For many years, men up and down the country have encountered problems trying to keep their 'missus' happy and also their mates happy by going to the footy.
This part of the website (by popular demand) is dedicated to sexy women in football shirts. Ideally, being a Forest related website, this page would consist only of girls in Forest shirts but as we begin we might have to look at beautiful women in different football shirts. What a shame (sigh)
During one of our many away trips of yester-year, a certain lad (who was a bit of an idiot actually) once came out with some very wise words that have stuck with me through the rest of my life. "No matter what happens with your girlfriend, you will always have your football club"
Perhaps a bit strong coming from an ugly Brummie but very much spot on. Women reading this are probably thinking: "these people aren't real" but football really can be and is a big part of a lot of men's life. "If you don't like the way I am then don't be with me" has always been a motto of mine. I'm sure in the future I might 'grow-up' or my priorities may change (eg - mortgage, kids, etc) but I will forever support Nottingham Forest and have the tattoo to prove it.
Some of us, including a few in our group, have been lucky enough in the past or have indeed found a girlfriend who understands what football and your club means to you. It's not just football though, it's also your mates.
You can come from all over the country (Banbury, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Sheffield, Nuthall, Kimberley, Ruddington, Mansfield, Walsall just to name a few examples in our social group!!) to see your mates for the first and probably last time of the week on a Saturday and can all share the same passion.
It must be difficult for girlfriends/wives. Spending hundreds if not thousands on your football club instead of saving for a house/wedding ring/day out shopping etc can always take its toll on a relationship but we love our club just as much as anything else and quite easily make sacrifices in our personal life just for a so-called meaningless game.
When your team loses it can sometimes feel like a death in the family. It really is like that. It's not the end of the world but you put so much money and passion into something and it all goes wrong and you're bound to be upset. It's just the way it is.
Not all football supporters are the same and some are more dedicated to their club than others but they wouldn't think twice about spending a day out with their mates at another random town for the majority of a Saturday. It's what we do. The feeling of a last minute goal, an unexpected victory or a championship or promotion is reward for all those times you've travelled to a shitty little town in the pouring rain on a Tuesday night and seen yourselves get beaten 5-0.
So if you're a girlfriend, wife or general member of the opposite sex reading this now and dread Saturdays without the love of your life or hubby, just take a moment to think what it means to us. We still love you but we also love our mates and football club.
Forest till we die.
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