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The Legends
of Nottingham Forest
Dave Bracegirdle
The rise and fall of Nottingham Forest has been
one of football’s sadder sights. Twice Champions
of Europe, as well as a major force in our domestic
game, the City Ground club began 2006 in the third
tier of the English League.
Supporters who had enjoyed the triumphs of the previous
25 years now had to realign their ambitions. Those
big days out at Wembley, basking in the glow of a
cup success, were over and the regular challenge
for silverware, both at home and abroad, had evaporated – almost
as quickly as it had appeared. Like so many other
clubs, before and since, Forest had joined the also-rans,
desperate for the good times to return.
During the period known simply as ‘The Clough
Era’, the Reds became a household name, putting
the city of Nottingham on the map, both in a football
sense and in business and economic terms.
The Legends of Nottingham Forest is dedicated to
all those responsible, as well as honouring former
players and management from other periods in Forest’s
rich history. Members of the two FA Cup-winning sides
are featured, as well as many of the leading goalscorers,
record appearance holders and international stars.
Alongside the banks of the Trent many a good footballing
story has been created and this book helps recall
some of those golden moments, stretching back to
the club’s foundation in 1865 and right through
to modern times.
With the help of some of the club’s most loyal
supporters, the author pays tribute to 100 leading
lights who can justifiably be acclaimed as ‘the
legends of Nottingham Forest’.
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