Nottingham Forest FC

Nottingham Forest FC, one of the oldest football clubs in the world, plays its home games at The City Ground on the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham. The club's red shirts and storied past give it an outsized stature relative to its city's size, a legacy built on one of the most remarkable managerial achievements in the sport's history. Forest fans carry a quiet pride knowing their club once conquered Europe when few gave them a chance. A return to the Premier League has reignited that old sense of ambition around the City Ground.

Founded in 1865, Nottingham Forest is among the pioneers of organized football and helped popularize innovations like shin guards and the standard football shape. The club's defining era came under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s, winning the First Division title in 1977-78 before an extraordinary back-to-back European Cup triumph in 1979 and 1980. Forest remains the only club to have won the European Cup/Champions League more times than its domestic league title, a quirk of history that defines its legend. The club also lifted two FA Cups and four League Cups, and endured a long absence from the top flight before returning to the Premier League in 2022.