Nottingham+Forest



**I've supported "Forest" all my life - since my brother started taking me in the very early 70s. One of my earliest memories was watching Forest, then in the 2nd division, beating Man City in the 3rd round of the FA cup 3 - 1 (I think). A Forest great Duncan McKenzie scored at least a couple. Best memories of course are of the glory days of the late seventies and eighties when Forest won the European Cup (now called the Champions league) twice. In those days only champions could play!**

**Nottingham Forest Football Club** is an English [|football] club based in [|West Bridgford], [|Nottinghamshire] that currently plays in the [|Football League Championship]. Forest have been based at the City Ground since 1898. The club is often referred to simply as **Forest**. Founded in 1865, Forest were founder members of the [|Football Alliance] in 1889 and joined the [|Football League] in 1892. Forest won the [|FA Cup] in [|1898] and [|1959], but their most successful period came under the management of [|Brian Clough] , between 1975 and 1993, during which time they won their only [|league title] , two consecutive [|European Cups] , four [|League Cups] and two [|Full Members Cups]. Since then the club have fallen on harder times and have been outside the top-flight since 1999.

Records [ [|edit] ]
**Most appearances for the club (in all competitions):**


 * 1)  [|Bob McKinlay] : 692
 * 2)  [|Ian Bowyer] : 564
 * 3)  [|Steve Chettle] : 526
 * 4)  [|Stuart Pearce] : 522

**Most goals for the club (in all competitions):**


 * 1)  [|Grenville Morris] : 217
 * 2)  [|Nigel Clough] : 131
 * 3)  [|Wally Ardron] : 124
 * 4)  [|Johnny Dent] : 122

**Current longest-serving player:** [|Chris Cohen], Signed July 2007

**Highest attendance:** 49,946 Vs. [|Manchester United] in Division 1, 28 October 1967

**Lowest attendance:** 4,030 Vs. [|Morecambe F.C.] in the [|Football League Cup], 13 August 2008

**Record receipts:** £499,099 Vs. [|FC Bayern Munich] in [|UEFA Cup] quarter final 2nd leg, 19 March 1996

**Longest sequence of league wins:** 7, wins from 9 May 1922 to 1 September 1922

**Longest sequence of league defeats:** 14, losses from 21 March 1913 to 27 September 1913

**Longest sequence of unbeaten league matches:** 42, from 26 November 1977 to 25 November 1978

**Longest sequence of league games without a win:** 19, from 8 September 1998 to 16 January 1999

**Longest sequence of league games without a goal:** 7, 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 and 26 November 2011 to 31 December 2011

**Quickest goal:** League: 14 seconds, [|[101]] [|Jack Lester] vs [|Norwich City], 8 March 2000

League Cup: 23 seconds, [|[102]] [|Paul Smith] vs [|Leicester City], 18 September 2007 in the [|League Cup] .¹

**First Football League game:** 3 September 1892 vs. [|Everton] (away), 2–2

**Record win (in all competitions):** 14–0, Vs. [|Clapton] (away), 1st round [|FA Cup], 17 January 1891

**Record defeat (in all competitions):** 1–9, Vs. [|Blackburn Rovers], Division 2, 10 April 1937

**Most league points in one season:** 64, Division 1, 1977 – 1978

**Most league goals in one season:** 101, Division 3, 1950 – 1951

**Highest league scorer in one season:** [|Wally Ardron], 36, Division 3 (South), 1950–51

**Most internationally-capped player:** [|Stuart Pearce], 76 for [|England] (78 total)

**Youngest league player:** [|Craig Westcarr], 16 years, Vs. [|Burnley] 13 October 2001

**Record transfer fee paid:** £4,500,000 for [|Pierre van Hooijdonk] from [|Celtic], [|[103]] March 1997.

**Record transfer fee received:** £8,500,000 for [|Stan Collymore] to [|Liverpool], [|[104]] June 1995

