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Nottingham Forest has enjoyed something of a renaissance in season 2024/25, challenging for a Champions League spot in the Premier League. Of course, it’s not the Tricky Trees’ first furore into the upper echelons of English football. In the late 1970s, a certain Brian Clough not only guided Forest to the English top-flight title but […]
The underdog story of Leicester City winning the Premier League title in 2016 will no doubt be remembered for a long time to come. However, long before the Foxes landed their surprise title, a fellow Midlands club, Nottingham Forest, shocked not just the English top flight but also the whole of Europe with their rise […]
Nottingham Forest won 1-0 at home to Arsenal on Saturday to clinch Premier League safety. This represents a great first season back in England’s top flight. Forest have been an interesting team to follow this season. Their approach seems different to that followed by many other promoted teams. This has led some to ask whether […]
The football world near and far stood agog two years ago when Leicester City won the league. As I write this in the yaw of the Beast from the East that the media like to thrash us with, my thoughts turned to Hurricane Claudio who whipped up a fair bear in the East Midlands. It […]
By the end, Brian Clough was Nottingham Forest through and through. Clough was one of the best managers of his time. But Clough’s final year, not only at Nottingham Forest but in management, was the major disappointment of his 18 year legacy with the club. That final season in 1992/93 was the start of the […]
