🎧 A season to remember
The latest episode of BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast has landed.The team reflect on an amazing season at the City Ground where Forest have secured European football for the first time in 30 years.Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
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