Talking Reds: a Nottingham Forest podcast

Once again we come to you on a Sunday evening, all smiles and very happy following another fabulous win for Nottingham Forest as The Reds came away from the GTECH Community stadium 2-0 winners against a Brentford side who hadn’t lost at home this season and in-fact had won 7 out of 8 home games scoring 26 goals. Forest’s recent history at Brentford was a murky one and so to bring all three points...

Welcome to The One With The Stats where we take a deep dive into a particular Nottingham Forest topic each time using data & stats to present a question or an angle to consider… This is episode one and is a focus on the goalkeeping department and a measure of Matz Sels against other recent men who have stood between the sticks and is led by Raf, The Random Pundit!         Learn more about your ad...

Nottingham Forest travel to London at the weekend boasting the third best away record in the Premier League to face a Brentford team who comfortably hold the best home record in the top flight. Brentford have been free scoring at their G-Tech Community Stadium amassing an impressive 26 goals in just 8 home matches whilst Forest on the road have converted just 11 goals in their 8 trips away from No...

It’s 30-odd years since Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest at The City Ground and after a mad final 15 minutes in yesterday's head-to-head, their wait continues as Forest produced a stunning comeback after going one nil down in the second half. A late goal from The Serbinator, Nikola Milenkovic dragged Forest level before a late, late goal in added time from super sub, Anthony Elanga sealed a memo...

There’s nothing like two historical giants of English football going head-to-head on a Saturday evening, displaying guts, hunger passion and skill in front of a baying crowd of hungry-for-success fans who love their teams and who hold each other in high regard and great respect. Yes, Nottingham Forest welcome fellow former European Cup champions, Aston Villa to the City Ground on Saturday, and I t...

Today we continue our series of The One With and we’re delighted to have in the guest chair someone who is so far down under that he’s practically about to enter Wednesday! Demonstrating the far and wide fan-base all over the world that Nottingham Forest have, we have the man behind one of the Forest Australia Supporters Facebook Groups meaning that for the first time ever Talking Reds is going ou...

Join us as we look back on a thrilling night in Manchester! A five-goal thriller as the Reds came out on top on at Old Trafford for the first time in 30 years! Joining Greg & Richard we welcome Danscape and the host of the Forest Women Fancast, Holly Royal! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It wasn’t to be at The Etihad last night as Nottingham Forest fell to a 3-0 defeat to a Manchester City side that seemed to have rediscovered it’s mojo… Forest had their chances and will rue a Chris Wood miss that might have steered the game in a different direction before half time… Forest play at Old Trafford on Saturday for their second match in Manchester in the space of three days and will ho...

Today we continue our series of The One With and we’re delighted to have in the guest chair someone who may have only been a Forest fan for a few years but definitely rivals anyone in the fanbase for passion, commitment and dedication to the The Garibaldi… He’s a man who has a huge presence in Chicago with his sports commentary for the renowned Barstool Sports and we are thrilled that he has been...

A terrible run of 6 defeats in 7 and no wins at all…. A headline in the last two seasons that might have applied to Nottingham Forest. On this particular occasion we are talking about our opponents on Wednesday night, 4 times-in-a-row and reigning premier league champions, Manchester City! Have the wheels come off the City Express? Can Pep, with more scars on his face than Freddy Kruger find a way...

All of a sudden we’re into December and Nottingham Forest are sitting nicely in 6th place in the premier League on 22 points. Life as a Forest fan since promotion has definitely been a rollercoaster of emotions and the fact that it took the team until April last season to get to 22 points, shows just how far we’ve come and how well this set of players have done to keep us fans from losing our hair...

This is the Talking Reds Thanksgiving special as we preview the big game at the City Ground this weekend as Nottingham Forest host Premier League new boys, Ipswich Town. After back-to-back defeats can the Reds get back to winning ways against a team sat in the bottom three but still showing grit and determination as seen in their last result, a draw against Manchester United. To plough through it...

In the guest chair today we have a Forest fan who has forged an impressive career in football and wider sports broadcasting and in particular commentary and announcing. He’s worked at the World Cup, the Euros and the Olympics commentating on literally the biggest events in world sport and has helped other young and up-and-coming commentators forge their own career through his sports media business...

Defeat on the road for the first time this season sees the Reds drop down (for the moment) to 7th in the Premier League. Forest, conceded three goals for the second game in a row with back-to-back defeats and Arsenal dominating the game throughout, and in all honesty were fortunate that it wasn’t four or five.. A depleted line-up with key players missing through injury or jet lag saw Forest having...

Now then, Premier League football is back and with trips to the Emirates, The Etihad and Old Trafford coming up within the next five matches, we enter a crucial phase of the season for Nottingham Forest as we will surely see if the wonderful start will be built on or leant on ahead of the busy festive period. Can Forest get back underway against Arsenal with at least a point on the road to keep th...

Our guest today is a someone who is usually the one who does all the introductions… a man with a career in broadcasting that stretches back to 1990 with spells on local radio up in Teeside and Hull before really becoming synonymous with Nottingham spending 14 years at Trent FM and then 13 years at BBC Radio Nottingham  - with also a raft of presenting on Notts TV thrown in for good measure… in amo...

Now over the past 5 years or even more the growth of online content in the form of Youtube creators, TikTok, and podcasts has taken off beyond belief. We ourselves at Talking Reds have indeed jumped on the craze and all of a sudden nearly six months in we’ve seen for ourselves just how much an audience can grow and consume what you put out there. Our guest today is what some might even say is a bi...

It was a packed out City Ground and the promise of 4 wins in a row was all a buzz around the pubs and bars of West Bridgford ahead of kick-off against Newcastle United. Alas, it wasn’t to be as Nottingham Forest fell to only their second defeat of the season to a buoyant Newcastle who played largely in the same style and approach as Forest themselves have done so effectively this season. The only...

Going into the final game before yet another international break, Nottingham Forest welcome Newcastle United to the City Ground on Sunday for what we all hope will be four wins in a row and another three points to cement our champions league ambitions for next season…. How will Nuno approach this one now that he is back on the touchline? Will he shuffle his pack and bring Eliot Anderson back in to...

It’s the middle of the week and like all Forest fans we’re still riding high nursing nosebleeds and still constantly checking the premier league table to make sure it isn’t all a dream… Booking.com and Trivago have never been so busy… Today, our very special guest is an award-winning journalist and a favourite contributor on the very popular Forest Focus, and Richard and Greg are excited to take a...

THREE is the magic number this weekend. After scoring THREE last week at Leicester, There were THREE more magical goals at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest battered the Hammers to make it THREE premier league wins in a row! and that result mixed with defeats for two of our fellow title contenders, meant that the Reds climbed up in to the number THREE position in the Premier League table, albei...

As we look ahead to this weekend’s action at The City Ground, Forest are looking for three wins in a row  - So will Chris Wood strike at the heart of the hammers defence like a SLAYER driving a wooden stake in to the heart of a lusty VAMPIRE?! Can the MONSTER partnership of Nikola Milenkovic & Murillo keep the visitors at bay? What we really want to know is - will the visit of West Ham be a BLOOD...

Yes we’re back for another morning directly after Nottingham Forest demonstrated yet again that their early season form is not just a flash in the pan! Three goals, beating Leicester in their own crisp bowl, back-to-back wins and up to 5th in the Premier League – If Carlsberg did Friday nights… On the panel to enjoy this one, Richard and Greg welcome resident stat man, Danscape and returning to th...

The turnaround for the Reds has been well documented and following the Monday night victory at home to Crystal Palace our boys are on the road tomorrow as they visit the King Power Stadium in search of back-to-back wins in the space of just those few days against Steve Cooper’s Leicester City. It’s time for the match preview and on the panel to help us go through this one, Richard and Greg welcome...

As Nottingham Forest recorded their first home win of the season we look back on last night’s action that saw Chris Wood score yet again for the mighty Reds and Matz Sels continue his fine form in goal with a couple of super saves to keep his third clean sheet of the season. Here for the next hour to help Richard and I reflect on the match and more, we welcome regular channel contributor, Danscape...