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LAST TIME OUT

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 PRESTON NORTH END 3



NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0 FULHAM 1



FORM GUIDE LAST FIVE MATCHES MAX TOTAL 25

PNE 9 FOREST 12

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Taking charge of Saturday’s home game against Play-Off chasing Nottingham Forest is a match official who last refereed a North End game back in January.
Jeremy Simpson was the man in the middle for PNE’s trip to Barnsley late in the first month of the year, having also been the official at Cardiff City just before Christmas, a game that ended 0-0.

He was also in charge at Deepdale for the 3-0 victory over Wigan back in August 2019, the third occasion when he has officiated a Lilywhites match this season.

Prior to that, the Carnforth referee took charge of three North End matches during the 2018/19 season, which all ended in draws.

The most action-packed of these was a 3-3 draw against Sheffield Wednesday in the final home game of the campaign, where Dominica Iorfa was sent off for the Owls.

He also oversaw fixtures against Bristol City and Rotherham United at Deepdale, both of which finished 1-1.

Back in January 2018, the select group two match official took the game in a draw away at Millwall, having also been in charge for a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at Deepdale the month before.

He last refereed a match involving Barnsley in November, when they were beaten 4-2 at home by Stoke City.



Last season, he had the whistle for the Tykes’ home league fixture against Bradford City, a match which they won 3-0.

This will be his 27th match of the season, having so far issued a total of 89 cautions and six red cards. He will be assisted by Mark Russell and Akil Howson, while the fourth official will be Martin Coy.

MACS FOREST DEEPDALE MEMORY

PNE 3 FOREST 0



4/1/1969

My first ever FA Cup tie at Deepdale, think at the time Forest were in the top division won 3-0 highlight was a Derek Temple run with the ball legged it for about 50 yeards before slotting past the Forest keeper. Large Forest support that day who enjoyed a bit of fistycuffs on the Kop with the home fans.

THE GAME

Still all to play for more so if Cardiff drop points tonight at Fulham, big weekend this, all 10 ten clubs play each other so points will go west.
Forest 12 points off automatic and seven points clear from seventh so can basically say the play offs are virtually certain. Even more intersting were the comments of Lamouchi who described his players as being tired having played so many games in a short space of timed since the restart.
Will this means a bit of squad rotation, seemed like a couple of players were carrying knocks.
No matter what sie he puts out they will be organised hard to break down and will play on the counter

The meeting at the City Ground the spoils were shared in a 1 all draw both sides won 1 half each as well.

Confidence seemed to fly back into the players in the latter stages of Wednesdays win over Wednesday, Neil has some interesting teams selections to make will Storey play again in a back 3 which worked well, wing backs two forwards find out tomorrow.