Although Forest’s games against Notts County represent the oldest league derby match in the world and their two grounds are separated merely by the width of the River Trent, Forest fans have, for many years, looked instead to the neighbouring city of Derby for their biggest rivalry. Forest fan Steve Wright gives the lowdown. The City Ground and Pride Park are just 17 miles apart and, as with most football rivalries, the two sets of fans share workplaces from Monday to Friday. This intensifies the need to avoid humiliation at the very least. Forest and Derby share so much more,…
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Are Nottingham Forest right to make prudent plans?
After missing out in the play-offs for the second consecutive year, Nottingham Forest are taking a slightly different approach this time around. Steve Wright explains. Over the last few days, Nottingham Forest chairman Nigel Doughty has been keen to impress upon fans the potential impact of financial fair play rules that could be brought into effect from the 2012-13 Championship season. These rules have not been finalised as yet, although the clubs have agreed that some sort of enforced framework will be implemented. Doughty has explained that he believes that this will mean no more subsidies for clubs like Forest,…
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