All right. Here we go. Hello, ladies and gents today on the show. We have a man who's been there and seen it all at Forest over the last 20 years is presenter matchday and Match Night on BBC Radio Nottingham. Westbridge would resident himself.Voice you'll instantly recognized so afternoon. Mr. Robin chipperfield Robin are doing thanks for joining us at Forest Fan cast. No problem Tom. How are you? Very good. I'm very well here from New York. And as you know, where a podcast made by Forest fans in North America and we want numerous supporters group across the u.s. And Canada as well what to games together. We've got La Chicago Toronto and of course the one in New York City, which is mine. So my first question to you Robin is what's your experience? Variants of the forest brand around the world. Well, I was going to ask you that actually because I was going to talk about how because it. I'm always amazed by how worldwide Forest is and I've always assumed that's because of the European days and the kind of the word spread around the world about the forest success and obviously winning the European Cup twice, but or do you think it's more about Experts but you know British people moving around the world who are Forest as maybe from dr. Gilmore around and who then spread the word around the world that way well, I'd like to think that as well for my experience. I think it's both I think honestly, you know, the heydays of the European cups took Forest on a World level people watching it worldwide people know about them and any of those Brian Clough from that which yeah, she's great. But I've also found more Recently, I mean I spoke to people that have come into the New York bar to watch the games with us. So how did you get into Forest, you know Americans or Canadians and I'll actually, you know, I was playing FIFA and I write I just picked the team because I like the logo and then then how in my theme yeah, it's really the name helps because it's not United it's not City. It's not town. It's something different. It's something unique as well. So I like that. So how many how many in know you can probably only talk from a New York perspective. I know you. Perspective but how many how many would get together in New York to watch a typical game at a regular time really very so you know sadly his ten o'clock which would meet their last weekend. We had about 25 people in which was great. It was a big number. We had a lot of tourists because you know, it's Christmas in New York. So people are coming over. Yeah, but it's brilliant because we get you know, we get to chat to people that come from Nottingham and they can't believe that there's Forest fans that get together here in New York and and they love coming to, you know, come to join us here. And I think that's just such a brilliant thing that a club like Forest can do. Yeah. Yeah, and there's not many that would do that. I mean you probably take it for granted because you're from nauseam and it's your club, but I wonder if you know in reality. Would there be another 20 English clubs that were do that? I'm you know there and I would I would doubt it. Yeah, I don't do we you know we get some in this same bar that we see Chelsea fans West Ham fans my new fans. Quartz, yeah, but there's you know, the smaller clubs you don't really see. So if he makes you really proud to be a forest fan. Yeah good really really does. So thanks for joining us today. I you know, it's been a little while since we saw I can't get out of the habit of asking questions getting the other end of the mic to the I know I know so you began your career BBC knocking what back in 1999 right 20 years here Ron Atkinson. David Platt Lopez - David Platt was my first Forest manager back in those is quite a you know, it was a big people forget because you know didn't achieve great success with with Forest didn't get them back into the Premier League, which is obviously the eye but people forget how big a name he was at the time and I remember coming up in the summer of 99 when he'd been announced think he brought me. This is big this is this is You judge that he's a he I mean, he was a huge name in English football at the time and obviously seeing this one of the more intelligent English footballers have been to played Italy and you know, it's quite a quite a thinker I think is was the impression at the time about the game. So, you know, I came up there take your bloody. This this is this is huge but I always remember before I come up. I explained to Jose who was a guy. I was covering South End of the time. This is my team. Okay, and I said to the guy at the time I said we're looking forward to going up next week to you know, start my new job and everything and maybe Platts obviously been appointed and that looks good. He went well, he won't be a success and he was kind of add our York sermon which is going to give it away bit, but it kind of made me think. Oh, right. Why not? Why not now you need experience in the championship. You need somebody who's who's been there and done it or knows his way around. I always kind of bore that in mind and I think it's a Whether it whether it still the case these days 20 years on I'm not so sure because we've seen the Mushi having success. We saw Daniel falke having success at Norwich and David Vagner Alice field and you know, whoever else and you have a your horses for courses Championship managers, but then now and again you you get a little sprinkling of something different and it and that could work too. So yeah just doesn't seem like there was a formula for it, but my question was really Coming up is could anyone ever imagined back then? You know that Forest it would be 20 years since they've been out the Premier League because obviously that's not station was on that. They go straight back up. Yeah. I mean, I didn't think that goes straight back up. I thought they'd go back up second season Once David Platt and look a bit more about the championship and got used to managing in there in the championship. They're still have the parachute money at that time and they still had a strong Squad but it you know, it's working. Obviously it didn't happen and we're still Waiting still waiting. Oh, you know just grateful to be out to League one after one. So we're gonna get to that in a little while and now you know in your time you've seen a 17 managers. It's Ron Atkinson do directly plus K and I didn't even include them in my which of those managers do you think would have been most successful had they not been sacked and given more time which you think you know what they're stuck around a bit longer give it Chance for the obvious one for me is Sean O'Driscoll. Yes. That's the one that immediately comes to mind. Some of them just kind of it just felt like I didn't say Steve McClaren, right? There's only there was a month or two. No bit longer than that big something that my big announcement at the time there was a big announcement and everything and you and and it just that never felt right from the moment the season kicked off it just didn't it didn't feel right and the same to a certain extent with Mcleish as well though mcleish has had success that other clubs and there was you know, all sorts going on in the background at the club at the time but should I just was the one that that readily Springs to mind is somebody who I think had laid a decent platformer on a on a on a lowish budget in the championship and I think given time and it might have been The Following season. I think he would have he would achieve he would have achieved something. At the club and you know, he played Without was she doing inside the Forest Way, really? I do know we use the I know he did no one wants to leave. Everyone was yeah because it was the players that kind of assigned him when he wasn't there. I remember reading that someone went around and asked they said who you want to be the manager, you know? Yeah, but it because it was summer. I was about to Dougie Freedman not like you Friedman, but Babar Steve cotterill had gone and it was deemed that a Driscoll. Had quite an impact when he came in as a coach assistant manager in I think probably January February year before it had made quite a difference to keep forest in the championship with the players quite fancy the idea of a Driscoll doing it full time and forward to seeing his side's, you know, he's done cast aside perform at the city ground at League one and at the championship level seen the way they play they had good players and played the right way. It seemed like a good idea at the time. But you know, it's quite a Few decisions and managers down the years that we thought. Yeah, that seems a good idea at the time. Yeah, I completely agree and we know it's worse in is no for that. If you know I'm speaking work when I was a forest fan of at first. I was seven years old. That's when he has to go down at 94 95 season when we finished third in the Premier League. So that was my introduction to forests. Yeah, and it's been not very many. Oops since then. So every year we all think this is our year. This is going to be it for us for going to promotion to the Premier League. What? Closest you've actually thought you know what actually we're going to just do it this time Paul Hart. I think probably when Paul Hart was a manager and they had to kind of the rebuilt team if you like the young team that went to Sheffield United's second leg. Yes heartbreak. I know it was horrendous. It was truly horrendous. It probably reminds the greatest game I've ever seen really. Yeah just Just obviously been dramas in playoffs generally, but that one was given everything that was on the line and the you know, the close proximity of the game only being an hour at the motorway and it was Warnock against Hearts, you know contrasting Styles given how much was at stake and you know, especially afterwards not not perhaps knowing as much at the time but that you know, the players that score. On a drifted away a little bit close with sold and yeah, not too many came in. So that was that was a huge moment for the club looking back and I go back to a forest went to the laughs if you remember so they were within touching distance a Wembley turn it up and as a deflected Michael Brown shot. I think that the goes in and you think well that deflection could have gone anywhere and immediately after Forrest Gump tune it up that goes in and just think it's that deflection of God. Why'd the History of the club could have been so so different could have been so different. Oh my God. I hope you can imagine when Billy because I remember reading something quite recent. It said, you know Forester only one of three teams haven't played at the new Wembley yet. Yeah, it's amazing. It's not depressing me. Yeah that perspective bloody. Hell, is it really just to give you an idea? I think Knox County who slipped out last summer but last May but I think why they wouldn't bother the other two, so that's very helpful. Hugs for the last few years depressing this been the girl that you know, the feel good factor is coming back. I'm going to get on to that question secondly, but my next question for you Robin is something that some of the fans in the forest supports Club New Yorker put towards me and wanted to know and this one goes back to Billy Davis in his second term. I knew what the the two words coming up were here comment. And you know, he declared a blackout against the Press BBC Radio Nottingham. What do you think was his reason behind it? You know, is it tactical was it a personal agenda with you know, it's assert his authority or do you think that you was genuinely paranoid? Well, firstly the say and I will always put this on the record go for it. Is it he's a very very good manager agreed. Oh, this is the result absolutely show it and the hole It was really odd the whole. I mean the first time he was fantastic to deal with really good. Yeah, we got on really well. No, I never if you had a problem with me. He never talked about it. I certainly didn't have a problem with him. He was good to deal with and I would not so when he came back second time, I thought well that be okay. It'll be fine. I have returned. I remember the video. Yeah. Yeah the prophet. Yeah just really strange. It was a really strange time to come. The club because you know, if you had a problem with me or the radio station fair enough, but then he also had a problem with the Nottingham post and with ITV and with lots of national newspapers, and I think it was sky and five live for a time. You know, all I'm saying is you if you have a problem with me, that's fine, but you can't surely have a problem with everybody. So it just it just seemed a very very odd time and No, I told him I would look back on with any from this whatsoever. Second time around you must have been relieved we read in a sense when you know when he when he was sacked the second time and he thought a new era can start we can get around with this Gloom that's been surrounding it gives no football should be fun is there to be in here waiting? Salute? What if I think you hit the nail on the head because it should be fun. It should be fun most of the time, you know, there's going to be times when it's difficult. Caress your door you get stick or whatever but 90% of the time it should be fun and 90% of the time at that point. It wasn't fun and it should be enjoyable. You know, most most people in football are good to deal with you come across people who you'd rather not deal with but you have to deal with it times. That's fine. But most of the time it should be fine and it just made the job so difficult because you you know, you'd want to build up to a match against Watford or whoever it might be at the time. Chef which is honestly than and you couldn't hear from you couldn't bring the fans the views of the manager or any players as part of the program. And you know, that's not that's not fun. Really. It's not fun for anybody. Well no makes you make sure job harder makes my job harder. But but more importantly the people that pay the money to go watch games on the way to the game can't hear from the man that's in charge of their club. And that was that was sadly. It was a it was a strange old time because you know, we had the I now look back as propaganda which Jean music BBC, you know on the news where they had Billy Davis has DVD room. Yeah. I remember to go down that road we do that. Hello. Hello. Hello. How are you doing? To know who you are how fast we popped up on my screen I get that a lot. Don't worry about it. Well, I say, my name is Marc Marc said I wanted the regular co-hosts on for assign cast. Hi Mark. Hello, and it's really awesome to talk to you because you're one of those guys like Jack. Oh and like calling Frey who you know, obviously we've listened to for a lot of years now, so I can't believe I am talking to the legendary chippers. So Barry gets very straightforward. Don't worry about it. He seemed very down-to-earth. That's good. The Billy Davis thing I have to say I heard Colleen Freight the other day. I think it was on Reservoir red dogs. Okay. Yeah. Yeah talking with Ford and his assessment of that situation mirror Jaws, but even went further is to say I guess they exchanged cell phone numbers or mobile numbers you call them in England and you know, they had exchanged text to whatnot. I guess Billy Davis texted Colin Fraser say looking forward to working with you again prior to arriving at the city ground that second time around. Yeah, and of course the you know, the wall went up and that was that so very very odd. But yeah all time on time on sweetheart. I'm sure it's very difficult to kind of to get past that time because that's obviously a lot of what people want to talk about. But yeah, I don't know how long it lasts in the end. He year. Yeah, my mother better than me. It wasn't it wasn't that long. So I just say when you were recounting the Sheffield United game. I actually threw her I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Listening. So listen Simon mark from from that part there. Yeah. Okay. I was waiting for the intro to also I was I was I was looking at something else on my screen. I wasn't looking at it. I didn't realize you joined. I was like, all right box here. No, so, you know New York as well Mark. No, I'm actually so I live in Austin Texas as you can tell from my accent. I really can't but for many many years I lived in Colorado and I'm actually packing Colorado today. Today on business. So I'm talking to you from Denver, right? Okay. It's amazing is that I do it is amazing, New York, New York Denver and west bridge should fail. It's not what you always see on like on those lists is Right Paris, New York, Denver Westbridge food, right? Yeah, that's there the three down the top great. Fantastic. Oh Robin, we're gonna get to you know from the bad times a forest. You know, I'm going to switch it around but there's a real feel good Factor around. For weeks now, you know in New Orleans chairman and obviously Le Meucci doing so well and you know, the club seems to be such great shape on and off the field. Now, we've got Yates sign a new contract this morning my cash signing again. It's it feel any different to this season working around Fort Jackson with the players. And if so, why why does it feel different I have to be honest. It doesn't feel a lot different from last season. I think I think There perhaps a more solid side and they were last season on the pitch and they seemed very much as a squad very United. So I said that I would say the squad looks more together than last season not that there were massive problems last season. I don't want to give that impression but they see they see more together this season, but what I would say is that about this time last season I didn't think they were going to be Major issues lawsuit and it turned out you know for most of December and into the new year. They're obviously work major issues which led to so I talked her anchor guy, but I remember about this time last year seeing Forest going with it whole comfortably away from home at Bolton comfortably sort of thing that florrick don't do go away from home and win comfortably. Yep that they were doing that at this or just before this point last year and they've done it at this point again this year. So I think it feels largely similar, but I think there are you know, there are more maybe the foundations are a bit more the roots are a bit stronger than they were last year. Let's put it like that. Okay, that's great. And that kind of leads me on to another question that was asked to fit in. I was feeling some questions after selling my speak to chippers and people wanted to know you know, what can you tell us about the crank of Fallout? And also what led to a later on Roy Keane leaving and then O'Neill was fired and Lucci was bought in what 20 minutes later he was announced. Ask. Yeah, I mean there's all sorts of wait wait Hannah second mono Neal's gone. It was it was hugely uncontroversial. Nobody really batted an eyelid at the time. It was it was us. Oh dear that was that was quite a difficult period actually the meal time because you know, there was I wouldn't like to guess the percentage based on social media, but there was a large chunk who were not having him as a manager from the beginning. Yes at the city ground and then there was a chunk that work. Were equally wanting to defend him every opportunity and if you sell anything that could be construed as critical then the world would fall in from a great height. But if you said anything that would praise him that the world would equally falling from a great height. So that was actually there's a understand how social media works. I'm not experienced anything like that because generally the feelings are you know towards a manager you you get a large level of support or a large level of criticism and you're not surprised by it. But I was I was surprised by the both sides actually how willing people work to defend and also how willing to attack as well given given his CV when we talk about the music and what's going on presently. I'm trying to actually remember when was the last time Time we had a manager at Nottingham Forest who deflected the advances of another team particularly one from the Premier League as let me G is apparently done this week by some accounts twice from Watford. Yeah. What was the last time when our forest managers want to buy another team? Why was it for you? Absolutely agree? I mean it might I mean people. Well, there was a lot of talk about Billy Davis first time around was there and another club Some classical ages and every day whether how much there was in that. I don't know but there was the poor heart and leads scenario. That's right long ago with that about maybe 15 years ago. It's been a long time since there's been that kind of rambling around a forest bunch of might be interesting other clubs, but I think part of that is because the Meucci was largely unknown as a manager in this country. I mean obviously some people who Who follow European football more closely than I do and and wild football more closely than I do who knew who he was but you know, he was he was a relatively unknown when he came in to replace Martin O'Neill, but I think I mentioned this on on our own podcast this week. But the reason I think he's he's attracted that attention is because one he comes in with a clean sheet of paper because nobody has preconceived ideas about his style of football what he can achieve what he's like, What it's like to deal with Etc, but also the way that is teams play and the way they look so organized and he's got them so organized this season. I think it's that that attracts Premier League teams. Yeah, and it's interesting as well that this the team right now as a whole I mean that seems to be kind of a watermark of this team, which is that you've got a manager who's largely unknown you've got maybe as much as I don't know half the squad perhaps even more who are not particularly. Well known quantity, you know, we talked on before I sign cast about Bruce Amber who's one of our favorites. I think every Forest fans favorite solutely ER and and how on Earth, you know, we're did he come from? I mean surely he has been created in the lab. Remember how much stick there was for the signing? I don't if you do remember at the time, why do we need one a goalkeeper? Why is he signing? Another goalkeeper? Well as it turns out he's signing another goal keeper because this one's better than all the ones he's got put together potentially. But but you know, you can look at San basilio. You look at a mirror on a sorry ma'am. Yeah moving on. Yeah, but these are you know, these are you know, Forest a shopping in that market now. And you know, they have upgraded from the previous time. They shocked in a continental Supermarket. If you like Hypermarket, they've gone for a better class of player, you know, better class of European play on its it makes a heck of a difference. I think it makes a heck of a difference to the players the British players. You've got the supplies that were there already. They see these players coming in at a blimey. We are going up a level and that's what are its. I'm definitely have done when you talk about forests previous Continental for age. You're surely. Referring to the Italian job. I YouTubers and what the David Platt Italian Job the Montana yo era if you like where when you know do mature and people like that came in and for one reason or another fail to impress what to use American Sports vernacular for a moment the batting average this year in terms of transfers is remarkable and in just about every player. Shown their metal just about every player has contributed to one degree or another and that's astonishing and I know that doesn't all fall on the shoulders of the minutiae. I know that now we have a team who has to guess we're actually pretty instrumental in bringing him to the club to begin with but I know that this team has found this talent and it's yeah, it's a great place for us to be. Yeah and you know, even if Lamar she hasn't found it and I don't know how much you know, he's had to say about his work with Bruce am the before so you would imagine he had a fair bit to do with Suddenly that recommendation if not that signing but it's all very well signing these players and spotting the talent, but you also have to mold them into a team and bring the personalities together and I think you know as well as the organization of the team the fact that he's brought the team squad together to be United and all on one page and to be able to cope with not being in the team. Perhaps one week and dropping out of the squad and then coming back on the bench and then being back in the team the way he's managed to keep that going. I think it's only that is is hugely beneficial to the club and shows him in a very good light as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, I was reading yesterday that you know, he's not too worried about not having his you know, his contract runs out at the end of the season. Is that right? That's right. Yeah, and he's confident that he's probably going to stay right? Yeah. I think he's very he's a very relaxed guy. I'll be what you what you see may be on TV or hear on the radio when you listen to him. Is it him? He's very relaxed that he you know that he doesn't get too involved in the in the drama of football if you like, which there's too much of, you know through this. Absolutely. Yeah, and he's fine with all that he's not he's not concerned by much to that. He just gets on his job to try and suppliers to make them better and you know, potentially as we all hope to win matches and so far so good. Absolutely. So it kind of brings me on to my next question Robin over talking about plays. Your knowledge is phenomenal as I've just you know, listen to you over. The last memory is is I'm so impressed by it. And obviously you've been voices it 19 season 20 Seasons now since since August 99 bloody house 20 if my math is right. I want to know Robin feels more who are some of the best players you've seen your time at the city ground who? Stands out in all that time. See that's that's difficult because obviously you've get to know them at to a limited extent you get to know them. So I look back at that Billy first team first Billy team, right and you know, there were such good people to deal with so camping gold Chambers Gunther. Where's Morgan you go through the team with Ken Anderson. Own sure, you know that team people pick me up on others I've missed out but that team was fantastic to deal with all good people and I still you still see them against or you know, generally around the place is still keep in touch with them because they were they were just really good people as well as being oxy re very good players as well. So that makes it more difficult for me to pick out exceptional pliers, but right you just you have you like supporters you just you have your favorites. The different reasons they might not be the best players in terms of quality or technique or anything. So you just have your photograph. If you could choose a player that embodies Forest the way that Stuart Pearce did for me and my generation he was forest and still is Forest in you know, in my head. He's just encapsulate if you could choose anyone over your time. They hear encapsulates that Spirit who would it who would you choose? That's a question. Probably someone like what'll I think at the moment? Yeah, I like they were three or four that kind of comes through the the academy and a part of it. I think that one it so to Club an awful lot of money, but to it just gives gives the team, you know, does Joe world will know what it means to win on a Saturday for forest and you just have the faith that he's giving everything to get. A team over the lines. I think I'd probably go for Joe world, but there are you know going back over the over the years of plenty of others, you know, Chris: you know, you can't go thundering into tackles these days in the way that Stuart Pearce did and you know, a lot of his or amongst Forest fans is because of that you can't really do that these days so you have to do it in a different way and I think you know Cohen back in that that era who like call should have mentioned earlier when talking about that. So, it's Billy Davis team and how good they must deal with But Cohen, probably embodied everything about that's good about being a for exploding because you know, he gave it is absolute maximum all the time. You was decimated obviously by injuries at times his career went down into League one came back up and you know came from Lee played in League one the Forest Camp and look to really really good player and you know, but for injury, he might have gone on to play for the in the Premier League and moved on but you know because of Heretic, he didn't but yeah, you know long round about why there's been a few over the last 30 years. I think we co-enrolled people like that Michael awesome. Yeah. I like the Dawson's I think so. I like the fact you said Warren as well because he's putting the Nottingham and Nottingham Forest and to me that is important. Yeah. Yeah, and he's somebody who you know has had quite a bit of stick as well over the previous couple of years before she went away to Rangers. He's not good enough blah blah blah. And you know one thing he got a B+ is is a bit of time a bit of patience players in their first three or four games. They might come off and they might look brilliant in there those little ball games, but you can't make a decision on whether he's good enough player on the basis of the firstly of all games. You have to give particularly unclose you have to give him time. Yeah and one follow-up question for you Robert. Oh well quick observation. So it's interesting what you're saying about getting to know the players a little bit. So when I lived in Colorado, Colorado Springs specifically had the opportunity to do some media work around a podcast and some writing following the Colorado Springs switchbacks who play in the USL, which is the tear directly below the Mis and it's interesting because I have my favorite players as well and some of them it was based upon ability. But but oftentimes you are influenced by those players you make themselves available to you who give a good interview and you just get a sensor good human beings and I had the yes, I have a couple of favorites at the switchbacks. Adjust really really good guys, and they just wish them the best but it's funny. We pass it was Fresno or Vancouver. I think maybe it was Fresno from California were visiting Colorado Springs for a game and Robert Earnshaw was actually the assistant coach and so it's funny after the game. I was supposed to be going on the field interview switch back to players about the game, but instead I belied it to Robert sure. All right. All right. A guy. Yeah, and I've never been that close to a forest last lecture. I shook left hand. But outside of that. I've never been that close to a forest Legend. I beelined it to him. I got a little hyperbolic in that suggested to him in modern times. He was the best Striker we'd seen at the city ground outside of Stan collymore and now they look back on that could be argued. I mean probably slot slight exaggeration expediate. Other than that, I mean, you know top quality top drawer. Anyway, the only guy says he Top division. No. No, you're right. You're absolutely right. Absolutely. Right that put a big smile on his face anyway, and it was good visiting with him. But my follow-up question is this and we asked we have poor tailor on the show a couple episodes back. Obviously, he's a proper chance, but we had him on the show. It's not a choice. Yeah, we're getting through all of the Nottingham royalty here today, as you can tell and a question I posed to him was not who do you think is the best player necessarily in the current squad or necessarily contributing the most? Most but which player this season so far which players have surprised you the most and maybe it's that there are unknown quantities and it's one of the new boys. Maybe it's one of our Lads that's been around for a while. The you fellas really elevated their game. So same question to you which player or players this year really surprised you there's one immediately Springs to mind, which is Cash. Yes, who's always thought was a good play. I never thought it was a right back. I never ever thought it was no. He's Sensational. No. No, it was like, oh we got nobody to play right back up and down to Caesar. What will play or play Matthew there? We've got. All right foot now obviously wasn't like that at least been absolutely Sensational since then the other one might be been what's actually who is probably wrong to say surprised because you know, he's had a tremendous career and I all one of my pet lines in football is that that position he plays is is always massively underrated and a and Watson to a lesser extent because I always thought he was a really good player. But certainly Matty cash is the big surprise when you receive really yeah, it's a good show. It's a right. I think I think most people would agree and and probably sambar as well because no one no one knew anything about him. Yeah, and he really has yeah, it certainly caught the eye and he's a bit of a character and you know, that's what you want from a goalkeeper. And yeah. Yeah, what is that? I think it's Amber in the midst of the Mirage situation. I think that's the thing that's made that made this made his appearance and his performances. Surprising is that I think everything was hung on marriage rights being an international goalkeeper, you know coming from the current Champions Premier League champions. There was no doubt. He's going to be our number one all season long for just as long as the loan went and of course that made the the rise of briefs Amber that much more surprising. Hey gents. Unfortunately, I'm squeezing this interview in between work commitments. So yeah, I have a day job. I've got to run a boring and a terribly boring, but I know that you guys have more questions, so I'll leave. You guys to it. Look forward to hearing the rest of the interview myself, and it's been a pleasure trip is really a very enjoy business with you so bad. Thanks a lot. Nice to meet you. It's years mark. Thank you. Hey, we got a nice surprise. I've been marked pop-up, wasn't it? It's amazing technology that it is. It not amazing. I know I sound like an old fart now but it really is amazing. Not one bit now and he's a probably because he's good. Isn't he - Yeah, he really brings it. Yeah, I'm going to wrap it up pretty soon as well Robin. Okay, because you think you pretty much answered the questions I have now what I did Gage from Chancellor of the New York fans here when I said that I was going to speak to you is that this was said I was Annie from Essex and so here's an ethically. Yeah. You tell ya I try and hide it the accents not there. Thank God. It's over use no offense to any virus expands listed, but you know, you have some affinity for Forest now surely after all this time. Would you consider these larger self a fan how far would you go is to say your high? I know I am a fan. I'm a fan of South End is my team that's where you know, I grew up and that's the team. I started to go and watch it's a bit embarrassing. The seasons who missed their truly Dreadful but forested team. I've covered like North County. I've covered man see what I've covered for 20 years in various sizes in various pieces as well. So I have a huge Van Der sprawled and over time. I found all them favor left and went somewhere else. I would have to I look for South and East and then Forest not smells good immediately after that if you can have a look I never thought you could have more than one team, but my god, I've got more than one two, that's impressive and you know as As far as fans of share your eyes, you can tell why Mark come on and he's always speaking to the legendary chippers, you know, you caught steaks. Yeah. I don't really I don't get I don't get that. I just haven't I do my job. That's all I do. You are just ask the game and we are very lucky to be able to do it to do. What now what you enjoy doing? It's not I've always said at some point somebody's going to go look you've had your fun. You've been doing this for 20 25 years. Do you want to manage team going to get But go and get yourself a proper job now and explain about but I'll keep plan about as long as I can I think and what can you see happening after you maybe you finish reporting on Sports? Would you ever going to you know, writing or anything like that the l11 writing at some point some point in the future? I always enjoyed writing whether you know, I've done bits and pieces not a lot but bits of pieces of the BBC sport website, which I've always enjoyed actually I do. You like writing so that's a possibility but not not something I thought a huge amount about so yeah, who knows who you know what future when there are you know, so many good podcasts about including house. Yeah. Absolutely. You know, what what you know, it's who knows in 10 years time what the future of radio will be, you know, where we'll be broadcasting. It will be broadcasting, you know, anything could happen in the next 10 years until you can like the last 10 years you consider 10 years ago. There wasn't It wasn't social media. There would have been the internet I think but no Netflix. I don't think you know stuff like that. No just just didn't happen. You know, I player no Big C sounds, you know, so, you know, what? Will there be in 10 years time? Who knows? Who knows? There's no point really thinking about it because whatever will be will be I think can you tell us where to follow you on Twitter for those that want to note that sport chippers on Twitter Facebook and Instagram. Are we II really am a modern man, there we go. We have pictures of you as well. Well lookie is good bad this time. I'm right. Thank you very much and will speak soon.
Forest Fancast is a North American podcast produced by Forest fans. Hosted by @NFFCFlorida, @Melchett, and @JordanThelen. Forest Fancast’s gift to our fellow Trickies is a fantastic ‘Stoppage Time’ with Forest constant Robin Chipperfield, aka Chippers! Roving reporter Tom Wardle, with a little help from part-timer Mark Turner, takes a walk with Chippers down memory lane, talking all things Forest past and present. Chippers discusses the managers revolving door at the City Ground, and some of the characters that have spun through it. He also has some insights into the best players he’s seen don the Garibaldi over the past 20 years, as well as which players have most surprised him this season. And he ruminates over what he thinks the future of sports journalism could be, and what he might find himself doing some day. Contact us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/forestfancast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forestfancast/ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/forestfancast ---This episode is sponsored by Boot Bags, founded by pro soccer players, Shane Malcolm and Jordan Schweitzer in 2019, the company is dedicated to providing quality products for traveling athletes, professionals and sports enthusiasts. For every 5 bootbags we sell, it gives us an opportunity to give a pair of new or lightly used boots to a child in need. 