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The Official F.A. Cup Thread, 2023 -24 Season: Bristol City v Nottingham Forest, K.O. Friday 26th January 2024 at 19:45

Will Forest's marksmen kill Cock Robin with our bow and arrow?

  • Yes: 'twas I said the sparrow...

  • No: The robin dodges the feathered missile.

  • Oh bugger... back to the City Ground and VAR!

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Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
In all fixtures between the 2 clubs, Forest have a 44% win rate and only a 22% loss rate. However, for the 4 times we have played them in the F.A. Cup, going back to 1922, we have a 100% win rate (the 1922 tie went to a replay after a 0-0 draw at Ashton Gate, Forest winning the replay 3-1 with Henri Lansbury scoring all 4 goals), and we have scored 10 goals and conceded 3. POur biggest victory was a 4-1 home tie win on 15th February 1992:


Brizzle had 3rd round success in a 1-0 replay victory over a hapless West Ham, in a match characterised by some rough-house tackling and some charmless antics by both teams.

Forest enjoyed a competitive 3rd round tie, also over 2 games, before eliminating plucky Blackpool 3-2 after extra time.

The teams will face up on 26th January. Hopefully the forest lads will have sobered up after helping me celebrate 70 years on the planet 2 days earlier.

Nuno is going to have his work cut out to find 10 fit outfield players, and he has the dilemma of deciding which of the 2 imposters will "play" in goal.

As Football Brain of Britain would put: if Forest score 1 more goal than Bristol, Forest will probably win.

As a massive benefit VAR will NOT be deployed for this fixture!
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly

GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"

They'll be plenty of this in the pubs near Ashton Gate.:bristolfan: 🍻
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly

GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Cloughie1975 said:
The game I most remember against Bristol City in the FA Cup was the 5th Round game in
1981-Forest came back knackered from the World Club Championship in Tokyo and played
terribly but managed to scape a 2-1 win with late goals.
We lost in the next round to Ipswich.
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I was locked out of the home game v Ipswich, managed to get in for the last 10mins when they opened the gates for the early leavers.

I think the game ended 0-0?
 
I

Ian Moore Gone Little

First Team Squad
Cloughie1975 said:
The game I most remember against Bristol City in the FA Cup was the 5th Round game in
1981-Forest came back knackered from the World Club Championship in Tokyo and played
terribly but managed to scape a 2-1 win with late goals.
We lost in the next round to Ipswich.
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IIRC, Forest played on the Wednesday, got back from Tokyo on the Thursday (having played the previous weekend too) and had to play on the Saturday. Wouldn’t happen these days. The World Club Championship game was in the wee small hours, so as well as broadcasting it live Radio Nottingham replayed the whole commentary after the game and we got up early to listen to the re-run.

I have a few memories of games against Bristol City as it’s one of my nearest away grounds when I can get a ticket, but one that sticks in the mind was a home game a few years ago when Aiden Flint scored a late winner for them. After the game I got into a nice empty section of the train but just as the guard was about to whistle a dozen or more teenaged City fans got in and took over all the seats around me. The guard then got on and tried to encourage anyone who wasn’t an away fan to move to the other end of the train. I didn’t want to draw attention (and possibly comments) to myself and I reckoned there wouldn’t be many seats left elsewhere so I stayed put.

So, I was slightly apprehensive, being one sober 50-something Forest fan amongst a dozen or more drunken 18 year old City fans, but I didn’t imagine they’d be too inclined to cause me any bother and anyway I’ve always kicked against the lazy stereotyping of football fans as trouble-makers and thought I should stick to my principles rather than imply they were bad news by getting up and moving. So I sat quietly for a while, then when the two nearest me started talking about the game I joined in, being suitably self-deprecating about our performance (easy enough in those days) and praising them for a classic away smash and grab win, saying they were lucky to have a centre half who scored goals, and so on. They were absolutely fine and a good-natured intermittent conversation ensued as they drifted in and out of a doze and I read my phone and the programme.

What I remember most, though, is that one of them hadn’t actually seen the game. He’d got so drunk that he fell asleep after entering the away end and got chucked out of the ground. So he then went to the McDonald’s on Radcliffe Road, but fell asleep again and got chucked out of there too. “Not much of an away day for you, then?” I ventured. “Not really”, he agreed, with a rueful smile.

Another of them was on the books of Gloucestershire CCC and had to be at a net or training the following morning. I would have liked to know what his bowling looked like after the skinful he’d had. Anyway, I congratulated them on the win and was cordially thanked as I got off at Cheltenham. Judge, book, cover, etc.

I shall sit back now and await the inevitable ”Call that a drunken away day?” replies. Over to you!
 
Bonfy177

Bonfy177

LTLF MORON
Bonfy177

Bonfy177

LTLF MORON
Bloody lunatics Bristol at home, last time I was there 1-1 league one days, we got let out of the Wedlock Stand and had a police escort about 50 yards to KFC on the dual carriageway, then it was a free for all 🤣.

Away win
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly

GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Bonfy177 said:
Bloody lunatics Bristol at home, last time I was there 1-1 league one days, we got let out of the Wedlock Stand and had a police escort about 50 yards to KFC on the dual carriageway, then it was a free for all 🤣.

Away win
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Seems to me that trouble followed you around back in the day Bonfster. 🤔 :stretcher:🐐:ROFLMAO:
 
JohhnyM

JohhnyM

Viv Anderson
Ian Moore Gone Little said:
IIRC, Forest played on the Wednesday, got back from Tokyo on the Thursday (having played the previous weekend too) and had to play on the Saturday. Wouldn’t happen these days. The World Club Championship game was in the wee small hours, so as well as broadcasting it live Radio Nottingham replayed the whole commentary after the game and we got up early to listen to the re-run.

I have a few memories of games against Bristol City as it’s one of my nearest away grounds when I can get a ticket, but one that sticks in the mind was a home game a few years ago when Aiden Flint scored a late winner for them. After the game I got into a nice empty section of the train but just as the guard was about to whistle a dozen or more teenaged City fans got in and took over all the seats around me. The guard then got on and tried to encourage anyone who wasn’t an away fan to move to the other end of the train. I didn’t want to draw attention (and possibly comments) to myself and I reckoned there wouldn’t be many seats left elsewhere so I stayed put.

So, I was slightly apprehensive, being one sober 50-something Forest fan amongst a dozen or more drunken 18 year old City fans, but I didn’t imagine they’d be too inclined to cause me any bother and anyway I’ve always kicked against the lazy stereotyping of football fans as trouble-makers and thought I should stick to my principles rather than imply they were bad news by getting up and moving. So I sat quietly for a while, then when the two nearest me started talking about the game I joined in, being suitably self-deprecating about our performance (easy enough in those days) and praising them for a classic away smash and grab win, saying they were lucky to have a centre half who scored goals, and so on. They were absolutely fine and a good-natured intermittent conversation ensued as they drifted in and out of a doze and I read my phone and the programme.

What I remember most, though, is that one of them hadn’t actually seen the game. He’d got so drunk that he fell asleep after entering the away end and got chucked out of the ground. So he then went to the McDonald’s on Radcliffe Road, but fell asleep again and got chucked out of there too. “Not much of an away day for you, then?” I ventured. “Not really”, he agreed, with a rueful smile.

Another of them was on the books of Gloucestershire CCC and had to be at a net or training the following morning. I would have liked to know what his bowling looked like after the skinful he’d had. Anyway, I congratulated them on the win and was cordially thanked as I got off at Cheltenham. Judge, book, cover, etc.

I shall sit back now and await the inevitable ”Call that a drunken away day?” replies. Over to you!
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If only you could rely on people having good nature.

Years ago I once got a regular bus from Elland Road back to the station. Me and my mate were very much keeping our heads down (it was full of Leeds meatheads), when the Forest team coach came past. A couple of other lads suddenly started giving it You Reds! and promptly got the shit kicked out of them.

My number 1 memory of Bristol City is the rather large kick off on Radcliffe Road when they smashed up that pub (Amici’s?) after a League 1 game. Number 2 is the League Cup semi final when there was a little bit of rain 😱
 
Bonfy177

Bonfy177

LTLF MORON
Rockabilly said:
Seems to me that trouble followed you around back in the day Bonfster. 🤔 :stretcher:🐐:ROFLMAO:
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🤣🤣not me pal I’m norra birra bother, we’d had a few issues with Bristol City especially in the league one days, I remember they totalled Amici ( think that was the bar) on Radcliffe Rd.
 
C

Cloughie1975

John Robertson
JohhnyM said:
If only you could rely on people having good nature.

Years ago I once got a regular bus from Elland Road back to the station. Me and my mate were very much keeping our heads down (it was full of Leeds meatheads), when the Forest team coach came past. A couple of other lads suddenly started giving it You Reds! and promptly got the shit kicked out of them.

My number 1 memory of Bristol City is the rather large kick off on Radcliffe Road when they smashed up that pub (Amici’s?) after a League 1 game. Number 2 is the League Cup semi final when there was a little bit of rain 😱
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I also remember getting an absolute dousing on the same terrace in a League Cup 4th Round
tie in 1979.Bristol City equalised in the final minute after John O’Hare gave Forest the lead.
Forest won the replay 3-0 and eventually lost to Wolves at Wembley.
 
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