Rich B
Well-Known Member
All Leicester fans, please treat this with an open mind. I am not saying this for my own benefit, nor to wind you up. Hopefully this will prepare you for what you may face next year.
League One is a very exciting league, but one that is extremely difficult to get out of without the right attitude. Forest spent 3 years down there - 1st season sacked Megson and began to play in March, just missed the playoffs, 2nd season, Colin Calderwood, top at Christmas, playoff heartbreak, 3rd season, Auto promotion on last day.
We had a torrid time down there. We were good at home for the 3 seasons, but spent the majority of it being woeful away. This was for the simple reason that teams like Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Hartlepool, Chesterfield, Oldham, Huddersfield, Swindon etc etc all raised their game in their "cup final", on terrible pitches, in small, windy, boggy grounds, and we didn't cope. We had a terrible attitude, that we 'deserved to go up' because we are twice European Champions, world-reknowned, Nottingham Forest. You don't have our history or fan-base, but you could be forgiven for thinking the same. You probably will be a ‘scalp’.
So you must accept that you now play football in the third tier, you have no more right than Peterborough, MK Dons, Walsall or Leyton Orient to get promoted. You need to get behind the team and support them in all times of hardship - it is the only way.
Be prepared for the 1st round of the League Cup and FA Cup, facing non-league opposition. Oh, and don’t forget your mandatory inclusion in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, where you have to field 8 first teamers in order to escape a fine. Also look forward to tiny write-ups in the national press, no teletext coverage whatsoever, about 15 seconds tops on the Championship on a Sunday morning, and the derision of all football fans in the midlands. Enjoy going to tiny grounds with an away allocation of 500, enjoy the Crisp Bowl housing your 7,000 season ticket holders.
For all the abuse you gave Forest, I hope you stay down there for a very long time. You are not a big club. The majority of Forest fans treat you with disdain – because you mean so little to us. Our only rivalry is against Derby County, and they are twice the club you are. You are insignificant. You shall not be missed.
I remember the flag at the crisp packet when we went down - "F**k off Forest and don't come back" well who is laughing now......
League One is a very exciting league, but one that is extremely difficult to get out of without the right attitude. Forest spent 3 years down there - 1st season sacked Megson and began to play in March, just missed the playoffs, 2nd season, Colin Calderwood, top at Christmas, playoff heartbreak, 3rd season, Auto promotion on last day.
We had a torrid time down there. We were good at home for the 3 seasons, but spent the majority of it being woeful away. This was for the simple reason that teams like Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Hartlepool, Chesterfield, Oldham, Huddersfield, Swindon etc etc all raised their game in their "cup final", on terrible pitches, in small, windy, boggy grounds, and we didn't cope. We had a terrible attitude, that we 'deserved to go up' because we are twice European Champions, world-reknowned, Nottingham Forest. You don't have our history or fan-base, but you could be forgiven for thinking the same. You probably will be a ‘scalp’.
So you must accept that you now play football in the third tier, you have no more right than Peterborough, MK Dons, Walsall or Leyton Orient to get promoted. You need to get behind the team and support them in all times of hardship - it is the only way.
Be prepared for the 1st round of the League Cup and FA Cup, facing non-league opposition. Oh, and don’t forget your mandatory inclusion in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, where you have to field 8 first teamers in order to escape a fine. Also look forward to tiny write-ups in the national press, no teletext coverage whatsoever, about 15 seconds tops on the Championship on a Sunday morning, and the derision of all football fans in the midlands. Enjoy going to tiny grounds with an away allocation of 500, enjoy the Crisp Bowl housing your 7,000 season ticket holders.
For all the abuse you gave Forest, I hope you stay down there for a very long time. You are not a big club. The majority of Forest fans treat you with disdain – because you mean so little to us. Our only rivalry is against Derby County, and they are twice the club you are. You are insignificant. You shall not be missed.
I remember the flag at the crisp packet when we went down - "F**k off Forest and don't come back" well who is laughing now......
Gotta ask - what did our flag do to you at the Walkers, seems a weird thing to remember. Maybe it was the colour or the club emblem?
