Nottingham Forest

History

Nottingham Forest's most remarkable years came under Brian Clough, who arrived in 1975 and built, from a mid-table Second Division side, a first-ever English league title in 1977-78 followed by back-to-back European Cup wins. Forest lifted the trophy in 1979 and retained it in 1980, beating Hamburg 1-0 in the final in Madrid on a goal from John Robertson. Sometimes known as the Tricky Trees, Forest's City Ground sits on the banks of the Trent, and that Clough-era run of success remains the high-water mark the club has spent decades since trying to recapture.

Records & quirks

• •Forest's biggest-ever win, 14-0 away at Clapton in the 1891 FA Cup, remains the heaviest home defeat in the competition's history.
• •Forest's 42-game unbeaten league run, from 1977 to 1978, was an English record until Arsenal broke it in 2004.
• •In 1979, Forest signed Trevor Francis for £1,150,000, Britain's first £1m footballer; he scored the winner in that year's European Cup final.
• •Forest's "Garibaldi red" colours and early nickname date to 1865, a tribute to Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.