The black and White stripes were waving above the heads in the North east at the weekend as King Kev finally, after several attempts since being back at the helm picked up his first win for Newcastle. The victory over Fulham will of brought a much needed smile to owner Mike Ashley's face, as the news he's lost several millions in the stock market would cut deeply, no matter how rich any one is.

Surely now, with three points secured, Ashley will be convinced by Keegan to spend big in the summer and ride the ever present wave of optimism all the way to it's bitter end!

Now, it wouldn't be very good of me not to mention our rather red faced neighbours, would it? And the only reason they weren't first mention on the page is because I don't like to see them top of anything, whether it be a league table or an article. Let's face it, it would confuse the hell out of them too!

It appears, according to some large newspaper groups, that Paul Jewell's men aren't the only people that like a good spanking. The married father of two will have cringed more than normal as he read his morning paper, for this week's edition bared more than just the normal tale of woe that blights his task with Derby County. Matter of fact it showed Jewell in a light unexpected to most.

Whilst former pro's are often embarrassed by old pictures or footage, showing a trusty perm or handle bar moustache, Jewell has found himself all hot and bothered by a completely different type of own goal, though truth be known revelations of Jewell's home video will bring no new embarrassment to the Premier leagues basement club.

The Sheep manager has openly admitted to putting his arm around the shoulder of many a youngster to offer relationship advice, the problem on this occasion is the fact that the shoulders in question belong not to a teenage prodigy nor, more importantly, do they belong to his wife?

Onto matters red and the roller-coaster just won't come to a holt at the City Ground. 10 men were able to beat Northampton away from home on Friday yet 11 players were frustrated on the Monday.

Forest must learn that games are played over two 45minute periods and if you apply the same quality to the second half as you do the first we may not be chasing Dorothy's rainbow. The light at the end of automatic tunnel is flickering like distant memories of greatness but not quite extinguished.

Abject finishing, three visits to the woodwork and a lack of real effort and quality on some players part give clues to the struggle, yet all is not totally lost, not that that is what were are told to believe.

Is it however any wonder our fans are negative when what is broadcast from inside is portrayed as bleak. Radio Nottingham asked Colin Calderwood, more than once, if the automatic dream was over. One wonders if they wanted the manager to come out with a statement of resignation or a tale about the club being awarded 25 bonus points for all it's clean sheets. To be fair to CC he answered like a true politician, yet I feel he probably wanted to take the microphone and place it else where.

If some one tells you Blue is Green often enough you begin to believe, so if BBC's match day programme tells the folks at home the season has petered to nothing then what else can they forge an opinion with?

CC makes the point that 8 games remain, that's a total of 24 points. The gap is 11 points so why is it done. Don't get me wrong I don't want to be led down the primrose path only to find a pair of Larry Lloyd's pants but to put nails into a coffin lid before the body has ceased to be is a little negative.

I remain a true believer until the last shilling is counted, until the last drop is supped and until the hard facts tell me I'll live in my OWN world, where I can form my OWN opinion without rumour or circumstance, the world where it appears I'm the only one with Rose tinted specs, or where I'm the only one that loves my club until it's very death no matter how desperate it appears to be.

I'm holding out for a hero thanks, well eleven actually.

Alan March
Commentator for Visually Impaired spectators at Nottingham Forest and Wembley Stadium.