Saturday 19th December 2015 saw Nottingham Forest take on MK dons at the city ground and a group of students from Ellis Guilford were in for a Christmas treat as a reward for good performance at school this term.
Our Nottingham secondary consultant Max accompanied the group of students/staff members to the game and what a day it turned out to be! Upon arriving at the city ground the adults were treated to a glass of prosecco and the students to a complimentary soft drink. They were then directed to the box and had a chance to browse the programme and team sheets in the build up to the game whilst enjoying a pre match meal.
The students were in their element as some of them had never experienced a live football match. It was great to see their faces as the crowd flooded into the stadium before kick-off and it made it even sweeter seeing everyone sat outside in the cold as they were in a warm, cosy box. The excitement didn’t stop there as the mighty reds went 1-0 within the first 3 minutes! What a start! Ryan Mendes then stabbed in at the second attempt from a Daniel Pinillos cross to double Forest’s lead.
The staff and students were in very high spirits going in to half time as the reds were 2-0 up. If this wasn’t enough for them, they were then surprised by ex-forest star Robert Earnshaw who spoke with everyone and also answered any questions we could think of.
It was a great performance from Forest on the day and in the end got the win with the game finishing 2-1. The win moves Forest up to 13th, while MK Dons drop to 21st, just a point above the relegation zone.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (2) & SUBSTITUTIONS (6)
Nottingham Forest
- 01 de Vries
- 02 Lichaj Booked
- 05 Mills
- 04 Mancienne
- 31 Pinillos (Hobbs – 71′ )
- 15 Mendes da Graça (Ward – 80′ )
- 10 Lansbury
- 24 Vaughan
- 38 Osborn
- 29 O’Grady
- 17 Castro Oliveira (Trotter – 84′ )
- Substitutes
- 18 Trotter
- 19 Ward
- 20 Williams
- 23 Blackstock
- 25 Hobbs
- 26 Evtimov
- 32 Tesche
- Milton Keynes Dons
- 01 Martin
- 12 Spence (Baker – 76′ )
- 05 McFadzean
- 06 Kay Booked
- 03 Lewington
- 14 Carruthers
- 08 Potter
- 38 Hall
- 10 Reeves (Murphy – 63′ )
- 09 Bowditch (Gallagher – 77′ )
- 28 Maynard
- Substitutes
- 02 Hodson
- 07 Baker
- 13 Gallagher
- 17 Powell
- 22 Cropper
- 31 Murphy
- 39 PoyetAtt: 19,975
- Ref: Simon Hooper