Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Garabordy Red podcast, a Nottingham Forest podcast. I'm Max Hayes, your host. And today, something slightly different as we're still in preseason, although the season is fast approaching more than ever. And today, delighted to welcome to the podcast, Paul McGregor, former striker for Nottingham Forest. Paul, good to see you. Hope you're well. And I've got to say, mate, you look 10 times better than me at the weekend playing in the the Footprint's charity game at Baysford. What have you been up to? Because you still play football quite a bit, don't you?

Yeah. Thanks for having me on, mate. Lovely to see you, too. And again, you look slightly better today than when you were giving away but I was 28 and I'm looking at it and I'm going, I go to Grimsby for two years. I just couldn't see a future, an enjoyable future. The band was doing well. We were playing really uber-cool gigs in London, warehouses in Shoreditch on skate ramps and be 400 kids going mental. We were getting Bobby Gillespie was coming to our shows and Kate Moss was coming and Jade Jagger. It was like this really cool scene was happening and we were one of the kings of it. The week I retired from football, I sat my dad down and told him that, I think, mate, I think I'm done. I can't go and do it again. The band was named on the front page of the NME as this new dark wave of London that was happening. So front cover event, retire from football, front cover of enemy, and then I was off again. Another decade doing a different... Having a second youth.When you announced your retirement as a player, is it just... This is me talking from a fan's point of view. Is it literally just you going, That's me finished. You let the club know if you're at one, but if you're not, you're finished, and that's it. Or is there any other process where you have to go? Because Is it like the PFA are involved quite heavily now in some retirements and things like that. When you retired, was it literally you went, I'm done, I'm finished, and that's me onto the ban full-time and onto retirement?Yeah. There's no official process that I know of. I'm guessing if you're Lionel Messi and you announced your retirement, it's a big deal. If you're Paul McGregor and you're Northampton town. I told my dad and I just didn't go back into football. That was it. There was no official, I'm retired. So I guess I'm still open for employment.If anyone's listening or watching, I'm sure they love you. I'm sure they love you more than me, mate, especially after the weekend. Let's go back to your Forest time, really, and how that started. How did Forest approach you? You played under Clough as well, the latter stages of when he was at Forest, and how the Forest connection really startedI only went to Sheffield Wednesday once, and then I started getting a few sniffs, a few people calling me dad. But when I really came, around the age of 14, I was playing for Forest Boys, which was a grassroots team, but it was loosely associated with Nottingham Forest, very loosely. I've told this story before, but we were playing aggression, which was our home, which was our home ground where the academy is now. And it was a drizzly day. I remember a gray, drizzly day and we were just traipsing off the field. There used to be a little car park near the entrance, a gravel thing. And there was a few scouts knocking about in cars. And I think I'd scored two or three goals, which was fairly common back then. And coming off and my dad was going, Oh, I think there's a few people going to come and talk to me today.And then literally out the mist, this mythical creature, this mythical vision of Brian Clough and Alan Hill came out the mist in their big long blue umbro coats. And there's a sheet of paper. You're signing for Brian Clough today, son. Ily, give me your pen. Ily, give me your pen. So Ily had to give him a pen. And I'd signed in the wet on the back of a blue cortina. So I signed schoolboy forms on the back of that blue cortina there and then. And you could see the Tottenham Scout and the Everton Scout and the Sheffield Wednesday Scout were fuming because they were sat waiting because they'd been speaking. So they all wanted to speak to me. But Clough just walks in, sign that lad, and that was done. I looked at my dad and was like, Do I sign it? What did my dad's like? I don't know. I've not done this before. So there was it, signed my life away to Nottingham Forest on the back of a blue cortina in Gresham Carport. And that's how I signed for Forest.What a story. When you think about somebody like Clough, and obviously I wasn't around to see him, but family family members and my dad always talks about him and just his persona and his character. He really just didn't say, almost take no for an answer. And not that he just did what he wanted, but he did. And obviously that story . You know what I mean? Liverpool don't like coming to the city ground and Deitchy and Ian Storemore, Frank Clark. We'd go and have a meal, have a few drinks. I've been to about eight of those, but he was never there. So he came to a few. But yeah, I never met him, unfortunately, but they all spoke in glow in terms of him. I don't know. It felt right. I was a massive fan of keeping him in. I honestly thought the forest, the call for his neck, of which there was a loud one for a long time, I thought was premature. And then I just thought, when it actually happened, I just thought, Yeah, it's the right time. It's the right time. And I also think Lester suits him as well. And good luck to him. He's been a great servant for Forest. He loved the club. The fans loved him. It's gone. Yeah.And he'll always be remembered asdressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

but I was 28 and I'm looking at it and I'm going, I go to Grimsby for two years. I just couldn't see a future, an enjoyable future. The band was doing well. We were playing really uber-cool gigs in London, warehouses in Shoreditch on skate ramps and be 400 kids going mental. We were getting Bobby Gillespie was coming to our shows and Kate Moss was coming and Jade Jagger. It was like this really cool scene was happening and we were one of the kings of it. The week I retired from football, I sat my dad down and told him that, I think, mate, I think I'm done. I can't go and do it again. The band was named on the front page of the NME as this new dark wave of London that was happening. So front cover event, retire from football, front cover of enemy, and then I was off again. Another decade doing a different... Having a second youth.

When you announced your retirement as a player, is it just... This is me talking from a fan's point of view. Is it literally just you going, That's me finished. You let the club know if you're at one, but if you're not, you're finished, and that's it. Or is there any other process where you have to go? Because Is it like the PFA are involved quite heavily now in some retirements and things like that. When you retired, was it literally you went, I'm done, I'm finished, and that's me onto the ban full-time and onto retirement?

Yeah. There's no official process that I know of. I'm guessing if you're Lionel Messi and you announced your retirement, it's a big deal. If you're Paul McGregor and you're Northampton town. I told my dad and I just didn't go back into football. That was it. There was no official, I'm retired. So I guess I'm still open for employment.

If anyone's listening or watching, I'm sure they love you. I'm sure they love you more than me, mate, especially after the weekend. Let's go back to your Forest time, really, and how that started. How did Forest approach you? You played under Clough as well, the latter stages of when he was at Forest, and how the Forest connection really startedI only went to Sheffield Wednesday once, and then I started getting a few sniffs, a few people calling me dad. But when I really came, around the age of 14, I was playing for Forest Boys, which was a grassroots team, but it was loosely associated with Nottingham Forest, very loosely. I've told this story before, but we were playing aggression, which was our home, which was our home ground where the academy is now. And it was a drizzly day. I remember a gray, drizzly day and we were just traipsing off the field. There used to be a little car park near the entrance, a gravel thing. And there was a few scouts knocking about in cars. And I think I'd scored two or three goals, which was fairly common back then. And coming off and my dad was going, Oh, I think there's a few people going to come and talk to me today.And then literally out the mist, this mythical creature, this mythical vision of Brian Clough and Alan Hill came out the mist in their big long blue umbro coats. And there's a sheet of paper. You're signing for Brian Clough today, son. Ily, give me your pen. Ily, give me your pen. So Ily had to give him a pen. And I'd signed in the wet on the back of a blue cortina. So I signed schoolboy forms on the back of that blue cortina there and then. And you could see the Tottenham Scout and the Everton Scout and the Sheffield Wednesday Scout were fuming because they were sat waiting because they'd been speaking. So they all wanted to speak to me. But Clough just walks in, sign that lad, and that was done. I looked at my dad and was like, Do I sign it? What did my dad's like? I don't know. I've not done this before. So there was it, signed my life away to Nottingham Forest on the back of a blue cortina in Gresham Carport. And that's how I signed for Forest.What a story. When you think about somebody like Clough, and obviously I wasn't around to see him, but family family members and my dad always talks about him and just his persona and his character. He really just didn't say, almost take no for an answer. And not that he just did what he wanted, but he did. And obviously that story . You know what I mean? Liverpool don't like coming to the city ground and Deitchy and Ian Storemore, Frank Clark. We'd go and have a meal, have a few drinks. I've been to about eight of those, but he was never there. So he came to a few. But yeah, I never met him, unfortunately, but they all spoke in glow in terms of him. I don't know. It felt right. I was a massive fan of keeping him in. I honestly thought the forest, the call for his neck, of which there was a loud one for a long time, I thought was premature. And then I just thought, when it actually happened, I just thought, Yeah, it's the right time. It's the right time. And I also think Lester suits him as well. And good luck to him. He's been a great servant for Forest. He loved the club. The fans loved him. It's gone. Yeah.And he'll always be remembered asdressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

I only went to Sheffield Wednesday once, and then I started getting a few sniffs, a few people calling me dad. But when I really came, around the age of 14, I was playing for Forest Boys, which was a grassroots team, but it was loosely associated with Nottingham Forest, very loosely. I've told this story before, but we were playing aggression, which was our home, which was our home ground where the academy is now. And it was a drizzly day. I remember a gray, drizzly day and we were just traipsing off the field. There used to be a little car park near the entrance, a gravel thing. And there was a few scouts knocking about in cars. And I think I'd scored two or three goals, which was fairly common back then. And coming off and my dad was going, Oh, I think there's a few people going to come and talk to me today.

And then literally out the mist, this mythical creature, this mythical vision of Brian Clough and Alan Hill came out the mist in their big long blue umbro coats. And there's a sheet of paper. You're signing for Brian Clough today, son. Ily, give me your pen. Ily, give me your pen. So Ily had to give him a pen. And I'd signed in the wet on the back of a blue cortina. So I signed schoolboy forms on the back of that blue cortina there and then. And you could see the Tottenham Scout and the Everton Scout and the Sheffield Wednesday Scout were fuming because they were sat waiting because they'd been speaking. So they all wanted to speak to me. But Clough just walks in, sign that lad, and that was done. I looked at my dad and was like, Do I sign it? What did my dad's like? I don't know. I've not done this before. So there was it, signed my life away to Nottingham Forest on the back of a blue cortina in Gresham Carport. And that's how I signed for Forest.

What a story. When you think about somebody like Clough, and obviously I wasn't around to see him, but family family members and my dad always talks about him and just his persona and his character. He really just didn't say, almost take no for an answer. And not that he just did what he wanted, but he did. And obviously that story . You know what I mean? Liverpool don't like coming to the city ground and Deitchy and Ian Storemore, Frank Clark. We'd go and have a meal, have a few drinks. I've been to about eight of those, but he was never there. So he came to a few. But yeah, I never met him, unfortunately, but they all spoke in glow in terms of him. I don't know. It felt right. I was a massive fan of keeping him in. I honestly thought the forest, the call for his neck, of which there was a loud one for a long time, I thought was premature. And then I just thought, when it actually happened, I just thought, Yeah, it's the right time. It's the right time. And I also think Lester suits him as well. And good luck to him. He's been a great servant for Forest. He loved the club. The fans loved him. It's gone. Yeah.And he'll always be remembered asdressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

. You know what I mean? Liverpool don't like coming to the city ground and Deitchy and Ian Storemore, Frank Clark. We'd go and have a meal, have a few drinks. I've been to about eight of those, but he was never there. So he came to a few. But yeah, I never met him, unfortunately, but they all spoke in glow in terms of him. I don't know. It felt right. I was a massive fan of keeping him in. I honestly thought the forest, the call for his neck, of which there was a loud one for a long time, I thought was premature. And then I just thought, when it actually happened, I just thought, Yeah, it's the right time. It's the right time. And I also think Lester suits him as well. And good luck to him. He's been a great servant for Forest. He loved the club. The fans loved him. It's gone. Yeah.And he'll always be remembered asdressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

and Deitchy and Ian Storemore, Frank Clark. We'd go and have a meal, have a few drinks. I've been to about eight of those, but he was never there. So he came to a few. But yeah, I never met him, unfortunately, but they all spoke in glow in terms of him. I don't know. It felt right. I was a massive fan of keeping him in. I honestly thought the forest, the call for his neck, of which there was a loud one for a long time, I thought was premature. And then I just thought, when it actually happened, I just thought, Yeah, it's the right time. It's the right time. And I also think Lester suits him as well. And good luck to him. He's been a great servant for Forest. He loved the club. The fans loved him. It's gone. Yeah.

And he'll always be remembered asdressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

dressing room with Jay, We were chatting about... Some of the lads were chatting about Ireland. And I remember going over to Ireland one pre-season and now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.Well, you just don't know, do you?There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.Forest win 1-0.Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.I am, too. Come on, you read.I said it last time. I'm loving every second.So many VAR moments as well.Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.

now, she comes home from school or whatever, that She's off on her own doing her stuff. So I was wondering what I fancied doing around all the other bits that I'm trying to grow, like my podcast and everything. And I thought, oh, really? I really like the idea of one-to-one coaching, not coaching teams or not coaching... Because I do coach my daughter's side, but not like that, but really digging into good young footballers and making sure that the techniques are all correct and they're doing the right things and their training attitudes are good.

You'd be surprised how many habits and techniques you have to break down. Even the kids that are coming to me that are at a Notts County's Academy, and they're coming out and they wanted to do like an hour, a bit extra with the next pro. And I'm having to break down how they're striking with their left foot because it's not mirroring their right. And all kinds of stuff. So the minutia is what I'm really interested in, in young, hungry footballers, boys and girls. And I've been doing them one to one. I do one to twos as well. So I'll do a pair. But beyond that, ages eight to 16 as well, because there are other coaches that can do all the babysitting and all that stuff. And that's not what I want to do. What I want to do is really get under the bonnet these young footballers, make sure to run the engine analogy that I'm now stuck in to make sure that the purring correctly and the pistons are firing and everything's running smoothly and that they're moving correctly, striking correctly and all that. And then build upon that from that point. And you know what?

It's been an absolute joy. I've loved every second of it and I'm rammed Which is great. It started at what? Four, five weeks ago? Yeah, it's gone crazy, which has been lovely. I'm doing four sessions, most nights, four sessions on a Saturday morning. I've just opened my Tuesday mornings for the summer holidays. And I do it all on long lane on Attenborough Park, which is a lovely little park with a lovely little Bistro, Park Bistro, which is really nice. So, yeah, it's just nice little surroundings, one to one. Set up a goal, balls, cones, and off we go. We dig into it. So it's been great fun. Got loads of lovely kids, loads of really good talent knocking about. So it's been A bit of privilege.

No good. Good stuff. You never know. I was going to say, is there an age limit on it? I might be signing up before the next Footprint's game, getting some practicing.

I think you're beyond it, mate, if I'm honest.

I was going to say, can you tell me how to stop giving away penalties and things?

You need a bit more patience as a defender. That's what I'm going to say.

Yeah, honestly, Jason Lee puts me left back and then I go on the pitch, I make this brilliant tackle and put the ball out and give him a big thumbs up. And then literally about 40 seconds later, I can't remember who it was, one of the players on the other team sprinting towards me. Everyone runs out of the way. He's coming at me. I'm thinking, stick the leg out for the end, yeah.

Oh, gosh. There was a few lads on the bench going, Was that a foul? Was that a foul? Jay was like, Yeah, that was about seven fouls. That couldn't have been more than a foul. That was the biggest foul.

It was a clear panell, although I don't know, VAR probably would have overhauled it.

Well, you just don't know, do you?

There we go. Right. I think that does us nicely. Paul, thanks so much. Really appreciate it. My pleasure.

Can I just say, mate, I'm a real I'm a fan as well. I'm loving everything that you're doing. I think you're a credit to the club and to the fan base. You're a breath of fresh air in that whole world. I'm a fan. Every time you come up on Instagram, you're always really, really, really watchable. I always make sure I watch everything. So, yeah, keep going, man. You're doing really well.

Thanks very much. I appreciate that. My pleasure. I'll shut you that 20 quid after for saying. Good stuff. Hope to see you back on. We I'll get you back on next season when Forrester in the Champions League final. There you go. Paul McGregor there speaking with his Brian Clough stories. Excellent guest. If you did enjoy that episode, then give us a like and share it across socials. Now, ending today's podcast on a bit of a sadder note, many of you will be aware, we've mentioned him lots. Barry Woodfield-Spenser died a few months ago now and we mentioned it on the podcast. And he's somebody that had A huge part of my Forest life. And he was interviewed numerous times on Matchday with Max. And we know he absolutely loved the podcast as well. He was a big fan of Garabody read right from when it began, and especially when I came in as well. And he listened to the episodes and he was a huge fan of everything we did. Barry's funeral was yesterday and I had the real honor of speaking. His family asked me to speak and I said a few words. I think what I will say, people We'll just say sometimes that football is just a game, and I think many of us know that that isn't the case.

And for Barry's family, that certainly isn't the case. It was through my love of Forest and getting to know him and interviewing him. He just shared words of wisdom, and he was excellent on videos. And people loved him. People loved the old bloke he was nicknamed, and honestly, he became a bit of an internet sensation. And as the new season starts, and I look around the main Barry won't be there, and it's really difficult to think about that. But he will be here in spirit with us for Forest next season. I know that everyone listening to Garabody read, everyone associated with the podcast are sending their love and condolences to the family. Obviously, an incredibly difficult time. What we've done is we've put a little bit of a tribute together for Barry with some of his words of wisdom and interviews with me. In the past. So we're going to end today's podcast with a tribute to Barry Woodfield-Spenser. Barry, rest in peace with Beatman United.

I'm trying to find the time to deal with my excuse me, the voice has gone. Barry, first home game of the Premier League season after 23 years.

Forest win 1-0.

Oh my God. It's on your expectations today. I thought after a tonking we got last week, and they keep it tight. 23 years I know, but we do like being on the chips.

And you still think Forest have got enough about them to stay up and this will give the players confidence?

Of course they have. They're starting to get together now. They're putting some rubbish performances on. But you can see little bits. And today you could see everybody was having a go. I got a funny feeling today after that lad. I said, I think we're going to struggle a bit, and we did do.

Sean Deitch masterclass, I thought, tactically.

I was saying to Gary, I said he was brilliant. After first 10 minutes when they scored, right, let's start downwasting. Well, he always does, don't he? He won't sit back on one goal or two He just keeps going. I thought in the first half, I thought we were a bit legged. And also the misses, the chances we had, I thought, Oh God, not one of them games, surely. I was saying to Gary earlier on, as soon as he started putting defenders on, I said, That's it. I said, They're going to sit back and we're going to either lose or they're going to get a goal. No need for it. Going all to a defensive like that. They're very, very disappointed. It is a community. It's a family now, isn't it? It is. It really is. It is. I'm loving it.

I am, too. Come on, you read.

I said it last time. I'm loving every second.

So many VAR moments as well.

Don't on that one. Please don't get me on that.