About On and Off the Pitch: The OFFICIAL Nottingham Forest podcast
On and Off The Pitch: The Official Nottingham Forest podcast is a brand new podcast hosted by broadcaster and lifelong Forest fan, Rachel Stringer. Fans will be able to hear stories from inside the club - from current first team players to celebrity fans as they discuss all things Forest, past and present, on and off the pitch.
PAST MEETS PRESENT | A special episode with the Andersons, Yates & Birtles
Viv Anderson, Elliot Anderson, Ryan Yates and Garry Birtles meet up to discuss life at Nottingham Forest, The City Ground atmosphere and a reunion with Malmö on Trentside. Hosted by David Prutton.
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18 May 2024
#10 | COFFEE CLUB | MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE, CHRIS WOOD, NECO WILLIAMS, RYAN YATES & MATT TURNER TALK MENTAL HEALTH
Ryan Yates, Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams, Chris Wood & Matt Turner join our host, Rachel Stringer, for a special episode focusing on mental health during Mental Health Awareness Week.
Topics:
- Settling in to a new team
- Cultural differences between countries in football
- Mental health and mechanisms to help
- Social media and its effects on mental health
- The stigma around speaking openly about your mental health in football
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11 May 2023
#09 | STUART BROAD | ASHES, PREMIER LEAGUE, & BIRTHDAY PRESENTS
England cricketer, Stuart Broad, joins our host, Rachel Stringer, for another episode of On & Off The Pitch: The Official Nottingham Forest Podcast. Rachel talks to Stuart about The Ashes, promotion, how he follows Forest all over the world and much more. We also gift Stuart's newly born baby (and Forest fan) a Forest baby grow.
Topics:
- Stuart's love for Nottingham
- How Stuart became a cricketer
- Following Forest all over the world
- Wembley
- Becoming a father
- The Ashes
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Armed with recently acquired trophies in both hands, Nottingham Forest Women captain Lyndsey Harkin is the latest guest on the Official Nottingham Forest Podcast: On and Off the Pitch.
A mum of two and a Forest fan through and through... What's her journey in the Garibaldi Red been like? And whether the team that's just become champions of the Women's National League North and won the WNL Cup can seal a play-off victory to be in the Championship next season?
Topics:
- Current situ & celebrations
- Captaincy role
- Whakapapa
- Andy Cook and the rest of the coaching staff
- Training schedule and structure
- Football psychology
- Play-off
- Fans' support
- Lifelong Forest fan
- Evolution of the women’s game
- Playing for England youth teams; Lionesses
- Being a mum
- Food chat
- Teammates; ’Social committee’
- Leaderboard
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28 Apr 2023
#07 | ROBERT EARNSHAW | ICE BATHS, PLAY-OFFS, & PLAYING ABROAD
#07 | ROBERT EARNSHAW | ICE BATHS, PLAY-OFFS, & PLAYING ABROAD
Former Nottingham Forest Striker, Robert Earnshaw, joins our host, Rachel Stringer, for another episode of On & Off The Pitch: The Official Nottingham Forest Podcast. Rachel talks to Robbie about ice baths with Chris Cohen, the play-off semi final defeats, his time in Israel playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv during the conflict, and much more.
Topics:
Favourite quotes
Family life in Africa
His mother playing football
Cardiff City
Learning to play chess
Self discipline
THAT Manchester City game
Play-off semi-final defeats
Playing in Israel during the conflict
Chris Cohen and Dion Dublin stories
Leaderboard
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20 Apr 2023
#06 | JASON LEE | EUROPA LEAGUE, ’PSYCHO’ & RACISM IN SPORT
Former Nottingham Forest forward Jason Lee is our latest guest to talk about his footballing career spanning more than 20 years.
Topics:
- Post-Clough era
- Playing in Europe 1995/96
- Stuart Pearce behind the scenes
- Watford and Graham Taylor
- Notts County & ageism in football
- Peterborough and Barry Fry
- Career threatening injury and upskilling
- Role at the PFA & dealing with racism
- Story time - Barry Fry, Jimmy Bullard, Elton John
- Leaderboard
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Harry Toffolo joined The Reds in the summer of 2022 from our play-off final rivals, Huddersfield. Rachel talks to Harry about his Italian heritage, his various loan spells across the English football leagues, and last season's play-off final against Forest.
Topics:
- Italian heritage
- Signing for Lincoln
- Danny & Nicky Cowley
- Playing at The City Ground
- Wheel of fortune at Huddersfield
- Wembley
- Lewis O'Brien
- Joining Nottingham Forest
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6 Apr 2023
#04 | MICHAEL DAWSON | GARETH BALE, WORLD CUP & COLD PIZZA
The former Reds' captain and England international Michael Dawson reflects on his 20-year footballing career at Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and Hull City. He also talks about some off-the-pitch experiences such as being a milkman and getting lost in the field in Essex.
Topics:
Managerial material
Media career
Coming back to Forest - COVID years
Retirement
Social media
Younger generation of players and managers - Sabri Lamouchi
Paul Hart - Christmas party
Ryan Yates
Being a milkman
Breakthrough to the Premier League
Relationship with Andy Reid
A move to Tottenham Hotspur - dressing room full of superstars
Gareth Bale
World Cup - Rio injured, last minute call-up
Story time - Classic Cash, Ben Osborn forgetting his passport, Joe Lolley eating cold pizza
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Taiwo Awoniyi was The Reds' first summer signing of 2022, joining from Bundesliga side Union Berlin. Taiwo scored Forest's first Premier League goal for 23 years in the first home game of the season against West Ham. Rachel talks to T about growing up in Nigeria, his relationship with Union Berlin, and his cooking skills.
Topics:
- Growing up in Nigeria and family life
- The complications with Taiwo's visa at Liverpool
- The Union Berlin and Forest fans
- Cooking for Emmanuel Dennis and friends in Belgium
- The difference between the Bundesliga and the Premier League
- Getting his business degree
- Joining Nottingham Forest
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23 Mar 2023
#02 | RYAN YATES | PROMOTION, COFFEE & POWERPOSES
One of our own, Ryan Yates, has been at the club since the age of 8. He played a pivotal part in the promotion winning season and earnt a vice-captaincy honours at the start of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign.
The one thing you can learn from this episode for sure - he never stops looking for ways to improve his game.
Topics:
- 2021/22 Season
- Wembley
- Work ethic
- Loan moves
- Family life
- Healthy lifestyle
- Relationship with the fans/social media
- Training
- Hobbies
- Teammates/Forest staff
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23 Mar 2023
#01 | GUSTAVO SCARPA | PREMIER LEAGUE DREAMS, RUBIK’S CUBE & BECOMING A ”NOTTINGHAM-ER”
Gustavo Scarpa joined The Reds' from Brazilian side Palmeiras in 2022 following a season full of accolades and achievements. Our host, Rachel Stringer, dives deep into Gustavo's family life in Brazil, his achievements in The Copa Libertadores, how the transfer to Nottingham Forest unfolded, how he is adapting to life in Nottingham as a Premier League Player and much more.
Topics:
- Growing up in Brazil and family life
- Being a champion in Brazil
- Becoming a father in Nottingham
- Atmosphere in the dressing room ahead of big games
- How he learned to solve the Rubik's Cube
- Finding hobbies that don't involve technology
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24 Feb 2023
On and Off the Pitch: The OFFICIAL Nottingham Forest Podcast Trailer
On and Off The Pitch: The Official Nottingham Forest podcast is a brand new podcast hosted by broadcaster and lifelong Forest fan, Rachel Stringer.
You'll be able to hear stories from inside the club - from current first team players to celebrity fans as they discuss all things Forest, past and present, on and off the pitch.
The show launches in spring 2023. Until then please use your app to Follow or Subscribe for free, to you never miss an episode.
The visual version of this podcast will be available on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@NottinghamForestFC (https://youtube.com/@NottinghamForestFC)
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