• FA CUP SECOND ROUND PREVIEW

    Kian Gadsby The FA Cup returned on the 29th November, with 40 teams from the lower levels of English football hoping to be in the hat for the third round. The second round always throws up some exciting ties with upset potential, and these match ups may end up...
  • FA CUP FIRST ROUND PREVIEW

    Kian Gadsby The first round of the oldest knockout competition in football kicks off on Friday, with 80 teams hopeful of progressing through and getting one of the giants of the game in the third round. With replays removed this year, smaller clubs may feel they have a better...
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    Growing Up A Forest Fan Part 2: Riding The Championship Wave 

    For Nottingham Forest, 2022 started on January 9th, when they faced Arsenal in the FA Cup. As Dom Allin explains, the Gunners were firm favourites, supporting a wonderful charity ‘No More Red’ against knife crime in London. It was the start of what would prove to be a huge...
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    Growing Up A Forest Fan, Part 1: The Doldrums 

    A million articles have been written about Forest’s magical rise, from the bottom of the Championship in September 2021 to their high-water mark of tenth in the Premier League in 2022. It’s all well and good knowing the facts about Forest’s 2022 but it is only half the story....
  • Has The FA Cup Lost Its Magic?

    Harry Chapman The FA Cup is back. Some might say that football’s oldest club cup has lost its appeal, at a time when there’s more money than ever in the Premier League. Financially, it makes sense for clubs in the higher echelons of the football pyramid to chase that...
  • Karanka eases pressure with glorious win at the City ground

    The past four weeks has seen the Reds winless in five, with three defeats and two draws. Karanka’s job seemed to be under pressure after this run of results, particularly after their surrender of a 3-0 lead over Norwich, where they allowed the Canaries to score three minutes after...
  • Is a cup run bad for league form?

    It’s the FA Cup. Anything can happen. Teams from all leagues all over the country have the opportunity to face each other and the chance for a good old fashioned cup upset – but how far do good cup runs really impact negatively on form in the league? There have, of...