memories

[Colchester Kev]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

[bolt pp]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

when were Brighton good? that must be before my time

  it will be Arsenal soon

[Longy]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

when were Brighton good? that must be before my time

  it will be Arsenal soon

Made the fa cup final in 83 lost in a replay to man u, were a top flight team at the time. The final is remembered for the commentary "and smith must score", he didn't.

[Colchester Kev]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

when were Brighton good? that must be before my time

  it will be Arsenal soon

Made the fa cup final in 83 lost in a replay to man u, were a top flight team at the time. The final is remembered for the commentary "and smith must score", he didn't.

Steve Foster in bubble perm & headband, missed first game and was available for the replay ... the chant for the replay was  "Stevie Foster, Stevie Foster, what a difference you have made ... what a difference you have made"

[Acidmouse]

It's sad esp when so many non-entity teams in the prem.

[matt674]

Go a further division down to division 4 to find:

Wimbledon
Bradford

who were both top flight teams up to about 7 years ago.........

[matt674]

and if we extend it even further (though going back slightly longer in time) to:

Oxford United

Who won the league cup about 20 years ago whilst being in the top flight of english football and now are a non-league team............

[dan]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

HEHE, keep Jol in charge and you might find it will be spurs. The man is tactically naive has he ever made a successful substitution

[Rod Paradise]

just looking at league 1 ... (Division 3 to those that used to follow footy when it was a working mans pastime ... full of prawn sarnie munching corporate suits these days)

Leeds
Forest
Luton
Brighton
Oldham

All top flight teams in recent years and now languishing in the arse end of football obscurity.   that will be @rsenal soon

when were Brighton good? that must be before my time

  it will be Arsenal soon

Made the fa cup final in 83 lost in a replay to man u, were a top flight team at the time. The final is remembered for the commentary "and smith must score", he didn't.

They weren't top flight then though were they?

Edit - Checked up - they were but they were relegated the same season.

[TheChipPrince]

Having seen Forest last saturday at Swansea they're obviously one of the better sides in League 1, very defensive though with Lennon & Clingan in midfield i'm not sure they have the creativity in midfield to hurt teams away from home... They've drawn 0-0, 0-0, 0-0 first 3 games, so the positives and negatives are obvious for them...

Havent seen Leeds since I saw there reserves in Feb, so cant comment on them, althought before the deduction they were 2nd faves to win the league (behind Forest)...

Brighton will finish midtable, Luton should be in and around the playoffs with Blackwell having brought in several experienced players, including Peschisolido. Also David Edwards from Shrewsbury is a very promising C MID...

Oldham have seen lots of comings and goings, theyve lost Wellens and Haining, two good players at this level, also Porter and Warne there 2 main strikers. Theyve signed Michael Ricketts from Preston who should prosper from playing week in week out, Craig Davies also will bag them 15+ goals... Will be interesting to see how much flack Lee Hughes cops from the terraces when he returns for them.. Open League though in general, not much between any teams on any given day...

[Acidmouse]

Leeds will gell and really challenge this season. They have what is essentially a semi decent championship squad still. I am off to forest at weekend, along with around 7k leeds fans, 4.5k in the offical away supportes end.

[redsimon]

Leeds will gell and really challenge this season. They have what is essentially a semi decent championship squad still. I am off to forest at weekend, along with around 7k leeds fans, 4.5k in the offical away supportes end.

My earliest memories are of Leeds fans causing trouble at away matches by going in the home sections of the ground. Nothing changes I guess

[Acidmouse]

Fans given text 'trouble hotline'
A special text line is being set up to allow football supporters to alert stewards about any trouble at this weekend's Nottingham Forest match.
The League One game on Saturday against Leeds United at the City Ground is being given the highest security category with extra police on duty.

Nottingham Forest said any fan who caused trouble would be evicted.

The club safety officer Alan Bexon said the text number had been set up so fans do not feel intimidated.

"We thought of the idea after a lady told us that she was afraid to contact stewards about a problem in the stands," Mr Bexan said.

Fans are asked to text the word 'Forest' and 60666 to alert of any trouble.

[redsimon]

Fans given text 'trouble hotline'
A special text line is being set up to allow football supporters to alert stewards about any trouble at this weekend's Nottingham Forest match.
The League One game on Saturday against Leeds United at the City Ground is being given the highest security category with extra police on duty.

Nottingham Forest said any fan who caused trouble would be evicted.

The club safety officer Alan Bexon said the text number had been set up so fans do not feel intimidated.

"We thought of the idea after a lady told us that she was afraid to contact stewards about a problem in the stands," Mr Bexan said.

Fans are asked to text the word 'Forest' and 60666 to alert of any trouble.

This is a new thing at all home games this year. You text seat details and a brief desciption of trouble, ie racist chanting throwing stuff etc and cctv locates area and if necessary police moves in to arrest trouble makers. Hopefully wont be needed tomorrow as all fans sleep thru another 0-0?

[TheChipPrince]

Leeds will gell and really challenge this season. They have what is essentially a semi decent championship squad still. I am off to forest at weekend, along with around 7k leeds fans, 4.5k in the offical away supportes end.

I think will do very well to make 5th/6th, that in itself would be an achievement with the points deduction... Let me know how Jermaine Beckford gets on tommorrow, I really rate him in League 1 from watching him at Scunthorpe...