YellowBelly Red
Grenville Morris
That's some going...350 miles in 4 hours! Nearly an average of 90mph.
Think you might be looking at more like 6 hours for the drive.
Official Europa League Quarter Final Matchday Thread #13. FC Porto v Nottingham Forest 09/04/2026. 20:00 (UK time)
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Think you might be looking at more like 6 hours for the drive.
IJPS
Supporting NFFC since 1977
Welcome to Spain!
Honestly I haven’t checked maps and time, so you’re probably right.
Anyone needing a lift, I’ve got two seats (outward and return) free of charge to exit madrid around 9am. And return after midday Friday.
Honestly I haven’t checked maps and time, so you’re probably right.
Anyone needing a lift, I’ve got two seats (outward and return) free of charge to exit madrid around 9am. And return after midday Friday.
IJPS
Supporting NFFC since 1977
Promise to drive responsibly at 120/130kms per hr.
All I want is a boat
(Not a rowing boat)
We are comin’ in from Faro to Madrid to pick up all Forest fans that need a lift. Unfortunately, my first car was a proper mini so I still believe we can fit 7 or 8?
Mind you, we will thrash the crappy hire car to hell and be damned with the speed tickets!
@Strummer is it ok that I ignore German speeding fines?
Oh. Oh, you really, really, don't want to do that.
All I want is a boat
(Not a rowing boat)
I’ve accumulated 3 and it’s now in the hands of a legal firm, so lots of letters but I’ve not been detained at passport control like I was in the Netherlands a couple of years so.
Disclaimer: these are alleged speeding offences.
Indored
First Team Squad
I was once on 11 points in sunny Germany, got right up there blasting into a road works area on a rainy night coming home from Hamburg.
I should know better but was tired and although I was starting to brake the red light of the camera was the wake up call.
Don’t remember the exact rules but I had to not get any more points in 4 months to make sure the first one I got fell away from the total inside the last 2 years.
I drove only when necessary, never went over the speed limit (which is freaking difficult) and dragged myself back to around 8 points.
Was so lucky
I should know better but was tired and although I was starting to brake the red light of the camera was the wake up call.
Don’t remember the exact rules but I had to not get any more points in 4 months to make sure the first one I got fell away from the total inside the last 2 years.
I drove only when necessary, never went over the speed limit (which is freaking difficult) and dragged myself back to around 8 points.
Was so lucky
Indored
First Team Squad
I didn’t come here to tell you that.
To all of the lucky Ladies and Gentlemen going to the Porto game.
Have a fantastic time there, enjoy every minute of the trip especially the game. If you can witness a great Forest win it will be well worth the time and expense.
Many maybe cannot attend due the financial side, so post everyone some photos please
I for one am very jealous not being able to go.
Stand tall, sing loud and make the place shake when we score
To all of the lucky Ladies and Gentlemen going to the Porto game.
Have a fantastic time there, enjoy every minute of the trip especially the game. If you can witness a great Forest win it will be well worth the time and expense.
Many maybe cannot attend due the financial side, so post everyone some photos please
I for one am very jealous not being able to go.
Stand tall, sing loud and make the place shake when we score
All I want is a boat
(Not a rowing boat)
Those red lights on the cams must cause more accidents than they prevent. Annoyingly, they also take a picture of the driver.I was once on 11 points in sunny Germany, got right up there blasting into a road works area on a rainy night coming home from Hamburg.
I should know better but was tired and although I was starting to brake the red light of the camera was the wake up call.
Don’t remember the exact rules but I had to not get any more points in 4 months to make sure the first one I got fell away from the total inside the last 2 years.
I drove only when necessary, never went over the speed limit (which is freaking difficult) and dragged myself back to around 8 points.
Was so lucky
Even more annoying is that I’ve been done 3 times by the same 30km/h cam near Leverkusen in the last year. Mind you, I am pretty stupid.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
It's easy enough to say "don't speed" but unless you watch the speedo when the limit is lower than driving conditions or you don't have a new enough car to beep at you...
isaacs
Jack Armstrong
Watching the highlights of Portos game last night and hadn't realised that they signed Seko Fofana in January - scored to make it 2-1 in injury time only for Familicao to equalise minutes later.
Monster of a midfielder when playing for Lens a couple of years back, was hoping we would sign him at the time but he cashed in and went to Saudi. Definitely one to watch for Thursday (although it seems he is only coming off the bench in their last few games). Another "new" threat is yet another Porto wonderkid, 17 year old Polish left winger Oskar Pietuszewski.
Monster of a midfielder when playing for Lens a couple of years back, was hoping we would sign him at the time but he cashed in and went to Saudi. Definitely one to watch for Thursday (although it seems he is only coming off the bench in their last few games). Another "new" threat is yet another Porto wonderkid, 17 year old Polish left winger Oskar Pietuszewski.
YellowBelly Red
Grenville Morris
Weather set fair for Porto. Now showing 28 degrees on matchday!
IJPS
Supporting NFFC since 1977
Is there a single player you'd pernamently replace Anderson or Yates with from the porto squad?
Thought not...
We've got this!
Thought not...
We've got this!
Farmer Jack
Steve Chettle
Man, that Derby team really was bad...
If any team in Germany had earned only 11 points, they would have been taken out and shot.
Jimmy
Viv Anderson
To be fair, that sort of comes naturally easy for Germans.
Notcher
Ian Bowyer
The modern Jaguars are an absolute mess engine wise. I was considering the Jaguar F-Pace a while back but they contain the Ingenium engine which is notorious for timing chain issues leading to catastrophic engine failure. If that doesn't get you the crank shafts or tensioner failure will.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
And according to our experts at Jagtech, Jaguar electronics are suspect as well.
Billed as an aluminium body they don’t mention the steel subframes that are subject to rusting…
YellowBelly Red
Grenville Morris
If you buy a modern Jaguar, Aston Martin or Range Rover, then you truly deserve all the shit that you will endure in the coming months and years.
I contracted at JLR on their Sat Nav graphics a few years ago, behind the shiny reception and showroom its basically a huge shed full of blokes called Graham with soldering irons and FM Radios, the disorganisation and wasted money, for such a big company (thanks JLR!), was bonkers.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Yeah similar thing with me, was eyeing up a Lamborghini Revuelto but opted for my Kia Sorrento instead as thought it would be more reliable.
Notcher
Ian Bowyer
The new Kias are decent motors by all accounts. Styling has come a long way since the 2000's.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Mine is a 2006 X150.
Regarded by experts as a classic.
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.
Fulchester United
And are these experts in the room with us now?