History of Nottingham Forest F.C.

Despite late Allan Brown and Billy Bingham chances Chick Thomson conceded no further goals for Forest to beat the Wembley 1950s 'hoodoo' (where one team was hampered by losing a player through injury).

Johnny Carey assembled a team including Joe Baker and Ian Storey-Moore that for a long spell went largely unchanged in challenging for the 1966–67 Football League title.

[9] Injuries eventually took effect meaning Forest had to settle for being League Runners-up and losing in the FA Cup semi final to Dave Mackay's Tottenham Hotspur.

[11] Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scored the only goal beating Tottenham Hotspur in Clough's FA Cup third round replay first game in charge.

Then in early September Forest conceded five goals in two matches: a 3–0 loss at Arsenal and a 3–2 win over Wolves, which convinced Clough and Taylor to sign Peter Shilton from Stoke for £275,000.

[26][31] Forest led the First Division for most of the 1977–78 season and were confirmed as 1977–78 Football League champions after a 0–0 draw against Coventry City on 22 April 1978, seven points ahead of runners-up Liverpool.

With the club heavily in debt, having recently built the new Executive Stand, the league and European Cup winning squad was hastily broken up to capitalise on player sale value.

The rebuilt side included youngsters and big money signings like Ian Wallace, Raimondo Ponte, Peter Ward and Justin Fashanu, which failed to work out.

In their 5–2 League Cup quarter-final win over Queens Park Rangers, Brian Clough had caused controversy by striking two Forest fans who had run onto the pitch, which earned him a fine and touchline ban.

In 1989–90, Forest retained the League Cup with Nigel Jemson scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic, but could only finish ninth in the First Division.

Though the ban on English clubs playing in European competitions had been lifted for the 1990–91 season, the only UEFA Cup place went to league runners-up Aston Villa.

The match is best remembered for the antics of Spurs playmaker Paul Gascoigne, whose high tackle on Garry Parker after just two minutes might have been expected to have merited an automatic red card, but was let off without a booking from referee Roger Milford.

Stuart Pearce put Forest ahead after 16 minutes direct from the resulting free kick and shortly afterwards Gascoigne was stretchered off the pitch and was out of action for a year afterwards.

Sheringham would score 20 goals in his debut season, helping Forest reach a third Football League Cup final in four years, though this time they lost 1–0 to Manchester United.

On 16 August 1992, on the opening day of the new season, Forest beat Liverpool 1–0 at home in the first ever live televised Premier League game; Sheringham scored the only goal.

One of the many highlights of the 1994–95 season was a memorable victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, with Stan Collymore and Stuart Pearce scoring the goals, a game fondly remembered by Forest fans of that era.

Clark added Welsh striker Dean Saunders and Croatian defender Nikola Jerkan to Forest's squad for the 1996–97 season, but they started badly and it became a battle to avoid relegation.

Clark's managerial record Played: 178, Won: 73, Drawn: 58, Lost: 47 Pearce inspired a brief revival in Forest's fortunes, and he was voted Premiership manager for the month for January 1997 after a turn around in form lifted the club off the bottom of the division.

Despite the addition of Celtic's Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk, Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place.

Van Hooijdonk later returned to the club but it was too late to save Bassett, who was sacked in January 1999 after a terrible start to the Premiership campaign and elimination from the FA Cup at the hands of Division One side Portsmouth.

The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed to a secure 14th place in the final table.

Kinnear's managerial record Played: 44, Won: 15, Drawn: 15, Lost: 14 Following a brief caretaker reign of Mick Harford, in January 2005, Gary Megson was named as Nottingham Forest's new manager.

Calderwood's first season in League One as Forest manager started with two new signings in the shapes of goalkeeper Paul Smith and Ghanaian International striker Junior Agogo.

Forest faced Yeovil Town in the play-off semi-finals and won the first-leg encounter at Huish Park 2–0 with penalties from Kris Commons and James Perch.

Also captured were left-back Matt Lockwood from Leyton Orient, Preston North End defender Kelvin Wilson and Yeovil Town duo midfielder Chris Cohen and attacking winger Arron Davies all signing for undisclosed fees.

Colin Calderwood's Football League record Played: 109 Won: 52 Drawn: 33 Lost: 24 Under the temporary stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3–2.

[56] Billy Davies was confirmed as the new manager on 1 January 2009[57] and watched Pemberton's side beat Manchester City 3–0 away in the FA Cup, prior to taking official charge.

[70][71] McClaren brought in Andy Reid,[72] Jonathan Greening,[73] George Boateng,[74] Matt Derbyshire and[75] Ishmael Miller[76] on permanent deals and Clint Hill[77] on an emergency loan.

A new search for manager and chairman began immediately with the names of former players Nigel Clough, Roy Keane, and Martin O'Neill, among others, being touted by betting agencies to take over the vacant managerial position.