A Ball And A Yard Of Grass

A collection of reports, reminiscences and ruminations on the original Reds, Nottingham Forest

Sunday, 26 July 2020

“Gillies out!”

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  Forest 1 Wolves 3 Division One, City Ground, Tuesday 25 th April 1972, 16,889 You never start a relegation seas...
Wednesday, 27 May 2020

“The crowd have gone completely and utterly bonkers!”

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Forest 3 Everton 2 FA Cup 6 th Round, City Ground, Saturday 5 th April 1967, 47,510     A survey for The Official History ...
Sunday, 19 April 2020

"You'd better not miss now!"

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Forest 1 Arsenal 1 Division 1, City Ground, Monday 27 th December 1971; 42,750 Sometimes a single player 'carries' ...
Wednesday, 28 December 2016

“Oh, what a beautiful goal! Oh, yes indeed!”

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Hugh Johns was in some respects the nearly man of football commentary. He will be remembered by many as the 'other...

Two goals are enough, tra-la-la-la-la!

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Nottingham Forest 2  Liverpool 0   (European Cup 1s t Round 1st Leg, The City Ground , 13th September 1978, 38,318) ...
Sunday, 11 December 2016

“Buried in their own back yard”

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Manchester United 0 Nottingham Forest 4   (Division 1, Old Trafford, 17th December 1977; 54,374)  When table-toppin...
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A Ball And A Yard Of Grass
I am the author of "Never Mind The Reds - The Ultimate Nottingham Forest Quiz Book". I have written for the official Forest matchday programme since 2012, wrote several articles for the much-missed Bandy and Shinty magazine, and occasionally contribute to When Saturday Comes.
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