On the 1st of November, 40 years ago, I was one of over 38,000 packed into a very excited City Ground to witness Forest's first real taste of European football in Nottingham for over ten years. Having had the terribly bad luck of drawing European Cup holders, Liverpool, in the first round, it looked like our European campaign might be over before it had started, but despite a lackluster start to the season, Forest found some form, and a new star in the shape of Gary Birtles, just in the nick of time and managed to beat the mighty Merseysiders 2-0 in Nottingham and hold on for a 0-0 draw at Anfield to go through. Now in the second round, Forest had already broken the back of the tie with a 2-1 win in Athens but few of us expected the thrashing that we were going to dish out to the Greek side led by the famous Ferenc Puskas. Before joining the throng at the City Ground, I'll catch up with two weeks worth of excellent league form. As we went into the AEK home tie, Forest found