Nottingham Forest Archive

[ThePromisedLand]

With goals from Nigel, Crosby & Parker.

3 - let’s say - diminutive players.

And cost virtually nowt.

We can but dream...

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

On this day 3/1 in 2009. Tyson, Earnshaw and Garner were all on target as Forest ran out 3-0 winners against Manchester City in the FA Cup third round.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

On this day 4/1 in in 2009. Billy Davies was appointed as Nottingham Forest manager for the first time.

[Username]

Was Billy Davies in the stand for the Man City game? If so then surely those two events happened the same year?

[ThePromisedLand]

Yep.
We beat City in 2009.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Yep the FA Cup game vs Man City was Jan 2009, John Pemberton as caretaker takes the credit with wee William in the stands.
Davies won his first 3 games, then lost 7 out of the next 11 to leave us in big danger of the drop. He ground out some results from the last 6 games to finish in a comfortable 19th place which I would happily take this season too.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

5/1 in 2014. Seven years since Forest dumped West Ham out of the FA Cup with a 5-0 win at The City Ground.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

5/1 in 2014. Seven years since Forest dumped West Ham out of the FA Cup with a 5-0 win at The City Ground.

Jamie Patterson hattrick, Abdoun’s Panenka pen which none of his team celebrated with him and the West Ham kid crying on tv.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

On this day 6/1 in 1975, Nottingham Forest announced Brian Clough as their new manager.

The rest, as they say, is history.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

On this day 6/1 in 1975, Nottingham Forest announced Brian Clough as their new manager.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Former manager of Brighton. 11 wins out of his first 41 league games. He isnt good enough, get rid of this clown, we will never get out of the second division with him.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

On this day 6/1 in 1975, Nottingham Forest announced Brian Clough as their new manager.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Former manager of Brighton. 11 wins out of his first 41 league games. He isnt good enough, get rid of this clown, we will never get out of the second division with him.

:D You can just imagine it can't you if we had internet and social media in those days.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Ha, Im a bit too young to remember but Im told the letters page of the NEP was the place to vent!

I was of course drawing a comparison to our current manager and his slow start. I also wonder if the current owners were in charge in 1975 whether he would have lasted a year in the job before they pulled the trigger.

[Paplane]

Ha, Im a bit too young to remember but Im told the letters page of the NEP was the place to vent!

I was of course drawing a comparison to our current manager and his slow start. I also wonder if the current owners were in charge in 1975 whether he would have lasted a year in the job before they pulled the trigger.

He was a championship winning manager previously, so might have been given some extra leniency. But I'm fairly sure Cloughy wouldn't have been prepared to work for foreign owners anyway. But times were different back then and Brian Clough could never happen today. His non PC attitude wouldn't have been tolerated by clubs, media etc. Can you image how his running on the pitch and punching players would've gone down, or his treatment of Fashanu, or the alleged receiving of bungs for transfers?

The nearest modern version to him is Mourinho imo. Self confident, talented, respected by players, outspoken (somewhat). I think Cloughy would like him a lot.

[Tricky]

Ha, Im a bit too young to remember but Im told the letters page of the NEP was the place to vent!

I was of course drawing a comparison to our current manager and his slow start. I also wonder if the current owners were in charge in 1975 whether he would have lasted a year in the job before they pulled the trigger.

He was a championship winning manager previously, so might have been given some extra leniency. But I'm fairly sure Cloughy wouldn't have been prepared to work for foreign owners anyway. But times were different back then and Brian Clough could never happen today. His non PC attitude wouldn't have been tolerated by clubs, media etc. Can you image how his running on the pitch and punching players would've gone down, or his treatment of Fashanu, or the alleged receiving of bungs for transfers?

The nearest modern version to him is Mourinho imo. Self confident, talented, respected by players, outspoken (somewhat). I think Cloughy would like him a lot.

Chairmen were scared of Cloughie, back in the day and would bow to his requests (often after the request had been carried out unbeknown to the Chairman at that time!). 

I just can't imagine for one minute EM taking a fraction of Cloughies antics and allowing him to get away with them. I don't think the ink on the contract would've been dry before Cloughie was booted out  :D

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

On this day 6/1 in 1975, Nottingham Forest announced Brian Clough as their new manager.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Do you ever wonder what type of club or where we would be as a club now if this had never happened. Notts County were on a par with us at the time.