Player
of the season:-
85% Chris Bart-Williams
8% Ben Olsen
Also mentioned:
Jack Lester, Robbie Blake, Dave Beasant
Young Player of the
season:-
26% Keith Foy, Andy Reid
17% David Prutton
14% Chris Doig
9% Gareth Edds
Also mentioned:
Christian Edwards, Jermaine Jenus, All
of them!
Most Disappointing
player of the season:-
26% Ricardo Scimeca
21% Gary Jones
15% Stern John, Marlon Harewood
9% Jim Brennan
Also mentioned:-
Tony Vaughen, David Johnson, David Prutton,
Keith Foy
Most improved player
of the season:-
29% Christian Edwards
21% Stern John
15% Chris Bart-Williams
9% Jack Lester
Also mentioned:-
Andy Johnson, Gareth Williams, Chris Doig,
Alan Rogers, Gareth Edds, None of them!
Unsung Tricky Hero:-
28% Dave Beasant
13% Jack Lester, Andy Johnson
9% Paul Hart
6% Ricardo Scimeca
Also mentioned:-
Chris Bart-Williams, Robbie Blake, David
Johnson, Christian Edwards, Tony Vaughen,
David Platt, None of them!, Branco Struper!!,
Ketil Kristiansen!!!, Me - for sitting
in the A-block and putting up with our
home performances!!!!
Forest Goal of the
season:-
25% Scimeca v Burnley (h)
17% Foy v Tranmere(h)
13% Edds v Grimsby (h), All
of Bartmans free kicks
8% Bartman v Blackburn (h)
Also mentioned:-
Rogers v Burnley(h), Lester 1 on 1 v Gillingham(a),
Bartman F/K v Burnley(h), Bartman Pen
v Birmingham(a), Marlons 2nd v Tranmere(a),
Johns' first league goal since his injury.
Worst Goal conceded:-
18% Wimbledon's winner(h)
14% Too many to choose from
Also mentioned:-
Any v Darlington(h), QPR's equaliser,
Wimbledon's 1st(h), All Bartman cock-
ups, Palace equaliser, Croach v QPR(a),
Bolton's 2nd(h), Wolves FA Cup winner(h),
Tranmere(h), Bartman v Huddesfield(h),
Shipperley's v Barnsley(a), All of them!
Best game of the
season:-
38% Burnley(h)
16% Sheff United(a)
13% Crystal Palace(a)
9% Preston (a)
Also mentioned:-
Barnsley(a), Blackburn(h), Grimsby (h),
Stockport(a), Birmingham(a), Preston(h)
Worst game of the
season:-
22% Huddesfield(h)
15% Gillingham(h), Crystal
Palace(h)
12% Too many candidates
7% Darlington
Also mentioned:-
QPR(a), Sheff Wed(h), Wimbledon(a), Crewe(a),
Watford(a), Huddesfield(a), West Brom(a),
Watford(h), All the home defeats!
Best Opposition:-
69% Fulham
13% Watford, Blackburn
5% Preston
Worst Opposition:-
20% Portsmouth, QPR
10% Crewe, Tranmere, Sheff
Wednesday
7% Wolves, Grimsby, Sheff United
Also mentioned:-
Fulham, Crystal Palace, Ourselves!
Best Ground visited:-
34% City Ground
17% Huddesfield
9% Fulham, Blackburn, Wolves,
Bolton
Also mentioned:-
Sheff Wednesday, Tranmere, Newcastle Breakers!
Worst Ground visited:-
23% Fulham
19% Preston
15% Portsmouth
12% Darlington
Also mentioned:-
Crewe, Grimsby, Stockport, Watford, Sheff
United, Plymouth!, National Park (Newcastle,
Australia)!!
Song of the season:-
18% 'Where's your fat mate
gone?'
When the ball
landed on the building site behind the
goal at Preston, a huge builder (with
belly hanging out) went to fetch the ball
in the pouring rain. Needless to say it
was a bit of a struggle for him, and wasn't
helped by the on-mass abuse of the Forest
contingent. When the ball went behind
the goal again, the poor fella couldn't
take anymore and sent his Slim Jim mate
to fetch it, hence the chant.
14% 'My Garden Shed is bigger
than this, it's got a door and a window...'
A selection of the many others
mentioned:-
'Oh Derbyshire's got Foot
& Mouth...'
'You're not ringing anymore'
- at Portsmouth
'One Barry Evans' - A-block
to the Barry Evans (Eastenders character)
lookalike steward
'Hello, hello, it's Barry
& Pat' - A-block to the Pat Butcher
lookalike (another Eastenders character)
'Watford, Watford Rah.Rah,
Rah!'
'I never felt more like singing
the blues, when Forest win, and Derby
lose...'
'Platt out'
'You've lost that lovin' feeling'
All the Derek chants at Fulham
The 'freak' songs at QPR
All the Jim Bowen chants
Most hated opposing
player:-
37% Michael Branch (Wolves)
11% Kevin Muscat (Wolves)
6% Saha (Fulham), Ruddock
(Wolves), All of them!
Also mentioned:-
Dean Holdsworth (Bolton), Steve Claridge(Portsmouth),
Fan Zhi (Crystal Palace), Malcolm Christie
(D***y), Nigel Quashie(Portsmouth), None
of them, Gary Jones!
High point of the
season:-
11% Barry Roach penalty
save at Palace, Being in the Play Off
zone
8% Burnley 5-0 rout.
6% The anticipation before
important home games, Winning the court
case, Signing David Johnson, The birth
of the SW & M5 Branch, Blackburn win,
Winning 7 out of 8 in Oct/Nov, The win
at Sheff United.
Also mentioned:-
Marlon scoring a goal, applause for David
Jones, Platt for Southampton rumours,
The end, Quiz night, Cheap season tickets,
Ben Olsen, Robbie Blake, was there one?,
WBA at home
Low point of the
season:-
44% Dropping out of the
Play Off zone, then ending up a disappointing
11th.
9% Watford away, Gillingham
at home.
6% Wimbledon away, Benali
on loan, Losing to useless opposition.
Also mentioned:-
Most of it, Rogers injury, QPR away, Thinking
of Boerge enduring his first Forest match
at Wimbledon, The end, The idiots who
booed the team off at half time v Blackburn,
blake leaving, Crewe away, Not going up,
Platt not going to Southampton, Darlington
Cup defeat, Everything after West Brom
at home!
Best Forest website:-
50% www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
(Official site)
26% www.u-reds.com (U-Reds)
8% www.check4news.com/nffc/
(NFFC Pressroom)
5% www.forestfire.co.uk (Forest
Fire), www.trickymedia.com (Tricky Media)
Also mentioned:-
www.trentend.co.uk (Trent End); www.theeye.com
(The Eye); www.members.optusnet.com/au~toddstreet/mainpage.htm
(NFSDU)
Best other football
related website:-
42% www.football365.co.uk
8% www.soccernet.com ; www.teamtalk.com;
www.sporting-life.co.uk;
Also mentioned:-
www.ormondroyd.co.uk (inc.Cartoon match
reports); www.sky.com/sports/football
(Sky Sports); www.breakers.com.au (Newcastle
Breakers); www.ascott.demon.co.uk (Geese,
Biscuits & LUFC); http://www.angelfire.com/de/craigboardmansboots
(Craig Boardmans Boots); www.transfers.org.uk/index/html
(Telegraph Fantasy Football); www.quizmatch.com
(Quizmatch); www.footie51.co.uk (Footie
51); www.football.guardian.co.uk (Football
Unlimited);
Mailing List Contributor
of the Season:-
38% Dave Brown
21% Bones Taylor
7% Dave Morgan, James Bates,
Matt 8)
Also mentioned:-
Wim Van Walle, Tom Littlewood, Jeff Fidler,
Everyone that contributes to the list,
Variety is the spice of life, Me...for
doing this poll!, Elvis or Lennon!!
Biggest moan at NFFC:-
29% Non vocal supporters
15% David Platt
12% Players lack of passion
12% Bridgford Lower allocated
to away fans
9% Atmosphere in the Trent
End now the families have 'moved in'
9% Not buying Robbie Blake
Also mentioned:-
Not playing 'pretty' football, Lack of
money, Treatment of Beasant, Forest stewards
Prediction for next
season:-
14% 1st, 2nd, 5th
11% Top Six
9% 3rd, 9th, Top Ten, Mid-Table
Also mentioned:-
4th, 6th, between 4th & 7th, Just
outside the play-offs, 19th!
Hopes & Aspirations:-
Like in previous years, it
has been difficult to table these results
in percentage terms due to the overwhelming
amount of different points raised in this
category. So what I've done is only count
answers given more than once. Im
sorry that I couldnt include all
of your points, but I have included a
selection of your replies.
26% Promotion
8% More vocal home support
6% Psycho to become manager,
Platt to go, More passion from the players,
Better consistency
5% Goals from Lester John
& DJ, That Platt improves as a manager
3% Nigel to become manager,
Youth to blossom, Sign a decent winger,
Keep our best players, That we start playing
'Forest' football
Comments:-
'Promotion, although I think
it's extremely unlikely' - Adrain Swann
'That the home fans SUPPORT
the team' - Bones Taylor
'Platt to leave, Toshack to
take over and win us the league immediately'
- Kevin Lockhart
'PROMOTION! Bart, Rogers,
Johno signing up, 20 goals from one of
our strikers, greater home support, more
consistency and Olsen to sign up (in order
of preference.' - Sol Pearch
'To get Nigel and Pyscho to
take us to glory' - Tom Littlewood
'Continuing the use of home-grown
talent in much the same way that Leeds
have to such good effect. Two years to
go, I estimate...' - Steve Ralling
'Lots of goals from John,
Johnson and Lester' - Gary Mckenzie
'Promotion and the return
of Psycho as manager.' - Keith McCormick
'Forest promoted, Sheep relegated'
- Jon Heath
'THE TREBLE!' - Todd Street
'A better season than this
one!' - Gemma Dexter
'Promotion - is it just a
dream? Retain the bulk of the 'committed'
playing staff and get rid of the dead
wood. Platt to get some tactical help
from God (BC of course) Another successful
Quiz Night with you attending :O) - The
fans to get behind Platt (okay I called
for his head but if the board are going
to stick with him then the least we can
do is TRY and give him our support (like
sucking on a lemon)) )' - Dave Brown
'That the home crowd could
match the away crowd for support and get
behind
the team, and that we buy somebody to
play wide!' - Steve Lakin
'Youth Players really come
of age' - Bryn Morgan
'Getting more consistently,
and higher performances levels' - Rob
Raynham
'Hope injuries don't cripple
our season again.' - Stefan Clifford
'Platt is unveiled as the
new Watford team coach asap.' - CJ Spencer
'Promotion. The return of
Psycho. Pass and move' - Mark Roe
'Flying back to Cardiff for
the Play-off Final. Even better ... flying
back for our last home game after we've
clinched the Championship.' - Pete Indge
'Champions! Automatic promotion is a must'
- Dave Morgan
'A Bloody Miracle!' - Paul Cassidy
I would like to see a more consistent
team, with apparent pride in wearing
the shirts. The passion that the fans
have shown, to be shown by the
players on the pitch. More consistent
performances, rather than the great
one week, followed by the dreadful the
next. The team having more idea of
what they are supposed to be doing, know
what formation they are supposed
to be playing. A striker that scores goals,
and a manager that appears to
know what he is doing. Finally achieve
promotion, stay up and build.
That's what I'd like next season and beyond.
- Ian Copping
U-REDS!
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