Three decades after Nottingham Forest’s latest European participation, a fan of the team says the Reds are finally where they belong. Matt Appleby, today 53 years old, traveled from New York to Germany the 1995 to watch his team in the first match of the UEFA Cup quarter -finals against Bayern Munich.
“There was no way to lose Forest in the UEFA quarter -finals“, He remembers. Thirty years later, he says he is’good to come back”
Speaking to the BBC from the Malaga Mountains, on the way to Sevilla for the Forest match against Betis, Appleby recalls his memory from the match against Malme in September 1995 -a historic match, as the two teams had also met in the 1979 championship final.
Although he had moved to New York, Appleby continued to travel to watch his team, with some trips lasting up to eight hours. “I had to plan my commute very carefully to arrive in time“, He explains.
“We had a very good team then, coached by Frank Clark“, He notes. “No one could have imagined that it would be 29 years until we were returning to Europe”
Appleby, who now has children at the age of 20, admits that Forrest was “pretty bad»For most of their lives. However, he says he is excited that they can now see the team to have success.
Despite recent developments in the club, such as the arrival of the new coach Angelos Postekoglou, Appleby remains optimistic. “We have real European displacement, so it’s like feeling that we belong there“, He says.
He hopes that Postkoglou will be able to repeat his success with Tottenham, where he won the Europa League trophy last year. “You never know… have happened and more amazing things“, He concludes.
Source: Sport Fm
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