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Nottingham Forest Football Club are an association football baseball 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 base matches at the City Ground since 1898. They presently compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
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Forest have won one League style, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two european Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup. The club 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 grade. Their most successful time period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early on 1980s, which included back-to-back wins in the european Cup in 1979 and 1980. In Clough ‘s survive decade at the golf 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 return Forest finished third in the Premier League in 1995, before the baseball club suffered relegation again in 1997 and, after a brief rejoinder, once more in 1999. Forest have not been back in the Premier League since. The 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 alternatively was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed. It was agreed at the same meeting that the cabaret would purchase twelve tasselled caps coloured ‘ Garibaldi Red ‘ ( named after the drawing card 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, rather than the 1863 date on the club ‘s badge, and consequently Forest was the oldest club. [ 4 ] The EFL besides stated that Nottingham Forest was the oldest. [ 5 ] Forest ‘s first base ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866. [ 6 ] On 23 April 1870, when the team played their first gear game in league meet, the steward of the club was John Lymberry and William Henry Revis scored the inaugural finish. On that sidereal day, Revis besides won the prize for kicking a football farthest with a kick back of 161 feet 8 inches. [ 7 ] In their early years Forest were a multi-sports club. ampere well as their roots in bandy and shinty, Forest ‘s baseball cabaret 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 set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves – the North London team silent wear crimson. Forest besides donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a site to play on for Brighton. In 1878–79 season Forest entered the FA Cup for the first gear time. Forest all in Notts County 3–1 in the first rung at Beeston Cricket Ground before finally losing 2–1 to Old Etonians in the semi-final. [ 6 ] Forest ‘s application was rejected to join the Football League at its constitution in 1888. [ 6 ] Forest rather joined the Football Alliance in 1889. They won the contest in 1892 before then entering the Football League. [ 6 ] That temper they reached and lost in an FA Cup semi-final for the fourth clock to date. This time it was to West Bromwich Albion after a play back .
The 1898 Cup-winning squad Forest ‘s first FA Cup semi-final win was at the fifth attack, the 1897–98 FA Cup 2–0 replay win against Southampton. The first base game was drawn 1–1. Derby County beat Forest 5–0 five days before the final. six of the cup concluding 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 infinitesimal free kick to Arthur Capes. Capes shot through the defensive rampart to score. Derby equalised with a release complain headed home by Steve Bloomer off the bottom of the cross browning automatic rifle after 31 minutes. In the 42nd infinitesimal Jack Fryer was unable to hold a Charlie Richards guess giving Capes a wiretap in for his irregular finish. Wragg ‘s wound meant Forest had to change their line up with Capes dropping binding to midfield. In the 86th minute 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 fifth place the season after. The golf club then started to slide down the table. Forest were relegated for the first time in 1905–06. Grenville Morris had his first of five seasons as the club ‘s highest scorer en route to becoming the all-time club highest goalscorer with 213 goals. forwarding as champions was immediate in 1906–07. They were relegated a irregular time to the Second Division in 1911 and had to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bed of that grade. As World War I approached they were in dangerous fiscal trouble oneself. The outbreak of The Great War along with the benevolence of the committee members mitigated the clubhouse going under. [ 6 ] In 1919, the Football League First Division was to be expanded from twenty dollar bill clubs to twenty-two in clock time for the 1919–20 Football League : Forest were one of eight clubs to campaign for submission but received only three votes. Arsenal and Chelsea gained the two extra top tier slots. [ 10 ] In a turnaround from the first base six seasons struggling back in the Second Division, Forest were promoted as champions in 1921–22. They survived each of the first base two seasons back in the top flight by one position. In the third gear temper after promotion they were relegated as the division ‘s bottom clubhouse in 1924–25. They remained in the second grade until relegation in 1949 to the Football League Third Division .
Re-emergence then worsen ( 1950–74 ) [edit ]
They were promptly 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 lone 1958–59 FA Cup semi-final finish pulsate Aston Villa. Billy Walker ‘s Forest rhythm Luton Town 2–1 in the 1959 FA Cup Final. Like in 1898 Forest had lost heavily to their opponents lone weeks earlier in the league. [ 6 ] Stewart Imlach crossed for a 10th-minute undoer by Roy Dwight ( the cousin of Reg Dwight bettor known as Elton John ). Tommy Wilson had Forest 2–0 up after 14 minutes. The game had an unusually big phone number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Forest players. This was put down to the alcoholic nature of the Wembley turf. The most luminary of these stoppages was Dwight breaking his leg in a 33rd minute fishing gear with Brendan McNally. Forest had been on circus tent until that point. Luton though gradually took control of the match with Dave Pacey scoring halfway through the second one-half. Forest were reduced to nine fit men with ten-spot minutes remaining when Bill Whare crippled with spasm became little more than a spectator pump. Despite late 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 actor through injury ). [ 11 ] Club read appearance holder Bobby McKinlay played in the final win team captained by Jack Burkitt. By this fourth dimension Forest had replaced Notts County as the biggest golf club in Nottingham. Johnny Carey assembled a team including Joe Baker and Ian Storey-Moore that for a long spell went largely unaltered in challenging for the 1966–67 Football League title. They beat title rivals Manchester United 4–1 at the City Ground on 1 October. [ 12 ] The 3–0 winnings against Aston Villa on 15 April had Forest second in the table a steer behind United. [ 13 ] Injuries finally took effect meaning Forest had to settle for being League runner-up and miss 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 about guaranteed at the time. rather a mix at the club of poor people football management, the unique committee structure and gallant amateurism meant descent after the 66/67 extremum. Forest were relegated from the top flight in 1972. Matt Gillies ‘ October 1972 managerial passing was followed by short-change managerial reigns by Dave Mackay and Allan Brown. [ 6 ] A 2–0 Boxing Day home get the better of by Notts County prompted the committee ( Forest had no board 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 director of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975 twelve weeks after the end of his 44-day tenure as coach of Leeds United. [ 14 ] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer 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 gear game in commit, beating Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup third round of golf replay. [ 16 ] Ian Bowyer was already at Forest and had won domestic and european trophies with Manchester City. Clough signed Scots duet John McGovern and John O’Hare in February who both were depart of Clough ‘s Derby County 1971–72 Football League style acquire. He signed Colin Barrett in March initially on loan. Clough brought John Robertson and Martin O’Neill spinal column into the fold after they had requested transfers under Brown. [ 6 ] Viv Anderson had previously debuted for the first team and became a even 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 second grade when Clough joined. They finished that season 16th. afforest signed Frank Clark in July of that close season on a exempt remove. [ 19 ] The temper after Forest finished one-eighth in Clough ‘s 1975–76 Football League first full season in charge. [ 14 ] It was in this season McGovern became long digest 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 club ‘s talent finder in his role. After assessing the players Taylor told Clough “ that was a feat by you to finish one-eighth in the second Division because some of them are lone third gear Division players ”. [ 21 ] Taylor berated John Robertson for allowing himself to become fleshy and disillusioned. He got Robertson on a diet and train regimen that would help him become a european Cup winner. [ 22 ] Taylor turned Woodcock from a reservation midfielder into a 42 hood 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 by and by. [ 24 ] Withe was replaced in the begin 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 lend menstruation. together Clough and Taylor took Forest to new heights. The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor reign was the 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup. Forest beat orient 5–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final play in December 1976. [ 14 ] Clough valued winning a deride trophy as the clubhouse ‘s first base 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 goal 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 forwarding spot in the league table and dependent on Bolton Wanderers dropping points in three games in hand in the contend for third station. [ 28 ] On 14 May Kenny Hibbitt ‘s finish from his rehearse detached kick act with Willie Carr gave Wolves a 1–0 win at Bolton. [ 20 ] [ 29 ] Bolton ‘s get the better of reached the Forest team mid-air en road to an end of season break in in Mallorca. [ 20 ] Forest ‘s third base target forwarding from the 1976–77 Football League Second Division was the fifth-lowest points score of any promote team in history, 52 [ 6 ] [ 14 ] ( two points for a win in England until 1981 ). Taylor secretly followed Kenny Burns concluding Burns ‘s reputation as a intemperate 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 fall to the peak league campaign with a 3–1 acquire at Everton. Three farther 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 base. [ 32 ] Peter Shilton then signed for a read tip for a goalkeeper of £325,000. taylor reasoned : “ Shilton wins you matches. ” [ 33 ] 20-year-old John Middleton was foremost team goalkeeper pre-Shilton. Middleton late in the calendar month went in separate exchange with £25,000 to Derby County for Archie Gemmill transferring to Forest. [ 34 ] Gemmill was another scots early 1972 Derby deed achiever. [ 30 ] [ 35 ] Forest lost only three of their first 16 league games the last of which was at Leeds United on 19 November 1977. They lost only one far game all season, the 11 March FA Cup sixth orotund frustration 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 holocene team to go steady ) to win the First Division title the season after winning forwarding from the Second Division. [ niobium 1 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] This made Clough the third gear of four managers to win the English league championship with two different clubs. [ niobium 2 ] Forest conceded precisely 24 goals in 42 league games. [ 33 ] They beat liverpool 1–0 in the 1978 Football League Cup Final replay despite cup-tied Shilton, Gemmill and December sign David Needham missing out. [ 38 ] Chris Woods chalked up two clean sheets in the final examination cover Shilton ‘s League Cup absence. McGovern missed the replay through injury, meaning Burns lifted the trophy as deputising master. Robertson ‘s penalty was the only finish of the game. [ 26 ] [ 39 ] Forest started season 1978–79 by beating Ipswich Town 5–0 for an FA Charity Shield record winning allowance. [ 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 serious leg injury ten days belated against Middlesbrough that ultimately ended his professional career two years late. On 9 December 1978, Liverpool ended Forest ‘s 42 catch unbeaten league run dating back to November the year earlier. [ 14 ] The unbeaten run was the equivalent of a unharmed season surpassing the previous record of 35 games held by Burnley in 1920/21. [ 41 ] The record stood until surpassed by Arsenal in August 2004, a calendar month before Clough ‘s end. Arsenal played 49 league games without defeat. [ 42 ] In February 1979, Taylor authorised the English game ‘s beginning £1 million remove signing Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. [ 43 ] In the european Cup semi-final beginning leg at home plate 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 moment leg ahead on the away goals rule. Ian Bowyer ‘s finish in Germany put Forest through. Günter Netzer asked afterwards, “ Who is this McGovern ? I have never heard of him, yet he ran the game. ” Forest beat Malmö 1–0 in Munich ‘s Olympiastadion in the 1979 european Cup Final ; Francis, on his european debut, scored with a rear post header from Robertson ‘s cross. Forest beat Southampton in the final examination 3–2 to retain the League Cup ; Birtles scored doubly adenine did Woodcock once. Forest finished second in the 1978–79 Football League, eight points behind Liverpool .
Forest declined to play in the home and aside 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 only goal in the home first stage, while Burns scored an equalizer in the return key in Spain. [ 44 ] In the 1979–80 Football League Cup Forest reached a third consecutive final. A defensive mix up between Needham and Shilton let Wolves ‘ Andy Gray water faucet 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 defeat. In the semi-final they beat ajax 2–1 on aggregate. 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 one-fifth in the 1979–80 Football League. In the 1980–81 european Cup first round, Forest lost 2–0 on sum to 1–0 defeats home and aside by CSKA Sofia. [ 46 ] McGovern subsequently said the double get the better of 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 away goals after a 2–2 aggregate draw against Valencia ; Bowyer scored both Forest goals in the home plate first leg. [ 48 ] On 11 February 1981, Forest lost 1–0 in the 1980 Intercontinental Cup against Uruguayan slope, Club Nacional de Football. The match was played for the foremost time at the neutral venue National Stadium in Tokyo before 62,000 fans. [ 49 ] The league and european Cup winning squad was broken up to capitalise on musician sale value. Clough and Taylor both late said this was a mistake. [ 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 justice to Nottingham Forest the means I felt. And consequently after a great deal 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 lapp close season. [ 15 ]
Clough without Taylor ( 1982–93 ) [edit ]
Anderlecht beat Forest in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup semi-finals in controversial circumstances. respective contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a ten later, it emerged that before the match, referee Guruceta Muro had received a £27,000 “ loanword ” from Anderlecht ‘s president Constant Vanden Stock. [ 51 ] Anderlecht went unpunished until 1997, when UEFA banned the club from european competitions for one year. Muro died in a car crash in 1987. [ 52 ] Forest exhaust Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Football League Centenary Tournament final 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 gear of his five consecutive selections for the PFA Team of the year. On 18 January 1989 Clough joined the affray of a City Ground pitch invasion by hitting two of his own team ‘s fans when on the pitch. The football authorities responded with a fine and touchline bachelor of arts in nursing for Clough. [ 54 ] The couple, against QPR in the League Cup, finished 5–2 to Forest. [ 55 ] Forest exhaust Everton 4–3 after extra meter 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 set up Forest up for a alone treble of domestic cup wins, but tragedy struck a workweek after the League Cup succeed. Forest and Liverpool met for the second season in a rowing in the FA Cup semi-finals. The Hillsborough catastrophe claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans. The catch was abandoned after six minutes. When the aroused replay took place, Forest struggled as Liverpool won 3–1. Despite these trophy wins, and a third-place finish in the First Division, Forest were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup, as english clubs were still banned from european competitions following the Heysel Stadium Disaster. Des Walker won the beginning of his four consecutive selections for the PFA Team of the class. Nigel Jemson scored as Forest exhaust Oldham Athletic 1–0 to retain the League Cup in 1990. english clubs were re-admitted to Europe for the take after temper, but only in express numbers, and Forest ‘s League Cup win again did not see them qualify. The only UEFA Cup set that season went to league runner-up Aston Villa. Brian Clough reached his only FA Cup final examination in 1991 after countless replays and postponements in the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds. Up against Tottenham Hotspur, Forest took the lead from a Pearce barren kick, but Spurs equalised to take the game to extra-time, ultimately winning 2–1 after an own finish by Walker. Roy Keane declared himself equip to play in the final and was selected in preference to Steve Hodge ; years former, Keane admitted he had not actually been fit to play, hence his insignificant role in the final. [ 56 ] In the summer of 1991, Millwall ‘s league top scorer Teddy Sheringham became Forest ‘s commemorate sign, for a fee of £2.1 million. That season, Forest beat Southampton 3–2 after extra prison term 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 place in the new 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 bet on to be televised live, with Sheringham scoring the only goal of the pit. A workweek late, 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 season was away at Ipswich. Forest lost 2–1 with Clough ‘s son, Nigel, scoring the concluding goal of his father ‘s reign. [ 6 ] Relegation was followed by Keane ‘s £3.75 million British record tip remove 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 forwarding from the Fourth Division with Leyton Orient in 1989. Clark convinced Stuart Pearce to remain at the club and besides signed Stan Collymore, Lars Bohinen and Colin Cooper. Clark brought immediate retort to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runner-up at the end of the 1993–94 season. [ 58 ] Forest finished third in 1994–95 [ 59 ] and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their first entrance to european competition in the post- Heysel era. Collymore then transferred in the 1995–96 close season to Liverpool for a national phonograph record tip of £8.5million. Forest reached the 1995–96 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, the furthest an english team reached in UEFA contest that season. They finished ninth in the league. The 1996–97 season cursorily became a relegation struggle. Clark left the baseball 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 temp basis equitable ahead Christmas in 1996 and he inspired a brief upturn in the club ‘s fortunes. however, in March 1997 he was replaced on a permanent wave basis by Dave Bassett and left the baseball club that summer after 12 years. [ 61 ] Forest were ineffective to avoid delegating and finished the season in bottom topographic point. [ 62 ] They won promotion back to the Premier League at the first try, 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 unable 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 distillery 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 only finish 14th in Platt ‘s first season and 11th in his second. He departed in July 2001 to manage the England U21 side and was succeeded by young team director Paul Hart. [ 67 ]
Chart of annual table positions of Forest since joining the Football League. nowadays faced with huge debts, which reduced Forest ‘s ability to sign new players, they finished 16th in Hart ‘s first season in appoint. [ 68 ] By December 2001, Forest were reported as miss over £100,000 every week, [ 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 comply season, following the loss of several key players, led to the sack of Hart in February 2004 with Forest in danger of delegating. [ 72 ] The decision was unpopular with certain quarters of the fanbase and Hart was described as a ‘scapegoat ‘. [ 73 ] Joe Kinnear was subsequently appointed and led the baseball club to a guarantee 14th place in the final league table. [ 74 ] The 2004–05 season saw Forest drop into the relegation zone once more, leading to Kinnear ‘s resignation in December 2004. [ 75 ] Mick Harford took irregular charge of Forest over Christmas, before Gary Megson was appointed in the new year. Megson had already won two promotions to the Premier League with his former club West Bromwich Albion, having arrived at the baseball club when they were in danger of going down to Division Two, but failed to stave off delegating as the club ended the temper second from bed in 23rd set, [ 76 ] becoming the first base european Cup-winners ever to fall into their domestic third base division. [ 77 ] In Forest ‘s first temper in the english third base tier in 54 years, a 3–0 get the better of at Oldham Athletic [ 78 ] in February 2006 led to the deviation of Megson by “ common consent ” leaving the clubhouse mid-table alone four points above the delegating zone. [ 79 ] Frank Barlow and Ian McParland took irregular accusation for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, engineering a six-match acquire run and remaining unbeaten in ten games, the most celebrated result a 7–1 acquire over Swindon Town. [ 80 ] Forest took 28 points from a possible 39 under the two, narrowly missing out on a play-off space, as they finished in 7th place. [ 81 ]
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Colin Calderwood, previously of Northampton Town, was appointed as Forest ‘s new director in May 2006. He was their 12th fresh coach to be appointed since the retirement of Brian Clough 13 years early, and went on to become Forest ‘s longest-serving coach since Frank Clark. The Calderwood era was ultimately one of rebuild, and included the club ‘s first promotion in a decade. In his beginning season, he led the 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 shock 5–4 aggregate frustration in the semi-finals against Yeovil Town ; they had taken a 2–0 lead in the first leg 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 class at the clubhouse, following an impressive run which saw Forest win six out of their last seven games of the temper, 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 for their hark back to the irregular tier of English football and leaving them just one more promotion away from a return to the Premier League. however, Calderwood ‘s side struggled to adapt to animation in the Championship in the 2008–09 crusade and having been ineffective to steer Forest out of the relegation zone, Calderwood was sacked following a Boxing Day 4–2 kill to the Championship ‘s bottom club Doncaster Rovers. [ 83 ] Under the impermanent stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest last climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3–2. [ 84 ] Billy Davies, who had taken Forest ‘s local rivals Derby County into the Premier League two seasons earlier, was confirmed as the newfangled coach on 1 January 2009 [ 85 ] and watched Pemberton ‘s side beat Manchester City 3–0 off in the FA Cup, [ 86 ] prior to taking official charge. Under Davies, Forest stretched their unbeaten record in all competitions following Calderwood ‘s dismissal to six matches, including five wins. He besides helped them avoid relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, [ 87 ] securing survival with one crippled to go. Forest spent most of the 2009–10 campaign in a top-three place, putting in concert an unbeaten run of 19 league games, winning 12 home league games in a row ( a club record for consecutive home wins in a single season ), going unbeaten away from home from the begin of the season until 30 January 2010 ( a run spanning 13 games ) whilst besides claiming memorable home victories over local rivals Derby County and Leicester City. The clubhouse finished third, missing out on automatic pistol promotion, and in the two-legged play-off semi-final were beaten by Blackpool, 2–1 away and 4–3 in the home branch, the cabaret ‘s first kill at home since losing to the same opposition in September 2009. The 2010–11 season saw Forest finish in one-sixth place in the Championship table with 75 points, [ 88 ] putting them into a play-off campaign for the one-fourth clock in the outer space of eight years. promotion was so far again to elude Forest, as they were beaten over two legs by eventual play-off final winners Swansea City. Having drawn the first leg 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 contract terminated, [ 91 ] [ 92 ] and was replaced as director 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 defeat away to Burnley, David Pleat and Bill Beswick left the clubhouse ‘s coaching apparatus. [ 95 ] Less than a workweek late, following a home frustration to Birmingham City, McClaren resigned, and chair 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 fresh president of the baseball 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 president of the club, died on 4 February 2012, having been involved with the club since the late 1990s, with many estimating his total contribution as being in the region of £100 million. [ citation needed ]
The Al-Hasawi era ( 2012–2017 ) [edit ]
The Al-Hasawi class, from Kuwait, purchased the 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 inaugural 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 away to Brighton, Forest sat in ninth place with 33 points, just three points off the play-off positions. The Al-Hasawi ‘s 3–5-year design had turned into a push for the play-offs in their first gear season as the owners. On the same weekend, the club announced that Omar Al-Hasawi had stepped gloomy due to personal reasons and Fawaz Al-Hasawi, the majority stockholder with 75 % had taken the status, [ 98 ] with his brother 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 club stating their intentions of a change ahead of the January remove window and hopes of appointing a director with Premiership experience. [ 99 ] The serviceman to replace O’Driscoll was Alex McLeish. [ 100 ] The motivate was criticised by some members of the Forest fan base. [ citation needed ] Chief executive Mark Arthur american samoa well as scout Keith Burt and club ambassador Frank Clark were dismissed in January 2013. [ 101 ] On 5 February 2013, Forest and Alex McLeish had parted company by reciprocal agreement, precisely 40 days after McLeish took bang of the baseball club. [ 102 ] Forest supporters and pundits alike registered their concern for the submit of the golf club, [ 97 ] with diarist Pat Murphy describing the position as a “ shambles ”. [ 103 ] Two days after McLeish ‘s deviation, the club re-appointed Billy Davies as director, having been sacked as the team ‘s coach twenty months previously. [ 104 ] His first match in bang was a disembowel, [ 105 ] followed by a carry of 10 undefeated games. In March 2014, the club terminated Davies ‘s employment, following a 5–0 get the better of by Derby County. [ 106 ] Neil Warnock turned down the occupation as Forest coach on the day Davies was sacked. After initially rejecting the subcontract in March 2014, [ 107 ] fans favorite Stuart Pearce was named the man to replace Billy Davies, taking over from caretaker coach Gary Brazil. He signed a biennial condense commencing on 1 July 2014. Pearce led Forest to an unbeaten start to the temper but failed to keep up the shape. He was sacked in February 2015 and replaced by another early Forest player, Dougie Freedman. Another mid-table coating meant that Forest began the 2015–16 season placid in the Championship and immediately in their 17th season away from the Premier League. On 13 March 2016, Freedman was sacked, following a 3–0 frustration at home to Sheffield Wednesday. [ 108 ] Paul Williams was then appointed as irregular coach as Nottingham Forest searched for their new coach. last, following months of meditation the erstwhile US Boulogne, Valenciennes FC, Real Sociedad, and Stade Rennais oral sex coach Philippe Montanier was appointed on a biennial shrink on 27 June 2016, but was sacked after fewer than seven months in mission. Mark Warburton was named as the clubhouse ‘s new director on 14 March 2017. Forest narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the 2016–17 season, where a 3–0 dwelling victory against Ipswich ensured their guard 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 reign as Forest owner. Incumbent director Mark Warburton was sacked on 31 December 2017 following a 1–0 home frustration to struggling Sunderland, with a record of one succeed 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 home acquire over FA Cup holders Arsenal in the third attack of the FA Cup. [ 112 ] Karanka made 10 modern signings during the January transfer windowpane. [ 113 ] Following a 17th-place ending in the Championship for the 2017–18 season, Karanka made 14 new signings during the summer transfer windowpane and the follow season results improved. [ 114 ] however, despite a strong league put, Karanka left his situation on 11 January 2019 after requesting to be released from his compress. [ 115 ] He was replaced with erstwhile Republic of Ireland knob Martin O’Neill four days later. [ 116 ] however, O’Neill was sacked in June after reportedly falling out with some of the senior first team players. He was replaced with Sabri Lamouchi on the same day. [ 117 ] In Lamouchi ‘s first season in charge, despite spending most of the season in the playoffs, Forest finished in 7th place despite sitting in 5th going into the final examination game. [ 118 ] On 6 October 2020, Lamouchi was sacked by the cabaret following a poor people start to the 2020–21 season. [ 119 ] He was replaced by former Brighton coach Chris Hughton. [ 120 ] After an ultimately unsuccessful 11 months in blame, Hughton was sacked on 16 September 2021 after failing to win any of the club ‘s opening 7 games of the 2021/22 temper. [ 121 ]
Club identity [edit ]
Crest and colours [edit ]
Nottingham Forest have worn crimson since the cabaret ‘s foundation in 1865. At the meeting in the Clinton Arms which established Nottingham Forest as a football baseball club, the committee besides passed a resolution that the team color should be ‘Garibaldi crimson ‘. [ 122 ] This decisiveness was made in award of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the italian patriot who was the leader of the redshirts volunteers. At this time, clubs identified themselves more by their headgear than their shirts and a twelve bolshevik caps with tassels were punctually purchased, making Forest the first clubhouse to ‘officially ‘ wear red, a color that has since been adopted by a significant count of others. Forest ’ randomness kit is the argue behind Arsenal ‘s choice of red, the club having donated a full determine of crimson kits to Arsenal following their foundation ( as Woolwich Arsenal ) in 1886. Forest ‘s enlistment of South America in 1905 inhale Argentine club Independiente to adopt red as their club tinge, after golf club ‘s President Arístides Langone described the tourists as looking like diablos rojos ( “ red devils ” ), which would become Independiente ‘s dub. [ 123 ] The first base baseball club cap used by Forest was the city arms of Nottingham, which was first used on kits in 1947. [ 124 ] The current club badge was introduced in 1974. [ 124 ] The logo has been reported as being the inspiration of coach Brian Clough. [ 125 ] however, he did not arrive at the club until the follow year. Forest have two stars above the baseball club badge to commemorate their european Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. [ 126 ] In March 1973, a competition, was announced to design a new badge for Forest. The winning design was by Trent Polytechnic graphic design lecturer David Lewis. [ 127 ] Lewis entered his invention using his mother ‘s maiden over name in ordain 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. [ 128 ] David Lewis besides designed the Nottinghamshire County Council logo .
terminology [edit ]
The club has garnered many nicknames over time. historically, the nickname of “ Foresters ” was used, [ 134 ] as was “ Garibaldis ”. [ 135 ] “ The Forest ” [ 136 ] or the childlike “ Forest ” – as used on the club cap – is normally used, as is “ the Reds ”. Another, lesser-used, nickname referring to the clubhouse is the “ crafty Trees ”. [ 137 ] [ 138 ]
stadium [edit ]
City Ground [edit ]
Since 1898 Nottingham Forest have played their base 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 plate games at Forest Recreation Ground, then Trent Bridge, and last the purpose-built Town Ground. Since 1994 the City Ground has been all-seater, a cooking that was made in time for the ground 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 antonym 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 name of the stadium, however a boundary exchange in the 1950s means that the City Ground nowadays stands merely 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 new, first Peter Taylor Stand ”. It is expected this will increase the capability of the stadium to 38,000, making it the largest football stadium in the East Midlands. The club were aspirant that building shape could begin at the end of the 2019-20 season. however, the development was put on handle ascribable to “ delays in the plan process ”. [ 139 ]
ground history [edit ]
local anesthetic 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 golf club ‘s fiercest competition is with Derby County, located 14 miles away. [ 140 ] The two clubs contest the East Midlands bowler hat, a repair which has taken on even greater significance 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 ‘ rap of 1984–85 when the miners of South Yorkshire walked out on long strikes but some Nottinghamshire miners, who insisted on holding a ballot, continued to work. The exciting 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 ]
[ 141 ] further data : list 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 November 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.
- Caretaker managers are in italics
Records [edit ]
† By agreement with Leicester City, the game was a replay as the original pit three weeks former was abandoned at half clock time, due to the crash of Leicester player Clive Clarke, with Forest leading 1–0. [ 149 ] ‡ Forest received £14,000,000 from Aston Villa for Matty Cash, but with addition ‘s this fee could potentially rise to £16,000,000. [ 150 ]
european phonograph 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[152]
bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
First team out on lend [edit ]
bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Under 23s team [edit ]
- As of 16 August 2021[153]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Under 23s out on loan [edit ]
eminence : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Under 18s team [edit ]
- As of 16 September 2021[154]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
luminary early 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 baseball club captain and director 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 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
all-time xi [edit ]
In 1997 and 1998, as function of the free of the book The Official History of Nottingham Forest, a vote was carried out to decide on the clubhouse ‘s official All Time XI. [ 179 ]
In 2016, Nottingham Forest season ticket holders voted for the club ‘s greatest eleven to commemorate the club ‘s hundred-and-fiftieth Anniversary. [ 180 ]
International players [edit ]
Club staff [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
Executive & front function [edit ]
Academy staff [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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