Steve B
Jack Armstrong
Like the picture of the ‘59 team at the bottom. Is Roy Dwight summoning up the image of his nephew or was it the other way around?
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Stuart Pearce
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Stuart Pearce
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Nice to see a banner on there with Bowyer's name on it.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
That was a magical day at Wembley,Rocka.
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
Such as shame the whole making a flag -banner from yer best linen has died out
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Indeed-the Wembley flags were a real feature back in the day.Such as shame the whole making a flag -banner from yer best linen has died out
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
I wish I still my old bed sheet that I made for that '78 final. My dad wouldn't let me take it to Wembley, he said it was offensive. The following year my dad couldn't attend. His pal took me instead, so the bedsheet was held high and proud!Such as shame the whole making a flag -banner from yer best linen has died out
FOREST
ARE
MUCKIN' FAGIC!
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
It certainly was Cloughie, I remember it well.
They held the final of ITV's On the Ball "Penalty Prize" competition at Half time. Peter Shilton was in Goal.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
My abiding memory of that day would be Brian Clough leading Forest out at Wembley for the first
time,Rocka.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Oh aye Cloughie, absolutely.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Absolutely agree @Bonfy177 the printed ones, especially with pictures on aren't as bold.Such as shame the whole making a flag -banner from yer best linen has died out
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
For me It was the effort behind making a banner …….people would graft not just pop to the printers
Steve B
Jack Armstrong
Kenny Burns the Forest FireSuch as shame the whole making a flag -banner from yer best linen has died out
football post
I'm still here Crewton
My late mum made this back in the 80's bless her. It went to all the late 80's cup finals and across Europe in 95 to Malmo, Auxerre, Lyon and Munich. We left it in a Chinese in Munich and thought we'd lost it but my sister (probably the only sober one amongst us) remembered the name, sent them a letter and they posted it back to us.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Also,they lack the individual cutting wit and humour.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Exactly Cloughie, and no two were the same.
Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
I'm Red Till Dead
Stuart Pearce
Firth didn't join Forest from Birmingham directly. He joined Wellington Town first in 1911 and then transferred from there to Forest later that year.
And here's one of his letters home from the Journal
(Nottingham Journal, Tuesday, September 01, 1914)
A Letter Home
R. E. Firth, the Nottingham Forest footballer, who is with the Royal Horse Artllery - a battery of the Regular Army – at an encampment in this country, has written a characteristically racy letter home. "Just a line," he says, “to let you know that I am still alive and in the pink. We are now sleeping under canvas, and it is far better than being in barracks. There is plenty of work to do. I rise at four o’clock and are out practising until three o’clock. Then we are cleaning harness until 7.30." After that, hour, he explains, the men are allowed to leave the. camp, and in a sentence or two he says: "I do not think the war is going last long, but that does not worry me. We must remember that we are fighting for everybody’s wife and children. I don’t care a button so long as my wife and family are well looked after. Good luck to Forest. Hope the boys are successful."
Franzy
First Team Squad
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
Cheers Franzy. Just to add, we won the game, and finished the season well ahead of the Saddies.
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Stuart Pearce
alabamared
Stuart Pearce
Shamelessy stolen from facebook (posted by Philip Wells) but I always envied the guys who lived in that house!
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Try and find the bogs in that lot,Rocka.Shamelessy stolen from facebook (posted by Philip Wells) but I always envied the guys who lived in that house!
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
Great find AR. Some may be interested to know that at the back of the terrace, 2nd from the left of the downpipe below the bathroom window, the legendary Nottingham policeman, Tug Wilson, can be seen. His son is shown on the right of him.Shamelessy stolen from facebook (posted by Philip Wells) but I always envied the guys who lived in that house!
Tug was a huge Forest fan (in more ways than one) and could always be seen in the same spot.