Nottingham Forest FC

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English football club. The club was founded In 1865, it is already one of the oldest still existing football clubs in the world (but younger than compatriot and arch-rival Notts County). The club plays in red shirts and white trousers. Upon the establishment of Arsenal suggested Forest shirts available, the reason that Arsenal still plays in red shirts.

Nottingham played 56 seasons in the Premier League (or the predecessor First Division), the last time in 1999 and became one times Dutch champion and won the European Cup twice for champions, unique.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == ===Until the second world war[ Edit] === The club was founded in 1865 by a group of shintyplayers, three years after the creation of Notts County. In 1888 the Football League was founded and the first championship played, but Nottingham was not permitted and joined a year later with the competitive Football Alliance and was second last. In 1890 were in a contest of Forest against the Bolton Wanderers for the first time in history nets used in the target. This idea caught to after a while was required at every game and now has become standard. The following season the club was fifth and in 1891/92 champion with two points ahead of Newton Heath, the subsequent Manchester UTD. After this season the Football Alliance merged with the Football League and most clubs of the Alliance ended up in the newly created second class. Nottingham was the champion, however, took office in the top class. Nottingham was a typical average performer and never took a place of honor in the beginning. In 1898 the club won the FA Cupfor the first time, 3-1 against Derby County. In 1900/01, the club was fourth, the best place until then. After a few mediocre seasons the club was relegated for the first time in 1905/06. Forest immediately became champion and limited so the absence at the elite to one season. The following seasons the club continued until a new relegation followed in 1910/11. This time the club could not immediately return and ended even lower in the middle bracket of the Division 2. In 1913/14, the club was very last and even had to submit a request to be re-elected. During the first world war several seasons activities were discontinued. After the war the club first perform poorly until in 1921/22 the title was achieved. The next two seasons was just avoided relegation from the first division and in the third season was Forest last. The results in second class were unstable and in 1937/38 relegated the club just not by a better goal difference than Barnsley. ===Postwar period[ Edit] === After the Second World War modderde the club first two seasons and then for the first time in its existence was relegated to the third Division. Two seasons later the club champion and promoted back to the second division. After a couple of times close to promotion to the highest class did this end up in 1956/57. After more than twenty years of absence the club made a comeback to the elite with a tenth place. The following season the club won the FA Cup for the second time. This time against Luton Town and that while Player Roy Dwight his leg broke after just 33 minutes of play. The following years ended club or just above the relegation zone and in 1964/65 for the first time in many years the club finished in the top five. Two years later, Forest even runners-up. Hereinafter referred to as the club slumped again towards the middle bracket and relegated in1971/72. The following years, the club kwakkel seasons in the second division. ==Golden Age<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1975, trainer Brian Clough after the club on boxing day lost to Notts County. From then on, it went better with the club. In 1976/77 were promoted to the highest level after a third place in the second division.
 * 1.1 until the second world war
 * 1.2 postwar period
 * 2 golden age
 * 2.1 Destruction
 * 3 Palmares
 * 4 Nottingham in Europe
 * 5 notable former players
 * 5.1 Dutch
 * 5.2 Other
 * 6 Trivia
 * 7 external links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following years would write club history. Nottingham Forest became one of the few teams that immediately after promotion from the second division League title (in 1978) would conquer in the First Division (now Premier League). That happened with players like Martin O'Neill, Peter Shilton in the ranks. After that no club this still perform. Forest in 1978 counted seven points ahead of Liverpool (then in the two points per win system). Forest in ' 78-' 79 was allowed to participate in the European Cup football club tournament and got a tough draw in the first round of that tournament. It was linked to defending champion and compatriot Liverpool that UEFA Cup respectively over the past three years and had won the European Cup twice. Forest won and put an end to the hegemony of Liverpool in Europe. The club paved his way to the finals and won by Malmö FF. In the League that season the club now had to settle for a second place behind Liverpool and the following season both clubs again participated in the European Cup football club tournament. Liverpool was out of the tournament Bowling Green by Dinamo Tbilisi while Forest reached the finals and won against Hamburger SV. This is Nottingham still the only club in Europe that has won the European Cup more often than the national title. In the League, the club was fifth and the Bulgarian CSKA Sofia made sure in the first round of the European Cup football club tournament for third consecutive time that certainly not all Nottingham would win. In 1978 and 1979 the club won the League Cup and the European Super Cup in 1979. After a fifth place in 1982/83 bumped the club through to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and was stopped by RSC Anderlecht. The match was very controversial after a goal by Forest was frowned upon and Anderlecht a penalty got that there clearly was none. The following season the club became third and was in the UEFA Cup again by a Belgian club Club Brugge, this time off did this already in the first round. After several middle bracket places the club was third in 1987/88. However, by the Heysel Stadium disaster was not a European ticket attached. After all, all English clubs were banned from Europe for five years. Also the following season, the club was third and won the League Cup against Luton Town again. On 15 april 1989 the club played the semifinal of the FA Cup against Liverpool, but this was discontinued by the early Hillsboroughramp in which 96 Liverpool fans died. Also in 1990 the club took the League Cup home, this time against Oldham Athletic. In1992/93 the club relegated in the first season of the Premier League. It was the end of Brian Clough as a trainer. He had sixteen swirling first class years with two European titles, the Super Cup and four League Cups.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Famous players from the period of Brian Clough include Teddy Sheringham, Roy Keane, Stuart Pearce, Des Walker, Hans van Breukelen, Brian Roy and Trevor Francis. The last was in 1979 the first player in the history of football for whom a transfer fee of more than one million pounds was paid. ===Demise<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Just two seasons later the club back at the top. Forest were promoted right away and then was third in the League and reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup, which it lost to Bayern Munich. It was that year that the only English club reached the quarter final in a European competition. It would be the last significant achievement of the club. The club was relegated In 1996/97 . Also now came Forest after one season back, but this time, the club also referred back to the second division. Forest lost even with 8-1 by Manchester United. In 2002, Forest to do with a large debt, and threatened bankruptcy. In 2002/03 the club is the spot for the final tournament to promotion but losing to Sheffield United's. Two seasons later the club was relegated to the third Division. This was the first club that has won the European Cup final, which so far as relegated. However, there were still about 22,000 visitors to the home games.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On May 3, 2008 won Nottingham Forest on the final day 3-2 to Yeovil Town. By Doncaster Rovers ended the points loss of Forest in second place in the League One and forced that way again promotion to theChampionship. ==Palmares<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * English League Championship
 * 1978


 * FA Cup
 * 1898, 1959


 * League Cup
 * 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990


 * FA Community Shield
 * 1978


 * Full Members Cup
 * 1989, 1992


 * European Cup Football Club Tournament
 * 1979, 1980


 * European Supercup
 * 1979

==Nottingham in Europe<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="57" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Total points for UEFA coefficients: 68.0 ==Notable former players<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Dutch<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1R = first round
 * 2R = second round
 * 1/8 = 1/8th final
 * 1/4 = quarter final
 * 1/2 = semifinal
 * F = final
 * PUC = points UEFA coefficients
 * Hans van Breukelen
 * Pierre van Hooijdonk
 * John Metgod
 * Bryan Roy
 * Frans Thijssen
 * Hans Segers
 * Dorus de Vries
 * Brian Clough
 * Chris Cohen
 * Trevor Francis
 * Archie Gemmill
 * Grant Holt
 * Roy Keane
 * Bob McKinlay
 * Martin O'Neill
 * James Perch
 * David Platt
 * Peter Shilton
 * John Terry
 * Bill Whare
 * Davy Oyen
 * Nottingham Forest was the first club that nets hung in the goals.
 * The club played in the first game in which the referee a flute used in place of a flag.
 * Nottingham Forest is the only club that more often the European cup (the predecessor of the Champions League) then won the League title.
 * Nottingham Forest is the only European cup winner who relegated to the third Division.
 * Another formerly illustrious club as far degraded is Leeds United.