• Derby County ground before a match

    The East Midlands Rivalry: How Have We Got Here?  

    Matthew Boyd One of the fiercest and most historic rivalries in English football, Derby County and Nottingham Forest do not know when they will next face each other. Relegation from the Championship last season means that Derby are now battling it out in League One for the first time...
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    Premier League Transfer Roundup: January 2023

    Vinay Patel As this unique Premier League campaign resumed after a memorable winter World Cup, clubs had the opportunity to strengthen their squads for the second half of this season. A record £815 million was spent in this window alone, highlighting the allure of the English top-flight and the...
  • View of the Meadow Lane pitch as the players walk out

    County Complete 1-0 Win Over FC Halifax Town

    Rhys Thomas Notts County resumed their National League campaign with a comfortable though narrow 1-0 win against FC Halifax Town, nearly three weeks after their last league match. In fact, it had been over two months since Meadow Lane hosted a traditional Saturday 3pm kick off. On an overcast...
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    Halfway There: The Arsenal Renaissance

    Sixteen wins. Two draws. One Loss.  Premier League followers would typically identify the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to be displaying this sort of form at the half-way stage of the season. However, this year has proved that it is not the standard two-horse race between Pep Guardiola...
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    Growing Up A Forest Fan Part 3: The Premier League Dream 

    This article is the final part of Dom Allin’s Forest trilogy. The first part detailed Forest fan life before 2022, and the second rode the wave of the 2022 Championship period. Finally, this assesses how Forest are doing in England’s topflight!...
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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...
  • Photo of seats inside Nottingham Forest Stadium

    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....