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December 2019 

John Marsh from the South Normanton branch



January 2020 

Matthew Radford from the East Anglia branch

 

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CHAMPS & CHUMPS COMPETITION

7 January 2020
 

 

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THE STUDY CENTRE ON MATCH DAYS

13 December 2019

With the season now well into the winter period, Nottingham Forest Supporters Club members are reminded that The Study Centre at the City Ground is available to meet in before home games throughout the season.

As always the ever popular Boat Club is open for every home match, serving a wide selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, but for those of you who would like a quieter place to meet before games The Study Centre has a room available exclusively for our members to meet up in. Tea and coffee is also available, and a warm welcome to supporters club members out of the cold.

The Study Centre is located in The Peter Taylor Stand car park and is available to use 2 hours before kick off for each home match this season, we look forward to seeing you there.

 

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BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR GRANTHAM BRANCH CHAIRMAN

19 November 2019



Grantham branch Chairman Bob Taylor with Chris Cohen and his famous black book.
 

The Grantham branch of Nottingham Forest Supporters Club had a very special surprise for their Chairman Bob Taylor earlier this month to celebrate his 80^th birthday. Trevor Hall from the Grantham branch tells us more.

Around 100 Forest fans old and new, most of them featuring somewhere in Bob’s famous Black Book, turned up in secret on the occasion of his 80^th Birthday, to surprise Nottingham Forest Supporters Club’s Grantham Branch chairman Bob Taylor after November’s committee meeting.  Bob has been Chairman of the Branch and responsible for running all of the home and away coaches for around 40 years. ‘Bob’s Bus’ as it is known far and wide, even features several times in the novel ‘FAN’ written by former branch member and author Danny Rhodes.

Bob is held in great affection by hundreds, if not thousands of current and former branch members, and a few tales were told of his escapades following Forest, including one about him being interviewed by MI5 after a Forest European game in Berlin.

Former Forest captain Chris Cohen came along to present Bob with a certificate that will see a plaque dedicated to him from ‘Bob’s Bus’, attached to the Forest Anniversary Wall later this year.  The committee also arranged a cake for him decorated with the Forest logo and words from the popular Forest song, “Far Have I Travelled, Much Have I Seen”.

Bob was visibly moved, and was amazed that so many had come just for him, and stated that he had no idea of the surprise in store for him.

Bob still runs the coaches every week, and long may it continue... Happy Birthday Bob.

We would like to join the Grantham branch in wishing Bob a happy birthday from all of us at Nottingham Forest Supporters Club. If you would like to travel to a game with any of our branches which offer coach travel, go to the Coach Travel section of our website.

 

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DERBY DAY AT THE BOAT CLUB

5 November 2019
 

 
 

 

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2019 NOTTINGHAM FOREST POPPY PIN BADGES

25 October 2019

With Remembrance Day just over 2 weeks away, tomorrow's home game against Reading is the perfect time to pick up your 2019 Nottingham Forest poppy pin badge.

The Boat Club will be one of a number of locations around the ground which will be selling this years Nottingham Forest poppy pin badge, with all profits going to the Royal British Legion. They are priced at £3 each and are a perfect way to show your support for the football club and the Royal British Legion which does so much fantastic work to support our serving and retired members of the British armed forces.

The Boat Club will, as always, be open from Midday until kick off. Located on Trentside, close to the Trent End Stand.

 

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MANSFIELD WALKING FC COMPLETE ITALIAN JOB

18 October 2019



The complete squad from Mansfield Senior Reds before they flew back from Italy.

The Mansfield Branch of the Nottingham Forest Supporters Club have been running a successful walking football team for a number of years. Branch Secretary Peter Mitchell gives us an update on their recent activities.

Mansfield Senior Reds Walking Football Club are the Torneo Maestro Italiano Over 65 Champions (Italian Masters Tournament Over 65 Champions) having recently competed at Peschiera Del Garda on the banks of Lake Garda in Northern Italy.
 
The Over 65 tournament was competed for on a 6-a-side basis with two days of competition, played on a league basis. The Reds came out on top having competed with opponents from the UK & Italy.  
 
The first day saw Mansfield Senior Reds win all their 4 fixtures, (1-0, 4-0, 3-0, 3-0)this gave them a strong lead  going into finals day where they faced 4 more games and by winning 2 and drawing 2 of them (5-0, 0-0, 3-0, 0-0) they clinched the title, with an unbeaten record. 
 
Full record:- Played 8, Won 6, drawn 2, Lost 0, For 19, Against 0, Points 20! The goals were shared between Steve Birkin 6 (2 pens), Steve Haynes 5, Geoff West 5 and Andy Kowalski 3.
 
It was a fantastic achievement to go through the entire competition and all 8 games without conceding a goal and was a testament of this veteran team’s commitment and work rate      
 
The Reds entered another team in that same age group & they just fell short of making the runners up spot. Tom McAlinden netted 6 goals (3 pens), with Jez Healy getting the other. They also competed in the Over 50’s section where the Reds record wasn’t a true reflection of the side’s efforts, losing a number of games that could have gone either way. Darron Hall scored an outstanding 10 goals with a real ‘golden boot’ contribution, Steve Ward and Steve Elliott both weighed in getting a goal each.

Congratulations go to the Mansfield Walking Football Team on another successful tournament, we look forward to hearing about your clubs future activities.
 

 

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CHAMPS & CHUMPS COMPETITION

16 October 2019
 

September 2019 

Kathleen Sudbury from the Chester branch



October 2019 

David Fossey from the London branch

 

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2019 NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUPPORTERS CLUB AGM

14 September 2019


 

The AGM of Nottingham Forest Supporters Club will be held on Saturday, 5th October 2019, before our home game with Brentford which takes place later that afternoon.

It will be held at The City Ground’s Castle Club, formerly called the Pitch Diner, in the Trent End Stand. Doors will open at 10am for a 10:30am start. We realise this is an earlier start from previous years, which will be an inconvenience for members from further afield, but unfortunately the football club need the room vacated by Midday for match day corporate clients.

There is a lift available to the Castle Club from the main entrance and the meeting will take approximately 1 hour. All members are invited to attend, but please remember to bring your membership card on the day as it must be shown to gain entry.

Although this is yet to be confirmed, representatives from the football club have been invited to the meeting, so we are hoping for a good attendance on the day.
 

 

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CHAMPS & CHUMPS COMPETITION

27 August 2019

 

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MANSFIELD BRANCH WALKING FOOTBALL TEAM

15 August 2019


 

The Mansfield Branch of the Nottingham Forest Supporters Club have been running a successful walking football team for a number of years. Branch Secretary Peter Mitchell gives us an update on their recent activities.
 
Mansfield Senior Reds are an Over 50’s Walking Football Club formed through the Mansfield Branch. They are the current Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards ‘Team of the Year.’
 
They recently travelled to Lincoln to play in an ‘Open Age’ Walking football Tournament to raise funds for a Lincolnshire Cardiac Rehab Charity. The 8 teams entered were split into two groups, with each side scheduled to play all the teams in their group, followed by a final against their opposite number from the other group.
 
First up MSR played the host team Ruston Rebels and came out on top 2-0 with goals from Shaun Hird and Darron Hall. The second game was a close encounter with Welton Wanderers, and it took a classy individual goal from Mel Pullen to ensure a 1-0 win. Needing a point to qualify for the 1^st place final MSR were heading for that draw when Darron Hall worked an opening, powerfully firing across the keeper into the net. The 1-0 win ensured MSR were in the 1^st place final, with 3 wins from 3 games, 4 goals scored and an unblemished defensive record.
 
All the matches were close and hard fought with plenty of good football.
 
In the final MSR met up with Charles James Old Boy’s, who had won their group with 2 wins and a draw. Again, there was little between the teams in a physical encounter. MSR were put under pressure for the first time in the Tournament and found themselves trailing as they went into the latter stages of the game thanks to a superb strike arrowed into the top corner. MSR were struggling to get into their passing game, but equalised late on when Shaun Hird struck to take the final into a penalty shoot-out.
 
The penalty shoot-out had strict rules in force for steps before striking the ball and these were rigidly enforced by the referee in the 3 player shoot-out. MSR chose to go first with their first two attempts disallowed and Steve Birkin scoring the third. In response the OB’s, missed the target with one, had a second disallowed and Pete Mitchell saved the third. So MSR took home the silverware with a 1-0 score line.
 
The day was also about raising funds & MSR were also happy to assist in donating & helping to raise around £2,000 on the day for the Cardiac Rehab charity.
 
The next adventure for this veteran team is a trip to Lake Garda in Italy where they will be wearing the ‘garibaldi’ in tournaments in the Over 50 and Over 65 age groups.
 
Congratulations to Mansfield Senior Reds on another successful tournament, and for raising so much money for a good cause. We also wish you good luck in your tournament in Italy and look forward to hearing how you get on.