It has been an excellent weekend. Smarting from the humiliation of December few of us could have predicted the outcome of THE East Midlands derby. A grey nondescript sort of Saturday had attracted a bumper crowd, a near sell-out, to the Walkers Stadium. Nottingham Forest brought their full allocation of fans as expected. They were in full voice, and desperate to rub our Blue Noses in the embarrassment of December. Chants inevitably centred around the 5-1 score-line rang out from the away end.
The first half did nothing to allay our nerves. Both sides battled with no sign of a goal. Forest were very physical and their players seemed to us to get away with murder. Premiership referee? I don’t think so. But at least, going into the break, the opposition had not managed to score and our lads had played some nice stuff. The second half brought more of the same. The physicality of the Forest challenges seemed to be increasing as was the frustration of both sides. I really feared one of our players would be sent off. Tempers were getting frayed.
Then, out of the blue, a sublime move from Bruno Berner resulted in the first goal and rendered the away end all but silent. How good that felt. After that the Forest players seemed to go to pieces. Although they continued to battle their nerve seemed to have gone. A fabulous free kick from Paul Gallagher resulted in goal number 2, and a goalmouth scramble found Andy King directing Bruno Berner’s strike past Lee Camp. Never has revenge tasted so sweet.
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