WHO ARE YA?! NOTTINGHAM FOREST The Tricky Trees have strong roots!Forest players in the mood to celebrate! THE CLUB Founded 1865 Colours Red and white Nickname The Tricky Trees Stadium The City Ground Record Attendance 49,946 Record Win 14-0 v Clapton, 1891 Record Defeat 9-1 v Blackburn Rovers, 1937 Most Appearances Bob McKinlay, 692 ,1951-1970 Most Goals Grenville Morris, 217, 1898-1913 Honours European Cup winners: 1979, 1980 Football League winners: 1977-78 FA Cup: 1898, 1959 If you ask a football fan League Cup winners: 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990 from Europe to list some FIFA 19 Rating: famous English football **** clubs, one name they suggest DID YOU KNOW? might surprise you. That is Forest also had teams in other sports Nottingham Forest. They have been European champions more in their early days – they were English times than all the clubs in London! baseball champions in 1899!
THE MANAGER Aitor Karanka became Forest manager THE HISTORY in January . Before that he won Nottingham Forest were formed in promotion to the Premier League with and became members of the Football Middlesbrough in . As a player League in . Most of the teams he was a defender at Real Madrid. created in the th century changed their colours but Forest have always worn red shirts. They won the FA Cup in but had to HOME wait until to win the SHIRT trophy again. Forest’s greatest days started after the legendary
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THE FANS Forest’s record crowd was a huge , for a match against Manchester United in . Last season their average attendance was ,! Their supporters sing the song Mull of Kintyre, which came out in – the season they won the League. THE RIVALS Although there is another club in the same city, most Forest fans don’t see Notts County as their main rivals. Instead, Derby County, based miles away, are the team Forest most like to beat. Since , their clashes have MASCOT been for the Brian Clough Trophy, ROBIN HOOD named after both clubs’ most famous manager.
Brian Clough became manager in . He had already won the League with THE STADIUM THE STAR Forest’s big rivals, Derby County. His The City Ground has been Forest team were promoted to Division Forest’s home since PLAYERS One in then, amazingly, won .. It is by the side Even though he grew up the League title the next year! Then of the River Trent. supporting Derby County, they achieved even more, becoming On the opposite Ben Osborn has played European champions for the next two bank of the river over games for Forest seasons. In the Clough era, the is Meadow Lane, the home of and is a key player at the heart team also won the League Nottingham’s other club – Notts of midfield. Up front Lewis Cup four times. County. No other two football Ben Osborn Grabban and ex-Newcastle Forest were relegated stadiums in England are closer looks for his striker Daryl Murphy are a in , Clough’s final together – you could kick a ball next pass handful for defenders. season, and dropped to between them! League One in . They won promotion in and have been in the Forest’s City Ground Championship ever (bottom) and County’s since. Meadow Lane (top) are on opposite sides of the river – that’s what we Brian Clough call close neighbours! shows off the European Cup 19
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