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BBC Radio Nottingham reporter Colin Fray has been reacting to Forest's 2024-25 fixtures on the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast: "I don't think there can be any complaints, certainly not the kind of complaints they had last season.

"I always think on fixture release day, it is a little bit like 'well, you are going to have to play all the teams twice at some point during the season'. And, until last season, I have never really thought you could get a bad fixture list or a good fixture list.

"Then last season's came out.

"You almost couldn't make it up, what the fixtures gave Forest last season, with tough games at the start and end. But while that one was a shocker, this one isn't.

"First day, then Boxing Day and any local derbies you might have in there are always what you look for when the fixtures come out for any team. From a Forest point of view, Spurs at home on Boxing Day is a cracker of a fixture. It is also the only home game around Christmas with three away - Brentford just before Christmas, Everton on 29 December and Wolves on 4 January.

"At this stage - we're more than 11 months away and don't know squads or form - but on the face of it, three of your last five at home against Brentford, Leicester and Chelsea on the last day, but with trips to Palace and West Ham it doesn't look the worst run-in.

"When you look at the end of October and November, that is the area of the fixture list where you go 'that is a tough few weeks of fixtures'."

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The fixtures for the new Premier League season are out and we asked you for your predictions on where Nottingham Forest will be after 10 games.

Here is a selection of your comments:

Ben: Nine points from the first three games! They are must-wins and we need to show our fighting spirit. After the first 10, we'll be a comfortable 14th.

Kris: 10 games in and we'll be comfortably mid-table. Nuno will have a full pre-season to work with his preferred smaller squad and we'll be over that "difficult second album" syndrome that dogged us last year. Key players will be back fit, new additions will be bedded in and we'll be another campaign wiser. That said, it's the hope that kills you!

Will: Rock bottom.

Mark: A favourable start but with that brings pressure. We need to get points on the board early to avoid another struggle. It's quite conceivable that we could have 15 points from the first 10 matches. It's high time we got the better of Bournemouth and Wolves, that's for sure. I would love to see seven points from the first three outings.

Championship side Sheffield United have opened talks with Nottingham Forest over signing defender Joe Worrall. (Teamtalk), external

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The latest episode of the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast by BBC Radio Nottingham has landed on BBC Sounds.

David Jackson and Colin Fray discuss the Reds' Premier League fixtures, transfers at the City Ground and pay tribute to former Forest striker Kevin Campbell after his death at the age of 54.

Listen to the full episode here

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BBC Sport Football News Reporter

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Mid-table anonymity would be a blessing for Nottingham Forest after the borderline chaos of last season.

A change of manager, a points deduction, constant VAR rows - culminating in the controversial social media post criticising the appointment of Stuart Attwell in April - and the Mark Clattenburg experiment, kept much of the focus off the pitch.

The ultimately successful battle against relegation, which still owed much to the failings of Luton Town, gives Forest the chance to start to now consolidate themselves in the Premier League.

The club's third-straight season in the competition starts with the visit of Bournemouth, a trip to Southampton and a home game against Wolves, which those at the City Ground will surely view as a chance for a positive opening.

There will naturally be changes before then. Nuno Espirito Santo traditionally likes to work with a smaller squad and, with Forest looking to stay within profit and sustainability rules, sales are expected.

Defender Murillo has been linked with Tottenham while midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White will have interest after his impressive 2023-24.

Nuno would naturally prefer to keep his best players and those on the fringes - like the returning Joe Worrall, who was on loan at Besiktas - will be allowed to leave.

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Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth will open their Premier League campaigns with a meeting at the City Ground on Saturday, 17 August.

Forest are winless in their past eight league games against Bournemouth (D3 L5), losing each of their past three at home.

This will be the second time the Cherries have faced Forest in their opening league match of a season, following a 0-0 draw at the City Ground in League One in 2007-08.

Forest have lost their opening league game in each of the past five seasons, conceding exactly two goals each time.

Having lost their opening match in each of their first three Premier League campaigns, Bournemouth are unbeaten in their past four season openers (W2 D2).

Now the fixtures for the new Premier League season are out, it is time to start looking ahead to your club's 2024-25 campaign and all the key matches.

So, where do you think Nottingham Forest will be after the first 10 games?

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Nottingham Forest's Premier League fixtures for the 2024-25 season have arrived and if you haven't seen them yet you can find them here.

The Reds have early home games against Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers, they face local rivals Leicester City away on 26 October, while the trip to champions Manchester City is on 4 December.

On Boxing Day it's set to be Tottenham at home, while the return East Midlands derby against Leicester is scheduled for 5 May.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side end with games against West Ham and Chelsea.

Fixtures for the Premier League opening weekend have been released.

The 2024-25 season will begin at Old Trafford with Manchester United welcoming Fulham.

Ipswich Town's 22 years away from the top flight will come to an end with a visit from Arne Slot's Liverpool, while fellow newly promoted sides Southampton and Leicester will visit Newcastle and welcome Tottenham respectively.

Elsewhere, champions Manchester City will begin their quest for a fifth Premier League title in a row by travelling to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in Enzo Maresca's first game in charge.

The games will take place between 16-19 August.

Nottingham Forest will begin their 2024-25 Premier League campaign against Bournemouth at the City Ground.

The match will take place on Saturday, 17 August at 15:00 BST.

You can find all of Forest's fixtures here

Nottingham Forest are finalising a deal for 25-year-old Corinthians goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, who would become the tallest player in the Premier League at 6ft 8in. (Daily Mail), external

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The 2024-25 Premier League fixtures are being released on Tuesday at 09:00 BST - and you will see them on the BBC Sport website and app as soon as they are announced.

What should you look out for?

By chief football news reporter Simon Stone

Matches around European games

This will be even more keenly assessed than usual given the four clubs in the Champions League and two in the Europa League will have eight first-phase games rather than six. Long trips before or after European games do not go down well with managers.

Matches around internationals

There are international breaks in September, October, November and March. In Europe, the first three of those are for Nations League fixtures. World Cup qualifiers in Europe start in March 2025, though in South America and Asia they are being played in all four windows.

England managers tend not to be keen on blockbuster league matches immediately before a break and club bosses are equally unhappy at having to play key matches after them when so many players get back on Thursday or Friday.

Festive fixtures

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a winter break this season. The Premier League has assured clubs they will not be asked to play twice in less than 60 hours at any point over Christmas and New Year. That rules out any club playing on 26 December also having a game on 28 December. There will be no Christmas Eve fixture in the 2024-25 season.

As the FA Cup third round has been moved from its traditional home on the first weekend of January to the second, it does seem there will be four rounds of fixtures over the festive period - starting on 21 December and ending on 5 January.

New managers

Four Premier League clubs already have new managers - Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton), Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool) and Julen Lopetegui (West Ham) - with a fifth to come at Leicester. So that's a new era beginning at 25% of clubs before a ball has been kicked. Russell Martin will take charge of a top-flight game for the first time after Southampton's promotion.

We asked for some of your best memories of former Nottingham Forest striker Kevin Campbell, who died on Saturday aged 54.

Here are some of your submissions:

Tim: Kevin Campbell was a fantastic player for Nottingham Forest. He could score all kinds of goals; poacher goals, one-on-ones, from outside the box and off either foot. His partnership with Pierre van Hooijdonk was electric and so were his celebrations. Always at least a 7/10 performance.

Thomas: I've met a few people from the footballing world over the years, but never have I met anyone warmer than Kevin Campbell. A super human being, who had time for everyone. The world is a lesser place without super Kevin Campbell.

Peter: A wonderful and likeable professional, who met challenges of those times with class and finesse. Excellent role model for those that followed.

Nick: August 1996 and Kevin Campbell scored a hat-trick at Coventry in the first game of the season. The first game I went to with both my children. A brilliant day, but I don't think Forest won again until November and they ended up getting relegated! The following season in the Championship, Campbell and Van Hooijdonk were unstoppable.

Stanley: A beautiful footballer who knew how to find the net with finesse and composure, which entertained the thousands. Campbell came across as a gentle and likeable person, who had time for human beings without discrimination.

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"Big-smiling". "An icon of the English game". "A true gentleman".

Just some of the tributes that have paid to Kevin Campbell after the former Nottingham Forest striker sadly died aged 54.

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Nottingham Forest said former striker Kevin Campbell "will always be remembered" by everyone at the club.

Campbell's death, aged 54, was announced on Saturday morning after a short illness.

He spent three seasons at Forest between 1995 and 1998, scoring 35 goals in 97 appearances.

Former goalkeeper Mark Crossley, who played alongside Campbell, said: "Life can be so cruel at times.

"Absolutely devastated with news of my ex-Forest team-mate Kevin Campbell's passing. A true gentleman, a great player, a shining light of a dressing room, fun-loving guy. Thoughts are with all his family and friends. RIP mate."

The club added: "Our thoughts are with Kevin's friends and family during this difficult time."

If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Nottingham Forest, who would you pick?

That was the question we asked you to answer, with the transfer window set to open on Friday.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Josh: Buy: Tammy Abraham - we need a proper number nine who is going to stay fit all season. Sell: Matt Turner or Odysseas Vlachodimos - neither of them are good enough for the Premier League. Loan: Brandon Aguilera - he showed his talent last season and a loan to a Championship club that will give him game time will benefit him massively.

John: Buy: Angel Gomes - he can play all across the midfield and he is still young. Sell: Matt Turner - he has no impact on the squad and has been poor since signing for us. Loan: Detlef Esapa Osong - this would be smart as he is a young striker with good potential.

Zachary: Buy: Elye Wahi - we need a forward from a European top-five league and I think Wahi would be possible. Sell: Matt Turner - with our three goalkeepers, he is not getting much game time and we are wasting our money.

Justyn: Buy: Che Adams - I would look at getting him from Southampton on a free because he would give us some cover up front and he has the chance to be the natural successor to Chris Wood. Sell: Murillo - cash in on him and make a big profit. Loan: Gio Reyna - give him a full pre-season with us.

Mark: Buy: Tammy Abraham - a similar player to Lewis Grabban. Sell: Matt Turner - a poor goalkeeper who is not needed. Loan: Omar Richards - unsure of his recovery from injury but I would give him a bit longer to prove himself.

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The transfer window opens on Friday, and we want to know what matters to you most this summer.

If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Nottingham Forest, who would you pick?

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Nottingham Forest legend Stuart Pearce has spoken to BBC Radio Nottingham about the European Championship, which kicks off on Friday.

"It's a wide open tournament. England have got some brilliant youngsters. They've got a great manager in charge - he's just got to find the right balance in the team," said the former Reds defender and manager.

"The game against Serbia won't be easy but if we can get off with a victory, the excitement will go through the roof, as it always does.

"I love it. I'm off to Germany for the whole tournament to cover games and I love the big tournaments."

Pearce, who represented England at three major tournaments, added: "I love international football - it was a great part of my life and I think it's exciting times ahead.

"Playing for your country is the pinnacle of anything you can do as a player."

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Wolves and Nottingham Forest remain the favourites in the race for Southampton striker Che Adams - despite interest from clubs in Italy, the United States and Saudi Arabia.

The 27-year-old is available on a free transfer and yet to sign a new contract at St Mary's, although the Saints have been in talks over a new deal.

The forward has options abroad, including in Serie A, but Molineux or the City Ground are the most likely destinations as it stands.

Adams is with the Scotland squad preparing for Friday's Euro 2024 opener against hosts Germany in Munich and his future is unlikely to be resolved before the start of the tournament.

Last season, he scored 18 goals to help Russell Martin's Southampton to an instant return to the Premier League after winning the Championship play-offs.

Since a £15m move from Birmingham in 2019, Adams has netted 49 goals in 191 appearances.

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The 2023-24 Premier League season may have only just finished but there is only 10 weeks until the 2024-25 season is scheduled to start.

So what are the key dates that you need to know?

When does the season start and finish?

The 2024-25 Premier League campaign will get under way during the weekend of 17-18 August.

It will take place over 33 weekends, with four midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday matchweek.

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a 'winter break' this time around. However, to avoid Christmas and New Year fixture congestion, the league will give more rest time to sides over three of the festive match rounds, with no club playing within 60 hours of another match.

The final round of fixtures will be played on Sunday, 25 May 2025, with all games to kick off at the same time.

When are the fixtures released?

09:00 BST on Tuesday, 18 June.

We will have all the details here for your club as soon as the fixtures are released.

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When does the transfer window open and close?

The summer window will officially open on Friday, 14 June, which also happens to be the start of Euro 2024, and will remain open until Friday, 30 August at 23:00 BST.

Transfer deadline day has been brought forward this year to be in line with the other major leagues in Europe. The closing dates were set following discussions with the leagues in England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

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Six Premier League clubs - Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester - face having to sell players before the end of June in order to comply with the division's Profit and Sustainability Rules. (Sky Sports), external

Sheffield United have registered their interest in signing Nottingham Forest's English defender Joe Worrall, with the 27-year-old available on a free transfer when his contract expires in the summer. (Football Insider), external

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