1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast

It's the return of the Friday 5, presented this week by George Edwards, joined by Tom Newton and Ellie Molloson. As usual, Jamie Martin brings us the top five stories coming out of the City Ground this week: 1 ⁠Forest await news of FFP sanctions next week 2 Can the Reds do it on a cold Wednesday night in Blackpool? 3 New signing as Jamie Newton joins Forest's B Team 4 Harry Toffolo talks about his...

In this podcast extra, we are taking the time to think about some of the worst players ever to wear the Garibaldi Red. Tom Newton is your MC, along with Steven Toplis, George Edwards and Rich Ferraro (along with Producer Romeo), as each panel member selects a "Worst Forest XI". Who would you choose? We'll be back before the end of the week with our "Friday Five" show, outlining the top Forest news...

Hmm. After the high of the victories over Newcastle and Man Utd, Forest were almost brought crashing down to earth when they fell two goals down at home to League One Blackpool in the first half an hour, with ex-Red Jordan Gabriel scoring the first (and refusing to celebrate). Fortunately Nico Dominguez headed home to make it 1-2 before half-time, and Morgan Gibbs-White's rocket in the second half...

Happy New Year to all of our listeners. It's the return of the Friday 5, presented by Rich Ferraro with Tom Newton and the Maradona of the Midlands. As usual, Jamie Martin brings us the top five stories coming out of the City Ground this week: ⁠FFP: are Forest in danger of a points deduction? Nino not interested in moving to Forest Jonjo ⁠⁠Shelvey is not a Reds player! Forest beat ⁠⁠Man Utd ⁠⁠AFCO...

The Reds recorded their first win over Manchester United in many a year, with goals from Nico Dominguez and Morgan Gibbs-White sandwiching Marcus Rashford's effort (following a goalkeeping ricket from Matt Turner). Rich Ferraro is joined by Baz and Jeremy Davies to discuss Nuno's game plan with two number 10s, the benefits of counter-attacking and the fate of our hapless goalkeeper. We are joined...

It's the "Friday Five"! Each week, 1865 brings you a round up of the five top stories coming from the City Ground over the last few days. Our newshound Jamie Martin has the latest roundup, and Rich Ferraro is joined by The Maradona of the Midlands to discuss: 1 Nuno's first win 2 Forest complain to PGMOL about Rob Jones vs Bournemouth 3 Joe Worrall returns to the Forest squad 4 Ibrahim Sangare is...

It was a wonderful Christmas present for Reds fans as Chris Wood's hat-trick gave the Reds all the points against the striker's former club. Nuno Espirito Santo made a number of changes to his team but targeted pace down the wings and got a deserved win as a result. Rich Ferraro is joined by George Edwards to discuss the view from the away end and a happy, if long, day for the Forest fans. We get...

The headlines for Nuno's first game were dominated by the referee, who dropped an enormous clanger by sending off Willy Boly and then compounded it (alongside VAR) by not giving anything when Adam Smith handled the ball whilst in the area. Unfortunately the upshot is that, like last year, Forest gave up the lead at home to Bournemouth and ended up on the losing team. Steven Toplis hosts the discus...

It's the "Friday Five"! Each week, 1865 brings you a round up of the five top stories coming from the City Ground over the last few days. Our newshound Jamie Martin has the latest roundup, and Rich Ferraro is joined by Adam and The Maradona of the Midlands to discuss: Steve Cooper is sacked Nuno Espirito Santo is the new Nottingham Forest Head Coach The Forest coaching staff are refreshed Evangelo...

For our 25th podcast this season, we reflect upon the tenure of Steve Cooper, who was today sacked as Head Coach of Nottingham Forest. We discuss the highs of his time in charge, and why we loved him; we also think about the reasons why results have declined and what might have gone wrong. With Nuno Espirito Santo expected to be confirmed as the new Forest Manager, we talk about the potential reas...

Despite a creditable performance, it was another home defeat for the Reds as they lacked quality in both boxes. Richarlison scored in first half stoppage time before Dejan Kulusevski embarrassed Matt Turner to double the lead. Yves Bissouma's red card could have offered Forest a lifeline, but Harry Toffolo and Neco Williams were unfortunate to be denied by visiting keeper Vicario. Rich Ferraro is...

It's a new show! Each week, 1865 brings you the "Friday Five", a round up of the top stories coming from the City Ground over the last few days. We welcome our newshound Jamie Martin to the podcast with the latest roundup, and Rich Ferraro is joined by Tom Newton and George Edwards to discuss: Steve Cooper stays (for the time being, at least) Evangelos Marinakis resigns (from the Greek Super Leagu...

Steve Cooper went for seven first team changes to stop the rot, and to an extent it worked as the Reds showed a better level of performance and effort to gain a point - and it could have been three as Harry Toffolo should have added to his first-half header which would surely have seen Forest get the win. Steven Toplis is joined by Tom Newton to discuss a game which saw Cooper go back to basics, w...

It was nothing short of a disaster at Craven Cottage, as Forest produced arguably the worst performance of Steve Cooper's tenure, leaving the Head Coach looking nervously over his shoulder. Two goals each from Alex Iwobi and the Ghost of Raul Jimenez, plus a closer from Forest-supporting Tom Cairney, frankly embarrassed the Reds on a night with no redeeming features. George Edwards and Steven Topl...

Losing one home match feels unlucky, losing two in a row feels like something else. The Reds were deservedly defeated in a game where the first goal was clearly going to be important, and after the referee and VAR didn't spot a clear penalty on Ryan Yates, Dwight McNeil made the breakthrough. Rich Ferraro is joined by Maradona of the Midlands and Adam to discuss a day when nothing really worked fo...

Forest suffered a rare home defeat, but in reality Brighton were the better team. Had it not been for a penalty and an, ahem, interesting red card for visiting skipper Lewis Dunk, the Reds would probably have been dead and buried. As it is, they will rue missed chances, with both Morgan Gibbs-White and Ryan Yates wishing they had done better. Steven and Baz discuss the game, the team selection and...

November's Forest Ramble discussion is here! This month, Rich Ferraro is joined by Baz, Tom and Steven to cover:  Everton receive a points deduction; what does this mean for the Premier League? Steve Cooper’s game plan - is the Reds’ success contingent upon listening to the gaffer? What will success look like for Forest this season? As usual, we will also hear the opinions of you, the listeners, w...

West Ham topped and tailed this game with soft goals which gave the hosts all three points. Inbetween, Taiwo Awoniyi and Antony Elanga had equalised, then put the Reds in front, before individual mistakes put the Hammers in control and left Steve Cooper desperately frustrated. Rich is joined by George who is fresh back from the London Stadium, to discuss the match, the atmosphere and game manageme...

It was back to winning ways for Steve Cooper's Reds as goals from Ola Aina and Orel Mangala led to a welcome three points after what felt like a long time without a victory. The Head Coach and his players got most things right on the day, and although Villa probably weren't at their best, a combination of team and fans kept them at bay. Steven Toplis and Ellie Molloson discuss the game, the early...

The sporting weekend was overshadowed by the sudden and tragic death of Panthers forward Adam Johnson, and all of us here at 1865 send our condolences to Adam's nearest and dearest. On the pitch, Forest were very much second best and were never in danger of getting their first win at Anfield since 1969. It started badly when Steve Cooper confirmed that Chris Wood would be injured for a few weeks,...

It was a disppointing outcome following a promising performance. The headlines will show that Chris Wood scored two goals before two late efforts from Luton saw them take a share of the spoils. However, Forest had enough chances to put the match to bed before then, and the fans will feel that a combination of individual mistakes and poor substitutions cost them the win. Steven is joined by Adam to...

It's another episode of 1865, in which Rich is joined by Adam, George and Tom to review progress on and off the pitch since the last international break. On the agenda: Forest's league position and evolution of the playing style New players and a new look squad What we can expect from the next few games All this and more, plus we have a news roundup from Callum Castel, we hear your opinions, play...

It ended up honours even in a game that was last on Match of the Day, but Forest will be a bit disappointed not to have taken all three points after creating the better chances. Harry Toffolo had an effort from distance, before Morgan Gibbs-White hit the post, and Murillo almost scored a memorable goal with a mazy dribble and shot that was saved by the keeper. In the second half, Gonzalo Montiel w...

The headlines will show that ten man Forest came back to rescue a point, but really the Reds were the better team in the first thirty minutes and should have capitalised. As it was, after Moussa Niakhate's red card, the Bees took the lead with a soft goal - both the Forest defence and Matt Turner should have done better. Luckily, Brentford keeper Flekken had his own moment just a few minutes later...

After ten minutes it looked like this was going the way of last season's match at the Etihad; in fact when Forest conceded the first goal they hadn't even managed to string two passes together and barely had 10% possession. However, they did manage to regroup a bit to keep the score down, and the second half was a different proposition after Rodri's red card. Steve Cooper had mixed feelings, knowi...