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Nottingham Forest transfer news: Bolton win race to sign Reds…

BOLTON Wanderers look to have won the race to sign in-demand defender Alex Baptiste. For the rest of this story, click here to visit our new website, www.nottinghampost.com.

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Garry Birtles: Let’s make City ground a feared cauldron of noise

AS a player, to me, crowd noise was just a background buzz.You could differentiate between cheers and boos; you got an obvious idea of the mood in the stadium.But, generally, I was one of those players that really had to focus; who was only at my best when I was concentrated – so I would tend to block it all out.You would have a general idea of what the fans were thinking, of course you would. But personally, I was lucky that I was not influenced by it, negatively at least.I was lucky that...

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Ex-Forest star calls time on Scotland

Football: Former Nottingham Forest star Chris Commons has retired from international football.Commons, born in Mansfield, qualified for Scotland through his grandmother.He was given his international debut by George Burley against Northern Ireland in 2008 while a Derby player. He scored twice in 12 international appearances but was overlooked by former manager Craig Levein."I have enjoyed my time immensely with the Scotland team and it was a very proud moment every time I pulled on the...

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Nottingham Forest fans unhappy at seat move

NOTTINGHAM Forest fans have criticised plans to move away supporters which would lead to some home supporters losing their seats.Under the proposed plans, ticket-holders in the upper Bridgford Stand will be replaced by away fans and will have to move to other parts of the ground.Many Forest fans have called for home fans to be allowed to sit behind the goal in the lower Bridgford stand for years, but the potential move has now upset some supporters.Richard Burgess has taken his seat in the Upper...

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Nottingham Forest transfer talk: Gonzalo Jara released by West…

NOTTINGHAM Forest will today have been alerted to the news that Gonzalo Jara has been released by Premier League West Brom. For the full story, click here to go to our new website, www.nottinghampost.com

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Nottingham Forest step up chase for Elliott Ward after release by…

NOTTINGHAM Forest are leading the race to sign defender Elliott Ward, after he was officially released by Premier League Norwich City. For the rest of this story, click here to visit our new website, www.nottinghampost.com.

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Notts ace Sophie Bradley focusing on Euros with England, not…

THERE appears to be a wall of secrecy being built around plans for the new women's Super League.Some clubs involved have apparently been forbidden to talk about it.What is known is that the successful Lincoln Ladies are becoming Notts County Ladies, Doncaster Belles, one of the most successful ladies sides in Britain, are not in it and neither are ambitious Nottingham Forest Ladies.At the moment the other teams joining Notts County in the new top tier of women's football will be Arsenal...

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Nottingham Forest fan view: Phil Viles

BILLY Davies has a busy summer of transfers ahead of him, and I'm sure he's already studied every area where improvements are needed and compiled a wish-list of the players who can fill those areas.One area I hope he's considered is between the sticks. When Alex McLeish decided Lee Camp's attitude was not conducive to the team and released him, it left Forest with a huge problem: they didn't have an experienced man to replace him, and still haven't.Big names were mentioned to fill the void,...

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Nottingham Forest fan view: Sunny Sandhu

LAST weekend the Eurovision Song Contest came from the Swedish city of Malmo. The voting from Germany came from Hamburg. And the winner of this famous old pan-European competition was someone called Forest.My first reaction to this was to wonder if this latest triumph was worthy of a third star on our shirt. Then my mind was filled with images of Trevor Francis rolling around in a shot-putt circle in West Germany.What all this reminded me of is what a glorious past Forest have. Memories that...

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Nottingham Forest fan panel: Matthew Jones

I hope, with the utmost respect, that in the great boardroom in the sky Nigel Doughty is looking down at the goings on at the City Ground and smiling.I hope he takes pride in the legacy that he left behind.With the new Kuwaiti owners, I think Billy Davies may have the chance that he has always fought for when steering the Reds ever closer to the EPL.For all his strengths, Doughty's major flaw was to never back his manager in the January transfer window.Forest never seemed to make the final...

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