There can't be many indications of the contrast between Nottingham Forest's situation today and 40 years ago bigger than the fact that Forest beat both Liverpool and Barcelona within eight days of each other. The former was in the League Cup Semi-Final, as Forest edged ahead on their way to their third successive Wembley appearance, and the latter was in the European Super Cup - the traditional play off between the winners of the European Cup and the Cup Winners Cup. As if to give the time period an even more surreal twist, Forest were gifted the presence of one of the all-time great football characters of the era, Charlie George. It was he who scored the goal against Barca. Charlie George only made four appearances for Forest, and half of them were against the Spanish giants. I said there can't be many bigger indications of contrast between now and then, but perhaps the the biggest, is the attitude to competitions like the F.A. Cup. Sabri Lamouchi was recently given la...