John Knifton is an author and local historian who lives in Nottingham. In this piece he describes the 1970s match-going experience that many of us grew up with…..

Football in the Old Days ; Derby County v Norwich City

Imagine it is the late 1970s. We are walking down to the old Baseball Ground, and about to turn into Harrington Street. The floodlights of the ground are just visible: My Dad, my brother and I used to park on what had been the Parade Ground at the old Victorian army barracks at Normanton, and…