' MATCH THREAD NOTTS FOREST v CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD

NOTTINGHAM FOREST V CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Saturday 2nd May 2015 12.15pm.
Cardiff City Stadium

TEAM NEWS - Cardiff City: Marshall, Peltier, Morrison, Turner, Fabio, O'Keefe, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Kennedy, Mason, Doyle.

Subs: Moore, Ajayi, Adeyemi, Pilkington, Harris, Noone, Revell.

Over 1,150 Tickets have been sold for the Cardiff end

" UPDATED DAILY "


Cardiff will hand a late fitness test to midfielder Joe Ralls who picked up a knock against Blackpool last week.

Eoin Doyle and Joe Mason are expected to continue upfront, while defender Ben Turner could return from injury.


Joe Ralls could miss out after his injury in the win over Blackpool last Sunday, which could see Stuart O'Keefe come back in otherwise.

Eoin Doyle and Joe Mason have started to build a partnership up front, which should continue with Ben Turner ready to make his first appearance since injury back in January with Fabio likely to continue at left back with Scott Malone doubtful.

Defender Ben Turner could start against Forest, having been sidelined since January with an ankle injury.

Ben Turner almost fit and ready to start at Forest and Lee Peltier is in good form

Joe Ralls doubtful following a hip injury sustained against Blackpool.

Over 1,200 Cardiff fans are expected to travel to Forest for last match of the season



Latest News

' CARDIFF CITY '

Ben Turner almost fit and ready to start at Forest and Lee Peltier is in good form.


' NOTTINGHAM FOREST '

Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman hopes to have Gary Gardner available for the last time before the on-loan midfielder returns to Aston Villa.
Andy Reid (groin), Chris Cohen (knee), Britt Assombalonga (knee) and Matty Fryatt (Achilles) all miss out again.

Nottingham Forest's Gary Gardner should overcome injury to play for the club one last time before his loan from Aston Villa ends.

Aside from the existing suspension to Kelvin Wilson and injuries to Andy Reid, Chris Cohen, Britt Assombalonga and Matty Fryatt there aren't any other concerns for Dougie Freedman, who I'm sure was linked with the vacancy when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked by The Bluebirds?


Forest have not won for 8 League games.

Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 Marshall
2 Peltier
5 Manga
36 Morrison
3 Fabio
30 Kennedy
17 Gunnarsson
22 O'Keefe
11 Noone
13 Doyle
24 Mason

Nottingham Forest

1 Darlow
2 Lichaj
16 Lascelles
25 Hobbs
4 Mancienne
24 Vaughan
10 Lansbury
38 Osborn
31 Akpom
23 Blackstock
18 Antonio

Preview

Nottingham Forest Football Club is a football club in Nottinghamshire, England that currently plays in the Football League Championship. The club, often referred to simply as Forest or Nott'm Forest have played home matches at the City Ground since 1898.

Founded in 1865, Forest were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and joined the Football League in 1892. Forest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959. Their most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough between 1975 and 1993, winning the League, back to back European Cups, four League Cups and two Full Members Cups.

Form - Last 5 Games

Cardiff

Sat 06/04/15 CHA Cardiff City 0 - 3 Bolton
Sat 11/04/15 CHA Leeds 1 - 2 Cardiff City
Tue 14/04/15 CHA Ipswich 3 - 1 Cardiff City
Sat 18/04/15 CHA Cardiff City 0 - 0 Millwall
Sat 25/04/15 CHA Cardiff City 3 - 2 Blackpool

Nottingham Forest

Mon 06/04/15 CHA Brentford 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Sat 11/04/15 CHA Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Wed 15/04/15 CHA Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Watford
Sat 18/04/15 CHA Blackburn Rovers 3 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Sat 25/04/15 CHA Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Sat 18 Oct Cardiff City 2 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2012/2013 Sat 13 Apr Cardiff City 3 - 0 Nottm. Forest Championship
2011/2012 Sat 20 Oct Nottm. Forest 3 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2011/2012 Sat 31 Dec Nottm. Forest 0 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2011/2012 Sat 26 Nov Cardiff City 1 - 0 Nottm. Forest

Previous Highlights



Match Odds

Nottingham Forest 11/10
Draw 13/5
Cardiff 3

City Ground



Key facts

Club: Nottingham Forest FC
Opening: 1898
Capacity: 30,576 seats

History and description

Nottingham Forest moved to the City Ground in 1898 after unsuccessfully trying to find a permanent home in previous decades.

The City Ground officially opened on the 3rd of September 1898. It was initially a rather small ground consisting of mainly wooden stands.

Some improvements were made in the following decades, mainly in expanding the terraces, but the ground only really started to develop from the 1950s. The first was a new East Stand (later Executive Stand), which opened in 1957.

The opening match of the new East Stand also meant a new record attendance for the City Ground. A total of 49,946 people saw Forest play Manchester United that day.

In 1962, a fire heavily damaged the wooden main stand, but it was successfully restored. Six years later, another fire completely destroyed the same stand, which was subsequently rebuilt. The stadium could at that time hold about 43,000 people, of which 17,500 seated.

The successes of the Brian Clough era made further developments possible, resulting in the construction of the large Executive Stand in 1980. The Executive Stand got later renamed Brian Clough Stand in honour of Forest’s most successful manager.

Developments continued in the early 1990s with the construction of a new all-seater stand at the Bridgford End and in 1994 with the new Trent End at the other end of the ground.

The City Ground was one of the playing venues of the 1996 European Championships, during which it hosted three first-round group matches.

In recent years, the club has investigated the possibilities of building a new stadium. These at one time became rather concrete as part of the England 2018 World Cup.

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased in person at the ticket office situated in the Grandstand, next to corporate entrance 2.

Alternatively you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400, which is open from 9am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online.

To purchase your membership please contact our Ticket Office or click here: https://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity/default.aspx

0845 345 1400

Ticket Prices:
Adults @ £32.00
Seniors 65 & Over @ £24.00
U18 @ £16.00
U12 @ £8.00


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

Can't wait for this one. Should be a great day. 1-3

1-2.

Forest 1 City 2

We can win this one

Ben Turner almost fit and ready to start at Forest and Lee Peltier is in good form.

Forest 0-1 City

Tues 29th April 2015

Sat. 2nd May 2015. KO. 12.15pm

Tickets available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold Members

Ticket Prices:
Adults @ £32.00
Seniors 65 & Over @ £24.00
U18 @ £16.00
U12 @ £8.00

Disabled Allocation:
Adults @ £32.00
Seniors 65 & Over @ £24.00
U18 @ £16.00
U12 @ £8.00
Carer @ free of charge

Tickets On Sale
9am - Tuesday, 7th April 2015
www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity

1-3 City

2 nil to Forest

2-3 city

Nothing on the game , two relaxed sides...........3-3.

Forest 0-4 Cardiff.

Slade to come out and say 'This was a great result today and a platform to build on for next season.

0-0

Forest 1-2 City

Forest 3 city 1 hopefully slades last game in charge .

3-1 and sod off Slade

Ben Turner almost fit and ready to start at Forest and Lee Peltier is in good form

Swansea City recall Modou Barrow from Nottingham Forest loan

Swansea City have recalled forward Modou Barrow from his loan spell at Nottingham Forest following Wayne Routledge's season-ending injury and Jefferson Montero's hamstring concern.

Routledge has had ankle surgery, while fellow winger Montero was taken off in the 3-2 win at Newcastle as a "precaution", says manager Garry Monk.

Barrow, 22, joined Forest in March.
"We're down to the bare bones as it is so we can't afford any more injuries," said Monk.
"He [Montero] could have carried on but there was slight tightness so we didn't want to risk him."
Montero, 25, has been hampered by a number of hamstring issues this season.
The Ecuadorian international could feature again soon, but the campaign is over for Routledge.
The 30-year-old has undergone an operation to cure a long-standing ankle injury.
Barrow made four appearances for Championship side Forest during his loan spell, having played nine games for Swansea prior to his move.
The 22-year-old Gambia-born winger joined the Swans from Swedish club Ostersunds in September 2014.
Swansea broke their Premier League points record with Saturday's 3-2 win at Newcastle.
Their tally of 50 points leaves them eighth in the table with four games left against Stoke, Arsenal, Manchester City and Crystal Palace.

" Cardiff City This Saturday can go out on high "

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=157686

City go to Forest, with Forest not having won for 8 League games since they beat fourth from bottom Rotherham at the City Ground over 6 weeks ago

It would be nice to end the season with back to back wins, Forest are all over the place at the moment

Over 800 Cardiff fans travelling and tickets still available

Not won for eight so guaranteed to beat us.

Forest V City This Saturday

Russell Slade: “We were 17th when I took over and right now we still have a chance of 10th. Is that progress? Yes. Is it enough progress? No, not really and we have to keep working.”


Dougie Freeman: “The club has a huge amount of planning to be put in place. That will be the key to success for us. We need to plan a lot. We need to implement our plans as soon as possible.”

Any injury update on Revell or Macheda?

Find out more on this weeks #InTheCity about the hosts ahead of this Saturday's final fixture..

Some positivity to end the season on..

IN THE CITY: FOREST


And so, with the season at a close the BluebirdsPlayer Team got together something pretty great to sign off with.. CITY'S GOT TALENT, who are you gonna vote for? #CGTnoone #CGTmorrison #CGTharris or #CGTwilson

And on the show you can also find out a bit more about the hosts on Saturday, look back at our last home game where the Club thanked the supporters at the Festival of Sport and find out what's been happening in the closing weeks of the 14/15 campaign in and around the club and you can also find out who the winner of last weeks competition is #MarshyMadness

WATCH ON YOUTUBE & PLAYER NOW!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuzFZG04J8

http://www.player.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/l ... ty--forest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuzFZG04J8

http://www.player.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/l ... ty--forest

Forest 2 city 2

Defender Ben Turner could start against Forest, having been sidelined since January with an ankle injury.

The curtain comes down on what's been a bitterly disappointing season for Cardiff when we take on Nottingham Forest on Saturday, however I'm not entirely sure that our City Ground hosts would rate the season they've had as a resounding success either would they!

Nottingham Forest's Gary Gardner should overcome injury to play for the club one last time before his loan from Aston Villa ends.

Aside from the existing suspension to Kelvin Wilson and injuries to Andy Reid, Chris Cohen, Britt Assombalonga and Matty Fryatt there aren't any other concerns for Dougie Freedman, who I'm sure was linked with the vacancy when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked by The Bluebirds?

Joe Ralls could miss out after his injury in the win over Blackpool last Sunday, which could see Stuart O'Keefe come back in otherwise.

Eoin Doyle and Joe Mason have started to build a partnership up front, which should continue with Ben Turner ready to make his first appearance since injury back in January with Fabio likely to continue at left back with Scott Malone doubtful.

Russell Slade, who insists he's the man to take us forward, feels that this season has been a five our of ten and if we can finish roughly where we are, in midtable, then he would be right but it's not enough is it?

If we win, and results go our way, we could still finish in the top ten, which I'm not sure how we would have managed it!

2014/2015 Sat 18 Oct Cardiff City 2-1 Nottm. Forest
2012/2013 Sat 13 Apr Cardiff City 3-0 Nottm. Forest
2011/2012 Sat 20 Oct Nottm. Forest 3-1 Cardiff City
2011/2012 Sat 31 Dec Nottm. Forest 0-1 Cardiff City
2011/2012 Sat 26 Nov Cardiff City 1-0 Nottm. Forest

Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman hopes to have Gary Gardner available for the last time before the on-loan midfielder returns to Aston Villa.
Andy Reid (groin), Chris Cohen (knee), Britt Assombalonga (knee) and Matty Fryatt (Achilles) all miss out again.

Cardiff will hand a late fitness test to midfielder Joe Ralls who picked up a knock against Blackpool last week.

Eoin Doyle and Joe Mason are expected to continue upfront, while defender Ben Turner could return from injury.

TEAM NEWS - Cardiff City: Marshall, Peltier, Morrison, Turner, Fabio, O'Keefe, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Kennedy, Mason, Doyle.