On 23 April 1870, when the team played their first game in league play, the steward of the club was John Lymberry and William Henry Revis scored the first goal. įorest's first ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866. The EFL also stated that Nottingham Forest was the oldest. In 2019, when Notts County were relegated from the league, Stoke City claimed to be the oldest remaining club, but football historian Mark Metcalf stated that Stoke was formed in 1868, rather than the 1863 date on the club's badge, and therefore Forest was the oldest club. Nottingham Forest claims to be the oldest remaining club in the English Football League. Matches were originally played at Forest Racecourse, the presumed source of the word 'Forest' in the team's name. Thus the club's official colours were established. It was agreed at the same meeting that the club would purchase twelve tasselled caps coloured ' Garibaldi Red' (named after the leader of the Italian 'Redshirts' fighters). Scrimshaw's proposal to play association football instead was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed. In 1865 a group of shinty players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham's Shakespeare Street. The Playwright, formerly the Clinton Arms, on Sherwood Street, Nottingham, where the Forest Football Club was founded in 1865 In 2007 the Brian Clough Trophy was founded, which has since then been given to the winner of the East Midlands derby. The two clubs have met a total of 109 times, with Forest claiming the most victories (43), the longest win streak (5), and the longest unbeaten run (10) which runs from 11 March 2018 to the present day. įorest's fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, with which club it contests the East Midlands derby. The team returned to the Premier League by winning the 2022 Championship play-off final against Huddersfield Town. Upon an immediate return, Forest finished third in the Premier League in 1995 before again suffering relegation from the top flight in 19. In Clough's last decade at the club, the Nottingham Forest team won the 19 League Cups and were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup Final and 1992 League Cup Final, before relegation from the Premier League in 1993. Its most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which included back-to-back wins in the then European Cup in 19. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football since its admission to the Football League, with the exception of five seasons in the third tier. Nottingham Forest has won two European Cups (now the UEFA Champions League), one UEFA Super Cup, one League title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and one FA Charity Shield. Forest secured promotion from the EFL Championship during the 2021–22 season, and retained its Premier League status in 2022–23. It is also considered by the EFL as its oldest member club (due to Stoke City's lack of evidence of being founded in 1863), as well as being the oldest club currently competing in the Premier League, the top division of the English football league system. Forest has two stars above its club crest to commemorate its two European Cup victories. Forest is one of six English clubs to have won the European Cup (an accolade it shares with Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester City), one of four English clubs to have won that trophy multiple times (along with Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea), as well as one of two English clubs (the other being Liverpool) to have won the competition back-to-back. It was founded in 1865 the team have played their home games at the City Ground, on the south bank of the River Trent in Nottingham, since 1898. Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as Forest for short, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, England.
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