Phillipe Montanier

The takeover saga at Nottingham Forest has come to a sorry end. On Friday night, chairman and owner Fawaz Al Hasawi landed the bombshell that his negotiations with American buyers, which had been ongoing for months, had collapsed. As is the case with most of the controversies of the...

‘Let him build a legacy.’ ‘He’s only just beginning to embed his ideas.’ ‘Give him till the end of the season.’ ‘He needs time.’ Time. The issue that has split opinion among Forest fans since the early days of the tenure of current owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi. Back in 2012, in the third...

Nottingham Forest and Notts County, both recently recognised by the National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame, are approaching their respective sixteenth and seventeenth Boxing Day fixtures outside of top flight football as we head towards the mid point of the EFL season. As is seemingly now a tradition, both clubs...

Nottingham Forest defeated Gary Rowett’s Birmingham City 3-1 at the City Ground last Friday, despite striker Nicholas Bendtner suffering a suspected ankle injury. The Danish striker assisted right-back Eric Lichaj, who opened the scoring with a thundering angled shot. Forest’s dominance was further confirmed when Apostolos Vellios made it 2-0, latching...

It’s been 17 years since Nottingham Forest last played in the top flight of English football, and that is far too long for a club of their size. After all, Nottingham Forest have won the FA Cup twice, the League Cup four times, the league championship once and the European...