Association football club in West Bridgford, England

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Nottingham Forest Football Club are an affiliation football golf club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Founded in 1865, Forest are the oldest professional football club in the English Football League ( EFL ). Forest have played home matches at the City Ground since 1898. They presently compete in the EFL Championship, the second gear tier of the English football league organization.

Forest have won one League deed, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two european Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup. The cabaret has competed in the top two tiers of English football since their admission to the Football League, with the exception of five seasons in the third gear grade. Their most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the former 1970s and early 1980s, which included back-to-back wins in the european Cup in 1979 and 1980. In Clough ‘s final ten at the club, Forest won the 1989 and 1990 League Cups and were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup Final, before relegation from the Premier League in 1993. Upon an immediate retort Forest finished third in the Premier League in 1995, before the cabaret suffered delegating again in 1997 and, after a brief come back, once more in 1999. Forest have not been back in the Premier League since. The baseball club ‘s fiercest competition is with Derby County, with whom they contest the East Midlands bowler hat and compete for the Brian Clough Trophy. Forest besides contest the Nottingham bowler hat with city rivals Notts County ; however, as County have broadly played in lower leagues than their neighbours, fixtures between the two clubs have been rare in holocene history .

history [edit ]

nineteenth hundred [edit ]

In 1865 a group of shinty players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham ‘s Shakespeare Street. J. S. Scrimshaw ‘s proposal to play association football rather was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed. It was agreed at the same merging that the club would purchase twelve tasselled caps coloured ‘ Garibaldi Red ‘ ( named after the leader of the italian ‘Redshirts ‘ fighters ). Thus the club ‘s official colours were established. In 2019, when Notts County were relegated from the English Football League, both Nottingham Forest and Stoke City claimed to be the oldest remaining club in the league. Football historian Mark Metcalf stated that Stoke were formed in 1868, quite than the 1863 date on the golf club ‘s badge, and therefore Forest was the oldest golf club. [ 4 ] The EFL besides stated that Nottingham Forest was the oldest. [ 5 ] Forest ‘s first ever official game was played against Notts County taking identify on 22 March 1866. [ 6 ] On 23 April 1870, when the team played their first game in league play, the shop steward of the golf club was John Lymberry and William Henry Revis scored the first goal. On that day, Revis besides won the trophy for kicking a football furthest with a kick of 161 feet 8 inches. [ 7 ] In their early years Forest were a multi-sports club. a well as their roots in bandy and shinty, Forest ‘s baseball club were british champions in 1899. [ 8 ] Forest ‘s charitable approach helped clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to form. In 1886, Forest donated a put of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves – the North London team hush wear red. Forest besides donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a web site to play on for Brighton. In 1878–79 season Forest entered the FA Cup for the first gear time. Forest beatnik Notts County 3–1 in the first gear round of golf at Beeston Cricket Ground before finally losing 2–1 to Old Etonians in the semi-final. [ 6 ] Forest ‘s lotion was rejected to join the Football League at its formation in 1888. [ 6 ] Forest alternatively joined the Football Alliance in 1889. They won the competition in 1892 before then entering the Football League. [ 6 ] That season they reached and lost in an FA Cup semi-final for the fourthly time to date. This time it was to West Bromwich Albion after a replay .
The 1898 Cup-winning team Forest ‘s first base FA Cup semi-final win was at the fifth attack, the 1897–98 FA Cup 2–0 replay gain against Southampton. The first base game was drawn 1–1. Derby County beat Forest 5–0 five days before the final. six-spot of the cup final side were rested in that league game. [ 6 ] In that 1898 FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace before 62,000 fans, Willie Wragg passed a 19th moment free kick to Arthur Capes. Capes shot through the defensive rampart to score. Derby equalised with a complimentary kick headed home by Steve Bloomer off the bottom of the crabbed legal profession after 31 minutes. In the 42nd minute Jack Fryer was unable to hold a Charlie Richards shot giving Capes a tap in for his second goal. Wragg ‘s wound meant Forest had to change their line up with Capes dropping back to midfield. In the 86th moment John Boag headed away a corner by Forest. John McPherson moved in to collect shooting low into the finish to win 3–1. [ 9 ]

First half of twentieth century [edit ]

Forest lost FA Cup semi-finals in 1900 and 1902. They finished one-fourth in the 1900–01 Football League followed with one-fifth home the season after. The clubhouse then started to slide down the table. Forest were relegated for the beginning fourth dimension in 1905–06. Grenville Morris had his first gear of five seasons as the clubhouse ‘s highest scorer en road to becoming the all-time cabaret highest goalscorer with 213 goals. forwarding as champions was contiguous in 1906–07. They were relegated a second time to the Second Division in 1911 and had to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bottom of that tier. As World War I approached they were in serious fiscal perturb. The outbreak of The Great War along with the benevolence of the committee members mitigated the club going under. [ 6 ] In 1919, the Football League First Division was to be expanded from twenty dollar bill clubs to twenty-two in time for the 1919–20 Football League : Forest were one of eight clubs to campaign for entrance but received alone three votes. Arsenal and Chelsea gained the two extra exceed tier slots. [ 10 ] In a reversion from the first six seasons struggling back in the Second Division, Forest were promoted as champions in 1921–22. They survived each of the first two seasons rear in the top flight by one position. In the third temper after forwarding they were relegated as the division ‘s bottom club in 1924–25. They remained in the second gear tier until relegation in 1949 to the Football League Third Division .

Re-emergence then decline ( 1950–74 ) [edit ]

They were quickly promoted back two years late as champions having scored a record 110 goals in the 1950–51 season. They regained First Division status in 1957. [ 6 ] Johnny Quigley ‘s lonely 1958–59 FA Cup semi-final goal pulsate Aston Villa. Billy Walker ‘s Forest beat Luton Town 2–1 in the 1959 FA Cup Final. Like in 1898 Forest had lost heavy to their opponents only weeks earlier in the league. [ 6 ] Stewart Imlach crossed for a 10th-minute opener by Roy Dwight ( the cousin of Reg Dwight good known as Elton John ). Tommy Wilson had Forest 2–0 up after 14 minutes. The bet on had an unusually boastfully number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Forest players. This was put down to the alcoholic nature of the Wembley turf. The most noteworthy of these stoppages was Dwight breaking his leg in a 33rd minute tackle with Brendan McNally. Forest had been on peak until that indicate. Luton though gradually took control of the match with Dave Pacey scoring center through the second half. Forest were reduced to nine paroxysm men with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare crippled with cramp became little more than a spectator. Despite belated Allan Brown and Billy Bingham chances Chick Thomson conceded no far goals for Forest to beat the Wembley 1950s ‘hoodoo ‘ ( where one team was hampered by losing a musician through wound ). [ 11 ] Club record appearance holder Bobby McKinlay played in the final examination gain team captained by Jack Burkitt. By this time Forest had replaced Notts County as the biggest clubhouse in Nottingham. Johnny Carey assembled a team including Joe Baker and Ian Storey-Moore that for a hanker spell went largely unaltered in challenging for the 1966–67 Football League title. They beat style rivals Manchester United 4–1 at the City Ground on 1 October. [ 12 ] The 3–0 acquire against Aston Villa on 15 April had Forest second in the table a bespeak behind United. [ 13 ] Injuries finally took effect intend Forest had to settle for being League runner-up and fall back in the FA Cup semi-final to Dave Mackay ‘s Tottenham Hotspur. [ 6 ] The 1966/67 season ‘s success seemed an opportunity to build upon with crowd of 40,000 virtually guaranteed at the fourth dimension. alternatively a mixture at the club of poor football management, the alone committee structure and gallant amateurism meant decline after the 66/67 acme. Forest were relegated from the top flight in 1972. Matt Gillies ‘ October 1972 managerial deviation was followed by short managerial reigns by Dave Mackay and Allan Brown. [ 6 ] A 2–0 Boxing Day home defeat by Notts County prompted the committee ( Forest had no control panel of directors then ) to sack Brown .

Brian Clough and Peter Taylor ( 1975–82 ) [edit ]

Brian Clough managed Nottingham Forest for 18 years. Brian Clough became coach of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975 twelve weeks after the goal of his 44-day tenure as director of Leeds United. [ 14 ] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club flight simulator as Gordon had been for him at Derby County and Leeds. [ 15 ] scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scored the only goal in Clough ‘s first game in charge, beating Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup third gear round replay. [ 16 ] Ian Bowyer was already at Forest and had won domestic and european trophies with Manchester City. Clough signed Scots couple John McGovern and John O’Hare in February who both were separate of Clough ‘s Derby County 1971–72 Football League style win. He signed Colin Barrett in March initially on loanword. Clough brought John Robertson and Martin O’Neill rear into the fold after they had requested transfers under Brown. [ 6 ] Viv Anderson had previously debuted for the first base team and became a regular under Clough. [ 17 ] The young Tony Woodcock was at Forest but was then unrated by Clough and was to be loaned to Lincoln City. [ 18 ] Forest were 13th in English football ‘s moment tier when Clough joined. They finished that temper 16th. afforest signed Frank Clark in July of that close season on a loose transfer. [ 19 ] The season after Forest finished eighth in Clough ‘s 1975–76 Football League first broad temper in charge. [ 14 ] It was in this season McGovern became long standing baseball club captain taking over from a game in which Bob ‘Sammy ‘ Chapman and Liam O’Kane were both injured. [ 20 ] Peter Taylor on 16 July 1976 rejoined Clough becoming his assistant Manager as he had been when winning the league at Derby. [ 14 ] Taylor included being the cabaret ‘s talent finder in his function. After assessing the players Taylor told Clough “ that was a feat by you to finish eighth in the second Division because some of them are entirely one-third Division players ”. [ 21 ] Taylor berated John Robertson for allowing himself to become fleshy and disillusioned. He got Robertson on a diet and trail regimen that would help him become a european Cup winner. [ 22 ] Taylor turned Woodcock from a reserve midfielder into a 42 cap England striker. [ 23 ] In September 1976 he bought striker Peter Withe to Forest for £43,000, selling him to Newcastle United for £250,000 two years later. [ 24 ] Withe was replaced in the start team by Garry Birtles who Taylor had scouted playing for non-league Long Eaton United. Birtles besides went on to represent England. [ 25 ] In October 1976 Brian Clough acting on Peter Taylor ‘s advice signed Larry Lloyd for £60,000 after an initial loan period. together Clough and Taylor took Forest to new heights. The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor predominate was the 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup. Forest beat orient 5–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final act in December 1976. [ 14 ] Clough valued winning a deride trophy as the club ‘s beginning silverware since 1959. He said, “ Those who said it was a nothing trophy were absolutely crackers. We ‘d won something, and it made all the difference. ” [ 26 ] On 7 May 1977, Jon Moore ‘s own finish mean Forest in their last league game of the season beat Millwall 1–0 at the City Ground. [ 27 ] This kept Forest in the third promotion spotlight in the league postpone and dependent on Bolton Wanderers dropping points in three games in hand in the fight for third base place. [ 28 ] On 14 May Kenny Hibbitt ‘s finish from his rehearse rid kick routine with Willie Carr gave Wolves a 1–0 acquire at Bolton. [ 20 ] [ 29 ] Bolton ‘s get the better of reached the Forest team mid-air en route to an end of season break in Mallorca. [ 20 ] Forest ‘s third topographic point promotion from the 1976–77 Football League Second Division was the fifth-lowest points count of any promote team in history, 52 [ 6 ] [ 14 ] ( two points for a succeed in England until 1981 ). Taylor secretly followed Kenny Burns concluding Burns ‘s reputation as a hard drinker and gambler was exaggerated. taylor sanctioned his £150,000 July sign. Burns became FWA Footballer of the class in 1977–78 after being moved from centre-forward to centre-back. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Forest started their return to the top league campaign with a 3–1 succeed at Everton. Three further wins in league and cup followed without conceding a goal. then came five early September goals conceded in losing 3–0 at Arsenal and beating Wolves 3–2 at home. [ 32 ] Peter Shilton then signed for a record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000. taylor reasoned : “ Shilton wins you matches. ” [ 33 ] 20-year-old John Middleton was first gear team goalkeeper pre-Shilton. Middleton later in the month went in character change with £25,000 to Derby County for Archie Gemmill transferring to Forest. [ 34 ] Gemmill was another scottish early 1972 Derby championship achiever. [ 30 ] [ 35 ] Forest lost entirely three of their first 16 league games the last of which was at Leeds United on 19 November 1977. They lost entirely one far game all season, the 11 March FA Cup sixth rung kill at West Bromwich Albion. [ 32 ] Forest won the 1977–78 Football League seven-points ahead of runner-up Liverpool. Forest became one of the few teams ( and the most recent team to date ) to win the First Division title the season after winning promotion from the Second Division. [ nota bene 1 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] This made Clough the third of four managers to win the English league backing with two unlike clubs. [ nota bene 2 ] Forest conceded just 24 goals in 42 league games. [ 33 ] They beat liverpool 1–0 in the 1978 Football League Cup Final play back despite cup-tied Shilton, Gemmill and December sign David Needham missing out. [ 38 ] Chris Woods chalked up two cleanse sheets in the final covering Shilton ‘s League Cup absence. McGovern missed the replay through wound, meaning Burns lifted the trophy as deputising captain. Robertson ‘s punishment was the only finish of the crippled. [ 26 ] [ 39 ] Forest started season 1978–79 by beating Ipswich Town 5–0 for an FA Charity Shield record winning margin. [ 14 ] In the 1978–79 european Cup they were drawn to play the trophy winners of the past two seasons, Liverpool. Home goals by Birtles and Barrett put Forest through 2–0 on aggregate. [ 40 ] 26-year-old Barrett suffered a unplayful leg injury ten days late against Middlesbrough that ultimately ended his professional career two years by and by. On 9 December 1978, Liverpool ended Forest ‘s 42 peer unbeaten league run dating back to November the year earlier. [ 14 ] The unbeaten race was the equivalent of a whole season surpassing the previous criminal record of 35 games held by Burnley in 1920/21. [ 41 ] The record stood until surpassed by Arsenal in August 2004, a month before Clough ‘s death. Arsenal played 49 league games without kill. [ 42 ] In February 1979, Taylor authorised the English game ‘s beginning £1 million transfer signing Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. [ 43 ] In the european Cup semi-final first leg at home against 1. FC Köln, Forest were two goals behind after 20 minutes, then scored three to edge ahead before Köln equalised to start the german second gear stage ahead on the away goals rule. Ian Bowyer ‘s goal in Germany put Forest through. Günter Netzer asked afterwards, “ Who is this McGovern ? I have never heard of him, so far he ran the game. ” Forest beat Malmö 1–0 in Munich ‘s Olympiastadion in the 1979 european Cup Final ; Francis, on his european introduction, scored with a bet on stake header from Robertson ‘s cross. Forest drum Southampton in the concluding 3–2 to retain the League Cup ; Birtles scored twice equally did Woodcock once. Forest finished second base in the 1978–79 Football League, eight points behind Liverpool .
Forest declined to play in the dwelling and away 1979 intercontinental Cup against Paraguay ‘s Club Olimpia. Forest beat F.C. Barcelona 2–1 on aggregate in the 1979 european Super Cup in January and February 1980, Charlie George scoring the entirely goal in the home first stage, while Burns scored an equalizer in the reappearance in Spain. [ 44 ] In the 1979–80 Football League Cup Forest reached a third base consecutive final examination. A defensive mix up between Needham and Shilton let Wolves ‘ Andy Gray wiretap in to an empty net. Forest passed up numerous chances, losing 1–0. [ 45 ] In the 1979–80 european Cup quarter-final, Forest won 3–1 at Dinamo Berlin to overturn a 1–0 home kill. In the semi-final they beat ajax 2–1 on sum. They beat Hamburg 1–0 in the 1980 european Cup Final at Madrid ‘s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to retain the trophy ; after 20 minutes Robertson scored, after exchanging passes with Birtles, [ 46 ] and Forest then defended solidly. [ 47 ] Forest finished fifth in the 1979–80 Football League. In the 1980–81 european Cup foremost circle, Forest lost 2–0 on aggregate to 1–0 defeats home and away by CSKA Sofia. [ 46 ] McGovern subsequently said the double defeat by CSKA affected the team ‘s assurance, in that they had lost out to modestly talented opponents. [ 20 ] Forest lost the 1980 european Super Cup on off goals after a 2–2 aggregate draw against Valencia ; Bowyer scored both Forest goals in the home first leg. [ 48 ] On 11 February 1981, Forest lost 1–0 in the 1980 Intercontinental Cup against Uruguayan side, Club Nacional de Football. The match was played for the first meter at the neutral venue National Stadium in Tokyo before 62,000 fans. [ 49 ] The league and european Cup winning police squad was broken up to capitalise on musician sale prize. Clough and Taylor both late said this was a err. [ 15 ] The rebuild side comprising youngsters and signings such as Ian Wallace, Raimondo Ponte and Justin Fashanu did not challenge for trophies. Taylor said in 1982, [ 50 ]

For many weeks now I do n’t believe I ‘ve been doing justice to the partnership and I surely have n’t been doing department of justice to Nottingham Forest the way I felt. And consequently after a capital share of think, there was no option. I wanted to take an early retirement. That ‘s precisely what I ‘ve done .

John McGovern and Peter Shilton transferred and Jimmy Gordon retired in the like close season. [ 15 ]

Clough without Taylor ( 1982–93 ) [edit ]

Anderlecht all in Forest in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup semi-finals in controversial circumstances. several contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a ten later, it emerged that before the match, referee Guruceta Muro had received a £27,000 “ lend ” from Anderlecht ‘s chair Constant Vanden Stock. [ 51 ] Anderlecht went unpunished until 1997, when UEFA banned the golf club from european competitions for one year. Muro died in a car crash in 1987. [ 52 ] Forest beat Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Football League Centenary Tournament concluding in April 1988 after drawing 0–0. [ 53 ] Forest finished third gear in the league in 1988 and made the 1987–88 FA Cup semi-finals. Stuart Pearce won the first of his five consecutive selections for the PFA Team of the year. On 18 January 1989 Clough joined the rub of a City Ground sales talk invasion by hitting two of his own team ‘s fans when on the peddle. The football authorities responded with a fine and touchline ban for Clough. [ 54 ] The equal, against QPR in the League Cup, finished 5–2 to Forest. [ 55 ] Forest beat Everton 4–3 after excess time in the 1989 Full Members Cup final examination, then came back to beat Luton Town 3–1 in the 1989 Football League Cup Final. This put Forest up for a unique soprano of domestic cup wins, but calamity struck a workweek after the League Cup win. Forest and Liverpool met for the second base season in a row in the FA Cup semi-finals. The Hillsborough catastrophe claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans. The match was abandoned after six minutes. When the emotional replay took position, Forest struggled as Liverpool won 3–1. Despite these trophy wins, and a third-place ending in the First Division, Forest were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup, as english clubs were hush banned from european competitions following the Heysel Stadium Disaster. Des Walker won the first of his four consecutive selections for the PFA Team of the year. Nigel Jemson scored as Forest beat Oldham Athletic 1–0 to retain the League Cup in 1990. english clubs were re-admitted to Europe for the watch temper, but entirely in limited numbers, and Forest ‘s League Cup win again did not see them qualify. The only UEFA Cup plaza that season went to league runner-up Aston Villa. Brian Clough reached his only FA Cup concluding in 1991 after countless replays and postponements in the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds. Up against Tottenham Hotspur, Forest took the go from a Pearce free kick, but Spurs equalised to take the plot to extra-time, ultimately winning 2–1 after an own goal by Walker. Roy Keane declared himself fit to play in the final and was selected in preference to Steve Hodge ; years later, Keane admitted he had not actually been fit to play, hence his insignificant function in the concluding. [ 56 ] In the summer of 1991, Millwall ‘s league circus tent scorer Teddy Sheringham became Forest ‘s record sign, for a fee of £2.1 million. That season, Forest beat Southampton 3–2 after extra fourth dimension in the Full Members Cup Final, but lost the League Cup Final 1-0 to Manchester United thanks to a Brian McClair goal. This intend that Forest had played in seven domestic cup finals in five seasons, winning five of them. Forest finished eighth in the league that season to earn a seat in the modern FA Premier League. Walker transferred to Sampdoria during the summer of 1992. On 16 August 1992, Forest beat Liverpool 1–0 at home in the first-ever Premier League game to be televised know, with Sheringham scoring the alone finish of the pit. A workweek later, Sheringham moved to Tottenham. Forest ‘s form slumped, and Brian Clough ‘s 18-year managerial reign ended in May 1993 with Forest relegated from the inaugural address Premier League. [ 57 ] The final game of that temper was aside at Ipswich. Forest lost 2–1 with Clough ‘s son, Nigel, scoring the final goal of his beget ‘s reign. [ 6 ] Relegation was followed by Keane ‘s £3.75 million British commemorate fee transfer to Manchester United .

Frank Clark ( 1993–1996 ) [edit ]

Frank Clark from Forest ‘s 1979 european Cup winning team returned to the club in May 1993 succeeding Brian Clough as director. Clark ‘s previous greatest management success was promotion from the Fourth Division with Leyton Orient in 1989. Clark convinced Stuart Pearce to remain at the clubhouse and besides signed Stan Collymore, Lars Bohinen and Colin Cooper. Clark brought contiguous reelect to the Premier League when the golf club finished Division One runner-up at the conclusion of the 1993–94 season. [ 58 ] Forest finished third in 1994–95 [ 59 ] and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their beginning entry to european contest in the post- Heysel era. Collymore then transferred in the 1995–96 close season to Liverpool for a national record fee of £8.5million. Forest reached the 1995–96 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, the furthest an english team reached in UEFA rival that season. They finished ninth in the league. The 1996–97 season quickly became a delegating battle. Clark left the club in December. [ 60 ]

Stuart Pearce and Dave Bassett ( 1997–1999 ) [edit ]

34-year-old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player-manager on a irregular basis precisely earlier Christmas in 1996 and he inspired a abbreviated upturn in the club ‘s fortunes. however, in March 1997 he was replaced on a permanent wave footing by Dave Bassett and left the baseball club that summer after 12 years. [ 61 ] Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place. [ 62 ] They won promotion back to the Premier League at the beginning undertake, being crowned Division One champions in 1997–98. [ 63 ] Bassett was sacked in January 1999, with Ron Atkinson replacing him. [ 64 ] [ 65 ]

Into the twenty-first hundred below the top-flight ( 1999–2012 ) [edit ]

Ron Atkinson was ineffective to prevent Forest from once again slipping back into Division One, and announced his retirement from football management when Forest ‘s delegating was confirmed on 24 April 1999, with three weeks of the Premier League seasons even to play. Former England captain David Platt succeeded Atkinson and spent approximately £12 million on players in the space of two seasons, including the italian veterans Moreno Mannini, Salvatore Matrecano and Gianluca Petrachi. [ 66 ] however, Forest could entirely finish 14th in Platt ‘s beginning season and 11th in his second. He departed in July 2001 to manage the England U21 side and was succeeded by youth team director Paul Hart. [ 67 ]
Chart of annual table positions of Forest since joining the Football League. now faced with huge debts, which reduced Forest ‘s ability to sign raw players, they finished 16th in Hart ‘s first season in commit. [ 68 ] By December 2001, Forest were reported as lose over £100,000 every workweek, [ 69 ] and their fiscal expectation was worsened by the collapse of ITV Digital, which left Forest and many other Football League clubs in severe fiscal difficulties. [ 70 ] Despite the off-field difficulties, Forest finished 2002–03 in sixth place [ 71 ] and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost to Sheffield United in the semi-finals. A poor league run the be season, following the loss of several key players, led to the displace of Hart in February 2004 with Forest in danger of relegation. [ 72 ] The decisiveness was unpopular with certain quarters of the fanbase and Hart was described as a ‘scapegoat ‘. [ 73 ] Joe Kinnear was subsequently appointed and led the club to a plug 14th seat in the final league board. [ 74 ] The 2004–05 season saw Forest devolve into the delegating zone once more, leading to Kinnear ‘s resignation in December 2004. [ 75 ] Mick Harford took impermanent cathexis of Forest over Christmas, before Gary Megson was appointed in the raw class. Megson had already won two promotions to the Premier League with his previous clubhouse West Bromwich Albion, having arrived at the club when they were in danger of going down to Division Two, but failed to stave off relegation as the club ended the temper second from bottom in 23rd target, [ 76 ] becoming the first european Cup-winners ever to fall into their domestic third division. [ 77 ] In Forest ‘s foremost season in the english third tier in 54 years, a 3–0 defeat at Oldham Athletic [ 78 ] in February 2006 led to the passing of Megson by “ common accept ” leaving the clubhouse mid-table alone four points above the relegation zone. [ 79 ] Frank Barlow and Ian McParland took temp tear for the end of the 2005–06 season, mastermind a six-match acquire race and remaining unbeaten in ten games, the most celebrated leave a 7–1 winnings over Swindon Town. [ 80 ] Forest took 28 points from a possible 39 under the two, narrowly missing out on a play-off home, as they finished in 7th home. [ 81 ] Colin Calderwood, previously of Northampton Town, was appointed as Forest ‘s new director in May 2006. He was their 12th new coach to be appointed since the retirement of Brian Clough 13 years early, and went on to become Forest ‘s longest-serving director since Frank Clark. The Calderwood earned run average was ultimately one of rebuilding, and included the cabaret ‘s first promotion in a decade. In his first temper, he led the golf club to the play-offs, having squandered a 7-point lead at the top of League One which had been amassed by November 2006. Forest finally succumbed to a electric shock 5–4 aggregate kill in the semi-finals against Yeovil Town ; they had taken a 2–0 head in the first stage at Huish Park, but were then beaten 5–2 on their own territory by the Somerset club. [ 82 ] Calderwood achieved automatic promotion in his second year at the club, following an impressive run which saw Forest win six out of their death seven games of the season, culminating in a dramatic final 3–2 win against Yeovil at the City Ground. Forest kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, proving to be the foundation garment for their render to the second tier of English football and leaving them just one more promotion away from a fall to the Premier League.

however, Calderwood ‘s side struggled to adapt to liveliness in the Championship in the 2008–09 campaign and having been unable to steer Forest out of the relegation partition, Calderwood was sacked following a Boxing Day 4–2 frustration to the Championship ‘s bottomland club Doncaster Rovers. [ 83 ] Under the impermanent stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3–2. [ 84 ] Billy Davies, who had taken Forest ‘s local anesthetic rivals Derby County into the Premier League two seasons earlier, was confirmed as the new director on 1 January 2009 [ 85 ] and watched Pemberton ‘s side beat Manchester City 3–0 aside in the FA Cup, [ 86 ] anterior to taking official charge. Under Davies, Forest stretched their unbeaten record in all competitions following Calderwood ‘s net to six matches, including five wins. He besides helped them avoid relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, [ 87 ] securing survival with one game to go. Forest spent most of the 2009–10 crusade in a top-three position, putting together an unbeaten run of 19 league games, winning 12 home plate league games in a row ( a baseball club phonograph record for consecutive base wins in a single season ), going unbeaten away from home from the get down of the temper until 30 January 2010 ( a run spanning 13 games ) whilst besides claiming memorable home victories over local rivals Derby County and Leicester City. The club finished third base, missing out on automatic promotion, and in the two-legged play-off semi-final were beaten by Blackpool, 2–1 away and 4–3 in the home plate leg, the baseball club ‘s first get the better of at home since losing to the same opposition in September 2009. The 2010–11 season saw Forest finish in sixth place in the Championship mesa with 75 points, [ 88 ] putting them into a play-off campaign for the fourth time in the space of eight years. promotion was however again to elude Forest, as they were beaten over two legs by eventual play-off final examination winners Swansea City. Having drawn the beginning peg 0–0 at the City Ground, [ 89 ] they were finally beat 3–1 in the second leg. [ 90 ] In June 2011, Billy Davies had his shrink terminated, [ 91 ] [ 92 ] and was replaced as coach by Steve McClaren, who signed a three-year compress. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Forest started the 2011–12 season with respective poor people results and after a 5–1 frustration away to Burnley, David Pleat and Bill Beswick left the club ‘s coaching setup. [ 95 ] Less than a week late, following a home frustration to Birmingham City, McClaren resigned, and president Nigel Doughty announced that he intended to resign at the end of the season. [ 95 ] In October 2011, Nottingham Forest undergo several changes. These changes included the appointment of Frank Clark as new chair of the club and besides that of Steve Cotterill, replacing the recently departed Steve McClaren. [ 96 ]
Nigel Doughty : Nottingham Forest owner 1999–2012 Nigel Doughty, owner and previous chair of the clubhouse, died on 4 February 2012, having been involved with the golf club since the former 1990s, with many estimating his total contribution as being in the region of £100 million. [ citation needed ]

The Al-Hasawi earned run average ( 2012–2017 ) [edit ]

The Al-Hasawi class, from Kuwait, purchased the baseball club and became the new owners in July 2012. The Al-Hasawi family told press that they had a long-run vision for the club based around a 3–5-year plan, and after interviewing several potential new managers, appointed Sean O’Driscoll, once the coach at Doncaster Rovers and Crawley Town, as the coach on 19 July 2012 after a second round of talks with the then Crawley man. He was known for playing an attractive brand of passing football ( which had taken Doncaster Rovers into the league ‘s second tier for the beginning prison term since the 1950s ) and what football fans would consider the Forest way. [ 97 ] O’Driscoll had spent five months at the City Ground as Coach under Steve Cotterill in the 2011–12 temper before taking over at Crawley. After taking over at Crawley, O’Driscoll never took charge of a single competitive game. By 15 December 2012, after the team ‘s 0–0 draw off to Brighton, Forest sat in ninth stead with 33 points, merely three points off the play-off positions. The Al-Hasawi ‘s 3–5-year plan had turned into a crusade for the play-offs in their beginning temper as the owners. On the same weekend, the club announced that Omar Al-Hasawi had stepped down due to personal reasons and Fawaz Al-Hasawi, the majority stockholder with 75 % had taken the placement, [ 98 ] with his buddy Abdulaziz Al-Hasawi holding a 20 % partake and his cousin Omar Al-Hasawi holding a 5 % share. On Boxing Day 2012, coach Sean O’Driscoll was sacked following a 4–2 victory over Leeds United with the clubhouse stating their intentions of a deepen ahead of the January transfer window and hopes of appointing a director with Premiership experience. [ 99 ] The valet to replace O’Driscoll was Alex McLeish. [ 100 ] The move was criticised by some members of the Forest fan foundation. [ citation needed ] Chief executive Mark Arthur adenine well as scout Keith Burt and cabaret ambassador Frank Clark were dismissed in January 2013. [ 101 ] On 5 February 2013, Forest and Alex McLeish had parted ship’s company by common agreement, barely 40 days after McLeish took care of the cabaret. [ 102 ] Forest supporters and pundits alike registered their refer for the department of state of the club, [ 97 ] with diarist Pat Murphy describing the site as a “ shambles ”. [ 103 ] Two days after McLeish ‘s departure, the club re-appointed Billy Davies as coach, having been sacked as the team ‘s director twenty months previously. [ 104 ] His first match in accusation was a draw, [ 105 ] followed by a run of 10 undefeated games. In March 2014, the club terminated Davies ‘s use, following a 5–0 defeat by Derby County. [ 106 ] Neil Warnock turned down the job as Forest director on the day Davies was sacked. After initially rejecting the job in March 2014, [ 107 ] fans favored Stuart Pearce was named the serviceman to replace Billy Davies, taking over from caretaker coach Gary Brazil. He signed a biennial contract commencing on 1 July 2014. Pearce led Forest to an unbeaten depart to the season but failed to keep up the mannequin. He was sacked in February 2015 and replaced by another former Forest actor, Dougie Freedman. Another mid-table finish meant that Forest began the 2015–16 season still in the Championship and now in their 17th season away from the Premier League. On 13 March 2016, Freedman was sacked, following a 3–0 get the better of at home to Sheffield Wednesday. [ 108 ] Paul Williams was then appointed as irregular director as Nottingham Forest searched for their new director. last, following months of guess the former US Boulogne, Valenciennes FC, Real Sociedad, and Stade Rennais oral sex coach Philippe Montanier was appointed on a biennial contract on 27 June 2016, but was sacked after fewer than seven months in appoint. Mark Warburton was named as the club ‘s new coach on 14 March 2017. Forest narrowly avoided delegating on the concluding day of the 2016–17 season, where a 3–0 home victory against Ipswich ensured their base hit at the expense of Blackburn. [ 109 ]

Evangelos Marinakis ( 2017– ) [edit ]

On 18 May 2017 it was confirmed that Evangelos Marinakis had completed his coup d’etat of Nottingham Forest, [ 110 ] bringing an end to Al-Hasawi ‘s predominate as Forest owner. Incumbent director Mark Warburton was sacked on 31 December 2017 following a 1–0 home defeat to struggling Sunderland, with a record of one win in seven. [ 111 ] He was replaced by Spaniard Aitor Karanka, who arrived on 8 January 2018, immediately after caretaker coach Gary Brazil had masterminded a 4–2 dwelling acquire over FA Cup holders Arsenal in the third attack of the FA Cup. [ 112 ] Karanka made 10 raw signings during the January remove window. [ 113 ] Following a 17th-place finish in the Championship for the 2017–18 season, Karanka made 14 new signings during the summer remove window and the follow season results improved. [ 114 ] however, despite a strong league stead, Karanka left his position on 11 January 2019 after requesting to be released from his abridge. [ 115 ] He was replaced with erstwhile Republic of Ireland party boss Martin O’Neill four days late. [ 116 ] however, O’Neill was sacked in June after reportedly falling out with some of the elder first team players. He was replaced with Sabri Lamouchi on the same sidereal day. [ 117 ] In Lamouchi ‘s foremost season in charge, despite spending most of the season in the playoffs, Forest finished in 7th put despite sitting in 5th going into the final game. [ 118 ] On 6 October 2020, Lamouchi was sacked by the club following a poor beginning to the 2020–21 season. [ 119 ] He was replaced by former Brighton director Chris Hughton. [ 120 ] After an ultimately abortive 11 months in charge, Hughton was sacked on 16 September 2021 after failing to win any of the baseball club ‘s opening 7 games of the 2021/22 temper. [ 121 ] Forest chair Nicholas Randall had initially promised that Forest planned to return to playing european football within five seasons, and however poor transfers and a toxic club culture meant that Forest remained in the Championship four years into the Marinakis earned run average. [ 122 ] In the summer of 2021, structural changes where made at the club to try and correct the former mistakes. Forest appointed Dane Murphy as Chief Executive, and George Syrianos was brought in as head of recruitment to bring about a more analytics drive transfer policy. The Forest heirarchy commited to avoid the ‘short-termism ‘ of former windows by no longer signing players for more than £18,000 a week and by and large targeting younger signings that could be sold for a net income. [ 123 ] On 21 September 2021, Forest announced the appointment of Steve Cooper as the baseball club ‘s new head passenger car. [ 124 ] Despite being bottom of the league when Cooper was appointed, Cooper inspired an impressive reversal in shape leaving the club in 7th side at Christmas .

Club identity [edit ]

Crest and colours [edit ]

Nottingham Forest have worn red since the baseball club ‘s initiation in 1865. At the meet in the Clinton Arms which established Nottingham Forest as a football club, the committee besides passed a resolution that the team color should be ‘Garibaldi crimson ‘. [ 125 ] This decision was made in respect of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the italian patriot who was the drawing card of the redshirts volunteers. At this time, clubs identified themselves more by their headdress than their shirts and a twelve red caps with tassels were punctually purchased, making Forest the inaugural club to ‘officially ‘ wear red, a color that has since been adopted by a meaning number of others. Forest ’ randomness kit out is the reason behind Arsenal ‘s choice of red, the club having donated a full set of bolshevik kits to Arsenal following their foundation ( as Woolwich Arsenal ) in 1886. Forest ‘s enlistment of South America in 1905 inspire Argentine clubhouse Independiente to adopt crimson as their clubhouse color, after clubhouse ‘s President Arístides Langone described the tourists as looking like diablos rojos ( “ red devils ” ), which would become Independiente ‘s dub. [ 126 ] The beginning club peak used by Forest was the city arms of Nottingham, which was first base used on kits in 1947. [ 127 ] The current club badge was introduced in 1974. [ 127 ] The logo has been reported as being the inspiration of coach Brian Clough. [ 128 ] however, he did not arrive at the club until the succeed year. Forest have two stars above the golf club badge to commemorate their european Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. [ 129 ] In March 1973, a contest, was announced to design a new badge for Forest. The winning design was by Trent Polytechnic graphic design lecturer David Lewis. [ 130 ] Lewis entered his design using his beget ‘s inaugural name in order to maintain anonymity, as one of the five judges was W. Payne, Associate Head of the Graphics Department at the polytechnic institute where Lewis teach. [ 131 ] David Lewis besides designed the Nottinghamshire County Council logo .

terminology [edit ]

The club has garnered many nicknames over time. historically, the dub of “ Foresters ” was used, [ 137 ] as was “ Garibaldis ”. [ 138 ] “ The Forest ” [ 139 ] or the childlike “ Forest ” – as used on the club peak – is normally used, as is “ the Reds ”. Another, lesser-used, nickname referring to the club is the “ crafty Trees ”. [ 140 ] [ 141 ]

stadium [edit ]

City Ground [edit ]

Since 1898 Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground in West Bridgford, on the banks of the River Trent. Prior to moving to the City Ground, Forest played their home games at Forest Recreation Ground, then Trent Bridge, and ultimately the purpose-built Town Ground. Since 1994 the City Ground has been all-seater, a preparation that was made in time for the earth to be a venue for Euro 96, and presently has a capacity of 30,445. The City Ground is 300 yards away from Notts County ‘s Meadow Lane stadium on the opposite side of the Trent, meaning the two grounds are the closest professional football stadium geographically in England. In 1898 the City Ground was within the boundaries of Nottingham, which had been given city condition the year before and gave rise to the mention of the stadium, however a boundary change in the 1950s means that the City Ground immediately stands just outside of the city ‘s boundaries in the town of West Bridgford. On 28 February 2019 Nottingham Forest announced plans to redevelop the City Ground and surrounding area, including the “ creation of a fresh, first Peter Taylor Stand ”. It is expected this will increase the capacity of the stadium to 38,000, making it the largest football stadium in the East Midlands. The baseball club were hopeful that build oeuvre could begin at the end of the 2019-20 season. however, the development was put on handle due to “ delays in the plan process ”. [ 142 ]

prime history [edit ]

local rivals, derbies and supporters [edit ]

Whilst Notts County is the closest professional football club geographically, Forest have remained at least one division higher since the 1994–95 season and the club ‘s fiercest competition is with Derby County, located 14 miles off. [ 143 ] The two clubs contest the East Midlands bowler hat, a regular which has taken on even greater meaning since the origin of the Brian Clough Trophy in 2007. Leicester City are Forest ‘s early East Midlands equal due to the close proximity of the two cities. Forest ‘s other regional rival is Sheffield United, based in the neighbor county of South Yorkshire, a competition which has roots in the UK miners ‘ assume of 1984–85 when the miners of South Yorkshire walked out on long strikes but some Nottinghamshire miners, who insisted on holding a vote, continued to work. The excite 2003 Football League Championship Play-off semi-final between the two clubs, in which Sheffield United finished as 5–4 aggregate winners, besides fuelled the competition .

Honours [edit ]

[ 144 ] far data : tilt of Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons

domestic [edit ]

league [edit ]

Cups [edit ]

Winners (1): 1978
Runners-up (1): 1959

european [edit ]

Winners (1): 1979
Runners-up (1): 1980

Worldwide [edit ]

minor [edit ]

Winners (1): 1977

Managers [edit ]

Information correct as of match played 26 December 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.

  • Caretaker managers are in italics

Records [edit ]

† By agreement with Leicester City, the bet on was a replay as the original meet three weeks previous was abandoned at half clock time, due to the crack up of Leicester player Clive Clarke, with Forest leading 1–0. [ 152 ] ‡ Forest received £14,000,000 from Aston Villa for Matty Cash, but with accessory ‘s this fee could potentially rise to £16,000,000. [ 153 ]

european criminal record [edit ]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Cup 20 12 4 4 32 14 +18
UEFA Cup 20 10 5 5 18 16 +2
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1
UEFA Super Cup 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
Intercontinental Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Total 51 27 10 14 62 43 +19

Players [edit ]

First team [edit ]

As of 10 October 2021[155]

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First team out on lend [edit ]

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Under 23s squad [edit ]

As of 15 December 2021[156]

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Under 23s out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Under 18s police squad [edit ]

As of 16 September 2021[157]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

noteworthy former players [edit ]

player of the Season [edit ]


Kenny Burns, Nigel Clough, Andy Reid and Chris Cohen are the only players to win the award twice.
Andy Reid holds the record for longest gap between Player of the Year awards with a gap of ten years Former club captain and coach Stuart Pearce won the Player of the Year award three times, a record he holds jointly with Des Walker.Kenny Burns, Nigel Clough, Andy Reid and Chris Cohen are the lone players to win the award twice.Andy Reid holds the record for longest gap between Player of the year awards with a gap of ten years

all-time eleven [edit ]

In 1997 and 1998, as region of the passing of the record The Official History of Nottingham Forest, a vote was carried out to decide on the clubhouse ‘s official All Time XI. [ 182 ]
In 2016, Nottingham Forest season ticket holders voted for the club ‘s greatest eleven to commemorate the clubhouse ‘s hundred-and-fiftieth Anniversary. [ 183 ]

International players [edit ]

Club staff [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

Executive & front office [edit ]

Academy staff [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]