the reds

We’ve seen a lot of change at Nottingham Forest recently, with the 100% takeover headed by Evangelos Marinakis becoming official on Thursday. At a time when it’s all change behind the scenes at the City Ground, it’s easy to forget that every Saturday a group of players kick a...

Nottingham Forest has been owned by the Al Hasawi family for nearly five years and every year they have seen their final league position fall. In the past four seasons under the Kuwaiti’s rule, the Reds have finished 8th, 11th, 14th and 16th. With Forest’s current season looking far...

In a move that epitomises the erratic nature of Al-Hawasi’s reign at the City Ground, Mark Warburton was recently appointed as manager of Forest, despite Fawaz having recently given the role to Gary Brazil until the end of the season. Is this decision one of the knee jerk reactions...

Although the season is still far from over, the thoughts of many Forest fans will have turned to the next campaign, most likely in the Sky Bet Championship (providing that the reds get to that magical 52 point mark which would prevent the unlikely drop to League One). With...

Each year there is a team that is considered by many as ‘too good to go down’. Pundits and fans alike will look at the squad, the manager and even the size of a club and prematurely deem them safe. Do Nottingham Forest fall under this category, or, given...

A bitterly cold, overcast day on the banks of the River Trent last Saturday was somewhat emblematic of the current state of affairs at the City Ground. ‘Fawaz Out’ banners were hoisted into the air all around the stadium at kick-off after protests ensued outside of the Peter Taylor...

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...