loss dad I needed a role<br />
model and Richard has very much become that.<br />
Before Harrison died we had never really done any<br />
fundraising, but the fact that our family and friends<br />
rallied around us to support us means the world to us.<br />
A final word on Harrison. As a baby loss Dad, I,<br />
Daniel, was recently asked what Harrison means<br />
to me, this was probably the toughest question I’ve<br />
ever had to answer. Well he’s my son, first thought<br />
in the morning and my last thought at night. The<br />
very best version of me. My inspiration and the<br />
kid I imagine holding hands with every time I cross<br />
Trent Bridge.”<br />
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FOREST IN FOCUS<br />
NEWS IN BRIEF FROM AROUND THE CITY GROUND<br />
LYLE’S PINK<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Nobody failed to notice Lyle<br />
Taylor on Tuesday’s night win<br />
at Ashton Gate when the late<br />
substitute won the points for<br />
The Reds with two injury time<br />
goals, sporting his pink hair.<br />
As you might have read in<br />
last week’s <strong>Forest</strong> Review<br />
for the Blackpool match,<br />
Lyle is again raising money<br />
for Cancer Research. Please<br />
donate generously. Scan the<br />
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GET SHORTY<br />
Our Macron third kit has<br />
got plenty of attention this<br />
season and not just because<br />
of the striking yellow and<br />
orange colourway.<br />
Three outings. Three<br />
victories. Seven goals.<br />
We won’t be wearing an all<br />
red kit this season as the<br />
club can only register three<br />
kits with the EFL. However,<br />
there is an oddity within<br />
the rules that we can wear<br />
white shorts even if there is a<br />
clash, if the referee approves<br />
it. So, we could be red/<br />
white/red on Friday at QPR.<br />
FAN ZONE<br />
The popular fan zone is now<br />
welcoming supporters again<br />
for our weekend matches.<br />
The fan zone is run in<br />
conjunction with the Great<br />
Northern Group and features<br />
cask beers from the Navigation<br />
Brewery, plus our usual range<br />
of Molson Coors brands.<br />
Live music is provided by<br />
Steve McGill and, from<br />
today’s match, artisan street<br />
vendors will be providing the<br />
food.<br />
Come and join us from noon<br />
on 3pm matchdays at the rear<br />
of The Brian Clough Stand.<br />
BEER & BURGERS<br />
If you can’t make it to Loftus<br />
Road on Friday evening, the<br />
Commercial team are holding<br />
a networking social night in<br />
the 1865 Club.<br />
The event being held in<br />
association with our partners,<br />
Document Network Solutions<br />
(DNS), starts at 5.30pm and<br />
for just £20 you will get a<br />
drink on arrival and a burger.<br />
Andy Reid will be the<br />
VIP guest providing prematch<br />
and half-time analysis<br />
of the big match at QPR<br />
which will be live on the<br />
screens in the lounge.<br />
To book your ticket<br />
please call 0115 982 4450<br />
or e-mail hospitality@<br />
nottinghamforest.co.uk.<br />
BRENNAN TAKES<br />
THE HONOURS<br />
Brennan Johnson had eyecatching<br />
September, so<br />
much so that he was named<br />
the EFL’s Young Player of the<br />
Month before the Blackpool<br />
match last weekend.<br />
The academy graduate<br />
featured five times for The<br />
Reds in the month, scoring<br />
and making an assist for<br />
Philip Zinckernagel in the 3-1<br />
victory at Oakwell, whilst also<br />
crossing for Lewis Grabban to<br />
head home at Huddersfield.<br />
Johnson then celebrated his<br />
award by opening the scoring<br />
against Blackpool – his first<br />
senior goal at The City Ground.<br />
BABA SHORTLISTED<br />
Andy Reid’s Under 23s<br />
have made a bright start to<br />
the club’s first season as a<br />
Premier League Category<br />
One academy.<br />
21 year-old centre half Baba<br />
Fernandes had the honour<br />
of being shortlisted for<br />
September 2021’s Premier<br />
League 2 Player of the Month<br />
award. The winner was Caleb<br />
Chukwuemeka of Aston Villa.<br />
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
V SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />
The eagerly-anticipated Sky Bet Championship<br />
fixture against Sheffield United is on Tuesday<br />
2nd November with a 7.45pm kick off.<br />
It will be the first meeting between the old rivals at<br />
The City Ground since Lewis Grabban’s winner back in<br />
November 2018 in front of nearly 29,000.<br />
The Blades are now back in the Championship and<br />
feature six ex-Reds in their squad: Ben Osborn, Jack<br />
Robinson, Adelene Guediora, Billy Sharp, Oliver Burke<br />
and Luke Freeman.<br />
TICKET PRICES<br />
Adults (24-64) £28 to £33<br />
Seniors (65+) £22 to £26<br />
Youths (18-23) £14 to £17<br />
Childs (12-17) £12 to £14<br />
Kids (4-11) £6 to £7<br />
If you would like your tickets posted, please purchase<br />
by 3pm on Friday. 29th October. Tickets purchased<br />
after that time will be for collection from The Ticket<br />
Office only. On match day from 6pm, tickets are to be<br />
collected from the ticket collection point between the<br />
Trent End and The Brian Clough Stand.<br />
Hospitality is ideal for midweek fixtures to enjoy the<br />
match in comfort:<br />
Executive boxes The Brian Clough Stand For 8 People £1,115<br />
Robin Hood Suite The Peter Taylor Stand Adults £114<br />
Under 12s £88<br />
1865 Club The Peter Taylor Stand All £109<br />
Legends Lounge Trent End Adults £65<br />
Under 16s £40<br />
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
V PRESTON NORTH END<br />
Tickets are now on general sale for the visit of<br />
Preston North End to The City Ground on Saturday,<br />
6th November with a 3pm kick off.<br />
The Reds will be looking to secure back-to-back<br />
home wins within the space of four days when The<br />
Lillywhites visit Trentside.<br />
In what will be the last home match before the next<br />
international break, Steve Cooper’s men look to<br />
continue their climb up the Championship table.<br />
TICKET PRICES<br />
Adults (24-64) £25 to £29<br />
Seniors (65+) £18 to £21<br />
Youths (18-23) £12 to £14<br />
Childs (12-17) £10 to £11<br />
Kids (4-11) £5 to £6<br />
If you would like your tickets posted, please purchase<br />
by 3pm on Wednesday 3rd November. Tickets<br />
purchased after that time will be for collection from<br />
The Ticket Office only. On match day from 1pm, tickets<br />
are to be collected from the ticket collection point<br />
between the Trent End and The Brian Clough Stand.<br />
Choose from our wide range of hospitality to watch<br />
the match in style:<br />
Executive boxes The Brian Clough Stand For 8 People £1,115<br />
Robin Hood Suite The Peter Taylor Stand Adults £114<br />
Under 12s £88<br />
1865 Club The Peter Taylor Stand All £109<br />
Legends Lounge Trent End Adults £65<br />
Under 16s £40<br />
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QUEENS PARK RANGERS<br />
V NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
The Reds travel to the Kiyan Prince Foundation<br />
Stadium on Friday evening (29th October) to<br />
meet Mark Warburton’s Rangers in the Sky Bet<br />
Championship, with a 7.45pm kick off.<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> have won their last four matches on the road<br />
for the first time since the 1994/95 season.<br />
Reds supporters have received a full and final<br />
allocation of 2,929 tickets in the upper and lower tiers<br />
of the School End Stand for the Sky Bet Championship<br />
fixture and tickets are now on general sale.<br />
TICKET PRICES<br />
Gold: (Upper Tier)<br />
Adults (23-60) £26 to £33<br />
Over 61s £18 to £23<br />
Under 23s £18 to £23<br />
Under 18s £12 to £16<br />
Under 8s<br />
Disabled supporters<br />
Free: upper tier silver tickets only<br />
Prices on request and dependent upon age<br />
If you would like your tickets posted, please purchase<br />
before 3pm on Tuesday (26th October).<br />
Tickets purchased after that date are for collection<br />
from The City Ground only.<br />
Queens Park Rangers advise they will actively check<br />
proof of age on entry at the turnstiles. Supporters are<br />
asked to carry valid age identification to gain entry<br />
without issue.<br />
Official Coach Travel will depart the Brian Clough<br />
Stand Car Park at 2.15pm on matchday. Travel tickets<br />
can be purchased online for £21.<br />
UNDER 23S<br />
The next opportunity to see the Under 23s<br />
in <strong>Nottingham</strong> is the home fixture against<br />
second placed West Bromwich Albion on<br />
Monday, 1st November at Meadow Lane.<br />
Kick-off is 7pm.<br />
Nearly 1,000 fans turned out to support The<br />
Reds in the last home fixture against Burnley<br />
and your support is hugely appreciated by<br />
Reidy and the lads.<br />
It is on pay on the gate with cash only.<br />
TICKET PRICES<br />
Adults (22+) £5<br />
Concessions (65+) £3<br />
Under 21s (16-20) £3<br />
Children (15 and under) £1<br />
WOMEN<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Women are next in action in The FA<br />
Women’s National League North next Sunday<br />
(31st October) against Stoke City Women at<br />
Norton Cricket Club. Kick-off is 7.45pm.<br />
The girls are next in home action in on Thursday,<br />
18th November against Loughborough<br />
Lightening Women at Coronation Park,<br />
Eastwood Town. Kick-off is 7.45pm.<br />
Please come down to Eastwood to show your<br />
support for the girls next month.<br />
TICKET PRICES<br />
Adults (18-64) £5<br />
Concessions (65+) £3<br />
Under 21s (18 and under) £1<br />
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2021/2022 STAT PACK<br />
NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
FULHAM<br />
<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> haven’t<br />
lost three consecutive home<br />
league games against<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> since October 1952.<br />
MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS<br />
16<br />
1<br />
1<br />
22<br />
<strong>Fulham</strong> have won four of<br />
their last five league matches<br />
against <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />
(L1) with their last meeting<br />
in July 2020 at the City<br />
Ground, winning 1-0.<br />
<br />
16 27<br />
<br />
11.9 25.4<br />
<br />
15 14<br />
<br />
13.9 12.4<br />
<br />
2 2<br />
GOALS<br />
EXPECTED GOALS<br />
GOALS<br />
CONCEDED<br />
EXPECTED GOALS<br />
AGAINST<br />
CLEAN<br />
SHEETS<br />
<br />
131 199<br />
<br />
48.7 57.3<br />
<br />
12.2 13.6<br />
<br />
5 0<br />
6 7<br />
SHOTS<br />
AVERAGE<br />
POSSESSION %<br />
SHOT CONVERSION<br />
RATE %<br />
POINTS GAINED AFTER<br />
TRAILING<br />
POINTS DROPPED<br />
AFTER LEADING<br />
GOAL TIMES<br />
SCORED CONCEDED<br />
0-15 1 1<br />
16-30 4 3<br />
31-45 1 1<br />
46-60 4 4<br />
61-75 4 3<br />
76-90 2 3<br />
SCORED CONCEDED<br />
0-15 7 0<br />
16-30 3 1<br />
31-45 6 2<br />
46-60 3 5<br />
61-75 3 2<br />
76-90 5 4<br />
Data excludes games played after October 18th<br />
POWERED BY
DATE KO OPPOSITION ATT RES STARTING XI<br />
AUGUST 2021<br />
Sun 8 16:30 Coventry City 20,843 L 2-1 Samba Gabriel Mbe Soh McKenna Bong Yates Colback<br />
Wed 11 19:45 Bradford City CC1 9,514 W 2-1 Horvath Back Fernandes Harbottle Richardson Fornah Cafu ■<br />
Sat 14 15:00 AFC Bournemouth 25,035 L 1-2 Samba Gabriel Figueiredo McKenna 1 ■ Osei-Tutu Yates Colback ■ <br />
Wed 18 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 23,964 L 1-2 Samba Gabriel ■ ■ Figueiredo McKenna Osei-Tutu Zinckernagel 1 Yates<br />
Sat 21 15:00 Stoke City 21,346 L 0-1 Samba ■ Back Figueiredo ■ McKenna Bong Yates Cafu<br />
Tue 24 19:45 Woves CC2 10,769 L 0-4 Horvath Back Fernandes Harbottle Richardson Garner Fornah<br />
Sat 28 12:30 Derby County 22,991 D 1-1 Samba Gabriel Worrall McKenna Bong Garner ■ Yates <br />
SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
Sun 12 14:30 Cardiff City 24,153 L 1-2 Samba Spence Worrall McKenna Lowe Zinckernagel Yates<br />
Wed 15 19:45 Middlesbrough 23,830 L 0-2 Horvath Mbe Soh Worrall McKenna Lowe Johnson Yates ■<br />
Sat 18 15:00 Huddersfield Town 17,462 W 2-0 Samba Worrall Figueiredo McKenna Spence Yates Garner ■<br />
Sat 25 15:00 Millwall 25,589 D 1-1 Samba Worrall ■ Figueiredo ■ McKenna Spence Yates Garner<br />
Wed 29 19:45 Barnsley 13,657 W 3-1 Samba Worrall Figueiredo Mckenna Spence Yates Garner <br />
OCTOBER 2021<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Birmingham City 15,148 W 3-0 Samba Worall Figueiredo McKenna Spence 1 Yates 1 ■ Colback<br />
Sat 16 15:00 Blackpool 27,946 W 2-1 Samba Worrall Figueiredo McKenna ■ Spence Yates Colback <br />
Tue 19 19:45 Bristol City W 2-1 Samba Worrall Figueiredo McKenna Spence Yates Garner<br />
Sun 24 15:00 <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
Fri 29 19:45 Queens Park Rangers<br />
NOVEMBER 2021<br />
Tue 2 19:45 Sheffield United<br />
Sat 6 15:00 Preston North End<br />
Sat 20 15:00 Reading<br />
Tue 23 19:45 Luton Town<br />
Fri 26 20:00 West Bromwich Albion<br />
DECEMBER 2021<br />
Sat 4 15:00 Peterborough United<br />
Sat 11 15:00 Swansea City<br />
Sat 18 15:00 Hull City<br />
Sun 26 15:00 Middlesbrough<br />
Wed 29 19:45 Huddersfield Town<br />
JANUARY 2022<br />
Sat 1 15:00 Barnsley<br />
Sat 15 15:00 Millwall<br />
Sat 22 13:00 Derby County<br />
Sat 29 15:00 Cardiff City<br />
FEBRUARY 2022<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Coventry City<br />
Wed 9 19:45 Blackburn Rovers<br />
Sat 12 15:00 Stoke City<br />
Sat 19 15:00 AFC Bournemouth<br />
Tue 22 19:45 Preston North End<br />
Sat 26 15:00 Bristol City<br />
MARCH 2022<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Sheffield United<br />
Sat 12 15:00 Reading<br />
Tue 15 19:45 Queens Park Rangers<br />
Sat 19 15:00 <strong>Fulham</strong><br />
APRIL 2022<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Blackpool<br />
Sat 9 15:00 Birmingham City<br />
Fri,15 15:00 Luton Town<br />
Mon 18 15:00 West Bromwich Albion<br />
Sat 23 15:00 Peterborough United<br />
Sat 30 15:00 Swansea City<br />
MAY 2022<br />
Sat 7 15:00 Hull City<br />
PLEASE NOTE: FIXTURES AND KICK-OFF TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.<br />
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KEY: Goalscorer 1 Booked ■ Sent off ■ First sub Second sub Third sub Fourth sub Own goal† Home games in bold<br />
SUBSTITUTES<br />
REFEREE<br />
Lolley Johnson Mighten Taylor 1 ■ Figueiredo 45’ , Zinckernagel 75’ , Cafu 88’ , Hovarth, Carvalho, Fornah, Back J Linington<br />
Zinckernagel Carvalho 2 Konate Mighten da Costa Joia 50’ , Figueiredo 67’ , Yates 69’ , Smith, Johnson, Lolley, Gabriel P Wright<br />
Lolley Johnson Zinckernagel Taylor Mighten 68’ , Grabban 76’ , Carvalho 83’ , Horvath, Cafu, Fornah, Back G Eltringham<br />
Colback ■ Mighten Johnson Grabban Back 17’ , Carvalho 64’ , Fornah 85’ , Horvath, Cafu, Taylor, Harbottle G Ward<br />
Zinckernagel Carvalho Mighten Taylor Johnson 71’ , Grabban 71’ , Horvath, Colback, Fornah, Richardson, Harbottle O Langford<br />
Colback Hammond Grabban Konate Taylor 61’ , Cafu 73’ , Mighten 73’ , Figueiredo, Carvalho, Smith, Gabriel, Taylor A Davies<br />
Zinckernagel Carvalho Johnson Taylor Mighten 45’ , Grabban 69’ , Horvath, Figueiredo, Colback, Lowe, Cafu T Robinson<br />
Garner Johnson Grabban 1 Taylor Lolley 67’ , Mighten 81’ , Horvath, Figueiredo, Mbe Soh, Colback, Carvalho D Whitestone<br />
Garner Zinckernagel Grabban Taylor Costa Silva 66’ , Lolley 67’ , Richardson 74’ , Figueiredo, Carvalho, Cafu, Samba A Woolmer<br />
Lowe Lolley Johnson Grabban 1 Mighten 61’ , Richardson 79’ , Colback 79’ , Horvath, Mbe Soh, Cafu, Taylor C Kavanagh<br />
Lowe 1 Johnson Lolley Grabban Taylor 27’ , Zinckernagel 69’ , Mighten 87’ , Horvath, Colback, Carvalho, Bong J Simpson<br />
Lowe Johnson 1 Lolley Zinckernagel 1 Grabban 1 60’ , Colback 71’ , Mighten 75’ , Horvath, Carvalho, Bong, Taylor G Eltringham<br />
Lowe ■ Johnson Zinckernagel Grabban 1 ■ Garner 71’ , Taylor 77’ , Mighten 84’ , Horvath, Carvalho, Bong, Lolley K Stroud<br />
Lowe Johnson 1 Zinckernagel ■ Grabban 1 Garner 79’ , Mighten 80’ , Lolley 86’ , Horvath, Carvalho, Bong, Taylor K Friend<br />
Lowe Zinckernagel Johnson Grabban Mighten 67’ , Lolley 77’ , Taylor 2 81’ , Horvath, Colback, Carvalho, Bong S Martin<br />
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LEAGUE TABLE<br />
2021/22<br />
# CLUB P W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 13 9 4 0 21 8 13 31<br />
2 FULHAM 13 8 2 3 29 14 15 26<br />
3 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 13 7 4 2 22 11 11 25<br />
4 COVENTRY CITY 13 7 2 4 19 16 3 23<br />
5 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 13 6 3 4 24 20 4 21<br />
6 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 13 6 3 4 18 14 4 21<br />
7 STOKE CITY 13 6 3 4 16 14 2 21<br />
8 READING 13 6 1 6 20 22 -2 19<br />
9 LUTON TOWN 13 4 6 3 22 18 4 18<br />
10 MIDDLESBROUGH 13 5 3 5 15 13 2 18<br />
11 MILLWALL 13 4 6 3 13 14 -1 18<br />
12 BLACKPOOL 13 5 3 5 15 18 -3 18<br />
13 BLACKBURN ROVERS 13 4 5 4 21 17 4 17<br />
14 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 13 5 2 6 18 16 2 17<br />
15 SWANSEA CITY 13 4 5 4 14 15 -1 17<br />
16 BRISTOL CITY 13 4 4 5 15 17 -2 16<br />
17 SHEFFIELD UNITED 13 4 3 6 17 19 -2 15<br />
18 PRESTON NORTH END 13 3 6 4 14 16 -2 15<br />
19 BIRMINGHAM CITY 13 3 4 6 10 16 -6 13<br />
20 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 13 3 2 8 14 26 -12 11<br />
21 CARDIFF CITY 13 3 2 8 12 24 -12 11<br />
22 HULL CITY 13 2 3 8 9 19 -10 9<br />
23 BARNSLEY 13 1 5 7 7 17 -10 8<br />
24 DERBY COUNTY 13 3 7 3 9 10 -1 4<br />
LAST UPDATED: 20.10.2021<br />
THIS WEEKEND’S<br />
FIXTURES<br />
KICK-OFF SATURDAY 3PM UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE<br />
SAT<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
SUN<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
12.30<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
12.30<br />
PP<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
GOALSCORERS<br />
ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />
FULHAM 13<br />
BEN BRERETON-DIAZ<br />
BLACKBURN ROVERS 10<br />
VIKTOR GYOKERES<br />
COVENTRY CITY 9<br />
JOHN SWIFT<br />
READING 8<br />
DOMINIC SOLANKE<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 8<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
ASSISTS<br />
SORBA THOMAS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 7<br />
JOHN SWIFT<br />
READING 6<br />
RYAN GILES<br />
CARDIFF CITY 5<br />
JED WALLACE<br />
MILLWALL 4<br />
JAMIE PATERSON<br />
SWANSEA CITY 4<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
CLEAN SHEETS<br />
LEE NICHOLLS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 6<br />
MARK TRAVERS<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 6<br />
MATIJA SARKIC<br />
BIRMINGHAM CITY 6<br />
SIMON SLUGA<br />
LUTON TOWN 6<br />
BEN HAMER<br />
SWANSEA CITY 5<br />
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
HEAD COACH: STEVE COOPER<br />
FULHAM<br />
HEAD COACH: MARCO SILVA<br />
1 ● ETHAN HORVATH (GK)<br />
2 ● DJED SPENCE<br />
3 ● TOBIAS FIGUEIREDO<br />
4 ● JOE WORRALL<br />
5 ● RODRIGO ELY<br />
6 ● LOIC MBE SOH<br />
7 ● LEWIS GRABBAN<br />
8 ● JACK COLBACK<br />
10 ● JOAO CARVALHO<br />
11 ● PHILIP ZINCKERNAGEL<br />
12 ● JORDAN SMITH (GK)<br />
13 ● GAETAN BONG<br />
15 ● MAX LOWE<br />
17 ● ALEX MIGHTEN<br />
18 ● CAFÚ<br />
19 ● XANDE SILVA<br />
20 ● BRENNAN JOHNSON<br />
21 ● BRAIAN OJEDA<br />
22 ● RYAN YATES<br />
23 ● JOE LOLLEY<br />
24 ● JORDI OSEI-TUTU<br />
25 ● MOHAMED DRAGER<br />
26 ● SCOTT McKENNA<br />
30 ● BRICE SAMBA (GK)<br />
33 ● LYLE TAYLOR<br />
37 ● JAMES GARNER<br />
38 ● TYRESE FORNAH<br />
42 ● ATEEF KONATÉ<br />
1 ● MAREK RODÁK (GK)<br />
2 ● KENNY TETE<br />
3 ● MICHAEL HECTOR<br />
4 ● DENIS ODOI<br />
5 ● TERENCE KONGOLO<br />
6 ● HARRISON REED<br />
7 ● NEESKENS KEBANO<br />
8 ● HARRY WILSON<br />
9 ● ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />
10 ● TOM CAIRNEY<br />
11 ● ANTHONY KNOCKAERT<br />
12 ● NATHANIEL CHALOBAH<br />
13 ● TIM REAM<br />
14 ● BOBBY DE CORDOVA-REID<br />
16 ● TOSIN ADARABIOYO<br />
17 ● IVAN CAVALEIRO<br />
19 ● RODRIGO MUNIZ<br />
20 ● DOMINGOS QUINA<br />
21 ● PAULO GAZZANIGA (GK)<br />
22 ● CYRUS CHRISTIE<br />
23 ● JOE BRYAN<br />
24 ● JEAN MICHAËL SERI<br />
25 ● JOSH ONOMAH<br />
26 ● ALFIE MAWSON<br />
28 ● FABIO CARVALHO<br />
29 ● FRANK ANGUISSA<br />
31 ● FABRI (GK)<br />
33 ● ANTONEE ROBINSON<br />
35 ● TYRESE FRANCOIS<br />
43 ● STEVEN SESSEGNON<br />
1 ● RHYS PORTER (GK)<br />
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