Tuesday 30th October 2007 Coca-Cola League Division One
Well -- first time at the City Ground for several years, and although not actually non-league, the Reds are only 2 divisions from it!! And the "football" on display against Oldham was below the standard that we have witnessed at some of the non-league games this season.
This was really poor - Oldham were bad, but Forest were rubbish and lucky to get a point. The visitors had the better chances and the home fans quite rightly booed their team off the field at full time.
We were due to travel in Kev's car, but it broke ! So I drove, with Kev navigating superbly...... until we got to the Civic Centre car-park -- we actually went in through the exit ... but the stewards were really good and soon put me on the right track !!
Well -- first time at the City Ground for several years, and although not actually non-league, the Reds are only 2 divisions from it!! And the "football" on display against Oldham was below the standard that we have witnessed at some of the non-league games this season.
This was really poor - Oldham were bad, but Forest were rubbish and lucky to get a point. The visitors had the better chances and the home fans quite rightly booed their team off the field at full time.
We were due to travel in Kev's car, but it broke ! So I drove, with Kev navigating superbly...... until we got to the Civic Centre car-park -- we actually went in through the exit ... but the stewards were really good and soon put me on the right track !!
Through the turnstile - looking for the "Legends Lounge" .... could we find it? Could we flippin eck... again a steward put us right - the big TV white van was parked in front of the door !
As we entered the lounge we were handed a programme and team sheet - programmes are £3.00, so it was nice to get one included with the ticket. Grabbed a quick coffee before heading to our seats - two rows behind the Directors box - great view, and what a stadium to be playing third division football in. Even with 16400 in attendance, the place was half empty.
As we entered the lounge we were handed a programme and team sheet - programmes are £3.00, so it was nice to get one included with the ticket. Grabbed a quick coffee before heading to our seats - two rows behind the Directors box - great view, and what a stadium to be playing third division football in. Even with 16400 in attendance, the place was half empty.
H-T 0-0
Coffee and buscuits at half-time then out for the second half. Only the addition of Arron Davies improved Forest's play, but the improvement didn't last........
F-T 0-0
Took a while to get home - traffic was terrible, but it gave us time to look back on the evening. All we could decide on was that we were more than happy we hadn't actually paid to get in -- our tickets were provided by my employers... thank goodness for small mercies!!
Saturday -- Kev's on about going to see the Florists again ... me? I'm off to watch Gedling Town take on Scarborough - with the promise of a 300+ attendance, parking by the riverside should be interesting !!
Saturday -- Kev's on about going to see the Florists again ... me? I'm off to watch Gedling Town take on Scarborough - with the promise of a 300+ attendance, parking by the riverside should be interesting !!
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