Forest 40 years ago

I only missed two Forest home matches in the 1977-78 season. Unforgivably, I somehow didn't attend Liam O'Kane's testimonial. I cannot fathom how that happened as I was a big fan of Liam's. I'll never forget his heroic defensive performance against Sunderland in days B. C. I am still filled with shame about that lapse but I think I should be forgiven for missing the other one. Saturday, 1st October 1977 was the date my dear sister chose to get married so there really was no option. Forest v Norwich would have to be missed. As the ref blew his whistle to start the game... I was here It's probably been the bane of many football fans' lives that Saturdays are also a popular choice for weddings. I had to miss Wycombe Wanderers win the F. A. Trophy at Wembley (in the Martin O'Neill era) one year as a good friend had asked me to video record his wedding. It's only sport after all. Some things, quite rightly, have to come first. As the family assemb...

Next in line for the Clough/Taylor treatment, now with added Shilton , was Leicester City, his first club. On paper, this should have been a relatively easy match. Forest were joint top on points and only 3rd on goal difference. Leicester were 4th from bottom. Unfortunately, for Leicester, we play football on grass so the victory had to actually be acted out in front of their home crowd. The game was, for all intents and purposes, a formality. Filbert Street  This was my first (of six) visits to Filbert Street. It was my 35th English league ground visited (225th game altogether) and what an odd little ground it was too. We made our way south for the short journey to Leicester that overcast day full of optimism. If I remember rightly, I sat in the back of Ian White's car, next to Garry Kelly with Tim Kilbride in the front. We parked in some small side street and walked about ten minutes to the ground which itself was not only surrounded by terraced housing but the "Popular S...