[Lord Snooty]

April 8:

Well I'm glad we're not playing tonight. We haven't registered a single goal in the last 5 games played on this date. That includes 2017 when we lost 2-0 at the City Ground against those Tricky Trees.

After a poor first half, David Wagner changed the formation at half time, bringing on Joe Lolley and Dean Whitehead, but another defensive mistake let Forest in for a second and the game was gone

This defeat really put the tin hat on the automatics, leaving us 10 points behind second placed Newcastle. Still in 3rd though, above Reading in 4th (who lost 7-1 at Norwich), Leeds in 5th and the Wendies in 6th.

Leeds were a good 5 points ahead of 7th placed Fulham and with just five games left, that West Yorkshire Play Off was very much still on the cards.

Forest moved up to 19th and were still in the thick of the relegation battle.

No such problems in another promotion campaign, on this date in 1980. This was my one and only trip to Feethams, to see our free scoring 4th Division side, under the management of the marvelous Mick Buxton, play Darlington. I'd missed the trip up there when we drew them in the FA Cup earlier in the season. That was a 1-1 draw, then they pulled off a bit of a shock by beating us at Leeds Road in the replay.

This time though, we won. It was a topsy turvey game, if I remember rightly that we came from behind to win. Steve Kindon scored from the spot and Brian Stanton scored as well, but the winner came from an own goal by the Darlo centre back, Derek Craig.

After this one, Town were still in 2nd place, still trying to catch Walsall.