Nottingham Forest fans haven’t had an awful lot to shout about in recent years to be fair, but with new owner Evangelos Marinakis beginning to put his money where his mouth is and manager Aitor Karanka keeping us in the mix of the Championship promotion spots so far in the Championship campaign of 2018/19, rightly there are a number of fans wondering if this will be the year we return to the top table.
Forest’s history needs no introduction and neither do our achievements under the legend that was Brian Clough, and we’re far from being the only club plying their trade in the second tier who have aspirations for greater.
The ‘big club’ debates will always rage on when it comes to the present vs history but one thing I don’t think can be argued with is fan backing.
We came in at 19th place with a crowd of 29427 at the City Ground back in October for the clash against Norwich City.
Take out Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic and we go to 17th.
Given the City Ground’s capacity we can’t eek much more out of that attendance level, but every side ahead of us has a greater capacity so with the uplift that could be expected from being in the Premier League allied to the potential for ground expansion, I see little reason why such a figure wouldn’t grow amongst the faithful.
Fans have proven their worth, we’re ahead of Derby and the only Midlands sides to feature ahead of us are Aston Villa and Leicester City.
The potential is clear for all to see if the club can finally get it right.
