Cruel game this...

First and foremost i have to say this game wont be remembered by most but due to the special comeback it was worth remembering..

Coventry city, League cup. wed 28th November 1990..
Left Edwinstowe and set off to Coventry me mick and the wragg brothers , It was my turn to drive in my Austin ambassador car which my old man sold or gave to me i cant remember which..it was the model after the princess but better, in fact it was quite a luxurious ride..everyone used to love away games when i drove ...only for the car though as my navigational skills where pretty poor on one certain trip to white hart lane i managed to get us to wembley !!! Took some stick for that too, mind we were there quite alot wernt we..We arrived at Coventry about half five ish and parked at the back of a pub , i think it was called the golden ball, Anyway forest coaches used to be parked their also .The pub was obviously full of reds and soon it was rather noisy . Beer plus forest = Noise.

Out the pub turn left then a right up the hill and hey presto outside the away terrace at Highfield road . The wraggs went in the terracing and me n mick walked up and turned left where the away seats were, 2 tiers of seats upper and lower of which we were lower ,separated from the Coventry fans by a massive mesh or perspex screen not sure which the memory is fading to be honest. Was quite funny as their LADS used to always sit there and try and cause a disturbance of which forest usually encouraged ...well the previous 2 years had seen forest lift the league cup so we were quite expecting a win, What happened next was a complete disaster within 35 minutes forest were 4-0 down ..in fact some reds fans actually left for home, little did they know what would happen next , Nigel Clough scored a hat trick putting us 4-3 down at half time, I can honestly say we were in raptures after Cloughs quick bursts before ht..my heart was jumping out its cage,we. Had gone from agony to Ecstasy in one 45 Min's of football..in the second half forest came out and Garry Parker did the unimaginable, equalising from four down .....wow i said wow i was on the floor i was everywhere. Forest were level 0-4 down and now 4-4 ..this was a game that gives you a heart attack. But.....a certain Steve Livingstone had different ideas and scored a winner it was one of the cruelest defeats Ive ever witnessed ,The Coventry fans celebrated like they had won the world cup , i know it felt like we had lost the world cup..The game ended and every forest and Coventry fan in the ground gave both teams a ovation, i was so proud of the reds that day as they gave 100% to get us through the tie.. I would be able to put this game in my top 10 of all time forest games even though we lost , because football is all about highs and lows ....on this occasion  it wasn't to be.

 Just another short adventure from the fish....