Nottingham Forest F.C.

19th century

From 2019 to 2023, Nottingham Forest claimed to be the oldest remaining club in the English Football League. 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. The EFL also stated that Nottingham Forest was the oldest. In 1865 a group of shinty players met at the Clinton Arms (now renamed The Playwright) at the junction of Nottingham's Shakespeare Street and North Sherwood Street. J. S. Scrimshaw's proposal to play association 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' fighters). Thus the club's official colours were established. Matches were originally played at Forest Racecourse, historically part of Sherwood Forest and the presumed source of the word 'Forest' in the team's name. Forest's first ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866. 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. On that day, Revis also won the prize for kicking a football furthest with a kick of 161 feet 8 inches. In…

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Domestic

League

First Division (level 1) Champions: 1977–78 Runners-up: 1966–67, 1978–79 Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2) Champions: 1906–07, 1921–22, 1997–98 Runners-up: 1956–57, 1993–94 Promoted: 1976–77 Play-off winners: 2022 Third Division South / League One (level 3) Champions: 1950–51 Runners-up: 2007–08 Football Alliance Champions: 1891–92 Cup

FA Cup Winners: 1897–98, 1958–59 Runners-up: 1990–91 Football League Cup Winners: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1989–90 Runners-up: 1979–80, 1991–92 FA Charity Shield Winners: 1978 Runners-up: 1959 Full Members' Cup Winners: 1988–89, 1991–92

European

European Cup Winners: 1978–79, 1979–80 European Super Cup Winners: 1979 Runners-up: 1980 Intercontinental Cup Runners-up: 1980

Minor titles

Anglo-Scottish Cup Winners: 1976–77 Football League Centenary Tournament Winners: 1988