David Marples in conversation with Gareth Watts - Nottingham

Join us as we welcome David Marples to Waterstones Nottingham to celebrate the release of The History Boys Part Two: More Iconic Nottingham Forest Goals. David will be in conversation with Gareth Watts.

The History Boys Part Two celebrates more iconic goals in the illustrious history of Nottingham Forest. Starting in 1880 with Sam Widdowson and ending with the remarkable 2024/25 season, it tells the stories behind the famous goals and some of the more unusual and overlooked efforts. All types of goals are here. Those remarkable strikes from distance that blew our minds. The ones shrouded in controversy. Some secured titles or promotions, others ensured survival. The late ones, the stunning solo efforts and the end products of carefully crafted team moves. Some scored by heroes, others by villains. Goals make us feel delight, despair and everything in between.

This is the story of the goals that shaped the trajectory of Nottingham Forest across Victorian beginnings, between the wars, the glorious late 1970s, the giddy days of Frank Clark, the doldrums of the 2000s, right through to the meteoric resurrection of the last four years. Goals are the reason the game is played. Relive those memories.

David will discuss his new book before an audience Q&A and book signing.

David Marples is the author of The History Boys: Thirty Iconic Goals in the History of Nottingham Forest and Reds and Rams: A Story of the East Midlands Derby (both Pitch Publishing). He was a long-standing columnist in the official Nottingham Forest matchday programme and has contributed to publications such as Mundial, The Squall and Football Weekends. He co-produced the FSA award-nominated fanzine Bandy and Shinty and Trevor Francis Tracksuits.

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