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Auf wiedersehen, Tony

Auf wiedersehen, Tony. Goodbye dreams of winning the league. 40 years ago, Forest's league form fell away alarmingly at around the same time that a key member of their championship winning squad decided to move to pastures new. Tony Woodcock's exciting pace and direct attacking runs had been a big part of Forest's success but in the middle of November he decided not to renew his contract and, instead, was lured away to the Bundesliga to play for 1FC Köln, the team Forest had beaten in the European Cup semi final a few months earlier. In this blog post, then, I'll track how that happened and how Forest's league form dipped so badly during a spell that included their first home league defeat in 50, after almost three years. Luckily, Forest managed to continue their two cup runs. They beat Bristol City to reach the League Cup quarter final and completed the victory over Romanian champions, Argeș Pitești to reach the quarter finals of the European Cup too. So I g