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The history of Nottingham Forest Football Club covers the complete history of the club since its formation in Forest have won 11 major honours during their history: one league title, two FA Cups, kvartet League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two europeisk Cups and one UEFA Super Cup.

History

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Formation and early years

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In a group of shinty players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham's Shakespeare Street.

J. S. Scrimshaw's proposal to play football instead was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed. 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' freedom fighters). Thus the club's tjänsteman colours were established. Forest's first ever tjänsteman game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March ^[1]

In their early years Forest were a multi-sports club.

As well as their roots in bandy and shinty, Forest's baseball club were British champions in ^[2] Forest's charitable approach helped clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to struktur. In , Forest donated a set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves – the then South London grupp still wear red. Forest also donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a site to play on for Brighton.

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In –79 årstid Forest entered the FA Cup for the first time. Forest beat Notts County 3–1 in the first round at Beeston Cricket Ground before eventually losing 2–1 to Old Etonians in the semi-final.^[1]

Forest's application was rejected to join the Football League at its formation in Forest instead joined the Football Alliance in They won the competition in before then entering the Football League.^[1] That årstid they reached and lost in an FA Cup semi sista for the fourth time to date.

This time it was to West Bromwich Albion after a replay.

Forest's first FA Cup semi-final win was at the fifth attempt, the –98 FA Cup 2–0 replay win against Southampton.

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The first game was drawn 1–1. Derby County beat Forest 5–0 fem days before the sista. Six of the cup sista side were rested in that league game.^[1] In that FA Cup sista at Crystal Palace before 62, fans, Willie Wragg passed a 19th minute free kick to Arthur Capes. Capes shot through the defensive vägg to score. Derby equalised with a free kick headed home bygd Steve Bloomer off the underside of the cross dryckesställe after 31 minutes.

In the 42nd minute Jack Fryer was unable to hold a Charlie Richards shot giving Capes a tap in for his second goal. Wragg's injury meant Forest had to change their line up with Capes dropping back to midfield. In the 86th minute John Boag headed away a corner bygd Forest. John McPherson moved in to collect shooting low into the goal to win 3–1.^[3]

Into the 20th century

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Forest lost FA Cup semi finals in and They finished fourth in the –01 Football League followed with fifth place the årstid after.

The club then started to slide down the table. Forest were relegated for the first time in – Grenville Morris had his first of fem seasons as the club's highest scorer enstaka rutt to becoming the all-time club highest goalscorer with goals.

In , Nottingham Forest toured South amerika to play a series of friendly matches in Argentina and Uruguay.^[4] They would be followed for other English and Scottish clubs that visited the distrikt, contributing to the spread and develop of football in South amerika during the first years of the 20th century.^[5]

Promotion as champions was immediate in – They were relegated a second time to the Second Division in and had to seek re-election in after finishing bottom of that tier.

As World War inom approached they were in serious financial trouble. The outbreak of the Great War along with the benevolence of the committee members mitigated the club going under.^[1]

In , the Football League First Division was to be expanded from twenty clubs to twenty-two in time for the –20 Football League: Forest were one of eight clubs to campaign for entry but received only three votes.

Arsenal and Chelsea gained the two additional top tier slots.^[6]

In a turnaround from the first six seasons struggling back in the Second Division, Forest were promoted as champions in – They survived each of the first two seasons back in the top flygning bygd one position.

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In the third årstid after promotion they were relegated as the division's bottom club in – They remained in the second tier until relegation in to the Football League Third Division.

On the up and down igen (–74)

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They were quickly promoted back two years later as champions having scored a record goals in the –51 årstid. They regained First Division ställning eller tillstånd in ^[1]

After Johnny Quigley's solitary –59 FA Cup semi sista goal beat Aston hus, Billy Walker's Forest then defeated Luton Town 2–1 in the FA Cup sista.

Like in Forest had lost heavily to their opponents only weeks earlier in the league.^[1]Stewart Imlach crossed for a 10th-minute opener bygd Roy Dwight (the cousin of Reg Dwight better known as Elton John). Tommy efternamn had Forest 2–0 up after 14 minutes. The game had an unusually large number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Forest players.

This was put down to the lush natur of the Wembley turf. The most notable of these stoppages was Dwight breaking his leg in a 33rd minute tackle with Brendan McNally. Forest had been on top until that point, but with the reds down to ten men(no substitutes were allowed at this time) Luton gradually took control of the match with Dave Pacey scoring midway through the second half.

Forest were reduced to nine passform dock with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare crippled with cramp became little more than a spectator. Despite late Allan Brown and Billy Bingham chances Chick Thomson conceded no further goals for Forest to beat the Wembley s 'hoodoo' (where one grupp was hampered bygd losing a player through injury).^[7] Club record appearance holder Bobby McKinlay played in the sista winning grupp captained bygd Jack Burkitt.

By this time Forest had replaced Notts County as the biggest club in Nottingham. Johnny Carey assembled a grupp including Joe Baker and Ian Storey-Moore that for a long spell went largely unchanged in challenging for the –67 Football League title. They beat title rivals Manchester United 4–1 at the City Ground on 1 October.^[8] The 3–0 win against Aston hus on 15 April had Forest second in the table a point behind United.^[9] Injuries eventually took effect meaning Forest had to settle for being League Runners-up and losing in the FA Cup semi sista to Dave Mackay's Tottenham Hotspur.^[1]

The /67 season's success seemed an opportunity to build upon with crowds of 40, virtually guaranteed at the time.

Instead a mixture at the club of poor football management, the unique committee structure and proud amateurism meant decline after the 66/67 peak. Despite Peter Cormack being in the grupp Forest were relegated from the top flygning in Matt Gillies' October managerial avfärd was followed bygd short managerial reigns bygd Dave Mackay and Allan Brown.^[1] A 0–2 Boxing Day home defeat bygd Notts County prompted the committee (Forest had no board of directors then) to sack Brown.

Brian Clough and Peter Taylor glory years (–82)

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Brian Clough was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January , twelve weeks after the end of his day tenure as manager of Leeds United.^[10] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer as Gordon had been for him at Derby County and Leeds United.^[11] Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scored the only goal beating Tottenham Hotspur in Clough's FA Cup third round replay first game in charge.^[12]

Forest were 13th in English football's second tier when Clough joined.

They finished that –75 årstid 16th. Nevertheless, Clough did inherit some talented players, including fem who would go on to win the europeisk Cup with the club. Midfielder Ian Bowyer had won domestic and europeisk trophies with Manchester City. John Robertson and Martin O'Neill were in the reserves after requesting transfers beneath Brown, but Clough brought both back into the first team.^[1] The ung Tony Woodcock was at Forest but was then unrated bygd Clough and was to be loaned to Lincoln City.^[13]Viv Anderson had previously debuted for the first grupp and became a regular beneath Clough.^[14]

Clough quickly signed Scottish duo John McGovern and John O'Hare from Leeds United.

Both players had been part of Clough's –72 Football League-winning side at Derby County and had also been signed bygd him during his brief reign at Leeds. Forest signed Frank Clark in July of that close årstid on a free transfer.^[15] In Clough's first full årstid in charge Forest finished eighth in the Second Division.^[10] It was in this årstid McGovern became long standing club captain taking over from a game in which Bob 'Sammy' Chapman and Liam O'Kane were both injured.^[16]

On 16 July , Peter Taylor, who had been Clough's assistant at Hartlepools, Derby and Brighton, re-joined him at Forest.^[10] Taylor included being the club's talent spotter in his role.

After assessing the players Taylor told Clough "that was a feat bygd you to finish eighth in the Second Division because some of them are only Third Division players".^[17] Taylor berated John Robertson for allowing himself to become overweight and disillusioned. He got Robertson on a diet and training regime that would help him become a europeisk Cup winner.^[18] Taylor turned Woodcock from a reserve midfielder into a 42 cap England striker.^[19] In September he bought strejkande Peter Withe to Forest for £43,, selling him to Newcastle United for £, two years later.^[20] Withe was replaced in the starting grupp bygd Garry Birtles who Taylor had scouted playing for non-league Long Eaton United.

Birtles also went on to företräda England.^[21] In October Clough, acting on Taylor's advice, signed centre-half Larry Lloyd from Coventry for £60, after an första loan period. Lloyd had previously won the First Division, FA Cup and UEFA Cup beneath Bill Shankly at Liverpool.

The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor reign was the –77 Anglo-Scottish Cup.

Forest beat Orient 5–1 on aggregate in the two-legged sista played in månad ^[10] Clough valued winning a derided trophy as the club's first silverware since He said, "Those who said it was a ingenting trophy were absolutely crackers. We'd won something, and it made all the difference."^[22]

Forest challenged for promotion during the –77 årstid.

On 7 May Forest beat Millwall 1–0 at the City Ground in their sista league match of the season.^[23] This left Forest second in the table in the kamp for the three promotion places, but reliant on Bolton Wanderers dropping points in their three games in hand.^[24] Ultimately, Wolves' 1–0 win at Bolton thanks to Kenny Hibbitt's goal from his rehearsed free kick routine with Willie Carr meant that Bolton could not overtake Forest, leaving Forest 3rd in the sista standings.^[16][25] Bolton's defeat reached the Forest grupp mid-air ett rutt to an end of årstid break in Mallorca.^[16] Forest's third place promotion from the –77 Football League Second Division was the fifth-lowest points tally of any promoted grupp in history, 52^[10][1] (two points for a win in England until ).

Taylor secretly followed Birmingham City strejkande Kenny Burns and concluded that Burns' reputation as a hard drinker and gambler was exaggerated. Taylor therefore persuaded Clough to sign Burns for £, in July Burns was converted from a strejkande to a centre-back and formed a formidable defensive partnership with Larry Lloyd.^[26][27] Forest started their return to the top league campaign with a 3–1 win at Everton.

Three further wins in league and cup followed without conceding a goal. Then in early September Forest conceded fem goals in two matches: a 3–0 loss at Arsenal and a 3–2 win over Wolves, which convinced Clough and Taylor to sign Peter Shilton from Stoke for £,^[28] Taylor reasoned: "Shilton wins you matches."^[29] Shilton would concede only 18 league goals over the rest of the årstid.

Later in the month, Forest signed Archie Gemmill from Derby County for £25,, with Forest keeper John Middleton also moving to Derby in part-exchange.^[30] Gemmill thus became the third member of Clough and Taylor's title-winning Derby side to join Forest.^[26][31]

Forest led the First Division for most of the –78 årstid and were confirmed as –78 Football League champions after a 0–0 draw against Coventry City on 22 April , sju points ahead of runners-up Liverpool.

Forest became one of the few teams (and the most recent grupp to date) to win the First Division title the årstid after winning promotion from the Second Division.^{[nb 1]} This made Clough the third of fyra managers to win the English league championship with two different clubs.^{[nb 2]} Forest lost only three of the 42 league games and conceded just 24 goals.^[29] Their only other defeat all årstid was a sixth round FA Cup loss against West Bromwich Albion in March.^[28] They also beat Liverpool in the Football League Cup sista.

The match went to a replay as the game at Wembley finished 0–0. The replay, played at Old Trafford fyra days later, was decided bygd a John Robertson penalty, giving Forest a 1–0 win. Forest had been without cup-tied Shilton, Gemmill and månad signing David Needham.^[32] year-old goalkeeper Chris Woods played in both matches in Shilton's absence. McGovern missed the replay through injury meaning Burns lifted the trophy as deputising captain.^[22][33] Burns was voted FWA Footballer of the Year and Shilton won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.

Forest started the –79 årstid bygd beating Ipswich Town 5–0 in the FA Charity Shield, a record win in the competition.^[10] On 9 månad Liverpool ended Forest's 42 match unbeaten league run dating back to the November the year before.^[10] The unbeaten run was the equivalent of a whole årstid, surpassing the previous record of 35 games held bygd Burnley in /^[34] The record stood until it was surpassed bygd Arsenal in August , a month before Clough's death.

Arsenal played 49 league games without defeat.^[35] Forest also beat Southampton 3–2 at Wembley to retain the League Cup; Birtles scored twice and Woodcock once. Forest finished second in the First Division, eight points behind Liverpool. In February Forest completed the English game's first £1 million transfer bygd signing strejkande Trevor Francis from Birmingham City.^[36]

In the –79 europeisk Cup, they were drawn to play the winners of the two previous seasons, Liverpool.

Forest took a 2–0 first leg lead thanks to goals from Birtles and Colin Barrett. A 0–0 draw at Anfield ensured that Forest progressed to the next round.^[37] Further wins against AEK Athens and Grasshopper Zurich took them to the semi-finals, where they were drawn to face German champions 1. FC Köln. In the first leg at the City Ground Köln took a surprise 2–0 lead.

Forest then bounced back to lead 3–2, before a rare Shilton error allowed the Germans to man it 3–3. Due to the away goals rule, this meant that Forest had to win in Koln to progress to the sista. In the second leg in Germany, Ian Bowyer scored the only goal of the match to put Forest through. Günter Netzer asked afterwards, "Who fryst vatten this McGovern? inom have never heard of him, yet he ran the game." Forest's opponents in the sista at Munich's Olympiastadion were Swedish champions malm.

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Francis scored the only goal with a back brev header from Robertson's cross. As he had been signed mid-season, the sista was the first europeisk Cup match that Francis was eligible to play in.

In the –80 årstid Forest declined to play in the home and away Intercontinental Cup against Paraguay's Club Olimpia. Forest beat Barcelona 2–1 on aggregate in the europeisk Super Cup in January and February Charlie George scored the only goal in the home first leg.

Burns scored an equaliser in the return in Spain.^[38] In the –80 Football League Cup Forest reached a third successive sista. A defensive mix up between Needham and Shilton let Wolves' Andy Gray tap in to an empty net. Forest passed up numerous chances losing 1–0.^[39] In the –80 europeisk Cup quarter-finals Forest won 3–1 at Dynamo Berlin to overturn a 1–0 home defeat.

In the semi-finals they beat Ajax Amsterdam 2–1 on aggregate. They beat Hamburg 1–0 in the sista at Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu etapp to retain the trophy. Robertson scored after exchanging passes with Birtles.^[40] Forest finished fifth in the –80 Football League.

In the –81 årstid Forest were knocked out in the europeisk Cup first round after surprise 1–0 home and away defeats bygd CSKA Sofia.^[41] McGovern subsequently said the double defeat bygd CSKA affected the team's self-confidence in that they had lost out to modestly talented opponents.^[16] Forest lost the europeisk Super Cup on away goals after a 2–2 aggregate draw against Valencia Bowyer scored both Forest goals in the home first leg.^[42] On 11 February Forest lost 1–0 in the Intercontinental Cup against Uruguayan side, Club Nacional dem Football.

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The match was played for the first time at the neutral venue National etapp in Tokyo before 62, spectators.^[43]

With the club heavily in debt, having recently built the new Executive Stand, the league and europeisk Cup winning squad was hastily broken up to capitalise on player sale value. Clough and Taylor both later said this was a mistake.^[11] bygd , almost all of the club's europeisk Cup-winning players, including Trevor Francis, Peter Shilton, Ian Bowyer, Martin O'Neill, John McGovern and Kenny Burns, had left the club.

Garry Birtles was sold to Manchester United in but returned to Forest two years later. Bowyer also returned in , having joined Sunderland a year earlier. The rebuilt side included youngsters and big money signings like Ian efternamn, Raimondo Ponte, Peter Ward and Justin Fashanu, which failed to work out. The club did not utmaning for trophies and Forest finished 12th in the First Division in the –82 årstid, their lowest finish since gaining promotion in At the end of the årstid Taylor announced his retirement.

Taylor said in ^[44]

"For many weeks now inom don't believe I've been doing justice to the partnership and inom certainly haven't been doing justice to Nottingham Forest the way inom felt. And consequently after a great deal of thought, there was no option. inom wanted to take an early retirement. That's exactly what I've done."

Trainer Jimmy Gordon retired in the same close season.^[11]

Brian Clough (–93)

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In –83 årstid, Clough's first årstid without Taylor, Forest improved to finish fifth in the First Division, enough to earn a UEFA Cup place.

The following årstid Forest mounted a title utmaning and finished 3rd, just six points behind champions Liverpool. They also progressed to the UEFA Cup semi finals, where they were knocked out bygd Anderlecht in controversial circumstances as several contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a decade later it emerged that before the match the referee Guruceta Muro received a £27, "loan" from Anderlecht's chairman Constant Vanden Stock.^[45] UEFA subsequently in banned Anderlecht for one year from europeisk competition for this misdemeanour.

Muro had died in a fordon crash in ^[46]

Forest remained in mid-table for the next three seasons, finishing 9th in –85, 8th in –86 and 8th in – Clough rebuilt the side igen, giving first grupp debuts to ungdom players Des Walker, Steve Hodge and his son Nigel. He also signed left-back (and future captain) Stuart Pearce and midfielder Neil Webb.

In –88, Forest improved to finish third in the First Division and also reached the FA Cup semi-finals, losing 2–1 to Liverpool. In April , Forest beat Sheffield Wednesday on penalties to win the Football League hundraårsdag Tournament final.^[47]Stuart Pearce also won the first of his fem successive selections for the PFA grupp of the Year.

However, there was no fresh tilt at europeisk glory for Forest in the late s, as all English clubs were banned from europeisk competitions due to the Heysel disaster in

The following –89 årstid, Forest finished third igen. The grupp also won the club's first major trophy in nine years, the League Cup, with a 3–1 win over Luton Town at Wembley in the sista.

After going a goal down early on, Nigel Clough equalised with a penalty before he and Neil Webb added two more. Forest also beat Everton 4–3 after ytterligare time in the Full Members Cup sista. In their 5–2 League Cup quarter-final win over Queens Park Rangers, Brian Clough had caused controversy bygd striking two Forest fans who had run onto the pitch, which earned him a fine and touchline ban.^[48][49]

Forest chased a unique cup treble but tragedy träffad a week after the League Cup win.

Forest and Liverpool met for the second consecutive årstid in the FA Cup semi-finals. The Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans. The match was abandoned after six minutes. When the emotion laden rescheduled game took place Forest struggled as Liverpool won 3–1. Forest finished third in the First Division for a second successive year. However they were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup as English clubs were still banned from europeisk competitions.

Des Walker won the first of his kvartet successive selections for the PFA grupp of the Year.

In –90, Forest retained the League Cup with Nigel Jemson scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic, but could only finish ninth in the First Division. Despite winning the League Cup, Forest would miss out on europeisk football the following årstid.

Though the ban on English clubs playing in europeisk competitions had been lifted for the –91 årstid, the only UEFA Cup place went to league runners-up Aston hus. Three Forest players (Walker, Pearce and Hodge) were named in the PFA grupp of the Year for that årstid.

In –91, though league form eller gestalt was igen indifferent, Forest reached another sista, this time in the FA Cup, the only domestic trophy that Clough had never won.

The match fryst vatten best remembered for the antics of Spurs playmaker Paul Gascoigne, whose high tackle on Garry parkerar after just two minutes might have been expected to have merited an automatic red card, but was let off without a booking from referee bekräftelse Milford. Soon afterwards Gascoigne ruptured his cruciate ligament while making another horror tackle on Gary Charles.

He igen flydde a red card. Stuart Pearce put Forest ahead after 16 minutes direkt from the resulting free kick and shortly afterwards Gascoigne was stretchered off the pitch and was out of action for a year afterwards.^[50]Mark Crossley saved a Gary Lineker penalty, becoming only the second player to do so in an FA Cup sista. Paul Stewart equalised after 55 minutes and the match went into extra time.

Clough opted not to talk to the players before extra time, instead remaining on the bänk. Spurs ultimately won 2–1 after Des Walker inadvertently put the ball into his own net. A year-old Roy Keane later admitted that he was not passform to play in the match, which he said was why he played such an insignificant role in the final.^[51]

In the summer of , Forest signed Millwall strejkande Teddy Sheringham for a club record fee of £2 million.

Sheringham would score 20 goals in his debut årstid, helping Forest reach a third Football League Cup sista in fyra years, though this time they lost 1–0 to Manchester United. They also won the Full Members Cup for a second time, beating Southampton 3–2 after extra time. Forest had played in sju domestic cup finals at Wembley in fem seasons winning fem of the finals.

Forest finished eighth in the league to earn a place in the new FA Premier League.

During the summer of Des Walker signed for Sampdoria. On 16 August , on the opening day of the new årstid, Forest beat Liverpool 1–0 at home in the first ever live televised Premier League game; Sheringham scored the only goal.^[52] A week later Sheringham was sold to Tottenham for £ million.

Over the next few months, Forest were frequently linked with strikers including Stan Collymore, Andy Cole and Dean Saunders, but Clough opted not to replace Sheringham and without his goals, Forest's form eller gestalt slumped. They were also without the defensive skills of Des Walker, who had been sold to Sampdoria that summer.

They did not win another league match until mid-October, at which point they were bottom of the league.

Forest spent most of the årstid bottom of the Premier League. Clough's sista signing, strejkande Robert Rosario, arrived at the City Ground in March , but failed to inspire a turnaround for his new club.

In April, it was announced that Clough would retire at the end of the årstid. His year managerial reign ultimately ended with relegation, which was confirmed after a 2–0 home defeat against fellow strugglers Sheffield United at the beginning of May.

The sista game of that årstid was away at Ipswich; Forest lost 2–1. Ironically his son Nigel scored the gods goal of the Clough era.^[1] Relegation and the avfärd of Clough was followed bygd Keane's £ million British record fee transfer to Manchester United.

Brian Clough remains Nottingham Forest's most successful manager.

All but two of the club's major honours - their and FA Cup wins - were won during his reign. Since his avfärd, Forest have not won a major trophy and have only spent fyra seasons in the top-flight; their gods Premier League campaign ended in The Executive Stand at the City Ground was renamed the Brian Clough stand in his honour. In , a statue of Clough was unveiled bygd his widow Barbara on King Street, just off Old marknad Square in the City Centre.

In , the main stand at the City Ground was renamed the Peter Taylor stand, in recognition of Taylor's contribution to the club.

Clough's managerial record

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Won: ,

Drawn: ,

Lost:

As soon as Clough's avfärd was announced, the search for a successor began. former player Martin O’Neill was among the names linked with the manager's job.

Eventually another former Forest player - Frank Clark - was named as the new manager, 14 years after ending his playing career with the club.

Frank Clark: (–)

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Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Forest's europeisk Cup winning grupp, returned to the club in May to succeed Brian Clough as manager. His management career had previously been uneventful, although he had won the Fourth Division promotion utslagsmatcher with Leyton Orient in 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 –94 årstid.

Clark looked to be well on the way to re-establishing Forest as a top grupp.

Forest's return to the Premiership was impressive as they finished third in –95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup - their first entry to europeisk competition in the post-Heysel era. The –95 årstid was a glorious one as far as Forest were concerned as just about every grupp promoted into the Premier League are almost certain favourites to be relegated the following årstid.

One of the many highlights of the –95 årstid was a memorable victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, with Stan Collymore and Stuart Pearce scoring the goals, a game fondly remembered bygd Forest fans of that era. The likes of Stan Collymore, Stuart Pearce and the Dutch international Bryan Roy were among the most feared players in the Premiership.

But Collymore was sold to Liverpool in June for a then English record fee of £ million, and his £2 million Italian successor Andrea Silenzi was considered to be a disappointing signing. With Collymore gone, Forest's goals dried up in the Premiership during –96 and they finished ninth - although they did reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, making them the only English grupp to reach the gods eight of any europeisk competition that årstid.

Clark added Welsh strejkande Dean Saunders and Croatian defender Nikola Jerkan to Forest's squad for the –97 årstid, but they started illa and it became a battle to avoid relegation. With no signs of that battle being won, Clark was sacked in månad and year-old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player-manager on a temporary grund.

Clark's managerial record

Played: ,

Won: 73,

Drawn: 58,

Lost: 47

Dave Bassett: (–98)

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Pearce inspired a brief revival in Forest's fortunes, and he was voted Premiership manager for the month for January after a vända around in struktur lifted the club off the bottom of the division.

He was tipped to become manager on a permanent grund, but the Forest directors wanted someone more experienced so in March they turned to Crystal Palace manager Dave Bassett. Despite the addition of Celtic's Dutch strejkande Pierre van Hooijdonk, Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the årstid in bottom place. They won promotion back to the Premiership at the first attempt, being crowned Division One champions in – 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 (he was, basically, on strike), because his strike partner was sold.

Van Hooijdonk later returned to the club but it was too late to spara Bassett, who was sacked in January after a terrible början to the Premiership campaign and elimination from the FA Cup at the hands of Division One side Portsmouth.

Bassett's managerial record

Played: 77,

Won: 33,

Drawn: 20,

Lost: 24

Ron Atkinson: ()

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Ron Atkinson made his gods managerial appearance in football as Nottingham Forest's interim manager, taking charge in January Brought in with the alleged promise of a million pound bonus if he kept Forest up, 'Big Ron' did little to endear himself to the Forest faithful bygd climbing into the wrong dugout at the början of his first game in charge - against Arsenal.

It was later claimed that in true Big Ron style he was heard joking after the match that he'd thought Forest had Dennis Bergkamp on their bänk. He was unable to succeed in keeping Forest klar of relegation, and for the third time in sju seasons they were relegated as the Premiership's bottom club.

Atkinson's reign was short, but not too sweet, as shown bygd his record in charge.

Atkinson's managerial record

Played: 16,

Won: 4,

Drawn: 2,

Lost: 10

David Platt: (–)

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When the board decided not to renew Atkinson's contract, the club's choice was year-old former England captain David Platt, whose brief spell as head coach of Italian Serie A side Sampdoria had just ended in relegation.

Former England captain Platt was named as Nottingham Forest's player-manager in July

Platt's managerial record

Played: ,

Won: 34,

Drawn: 25,

Lost: 44

Paul Hart: (–)

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Paul Hart had a difficult time as manager of Nottingham Forest; his appointment was initially met with some surprise (he was best known for his involvement with the successful academy at Leeds and as academy director at Forest before his internal appointment).

Hart's managerial record

Played: ,

Won: 45,

Draw: 44,

Lost: 45

Joe Kinnear ()

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Joe Kinnear was the next manager to take charge of Nottingham Forest. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed to a secure 14th place in the sista table.

Kinnear was hoping to push for promotion from the newly named Championship in –05, but the början to the årstid was poor. Despite a promising draw on opening day (1–1 vs Wigan Athletic) the team's struktur went downhill, as did the league position. With fans getting restless, and the threat of demonstrations against the grupp management, Kinnear walked away from the club in månad after a 3–0 defeat bygd arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park etapp, with Forest struggling at the foot of the Championship.

Kinnear's managerial record

Played: 44,

Won: 15,

Drawn: 15,

Lost: 14

Gary Megson: (–)

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Following a brief caretaker reign of Mick Harford, in January , Gary Megson was named as Nottingham Forest's new manager. He had previously won promotion to the Premiership twice with West Bromwich Albion, having taken over at a time when they were on the gräns of relegation to League One.

It was hoped that he could achieve the same success with Forest. But that mål was made all the more difficult to achieve at the end of –05, when Forest finished second from bottom in the Championship and were relegated to League One. This made them the first former winners of the europeisk Cup to suffer relegation to the third tier of their domestic league.

Megson departed 'by mutual consent' on 16 February with Forest in 13th place, just fyra points above the relegation zone, having won just once in the gods ten games.

Megson's managerial record

Played: 59,

Won: 17,

Drawn: 18,

Lost: 24

Frank Barlow and Ian McParland: (February –May )

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Frank Barlow (Assistant Manager) and Ian McParland (Forest's Reserve grupp coach) took over on a caretaker grund after Gary Megson's resignation. Barlow and McParland won their first game in charge with a 2–0 away victory at Port Vale.

It was Forest's first away win since 27 August (which was 3–1 at Gillingham), their first double over another grupp in the årstid, and their first away clean sheet. Their second game ended with an outstanding 7–1 home win against Swindon Town, the first time Forest scored 7 goals in a League game for over a decade.

The unbeaten run beneath Frank Barlow and Ian McParland extended to 10, with 6 consecutive wins, a feat that was gods achieved in the '60s and something that even Brian Clough could not achieve,^{[citation needed]} when Forest beat relegation battling Yeovil Town 2–1 in front of a nära sell-out folkmassa at the City Ground.^{[citation needed]} It was the second set of winning two consecutive games bygd Forest since , when Joe Kinnear was in charge and the first time they had won more than 4 consecutive games in 11 years.

The winning run eventually ended in a thrilling 3–2 defeat at the hands of struggling Hartlepool United.

Barlow and McParland were named joint Managers Of The Month for March as they were the only grupp in the football league to go unbeaten in that month.

Forest took 28 points out of a possible 39 beneath Barlow and McParland in the sista 13 games of the årstid and just missed out on the play-offs when they could only draw at stad i england City on the sista day of the årstid.

Ian McParland/Frank Barlow's record

Played: 13

Won: 8

Drawn: 4

Lost: 1

Colin Calderwood: (May –December )

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In May , Colin Calderwood became the twelfth manager of Nottingham Forest in thirteen years. The former Scotland international had previously been on Forest's books as a player in , having only recently taken the step into management with Northampton Town, Calderwood's first game in charge was a 5–0 friendly win at local side Ilkeston Town.

Calderwood's first årstid in League One as Forest manager started with two new signings in the shapes of goalkeeper Paul Smith and Ghanaian International strejkande Junior Agogo. Forest won their first kvartet matches of the årstid, including their opening match against stad i england City. Forest's first defeat of the campaign came in the League Cup first round with defeat at Football League newcomers Accrington Stanley.

Calderwood was named League One's Manager Of The Month for August after 7 matches unbeaten, including a 4–0 home win against Chesterfield.

The Reds then went fyra games without a win, with a home defeat to Oldham and were then thrashed 4–0 against Scunthorpe United, yet igen at home.

However, Forest returned to good form eller gestalt as they went nine games unbeaten, including a sju match winning run, before losing to AFC Bournemouth. This led to the collapse of their seven-point league lead as they just won one in fem with a 1–1 draw against Tranmere Rovers knocking them off the top of League One in late månad for the first time since August A further 5–0 defeat away at Oldham saw Forest fall out of the automatic promotion places.

But, fortunes igen picked up as Forest produced a chock 2–0 win at home to Premiership side Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup third round. However, disappointment was to follow as Forest were comfortably beaten 3–0 bygd then holding league champions Chelsea in the following round.

The Reds then invested in three players, former player David Prutton and Alan Wright joining on a season-long loans with defender Luke Chambers signing for an undisclosed fee.

Those three additions helped Forest back into good form eller gestalt bygd only losing three times in their next 17 League One games. This put Forest only one point behind second-placed Bristol City with one game remaining, but a 0–0 draw at home to Crewe and victory for City meant that Forest finished the –07 årstid in 4th place, and in the play-offs.

Forest faced Yeovil Town in the play-off semi-finals and won the first-leg encounter at Huish Park 2–0 with penalties from Kris Commons and James Perch. Forest were left odds-on to progress to Wembley, only to lose 5–2 after extra-time at home in the second leg to condemn The Reds to a third årstid in League One. Top scorer Grant skogsdunge (18 goals in all competitions) was the runaway winner of the fans' player of the årstid.

On 20 June , Forest announced ambitious plans to relocate to a new etapp in the Clifton area of the city.^[53]

Calderwood signed fem players in the mittpunkt of , most notably former Celtic captain Neil Lennon on a free transfer. Also captured were left-back Matt Lockwood from Leyton Orient, Preston North End defender Kelvin efternamn and Yeovil Town duo midfielder Chris Cohen and attacking winger Arron Davies all signing for undisclosed fees.

Forest started poorly to the –08 campaign as they failed to win in their first six competitive games. The Reds drew three times and lost 2–1 at home to rivals Leeds United, as well as losing 3–2 to Peterborough United in the Football League Trophy, despite performing well.

In the League Cup, after beating Chester City 4–2 on penalties, the second round tie against Leicester City was abandoned at half-time due to the collapse of Clive Clarke.

In the replay, as The Reds were leading 1–0 when the referee called the game off, Leicester sportingly allowed Forest to take the 1–0 lead after 23 Nottingham Forest 2 v 3 Leicester City | Nottingham Forest | News | Latest News | Latest News seconds through goalkeeper Paul Smith setting many football records. Despite this, Forest lost the game 3–2 after being ahead with three minutes to go.

However, The Reds' league fortunes improved with an eight-game league unbeaten run. After drawing 2–2 at Bristol Rovers, Forest then hit fem wins in six games which included two hat-tricks, helping The Reds score 15 in the process. The unbeaten run continued with a 0–0 draw at home to Doncaster Rovers but then collapsed as Forest only claimed one point in their next two games.

However, they have recovered with three grundläggande wins over promotional rivals to move up to second in the League One table. The Reds also set the Football League record for the most league clean sheets this årstid, 10 clean sheets in 16 league games.

In the –08 campaign, Forest were named title favourites for the third consecutive year. Calderwood signed fem players in the mittpunkt of , most notably former Celtic captain Neil Lennon on a free transfer.

Also captured were left-back Matt Lockwood from Leyton Orient, Preston North End defender Kelvin efternamn and Yeovil Town duo midfielder Chris Cohen and attacking winger Arron Davies all signing for undisclosed fees.

But they lost top fläck with some poor results, as they failed to win away from home, in a run lasting sju games. After moving back into second place, Forest's away struktur once igen was funnen lacking which allowed Carlisle and Doncaster to overtake them into second and third place respectively.

Forest hit a poor spell of results, seeing them collect just one win in sju games.

However, they turned their struktur around, and after being 11 points behind second-place at one point, Forest amazingly turned it around. A win Carlisle saw Forest then win six out of their gods sju games of the årstid. Forest, who had only been in the automatic promotion places once all årstid got promoted to the Championship on a dramatic gods day of the årstid, bygd beating Yeovil 3–2 at the City Ground to secure second place.

The Reds kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, which helped them end their three-year spell in the league's third tier and gain their first promotion in ten years.

Forest had begun preparing for the –09 årstid, with the release of three players, including Kris Commons, and offering six players new contracts, including Sammy Clingan and Nathan Tyson.^[54] Forest also agreed a £m fee for Derby strejkande Robert Earnshaw, in total buying 5 players, including Earnshaw, along with Carlisle United strejkande Joe Garner, Guy Moussi of Angers SCO, Paul Anderson on a årstid long loan from Liverpool and veteran strejkande Andy Cole.^[55]

On 26 månad , after a string of poor and inconsistent results, Calderwood was relieved of his duties.

Colin Calderwood's Football League record

Played:

Won: 52

Drawn: 33

Lost: 24

Billy Davies: (January –June )

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Under the temporary stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3–2.^[56]Billy Davies was confirmed as the new manager on 1 January ^[57] and watched Pemberton's side beat Manchester City 3–0 away in the FA Cup, prior to taking tjänsteman charge.

beneath Davies, Forest stretched their unbeaten record in all competitions following Calderwood's sacking to six matches, including fem wins. He also helped them avoid relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, securing survival with one game to go.

In preparation for the –10 campaign, Forest signed nine players, fem of whom were on loan at the club in the previous årstid and returned on permanent deals.

The returnees Lee Camp,^[58][59]Chris Gunter,^[60][61]Joel Lynch,^[62]Paul Anderson^[63] and Dexter Blackstock^[64] have been joined bygd Paul McKenna,^[60][61]David McGoldrick,^[65]Dele Adebola^[66] and loanee Radosław Majewski.^[67] The årstid has been very successful for Forest with the club holding a top-three position for the majority of the årstid, putting tillsammans an unbeaten run of 20 league games, winning 12 consecutive home league games (a club record for successive home wins in a single season), going unbeaten away from home from the beginning of the årstid until 30 January (a run spanning 13 games) whilst also claiming memorable home victories over bitter local rivals Derby County and Leicester City.

On 10 April , despite it being confirmed that the club would miss out on automatic promotion to the Premier League after West Bromwich Albion defeated Doncaster Rovers 3–2, Forest secured a Play-off place in the Football League Championship after a 3–0 home victory against Ipswich Town. However, Forest were beaten bygd Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, 2–1, on 9 May and 4–3 in the home leg at the City Ground on 12 May (the club's first defeat at home since losing to the same motstånd in September ), going out 6–4 on aggregate and missing out on promotion to the Premier League.

The –11 årstid saw Forest, after a årstid of highs and lows, finish sixth place in championship table with 75 points, putting them into the play-offs for the fourth time in the space of eight years. Unfortunately, promotion was yet igen to elude Forest, as they were beaten over 2 legs bygd eventual play-off sista winners Swansea City. Having drawn the first leg 0–0 at the City Ground, they were eventually beaten 3–1 in the second leg in a hard-fought contest against the Welsh outfit.

Steve McClaren (June –October )

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In June Billy Davies's contract was terminated,^[68][69] and he was replaced as manager bygd Steve McClaren, who signed a three-year contract.^[70][71] McClaren brought in Andy Reid,^[72]Jonathan Greening,^[73]George Boateng,^[74]Matt Derbyshire and^[75]Ishmael Miller^[76] on permanent deals and Clint Hill^[77] on an emergency loan.

Following a poor början to the – årstid, McClaren became increasingly frustrated with his managerial role. As was the case with his predecessor, McClaren repeatedly called for the club to show greater mål in signing new players, including "stellar" signings which would take his squad to the next level, especially since the club had seen 9 players leave in the off-season.

Despite these concerns, the transfer fönster closed with only 5 new additions. After an injury to Chris Cohen, Clint Hill was signed on loan from Queen's Park Rangers, but other loan targets identified bygd McClaren were not pursued. After a 5–1 defeat away to Burnley, McClaren held emergency talks with the club chairman, Nigel Doughty. The result of the meeting was the avfärd of David Pleat as a club adviser.

Pleat had drawn the ire of many fans because of his role in the club's acquisition committee, and rightly or wrongly, it was assumed he had been obstructionist and advised the club not to man expensive new signings. The avfärd of Pleat, which was also accompanied bygd the avfärd of Bill Beswick, was viewed as a sign the club were behind McClaren. However, less than a week later McClaren resigned from his role as manager on 2 October after a 3–1 home defeat to Birmingham City.^[78] Forest held a 1–0 lead for much of the game before eventually falling apart after Birmingham scored the equaliser.

McClaren's disappointment with the lack of new signings was assumed to be behind the reason for his avfärd, and he left the club without kompensation. Nigel Doughty also announced he would resign from his role as chairman at the end of the årstid, though it was stated he would continue to support the club financially. Doughty had also become an unpopular figure with some supporters since his lack of financial backing for McClaren and his predecessor appeared to be tied to his concerns over financial fair play rules that were to be adopted in the Championship in the nära future.

A new search for manager and chairman began immediately with the names of former players Nigel Clough, Roy Keane, and Martin O'Neill, among others, being touted bygd betting agencies to take over the vacant managerial position.

Managerial Merry-Go-Round (October – September )

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During this period, no fewer than 18 managers have managed Nottingham Forest since the avfärd of Steve McClaren.

Steve Cotterill & Frank Clark ()

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Following McClaren's avfärd, chairman Nigel Doughty stepped down as chairman, saying it was 'the honourable thing to do' following McClaren's resignation.^[79] Assistant manager Rob Kelly was appointed as caretaker manager following McClaren's dismissal. On 12 October , Frank Clark became the new chairman of the club,^[80] and on 14 October , Steve Cotterill was appointed as manager, replacing the recently departed Steve McClaren.^[81]

Nigel Doughty Death & Al-Hasawi Takeover ()

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On 4 February , former chairman and owner Nigel Doughty died as a result of Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS).^[82][83] On 11 July , it was announced that the Al-Hasawi family had purchased Nottingham Forest from the estate of Nigel Doughty.^[84] The next day, the Al-Hasawi family sacked manager Steve Cotterill.^[85]

Sean O'Driscoll ()

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On 19 July , Crawley Town manager Sean O'Driscoll was appointed as his replacement, despite the fact he had not taken charge of a single game at his former club.^[86] On 26 månad , just hours after a 4–2 victory over Leeds United, O'Driscoll was sacked.^[87]

Alex McLeish - 40 days ()

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On 27 månad , Forest appointed Alex McLeish as their new manager.^[88] ledare executive Mark Arthur as well as scout Keith Burt and club ambassador Frank Clark were dismissed in January ^[89] On 5 February , Alex McLeish left the club bygd mutual agreement, just 40 days after McLeish took charge of the club.^[90] Pundits and supporters stated their concern for the state of the club,^[91] with reporter Pat Murphy describing the situation as a "shambles".^[92]

Return of Billy Davies ()

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Two days later, Billy Davies was re-appointed as Nottingham Forest manager.^[93] Forest finished the –13 årstid in 8th place, one point outside the play-off positions.^[94]

Nottingham Forest started the –14 årstid strongly, with just one defeat in their first twelve matches.^[95] On 24 March , Davies was sacked following a 5–0 defeat against local rivals Derby County.^[96] Academy manager Gary Brazil was appointed as a caretaker manager.^[96] Forest finished the årstid in 11th place, 7 points short of the play-offs.^[97]

Stuart Peace ()

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On 3 April , Nottingham Forest announced that former player Stuart Pearce would take over as Forest manager on 1 July ^[98]

Pearce walked out to a hero's welcome at the City Ground against Blackpool ^[99] and after 5 wins and 2 draws from the first 7 games sat top of the Championship table.

Forest began to struggle though and, after drawing the next 4 games, endured a terrible run with 10 defeats and another 4 draws in the next 17 games as well as defeats to Rochdale in the FA Cup and Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup. Despite the strong uppstart to the –15 årstid, Stuart Pearce wasn't given time to vända it around and was sacked on 1 February

Dougie Freedman ()

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Dougie Freedman was appointed Pearce's replacement little over an hour after his departure.^[][] Forest finished the årstid in 14th place in the Championship.^[] On 13 March , Dougie Freedman was sacked, following a poor run of form.^[]

Paul Williams ()

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Paul Williams took over as caretaker manager until the end of the season.^[] The –16 årstid saw Forest finish 16th on 55 points.^[]

Philippe Montanier ()

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On 27 June , Phillippe Montanier was announced as Nottingham Forest's new manager, signing a two-year contract with the Nottinghamshire club.^[] However, on 14 January , Montanier was sacked with the club 20th in the Championship.^[][]

Mark Warburton ()

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Gary Brazil took charge of the club on a caretaker grund, until, on 14 March , Forest appointed Mark Warburton as Montanier's successor.^[] Forest finished 21st on 51 points in –17, finishing above the relegation zone on goal difference.^[]

Evangelos Marinakis Takeover ()

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On 18 May it was confirmed that Evangelos Marinakis had completed his takeover of Nottingham Forest,^[] bringing an end to Al-Hasawi's reign as Forest owner.

Incumbent manager Mark Warburton was sacked on 31 månad following a 1–0 home defeat to struggling Sunderland, with a record of one win in seven.^[]

Aitor Karanka ()

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He was replaced bygd Spaniard Aitor Karanka, who arrived on 8 January , immediately after caretaker manager Gary Brazil had masterminded a 4–2 home win over FA Cup holders Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup.^[] Karanka made 10 new signings during the January transfer window.^[] Following a 17th-place finish in the Championship for the –18 årstid, Karanka made 14 new signings during the summer transfer öppning and the following årstid results improved.^[] However, despite a strong league position, Karanka left his position on 11 January after having been asked to be released from his contract.^[]

Martin O'Neill & Roy Keane ()

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He was replaced with club legend and former Republic of Ireland chef Martin O'Neill kvartet days later with another former Red, Roy Keane arriving later as his Assistant Manager.^[] However, O'Neill was sacked in June after reportedly falling out with some of the senior first grupp players.

He was replaced with Sabri Lamouchi on the same day.^[]

Sabri Lamouchi ()

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Sabri Lamouchi became the first Forest manager to complete a league årstid since Billy Davies in / His grupp looked destined to have a shot at the Premier League via the utslagsmatcher, having occupying a place in the top-6 for days during the årstid, right up until the 96th minute of the sista game when an own goal sealed a 4v1 defeat at home to Stoke City, with Swansea City completing a 4v1 victory away at Reading to overhaul Forest for the sista play off place on goal difference.^[]

Lamouchi had finished the previous årstid with a dismal 3 draws and 3 defeats to relinquish their play off place in the gods minute and after starting the /21 årstid with 4 straight defeats was sacked and replaced the following day bygd Chris Hughton.

Chris Hughton ()

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Chris Hughton began his reign with a victory against Blackburn Rovers, steering Forest out of the relegation zone in the process. This remained the case for the rest of the årstid, with 15th place a high point but for the second årstid running Forest were without a win in the sista 6 games. Just like the previous årstid Forest started the /22 årstid with 4 straight league defeats, and after rescuing a point with a late equaliser against rivals Derby County another 2 defeats followed and Hughton was sacked with Forest bottom of the table having experienced their worst uppstart to a årstid for years.^[] Steven Reid took over as caretaker and secured the first league win of the årstid, 2v0, away at Huddersfield Town.

Steve Cooper Renaissance September present

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Steve Cooper (whose Swansea City grupp had benefited from Forest's capitulation at the end of the /20 season) was appointed manager on 21 September and immediately oversaw a complete turnaround in the club's fortunes with 11 wins, 6 draws, and 3 defeats propelling them to within a place and a point of the utslagsmatcher following the defeat of Barnsley on 25 January On 9 January Forest hosted Arsenal in the FA Cup 3rd round in a repeat of the armatur from 4 years ago.

Forest held Arsenal at nil nil until Lewis Grabban came off the bänk to score a late winner, to book their place in the 4th round at home to East Midlands rivals Leicester City and send the FA Cup's most successful ever grupp out at the 3rd round scen for only the second time in 26 years - both at the City Ground. On 29 May , Nottingham Forest won the play-off finals against Huddersfield Town A.F.C and entered the Premier League for the årstid.

This fryst vatten Nottingham Forest's first entry into the Premier League for 23 years since being knocked out in Steve Cooper has been commended for his performance as manager after entering the club while they were at the bottom of the table and taking them into promotion in one årstid.

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