27 Apr 2024 06:59:52
It's been a while but I'm out of hibernation.
New username (you know the drill)
Can anyone remember the 1978 world cup in Argentina? The passion and the colourful support of the fans I was amazed by it.
I have always dreamt of such an atmosphere at the City Ground but I never expect it to happen.
Well it did and wasn't it awesome.
No matter what happens at the end of this season they can't take that away.
And I'll never forget it.

1.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 07:34:09
Yes I do mate it was my first World Cup where I could understand what was going on, I supported Scotland as I had heard of dalgliesh, gem mill etc, I remember them doing Holland but also the shock of them losing to Peru, the big thing at the time for me as a child was the excitement of collecting panini stickers and trying to fill an album, all the kids on our street were doing it, great times growing up in Eastwood.

2.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 07:56:49
I was just starting to understand football too, and the World Cup was like a wonderful awakening. however I heard that Scottish World Cup song so many times, I honestly thought they only had go over and pick the bloody thing up and come home again!
82 World Cup was amazing too. my first "Awakening" to the fairer sex. my first girlfriend, over 40 years later, and I still think of her from time to time, she was a combination of Steffi Graff, and Jennifer Anniston. (You get the picture) couldn't believe my luck.
Wonderful times, wish I could just go back there for one day. ?.

3.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 08:45:46
Does anyone remember Peter Shilton riding around in helicopters opening Barrats housing estates, he did one in Eastwood (woodland way estate) we all rode up there on our bikes and waited for shilts to land Proper excitement that in them days! As I understand it he was abit of a character off the field, women and liked a flutter?

4.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 10:04:21
Lived on Chewton st all my life till I moved to Woodland way they were crap house's so moved back to Philip Avenue in a house I played on when it was being built now down in Fox Land and everyone is smiling around me say enjoy your games with Direby next season Ha well what goes round comes around ???.

5.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 10:35:14
The good old days Friday dinner finished work for week wages in cash in a brown packet so you could go straight into town ?.

6.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 12:33:15
It was great having a wad of cash in your hand at the end of the week, pay me board to me Mam, rest mine. No bills other than booze, fags and of course Nottingham Forest, know I don't even get a paper pay slip, it's sent to me phone ?.

7.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 14:23:25
You'd be lost if you lost ya phone forgot me wallet the other day luckily had friends who bought me a orange juice felt a tw## especially when a young un said to me I needed to get everything on my phone ya don't forget that felt like clipping his ear.

8.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 14:51:41
??? jester.

9.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 19:18:35
It’s good to reminisce! I love thinking about the old days. It was only last week I posted about how our badge brings emotional feelings to me when I look at it. Great days all those years ago. Used to live for football. School got in the way, but even there you could play 3 times a day! Never had much money as a family, my mum and step dad both worked in a factory ( now Hooters ?) but I had a really happy childhood and felt very lucky. My grandad brought me the yellow away top for my tenth birthday, and it was, and still is, the greatest gift I’ve ever received! I would just look at it on wonder! Sorry for the ramble! All I can say is, no matter what, the PL, Mr M, VAR or anyone else can take that away from me, and all others who feel the same! You can’t buy these feelings!

10.) 28 Apr 2024
28 Apr 2024 08:36:10
Enjoyed the replies fellow Reds. Some special memories relived.
I’ve so many myself but the City Ground atmosphere over the previous few seasons really was magic.
Hope we can get it back ?
Starting today.
You Reds.