Tues 14th Dec ‘21: A Visit to Anfield - more on the HSA
The last time I was at Anfield was the 14th April 1990, for Forest’s division one match there. Whether the timing, almost precisely a...
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Welcome to Zigger Zagger
A football diary in curious times
Welcome to Zigger Zagger - a diary and more, using this season as an excuse to reflect on many years watching football. Although based largely around the trials and tribulations of Nottingham Forest, it is not exclusively a Forest thing. Expect rants, nonsense, politics and state of the game and nation musings. Opinions are just as I see them at the time. I might even change my mind the next day. Some of them are probably very poorly thought through, but well intentioned at the time. Anything remotely negative about any individual or club is almost certainly tongue-in-cheek and meant with a bit of affection, yes even Derby! There is too much hate. Part of why I’m here is a belief that there needs to be a ‘better’ football. Visitors’ views are very welcome, but no ‘isms or -phobic stuff, please. There’s more than enough of that on Twitter!
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Sunday 5th Dec: Forest, Paper Lace and worse!
We’re heading down a rabbit-hole of pretty awful music this week - if you’re going to stick with this post, you’ll need to leave any...
Mon 29th Nov: A Look at the Fan Led Review
Fair play to Jeff Stelling for his rant on Saturday regarding the refusal of the ‘authorities’ (whoever they are) to delay kick off at...
Sunday 21st Nov: How Good Do You Have To be? Plus, An Encounter With George Best and One With Ole.
Mark Whelan was the best footballer I’ve ever been on a pitch with. As in playing alongside. I’ve stood on a pitch alongside better -...
Tues 16th Nov: Harworth Colliery and a Tribute to Tom Simpson
A meeting of two passions today - football and cycling - with a long-overdue trip to the northernmost reaches of Nottinghamshire to...
Sunday 14th Nov: Forest and Notts; a Peculiar Relationship
Considering the distance between the two, in terms of League places, not the few hundred crow-flown yards across the river, this week has...
Sunday 7th Nov: 1FC Köln v Union Berlin; Another Football Is Possible
“Another world is possible,” according to anti globalisation groups, echoing a slogan probably first aired by Che Guevara, “Otro mundo es...
Tuesday 2nd Nov: Liver Birds, Bunnymen, Everton and The Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance
Blame it on The Liver Birds, Nerys Hughes and Polly James, not the ones atop the Royal Liver Building. Blame it on The Boys From The...
Friday 29th Oct: Football Leaks and Dodgy Dealings
Much of this week has been spent trying to digest ‘Football Leaks; Uncovering The Dirty Deals Behind The Beautiful Game’, by Der Spiegel...
Sun 24th Oct: Forest v Fulham, a gripe about parachute payments and a medical drama at Maltby.
Might be a bit late to the party on this, but the weekend has made me realise that a club I have always been quite fond of are emblematic...
Sunday 17th Oct: Forest v Blackpool and fond memories of Oldham and a League Cup Final
Strikingly incongruous features on Football Focus yesterday, a desperately sad piece on the current plight of Oldham Athletic, followed...
Monday 11th Oct: Happy Birthday Brian Rice; Memories of *That* Goal And An Unlikely Cult Hero.
“The player with the least likely cult hero status in our history?” proposes Grant on Twitter, in reference to birthday boy Brian Rice,...
Sun 10th Oct: International Weekends and To Love England Or Not?
Coming towards the end of an international weekend in which England stuck five past Andorra, nestled neatly between New Caledonia and the...
Friday 8th Oct: Newcastle Takeover Leads to Memories of the Infamous ‘74 6th Round FA Cup Tie
Much excitement and partying in Newcastle to celebrate the Toon Army’s club takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)....
Weds 6th October: Trying to Unpick the Derby Mess
The Mail yesterday reported that the tax payer might be called upon to bail out ailing Derby County. That said, the Mail today said that...
Sunday 3rd Oct: Imps v Argyle, guest reporter Elliott’s view
Following on from my own ramblings yesterday, I just wanted to give an airing to this report from a proper Argyle fan, sixteen year old...
Saturday 2nd Oct: Forest embark on world domination; re-evaluating Richard Keogh & Imps v Argyle
Mrs Zagger was up at 5am to head out on a fuel hunt, which was probably about the time the majority of the 760 Plymouth fans set off from...
Friday 1st Oct: Fiorentina v Milan and punched out by a Juve/Liverpool fan!
One of the least well known consequences of the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough resulted in a 25 year old me getting my lights...
Weds 29th Sept: Glass Onions, The Annie Road Darts Team and a Tough Evening for Frank Clark
Unashamed nostalgia here today. No apologies. If we can’t celebrate history, what’s the point? Everything before today becomes...
Saturday 25th September - Miners v Shakers, plus a week of good and bad fandom
Relevant to nothing to follow, but it was just nice to see one of my old Dad’s favourite footy puzzles doing the rounds on Twitter...
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