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[Dee]

Me regrets picking stingy board/**** team/no funds/nearly relegated Millwall

[rouchie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dee:

Me regrets picking stingy board/**** team/no funds/nearly relegated Millwall </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It was Millwall you picked, why are you surprised??

[RedStar101]

Hi Guys

Having a great time in New York with my Girl Friend, hope my assistant is doing ok at my new club of Hull.

Welcome to the clan Dee, can't wait to meet you on mIRC in a couple of weeks time when I return from my holiday.

Speak to you all later.

Tony

ps Its extremely hot in New York.

[Andy H]

Glad your enjoying yourself in New York Tony and make sure you play safely.

Hull are doing well and have just put out Chelsea in the FA Cup under your assistant. Let's hope you come back and balls it up.

[ChefRobGaming]

ahhhhhhhh tony sent us a postcard isnt that nice

[Dee]

I wont be here tonight best friends birthday and results night so all of us going out. If my assistant can play my same tactic at the minute then that would be nice.

[Andy H]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dee:

I wont be here tonight best friends birthday and results night so all of us going out. If my assistant can play my same tactic at the minute then that would be nice. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

No problem Dee, enjoy your night. Your assistant couldn't do much worse than you anyway.

See you next Tuesday.

[Dee]

True , although i am looking around already for lower league jobs to be fair.

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - Hepburn back in charge!!!!!!!!

This season so far has been Hepburn's most traumatic to date with everything going on off the pitch and not a lot of concentration on it. Hepburn is now out of jail and he hopes his troubles are behind him and he can fully concentrate on his job at Nottingham Forest. His team have done well in his absence but now he is back in charge he hopes his team can push on and push for a European spot if they are lucky. They are not far off it but inconsistency has let them down badly so far this season and as of yet they have not been able to put a good run of form together but Hepburn is hoping to change that in the remainder of the season. Here is the latest games from the City Ground......................

Premiership

Everton v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 6th December 2008

A tough game for Hepburn to come back to as he took his team to Goodison Aprk tot ake on Everton who were struggling for form themselves. A lively game that saw Evertont ake the lead, only for forest to hit back twice in a three minute spell with goals from Marlon Harewood. Jesus Navas made it 3-1 to Forest just before half time and Forest were seemingly cruising towards victory. Everton came out int he second half and gave it a right go and Forest were struggling to cope at times. The Toffees pulled a goal back to make it 3-2 and suddenly Hepburn became nervous. Forest tried to hit back and were unlucky not to add a fourth but int he end it did not matter and it was a superb win for Hepburn's first game back as manager.

Final Score - Everton 2 v 3 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Everton - Cahill (21), Katsouranis (60)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (33,36), Navas (44)

Att - 35294

MOTM - James Harper (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Man Cty v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sun 14th December 2008

Another tough game for Forest here as they were off to Manchester to face Man City. A game Forest will be remembered for not giving up in. They were twice behind but they kept playing football and deservedly managed to get a draw. Marlon Harewood scored a double to cancel out goals from City's Samaras and Carew to get Forest a point. Hepburn praised his side's fighting spirit after the game and it was now two games unbeaten for Hepburn.

Final Score - Man City 2 v 2 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Man City - Samaras (38), Carew (72)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (68,85)

Att - 47993

MOTM - Marlon Harewood (Nottingam Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Bolton - (H) Sat 20th December 2008

A poor performance here from Forest as they succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Bolton. The Forest players simply did not perform at all to the level they are capable of and Hepburn let them know in no uncertain terms at how unhappy he was. He had them out on the pitch after the game for extra training. It could have been four or five for Bolton as Forest were so poor all over the pitch.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 0 v 2 Bolton

Goals - Bolton - Leremi (15), Stead (35)

Att - 30569

MOTM - Ricardo Gardner (Bolton)

Premiership

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest - (A) Fri 26th December 2008

A great end to the year for Forest here as they travelled to Villa Park where they destroyed Aston Villa and ended the year full of confidence. Whatever Hepburn said to them about their performance last week it seemed to work as the energy and work rate were back and Villa did not what had hit them. It should have been a lot more than the 3-1 scoreline suggested but Forest were having no luck in front of goal. Harewood got them off to a flying start only for Villa to equalise late in the first half. In the second half Forest were pressing and earned a penalty that David Dunn converted with ease. They then got a second penalty much tot he astonishment of Hepburn and adam Drury stepped up to slot it home to give Forest a 3-1 advantage. It took two penalties to win the game for Forest but they should have won it easily as they missed a few gilt edged chances but hepburn was just happy to pick up another three points.

Final Score - Aston Villa 1 v 3 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Villa - McCann (31)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (12), Dunn (pen,52), Drury (pen,73)

Sent Off - Hasan Salihamidzic (Aston Villa)

Att - 42558

MOTM - Adam Drury (Nottingham Forest)

A great end to the year for Hepburn's Nottingham Forest with only one loss all month. Forest go into 2009 full of confidence and sit in 9th position in the table, looking more than capable of grabbing a European spot.

[ChefRobGaming]

Results

Leicester City 0 Birmingham City 4

Birmingham City 1 Ipswich Town 1

Preston NE 0 Birmingham City 3

Reading 1 Birmingham City 0

Birmingham City 4 Sunderland 2

Leeds United 2 Birmingham City 0

Birmingham City 2 Wolves 5

Perry resigned at Birmingham City stating that his family couldnt settle in the midlands stay tuned to see where he goes next \o/

[ChefRobGaming]

Perry Takes Over At The Cottage

Thats right you read it correctly Rob Perry who recently walked out on Birmingham City has gone to London after a miserable spell in charge of Birmingham City his first task at hand is secure a top 10 finish with 1 game left, If he completes this task he has been told by the chairman that he can excpet a nice transfer kitty to bring in new players.

Vs

Watford 0 Fulham 2

Kerec would see red for the home side after only 3mins which really turned the game for Fulham. Ex Arsenal midfielder David Bentley opened the scoring on 42mins and it would stay that way till the 80th min in which Kevin Kyle struck a long range shot and it clipped the crossbar and went in, A great start for Perry at his new club many people wonder how long he will stay or if he will be off as soon as a bigger club come sniffing

Attendance 13014

MOM Kevin Kyle 10

Stay tuned for more from Craven Cottage real soon

[Dee]

How did i do in yesterdays game?

[Goldy]

Are there any clubs Mr Perry hasnt managed yet? :-)

Surely an EFB record for most jobs in a year goes to Rob! Good luck at Fulham!!

[RedStar101]

I think my record for shortest time managing a club has been broken, ie Ipswich.

[rouchie]

SHOCK NEWS!

Paul Rouch has today resigned from Crystal Palace Football Club and has stated that he will not be seeking employment elsewhere and intends to take a well earned break. “I feel that I have put Palace on a very even keel, both financially and performance wise, and leave them as a team challenging for top honours†said the manager. “I wish all my fellow managers the very best of luck in the futureâ€

[steff]

Wolves put in some terrible performances near the death and still make playoffs – rumor has it god wanted it this way

Friday 26th December 2008: QPR v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-1 draw

QPR handed us the best possible start in this one when Lee Cook got himself sent off in the first minute, this was the sign we needed to start battering away at the QPR goalmouth, unfortunately for us it took until the 45th minute to make the breakthrough when perhaps we should have been three or four up at the time, the goal came Ikechukwo Kalu as he smashed the ball home from a corner kick.

The second half was more of the same – plenty of chances for us but no goals, we where inevitably going to pay the price of our in ability to finish off our chances and we did just that as QPR hit us on the break in the 87th minute as Marc Bricham broke with the ball and ran the entire length of the park to hammer the ball home.

5/10 must do better.

Tuesday 30th December 2008: Wolves v Stoke: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-0 loss

Again our opposition ended up with ten men and again we couldn’t take advantage of the numbers game.

Darel Russell gave Stoke the lead with the only goal of the game in the 16th minute from the penalty spot. Mohammed Hammouti was ordered off for Stoke just on the stroke of half time. As the second half got under way I was well aware we should be able to take advantage of our numerical advantage of hopefully take something from the game, again though we couldn’t do it and it wasn’t for lack of trying, we had ten good chances in the second half and couldn’t convert one of them.

Sunday 4th January 2009: Wolves v Sheff Utd: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-1 draw

Up against my former employers here and there is nothing better than getting on over on your former club, is there?

Sadly for us it was nearly Sheff Utd that got one over on us as they controlled this match from start to finish. A player I took to Sheff Utd, Joseba Arriaga, opened the scoring in the 7th minute and the match was all united right up until the half time whistle, with the only shock being that they didn’t score more than once. The second half was more of the same and it was completely against the run of play we pulled the game level as Aiden Matranga found himself with space to run into and coolly slotted the ball home, Sheff Utd continued to press our defence for the rest of the match and were desperately unlucky to take only a point from this match.

Saturday 10th January 2009: Watford v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 3-1 win

Things started really badly for us in this one as Marlon King appeared from nowhere to get in behind the Wolves defence and hammer the ball home past the helpless Richard Wright in the sixth minute. We tried are best to get back into the match but were unable to make the breakthrough in the remaining time before the break.

Ikechukwo Kalu finally pulled us back into the match four minutes after the restart with one of his trademark volleys from the edge of the area. We continued to press on and got our reward in the 71st minute as we took the lead though Kalu again. Four minutes later Guti made sure of all three points as he converted his spot kick to give us a 3-1 win lead.

Wednesday 14th January 2009: Sheff Utd v Wolves: FA Cup 3rd Round Replay: 3-1 loss

The former employers again \o/

Sadly this time they done us right over, Joseba Arriaga set them on their way with his strike in the 4th minute, and it was the same man that doubled the advantage half an hour later. In all honesty Sheff Utd could have been 6-0 up at half time instead of only being two goals to the good. Ikechukwo Kalu pulled us back into the match in the 66th minute, our optimism was short lived though as Steve Sidwell restored the two goal advantage less than a minute later.

Rubbish.

Saturday 17th January 2009: Wolves v Derby : Coca-Cola Championship: 4-0 win

Comfortable win in this one, James McEveley sent us on our way in the 14th minute as he rattled home a free kick from 30 yards out leaving the Derby keeper with no chance.

That was all that really happened of any note in the first half.

Into the second half and it was more of the same as we continued to pressure the Derby box with a view to extending our lead. The goal we craved finally game in the 63rd minute through the Nigerian goal machine Ikechukwo Kalu. Paul Wotton added a 77th minute spot kick to the tally to give us a 3-0 lead, and it was McEveley completing an unlikely double with his 90th minute goal that completed the scoring in this one.

Tuesday 27th January 2009: Wolves v Brighton: Coca-Cola Championship: 2-0 loss

I hate Brighton!

Totally outclassed and outplayed in a match we could have won easily.

Colin Kazim Richards done the damage in this one, first netting from the penalty spot in the 11th minute and adding his second of the match in the 52nd minute.

Yes this match was really that simple and boring.

Saturday 31st January 2009: Sheff Wed v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 4-4 draw

Tremendous entertainment in this one! Eight goals shared equally among the two sides.

Things looked bright for my lot as they took the lead through Ikechukwo Kalu in the 17th minute, and Kalu wasn’t messing about today as he quickly made it 2-0 (24mins). Leon Clarke pulled a goal back for the home side in the 33rd minute but fiver minutes later everyone’s favorite Nigerian completed his hat trick and we where looking in total control as the half time whistle went.

There was to be a shocking turn around in fortunes in the second half as Sheff Wed would storm into a 4-3 lead after being 3-1 down, goals from Marcus Tudgay (50mins), Jamie Smith (65mins) and an own goal from James McEveley (76mins) would complete the turn around.

Things went from bad to worse for us as Damien Delaney was ordered off in the 80th minute. By some miracle we managed to salvage a draw as Ikechukwu Uche pulled us level in the 93rd minute.

A draw from a game we had won at half time, gutted.

Saturday 7th February 2009: Bristol City v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 0-0 draw

Quite possible the most boring match of the season, that is all.

Tuesday 10th September 2009: Wolves v Leicester: Coca-Cola Championship: 4-1 win

Things started really badly for us in this one as Matty Fryatt gave the foxes an early lead in the second minute. The remainder of the first half was a fairly open game with both sides creating some good chances but neither side able to take advantage of the chances that fell to them.

The second half was a completely different story as we took the game by the scruff of the neck and got stuck right into our playoff rivals. Guti pulled us level six minutes after the restart, in the 70th minute Darren Ambrose gave us the lead and five minutes later he completed his double to all but secure the points, and well we can’t have players scoring for fun around here without Ikechukwo Kalu getting in on the act can we? He added the 4th in the 90th minute.

Saturday 14th February 2009: Charlton v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-1 draw

After our 8-1 hammering of Charlton earlier in the season they were going to be out for revenge in this one, sadly for them it never happened and they found themselves lucky to escape with a draw as on another day Wolves would have taken advantage of the chances that fell their way and would have won this match comfortably.

The first half was an even affair with both sides making and missing chances.

Darren Bent turned the game on its head in the 46th minute as he gave Charlton the lead. After this it was all Wolves, still we couldn’t manage to score though and were giving a helping hand when Michael Skrtel was ordered off for Charlton with 14 minutes remaining of the game, still the goal wouldn’t come as the woodwork denied us twice, we finally made the breakthrough in the 90th fecking minute as Kalu hammered home to grab a point when I feel we should have taken all three.

Saturday 21st February 2009: Wolves v Fulham: Coca-Cola Championship: 4-1 win

Another game where we never played until the second half and how it showed as Fulham were brushed aside we relative ease in the end.

Darren Ambrose opened the scoring in the 46th minute; Ikechukwu Kalu doubled our advantage nine minutes later. Louis Saha finally scored another goal for Wolves (seems like ages since he last scored for us) in the 57th minute to pretty much put the result beyond all doubt. Kalu grabbed his second goal of the game in the 81st minute to make it 4-0, Paul Gallagher pulled a consolation goal back for Fulham on the stroke of half time but alas it was always going to be Wolves day today.

Saturday 28th February 2009: Ipswich v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-0 loss

Pretty rubbish affair this one, no really, it was.

In the first half there was one chance created by either side, and it was only a chance if you count a 30 yard strike hit straight at the goalkeeper a chance.

The second half wasn’t much better and again only one chance was created but the difference is that Dean Bowditch scored it this time in the 68th minute to give Ipswich the three points.

Tuesday 3rd March 2009: Wolves v Preston: Coca-Cola Championship: 2-1 win

Preston’s Paul Connolly done us a massive favor in this one by getting himself sent off in the 9th minute. A mere minute later Romeo Castelen gave us the lead and we never looked back. Ikechukwu Uche (everyone’s second favourite Nigerian) gave us a two goal cushion in the 26th minute. In the second half we pretty much took our foot off the pedal and waited for the game to be over. Dave Nugent pulled one back for Preston in the 83rd minute due to some sleepy defenders but alas it was too much to ask for the ten men of Preston to get back into the match.

Saturday 7th March 2009: Birmingham v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 5-2 win

Don’t let the score line fool you, Birmingham had by far the greater number of chances in this match, in fact we only had five shots on target, sadly for Birmingham, they all hit the back of the net.

Ikechukwo Kalu opened the scoring in the ninth minute to send us on our way, he quickly doubled his tally a mere two minutes later and looked like we where cruising in this one.

Rawez Lawan had other ideas though as he pulled Birmingham level in the 15th minute, Could Birmingham get back into the game? Step up Louis Saha with the answer in the 34th minute as we moved 3-1 ahead. The scoring wasn’t done for the first half as Kalu completed his hat trick with a stunning goal in the 41st minute.

Two minutes after the restart Bjarni Thor Vidarsson pulled another back for Birmingham, could they yet again attempt to get back into the match? No! Ikechukwu Uche put the result beyond all doubt as he grabbed a 55th minute goal. Then it was, everyone could pause for breath and reflect on the mugging they had just witnessed.

The result proved too much to handle for Birmingham Manager Rob Perry who said he could not cope with the shame of losing to Wolves of all teams and he promptly resigned immediately after the match.

Saturday 14th March 2009: Wolves v Sunderland: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-1 draw

Not the prettiest game in the world this one as both teams scrapped away to take something from this match and the draw was probably the fairest result as neither team really deserved to lose this one.

Al Bangrua sent Sunderland on their way in the 35th minute. Damien Delaney equalized from the penalty spot in the 50th minute to share the points.

Saturday 28th March 2009: Wolves v Hartlepool: Coca-Cola Championship: 4-0 win

Still on winning form as the playoffs draw closer and looking good for a playoff spot at this rate.

It took until the 44th minute for us to make the breakthrough and it came courtesy of a Louis Saha penalty kick. In the second half we stepped up a gear and blew Hartlepool away, Ikechukwo Kalu make it 2-0 in the 67th minute, Paul Wotton added a 3rd 4minutes later and Kalu completed the massacre in the 85th minute. Gareth Bryan was also sent off for the visitors.

Saturday 4th April 2009: Leeds v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 2-1 loss

With Leeds pressing us all the way for a playoff spot it was imperative that we took something from this game, in typical Wolves fashion we took nothing and made life hard for ourselves.

Ex Celtic diddy Stephen McManus opened the scoring for Leeds in the 25th minute and come half time Leeds were still looking good for all three points.

Six minutes after the restart Stelios Giannakopoulos gave Leeds a two goal advantage.

Paul Wotton had the chance to pull us back into the game in the 78th minute with a penalty but blazed his effort wide of the left hand post. Ikechukwo Kalu pulled one back right before full time but it was too little too late by that point.

Saturday 11th April 2009: Reading v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 2-0 loss

Oh yeah we are doing this the hard way now, Leeds breathing down our next and desperately trying to steal our playoff place and we go and fecking lost to Reading.

Dave Kitson opened the scoring for Reading the 7th minute and Pedro Vega doubled the advantage in the 48th minute. We on the other hand offered up nothing in the way of resistance.

Monday 13th April 2009: Sheff Utd v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 3-0 loss

Up against the former club again! And they murdered us /o\

The first half was a pretty tight affair with neither side creating very much in the way of goalmouth action. However, whatever the Sheff Utd manager said to his side at half time certainly made all the difference as they quite simply overwhelmed us in the second 45.

Joseba Arriaga grabbed the first of his double in the 52nd minute. Matters were not helped when my idiot keeper, Matt Murray got himself sent off in the 56th minute. Ex Chelsea player, also signed by me, Jiri Jarosik converted a penalty two minutes later to make it 2-0 and Arriaga got the second of his double in the 88th minute.

Saturday 18th April 2009: Wolves v Coventry: Coca-Cola Championship: 1-1 draw

Desperately needing a win here as Leeds can overtake us if we don’t win and go sixth.

Louis Saha gave us a good foundation to build on as he put us into a 20th minute lead.. But as usual we could not build on the good start and allowed our opposition to find a way back into the game. Coventry’s way back into this game came in the 74th minute via a Shaun Cummings penalty.

On the plus side though, Leeds didn’t win

Sunday 26th April 2009: Millwall v Wolves: Coca-Cola Championship: 3-0 loss

We just needed to win this to be sure, couldn’t even manage that could we?

Kevin Foley fired Millwall ahead in the 4th minute, try as we might we couldn’t find a way through for the remainder of the first half. The second half was a pathetic affair from a Wolves point of view as Johan Bergstrom made it 2-0 Millwall with 14mins to go. Jody Morris compounded my heartache with nine minutes remaining on the clock as he made it 3-0.

The good news? Leeds got gubbed by some lowlife scum, Wolves finish 6th \o/

The playoff adventure

Sunday 3rd May 2009: Wolves v Sheff Utd: Championship Playoff Semi Final First Leg: 3-3 draw

After all the hard work of the season it all came down to this, a two legged affair with my former scum…erm… employers.

Could I finally put them in their place? Or would they shatter my dreams again?

Things started really badly for us as Clinton Morrison scored within the first sixty seconds of the match (yeah he was another one I signed, bastard hardly ever scored for me). This goal was quickly cancelled out by a Paul Wotton penalty in the 8th minute. Wolves then took the lead in the 22nd minute through Ikechukwo Kalu and everything was looking rosy in the garden of Molineux. Clinton Morrison threw a spanner in the works though as he equalized for Sheff Utd in the 34th minute (why didn’t you do that for me Clinton?). Into the second half and Sheff Utd took the lead for the second time in the match through Chris Webster in the 68th minute, Romeo Castelen was not about to lie down and let Sheff Utd take any kind of advantage into the second leg and volleyed home from 30 yards in the 79th minute to tie the game up once again.

3-3 first leg I’ll take that at least they never showed me up this time!

Wednesday 6th May 2009: Sheff Utd v Wolves: Championship Playoff Semi Final Second Leg: 4-0 win: Wolves win 7-3 on agg

This is it! Do or die!

Could we overcome the hated Sheffield United and march onto the playoff final?

Darren Ambrose sent us on our way in the 6th minute, still not safe and secure after the way Sheff Utd played in the first leg we knew they were more than capable of turning this around in their favour. Ikechukwo Kalu doubled the advantage in the 11th minute, at this moment myself and most of the fans allowed ourselves to believe for a moment, before we knew it Damien Delaney had fired us into a 3-0 lead and it was looking increasingly likely that we would be on our way to the final! Louis Saha made it 4-0 right on the stroke of half time. The second half we just saw out our win and made sure the hated evil of Sheffield would not be going to the premiership this season.

Sunday 17th May 2009: Sunderland v Wolves: Championship Playoff Final: 3-0 win

This was it! The big one! Would we go up or would be bottle it at the final hurdle?

The answer was simple, Ikechukwo Kalu had worked too hard and scored way too many goals to allow Sunderland to stand in the way of his premiership dream and his two goals put Sunderland to the sword here, he got the first in the 38th minute and added his second a minute after the restart, the third goal came via Ikechukwu Uche in the 65th minute which secured the win for Wolves.

The players just played out the remaining 25 minutes waiting for the final whistle and when the referee sounded it Wembley simply exploded a crescendo of noise, Wolverhampton Wanderers were now a premiership side \o/

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - A new year and a new era perhaps?

Yes folks after a traumatic second half to 2008, everyone at Nottingham Forest football club hopes the new year can be the start of a new era. Manager Andrew Hepburn has had so much going on that it has not really been about the football and it's the one thing that he hopes he can fully concentrate on and get this great football club up the league fighting for titles in the upcoming years. They lie in 9th place just now in the Premiership, unable to really sustain a great run of form but they are doing superbly well for their first season back in the Premiership. Here is the latest from the City Ground....................................

FA Cup 3rd Round

Nottingham Forest v Norwich - (H) Sat 3rd January 2009

Forest started off the new year with a comfortable win over Norwich in the FA Cup. With all the talent Norwich have at their disposal it seems the manager is not getting the best out of them. A goal in either half was enough for Forest. The first came from Harewood and the second came from Aliadiere who finally scored his first goal for the club and has not really lived up to expectations at all. It was a good performance without really being exciting but they did not have to be. Forest safely through to round four.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 0 Norwich

Goals - Forest - Harewood (30), Aliadiere (54)

Att - 20064

MOTM - Luka Modric (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v West Brom - (H) Mon 12th January 2009

Another good performance here from Forest who dominated most of the game but could not turn their pressure into more goals and left the fans a little nervy before pulling through in the end. It was Harewood who kept up his fine goalscoring record by firing Forest ahead after only ten minutes of play. Forest could not find that all important second goal and let West Brom back into the match in the second half and they managed to get an equaliser much to the dismay of everyone inside the City Ground. Forest then stepped it up and just when you thought they were never going to find a winner, up stepped James Harper to score with only two minutes left on the clock. It should have been over long before then but Hepburn was just happy with the three points.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 West Brom

Goals - Forest - Harewood (10), Harper (88)

Goals - West Brom - Allen (57)

Att - 30582

MOTM - Luka Modric (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Cardiff v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 17th January 2009

Hepburn left the St Davids stadium wondering how on earth his team did not come away with all three points from this game. Forest had dominated it for long spells but had real trouble finishing off the great attacking football that they displayed. Marlon Harewood had Forest one ahead in twenty eight minutes only for Cardiff to go up the pitch and equalise almost straight away due to some poor defending from Forest. Cardiff then grew in confidence and started the second half a lot better and again poor defending cost Forest another goal as Sidney Govou waltzed his way through the defence and placed the ball past Enyeama. Hepburn could not believe what was going on. He demanded more from his players and immediately they went in search of an equaliser but the Cardiff defence held firm until injury time when Jesus Navas scored an equaliser to cap off a great individual performance from him but Hepburn knew they should have been taking all three points back to Nottingham.

Final Score - Cardiff 2 v 2 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Cardiff - Amaral (30), Govou (55)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (28), Navas (90)

Att - 29355

MOTM - Jesus Navas (Nottingham Forest)

FA Cup 4th Round

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough - (H) Sun 25th Janaury 2009

It was back to the FA Cup for Forest where they faced cup holders Middlesbrough at the City Ground. It was a game of two halves from a Forest point of you as they were outstanding in the first half and poor in the second half. They were 2-0 at half time and seemingly cruising into round five with a double from Roland Kazubowski but were made to pay for not getting that killer third goal as Boro scored twice in the latter stages of the second half to force a replay. Hepburn was furious with his team and let them know just unhappy he was after the match.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 2 Middlesbrough

Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (16,39)

Goals - Boro - Malbranque (73), Birsa (89)

Att - 20348

MOTM - Luka Modric (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace - (H) Wed 28th January 2009

With the defensive problems Forest were having, the last thing they needed was Paul Rouch's Crystal Palace coming to the City Ground, intent on keeping up their superb unbeaten run. Forest started the game well and Luka Modric scored a brilliant fre kick to give Forest the lead but it seemed to make Palace angry. They went on to dominate most of the half and Forest were hanging on but defending well and went in at half time 1-0 up. Their resistance did not last long in the second half as Collins John raced away down the right and fired an unstoppable shot past Enyeama in the Forest goal to equalise and it was no more than they deserved. They tried to find a winner but for once the Forest defence was in great form and the match ended 1-1. A good defensive performance from Forest here for once!!!

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 1 v 1 Crystal Palace

Goals - Forest - Modric (11)

Goals - Palace - John (52)

Att - 30579

MOTM - Leighton Baines (Crystal Palace)

Premiership

West Ham v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 31st January 2009

A poor performance here from Forest as they were easily beaten 2-0 by a rampant West Ham side who in actual fact should have won by more goals. Forest showed no energy or determination and West Ham took full advantage of it. After the match Hepburn took his team straight back to the City Ground and made the whole squad do extra training as he was furious at what he had seen on the pitch earlier. A poor end to the month for Forest but I am sure they can get back to winning ways.

Final Score - West Ham 2 v 0 Nottingham Forest

Goals - West Ham - Sotil (40), Cheyrou (83)

Att - 31599

MOTM - Alessandro Frara (West Ham)

Although they had a poor end to the month, Forest still lie in 9th place although a lot further behind in the chase for a European spot. Hepburn will have to look at how his team defends as at times it schoolboy and Forest cannot have aspirations of European football next season playing like that.

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - Consistency? Where the feck is it!!!!

We enter February and Forest still seem unable to get a decent run of results going, to push them further up the table and challenging for the european spots. Hepburn is trying his best but the results have just not been going his team's way. Here is the latest action from the City Ground...............................

FA Cup 4th Round replay

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 7th February 2009

These two had to battle it out again for a place in the fifth round of the cup after a Forest threw away the first game in the second half. Forest started the game full of life and quickly went ahead through James Harper and Hepburn thought his team were heading for round five. How wrong could he have been!!! Boro then went on to smash Forest for five as the Forest defence showed just how fragile they have become and Enyeama had his worst game in a Forest shirt. Boro were clinical while Forest were just woeful and Boro marched impressively on to round five in their defence of the FA Cup. Forest left the north in shock at what had just go on!!!

Final Score - Middlesbrough 5 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Boro - Miller (24,30), Luyindula (45), Murphy (65), Dagoberto (89)

Goals - Forest - Harper (17)

Att - 24239

MOTM - Liam Miller (Middlesbrough)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham - (H) Sun 15th February 2009

A shell shocked Nottingham Forest went into this game low on confidence but battled to a spirited draw against Tottenham at the City Ground. The draw restored some pride as the players must have been hurting after that thrashing at Boro. Hepburn put emphasis on defence for once as he tried to get his defence working properly again. Forest had their chances but Robinson in the Tottenham goal was equal to them. Forest restricted Tottenham to a range of long shots and were never really troubled. Hepburn was delighted with the performance especially in defence.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 0 v 0 Tottenham

Att - 30581

MOTM - Luka Modric (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Man Utd - (H) Sat 28th February 2009

Forest produced an absolutely brilliant performance against Man Utd at the City Ground. The whole team worked together as a unit and their hard work paid off when Kazubowski slotted home the only goal of the game. They rode their luck at times but it was just an outstanding performance. Can this reuslt spur Forest onto greater things for the rest of the season?? Lets hope so.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 1 v 0 Man Utd

Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (58)

Att - 30569

MOTM - Alan Hutton (Nottingham Forest)

So a short month for Forest but they are still struggling to find the consistency as one game they lose easily and the next they put a great performance. Hepburn is trying to get his players playing well week in week out but at the moment it's not happening. They still lie in 9th place in the Premiership but effectively out of the race for europe unless they put a great run of wins together.

[ChefRobGaming]

So with the new season about to get underway wholesome changed have been made at Craven Cottage with Fayed getting out his cheque book many times,

Transfers In

Kenneth Vermeer from Bolton Wanderers Free

Peter Crouch from Tottenham for 1.4m

Andre Carvalho from Fc Porto B for 5k

James Dormand from Birmingham City for 2k

Julio Arca from Sunderland Free

Oskitz from Crystal Palace for 2.7m

Franck Quedrue from Austria Vienna Free

Enzo Scorza from Norwich City for 1.3m

Stipe Pletikosa from Shakhtar for 2.3m

Leandro Gioda from Norwich City for 875k

Sherman Andres Cardenas from Norwich City for 2.9m

Staff In

Dennis Rofe joins as Coach from Southampton

Bruno Martini joins as GK Coach he will stay at his current job as French National GK coach too

Kevin Pressman joins as GK Coach from Mansfield to assist Bruno

Alejandro Martinez joins as Fitness Coach from Uruguay

Miguel Angel Brindisi joins as Assistant Manager from Hartlepool

Players Out

Martin Laursen to Le Mans for 350k

Joe Flurry to Crewe for 1.7m

Liam Fontaine to Mansfield for 675k

Jay Spearing to Charlton Athletic 1.6m

Keith Southern to Coventry Free

Lee Bowyer to Motherwell Free

Antti Niemi to NY Redbulls for 150k

Dean Fox to Wycombe Wanderers for 80k

Sean Thornton to Reading for 120k

Zoltan Stieber to St Gallen for 1.4m

Paul Gallagher to Aston Villa for 5m

Pre Season Games

Braintree 0 Fulham 4

*tv* Fulham 3 Ac Milan 0

so with all the players in and out and the friendlies taken care of its time for the season to start.

Fulham 1 Doncaster Rovers 1

Paul Gallacher got Fulham off to a fantastic start putting them ahead after only 10mins, new Doncaster signing Radosavljevic would be sent off 5mins later but Doncaster didnt give up and 22mins later they where back in it the final score reflected how poor the match really was.

Attendance 21102

MOM Paul Gallagher 7

Up next was a trip to Hartlepool and after Fulham took there assistant manager how they wanted to beat Fulham.

Hartlepool 2 Fulham 1

Neil Mellor came out looking like someone had just crapped in his boots he would open the scoring on 27mins, and just ran around the whole pitch the whole game,Oskitz would get his first goal for his new club on 79mins to make it 1-1, Paul Wilkinson would seal the win after some fantastic work from Mellor again to set up the goal a full deserved victory for le pool.

Attendance 7019

MOM Thomas Gaardsoe 7

So not going to well at the moment for Perry at Fulham I can see some more players being shifted around and brought in if this bunch arent careful

[Dee]

Stupid sigames forums froze and i lost all my write up . And so i begin again.

Well after looking at my team i was not happy with the depth in the team. My aim for the rest of the season was to keep the team up and rebuild for next season in the summer break. With no money to spend in January i couldnt really improve the squad. Our first game was away for fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle.

Championship: Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Millwall - 10/01/09

A good start to my career as Millwall boss as a late goal from Ross Gaynor give us victory. It was an even game but we were able to hang on for victory and move slightly further away from the relegation places.

Championship: Millwall 0-3 Portsmouth - 17/01/09

It was always going to be a tough task as Championship leaders Portsmouth turned up at The New Den. With their team full of players who should be playing at a higher level it was going to be a hard game and it proved. Two early goals from Kutuzov and one in the second half from Lua Lua gave them a 3-0 win.

FA Cup 4th Round: Fulham 1-0 Millwall - 24/01/09

A welcome break from the league as we travelled to Fulham who were big favourites for this game. The first half finished as a stalemate. An early goal in the second half for Fulham from Joe Flurry meant we had to go more attacking and this nearly led to us losing by more goal. Our FA Cup journey was over, at least we could concentrate on the league right?

Championship: Millwall 0-0 Stoke - 27/01/09

A match i hoped we could win and move away from the strugglers at the bottom, including Stoke, lead to a highly frustrating day. Both teams were very [oor and neither deserved to win the game although there were chances. A boring stalemate.

Before the Watford game i was able to bring in 3 players, two loanees and a free transfer. Firstly was Ricardo Batista, a keeper on loan until the end of the season. Johan Bergstrom was the second loanee and i hoped he coul create things from the wing. Thirdly i brought Gretar Rafn Steinnsson in on a free transfer for cover of centre or right back.

Championship: Watford 1-2 Millwall - 01/02/09

It was going to be hard to pick ourselves up after a poor showing against Stoke but we started like a house on fire. Early goals firstly from Keigan Parker and then Mark Phillips with a thunderbolt header give us a 2-0 advantage at half time from the former Premiership boys. A goal from Matthew Spring halfway into the second half gave them hope but Alex Bruce was sent off soon after and we were able to control the game for another away victory.

Championship: QPR 0-1 Millwall - 08/02/09

Our second TV match in a row and it brought another victory. QPR were perhaps the better side but as the pushed forward in the dying minutes we were able to break away and Gaynor was able to slot it past the keeper and give us another away victory.

Championship: Millwall 1-2 Derby - 10/02/09

Back home to the New Den and once again a defeat, we started well enough and earned a penalty which Marvin Elliot was able to convery after only 12 minutes. This is how things stayed until the 73rd minute when Kevin Davies was able to nod Derby equal. This is how it looked like it was staying until 92minutes and once again poor marking let Davies in for the winner deep in stoppage time. Bring on more away games as we seem to play better!

Championship: Bristol City 1-3 Millwall - 14/02/09

Another away game another victory. The matchball belonged to winger Berry Powel today as his hat-trick was enough to give us the 3 points. Two goals in 6 first half minutes put us two up at half time. Bristol City were able to pull oen back through Stevenson but Powel found the net again for his hat-trick and another three points on the road for us.

Championship: Millwall 4-0 Brighton - 21/02/09

Finally a home win and an emphatic when at that. Gaynor give us the lead after only two minutes. And then Powel took over again with two goals just before half time to all but secure the 3 points. Anthony Gardner added a fourth shortl after half time to give us our first 3 points at The New Den under my management.

Championship: Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Millwall - 28/02/09

Our good away form continued and this time Wednesday were the victims. A goal in under 10minutes gave us the victory. Keigan Parker pouncing on a defensive error to give us the lead and what turned out to be the winner. Things were helped when Jamie Smith decided to take matters into his own hands and get sent off after only 26minutes. This lead to us controlling the game and Wednesday not even having a shot on target.

Championship: Millwall 1-0 Leicester - 03/03/09

Two home victories in a row once again helped by a stupid opposition player . Richard Stearman brought down Gaynor as he was lean through on goal and was dismissed after only 21 minutes. We made ahrd work of the game though and it looked like we werent going to get the win until the 84th minute when Gaynor netted the winner. This win all but guaranteed our safety.

Championship: Charlton 1-1 Millwall - 08/03/09

Another away TV game, this time however we didnt win, but we didnt lose either. A tough away game at Charlton was not helped by the fact that we picked up three injuries. A Rurik Gislason own goal give us the lead early in the second half but James Walker equalised soon after and the spoils were shared. Still our mini-unbeaten run was continuing.

Championship: Millwall 3-0 Fulham - 14/03/09

Some payback on Fulham after they put us out of the FA Cup. Probably the best performance under my management to date. Graham Weir give us the lead after 36 minutes. Keigan Parker extended the lead halfway through the second half and Sam Higgins got his only goal on the season on the last minute. 6 games unbeaten now.

Championship: Birmingham 1-1 Millwall - 28/03/09

A tough game away to the former Premier League side. We got off to a flyer though after only 3 minutes. Gaynor in the right place at the right time to tap in from a few yards. All looked good and we were fairly comfortable until a very dubious penalty allowed Birmingham to snatch a point. Pennant the man converting after what appeared to be a dive. A good point at Birmingham but it should have been all 3.

Championship: Ipswich 0-1 Millwall - 04/04/09

Another good away performance from us as we got all 3 points again. Again it was one of our deadly duo Parker who got the goal fairly late on into the second half. This win guaranteed our safety and continued our unbeaten run we have been on.

Championship: Millwall 0-1 Preston - 11/04/09

Our unbeaten run came to an end at The New Den at home to Preston. A game which we didnt deserve to take anything from, and we didnt. Northern Irish international David Healy back at Preston scored the only goal on the 58th minute and they held out comfortably for the win.

Championship: Millwall 2-2 Sunderland - 13/04/09

A game of which goals seemed to come in twos. We took the lead after 20minutes through Parker but Steve Kabba equalised only a minute after. Thats how it stayed until half-time. But 4 minutes into the second half Al Bangura put Sunderland into the lead, but once again only a minute after Parker equalised and thats how it stayed.

Championship: Leeds 1-1 Millwall - 18/04/09

Another good point away from home. Ben Watson the former Crystal Palace man gave Leeds the lead after 17 minutes but once again one of the deadly duo Gaynor scored early into the second half to make sure we took a point away from Elland Road in the penultimate fixture of the season.

Championship: Millwall 3-0 Wolves - 26/04/09

Last day of the season seen me pitted against Steff's Wolves. He rested quite a few players for the playoffs and it showed as we strolled to a 3-0 win. Foley got us underway after only 4 minutes and thats how it stayed until Bergstrom doubled the lead on 76mins. Jody Morris finished of Wolves on the 81st minute in his last appearance for the club as he leaves at the end of the season.

A very productive few months as manager, started in 20th and moved to 13th which is pretty good considering some of the teams we were playing. Next season hopefully we can bring in some new blood and push on from here.

[Dee]

Into pre-season now and I had set up the transfers on many players and decided to sell the dead wood that would not be needed next season. Here is the summary of all my transfers before the season was due to start.

Players In:

Ilyas Zeytulaev - This young left winger comes in from Juventus on a free. He is very quick and has been capped by Uzbekistan 17 times. Big things expected of him in the future.

Liam Lawrence - Liam Lawrence also came in on a free from Sunderland. He has Premiership experience and will be a big plus to have in our team, also hits a good free kick.

Vratislav Gresko - Managed to persuad Gresko to join ahead of a few clubs. Vastly experienced and can play anywhere on the left side. Capped 47 times by Slovakia also.

Zander Diamond - A good young centre back coming in from Newcastle where he had limited oppurtunities. Good strong tackler and will be a big player for us this season.

Gregorz Rasiak - Scores goals for fun in the championship but as i found out a few weeks after joining also moans for fun, i was having none of it as you will see .

Gabriel Agbonlahor - Exciting youngster coming in from Aston Villa, good finisher and has pace to burn could be a big player this season.

Rene Aufhauser - Experienced defensive midfielder coming in from Salzburg, has been capped 33 times for Austria and is the experience we need in the midfield.

Sandro Bloudek - Young attacking midfielder with a big future coming in from Villa. Good vision and has been capped at u21 level for Slovenia.

Bofo Bautista - One of our biggest signings of the summer, Bofo comes in from Blackburn after rejecting numerous clubs to join us. Attacking midfielder has been capped 55 times for Mexico and should be a big player this season.

Ciro Danucci - Another good young prospect. Defensive midfielder coming in from Newcastle, has good passing and tackling qualities, will be battling with Aufhauser for the starting DMC spot.

Lewin Nyatanga - Another exciting prospect comes in from Partick for 24k. Can play left or centre back and at only 20 has room to improve. Will be back up this season.

Thomas Nikolaysen Valo - Onr of my scouts found this very good youngster and i snapped him up for 35k. Can play also left or centre back and will be vying for a starting place.

Ibraima Balde - Another good prospect a scout spotted. He cost 90k from FC Midtjylland and s very good in the air. The striker also has very good accuaracy with his finishing. Good backup player.

Paul Scholes - The name says it all, he may be old and slowing down but he still has the great mind and finishing prowess that he has had throughout his career, for only £400 a week and also a coach he will be a great player to have here.

Ken Ilso Larsen - Another scouted player, came in from Fylkir for 50k and is a great prospect. Is very fast and skillful and could be useful up front.

Staurt Taylor - Another major signing for us as we were very short in the keeper area. Good premiership experience and still young, will be number 1 next season.

Hasan Salihamidzic - Another big name player coming in from Aston Villa for 220k. He can play anywhere on the right or left hand side and has great experience from Bayern and Villa, will be in the starting line up no boubt.

Cacapa - Another big signing, top quality centre back coming in from Villa for just 90k. Great prescene and will be our number one centre back next season.

Players Out:

Barry Hayles - Tried to get rid of him last season, past it now and was wasting nearly 5k in wages, released on a free.

Jody Morris - Off to Breadford as their was no use for him after Bautista and Bloudek joined.

Sam Higgins - Released on a free transfer after a mutual aggreement with the manager so he can find first team football.

Martin Molyneux - Didnt do enough to earn a contract after coming through the youth system, maybe Wolves could be interested?

Craig Miller - Same as Molyneux, jut didnt impress me enough to offer him a contract, released on a free transfer.

Paul Robinson - Was in reserves last season and taking up nearly 1k in wages i offered him to clubs on a free and he agreed to go to Walsall.

Berry Powel - Had some good games last season but way to inconsistent. St Gallen came in with an 80k offer and i accpeted and hes off to Switzerland.

David Livermore - Didnt really play when i came in and was on the most wages out of the whole squad, a popular player but at 7k wages i couldnt afford to have him there when he wasnt being used, sold to Bristol City for 400k.

Josh Simpson - The Canadian international never featured in my plans and Adelaide Utd offered 70k for his services and i accpeted and hes off to sunny Austrialia.

Chris Maguire - Never really showed his potential at the club and i offloaded him to Barnsley for 100k.

Jamie Langfield - Goalkeeper who i didnt really rate and was always complaining so i offloaded him to MK Dons for 24k.

Gregorz Rasiak - This is what you get if you moan all the time Gregorz . Sold after yapping to me about competition. Off to Sheffield Wednesday for 240k.

Ben May - Another player rotting in the reserves and taking up nearly 2k in wages. Offered him for free to clubs and Burnley picked him up.

Mark Phillips - Had a decent season last season but with new arrivals he was only going to be a bit part player so we both agreed that he could leave, joined Brighton for 95k.

Graham Weir - Mentally a very good striker but he was never going to get me those 20 goals a season, off loaded to Burnley again on a free.

Rafn Gretar Steinsson - Only signed in January but wanted guaranteed first team football which i couldnt give him, when Tampere Utd came in with an offer of 50k i accepted and he was off.

Those are my transfers in and out so far this summer. The new signings should be able to propel me higher in the league this season although they may take a few weeks/months to settle into a proper gelled team.

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - A short sharp and quite sweet month for Forest!!!

We enter March now and the season is coming to an end for Forest and they are still trying to push for a place in even the Intertoto Cup but it seems unlikely the way they are playing. They still lie in 9th place in the league and it seems destined they are staying there for the rest of the season. Here is the latest from the City Ground in March.............

Premiership

Wigan v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sun 8th March 2009

Forest came away from Wigan with a point after a spirited performance that saw them come from behind and maybe they should have went on to win the game as they did have thier chances after the equaliser. Forest went ahead in fourteen minutes as Wigan defender marc Wilson turned the ball into his own goal but Zidan who had been a threat from the start made it 1-1 right on half time. Wigan came out and started where they left off and went 2-1 up, only for Kazubowski to score the equaliser ten minutes later. Forest pressed and pressed but could not find a winner and Wigan were lucky to come away with a point from this game.

Final Score - Wigan 2 v 2 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Wigan - Zidan (44), Calaio (51)

Goals - Forest - Wilson (og,14), Kazubowski (61)

Att - 25120

MOTM - Roland Kazubowski (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Chelsea - (H) Sat 14th March 2009

A tough game for Forest as Chelsea were flying and on a great run. Chelsea dominated this game for long periods as you would expect due to their superior quality but Forest battled away and denied them a goal until the second half when substitute Pazzini came on and grabbd the winner for Chelsea. It showed the gulf in quality between the two teams and Chelsea deserved their win but Hepburn was happy with the way his team played. Hepburn was also on his best behaviour after all the trouble between the sides over the kidnapping of Hepburn earlier in the season.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 0 v 1 Chelsea

Goals - Chelsea - Pazzini (76)

Att - 30572

MOTM - Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)

Premiership

Blackburn v Nottingham Forest - (A) Mon 30th March 2009

A great end to the month for Forest as they destroyed Blackburn at Ewood Park albeit with the help of the sending off of Ryan Nelsen in the first half. Blackburn went ahead early on in the game but after the sending off Forest took over and proved far too strong for Blackburn. A Marlon Harewood hat trick did the damage for Forest with Helguson weighing in with a goal as well to wrap this game up for Forest.

Final Score - Blackburn 1 v 4 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Blackburn - Janczyk (5)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (40,61,81), Helguson (66)

Sent Off - Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn)

Att - 28225

MOTM - Marlon Harewood (Nottingham Forest)

So Forest end the month on a high but still are no closer to moving up the table. Inconsistency has cost them although Hepburn has been a happier man with recent performances and hopes his team can maintain that level of performance for the remainder of the season.

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - The greatest example ever of an inconsistent football team!!!!

We're into the final month of the season and the inconsistency that has haunted Forest has been all too evident in the run in to the end of the season. They win a match then lose a couple them draw then win again it is like a merrygoround. Hepburn missed the run in till the end of the season as he was away on scouting missions all over the globe as he was planning huge changes in the summer and the chairman liked this idea as Forest really had nothing to play for so he granted him this superb opportunity. Here is the last games from the City Ground in what has been a turbulent season.............

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle - (H) Mon 4th April 2009

A game Forest should have won quite easily as the battered Newcastle but the one man superhuman goalie Tim Howard kept them out and denied them a victory with save after save. At the other end Forest were caught on the break time and time again as they were pushing so many men forward in search of goals. Kazubowski opened the scoring, cooly slotting home a penalty after eleven minutes. Newcastle equalised in twenty four and then nine minutes from time Mendieta slotted home a penalty to give Newcastle a rather lucky win. Hepburn commented that on any other day Forest would have won about 5-1 but on this day his team his team were just plain out of luck.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 1 v 2 Newcastle

Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (pen,11)

Goals - Newcastle - Postiga (24), Mendieta (pen,81)

Att - 30579

MOTM - Glen Johnson (Newcastle)

Premiership

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 11th April 2009

It was time for Forest to return to the North and to the stadium where Hepburn saw his team's worst ever performance. If they were poor that day they were just as poor again. It must be something about the North and Middlesbrough that the Forest players don't like as they simply were rubbish. Boro easily won and Hepburn commented after the game he hopes never to return to the Riverside Stadium again in his lifetime, although he will no doubt be there next season with Forest. It seems Boro have the psychological edge over Forest and they are doing their best to keep it up.

Final Score - Middlesbrough 4 v 0 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Boro - Birsa (5), Downing (14), Dagoberto (31), Murphy (pen,82)

Att - 34040

MOTM - Robert Olejnik (Middlesbrough)

That was last of Hepburn in the Forest dugout for the remainder of the season as he was off on the mother of all scouting missions to see over as many transfer targets as possible. It was left to his assistant to oversee the team for the remaining games. Here is how he got on.....

Nottingham Forest v Southampton - (H) Sat 13th April 2009

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Southampton

Nottingham Forest v Norwich - (H) Sun 19th April 2009

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Norwich

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sun 26th April 2009

Final Score - Arsenal 3 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest - (A) Fri 1st May 2009

Final Score - Liverpool 2 v 0 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest v Everton - (H) Sun 3rd May 2009

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 3 v 0 Everton

It has been one hell of a season for everyone at Nottingham Forest football club this season and some are just glad it is all over. There has been the kidnapping of the gaffer Andrew Hepburn, he then got put in jail over the whole thing , accusing Abrahovic of orchestrating the whole thing. It has been a crazy season off the pitch for Hepburn.

On the pitch well the first season back in the Premiership has went reasonably well. Inconsistency throughout the season and a distinct lack of goals did not help the Forest cause but the players did well and put the off field stuff to the back of their minds.

Lets hope next season goes just a little smoother for Forest and they can maybe snatch a top six place if everything goes well.

[ChefRobGaming]

Championship

Fulham 1 Bournemouth 1

Another draw for Fulham, Crouch would open the scoring on 14mins but Ryan Jarvis would snatch a point for Bournemouth on 77mins.

Attendance 20587

MOM James Vaughan 8

Championship

Brighton 2 Fulham 1

Shocking performance by the away side in this one, Mark Wilson scored for Fulham after only 1 minute but Brighton never gave up the fight and deserved there equaliser on 35mins through Hammond, Cardenas would then put the ball in his own net as he tried to clear for a corner right on half time. No 2nd half goals and thats how this one ended.

Attendance 21944

MOM Adam Hinshelwood 8

Carling Cup 1st Round

Fulham 5 Yeovil 0

Time for Fulham to get there season back on track and Yeovil might feel they didnt deserve the bashing they got, Cardenas would open for Fulham after only 4mins he would then add a 2nd on 22mins, Bentley added a 3rd on 33mins and thats how it stayed at half time, Phil Garner on loan from Arsenal made it 4-0 on 80mins and Gioda a new arrival from relegated Norwich sealed the 5-0 win in injury time with a cracking header.

Attendance 12035

MOM Julio Arca 10

Championship

Fulham 1 Southampton 0

Fulham entertain recently relegated Southampton today and nothing really showed why they should be back in the premiership first time round either, It was Fulham who would go away with the points after Arca would score from the spot on 78mins.

Attendance 28279

MOM Stipe Pletikosa 8

Championship

QPR 3 Fulham 1

Derby day at QPR and they proved the much better side Shimmin opened after 20mins,Joo-Young would tie it on 31mins and then Walter Garcia would see red for the visitors after a bad tackle on Conal Platt on 41mins, It was then Platt who put QPR up 2-1 on 45mins, Bircham would score from the spot on 59mins to give the home side the 3points today.

Attendance 19135

MOM Richard Langley 9

Transfers In

Walter Garcia from Birmingham for 500k

Park Joo-Young from Cardiff for 4.8m over 24months

Mark Wilson from Celtic for 800k

Simon Pouplin from Hartlepool for 22k

Staff In

Steffan Freund from Rangers (Coach)

Derek Langley from Man United (Scout)

Simon Senslar Free (Scout)

Transfers Out

Lawrence Hunter to Preston 725k

Enzo Scifo to Pisa for 1.9m over 24months

Jim McAlister to Reading for 250k

Johan Vogel to Ahlen for 400k

Championship

Fulham 2 Hull City 0

Park Joo-Young opened the scoring on 26mins and loan signing Niklas Bendtner would make it 2-0 on 49mins,Duffy would see red for a bad challenge on Cardenas on 81mins and thats how this one would end, Tony Hall's side looked very good but I think with him on scouting duties they will struggle until he returns.

Attendance 18629

MOM Niklas Bendtner 9

Championship

Fulham 5 Sheff Wed 1

Much better performance by Fulham Yildrim scored in in 2mins to open the game, Recent signing Kris Boyd would then make it 2-1 on 34mins, Yildrim would add his third on 37mins and then Peter Crouch took over 40 and 42mins all goals in the first half but a good performance never the less.

Attendance 18696

MOM Ugur Yildrim 10

Championship

Coventry City 4 Fulham 4

A goal fest and what a game for the neutrals Crainey would score first on 12mins from the penalty spot, then Crouch made it 1-1 on 26mins, Cummings didnt take long putting Coventry back in the lead when he scored 2mins later, McSheffrey would make it 3-1 on 51mins and Coventry looked like cruising, Crouch would make it 3-2 on 80mins and then 3-3 on 82mins Thornton made it 4-2 on 84mins, Crouch would then make it 4-3 on 86mins and right at the death Queudrue from the spot on 91mins.

Attendance 21389

MOM Peter Crouch 9

Carling Cup 2nd Round

Cheltenham 1 Fulham 4

Seems like Fulham have finally found there scoring boots, Walter Garcia would open on 6mins Park Young would add a 2nd on 10mins, Cardenas added the 3rd on 38mins Clarke scored what would be nothing more than a consilation on 43mins for the home side and Cardenas would score again on 75mins to seal the victory and move them onto the 3rd Round.

Attendance 6205

MOM Sherman Andres Cardenas 9

Championship

Charlton Athletic 0 Fulham 2

David Bentley scored both in this on his first on 24mins was a fantastic 40 yard strike and his 2nd was a header from a corner on 48mins, Charlton never got going in this one and Fulham leave with the 3points.

Attendance 30878

MOM Joo Young 9

Championship

Fulham 2 Watford 0

Fulham slowly got started this season but lately they are showing they mean business and are climbing the table quickly, Peter Crouch made it 1-0 on 6mins and Joo Young sealed the win on 61mins with a cracking strike from just outside the area.

Attendance 21479

MOM Scott Golbourne 8

Championship

Reading 1 Fulham 1

This match was nothing like the recent performances by Fulham, Thornton would score first for Reading on 39mins and looked good for the 3points until Danny Mills was sent off on 63mins for a fould inside the box, Peter Crouch stepped up and stuck in the penalty 1-1 full time.

Attendance 23706

MOM Sean Thornton 8

Fulham where much better this time round hopefully not I got the tactics sorted we can climb the table and push for promotion, stay tuned for more from Craven Cottage

[RedStar101]

I'm back home guys and looking forward to resuming duty on Tuesday.

[Dee]

How did i do on thursday?

[ChefRobGaming]

terrible your bottom with 3points

[Dee]

Fecking assistant

[Andy H]

lol he's just jealous cause your top and he's not.

[ChefRobGaming]

lol I didnt think he would fall for that \o/

[Andy H]

Polluting Dee's young mind with this nonsense, you should be ashamed of yourself old man!!!

[RedStar101]

Kelly Dalgliesh: "Hull have announced the return of thier New Manager Tony Hall from his extended leave from Football management. Since leaving Reading Tony Hall has been spending time in New York regenerating his energy and is now ready to take up the reigns of his new club which has been managed by his assistant. The new manager had this to say"

Tony Hall: "I am pleased with my assistants work and he is to be commended. Of course I was in communication with him while I was in New York and I gave him my thoughts and suggests on the day to day running of the club. Today we can start a fresh and I have already initiated negotiations with players and clubs about transfers of some new blood into the team so that we can consolidate our position in the Championship so that next season we can challenge the top clubs for a promotion position."

Kelly Dalgliesh: "Strong words from the Hull Manager and words he needs to back up as the club stand close to the relegation zone and are favourites for the drop. Several club insiders have backed Hall to prevent the clubs drop and take the club to new heights."

[Dee]

So can someone tell me where i am?

[ChefRobGaming]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dee:

So can someone tell me where i am? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

andy already told you

[steff]

Wolves begin rebuilding job for survival of the Premiership

After Wolves sensational promotion to the Premiership manager Steff Browning was left with the task of building a squad capable of avoiding the drop on his first foray into the big time.

Here is a look at those deemed not good enough to remain at the club : -

Those that were brought in to replace them:-

With what I had deemed a reasonably decent squad it was time to embark on our friendly matches, here is the results of them here:-

With all that trivial nonsense out of the way it was time to embark on the serious business of the Premiership!

Sunday 9th August 2009: Newcastle v Wolves: Premiership: 4-0 win

This is it, the start of the big one!

And boy did we start well; this was a story of three debutants, two saints and one sinner.

We only had to wait sixteen minutes for our first goal of the new campaign as Carlos Vela scored his first competitive goal for the club on his debut; Vela was back amongst the goals in the 42nd minute as he doubled our advantage. Just when things were looking great for us another new signing, Evandro Roncatto decided that this game was simply too easy for us and got himself sent off just to make life that little bit more difficult for us. So 2-0 up at half time and down to ten men, could we hold on?

The second half was a very tight affair from the get go as Newcastle looked to take advantage of the numbers game but found themselves unable to convert one of the chances that came their way, we managed to capitalize on their slackness at the back in the 72nd minute as Fernando Cavenaghi hit them on the break and lofted the ball over the helpless Newcastle keeper to make it 3-0 . Carlos Vela wasn’t done yet either as he rattled home in the 89th minute to secure his hat trick and cap an amazing day for himself and Wolves.

Sunday 16th August 2009: Wolves v Nottm Forest: Premiership: 4-1 win

This was another tricky looking match on paper as Andrew Hepburn brought his Forest side to visit Molineux.

It took all of 12mins of this match before Hepburn found his side 1-0 down through a Stillian Petrov goal, Carlos Vela added the second in the 25th minute and quickly followed that up with his second, Wolves third, in the 31st minute. Things were looking very grim for the visitors at this point but they weren’t prepared to give up quite yet and Marlon Harewood through them a lifeline in the 35th minute with a stunning strike.

The second half was more of the same although it contained fewer goals than the first it was just as entertaining, the only goal of the second half fell for Wolves though as Fernando Cavenaghi make it 4-1 and three points in the 63rd minute.

Six points from out opening two goals \o/

Although lets not get carried away here Forest had more of the ball and the greater number of chances in this one, the same can be said for the Newcastle game, and top notch opposition will bury us if we continue to give them that freedom with the ball.

Wednesday 19th August 2009: Torquay v Wolves: Carling Cup First Round: 2-1 loss

So yeah……..we kill Newcastle and Forest, and then lose to the mighty Torquay?!?!?!

Ok sometimes these things happen in football, right?

Surely this wasn’t the start of a slump, just a blip on the radar? Aye right!

Things had started so well for us as Wilfred Bouma gave us a 1-0 lead inside 13mins and everything looked rosy, but alas we couldn’t finish of Torquay and they found a way back into the match in the 66th minute. Neither team could make the breakthrough during the regulation 90mins and we went to extra time ffs.

After just two minutes of extra time we found ourselves down to ten men after Wilfred Bouma got himself sent off for a stupid lunge, and just as it looked like we were headed for the dreaded shootout Michael Carvill decided he didn’t fancy penalties after all the fired Torquay into the next round with seconds remaining in extra time.

Knocked out by lower league diddies \o/

Saturday 22nd August 2009: Wolves v Man Utd: Premiership: 4-0 loss

Remember how I said earlier that top class opposition would take advantage of our slackness at the back? Well this lot did, as we got a lesson in the art of football at the hands of Man Utd here.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy introduced himself to the class with a stunning volley after only two minutes; Carl Moody surged to the front of the class…erm box and rattled home his effort after an incredible 65 yard run to make it two after only eight minutes. The school bully (well he looks like one) Wayne Rooney headed home in 13minutes to make it 3-0 and end the game as a contest. The second half was a much tighter affair as we defended well against he bigger boys and were only breached once as Van Nistelrooy rattled home his second right before home time, erm……… full time.

1/10 must do better read the Wolves report card.

Wednesday 26th August 2009: Aston Villa v Wolves: Premiership: 3-1 loss

Another crushing defeat here at the hands of Aston Villa, I was starting to wonder if someone had given my strikers the day off as they were largely annonomyous during this game.

Mariano Pavone gave Villa the early lead in the 9th minute, Luciano Figueroa doubled their advantage twenty minutes later and minute after that like leading 2-0 wasn’t enough Damien Delaney decided to give them a helping hand as he headed past his own keeper.

Carlos Vela finally pulled one back for us with then minutes remaining.

Rubbish.

Sunday 6th August 2009: Everton v Wolves: Premiership: 2-1 loss

Wilfred Bouma started this match in fine fashion…… by getting himself sent off in the second minute for the most idiotic I have ever seen in my entire life. Still, credit to my lads as they battled on throughout the first half and managed to sneak the lead right on the stroke of half time through Fernando Cavenaghi. Everton came more into the game as the second half progressed as my ten men started to fell the strain. We couldn’t hold out till the end and Scott Brown scored in the 74th minute to pull Everton level in the match, things were to get much worse for us as Brown would strike again in the 83rd minute to secure all three points for the Toffee’s. I blame Bouma for this loss tbh.

Saturday 12th September 2009: Wolves v Tottenham: Premiership: 3-2 loss

Another loss /o\ this is getting really dire now.

Carlos Vela started us off with his 22nd minute strike; Spurs didn’t have to wait long before they found a way back into the game though as Robbie Keane struck in the 28th minute.

The second half was more of the same as both sides continued to press and make chances, we took the lead again through Fernando Cavenaghi in the 54th minute, sadly for us the lead lasted less than a minute as Craig Cross was on hand to equalize for Spurs.

My players looked like a shadow of themselves for the rest of the match and it was plain to anyone watching this match that there was only going to be one winner, the winning goal came from Stephen Appiah in the 76th minute.

Saturday 19th September 2009: Wolves v Middlesbrough: Premiership: 1-0 loss

Pretty crappy this one, both from a personal point of view and spectator point of view.

The only action of note in the entire match was Stewart Downing’s goal in the 26th minute.

Yes it really was that bad.

Saturday 26th September 2009: Wigan v Wolves: Premiership: 1-1 draw

The good news? Wolves end losing run!

The bad news? It was against Wigan a team we should have easily killed, furthermore, we needed a penalty to score.

Darren Ambrose was the scorer of said penalty in the 29th minute.

Steven Smith pulled Wigan level in the 53rd minute, only one team looked like winning this match and that was Wigan, but luckily for us the couldn’t take advantage of the chances that fell their way and we escaped with a point.

[steff]

I hate this fecking forum

Once again.....mod........fix pictures......big kiss in it for you etc

[ChefRobGaming]

Perry Moves Again

Rob Perry has walked out on Fulham in order to move back to the Premiership with Man City, In a Sky Sport exclusive Perry says the reason he quit was Al Fayed wouldnt back him in recent purchases of players and that he was told to cut the playing staff and reduce the wage bill.

He also said that Fayed would stick his nose in where it wasnt wanted and is glad he doesnt work for Fulham anymore, he also said he wished whoever took over from him the best of luck and hoped they would make it to the Premier League this season.

stay tuned to see how the journey pans out as Perry takes his first training session in a couple of days

[RedStar101]

well thats 4 clubs down Rob, another 112 english football league clubs to go until you have managed the lot, when you reach the 116th english club will you be moving on to the Scottish clubs?

[chef]

we should call you "Gypsy Rob" as the amount of house moves your doing is second to none

[ChefRobGaming]

hahaha Gypsy Rob

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - Pre season frenzy!!!!!

After a stable first season in the Premiership that saw Hepburn being put through the ringer and back, it was hoped by all that the coming season was going to be a lot smoother. Hepburn came back from his scouting mission full of life and energy and he brought with him a few players as the rebuilding at Forest was underway. Hepburn wanted and had to add to the quality of his squad as injuries to key players really disrupted their season last term. Here is who the gaffer managed to bring in:

Nik Besagno DC - £2.5 million from Norwich - He came to England with a great reputation and with the potential to be a great players so Hepburn has invested in this lad in the hope of adding much needed style, strength and class to the Forest defence.

Alexis Sanchez AML, ST - £3.5 million from Norwich - Another potential superstar. This lad has it all, speed, strength and clinical finishing. Hepburn was on the lookout for a top top striker and he may have found his man.

Phillip Bardsley DRC - £800k from Man Utd - A solid right back who can also play in the middle of defence. Nothing fancy with this lad just pure defence.

Rawaz Lawan ST - £2.5 million from Norwich - Another good buy from Hepburn who will add competition to the forwards and will push the rest all the way.

Ryan Smith AML, ST - Free Transfer - Has great pace and ability to dribble and cross. Will be challenging Modric from a starting position.

Kevin Larsen DL,AML - £1.4 million from Norwich - Afer Hepburn missed out on Loe Bing he turned his attentions to this lad who has great potential to become the regular left back in the Forest side this season.

So those were the additions to the squad and it was down to getting fit and ready for the new season. Here is how they got on in their pre season friendlies:

Celta (H) - 4-1 win

Frohnlach (A) - 1-0 win

Oberlausitz (A) - 3-0 win

Duisburg (A) - 1-0 win

Leicester (A) - 0-0

A great pre season for Forest and they are looking in great shape heading into the season opener against Tottenham.

[RedStar101]

Session Dates: 29th & 31st August 2006

Players In: 9

Joan Tomas AM C Free Agent Free

Tonino Sorrentino ST Newcastle £1.1m (Arrives 01/01/10)

Darren Pratley AM C Birmingham £650K (Arrives 01/01/10)

Velizar Dimitrov AM RLC/F C Cardiff £1m (Arrives 01/01/10)

Mattias Bjarsmyr D C Newcastle £850K (Arrives 01/01/10)

Andrew Howell D LC Bolton £1m (Arrives 01/01/10)

Sam Togwell D RC/DM/M R Crystal Palace £230K (Arrives 01/01/10)

Craig Gallagher GK Bolton £500K (Arrives 01/01/10)

Arto Lindberg AM RC FC Haka £150K

Results

Millwall 3 vs 0 Hull

Millwall Scorers: Cacapa (7), Liam Lawrence (20) & Arturo Lupoli (38)

Attendance: 16,482

MOM: Cacapa (Millwall)

Red Cards: Sam Sodje (Hull) (6)

Crap game to officially begin my Hull career, game was won for Millwall as soon as Sam Sodje got sent off in the sixth minute after being the last defender taking down a striker. Millwall finished off the match in the first half with their three goals. This shows I have a hard job ahead of me.

Hull 2 vs 0 Luton

Hull Scorers: Francis Jeffers (35), Ben Burgess (79)

Attendance: 24,506

MOM: Matt Grant (Hull)

Great win on my home debut and a great morale booster. Francis Jeffers second game out of the reserves scores the first goal in the 35th minute followed by a Ben Burgess goal in the 79th minute. Okay it was against a side 2 places above me but a win is a win.

Doncaster 0 vs 0 Hull

Attendance: 15,468

MOM: Paul Quinn (Doncaster)

Not really much to comment on with this match, it was evenly fought out battle.

3rd Round

Hull 0 vs 3 Chelsea

Chelsea Scorers: Sergey Kisliy (20) & Naea Bennett (69 & 86)

Attendance: 25,349

MOM: Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea)

Not unexpected since your talking about a team in a relegation battle in the championship facing the league champions. Hull didn’t really stand a chance although they did give Chelsea a good fight.

Hull 1 vs 0 Hartlepool

Hull Scorers: Francis Jeffers (79)

Attendance: 24,941

MOM: Iskander (Hartlepool)

Hull Injuries: Andy Dawson (74)

Hartlepool fans probably have the right to feel hard done by as they controlled most of the match but it wasn’t until an injury to Andy Dawson reduced Hull to 10 men woke the Hull side up and Francis Jeffers stepped up to score a wonderful goal in the 79th minute to give the 3 points to hull to lift them a few more places away from the relegation zone.

Bournemouth 0 vs 2 Hull

Hull Scorers: Joan Tomas (77) & Francis Jeffers (90)

Attendance: 8,102

MOM: Joan Tomas (Hull)

Great game for Joan Tomas, not only did he dominate the centre of midfield he scored his first goal for Hull and his performance earned him the man of the match award. Both goals came in the last 15 minutes and was well executed leaving Bournmouth no chance of a comeback.

Hull 0 vs 0 Brighton

Attendance: 24,647

MOM: Danny Higginbotham (Brighton)

Pretty boring match which was evenly contested with no real chances but a point is better than no points and Hull’s unbeaten run continues.

Hull 2 vs 0 Q.P.R

Hull Scorers: Dominic Shimmin own goal (17) & Francis Jeffers (47)

Attendance: 25,335

MOM: Steve Foster (Hull)

A rare win over Q.P.R for me and one of their players helped me win that match. The team played well against a strong Q.P.R side and Francis Jeffers put the icing on the cake with Hull’s second goal to take the three points.

Southampton 2 vs 0 Hull

Southampton Scorers: James Simmonds (9) & Riki (59)

Attendance: 15,878

MOM: Lars Martin Engedal (Southampton)

Red Cards: Martin Cranie (Southampton) (79)

Was always going to be a tough match to win and I wasn’t expecting to win as Southampton seem to have a strong line up. Goals in each half were enough to end Hull’s unbeaten run.

Hull 2 vs 2 Preston

Hull Scorers: Darryl Duffy (80) & Stuart Elliott (90)

Preston Scorers: Josh Clarke (26) & Karl Henry (86)

Attention: 23,989

MOM: Stuart Elliott (Hull)

A point against Preston for me is an achievement for me since its very difficult to get anything from them. Preston drew first blood early in the first half and led most of the match before Hull equalised in the 80th minute via a Darryl Duffy effort only to let Preston score again to restore their 1 goal lead before Stuart Elliott equalised for Hull again to end the match and earning Hull the draw and a man of the match award.

Coventry 2 vs 0 Hull

Coventry Scorer: Keith Southern (20 & 52)

Attendance: 25,295

MOM: Michael Mancienne (Coventry)

Hull Injury: James Kerr (45)

A very disappointing performance from my side, they were no match for the Coventry side and I am counting the days till January arrives and my new signings arrive to boost our survival hopes.

Hull 1 vs 1 Charlton

Hull Scorer: Stephen McPhee (74)

Charlton Scorer: Scott Kavanagh (28)

Attendance: 23,472

MOM: Martin Skrtel (Charlton)

Good fair result as both sides were evenly matched and Stephen McPhee scored a belter of a goal from outside the area to give Hull an important point.

Watford 1 vs 3 Hull

Watford Scorer: Ashley Young (2)

Hull Scorers: Stephen McPhee (4), Francis Jeffers (19) & John Welsh (77)

Attendance: 15,498

MOM: Joan Tomas (Hull)

Great win to put Hull to their highest league position this season. Ashley Young scored first for Hull after a lapse in concentration on the Hull defences part in the 2nd minute but Stephen McPhee immediately replied in the 4th minute to equalise. A Goal from Francis Jeffers and a rare goal from John Welsh was enough to seal the win over rock bottom club Watford.

Championship Position at end of sessions: 14th

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - Poor start to the season for Forest!!!

The season is underway and August has not proved a fruitful month in terms of wins for Nottingham Forest as they have only won one of their opening four games in the Premiership season. Its not as if they have been playing badly, the results have just not being going their way. Here is the latest from the City Ground........................

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham - (H) Sat 8th August 2009

A huge opening game for Forest as they took on Tottenham at the City Ground. It was a thriller but Forest came away with nothing. It was an open game with both sides attacking in numbers. Forest were ahead twice in the match. Firestly they opened the scoring through David Dunn and then Sanchez had them ahead for a second time. Right at the death a Javier Mascherano penalty gave Tottenham the points. An unlucky opening tot he season but Hepburn was impressed with his team's attacking play.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 3 Tottenham

Goals - Forest - Dunn (5), Sanchez (62)

Goals - Tottenham - Defoe (47), Keane (81), Mascherano (89)

Att - 30581

MOTM - Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Premiership

Wolves v Nottingham FOrest - (A) Sun 16th August 2009

Next up was a trip to newly promoted Wolves, managed by fellow scot Steff Browning and it was another poor defensive performance from the Forest defence. In a blistering opening Wolves found themselves 3-0 within half an hour and Hepburn was shell shocked at how easily they opened up his defence. At the other end the Wolves keeper was in inspired form as he denied Forest time and time again. Marlon Harewood gave Forest some hope with a goal to make it 3-1 but they were just unable to score with superman in goals. Wolves added a fourth in the second half and it was Browning who had the bragging rights come full time. Again in an attacking sense Forest were creating chances but their defence much like last season don't seem to be able to defend.

Final Score - Wolves 4 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Wolves - Petrov (12), Vela (25,31), Cavenaghi (63)

Goals - Forest - Harewood (35)

Att - 29371

MOTM - Stillian Petrov (Wolves)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Wigan - (H) Wed 19th August 2009

At last Hepburn's Forest finally get off the mark after two good performances and no points. They strolled to victory here and kept a clean sheet at the same time that pleased Hepburn. A goal in either half from Hepburn's new striking partnership saw them ease to their first three points of the season. Rawaz Lawan got the first goal and Alexis Sanchez got the second goal. Impressive, solid performance from Forest here and lets hope they can get their season going now.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 0 Wigan

Goals - Forest - Lawan (26), Sanchez (62)

Att - 30011

MOTM - Alexis Sanchez (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Portsmouth v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 22nd August 2009

Forest should have had this game wrapped up after forty five minutes as they created more than enough for it to be game over. Instead they had to wait till the second half to open the scoring through Alan Hutton and then paid the price for poor finishing as Kutusov equalised with fifteen minutes left to sneak a point for Pompey. Hepburn was not happy with his team's inability to score goals and defend them!!!!!

Final Score - Portsmouth 1 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Portsmouth - Kutuzov (75)

Goals - Forest - Hutton (51)

Att - 19658

MOTM - Alexis Sanchez (Nottingham Forest)

It's not been the best start to the new season for Nottingham Forest but results started to pick up towards the end of the month but the attacking play has been great apart from the difficulty of putting the ball in the back of the net on a regualr basis. We move into September and Hepburn is hoping to kickstart Forest's season.

[Andy H]

The Forest Frenzy - Same old, Same old from Forest!!!!!

It seems to be another season but the same problems are still there for Nottingham Forest. This problem like last season is consistency. They seem unable to string a run of results together to push up the table and then consolidate that position. Here is the latest from the City ground as we head into September.......................

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff - (H) Sat 5th September 2009

Forest started September with a loss at the hands of Cardiff. Again the performance was good but they could not turn their chances into goals to get the result they were after. An early Vagner Love goal turned out to be the winner for Cardiff and Forest slipped further down the table. This season is already starting to slip away for Forest unless they start getting wins on the board.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 0 v 1 Cardiff

Goals - Cardiff - Love (6)

Att - 30580

MOTM - Sidney Govou (Cardiff)

Premiership

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 12th September 2009

A game best forgotten by everyone involved with Nottingham Forest. They were just terrible and the last place you want to be terrible is Stamford Bridge. Chelsea were rampant and Forest just crumbled to an absolutely shocking defeat. Hepburn was fuming and promised big changes ahead of their Carling Cup tie as this was no where near what he expected from his team.

Final Score - Chelsea 5 v 0 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Chelsea - Wright-Phillips (13), Drogba (17,28,29), Pazzini (pen,81)

Att - 42504

MOTM - Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

Peterborough v Nottingham Forest - (A) Wed 16th September 2009

Hepburn rung the changes as he tried to get his Forest team playing winning football and producing the right results. Unfortunately for Peterborough, Forest took all their anger out on them as Forest were rampant and fired six past hapless Peterborough. Dunn got them off to a great start with a penalty after only two minutes. Further first half goals from Ryan Smith and a Sanchez double saw Forest go in at half time 4-0 up and cruising. Hepburn wanted more from his players and they went out in the second half and scored two more from James Harper and Phillip Bardsley to wrap up the match and put the icing on the cake. Hepburn was still not happy as they eased off the gas a little and saw out the rest of the half. Lets hope Forest can build on this lead and start winning games in the Premiership.

Final Score - Peterborough 0 v 6 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Forest - Dunn (pen,2), Smith (18), Sanchez (12,70), Harper (48), Bardsley (51)

Att - 7766

MOTM - Alexis Sanchez (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace - (H) Sun 20th September 2009

Forest went into this game with a bit more confidence having thrashed Peterborough in the Carling Cup. They were up against Crystal Palace minus Paul Rouch who left the club last season. They were not the same side without him although they did take the lead in the first half but Forest were pressing and pressing but the old turning chances into goals was creeping back into Forest's play. That changed in the seocnd half as two goals within three minutes from Marlon Harewood saw Forest go ahead. they managed to hold onto that lead and secure a much needed three points.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Crystal Palace

Goals - Forest - Harewood (50,53)

Goals - Palace - Olivera (17)

Att - 30576

MOTM - Marlon Harewood (Nottingham Forest)

Premiership

Man City v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 26th September 2009

Forest ended the month with another win and a hard fought win at that against a stubborn Man City side. It was tight with few chances but luckily for Forest they managed to get a penalty in the second half, that Harewood converted and they held on for another three point much to the delight of Hepburn. Could Forest's season be picking up at last???

Final Score - Man City 0 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Goals - Forest - Harewood (pen,58)

Att - 47978

MOTM - Nik Besagno (Nottingham Forest)

A great win to end the month for Forest and they are starting to play well and get the results that Hepburn has been looking for right from the start but they are starting to come good at last. Forest head into October with a bit more confidence and look to climb that table even more.

[ChefRobGaming]

Premiership

Aston Villa 5 Man City 3

Big game for Man City this one, they badly need results to turn around or its Championship football for them next season, Villa opened the scoring after only 3mins and City fans probably thought oh here we go again. Ireland made it 1-1 right on half time.Figueroa made it 2-1 to Villa right after the restart and then Gonzalez would recieve a red card for a terrible challenge on Gama on 56mins, Figueroa would then complete his hatrick and City fans started to leave they had seen enough, Carew added another for City on 70mins and it looked as if they may pull back into this one until 79mins when keene scored a cracker from 40yards to make it 4-2. Carew added his 2nd on 83mins and the crowd where cheering like mad as it looked like they could pull this one back yet again but Gama scored on 87mins to kill off City for the final time.

Attendance 42552

MOM Luciano Figueroa 10 (Aston Villa)

Premiership

Man City 2 Tottenham 0

Man City where looking for there first win under new manager Perry at Tottenhams expense and it didnt take long for City to take the lead right from the kick off Barton scored with 1 minute on the clock, this was a very tight game and no more goals until injury time when Bradley pounced on a loose ball and slotted it past a outcoming Paul Robinson to seal the win for City.

Attendance 47976

MOM Ronald Gercalin 9 (Man City)

Premiership

Wolves 1 Man City 2

Newly promoted Wolves with Steff Browning at the helm mustve felt sick after this one Carew gave City the lead after 22mins and then Ambrose got Wolves back into in on 37mins before substitute Aruna seal the win for City on 87mins with a cracking goal and it keeps the fans hope that Premiership football with be at the Manchester Stadium next season as City now climb out of the bottom three.

Attendance 29361

MOM Serge Gakpe 9 (Man City)

Premiership

Man City 2 Wigan Ath 3

Man City looking to build on the win at Wolves come out firing from everywhere and Wigan must've wondered what the hell was going on but after just 3mins Pennant gave Wigan the lead and City looked deflated he would then pounce and score his second on 10mins and City looked down and out.Bradley made it 2-1 on 21mins and then 3mins later Gonzalez added a second to pull City level.Baloy would have the last laugh though after running the City defenders ragged he would score from the spot on 77mins to give Wigan the 3points.

Attendance 44580

MOM Kerzhakov 8 (Wigan)

Carling Cup 4th Round

Man City 4 Burnley 1

If there is one trophy Man City wouldnt mind winning its this one and they took a step further to the final with a demolition job on Burnley in this one, Gakpe got City off and running with his first goal on 43mins he then added a second on 49mins, Carew added the third on 56mins and again on 58mins. Weir scored a consilation for Burnley from the spot on 77mins.

Attendance 42336

MOM Luis Boa Morte 9 (Man City)

Premiership

Portsmouth 1 Man City 1

Hardly what you would call a classic this one infact it was crap Lua Lua opened the scoring on 7mins and then Carew added one for City on 48mins and that was that.

Attendance 31771

MOM Cristian Nasuti 8 (Man City)

Premiership

Man City 4 Cardiff City 1

This one was a massive game for Perry as Cardiff where his first employers and he did very well getting them into the Premiership, Gordon Strachan took over from him and made a few changes Perry came in looking to top his old mates and did just that in style Bradley opened after 18mins, Carew scored on 32mins to make it 2-0 to City, he then added a second on 64mins, Amaral the striker Perry signed from Brazil while at Cardiff scored on 67mins but it wasnt enough as N'Zogbia scored again a minute late to make it 4-1. Cardiff fans where heard cheering Perry's name at the end of this one after a fantastic display.

Attendance 47960

MOM John Carew 10 (Man City)

Premiership

Chelsea 3 Man City 0

The money men of the Premiership showed just why they are flying high this season Pazzini opened on 8mins Drogba then added two his first on 63mins and his second 5mins later to give Chelsea 3 easy points.

Attendance 42496

MOM Didier Drogba 9 (Chelsea)

Carling Cup Quarter Final

Cardiff City 1 Man City 2

If this one was to be anything like the previous game Cardiff would have to improve and improve they did Govou opened the scoring after 32mins but couldnt add to that scoreline and Samaras equalised on 58mins, no more goals in this one so extra time would be played Samaras pounced on a terrible clearance by Arenas on 106mins and slotted past the outrushing keeper to give City the lead and in the end the win as they move onto the semi final.

Attendance 29973

MOM Georgios Samaras 9 (Man City)

So now a bad session in the end can Man City go all the way to the Carling Cup Final ??? Stay tuned to find out..........

[ChefRobGaming]

Mr Hepburn your new banner

[Andy H]

Hepburn sacked!!!!!!!!

In sensational news from the City Ground in has emerged that Andrew Hepburn has been sacked with immediate effect following poor performances on the pitch this season and his constant applying for jobs elsewhere. Hepburn was said to be quite shocked at the sacking but admitted his team had not been performing to a consistent level on the pitch this season. He also commented that he did feel a little let down by the boards reluctunce to let Hepburn try to better himself at a bigger club than Nottingham Forest.

Hepburn had led the club to two successive promotions and they were back into the Premiership for the first time in years where they finished in a respectable 9th position in their first season back in the Premiership. Their form has been poor this season but Hepburn looked as if he was turning things around until the body blow from the board. It is also alleged the fans turned on him after news was leaked that he was after the Crystal Palace job and also the Everton job, none of which he eventually got anyway.

It remains to be seen what Hepburn does after this blow. Reports suggest he will take a break and then put himself in the running for a job in either Scotland or England. More news on this sensational story as we get it.

[ChefRobGaming]

Premiership

Man City 3 Crystal Palace 1

Crystal Palace where no match for Man City in this one, Bradley Wright Phillips opened the scoring on 18mins and looks as good if not better than his brother at Chelsea. Kallstrom got Palace a glimmer of hope right on half time when he made it 1-1 but the 2nd half was the Charles N'Zogbia show with 2 wonderful struck goals his first on 55mins slotted past the out coming keeper and his 2nd on 77mins headed in from a corner.

Attendance 47680

MOM Charles N'Zogbia 9 (Man City)

Premiership

Middlesbrough 2 Man City 4

Man City's good form continues with this good win away to Boro, Carew opened the scoring after only 2mins and Boa Morte added the 2nd right on half time, looking comfortable Perry decided to change things around and give a few of the new players a chance so he went to a 442 and Boro seized oppotunity to sneak back into it Yakubu scored for Boro on 85mins and then Novak pulled them level on 87mins and Man City fans must've wondered what was going on but on 91mins Carew put City back in the lead 3-2. Fans where calling for the full time whistle after 5mins of injury time and Carew slotted another home on 94mins after the Boro keeper was spotted off his line.

Attendance 35012

MOM John Carew 9 (Man City)

Premiership

Man City 1 Liverpool 2

Mark Gonzalez played well in this one he opened the scoring on 32mins and then he got a 2nd on 45mins, Gakpe pulled one back for City on 51mins but they were never going to get the point as Liverpool shut them down everytime they even came close.

Attendance 47938

MOM Mark Gonzalez 9 (Liverpool)

Transfers In

Steven Naismith Striker from Southampton 500k

Johannes Djourou Dc/Dmc from Cardiff City 1.8m

Marcelo Boeck Gk from Internacional 2.8m

Pascal Chimbonda Dr from Wigan 1.2m

Lee Ho Dmc from Busan 850k

Kevin Schoneberg Dc from Mainz 475k

Bruno Simao Dl from Bristol City 55k

Kevin Vandenbergh Striker from Wolfsburg 5m

Michele Troiano Dmc from Rangers 650k

Nicola Legrottaglie Sw/Dc from Cardiff City Exchange

Bjarne K Ingebretsen Amlc/Fc from Cardiff City Exchange

Freddy Eastwood Fc from Cardiff City Exchange

Milan Ivana Striker from Cardiff City Exchange

Alberto Cerrajero Dc/Dmc from Cardiff City Exchange

Transfers Out

Ronald Gercalin Dl to Schalke 1.7m

Samuel Barlay Am/Fc to Trabzonspor 3m

Chris Bradley Mr/Mc to Cardiff 150k and 5 players

Georgios Samaras Aml/Striker to Fenerbahce 3.5m

Lasse Qvist Striker to Toulouse 3.5m

Andres Felipe Gonzalez Dc to Fenerbahce 1.9m

James Hall Gk to Aston Villa 1.2m

Guy Demel Dmc to Rapid Wein 1m

Lee Croft Amrc to Southampton 2.1m

Willo Flood Mr/Mc to Birmingham City 2m

Fa Cup 3rd Round

Man City 1 Brighton 0

Man City where easy favourites for this one but Brighton really played well Carew scored the only goal of the game on 15mins after Dan Dean was sent off for a wreckless challenge and then Mark Phillips would see red for Bright on the half hour but Man City couldnt take advantage of the 2 extra men and went home with just a 1-0 win but thats enough to see them onto the next round.

Attendance 42094

MOM Kevin Schoneberg 8 (Man City)

Carling Cup Semi Final 1st Leg

Aston Villa 2 Man City 0

Aston Villa looked up for this one having most of the ball in the first half Barretto opened for Villa 1min after the restart and then Aissati sealed the win on 81mins and that gives Aston Villa a very good chance of going onto the final as City slip up.

Attendance 42540

MOM Ismael Aissati 8 (Aston Villa)

Premiership

Man City 2 West Brom 2

West Brom came out firing scoring after only 5mins Nathan Ellington cracking it home then Gakpe then made it 1-1 on 22mins, West Brom then took the lead again on 47mins before Chimbonda popped up again on 73mins for a share of the points.

Attendance 45413

MOM Tomasz Kuszczak 8 (West Brom)

Stay tuned to see how City do in the next session

[steff]

Wolves steady form continues, European place possibly?

Monday 12th October 2009: Wolves v Portsmouth: Premiership: 1-1 draw

The first half of this one was a pretty dull affair with neither side creating many chances and no notable incidents. The second half was sparked to life two minutes after the restart when Ikechukwo Kalu fired the home side into the lead with a well placed shot from the edge of the area following a Darren Ambrose corner kick. Portsmouth went in search of the equalizer and got their reward in the 68th minute through Lomana LuaLua; let’s hope he didn’t break his ankle with his celebration this time eh?

Sunday 18th October 2009: Cardiff v Wolves: Premiership: 1-1 draw

Another lackluster first half from Wolves and Cardiff seemed to be content to sit back and let us make an arse of things. The second half was a different kettle of fish as we seemed to up the tempo and Darren Ambrose gave us the lead in the 55th minute. Our lead was to be short lived though as ex Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle diddy Michael Owen headed home to level the game.

Sunday 24th October 2009: Wolves v Chelsea: Premiership: 1-0 win

Backs to the wall?

Desperate defending?

Up against it from start to finish?

Hit the long ball and hope for the best?

The above can only mean one thing, Chelsea were in town and it was going to be a long afternoon for my lads.

The first half was all Chelsea, as wave after wave of attack came at Anderson in the Wolves goal, but my some miracle and perhaps the grace of god, we managed to go in 0-0 at the half time interval.

The second half was more of the same, Chelsea continuing to press forward as they looked to put Wolves to bed once and for all, but after yet another Chelsea foray forward in the 72nd minute the long clearance landed at the feet of Fernando Cavenaghi and he was able to race clear of the Chelsea defenders to slot the ball home, this goal would provide us with a shock victory over the spending power of big Roman \o/.

Sunday 1st November 2009: Crystal Palace v Wolves: Premiership: 3-0 win

We got off to a good start in this one as Carlos Vela gave us any early lead in the 7th minute, we kept up sustained pressure on the very fragile looking Palace defence got our reward through Fernando Cavenaghi in the 37th minute. The second half was more of the same and we finally broke the Palace defence in the 54th minute and it Cavenaghi again who stuck the fatal blow.

Saturday 14th November 2009: Wolves v Man City: Premiership: 2-1 loss

Man City fired up by the recent arrival of Rob Perry took control of this match from start to finish, They took the lead in the 22nd minute from that big Norwegian mercenary John Carew (I remember the days when he was actually good, instead of just bumming a wage from Perry!), Darren Ambrose pulled my lot level in the 37th minute and that remained the score when Mr. Bennett blew for half time. The halftime score was an injustice to Man City as they created far more chances than my misfits, the second half was more of the same as Man City battered away at our goal, they finally got the breakthrough their play deserved in the 80th minute through Aruna, and that as they say, was that.

Saturday 21st November 2009: Liverpool v Wolves: Premiership: 2-1 loss

A visit to Anfield is never fun and this was no different, Hatem Ben Arfa gave Liverpool the lead in the 17th minute and they looked strong until we countered them on the break a minute before half time as Carlos Vela broke Liverpool’s offside trap and rounded the keeper to level the game. The second half was a more balanced affair and it looked to be heading for a draw until Milan Baros stuck in the 70th minute to secure the points for Liverpool.

Saturday 28th November 2009: Wolves v Arsenal: Premiership: 1-0 win

As with Chelsea, Arsenal battered us from start to finish in this one and again by some miracle we managed to make it to half time all square. The second half was more of the same but as with Chelsea, Arsenal could not take advantage of their chances and we managed to hit them on the break in the 71st minute, as Carlos Vela broke free and rattled home against his former club \o/

Sunday 6th December 2009: West Brom v Wolves: Premiership: 1-0 win

Another very dull match for the bold Wolves as both times stifled each others play and that game was again broken by a single goal, this time curtsey of Fernando Cavenaghi in the 41st minute.

Saturday 12th December 2009: Wolves v Bolton : Premiership: 2-0 win

Finally! A game were we scrambled more than a single goal.

We started quickly out of the blocks in this one, as we attacked Bolton from the off and we set about putting the game out of their reach before half time, Fernando Cavenaghi showed up the way as he opened the scoring in the 17th minute, Carlos Vela doubled the advantage in the 39th minute and Bolton were already looking a beaten team.

The second half was less frantic as we dropped the pace but at the end of the day we where still too strong for Bolton.

Saturday 19th December 2009: Ipswich v Wolves: Premiership: 3-1 loss

Utterly beaten from start to finish in this one.

Dean Bowditch opened the scoring for Ipswich in the 26th minute; Felix Katongo made our day go from bad to terrible two minutes later as he rattled in Ipswich’s second. The second half was more of the same as Ipswich sought to beat us to death, and their 3rd came in the 58th minute through Bryan Hughes. We managed to pull a consolation goal back in the 74th minute, but that was the sum total of our efforts.

Saturday 26th December 2009: Wolves v West Ham: Premiership: 3-1 win

Finally back to comfortable ways as we buried West Ham was relative ease, Fernando Cavenaghi sent us on our way in the delicate header in the 14th minute, Garry O’Connor added to the lead in the 25th minute. The second half saw us finish the Hammers off as O’Connor struck again the 59th minute to grab his second of the game. Mark Noble pulled one back for West Ham in the 67th minute.

Tuesday 29th December 2009: Wolves v Newcastle: Premiership: 1-0 win

Another half assed performance from my lot here, things all started so well when we took an 8th minute lead from Garry O’Connor. The nothing, we sat back and let Newcastle come at us for the rest of the match, and god only knows how the hell they didn’t score with the amount of chances they created.

Saturday 2nd January 2010: Wolves v Oxford: FA Cup 3rd Round: 3-1 win

Lower league scum Oxford where no match for us in this one, even though we may have been guilty of taking things a little easy.

Garry O’Connor scored the opener in the 19th minute, scoring for the third game on the trot. Mimoun Azagough made it 2-0 in the 21st minute, Darren Ambrose added a third in the 33rd minute, it was at this point we took the foot off the gas and sat back waiting for the 4th round draw, Oxford managed to pull one back in the 79th minute through Tuomas Haapala but our place in the next round was never in danger.

Sunday 10th January 2010: Wolves v Aston Villa: Premiership: 1-0 win

Another struggle for my lot here, chances created chances missed; we finally managed to take one in the 44th minute as Marco Bertolina opened the scoring in the 44th minute.

Second half was more of the same, we created, we missed, they created they missed, Gareth Barry also got himself sent off with two minutes to go.

[rouchie]

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Sunday 1st November 2009: Crystal Palace v Wolves: Premiership: 3-0 win

We got off to a good start in this one as Carlos Vela gave us any early lead in the 7th minute, we kept up sustained pressure on the very fragile looking Palace defence got our reward through Fernando Cavenaghi in the 37th minute. The second half was more of the same and we finally broke the Palace defence in the 54th minute and it Cavenaghi again who stuck the fatal blow.

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