Nottingham Forest F.C.

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Nottingham Forest
Full name	Nottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds, Forest
Founded	1865
Ground	City Ground Nottingham England
Capacity	30,602
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
Manager	Colin Calderwood
League	League One
2005-06	League One, 7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. The club was founded in 1865 and plays its home matches at the City Ground, which is actually located in West Bridgford, in the borough of Rushcliffe. The club lies directly across the River Trent from its city rivals, Notts County.

The club enjoyed a highly successful period during the late 1970s when they won the Football League championship once, and the European Cup twice. However they currently play in League One of the Coca-Cola Football League, the third tier of English football. Their relegation to this league in May 2005 made them the first European Cup winners ever to later play outside their country's top two divisions. They are also the only team to have won the European Cup more times than their domestic title.

Nottingham Forest takes its name from the Forest Recreation ground just north of the City Centre, where the team first played and is now the site of the Nottingham Goose Fair. The club are often referred to as simply 'Forest', the title which the club carries on its badge. They are unrelated to the earlier amateur team called Forest F.C. (better known as The Wanderers F.C.).

Their name is often incorrectly abbrieviated to Notts Forest, much to the disgust of the club's supporters. This due to 'Notts' being an abbrieviation of city rivals Notts County, and of Nottinghamshire rather than Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest are known to have pioneered many of today's footballing rules and features, including floodlighting, shinpads, and even lettering on the stands.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 The glory years 1.3 Life after Clough 1.4 Financial problems 1.5 Life in League One 2 Support 2.1 Songs 2.2 Famous supporters 2.3 Shirt sponsors 3 Media coverage 4 Rivalry 5 Stadia 6 Personnel 6.1 Current first team squad 6.1.1 Out on loan 6.2 Nottingham Forest L.F.C. 6.3 Nottingham Forest Youth Academy 7 Selected managerial records 8 Notable players 9 Records 10 Honours 11 Notes 12 External links

[edit] History

Main article: History of Nottingham Forest F.C.

[edit] Early years

Forest were founded in 1865 (by a group of shinty players)^[1] three years after their neighbours Notts County, the world's oldest surviving professional football club. Forest joined the Football Alliance in 1888, and became champions in 1892, which allowed them entry to the Football League.

Forest's charitable approach to the sport helped teams such as Liverpool, Arsenal F.C. and Brighton & Hove Albion to come into existence. In 1886, Forest donated a set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves - the North London team still wears red to this day. Forest also donated shirts to Liverpool and helped secure Brighton secure a ground to play at.

In 1874 Forest captain Sam Weller Widdowson was credited for wearing the first shinpads, after cutting down some cricket pads and wearing them on the outside of his stockings. It would be some 100 years before the FA were to make shinpads a compulsory piece of equipment for professional footballers. After solid crossbars were introduced, it was again at Forest that nets were first attached to goals to catch the ball after a goal was scored. Amazingly the referee on the day was Sam Widdowson, who gave his approval to the FA.

Forest also employed the first brothers to play for the same club, Frank and Fred Foreman, who later became the first brothers to represent England in 1899. They also became the first brothers to both score in an International game - scoring in a game against Ireland.

In 1898 Forest clinched their first major honour when they won the FA Cup, defeating bitter rivals Derby County. However, for much of the first half of the 20th century the club spent life in the Second Division, having to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bottom. In 1949 the club were relegated to the Third Division, but bounced back two years later as champions of the South division. A brief period of glory followed at the end of the 1950s, as they regained First Division status in 1957 and won the FA Cup for a second time in 1959. This was despite losing Roy Dwight, uncle of pop icon Elton John, to a broken leg.

By now Forest had become the biggest team in Nottingham, ahead of rivals Notts County. In 1967 they finished as runners-up in the First Division, and also the semi-finals of the FA Cup. However after reaching this peak, Forest were relegated in 1972.

[edit] The glory years

Nottingham Forest was considered a small club by English league standards until the mid 1970s, when Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor took the helm at the club. Clough arrived on 6 January 1975, after a 0-2 home defeat by local rivals Notts County, on Boxing Day, prompted the committee to sack the previous manager Allan Brown.

Clough went on to become the most successful manager in the history of Nottingham Forest football club. He had previously won the league title with Forest's deadly rivals Derby County in 1972. He led Forest to promotion to at the end of the 1976-77 season after finishing third in the Second Division, but no-one could have predicted how successful Clough's team would be over the next three seasons.

The 1977-78 season saw Forest become one of the few teams to win the First Division Championship a year after winning promotion from the Second Division. They are the last team to date to complete this feat. They also won the Football League Cup which they would also retain the following season. In 1978-79, Forest went on to win the European Cup by beating Malmö FF [1-0] in Munich's Olympic Stadium, while finishing as runners-up in the First Division.

They then retained the European Cup in 1979-80, beating Hamburger SV 1-0 in Madrid thanks to an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The European Super Cup was also added to the haul of silverware won by the team, which included key players such as right-back Viv Anderson (the first black player to wear the England jersey); midfielder Martin O'Neill; striker Trevor Francis, who was the first £1 million footballer; and a trio of Scottish International stars: winger John Robertson, midfielder Archie Gemmill and defender Kenny Burns.

After winning seven trophies in three season, Forest's next significant trophy did not come until 1989 when they beat Luton Town in the League Cup Final. For most of the season they had been hopeful of completing a unique domestic treble, but were beaten into third place in the League by champions Arsenal and runners-up Liverpool. They also lost to Liverpool in the replay of the FA Cup Semi-Final, originally held at Hillsborough where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death; the match was abandoned after 6 minutes. Clough's side retained the League Cup in 1990 when they beat Oldham Athletic. In doing so they became the first team to retain the League Cup on two separate occasions.

In 1991 Forest reached the FA Cup Final for the first and only time under Brian Clough, where they played Tottenham Hotspur. They took an early lead with a Stuart Pearce free kick, but ended up losing 2-1 in extra time after an own goal by Des Walker. Forest reached their third League Cup final in four seasons in 1992, losing to Manchester United, and also won the Full Members Cup twice in 1989 and 1992.

Forest were founder members of the Premier League but only lasted one more season. Brian Clough's 18-year reign as manager ended in May 1993 when Forest were relegated, after 16 illustrious years of top flight football. Under Clough, the club had won one league title, two European Cups and four League Cups. Since his departure, Forest have had eight managers and spent just four out of 12 seasons in the Premiership.

Brian Clough is considered one of the greatest managers in English football history by fans of all clubs.^{[citation needed]} There is said to be a consensus amongst many English football fans^{[attribution needed]} that the biggest mistake the FA ever made was not appointing Clough as England manager, often the term 'the best manager England never had' is used. He died in 2004 after a long battle with stomach cancer.

[edit] Life after Clough

Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Forest's 1979 European Cup winning team, returned to the club in May 1993 to succeed Brian Clough as manager. Having inherited most of the players from the Clough era, Clark was able to achieve an instant return to the Premiership when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993-94 season. Clark looked to be well on the way to re-establishing Forest as a top team.

Forest's return to the Premiership was impressive as they finished third in 1994-95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup - their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. One of the many highlights of the 1994-95 season was a memorable victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, with Stan Collymore and Stuart Pearce scoring the goals, a game fondly remembered by Forest fans of that era. But Collymore was sold to Liverpool in June 1995 for a then English record fee of £8.4 million, and his £2 million Italian successor Andrea Silenzi was considered to be a disappointing signing. Forest's goals dried up in the Premiership during 1995-96 and they finished ninth - although they did reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, making them the only English team to reach the last eight of any European competition that season.

Forest started the 1996-97 season badly and were dragged into the relegation battle. With no signs of that battle being won, Clark was sacked in December and 34-year-old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player-manager on a temporary basis. Pearce inspired a brief revival in Forest's fortunes, and he was voted Premiership manager for the month for January 1997 after a turn around in form lifted the club off the bottom of the table. He was tipped to become manager on a permanent basis, but the Forest directors wanted someone more experienced so in March 1997 they turned to Crystal Palace manager Dave Bassett.

Despite the addition of Celtic's Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk, Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place. They won promotion back to the Premiership at the first attempt, being crowned Division One champions in 1997-98. But the prolific strike-partnership of Kevin Campbell and Pierre van Hooijdonk was soon broken up: Campbell was sold to Turkish side Trabzonspor and van Hooijdonk refused to play, because his strike partner was sold. Van Hooijdonk later returned to the club but it was too late to save Bassett, who was sacked in January 1999 after a terrible start to the Premiership campaign and elimination from the FA Cup at the hands of Division One side Portsmouth.

Ron Atkinson was brought in on the promise of an alleged million pound bonus if he kept Forest up. He did little to endear himself to the Forest faithful by climbing into the wrong dugout at the start of his first game in charge against Arsenal. He was unable to keep Forest up, and for the third time in seven seasons they were relegated as the Premiership's bottom club. His contract was not renewed and several high profile names were mentioned for the vacant manager's job. including Glenn Hoddle,Roy Evans and Brian Little. The club's eventual choice was 33-year-old former England captain David Platt, whose brief spell as head coach of Italian Serie A side Sampdoria had just ended in relegation.

Platt made several expensive signings (including the Trio Of Italians) during his two-year reign at the helm, but these acquisitions were unproductive^{[citation needed]} and Forest could only manage a mid-table finish. The aforementioned signings led to financial problems and a constant need to sell players to pay off debts. Platt left to become England U-21 coach in July 2001 and he handed over the reins to youth team manager Paul Hart. By now, Forest's days as a top club were now very much a distant memory and no players remained from their successful days in the top flight. Forest arguably still haven't recovered from Platt's management of the club.

[edit] Financial problems

The club's financial problems escalated at the end of the 2001-02 season when the ITV Digital collapse almost bankrupted them.^{[citation needed]} Hart's first season at the helm had been unremarkable as a squad made up mostly of young players achieved a 16th place finish in Division One. There were fears that Nottingham Forest could go into liquidation during the summer of 2002,^{[citation needed]} but with the sale of players like Jermaine Jenas the financial situation was quickly brought under control and Forest improved in 2002-03, finishing sixth and qualifying for the playoffs. However, they lost to Sheffield United in the semi finals after a 1-1 draw at the City Ground, and a 4-3 extra time defeat at Bramall Lane. Forest's failure to gain promotion led to many of their finest assets being sold, and the departures took their toll on the club's fortunes in 2003-04. Hart was sacked in February as Forest hovered near the foot of Division One.

Joe Kinnear, appointed in 2004, revitalised Forest by bringing out the best in key players such Michael Dawson and Andy Reid. Kinnear was hoping to push for promotion from the newly-named Coca-Cola Championship in 2004-05 but the team's form went downhill, as did the league position. Kinnear walked away from the club in December, after a 3-0 defeat by arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park, with Forest struggling at the foot of the Championship. His assistant Mick Harford had only been recruited a few weeks before, but was put in charge of first-team duties on a temporary basis, until a permanent successor could be found.

In January 2005, Gary Megson was named as Nottingham Forest's new manager but couldn't prevent relegation to League One, when Forest finished second from bottom in the Coca-Cola Championship. This made them the first former winners of the European Cup to suffer relegation to the third tier of their domestic league. Megson subsequently transfer listed the players at the club who he felt were not performing to the standards he demanded. In the summer of 2005, Megson became one of most active managers in the transfer market, signing many new players including Gary Holt, Ian Breckin, Nathan Tyson, Grant Holt and Sammy Clingan.

[edit] Life in League One

Initially in League One under Gary Megson, progress had been steady but many Forest fans^{[attribution needed]} might have hoped for a better run of form. Forest were strong at home but struggled with form in away matches. The quality of the football on display was generally regarded (by Forest fans and experts alike)^{[citation needed]} as the worst from Forest in living memory and the abject performances and results away from home started to appear at the City Ground. Megson departed 'by mutual consent' on 16 February 2006 with Forest in 13th place, just four points above the relegation zone, having won just once in the last ten games. Megson's departure apparently cost himself one million pounds.^{[citation needed]}

After Megson's departure, assistant manager Frank Barlow and reserve team coach Ian McParland took over on a caretaker basis. Barlow and McParland won their first game in charge with a 2-0 away victory at Port Vale, Forest's first away win since August 27, 2005. Their second game ended with an outstanding 7-1 home win against Swindon Town F.C, the first time Forest scored more than 6 goals in a League game for over a decade.

Barlow and McParland were named joint Managers Of The Month for March 2006 due to Forest being the only team in the Football League to go unbeaten in that month. Forest just missed out on the play-offs after a draw at Bradford City on the final day of the season.

In May 2006, former player Colin Calderwood was appointed as manager, at the time he was the 12th Forest manager in 13 years. His reign started successfully, with the team winning their first four matches, and he was named Manager of the Month for August.

Forest enjoyed a good start to the season with a run of seven consecutive wins, before a dip in form saw them lose their lead at the top of League One, notably a 5-0 defeat away at Oldham saw both Sammy Clingan and Danny Cullip receive red cards. In recent weeks they have hovered between the automatic promotion and playoff positions.

Forest suffered an early exit in the Carling Cup, losing to Accrington Stanley, and progressed to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup where they met Chelsea, losing 3-0 at Stamford Bridge with 6,000 Forest fans in attendance.

Forest are gearing up for their biggest game in years as they travel to 2nd place Bristol City this Saturday with momentum gathering after picking up 7 points from their previous 3 games, performing well in every game and stopping ridiculous criticisms at Colin Calderwood. Forest are currently 3rd in the table and 4 points off Bristol City with Scunthorpe United the pace setters 6 points ahead of the Reds, but with only 7 games to go, can Forest really launch an incredible assault for maybe even the title when it looked like they had thrown it completely? Only time will tell but on the banks of the Trent, belief has been restored and more importantly, the fans have responded to Forest's current momentum building for this crucial match which will be remembered for years, whether it will be for the right or wrong reasons. James Perch will also make his 100th league appearance for the club this weekend, becoming the second longest serving player at the club behind Wes Morgan.

[edit] Support

Nottingham Forest has a large fanbase and, despite playing in the 3rd tier of English football, they still manage to attract crowds bigger than some Premiership fixtures. When Forest faced Yeovil Town FC on 17 April 2006, only 3 teams in England had a higher attendance than Forest (28,197), which were Chelsea, Tottenham, and Sunderland.

Also, when Forest faced Cheltenham, on 24 March 2007, no team in England had a higher attendance than Forest. (22,640)

Forest's largest home attendance of the 2005-2006 season was 28,242, almost 10,000 more than any other League One club's highest attendance.

[edit] Songs

• The 'Nottingham Forest March' ('We Got the Whole World in Our Hands') was released in 1978 on 7 inch vinyl. This was a joint collaboration between the group Paper Lace and Nottingham Forest Football Club and features the fans singing as well as the team of the time. Changes to the lyrics included "We're the best team, in the land / We're the best damn team, in the land" amongst others.

• In the glory days under Brian Clough the team used to appear from the tunnel to the 'Robin Hood' TV series theme tune.

[edit] Famous supporters

• James Dean Bradfield, musician from the Manic Street Preachers
• Kenneth Clarke, MP
• Lee Westwood, professional golfer
• Greg Owen, professional golfer
• Su Pollard, comedian
• Peter Sutcliffe, otherwise known as the notorious Yorkshire Ripper.
• Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist from rock band Editors
• Ian Paice, drummer for Deep Purple
• Carl Froch, British and Commonwealth super middleweight boxing champion
• Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Olympic gold medalist ice skaters
• Luiz Felipe Scolari, Portugal (and former Brazil) manager
• Richard Bacon, former Blue Peter presenter
• Andy Cole, Portsmouth FC footballer
• Lee Battersby, Australian science fiction author
• Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower

[edit] Shirt sponsors

Before 1988 Forest didn't have a consistent sponsor, it was changed every year or less. Some of the sponsors before Shipstones included: Skol, Home Ales, Wrangler and Panasonic.

• 1988-91: Shipstones
• 1992-1997: Labatts
• 1997-2003: Pinnacle
• 2004-Present: Capital One

[edit] Media coverage

Colin Fray and former Forest captain John McGovern commentate for BBC Radio Nottingham 103.8 FM on every Nottingham Forest match. There is a football phone-in show on BBC Radio Nottingham that features Fray with Notts County commentator Colin Slater.

Forest are also occasionally covered on Sky Sports. This is mainly for cup matches but sometimes league matches are shown.

Unfortunately for The Reds, they just don't seem to be able to perform under Sky cameras. It seems that every time they appear on National TV they play abysmally, most notably a 4-0 home defeat against Scunthorpe United. Forest have had very few victories under Sky cameras in recent times, notably at non-league Weymouth FC. That victory was also the only time they won in their 2nd Kit (Yellow & Blue), leading to them no longer playing in it, but choosing to use the 3rd Kit (All Navy Blue).

Forest fans call the TV misfortunes the 'curse of the Sky cameras'.^{[citation needed]} Misfortune is a word that is repeated all over Nottingham Forests preseason matches,loosing over 70% of these. Most recent was the 1-0 loss at Field Mill against Mansfield Town. Forest's tie against Salisbury City F.C. was shown on BBC 1 on 3rd December, 2006. They managed a 1-1 draw.

Forest finally put their Sky demons to sleep when they won the replay at the City Ground 2-0. The game was shown live on Sky Sports 1 and marked the first win on TV for over a year.

Forest was one of the main features on Match Of The Day for the first time in about 3 years after their giant-killing display in beating Premiership team Charlton Athletic.

[edit] Rivalry

Forest's biggest rivals are considered to be Derby County whom they play in the East Midlands Derby, but there is a rather more one-sided rivalry with Leicester City, who have a hatred for Forest that isn't really reciprocated. Despite being the closest League clubs geographically, Forest and Notts County have rarely played in the same division in recent times, their last League meeting was in 1994. Forest fans tend to have a favourable attitude to Notts County, although County fans generally regard this as patronising and dislike Forest with a passion.

Forest also have a fairly strong rivalry with Sheffield United and Forest fans also hugely dislike Liverpool, almost to the point of hatred. This rivalry began when Forest knocked them out of the European Cup in the first round in 1978, en route to the first of their two consecutive European titles.

One of Forest's chants of those days was Are You Watching, Are You Watching, Are You Watching Liverpool! because Liverpool used Forest's kit and nickname 'The Reds' when they were formed, and Forest had just knocked them out in the First Round (Liverpool were the current champions when this happened). Liverpool fans still sing a chant starting with We hate Nottingham Forest! as testimony to the long running bad blood between the two clubs. Forest fans in turn are credited in starting the "You'll Never Work Again" take on Liverpool's famous You'll Never Walk Alone anthem.

[edit] Stadia

Main article: City Ground

Nottingham Forest play their home games at the City Ground, which has been their home since 1898. Before they settled in at the City Ground, on the south bank of the River Trent, they played at the Forest Recreation Ground, from which the team takes its name. The stadium lies on the banks of the River Trent and the combined capacity is 30,602, the largest ground in League One. It is the 8th largest football stadium outside the Premiership, behind Sunderland, Derby County, Leicester City, Leeds United, Southampton, Coventry City, and Sheffield Wednesday.

The Executive Stand (now the Brian Clough Stand) was the first stand in England to have lettering spelling out a club's name, when it was built in the early 1980s.

The four stands are:

• The Main Stand, the oldest stand in the ground. Capacity: 5,708;
• The Trent End, the newest stand, built in 1994. Capacity: 7,500;
• The Bridgford End, the lower tier houses up to 5,151 away fans, while its total capacity is 7,710;
• The Brian Clough Stand, which was originally named the Executive Stand but has been renamed to honour Forest's greatest manager Brian Clough. It is the largest stand in the ground with a capacity of 10,000 — more than many of the other League One teams' total ground capacity.

The City Ground will host the upcoming FA Women's Cup final in 2007 - the first time a FA Women's Cup final will be played outside London.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current first team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Paul Smith 3 DF Luke Chambers 4 MF Gary Holt 5 DF Wes Morgan 6 DF Ian Breckin (captain) 7 MF David Prutton (on loan from Southampton) 8 MF Kris Commons 9 FW Nathan Tyson 10 FW Scott Dobie 11 FW Grant Holt 12 DF Alan Wright (on loan from Sheffield United) 14 FW Jack Lester 15 MF James Henry (on loan from Reading)

No. Position Player 16 MF Sammy Clingan 17 MF James Perch 20 GK Rune Pedersen 21 DF John Curtis 23 FW Junior Agogo 27 MF Robert Hughes 29 DF Julian Bennett 33 DF Vincent Fernandez 35 DF Brendan Moloney 37 MF Lewis McGugan 38 GK Shane Redmond 39 DF Hamza Bencherif 40 MF Alan Power

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player 2 DF Nicky Eaden (on loan to Lincoln City) 18 DF John Thompson (on loan to Tranmere Rovers ) 25 MF Kevin James (on loan to Swindon Town ) 30 FW Spencer Weir-Daley (on loan to Bradford City) 32 GK Dale Roberts (on loan to Alfreton Town) 34 GK Paddy Gamble (on loan to York City) 36 MF Felix Bastians (on loan to Gillingham )

[edit] Nottingham Forest L.F.C.

Forest's affiliated women's team, Nottingham Forest L.F.C., were knocked out of the competition by Charlton Athletic LFC in the fifth round. The women's team play in a smaller ground at the Forest Academy and are in the second tier of English women's football (the Northern Championship), but they share sponsorship with the men.

[edit] Nottingham Forest Youth Academy

The Nottingham Forest Youth Academy has produced many good players; most notably when former Forest manager Paul Hart was in charge of it. During his 11 year spell as Head Youth Coach, the academy produced many talents, most of which have gone on to break into the first team line-up at Forest. Many of them have gone on to Premiership clubs and are getting regular first team football there. Some of them have even been successful on the international stage.

[edit] Selected managerial records

See also Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. managers

Name	Nat	Period	Record
			P	W	D	L
Brian Clough		January 1975 - May 1993	908	418	256	234
Frank Clark		May 1993 - December 1996	178	73	58	47
Dave Bassett		May 1997 - January 1999	77	33	20	24
Ron Atkinson		January 1999 - May 1999	16	4	2	10
David Platt		July 1999 - July 2001	103	34	25	44
Paul Hart		July 2001 - February 2004	134	45	44	45
Joe Kinnear		February 2004 - December 2004	44	15	15	14
Gary Megson		January 2005 - February 2006	59	17	18	24
Ian McParland / Frank Barlow	/	February 2006 - May 2006	13	8	4	1
Colin Calderwood		May 2006 - present	39	20	10	9

[edit] Notable players

See also Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players

Pre-European players:
Wally Ardron, Joe Baker, Jack Burkitt, Bob McKinlay, Duncan McKenzie, Grenville Morris, Johnny Quigley, Ian Storey-Moore, Charlie Thomson.

European superstars
Viv Anderson, Garry Birtles, Ian Bowyer, Kenny Burns, Trevor Francis, Archie Gemmill, Frank Gray, Larry Lloyd, John McGovern, Gary Mills, David Needham, John O'Hare, Martin O'Neill, John Robertson, Peter Shilton, Peter Withe, Tony Woodcock.

1985-1990:
Franz Carr, Nigel Clough, Mark Crossley, Chris Fairclough, Roy Keane, Stuart Pearce, Des Walker, Neil Webb.

1990s & 2000s:
Chris Bart-Williams, Lars Bohinen, Steve Chettle, Stan Collymore, Colin Cooper, Scot Gemmill, David Johnson, Jason Lee, Bryan Roy, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Ian Woan.

From the Nottingham Forest Academy:
Felix Bastians, Julian Bennett, Eugen Bopp, Michael Dawson, Marlon Harewood, Jermaine Jenas, Wes Morgan, James Perch, David Prutton, Andy Reid, John Thompson, Shaun Wright-Phillips

[edit] Records

Main article: Nottingham Forest F.C. statistics

• Most Appearances: - R. McKinlay (692)
• Most Goals Scored: - A. G. Morris (217)
• Record Attendance: - 49,946 v Manchester United, 28 October 1967
• Record Win: - 14-0 v Clapton (A), 17 January 1891
• Record Transfer Fee Paid: - £3.5 million for Pierre Van Hooijdonk, from Celtic

[edit] Honours

Forest have picked up more than 20 major honours and many more lesser individual player and managerial honours.
(*) denotes honours won by Brian Clough.

• Domestic
  • First Division: Champions (1978*), Runners-Up (1967, 1979*)
  • Second Division: Champions (1907, 1922), Runners-Up (1957)
  • Division One: Champions (1998), Runners-Up (1994)
  • Third Division (South): Champions (1951)
  • Football Alliance: Champions (1892)
  • FA Cup: Winners (1898, 1959), Runners-Up (1991*)
  • Football League Cup: Winners (1978*, 1979*, 1989*, 1990*), Runners-Up (1980*, 1992*)
  • FA Charity Shield: Winners (1978*)
  • Full Members Cup: Winners (1989*, 1992*)
  • Victory Shield: Winners (1919)

• European/International
  • European Cup: Winners (1979*, 1980*)
  • European Super Cup: Winners (1980*) Runners Up (1981*)
  • Intercontinental Cup: Runners Up (1980*)
  • Nuremberg Tournament: Winners (1982*)
  • Trofeo Colombino Cup: Winners (1982*, 1983*)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Official Online Shop
• Bridport Red Archive Forest statistics site

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