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Bob McKinlay
Soppy thread. Avoid if you don't like OTT bollocks.
Growing up all I ever wanted to do was play for NFFC. Might have done it one day if some unfortunate genes didn't put an end to a fledgling football career at the ripe old age of 14 but them the breaks you get in life isn't it. Not the first, won't be the last, and plenty of other lads much closer than I ever was of realising their dreams having it snatched away too soon.
So you become a fan, shout from the sides, post nonsense on forums for too many years about what the club should be doing like you know better. Truth is it's mostly because I don't have any other hobbies, don't particularly enjoy my work and my friends are distributed quite diversely round the planet so there isn't much else apart from NFFC, and whilst we all want success I'd quite happily settle for a team that you can relate to and want to go about things the right way.
Tomorrow night is massive but I'm see-sawing between biting my finger nails off already and not giving a f***. Not giving a f*** why? Because this team, regardless of what happens tomorrow, or next Saturday, or even in the play-offs if that is our destiny, has just been everything I've wanted from a Forest side for too bloody long. Honest, hard-working, humble, play the right way, good to watch, no ego's - everything a football side is meant to be about to most of us who turn up to watch second league teams for a hefty wedge each week.
I think sometimes it might be difficult for footballers to conceptualise the sort of impact they have on people, especially if they've not actually won anything yet, but this side has invigorated this entire city, even those who don't care about football. Literally everyone I speak to the topic of conversation is NFFC. The city is alive.
What this club has done for the fans and the city this year is nothing short of incredible, and I will be forever grateful for this season, these players and this manager.
The only thing left is for these players to write themselves both into NFFC and wider football folklore: "The team that won promotion after their worst start in 108 years." The script is written, the history books need it to be completed and the players deserve it.
We're with you every step of the way. YOU, f***ing, REDS.
Growing up all I ever wanted to do was play for NFFC. Might have done it one day if some unfortunate genes didn't put an end to a fledgling football career at the ripe old age of 14 but them the breaks you get in life isn't it. Not the first, won't be the last, and plenty of other lads much closer than I ever was of realising their dreams having it snatched away too soon.
So you become a fan, shout from the sides, post nonsense on forums for too many years about what the club should be doing like you know better. Truth is it's mostly because I don't have any other hobbies, don't particularly enjoy my work and my friends are distributed quite diversely round the planet so there isn't much else apart from NFFC, and whilst we all want success I'd quite happily settle for a team that you can relate to and want to go about things the right way.
Tomorrow night is massive but I'm see-sawing between biting my finger nails off already and not giving a f***. Not giving a f*** why? Because this team, regardless of what happens tomorrow, or next Saturday, or even in the play-offs if that is our destiny, has just been everything I've wanted from a Forest side for too bloody long. Honest, hard-working, humble, play the right way, good to watch, no ego's - everything a football side is meant to be about to most of us who turn up to watch second league teams for a hefty wedge each week.
I think sometimes it might be difficult for footballers to conceptualise the sort of impact they have on people, especially if they've not actually won anything yet, but this side has invigorated this entire city, even those who don't care about football. Literally everyone I speak to the topic of conversation is NFFC. The city is alive.
What this club has done for the fans and the city this year is nothing short of incredible, and I will be forever grateful for this season, these players and this manager.
The only thing left is for these players to write themselves both into NFFC and wider football folklore: "The team that won promotion after their worst start in 108 years." The script is written, the history books need it to be completed and the players deserve it.
We're with you every step of the way. YOU, f***ing, REDS.