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Ten Issues of The Newsletter

 Issue Number 6: December 2000

The sixth edition celebrated NFSDU’s first anniversary, with a look back on one year of NFSDU.  Richard Rudzki reported on a Victorian Forest supporters’ team’s victory in the UK Cup.  Jonathan Taylor reported on his trip to Nottingham.  Membership had reached 115 Nottingham Forest supporters.  Forest manager David Platt was subjected to the infamous ‘Ambush on Century 106’, where on a phone-in program some Forest supporters in Nottingham made personal attacks on the then manager.  Forest were in 6th position in Division One, having won 6 of their last 7 matches.  Finally, we looked at the services offered by the Official Nottingham Forest Web Site.

 

 Issue Number 7: February 2001

The seventh edition of the NFSDU Newsletter, produced in February 2001, focused on the Rowdies Supporters Football Tournament, where we finished third in our group after one win and two losses, and our 2-0 trial match win over the Newcastle Rowdies.  We welcomed our first Tasmanian member, John Doering.  We looked at the NFSDU Darts Team, led by Albert Todd.  Membership had increased to 131 Forest supporters.  The delivery of the NFSDU Newsletter, which had reached its largest file size of just under 1 megabyte in its ‘photo included’ form, ended in chaos, with some members receiving the file twice.  This was the last newsletter in that form.

 

 Issue Number 8: February 2002

The 8th issue of the newsletter saw the return to a more basic format.  We looked at member discounts.  Gene Sutcliffe provided a report on the Kit Sponsors Luncheon.  A new section for Forest-related web sites was introduced.  The membership of NFSDU had expanded to 149 Forest supporters, and was closing in on 50 members in New South Wales.

 

 Issue Number 9: April 2002

In this issue, we introduced a new logo aimed at recognising our Kiwi cousins on the club logo to a greater extent.  This initiative eventually led to the logo you see at the start of this newsletter.  We also re-advertised some official club positions and considered the possibility of club merchandise and a football team kit.  The scheduling of the second incarnation of the Rowdies Supporters Football Tournament was also reported on.  The membership of NFSDU had expanded to 156 Nottingham Forest supporters, with over 50 members in New South Wales and almost 30 in Victoria.  Steve Bradbury told us of his visit to the City Ground.

 

 Issue Number 10: October 2002

In this issue, we considered the possibility of NFSDU Merchandise and a Football Team kit.  We looked at the possibility of a revamp of this web site (which was hastened due to unforeseen circumstances).  A new column looked at ‘What’s happening at the City Ground?’  We looked at the new Forest World service, and looked back over 10 issues of the NFSDU Newsletter.  Membership had reached 169 Nottingham Forest supporters.

 

Looking back on the different newsletters, I have developed an appreciation of how far this supporters club has come since the simple idea I had to develop a more cohesive Australian on-line Forest presence.  The fact that this supporters club can now boast a membership of almost 170 Nottingham Forest supporters in a far-flung region of the world like Australia and New Zealand is a testament to Nottingham Forest Football Club and its achievements.  Let’s hope we will be celebrating the achievement of Premiership football in the not-too-distant future, so we can have the luxury of seeing our club live in action once again.  Imagine how the supporters club will grow if Nottingham Forest achieve Premiership status and achieve some level of success when we get back there!