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To all our readers:Thanks for joining us, but we have now moved! Please join us at our bigger and better website at www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk, where we are carrying on with the same old nonsense, but will also be doing regular match reports and podcasts.Rish and Bazwww.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk

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No surprise given the large payoffs we have had to make in the past. Would we cry if someone else snapped him up? However, my favourite bit is about Kris Commons: we wish him well with the team down the road

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The new kit has been officially launched - I like the stars either side of the badge, and I like the wording around the badge, but unfortunately it does make it look as though it has been sewn-on. The official site features an arty photo gallery, featuring Messrs Wilson, Bennett, McGugan, Smith and Chambers. Apparently the shirt also features the wise words of Sir Brian: "How did we win it? We

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I have no idea how much he is bothered by it, but he explicitly said eight years ago that he wanted to be referred to as "Andrew Cole". I found a vaguely amusing article from the time about what the possible implications of such a name change (and look out for the Jonathan Woodgate fact).Also, did you know that he had a brief assault on the pop charts? Or had you forgotten? Let me remind you (he

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It seems that there is still more to come with the Agogo-Zamalek saga - this (unofficial) source suggests that it was all a publicity stunt.

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So I go "off-blog" for one week and it happens to be the busiest week of transfer activity for the Reds! Taking things in chronological order:Guy "the Moose" Moussi has signed. He's big, and may well be bad, which aren't going to harm your cause if you are a midfield enforcer. Spotted by former Red David Friio, he almost signed for a couple of French Ligue 1 clubs, but when talks fell through,

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Forest have made their second signing of the summer, with the season-long capture of Paul Anderson from Liverpool. The young winger spent last season at Swansea, who were apparently very keen to keep him for another year. The fact that Anderson is from Melton Mowbray cannot have hurt, although he had reportedly expressed an interest at staying at Swansea for another year - can it be that Nigel

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Grant Holt has moved to Shrewsbury; according to the Official Site the fee was "undisclosed", but according to the BBC it was £170k - seems like a fair fee. The main surprise is that he has moved down to League Two - maybe he feels he can be the main striker for the Shrews, score plenty of goals and feel wanted again. Like many fans, I had mixed feelings about Grant, he was pretty good in the

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I may very well be breaking copyright, but a sneak preview of the new home kit has emerged, with sleeves not quite long enough to cover Kelvin's left arm tattoo!So not radically different to the last few years; since the outcry over the introduction of black bits in the mid-to-late 1990s, and the pronouncement of "putting the Nottingham back on Nottingham Forest", I wouldn't expect any different.

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News from Lancashire that Brett Dynorod may still make appearances in a Red shirt next season...Grant Holt may be moving to Shrewsbury - aside from the NEP, it has apparently also been reported on BBC local radio that a bid has been accepted.Rumours abound of moves for Leon Best and Paul Anderson - it is always difficult to assess the truthfulness of such tales ("my best mate's missus works with

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So, Junior has Agonegone (sorry about the awful pun) to Egypt to - ahem - challenge himself at a higher level. The initial press photo did look rather as though he had just walked out of the airport and had the shirt unexpectedly thrust into his hands. The fee is reported to be close to £1m, which isn't bad business for a player who cost £250k two years ago and has only shown sporadic form.

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An old story, but one worth repeating - Luis Felipe Scolari, current coach of Portugal, former coach of Brazil, and sonn-to-be manager of Chelsea, is a Forest supporter.

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Apparently the Reds were interested in signing Lee Holmes from the Sheep, who spent much of last season on loan to Walsall, but has now gone to Southampton...I have no idea whether Brett Ormerod was going to sign permanently (I guess probably not), but it doesn't look like PNE want to let him go...What is definite is that Alan Power (pictured) has signed for Hartlepool. The news of Power's

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I don't want to dwell too much on the transfer of self-proclaimed "Forest supporter" Kris Commons, but it was highly amusing to read Paul Jewell's thoughts:"When I met him I was also impressed with his hunger..."Fat lads think alike, I suppose... Interestingly, the picture on the Derby website shows Kris in a Forest shirt, so the Derby web team have made a rather cack-handed attempt to conceal

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Or stinking Judas waddles to the sheep as I prefer to call it.

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I saw this article by a Swansea follower, and it makes an interesting comparison between the attitudes of Leeds United and their supporters, and the attitudes of Reds supporters after not achieving promotion twice in a row.Broadly speaking, most Reds fans learnt a few lessons in the first two seasons, we stopped bragging about how we are too big for League One, and as a result, many opposing fans

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Let's get this straight; I like(d) Kris Commons. I thought he was the best player on the park when Stoke came to visit four years ago, I know that he was capable of doing great things in a Red shirt, and I also like the fact that he was one of many Forest fans in the squad.Throughout the whole "will-he, won't he?" speculation, I have actually been pretty confident he would stay; not just because

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May 2009The manager of the McDonald's branch on Radcliffe Road has reported a sharp downturn in profits for the 2008-9 financial year.Nottingham Forest Blog overheard this telephone conversation with the East Midlands regional manager:"Unfortunately one of our regular customers disappeared in May last year. He said that he worked at the City Ground, but he would always drive in, as he couldn't be

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Colin Fray has written an article on the criticism that CC faced during the season, and the post-promotion reaction of Messrs Calderwood and Arthur.As you might expect, CC shies away from sticking two fingers up at his detractors, but gently makes the point that achieving promotion should calm at least some of the criticism. Would Joe Kinnear have done the same?

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After a couple of weeks of pfaffing about, I have finally managed to get my photos uploaded onto the computer, so you might want to save yourself the money on the commemorative DVD and just look at these instead!The photos are organised into two slideshows on Flickr: the match itself, and the post-match celebrations.If you hover your mouse over the picture, and click on the "i", then you will be

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So much of last week seems almost like a dream; but one thing that I know I did not imagine was the wonderful reaction from the Yeovil supporters, who stayed long after the final whistle to applaud both the team and the fans. There are also reports of Yeovil fans standing outside of their supporters' coaches to shake hands and applaud the Reds' support. Nice one.I actually tried to email Yeovil

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1. Promotion and getting out of this hellish league (obviously) 2. Pre-match optimism and atmosphere3. Jules's goal - crunching tackle, fine finish4. The atmosphere once the first goal went in; it was the loudest I have heard the City Ground in many a year5. More fine goals from Krissy and Lewis6. Every single player getting a good reception from the fans7. Perchio - he had a fine match until he

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SmithChambers Morgan Wilson (c) BennettMcGugan Perchio CohenOrmerod Tyson CommonsI really haven't got time to write this - I know it's bank holiday Sunday but I have lots to do today; but I just cannot ignore this. I really don't think it has sunk in yet, it almost feels like a dream...It was a warm, sunkissed afternoon at the City Ground, and there

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Match report to follow soon, but in the meantime, Thank God for that!UUUUUU RRRRREEEEDDDDDSSSS!!!!!!!!

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