Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as Forest, are a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Founded in 1865, Forest are considered to be the oldest football league club since the relegation of Notts County to the National League in 2019. Since 1898 Forest have played their home matches at the City Ground. They currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English football player and manager. He played as a striker and remains one of the Football League's highest goalscorers, but his career was shortened by a serious injury. As a manager, Clough's name is closely associated with that of Peter Taylor, who served as his assistant manager at various clubs in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. They achieved great successes with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Clough is also remembered for doing frequent radio and television interviews in which he made controversial remarks about players, other managers, and the overall state of the game.
Vivian Alexander Anderson, MBE is an English football coach and former player. He played for various clubs in The Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday. He is also notable for being the first black football player to represent England in a full international match.
The 1977–78 season was the 98th season of competitive football in England.
Archibald Gemmill is a Scottish former footballer. During his career he won the European Cup, three English league titles and captained his national side. He scored a goal against the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, which is regularly cited as one of the greatest scored in the competition.
William McIntosh Davies is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He won the 2007 Playoffs with Derby County, finished as runners-up in 2005 with Preston North End, and reached the semi-finals in 2006 (Preston), 2010 and 2011.
Frank Clark is an English former footballer and manager, and former chairman of Nottingham Forest. Clark played in over 400 games for Newcastle United before moving to Nottingham Forest where he won the European Cup.
David John Beasant is an English former football goalkeeper. He began his career in the late 1970s. Beasant's former clubs include Edgware Town, Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wigan Athletic.
Samuel Hardy was an England-international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
John Prescott McGovern is a Scottish former association football midfielder and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor.
Ian Breckin is an English former professional footballer. He is now head coach at Wickersley Wanderers.
Colin Calderwood is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a centre back.
Sabri Lamouchi is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest.
Stephen Chettle is an English former professional footballer and current manager of Basford United.
Gary Nicholas Brazil is an English former professional footballer and football manager, who is now academy manager at Nottingham Forest. He scored 160 goals in 658 league and cup games in an 18-year professional career.
The 1979 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Olympiastadion, Munich, on 30 May 1979. Trevor Francis scored the only goal of the match, as Nottingham Forest of England defeated Malmö FF of Sweden 1–0 to become European champions for the first time in club history. The win represented a third successive victory for an English side in the European Cup, after Liverpool's victories in 1977 and 1978.
John Pemberton is an English former professional footballer, he is currently the manager of Chesterfield. He has also coached at Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, and was Academy Manager at Sheffield United and Chesterfield.
The Brian Clough Trophy is contested whenever East Midlands rivals Derby County and Nottingham Forest play each other. The trophy is named after Brian Clough, who managed both clubs to great success. The trophy is currently held by Nottingham Forest F.C.
Football matches held between Nottingham Forest and Derby County are often referred to as an 'East Midlands Derby' and are the cause of a lengthy and intense rivalry. According to an unofficial survey on 'football rivalries' the 'East Midlands Derby' is the 11th fiercest rivalry in English football, with 9 out of 10 fans from the two clubs naming the other as their "fiercest rival". Since 2007, the winning team of a Forest V Derby match has been awarded the Brian Clough Trophy, in memory of Brian Clough, who managed both clubs during his long and successful football career. The inaugural match was held at Derby's Pride Park on 31 July 2007, in which the host team lost 2–0. Forest are the current holders of the trophy, having retained the trophy after defeating Derby 1–0 at the City Ground on 9 November 2019.
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently manager of Championship club Nottingham Forest.
