Last week, I visited my girlfriend who is finishing her masters at a university in England. As a soccer fan, I’ve always wanted to experience the game wherever I travel. As I searched for a midweek game, I was happy to see that Nottingham Forest was hosting Aston Villa in an important English Championship league tie, as both are fighting for a playoff spot.
For those of you not familiar with Nottingham Forest, they have quite the history for being from a relatively small city. Forest have won the Premier League once, a pair of FA cups, back-to-back European cups (called UEFA Champions League today), four league cups and a UEFA Super Cup.