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

[i961pie]

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.[/quote]

I think he was the first £100 a week player

[RedBasie]

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]

Nat Lofthouse existed in an era when players were allowed to have contact with goalkeepers an

[clactonred]

Clactonred-----aged 72yrs.

[Romanis]

Clactonred-----aged 72yrs.

And still going strong. I'll drink to that.

I think Basil was 7 or 8 when he went for Game No 1, so he's probably ahead of you by 1 to 3 years.

Hopefully we'll be around just as long as you guys have to tell the kids in the 2040s, the same things.

[AngryRam]

Bleedin hell, you grumpy old gits.
Would have had money on that zigzag fella before he told us he had more technology than NASA.

Glory hunters the lot of ya..

[Trickytreesreds]

Bleedin hell, you grumpy old gits.
Would have had money on that zigzag fella before he told us he had more technology than NASA.

Glory hunters the lot of ya..

Don't worry, we'll start the most lemon faced angriest fan one next.

You'll get your glory mate.

[RedBasie]

Romanis - I was 10, which probably makes me the only poster on Footymad to be born the other side of World War 2. I didn't see much football before I saw Forest. Perhaps a bit from Arnold Rovers and Home Brewery,the Football League didn't start up again until 1946.

[Romanis]

Romanis - I was 10, which probably makes me the only poster on Footymad to be born the other side of World War 2. I didn't see much football before I saw Forest. Perhaps a bit from Arnold Rovers and Home Brewery,the Football League didn't start up again until 1946.

Good on ya. Lucky you didn't switch to Derby. They did win the 1st post-war FA Cup. It would have been very easy for a kid to go for a winning team close by.

[45red]

Romanis - I was 10, which probably makes me the only poster on Footymad to be born the other side of World War 2. I didn't see much football before I saw Forest. Perhaps a bit from Arnold Rovers and Home Brewery,the Football League didn't start up again until 1946.

How old are you Basie ?

[Trickytreesreds]

Romanis - I was 10, which probably makes me the only poster on Footymad to be born the other side of World War 2. I didn't see much football before I saw Forest. Perhaps a bit from Arnold Rovers and Home Brewery,the Football League didn't start up again until 1946.

How old are you Basie ?[/quote]

I have a chainsaw

Sorry Basil,