Who's the oldest (or longest fan) in here?

[RedBasie]

I can't remwmber the game but I can remember sitting on benches in front of the white wall that went round the ground and I must have been some where between 8-12 years old and it was blackpool I think because well over 40 year old sir stanly mathews was playing and passed within feet of me flying up the wing. those were the days when it was all black and white

Great, you gotta experience our last FA Cup win and the nearly team of 1968.

Do you think the FA Cup run interfered with our pursuit of the League title?[/quote]

Definitely remember the 1959 Cup Final. Tickets were allocated by a lottery and was dead chuffed when I got one.We only had ten men. We were cruising at 2-0 when Roy Dwight broke his leg ( No subs in those days).We struggled for the rest of the game, winning 2-1 and the second half seeming an eternity.Our supporters were superb, a continuous wall of sound for the last t

[RedRyan71]

1983 Forest 3 Leicester 2

[Trickytreesreds]

1974 ish for me. Won 2-1 against someone from north east. Have a feeling it may have been York, but don't quote me on it.

[45red]

Romanis !!!!!!!

Are you tying to say i am old ?? lol

I am way behind some of you mate, my first game was Forest V Everton 11 may 1985.
after that i was hooked. I will never ever forget the smell of the tea and pie stand, it still brings back many warm memories.

[Romanis]

Romanis !!!!!!!

Are you tying to say i am old ?? lol

I am way behind some of you mate, my first game was Forest V Everton 11 may 1985.
after that i was hooked. I will never ever forget the smell of the tea and pie stand, it still brings back many warm memories.

Lolz sorry I must be confusing you with another.

[clactonred]

Attn Basie-----own goal and penalty saved Forests day at Tooting AND Mitchmam.Saw the replay at the Cg--4-nil to Forest.

[i961pie]

I saw Forest play Bolton,(I think it was Nat Lofthouse's last season), also Chelsea with Greaves playing before he went to Italy and Everton with Roy Vernon. I think it was 59/60 season but I didn't become a fan.

I grew up reading about Lofthouse and Greaves exploits. Greaves I know was a superb finisher. I used to enjoy reading his column on Shoot magazine. Had a lot of good things to impart to strikers.

Lofthouse I wasn't able to garner much info, was he really that good in the flesh?[/quote]

I only saw him towards the end of his career and I was only 8/9 years old, but my dad raved about him said he was a very powerful no nonsense centre forward known as the Lion of Vienna. Greaves was probably the deadliest finisher you will ever see.

[Swissmartin]

I don't claim to be the oldest, but I watched my first Forest games in the early to mid 1950s. Don't remember the exact game now.
My father had been a centre forward for Nottingham Boys and had been offered terms by Foorest but he had not been allowed to join because his parents thought football was too uncertain a career. I think at the time they were right!
One of my granfather's greatest memoriwes was when he held the FA Cup at a club meeting in Mablethorpe where he had retired to.
I'm a young 70!

[Trickytreesreds]

I saw Forest play Bolton,(I think it was Nat Lofthouse's last season), also Chelsea with Greaves playing before he went to Italy and Everton with Roy Vernon. I think it was 59/60 season but I didn't become a fan.

I grew up reading about Lofthouse and Greaves exploits. Greaves I know was a superb finisher. I used to enjoy reading his column on Shoot magazine. Had a lot of good things to impart to strikers.

Lofthouse I wasn't able to garner much info, was he really that good in the flesh?[/quote]

I only saw him towards the end of his career and I was only 8/9 years old, but my dad raved about him said he was a very powerful no nonsense centre forward known as the Lion of Vienna. Greaves was probably the deadliest finisher you will ever see.[/quote]

My old man says that about Greaves. He said when the little **** got the ball in the box, you

[Romanis]

I don't claim to be the oldest, but I watched my first Forest games in the early to mid 1950s. Don't remember the exact game now.
My father had been a centre forward for Nottingham Boys and had been offered terms by Foorest but he had not been allowed to join because his parents thought football was too uncertain a career. I think at the time they were right!
One of my granfather's greatest memoriwes was when he held the FA Cup at a club meeting in Mablethorpe where he had retired to.
I'm a young 70!

Goodonya! I think our Basie is only a few years older.

Yeah footy wasn't a good career until the former England and Fulham captain (Haynes I believe) got a permanent 200 quid deal. Or was it 20 a week. I'm afraid I have to bow to the superior knowledge of our elders here.