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What was the largest crowd at Nottingham Forest? ›

The majority of Nottingham Forest Football Club players live in Rushcliffe and have included Stuart Pearce, Andy Cole and Ian Wright. Former Manager Frank Clark lived in Keyworth. A number of ex-Nottingham Forest Players remain in the Rushcliffe area.

At the same meeting, it was agreed the team would purchase a dozen tasselled caps in the colour of 'Garibaldi Red' - named after the leader of the Italian 'Redshirts' freedom fighters, who were popular in England at the time.

The history of Nottingham Forest Football Club covers the complete history of the club since its formation in 1865. Forest have won 11 major honours during their history: one league title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two European Cups and one UEFA Super Cup.

In addition, Stoke City and Fulham respectively make competing claims to be the oldest league club (1863) and oldest club in London (1879) with later dates. Also, the EFL have stated that Nottingham Forest are the oldest current League club (1865).

But the Reds have modified its design slightly across the years with the shade of red used tweaked in 2000. The club also added two stars for their European titles in 2008. The design of Nottingham Forest's badge from 2008 to 2010 also featured the stadiums and years in which they won the European Cup in 1978 and 1979.

1) Joao Carvalho, £13.5 million

Carvalho became the most expensive signing by Nottingham Forest when he signed for a fee reported by Transfermarkt as £13.5 million.

The motto “VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS” translates as, Virtue Outlives Death. Forest later adapted the arms by replacing the castle with the letters NFFC. This was the club's emblem, but did not appear on the shirts until 1957.

What is the nickname for Nottingham Forest? ›

Nottingham Forest are widely known simply as Forest, but the fans will cheer their team on using the nicknames The Garibaldis, The Reds and even The Tricky Trees.

Around 600 AD, the Snotingas gave their name to the settlements of Nottingham, which were first recorded as 'Snotengaham' or literally 'the homestead of Snot's people. ' Over the years, the city's name was gradually modified until it became known as Nottingham around the 12^th century.

Evangelos Marinakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος (Βαγγέλης) Μαρινάκης, born 30 July 1967) is a Greek businessman, media mogul, and member of the Piraeus city council. He is the owner of the football clubs Olympiacos in Greece, Nottingham Forest in England and Rio Ave in Portugal. Alter Ego Media S.A.

Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Scotland v England, Home International Championship, 1937

That was set way back in 1937 when almost 150,000 fans saw Scotland take on England in a Home International Championship match. This game still stands as a British and European record attendance for football.

In mind of this, the Trent End, a prominent landmark by the River Trent, was rebuilt that year. It holds 7,500 fans and takes the ground's overall capacity to 30,445.

By 1700 Nottingham's population had reached 6,000, but it grew rapidly in the following fifty years to reach 11,000 by 1750.