28 Jun 2024 10:27:03
Yesterday marked a sad day for me. I had to throw away my quilted and hooded Forest coat which has seen me through many cold and wet winters. It had to be done, stitching had gone, stuffing coming out and zip bust. But it became my lucky coat, we didn't lose many when I wore it.
I will get a replacement but does anybody else have a good luck (and entirely superstitious and illogical ) item of clothing they were on match days? ?
( i'm dreading Stella's reply. ???)
28 Jun 2024 11:35:25
Red Adidas underpants and red xmas socks, with xmas trees on.
28 Jun 2024 13:46:58
Good shout Scouse mate!
28 Jun 2024 14:27:20
If we never lost when you wore it stokey, it should look like new. ??.
28 Jun 2024 14:42:57
I've got a black puffer coat aswell had it for several years now. It's my fave winter coat, although not a huge thick heavy coat it keeps me very warm. Leaks slightly in heavy rain but still going to wear it every winter for as long as I can.
28 Jun 2024 15:26:32
Should have took it to the report shop Stokie!
Been like new!
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CARLO.
28 Jun 2024 15:44:06
My first Forest shirt was in 1968 aged 9 with the coat of arms on it.
I wear a much larger shirt now but it's still the same badge. Very faded as it's 56 years old but it's priceless to me.
28 Jun 2024 17:45:19
Opposite to you stokey I thought I had a good luck item but for 10 year it seemed to bring me a lot of misery and bad luck so 11 years ago I got rid of the bloody thing I got a replacement from the pub and for the last 11 years I've been lucky happy especially on football days my beers always topped up for game I'm always left in piece and we're in the premier League my Mrs ?.
28 Jun 2024 17:48:05
All that tells me Gazzi is your a old chunky baldy ?.
28 Jun 2024 17:58:51
Clough mate that reminds me of the old Police overcoats that were allegedly water resistant ( cunningly not water proof) but used to absorb the rain like a giant sponge. By the end of a few hours traffic duty when it was wet you would weigh about 10 lbs heavier than when you started……
Gazzi, one of my Uncles was a chap called Bob Winson. He was on Forests books but never made the first team, then got injured and became a car salesman, long since passed away. He came to our house one evening when I was 9 and brought with him the square City coat of arms badge like yours ( and an autograph book where he’d kindly got the first team squad, Grummitt, Hindley, Winfield etc). Still got it.
My Mum sewed the badge onto a red football shirt ( plus a red stripe down the side of a white pair of shorts, bought me some red football socks. There’s a black and white photo of me proudly wearing the full Forest kit in the back garden.
The shirt is now faded to pink but the badge is still clear enough to see the motto “Vivat Post Funera Virtus” or Virtue Lives on after Death. ”.
28 Jun 2024 18:39:47
I could still do a few laps around your recliner Stellaboy.
28 Jun 2024 20:28:15
Stokey, my mum ( bless her ) sewed a no9 on my shirt. ( none of this buy it in the club shop back then).
She wanted me to be Ian Storey-Moore because 11 would have been easier.
The 9 had more straight edges than curves. I loved it though.
28 Jun 2024 22:04:14
Gazzi - I think that even I could beat Skegs in a footrace,
29 Jun 2024 07:49:09
Nice one Legless.
29 Jun 2024 10:08:15
Gazzi, it sounds as though we were and are blessed with the best of Mums mate! ??.