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Yeovil Town (H)

26-Apr-2008

Lets hope the next time I prepare a Forest game preview the game is in August as Forest head into what will be the third consequtive final day of the season where Forest go into their final game hoping for results elsewhere to go in their favour. This time they hope it will be third time lucky as draws at Bradford and at home to Crewe last season have meant Forest have failed in their pre-match ambition.

Forest will be hoping that the season ends with the team that were the final opponents last season when Yeovil visit the City Ground.

Yeovil have suffered a hangover from last season what is becoming a regular occurrence for Play Off Final losers, only securing safety from relegation a couple of weeks ago when they had a surprise victory at Swansea. They are still managed by former Notts County manager and self confessed Forest fan Russell Slade, who has been angry with some of the criticism he has received during some home games.

This change in fortunes could well have been influenced by the summer transfer of Chris Cohen and Arron Davies to Forest .Goalscoring has been their major problem this season with Yeovil the lowest scoring team in the division with them only managing 36 goals in the 45 league games so far. This was highlighted as they brought their home league season to a conclusion on Friday night when a goal from former Forest striker Dougie Freedman gave Leeds a 1-0 win.

MOST RECENT GAME

Friday 25 April 2008

YEOVIL TOWN (0) 0 v LEEDS UNITED (1) 1

0-1 4 mins Dougie Freedman (Leeds)

YEOVIL

Steve Mildenhall; Lee Peltier, Terry Skiverton, Terrell Forbes, Nathan Smith; Aidan Downes, Anthony Barry (Lloyd Owusu), Marc Bircham, Marvin Williams (Andy Kirk); Jaime Peters, Marcus Stewart

subs not used : Nathan Jones, Scott Guyett, Matthew Rose

CURRENT FORM

25/04/2008 Leeds United (H) Lost 0-1

19/04/2008 Swansea City (A) Won 2-1

12/04/2008 Crewe Alexandra (H) Lost 0-3

05/04/2008 Carlisle United (A) Lost 1-2

29/03/2008 Bristol Rovers (H) Drew 0-0

24/03/2008 Hartlepool United (A) Lost 0-2

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 2, NFFC 2

at Yeovil Played 3, NFFC 2, Yeovil 1

League Play Offs

at Nottingham Played 1, Yeovil 1

at Yeovil Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 L1 at Yeovil NFFC won 3-0 29/09/2007

2006/07 POSF2 at Nottingham Yeovil won 5-2 18/05/2007

POSF1 at Yeovil NFFC won 2-0 11/05/2007

L1 at Nottingham NFFC won 1-0 13/01/2007

L1 at Yeovil NFFC won 1-0 09/09/2006

2005/06 L1 at Nottingham NFFC won 2-1 17/04/2006

L1 at Yeovil Yeovil won 3-0 22/10/2005

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : F.Graham (Essex)

2007/08 Record : 30 Matches, 40 Yellow Cards, 2 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : A.M.Newbold and G.S.Stretton

Fourth Official : P.Miller

Hartlepool United (A)

19-Apr-2008

Forest’s last away league game of the season sees the reds make the long visit to the North East to play Hartlepool United.

Hartlepool United and Nottingham Forest will be forever linked as the first and last clubs to be managed by Brian Clough who began his managerial journey at Hartlepool back in October 1965.

Hartlepool are now managed by a player who played at Forest under Brian Clough, former Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City manager Danny Wilson.

Hartlepool will be happy with their season with them achieving a comfortable mid-table position following last seasons promotion back to League One.

Leading Scorer for the club is former Mansfield striker Richie Barker who has scored 16 goals this season. He will hope to feature after recently returning to training following a hamstring injury. Also likely to feature are Michael Nelson and Joel Porter who scored in this fixture the last time the sides met at Hartlepool.

MOST RECENT GAME

COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE

Saturday 19 April 2008

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (1) 2 v HARTLEPOOL UNITED (0) 1

1-0 38 mins Glenn Murray (Brighton)

1-1 75 mins Joel Porter (Hartlepool)

2-1 89 mins Dean Cox (Brighton)

HARTLEPOOL

Arran Lee-Barrett; Anthony Sweeney, Michael Nelson, Ben Clark, Richie Humphreys; James Brown, Willie Boland (Matty Robson), Gary Liddle, Andy Monkhouse; Michael Mackay (David Foley), Joel Porter

subs not used : Jamie McCunnie, Robbie Elliott, Sam Collins

CURRENT FORM

19/04/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Lost 2-1

12/04/2008 Millwall (H) Lost 1-0

05/04/2008 Bristol Rovers (A) Drew 0-0

29/03/2008 Swansea City (H) Lost 3-1

24/03/2008 Yeovil Town (H) Won 2-0

22/03/2008 Crewe Alexandra (A) Lost 3-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 2, NFFC 2

at Hartlepool Played 1, Hartlepool 1

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Hartlepool Played 1, Draw 1

League Cup

at Hartlepool Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 at Nottingham NFFC won 2-1 06/10/2007

2005/06 FL1 at Hartlepool Hartlepool won 3-2 22/04/2006

FL1 at Nottingham NFFC won 2-0 15/10/2006

2001/02 LC1 at Hartlepool NFFC won 2-0 20/08/2001

1954/55 FA4R at Nottingham NFFC won 2-1 02/02/1955

FA4 at Hartlepool Drew 1-1 29/01/1955

Luton Town (H)

12-Apr-2008

Forest will be hoping to extend the current unbeaten run of four games on Saturday when Luton visit the City Ground. Luton will arrive on a low ebb after relegation was confirmed after losing at home to Brighton in their last game.

It has been a mixed season for Luton which reached a high when they drew at home with Liverpool in the F.A.Cup 3^rd Round, a tie they earned by beating Forest in Round 2. But soon after that Liverpool game their season capsized when they went into administration, lost their manager and then their better players were sold to help clear debts.

The move administration which meant a penalty of 10 points has hurt the club and this was a major factor in getting their second relegation in two seasons. They have now been taken over by a consortium led by Midlands Today host Nick Owen and will be hoping for improved fortunes next season.

When Kevin Blackwell left during the crisis period he was replaced as manager by former star striker and former Forest caretaker manager Mick Harford and he will be buoyed by the form shown by striker Sam Parkin who has recovered from two seasons of injury problems since he joined the club to score in the last three matches.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 12 April 2008

LUTON TOWN (0) 1 v BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (1) 2

1-0 49 mins Sam Parkin (Luton)

1-1 51 mins Ian Westlake (Brighton)

1-2 59 mins Glenn Murray (Brighton)

LUTON TOWN

Dean Brill; Ed Asafu-Adjaye, Don Hutchison, Keith Keane, Sol Davis (Steve Robinson); Stephen O’Leary, Lewis Emanuel, Matthew Spring, Paul McVeigh (Darren Currie); Sam Parkin, Calvin Andrew

subs not used : Harry Hogarth, Alan Goodall, Marlon Beresford

CURRENT FORM

12/04/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Lost 1-2

05/04/2008 Northampton Town (A) Lost 1-2

01/04/2008 Gillingham (A) Lost 1-2

29/03/2008 Crewe Alexandra (H) Won 2-1

24/03/2008 Millwall (A) Drew 0-0

22/03/2008 Cheltenham Town (H) Drew 1-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 27, NFFC 15, Luton 6, Draw 6

at Luton Played 28, NFFC 6, Luton 14, Draw 8

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Luton Played 2, Luton 1, Draw 1

at Wembley Played 1, NFFC 1

League Cup

at Wembley Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FA2 at Luton Luton Town won 1-0 11/12/2007

FL1 at Luton Luton Town won 2-1 27/10/2007

1993/94 LD1 at Nottingham NFFC won 2-0 05/03/1994

LD1 at Luton NFFC won 2-1 28/08/1993

1991/92 D1 at Luton Luton Town won 2-1 14/04/1992

D1 at Nottingham Drew 1-1 01/01/1992

1990/91 D1 at Luton Luton Town won 1-0 02/03/1991

D1 at Nottingham Drew 2-2 01/12/1990

1989/90 D1 at Nottingham NFFC won 3-0 16/04/1990

D1 at Luton Drew 1-1 26/12/1989

1988/89 LCF at Wembley NFFC won 3-1 09/04/1989

D1 at Luton NFFC won 3-2 04/02/1989

D1 at Nottingham Drew 0-0 01/10/1988

Tranmere Rovers (A)

09-Apr-2008

With the Play Offs as good as guaranteed for Forest, they enter Saturday’s game at Tranmere with a victory a bigger priority for Tranmere than for Forest as Tranmere currently sit one place out of the play off picture following last Saturday’s defeat at Walsall which saw the club overtaken by Leeds United.

They are managed by former player Ronnie Moore who has built up a highly respected reputation during his spell as manager at previous clubs Rotherham United and Oldham Athletic.

Also joining Ronnie Moore at the club this season is his son Ian Moore who will be familiar to Forest fans after having a spell at the City Ground in 1997-98. His career has now gone full circle after starting his career at Tranmere before the £1million transfer to Forest. His partner up front will be another player with Nottingham connections, former Mansfield striker Chris Greenacre who is the clubs top scorer this season with 13 goals.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 05 April 2008

WALSALL (1) 2 v TRANMERE ROVERS (1) 1

0-1 3 mins Jennison Myrie-Williams (Tranmere)

1-1 45 mins Alassane N’Dour (Walsall)

2-1 59 mins Ishmel Demontagnac (Walsall)

TRANMERE

Danny Coyne; Robbie Stockdale, Ben Chorley, Ian Goodison, Andy Taylor; Jennison Myrie-Williams (Antony Kay), Paul McLaren, Steven Jennings (Chris Shuker), Shane Sherriff; Ian Moore, Chris Greenacre (Calvin Zola)

subs not used : John Achterberg, Craig Curran

sent off : Ben Chorley (40 mins)

CURRENT FORM

05/04/2008 Walsall (A) Lost 2-1

28/03/2008 Swindon Town (H) Won 2-1

24/03/2008 Bournemouth (A) Lost 2-1

20/03/2008 Port Vale (H) Won 2-0

15/03/2008 Hartlepool United (H) Won 3-1

11/03/2008 Swansea City (A) Drew 1-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 8, NFFC 4, Draw 4

at Tranmere Played 7, NFFC 2, Tranmere 1, Draw 4

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 2, NFFC 1, Draw 1

at Tranmere Played 2, Tranmere 1, Draw 1 (NFFC won on Penalties)

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 at Nottingham NFFC won 2-0 03/11/2007

2006/08 FL1 at Nottingham Drew 1-1 30/12/2006

FL1 at Tranmere Drew 0-0 23/09/2006

2005/06 FL1 at Tranmere NFFC won 1-0 15/04/2006

FL1 at Nottingham NFFC won 1-0 01/10/2005

2003/04 LC2 at Tranmere Drew 0-0 (NFFC won 4-1 on Penalties) 23/09/2003

2000/01 FLC at Tranmere Drew 2-2 06/05/2001

FLC at Nottingham NFFC won 3-1 25/11/2000

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : G.K.Hegley (Hertfordshire)

2007/08 Record : 22 Matches, 30 Yellow Cards, 1 Red Card

Refereed 2 Forest games this season both ending in defeats.

JPT v Peterborough (H) Lost 3-2

League v Walsall (A) Lost 1-0

Assistant Referees : J.R.Tyas and J.Waring

Fourth Official : S.P.Cummins

Bristol Rovers (H)

05-Apr-2008

Forest will be hoping to achieve a first on Tuesday night when they try for three successive league wins for the first time this season. To achieve this feat they will have to beat Bristol Rovers.

Bristol Rovers have found the going tough of late with them still looking for their first win since 1^st March. It appears that the F.A.Cup run that the club had where they beat Fulham and Southampton before losing in the Quarter Finals to West Bromwich Albion has caught up with them with them having to play nine games in March to clear the fixture backlog.

They are managed by Paul Trollope who is assisted by former Charlton, Middlesbrough and Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence who is Director of Football.

The main threat is likely to come from striker Rickie Lambert who is currently top scorer for the club with 10 league goals this season. Also likely to feature is former Notts County player David Pipe and former Mansfield player Craig Disley who have both been regulars in the team this season.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 05 April 2008

BRISTOL ROVERS (0) 0 v HARTLEPOOL UNITED (0) 0

BRISTOL ROVERS

Steve Phillips; Daniel Coles (Joe Jacobson), Craig Hinton, Steve Elliott, Aaron Lescott; David Pipe, Stuart Campbell, Craig Disley, Chris Lines; Rickie Lambert, Josh Klein-Davies (Andrew Williams)

subs not used : Sean Rigg, Byron Anthony, Lewis Haldane

CURRENT FORM

05/04/2008 Hartlepool United (H) Drew 0-0

29/03/2008 Yeovil Town (A) Drew 0-0

24/03/2008 Swansea City (A) Drew 2-2

22/03/2008 Huddersfield Town (H) Lost 2-3

18/03/2008 Swansea City (H) Lost 0-2

15/03/2008 Cheltenham Town (A) Lost 0-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 9, NFFC 7, Draw 2

at Bristol Rovers Played 10, NFFC 2, Bristol Rovers 6, Draw 2

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 3, NFFC 2, Draw 1

at Bristol Rovers Played 1, Draw 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 (L1) BRISTOL ROVERS 2-2 NFFC 01/09/2007

1991/92 (LC3) NFFC 2-0 BRISTOL ROVERS 30/10/1991

1976/77 (D2) BRISTOL ROVERS 1-1 NFFC 30/04/1977

(FA3R2) NFFC 6-0 BRISTOL ROVERS 18/01/1977

(FA3R) BRISTOL ROVERS 1-1 NFFC 11/01/1977

(FA3) NFFC 1-1 BRISTOL ROVERS 08/01/1977

(D2) NFFC 4-2 BRISTOL ROVERS 04/12/1976

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : N.D.Swarbrick (Lancashire)

2007/08 Record : 36 Matches, 72 Yellow Cards, 8 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : P.W.Barnes and N.Hobbis

Fourth Official : C.Evans

Cheltenham Town (H)

02-Apr-2008

Forest will be hoping to build on the victory at Carlisle on Saturday as Cheltenham make only their second ever visit to the City Ground. Cheltenham have been good opponents for Forest in the last two years with Forest recording three victories in the three matches whilst scoring 8 goals and yet to concede.

Forest will find a Cheltenham side unbeaten in five games, a run that has moved them away from the relegation zone and now stand five points from danger. Cheltenham should not be underestimated as included in the run has been victories over Leyton Orient and at Leeds, a game that completed a double against the Yorkshire side after an earlier season victory at Whaddon Road.

Cheltenham are managed by former Wolves midfielder Keith Downing who gained promotion to the hot seat when John Ward moved to Carlisle at the start of the season. Downing had previously been a coach during Ward’s reign in charge and had helped Ward guide the club to their highest league position in their history last season.

There is a Forest connection within the Cheltenham squad with Craig Armstrong (pictured right) rejoining the Robins after an unsuccessful spell at Gillingham. Also involved will be Alan Wright who will be hoping for an improvement to his last appearance at the City Ground during last season’s play offs. Also at the club but out injured for the rest of the season is club captain John Finnigan who started his career at Forest but left without making a first team appearance.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 29 March 2008

CHELTENHAM TOWN (1) 1 v NORTHAMPTON TOWN (0) 1

1-0 39 mins Steven Gillespie (Cheltenham)

1-1 76 mins Giles Coke (Northampton)

CHELTENHAM

Shane Higgs; Jerry Gill, Richard Keogh, Shane Duff, Alan Wright; Ashley Vincent (Michael D Agostino), Dave Bird, Craig Armstrong, Scott Brown (Andy Lindegaard); Steven Gillespie, Paul Connor (Damian Spencer)

subs not used : Scott P Brown, Adam Connolly

CURRENT FORM

29/03/2008 Northampton Town (H) Drew 1-1

24/03/2008 Leyton Orient (H) Won 1-0

22/03/2008 Luton Town (A) Drew 1-1

15/03/2008 Bristol Rovers (H) Won 1-0

11/03/2008 Leeds United (A) Won 2-1

08/03/2008 Yeovil Town (A) Lost 2-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Cheltenham Played 2, NFFC 2

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 CHELTENHAM TOWN 0-3 NFFC 13/10/2007

2006/07 NFFC 3-0 CHELTENHAM TOWN 24/03/2007

CHELTENHAM TOWN 0-2 NFFC 28/10/2006

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : K.K.Wright (Cambridgeshire)

2007/08 Record : 4 Matches, 6 Yellow Cards, 1 Red Card

Assistant Referee : S.P.Bennett and R.H.Smith

Fourth Official : S.G.Cooke

Carlisle United (A)

29-Mar-2008

Forest’s topsy-turvy season makes the visit to Brunton Park on Tuesday for the visit to high flying Carlisle.

With Forest’s season slowly falling apart Carlisle is not the ideal place to visit with the Cumbrians having won their last 14 home league games. This form together with improved away form which started when they won 1-0 at the City Ground a month ago has seen Carlisle not only improve their chances of automatic but to rapidly close the gap on long time leaders Swansea’s seemingly unasailable lead.

A main reason for their success has been the decision made by the chairman to sack manager Neil McDonald after the opening game of the season. The proactive decision was made after realising that the club needed to move in a different direction. This decision and the following appointment John Ward has made Carlisle United one the best teams in the division whilst still playing an attractive style of football.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 29 March 2008

GILLINGHAM (0) 0 v CARLISLE UNITED (0) 0

CARLISLE

Kieran Westwood; David Raven, Danny Livesey, Peter Murphy, Evan Horwood; Cleveland Taylor (Danny Carlton), Marc Bridge-Wilkinson, Grant Smith, Chris Lumsdon; Simon Hackney, Danny Graham (Scott Dobie)

subs not used : Luke Joyce, Paul Arnison, Chris Howarth

CURRENT FORM

29/03/2008 Gillingham (A) Drew 0-0

24/03/2008 Northampton (H) Won 2-0

22/03/2008 Leyton Orient (A) Won 3-0

15/03/2008 Swindon Town (A) Drew 2-2

11/03/2008 Luton Town (H) Won 2-1

08/03/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Won 2-0

03/03/2008 Nottingham Forest (A) Won 1-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 6, NFFC 4, Carlisle 1, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 5, NFFC 1, Carlisle 2, Draw 2

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 1, Carlisle 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 NFFC 0 Carlisle 1 (Graham) 03/03/2008

2006/07 Carlisle 1 (Hawley) NFFC 0 31/01/2007

NFFC 0 Carlisle 0 16/09/2006

1976/77 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Robertson pen) 05/03/1977

NFFC 5 (Bowyer 2, O’Hare, Barrett, Withe) Carlisle 1 (Barry) 25/09/1976

1975/76 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Barry og) 06/03/1976

NFFC 4 (Butlin, O’Hare 2, Curren pen) Carlisle 0 01/11/1975

1973/74 Carlisle 2 (Owen, Laidlaw) NFFC 0 13/04/1974

NFFC 2 (Martin, McKenzie) Carlisle 0 17/11/1973

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : M.A.Riley (West Yorkshire)

Premiership & FIFA Referee

2007/08 Record : 34 Matches, 112 Yellow Cards, 6 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : A.Butler and J.Simpson

Fourth Official : M.Oliver

Doncaster Rovers (A)

24-Mar-2008

Forest hope that this coming Friday will be as good as the previous one when they make their first ever visit to the Keepmoat Stadium to visit promotion rivals Doncaster Rovers.

With the form of Swansea and Carlisle the game is a must win for both sides should they hope to gatecrash the automatic promotion positions.

Doncaster will be hoping for a return to the form of the start of the month where they won four consecutive games rather than the recent return that has only seen one point gained from the last three matches.

They are managed by Sean O’Driscoll who joined from Bournemouth in September 2006 to replace Dave Penney who had taken Doncaster from Non-League to League One during his spell in charge.

It has been a long way back for Doncaster who lost their league status following the 1997/98 season and at one stage looked like going out of business as the entered a period of administration. However they were taken over shortly after by lifelong fan John Ryan who has invested over £5million to rejuvenate the club. This culminated last season when they left their old Belle Vue Stadium where Forest were the last visitors to move to the new modern Keepmoat Stadium.

Likely to be included in the Rovers squad will be former Forest captain Gareth Taylor who joined from Tranmere in January although his appearances have been restricted to appearances from the bench so far. Also likely to feature is Brian Stock who O’Driscoll signed from Preston North End shortly after his appointment. He is a player O’Driscoll knows well as Stock started his career at Bournemouth under O’Driscoll’s management. Stock will have good memories of facing Forest as he scored a spectacular winner at the City Ground last season.

MOST RECENT GAME

Monday 24 March 2008

DONCASTER ROVERS (1) 1 v OLDHAM ATHLETIC (0) 1

1-0 37 mins Paul Heffernan (Doncaster)

1-1 57 mins Jason Jarrett (Oldham)

DONCASTER

Neil Sullivan; Matthew Mills, Adam Lockwood, Stephen Roberts, Paul Green; Brian Stock, Ritchie Wellens, Gareth Roberts James Coppinger (Gareth Taylor); Paul Heffernan (James Hayter), Mark McCammon (Jason Price)

subs not used : Lewis Guy, Sean McDaid

CURRENT FORM

24/03/2008 Oldham Athletic (H) Drew 1-1

21/03/2008 Yeovil Town (A) Lost 2-1

15/03/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Lost 1-0

11/03/2008 Gillingham (H) Won 2-1

08/03/2008 Port Vale (H) Won 2-1

04/03/2008 Bristol Rovers (A) Won 1-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 12, NFFC 7, Doncaster 1, Draw 4

at Doncaster Played 11, NFFC 6, Doncaster 3, Draw 2

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Doncaster Played 2, NFFC 2

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 NFFC 0-0 DONCASTER 20/10/2007

2006/07 FL1 NFFC 0-1 DONCASTER 06/03/2007

FL1 DONCASTER 1-0 NFFC 23/12/2006

2005/06 FL1 DONCASTER 1-2 NFFC 18/03/2006

FL1 NFFC 4-0 DONCASTER 26/12/2005

2004/05 LC3 DONCASTER 0-2 NFFC 26/10/2004

1997/98 LC1/2 NFFC 2-1 DONCASTER 27/08/1997

LC1/1 DONCASTER 0-8 NFFC 11/08/1997

Brighton & Hove Albion (H)

22-Mar-2008

Forest face a team similar to Good Friday opponents Northampton when Brighton visit the City Ground on Easter Monday. Brighton similar to Northampton are just below the places hoping for a late season run of good form to jump into the end of season lottery zone.

Things seem to be on the up for the Seagulls with the long awaited move to a new ground now all systems go following finally obtaining planning permission earlier this season. The current plan is to move to their new home during the 2009/10 season by which time the hope to have reached Championship level.

They are managed by Dean Wilkins who is building an impressive reputation since he replaced Mark McGhee in September 2006.

The current squad bears a strong Ipswich Town presence with loan signings Matt Richards and Dean Bowditch being joined by former Ipswich player Ian Westlake who joined on loan from Leeds earlier this month.

The main goalscoring threat will come from 34 year old striker Nicky Forster who has scored 15 league goals this season for his seventh league club.

MOST RECENT GAME

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (1)2 v SWINDON TOWN (1)1

0-1 8 mins Craig Easton (Swindon)

1-1 12 mins Nicky Forster (Brighton)

2-1 66 mins Nicky Forster (Brighton)

BRIGHTON

Michel Kuipers; Joel Lynch, Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart, Tommy Elphick; Dean Cox (Guy Butters), Steven Thomson, Therry Racon, Ian Westlake (Tommy Fraser); Nicky Forster (Joe Gatting), Glenn Murray

subs : Jake Robinson, Shane McFaul

CURRENT FORM

22/03/2008 Swindon Town (H) Won 2-1

18/03/2008 Huddersfield Town (A) Lost 2-1

15/03/2008 Doncaster Rovers (H) Won 1-0

11/03/2008 Walsall (A) Won 2-1

08/03/2008 Carlisle United (A) Lost 2-0

04/03/2008 Gillingham (H) Won 4-2

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 10, NFFC 7, Brighton 3

at Brighton Played 11, NFFC 4, Brighton 3, Draw 4

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 2, NFFC 2

at Brighton Played 1, Draw 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 BRIGHTON 0-2 NFFC 07/12/2007

2006/07 FL1 BRIGHTON 2-1 NFFC 17/02/2007

FL1 NFFC 2-1 BRIGHTON 19/08/2006

2004/05 FLC BRIGHTON 0-0 NFFC 22/01/2005

FLC NFFC 0-1 BRIGHTON 29/09/2004

2002/03 LD1 BRIGHTON 1-0 NFFC 15/03/2003

LD1 NFFC 3-2 BRIGHTON 27/11/2002

1986/87 LC2/2 NFFC 3-0 BRIGHTON 08/10/1986

LC2/1 BRIGHTON 0-0 NFFC 24/09/1986

1982/83 D1 BRIGHTON 1-1 NFFC 03/01/1983

D1 NFFC 4-0 BRIGHTON 04/09/1982

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee : N.S.Miller (Co.Durham)

2007/08 Record : 31 Matches, 56 Yellow Cards, 6 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : C.L.Pawson and N.Radford

Fourth Official : P.C.Martin

Northampton Town (A)

15-Mar-2008

Forest will be hoping that the next match day will be a Good Friday in more ways than the name as they try to avert the worrying recent slump in form. Also causing concern is the lack of a first half goal which has now been stretched to 12 games since Grant Holt scored against Leyton Orient on 12^th January.

They will find opponents Northampton Town in a good run of form having suffered only one loss in their last 13 games. They are managed by former Forest player Stuart Gray who is building an impressive reputation as a manager since taking over at Sixfields last season after learning his trade as a coach at Southampton, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

His links with Wolves have helped in the transfer market and currently has signed three of the clubs players this season with Hungarian international defender Gabor Gyepes being joined by loan signings Mark Little and Daniel Jones. Jones scored in the 2-2 draw at the City Ground earlier in the season.

Northampton showed their potential on Saturday when they scored an impressive 4-2 win against runaway league leaders Swansea City and are currently in 11^th place but only 2 points away from the play offs.

MOST RECENT GAME

Friday 15 March 2008

NORTHAMPTON TOWN (3) 4 v SWANSEA CITY (1) 2

1-0 14 mins Poul Hubertz (Northampton)

2-0 20 mins Alan Tate own goal (Northampton)

3-0 23 mins Poul Hubertz penalty (Northampton)

3-1 29 mins Jason Scotland (Swansea)

4-1 52 mins Danny Jackman (Northampton)

4-2 83 mins Jason Scotland (Swansea)

NORTHAMPTON

Mark Bunn; Jason Crowe, Gabor Gyepes, Mark Little, Daniel Jones; Ryan Gilligan, Joe Burnell, Danny Jackman, Andy Holt; Poul Hubertz, Adebayo Akinfenwa (Giles Coke)

subs not used : Chris Dunn, Ian Henderson, Liam Dolman, Alex Dyer

CURRENT FORM

15/03/2008 Swansea City (H) Won 4-2

12/03/2008 Bristol Rovers (A) Drew 1-1

08/03/2008 Walsall (A) Won 2-0

01/03/2008 Crewe Alexandra (H) Drew 0-0

22/02/2008 Hartlepool United (A) Won 1-0

16/02/2008 Gillingham (H) Won 4-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 5, NFFC 1, Northampton 1, Draw 3

at Northampton Played 4, NFFC 1, Draw 3

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Northampton Played 2, NFFC 1, Draw 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 NFFC 2-2 NORTHAMPTON 15/12/2007

2006/07 FL1 NFFC 1-0 NORTHAMPTON 10/02/2007

FL1 NORTHAMPTON 0-1 NFFC 12/08/2006

1965/66 DIV 1 NORTHAMPTON 3-3 NFFC 12/03/1966

FA3 NORTHAMPTON 1-2 NFFC 22/01/1966

DIV 1 NFFC 1-1 NORTHAMPTON 18/09/1965

1950/51 D3S NFFC 2-2 NORTHAMPTON 25/04/1951

D3S NORTHAMPTON 2-2 NFFC 02/09/1950

1949/50 D3S NFFC 0-1 NORTHAMPTON 14/09/1949

D3S NORTHAMPTON 0-0 NFFC 08/09/1949

1909/10 FA2R NFFC 1-0 NORTHAMPTON 09/02/1910

FA2 NORTHAMPTON 0-0 NFFC 05/02/1910

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : R.Styles (Hampshire)

2007/08 Record - 31 Matches, 107 Yellow Cards, 13 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : M.Murphy and M.Tingey

Fourth Official : T.Kettle

Walsall (H)

12-Mar-2008

Forest hope to get back to winning ways on Saturday as Walsall visit the City Ground. Walsall over the years have become a bit of a bogey side for Forest with the West Midlanders managing to go 10 games against Forest without defeat. Ironically before this run started Forest used to have the upper hand in these fixtures by winning 7 out of the 9 games played.

Walsall are managed by the highly rated Richard Money who helped guide the club to the League 2 championship last season in his first season in charge. Added to how well they have performed this season his name has been mentioned at a number of vacancies at Championship level this season. Money will be no stranger at the City Ground having been a coach at the club during Frank Clark’s reign in charge.

Walsall had a horrendous start to the season by not winning until their eighth game but since that point they have impressed everyone with how well they have performed including a run of 17 games without defeat currently lying only one place below Forest in 5^th place. However they have lost their last two games to fellow promotion hopefuls Northampton Town and Brighton and with a visit to Leeds the next game it could prove a crucial period of the season for Walsall.

Walsall have enjoyed being on their travels this season boasting the third best away record in the division gaining 30 out of their 55 points away from Bescot Stadium.

Fans were unhappy at deadline day as the club sold two of their players (Daniel Fox and Scott Dann) to Coventry City however these fears were eased with the loan signings of Lee Holmes from Derby and Kevin Betsy from Bristol City. Also in the last few weeks Stefan Moore formerly of Aston Villa and QPR has joined the club after impressing during a trial.

MOST RECENT GAME

Tuesday 11 March 2008

WALSALL (1) 1 v BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (1) 2

1-0 29 mins Anthony Gerrard (Walsall)

1-1 34 mins Nicky Forster (Brighton)

1-2 79 mins Anthony Gerrard own goal (Brighton)

WALSALL

Clayton Ince; Rhys Weston, Anthony Gerrard, Ian Roper, Paul Boertien (David McDermott); Kevin Betsy, Darren Wrack, Mark Bradley (Richard Taundry); Stefan Moore (Troy Deeney), Tommy Mooney

Subs not used : Bertrand Bossu, Manny Smith

Sent off : Richard Taundry

CURRENT FORM

11/03/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Lost 2-1

08/03/2008 Northampton Town (H) Lost 2-0

01/03/2008 Luton Town (A) Won 1-0

23/02/2008 Swindon Town (A) Won 3-0

12/02/2008 Swansea City (A) Lost 1-0

09/02/2008 Yeovil Town (H) Won 2-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

At Nottingham Played 8, NFFC 3, Walsall 2, Draw 3

At Walsall Played 9, NFFC 3, Walsall 5, Draw 1

League Cup

At Nottingham Played 2, Walsall 2

At Walsall Played 2, NFFC 1, Draw 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 WALSALL 1 NFFC 0 04/12/2007

2005/06 FL1 NFFC 1 WALSALL 1 10/12/2005

FL1 WALSALL 3 NFFC 2 09/08/2005

2003/04 FLC NFFC 3 WALSALL 3 14/02/2004

FLC WALSALL 4 NFFC 1 04/11/2003

2002/03 FLC NFFC 1 WALSALL 1 01/01/2003

LC NFFC 1 WALSALL 2 02/10/2002

FLC WALSALL 2 NFFC 1 24/08/2002

2001/02 FLC NFFC 2 WALSALL 3 01/04/2002

FLC WALSALL 2 NFFC 0 11/11/2001

1999/2000 FLC WALSALL 0 NFFC 2 12/02/2000

FLC NFFC 4 WALSALL 1 04/09/1999

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : G.Laws (Tyne & Wear)

2007/08 Record – 25 Matches, 61 Yellow Cards, 2 Red Cards

Assistant Referee : W.Barrett and J.E.Pearce

Fourth Official : N.Murphy

Southend United (A)

09-Mar-2008

Forest head out on the road on Tuesday hoping for an improvement in their fortunes as they visit Roots Hall for a match up with Southend United.

Southend themselves will be keen to gain some points as they are chasing a play off place hoping for an immediate return to the Championship following last season’s relegation. In fact a win will bring them level on points with Forest.

Managed by Steve Tilson who has become one of the managerial hot properties following his transformation of the club from League Two strugglers to one of the best clubs outside of the top two divisions since his appointment in November 2003.

Recent form has improved since the signing of strikers Lee Barnard from Tottenham on a free transfer and James Walker from Charlton. Barnard has scored 4 in his 6 games for the club and Walker 2 in 4. Barnard is currently suffering from a hip injury so will be unlikely to feature whilst Walker is one of four current loan signings at the club with Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Anthony Grant (Chelsea) and Charlie Mulgrew (Wolves) being the others.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 08 March 2008

SOUTHEND UNITED (1) 2 v LUTON TOWN (0) 0

1-0 37 mins Nick Bailey (Southend)

2-0 90 mins James Walker (Southend)

SOUTHEND

Darryl Flahavan; Simon Francis, Peter Clarke, Adam Barrett, Charlie Mulgrew; Hal Robson-Kanu (Damien Scannell), Nick Bailey, Franck Moussa (Anthony Grant (Lewis Hunt)), Mark Gower; James Walker, Tommy Black

subs not used : Steve Collis, Zoltan Liptak

CURRENT FORM

08/03/2008 Luton Town (H) Won 2-0

29/02/2008 Cheltenham Town (A) Drew 1-1

23/02/2008 Yeovil Town (A) Won 3-0

16/02/2008 Bournemouth (H) Won 2-1

12/02/2008 Millwall (A) Lost 2-1

09/02/2008 Hartlepool United (H) Won 2-1

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 5, NFFC 4, Southend 1

at Southend Played 4, NFFC 1, Southend 2, Draw 1

F.A.Cup

at Southend Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 NFFC 4 (Breckin, Tyson, Agogo 2) Southend 1 (Gower) 06/11/2007

2005/06 FL1 NFFC 2 (Wilson og, Southall) Southend 0 19/11/2005

FL1 Southend 1 (Eastwood) NFFC 0 09/10/2005

1993/94 FLC NFFC 2 (Black, Cooper) Southend 0 19/12/1993

FLC Southend 1 (Sussex) NFFC 1 (Pearce pen) 15/08/1993

1950/51 D3S NFFC 3 (Ardron, Collindringe pen, Johnson) Southend 0 28/04/1951

D3S Southend 3 NFFC 2 (Gager pen, Scott) 10/04/1951

1949/50 D3S NFFC 1 (Capel) Southend 2 15/04/1950

D3S Southend 2 NFFC 3 (Love 2, Gager pen) 28/01/1950

1925/26 FA Southend 0 NFFC 1 (Walker) 20/02/1926

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : P.W.Melin (Surrey)

2007/08 Record : Matches 22, Yellow Card 41, Red Cards 9

Assistant Referees : T.Mason and G.R.Russell

Fourth Official : R.P.Whitton

Crewe Alexandra (A)

04-Mar-2008

Forest head to Gresty Road on Saturday for the visit to Crewe. Both teams will be desperate for points for different reasons, with Forest hoping to restart their promotion bid and Crewe keen to avoid relegation, currently just outside the relegation zone on goal difference in 20th place.

Crewe have found fame by their impressive youth policy that has seen the likes of David Platt, Geoff Thomas and Neil Lennon wear the Crewe shirt. However the continued develop and sell policy has recently seen the club struggling as they have found it hard to replace recent leavers Dean Ashton, Luke Varney, Billy Jones and David Vaughan. An already relegated Forest earned Crewe a stay of execution when a last day draw with Gillingham at the end of the 2004/05 season meant the Kent side got relegated instead of Crewe. However this only delayed relegation by 12 months as they joined Forest in League One.

In spite of the receipt of all of the large transfer fees there has been very little investment in players and the board of directors were expecting a difficult AGM on Thursday (6^th) when fans were expecting to find some answers to the reason for the lack of investment.

At the end of last season Dario Gradi who has been manager at Gresty Road since June 1983 became Technical Director at the club, whilst still initially keeping his first team interests the plan seems to be to gradually allow first team coach Steve Holland gain more control of the team.

The current star is striker Nicky Maynard however he has been plagued by injury this season and has only managed 16 starts. His injury jinx struck again last Saturday when he limped out of the creditable 0-0 draw at the in-form Northampton with a hamstring strain.

Crewe have recently made some loan signings with former Crewe favourite Kenny Lunt rejoining the club where had made 373 appearances before joining Sheffield Wednesday. Also Crewe made a signing that will provide a commentators nightmare as Gary Roberts joined from Ipswich, the nightmare is that Crewe already have a player called Gary Roberts in the side. So I guess we will not hear the chant “There’s only one Gary Roberts” during the game.

Also in the Crewe squad is former Forest cult hero Eugen Bopp who had already hero status with Crewe fans when scoring the Forest goal that saved Crewe from relegation in 2004/05. However Bopp has failed to rediscover the form of his earlier Forest career and was recently told he could leave if he could find a new club.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 01 March 2008

NORTHAMPTON TOWN (0) 0 v CREWE ALEXANDRA (0) 0

CREWE

Ben Williams; George Abbey, Julien Baudet, Daniel O’Donnell, Patrick Boyle; Kenny Lunt, Gary S Roberts (Ryan Lowe), Gary M Roberts, Steven Schumacher (Michael O’Connor); Nicky Maynard (Tom Pope), Byron Moore

subs not used : Chris McCready, Owain fon Williams

Gary M Roberts is the Crewe owed player

Gary S Roberts is the loan signing from Ipswich

CURRENT FORM

01/03/2008 Northampton Town (A) Drew 0-0

26/02/2008 Carlisle United (H) Lost 1-0

23/02/2008 Leeds United (A) Drew 1-1

12/02/2008 Leyton Orient (A) Won 1-0

09/02/2008 Swansea City (H) Drew 2-2

02/02/2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Lost 3-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 8, NFFC 5, Draw 3

at Crewe Played 7, NFFC 4, Crewe 2, Draw 1

League Cup

at Crewe Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 NFFC 2 (Davies, Clingan) Crewe 0 24/11/2007

2006/07 NFFC 0 Crewe 0 05/05/2007

Crewe 1 (Roberts pen) NFFC 4 (Grant Holt, Tyson 3) 09/12/2006

2004/05 Crewe 1 (Sorvel) NFFC 1 (Dobie) 02/04/2005

NFFC 2 (Taylor, King) Crewe 2 (Rivers 2) 14/08/2004

2003/04 NFFC 2 (King 2) Crewe 0 27/03/2004

Crewe 3 (Lunt, Ashton, Jones) NFFC 1 (Harewood) 20/09/2003

2001/02 NFFC 2 (Bopp, Louis-Jean) NFFC 2 (Jack, Hulse) 13/04/2002

Crewe 0 NFFC 3 (David Johnson 2, John) 24/11/2001

2000/01 Crewe 1 (Rivers) NFFC 0 13/03/2001

NFFC 1 (Gary Jones) Crewe 0 26/12/2000

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : J.Singh (Middlesex)

2007/08 Season Record : 27 Matches, 77 Yellow Cards, 2 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : S.Martin and D.J.Roberts

Fourth Official : S.J.Rushton

Carlisle United (H)

23-Feb-2008

Forest hope to finally get the chance to test themselves against Carlisle in front of the Sky cameras on Monday 3^rd March following the away game being postponed twice.

Results last Saturday have added extra importance to this game as Carlisle’s victory against Doncaster and Forest’s win at Leyton Orient allowed Forest move into the second automatic promotion position.

Carlisle were in the news earlier in the season when they sacked manager Neil McDonald after the first game of the season when they drew at Walsall. He was eventually replaced by Cheltenham manager John Ward who is now building an impressive reputation as a manager after being a highly respected number two for a number of years. One of his assistants at the club is Dennis Booth who also had a spell at Forest in the same role when David Platt was manager.

The main threat is likely to come from striker Joe Garner who has so far managed 14 goals this season after converting last season’s loan into a permanent transfer from Blackburn Rovers. Recent signing from Forest Scott Dobie will not play in the game under the terms of the transfer. Besides Dobie they also made three other deadline signings with Grant Smith joining from Dundee United, Evan Horwood joining from Sheffield United and Cleveland Taylor hoping for a second successive promotion after joining from Scunthorpe.

COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE

Saturday 23 February 2008

CARLISLE UNITED (1) 1 v DONCASTER ROVERS (0) 0

1-0 40 mins Danny Graham (Carlisle)

CARLISLE

Kieran Westwood; David Raven, Peter Murphy, Danny Livesey, Evan Horwood (Paul Arnison); Cleveland Taylor, Marc Bridge-Wilkinson, Grant Smith, Simon Hackney, Danny Graham (Jeff Smith), Joe Garner (Scott Dobie)

subs not used : Chris Howarth, Danny Carlton

CURRENT FORM

23/02/2008 Doncaster Rovers (H) Won 1-0

12/02/2008 Huddersfield Town (H) Won 2-1

09/02/2008 Port Vale (A) Drew 1-1

02/02/2008 Walsall (H) Won 2-1

29/01/2008 Oldham Athletic (H) Lost 2-0

25/01/2008 Cheltenham Town (A) Lost 1-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 5, NFFC 4, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 5, NFFC 1, Carlisle 2, Draw 2

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 1, Carlisle 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2006/07 Carlisle 1 (Hawley) NFFC 0 31/01/2007

NFFC 0 Carlisle 0 16/09/2006

1976/77 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Robertson pen) 05/03/1977

NFFC 5 (Bowyer 2, O’Hare, Barrett, Withe) Carlisle 1 (Barry) 25/09/1976

1975/76 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Barry og) 06/03/1976

NFFC 4 (Butlin, O’Hare 2, Curren pen) Carlisle 0 01/11/1975

1973/74 Carlisle 2 (Owen, Laidlaw) NFFC 0 13/04/1974

NFFC 2 (Martin, McKenzie) Carlisle 0 17/11/1973

Leyton Orient (A)

19-Feb-2008

Forest are back on the road on Saturday after the unexpected lack of action midweek due to the postponement at Carlisle when they travel to London to face Leyton Orient.

Leyton Orient have been around the play off area all season and a recent slump in form appears to have ended when they won the last game at Luton, ending a run of five games without a win.

Leyton Orient will be on a revenge mission after Forest recorded a 4-0 victory just over a month ago at the City Ground in a game where Leyton Orient created more chances, 10 compared to Forest’s 7.

One of the main threats will come from Adam Boyd who is top scorer with 13 goals this season and partner Jabo Ibehre who has scored 5 from 11 starts including the winner at last weeks win at Luton.

MOST RECENT GAME

COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE

Saturday 16 February 2008

LUTON TOWN (0) 0 v LEYTON ORIENT (1) 1

0-1 26 mins Jabo Ibehre (Leyton Orient)

LEYTON ORIENT

Stuart Nelson; Stephen Purches, Brian Saah, Sam Oji, Aiden Palmer; Wayne Gray, Adam Chambers, Paul Terry, Jason Demetriou; Jabo Ibehre, Adam Boyd (Sean Thornton)

subs not used : Alton Thelwell, JJ Melligan, Wayne Corden, Glenn Morris

CURRENT FORM

16/02/2008 Luton Town (A) Won 1-0

12/02/2008 Crewe Alexandra (H) Lost 1-0

09/02/2008 Tranmere Rovers (A) Drew 1-1

02/02/2008 Southend United (H) Drew 2-2

29/01/2008 Walsall (A) Drew 0-0

25/01/2008 Northampton Town (A) Lost 2-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 23, NFFC 12, Leyton Orient 4, Draw 7

at Leyton Orient Played 22, NFFC 10, Leyton Orient 5, Draw 7

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 3, NFFC 1, Leyton Orient 1, Draw 1

at Leyton Orient Played 3, NFFC 2, Draw 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, Draw 1

at Leyton Orient Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT GAMES

2007/08 FL1 NFFC 4 (Holt 2 – 1 a pen, Commons, Thornhill) Leyton Orient 0 12/01/2008

2006/07 FL1 Leyton Orient 1 (Lockwood) NFFC 3 (Lester 2, Commons) 28/04/2007

FL1 NFFC 1 (Breckin) Leyton Orient 3 (Guttridge, Chambers, Corden) 16/12/2006

1997/98 LC2L2 NFFC 0 Leyton Orient 0 22/09/1998

LC2L1 Leyton Orient 1 (Reinelt) NFFC 5 (A.Johnson, Freedman 2, Stone, Harewood) 15/09/1998

1987/88 FA4 Leyton Orient 1 (Juryeff) NFFC 2 (Glover, Plummer) 30/01/1988

1976/77 D2 Nottingham Forest 3 (Withe 2, Lloyd) Orient 0 29/03/1977

D2 Orient 0 NFFC 1 (Woodcock) 13/11/1976

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : P.Miller (Bedfordshire)

2007/08 Record : 21 Matches, 53 Yellow Cards, 4 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : P.C.Martin and G.R.Young

Fourth Official : B.C.Holderness

Carlisle United (A)

16-Feb-2008

Forest face one of their hardest games of the season when they make the long journey to Carlisle on Tuesday night. Forest will be hoping to break a worrying sequence of not scoring in the first half in any of the previous seven matches and only managing one first half goal in the previous eleven games.

The will face a Carlisle team who had a weekend off following the late postponement of their game on Saturday at Crewe Alexandra. Carlisle have one of the best home records in the country having won 12 of the 14 league games played at Brunton Park this season.

The main threat is likely to come from striker Joe Garner who has so far managed 14 goals this season after converting last season’s loan into a permanent transfer from Blackburn Rovers. Recent signing from Forest Scott Dobie will not play in the game (and the forthcoming game at City Ground) under the terms of the transfer. Besides Dobie they also made three other deadline signings with Grant Smith joining from Dundee United, Evan Horwood joining from Sheffield United and Cleveland Taylor hoping for a second successive promotion after joining from Scunthorpe.

MOST RECENT GAME

COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE

Tuesday 12 February 2008

CARLISLE UNITED (1) 2 v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (0) 1

1-0 21 mins Danny Livesey (Carlisle)

2-0 76 mins Danny Graham (Carlisle)

2-1 87 mins Robert Page (Huddersfield)

CARLISLE

Kieran Westwood; David Raven, Danny Livesey, Peter Murphy, Evan Horwood; Cleveland Taylor, Marc Bridge-Wilkinson, Chris Lumsdon, Simon Hackney; Joe Garner (Danny Carlton), Danny Graham

subs not used : Chris Howarth, Paul Arnison, Jeff Smith, Grant Smith

CURRENT FORM

12/02/2008 Huddersfield Town (H) Won 2-1

09/02/2008 Port Vale (A) Drew 1-1

02/02/2008 Walsall (H) Won 2-1

29/01/2008 Oldham Athletic (H) Lost 2-0

25/01/2008 Cheltenham Town (A) Lost 1-0

19/01/2008 Crewe Alexandra (H) Won 1-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 5, NFFC 4, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 5, NFFC 1, Carlisle 2, Draw 2

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, Draw 1

at Carlisle Played 1, Carlisle 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2006/07 Carlisle 1 (Hawley) NFFC 0 31/01/2007

NFFC 0 Carlisle 0 16/09/2006

1976/77 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Robertson pen) 05/03/1977

NFFC 5 (Bowyer 2, O’Hare, Barrett, Withe) Carlisle 1 (Barry) 25/09/1976

1975/76 Carlisle 1 (Martin) NFFC 1 (Barry og) 06/03/1976

NFFC 4 (Butlin, O’Hare 2, Curren pen) Carlisle 0 01/11/1975

1973/74 Carlisle 2 (Owen, Laidlaw) NFFC 0 13/04/1974

NFFC 2 (Martin, McKenzie) Carlisle 0 17/11/1973

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : M.A.Riley (West Yorkshire)

Premiership & FIFA Referee

2007/08 Record : 29 Matches, 92 Yellow Cards, 2 Red Cards

Assistant Referees : A.Butler and J.Simpson

Fourth Official : M.Oliver

Swindon Town (H)

12-Feb-2008

Forest will be hoping lightning does strike twice on Saturday as Swindon visit the City Ground. The last season the two clubs were in the same division (2005/06) Swindon won the game at the County Ground 2-1 only for Forest to win at the City Ground 7-1. Only a month ago Swindon won 2-1 at home so that means Forest will win their home game … (well I can dream).

Swindon still harbour play off ambitions and these ambitions were fuelled following a new board and manager Maurice Malpas arriving just before Forest’s visit to Swindon in January.

Swindon are currently in 10th position following Tuesday night’s 3-0 win against Cheltenham.

MOST RECENT GAME

Tuesday 12 February 2008

SWINDON TOWN (2) 3 v CHELTENHAM TOWN (0) 0

1-0 20 mins Simon Cox (Swindon)

2-0 41 mins Billy Paynter (Swindon)

3-0 80 mins Christian Roberts (Swindon)

SWINDON

Peter Brezovan; Miguel Commingues, Jerel Ifil, Hasney Aljofree, Jamie Vincent; Jon-Paul McGovern, Michael Pook, Anthony McNamee (Christian Roberts), Lee Peacock; Simon Cox (Blair Sturrock), Billy Paynter (Barry Corr)

subs not used : Moses Ashikodi, Pat Kanyuka

CURRENT FORM

12/02/2008 Cheltenham Town (H) Won 3-0

09/02/2008 Huddersfield Town (A) Lost 1-0

02/02/2008 Northampton Town (H) Drew 1-1

29/01/2008 Luton Town (A) Won 1-0

26/01/2008 Crewe Alexandra (A) Drew 0-0

22/01/2008 Barnet (A) Drew 1-1 FA3R

(Lost 2-0 on Penalties)

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 7, NFFC 6, Draw 1

at Swindon Played 8, NFFC 2, Swindon 2, Draw 4

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 3, NFFC 2, Draw 1

at Swindon Played 1, Draw 1

at Villa Park Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 Swindon Town 2 (Perch og, Breckin og) NFFC 1 (Chambers) FL1 19/01/2008

2005/06 NFFC 7 (Southall 3, Morgan 2, Breckin, Lester) Swindon Town 1 (Benjamin) FL1 25/02/2006

Swindon Town 2 (Fallon, O’Hanlon) NFFC 1 (Commons) FL1 13/08/2005

1999/2000 NFFC 3 (Rogers, Bart-Williams pen, Freedman) Swindon Town 1 (Hay pen) FLC 04/03/2000

Swindon Town 0 NFFC 0 FLC 11/09/1999

1997/98 NFFC 3 (Campbell 2, A.Johnson) Swindon Town 0 FLC 26/12/1997

Swindon Town 0 NFFC 0 FLC 07/09/1997

Leeds United (A)

09-Feb-2008

Forest hope to continue on winnings ways when they travel to Elland Road for the battle of the divisions former giants against Leeds United. Leeds fall to this level has been far more dramatic than Forest’s having been European Champions League semi finalists only seven years ago.

Leeds are under new managership following Dennis Wise shock departure for Newcastle. He has been replaced by former playing legend Gary McAllister who once rejected the chance to join Forest in favour Leeds when Brian Clough ridiculed the cowboy boots he was wearing when he arrived for talks when he was leaving Leicester City.

Leeds will be hoping for a return to their early season form having being unable to record a win in their last five games.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 09 February 2008

NORTHAMPTON TOWN (0) 1 v LEEDS UNITED (1) 1

0-1 38 mins Jonny Howson (Leeds)

1-1 75 mins Adebayo Akinfenwa (Northampton)

LEEDS

Casper Ankergren, Darren Kenton, Rui Marques, Lubomir Michalik, Alan Sheehan; David Prutton (Tore Andre Flo), Jonathan Howson, Andy Hughes, Bradley Johnson (Peter Sweeney); Jermaine Beckford, Tresor Kandol

subs not used : David Lucas, Matt Heath, Anthony Elding

Attendance : 7,260

Referee : Steve Tanner (Somerset)

CURRENT FORM

09/02/2008 Northampton Town (A) Drew 1-1

02/02/2008 Tranmere Rovers (H) Lost 2-0

29/01/2008 Southend United (A) Lost 1-0

26/01/2008 Luton Town (A) Drew 1-1

19/01/2008 Doncaster Rovers (H) Lost 1-0

14/01/2008 Crewe Alexandra (A) Won 1-0

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 37, NFFC 14, Leeds 7, Draw 16

at Leeds Played 36, NFFC 7, Leeds 18, Draw 11

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 2, NFFC 2

at Leeds Played 1, NFFC 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Leeds Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 NFFC 1 (Commons) Leeds United 2 (Kandol, Beckford) 25/08/2007

2004/05 CH NFFC 0 Leeds United 0 16/03/2005

CH Leeds United 1 (Guppy) NFFC 1 (Reid pen) 21/08/2004

1998/99 PREM Leeds United 3 (Hasselbaink, Harte, Smith) NFFC 1 (Rogers) 03/04/1999

PREM NFFC 1 (Stone) Leeds United 1 (Halle) 17/10/1998

1996/97 PREM NFFC 1 (Van Hooijdonk) Leeds United 1 (Deane) 19/04/1997

PREM Leeds United 2 (Wallace 2) NFFC 0 12/10/1996

1995/96 PREM Leeds United 1 (Wetherall) NFFC 3 (Cooper, Lee, Woan) 08/04/1996

PREM NFFC 2 (Campbell, Roy pen) Leeds United 1 (Palmer) 31/01/1996

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee : M.R.Halsey (Lancashire)

2007/08 Record – Matches : 29, Yellow Cards : 66, Red Cards 3

Premiership Referee

Refereed F.A.Community Shield 2007/08

Assistant Referees : A.Garratt and M.Yerby

Fourth Official : P.Walton

Millwall (H)

03-Feb-2008

Forest will be hoping for an improvement in fortunes on Saturday when Millwall visit the City Ground. It will be the second time we have played in just over two weeks with Forest recovering from two goals down to gain a draw thanks to late goals from Chris Cohen and Nathan Tyson.

Since we met on 23^rd January form seemed to have improved for Millwall with a commendable 2-1 defeat in the cup at Championship side Coventry City the followed by a 1-0 away victory at Cheltenham. However this improvement came to an abrupt end on Saturday when they were heavily beaten 3-0 at home by Doncaster, a game where Doncaster created 31 chances.

Millwall have been very active during the January window with six new signings arriving at the club. Adrian Forbes (Blackpool), Marc Laird (Man City), Ahmet Brkovic (Luton), Marcus Bignot (QPR), Rhys Evans (Blackpool) and David Martin (Crystal Palace). Millwall will be hoping these signings make a difference as they are currently only out of the bottom four on goal difference.

MOST RECENT GAME

Saturday 02 February 2008

MILLWALL (0) 0 v DONCASTER ROVERS (1) 3

0-1 43 mins Jason Price (Doncaster)

0-2 77 mins James Coppinger (Doncaster)

0-3 90 mins Paul Green (Doncaster)

MILLWALL

Rhys Evans (Preston Edwards); Danny Senda, Andy Frampton, Paul Robinson, Scott Barron; Alan Dunne (Ahmet Brkovic), Ali Fuseini, Adrian Forbes, Jay Simpson, Gary Alexander, Lewis Grabbon (Marc Laird)

subs not used : David Martin, Marcus Bignot

Referee : Paul Melin

Attendance : 8,230

CURRENT FORM

02/02/2008 Doncaster Rovers (H) Lost 3-0

29/01/2008 Cheltenham Town (A) Won 1-0

26/01/2008 Coventry City (A) Lost 2-1 FA4

23/01/2008 Nottingham Forest (H) Drew 2-2

19/01/2008 Tranmere Rovers (H) Lost 1-0

15/01/2008 Walsall (H) Won 2-1 FA3R

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham Played 23, NFFC 13, Millwall 5, Draw 5

at Millwall Played 24, NFFC 2, Millwall 12, Draw 10

F.A.Cup

at Nottingham Played 1, NFFC 1

at Millwall Played 1, Millwall 1

League Cup

at Nottingham Played 2, Millwall 2

at Millwall Played 1, Draw 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08 FL1 Millwall 2 (Harris, Simpson) NFFC 2 (Cohen, Tyson) 23/01/2008

2006/07 FL1 Millwall 1 (Harris) NFFC 0 07/04/2007

FL1 NFFC 3 (Agogo, Perch, Breckin) Millwall 1 (May) 25/11/2006

2004/05 FLC NFFC 1 (Commons) Millwall 2 (Hayles, Dunne) 15/01/2005

FLC Millwall 1 (Livermore) NFFC 0 03/10/2004

2003/04 FLC NFFC 2 (Reid, D.Johnson) Millwall 2 (Livermore, Chadwick) 17/04/2004

FLC Millwall 1 (Braniff) NFFC 0 01/11/2003

2002/03 FLC NFFC 3 (Jess, Bopp, D.Johnson) Millwall 3 (Nethercott, Cahill, Harris) 26/04/2003

FLC Millwall 1 (Davies) NFFC 2 (D.Johnson 2) 05/10/2002