Here's some "pub quiz trivia" on the Reds... Let us know if we've missed anything (i'm sure we have)

  • Nottingham Forest are the only team to have won the European Cup more times than their domestic title.
     
  • However Forest are also the only team to have won the European Cup and then been relegated to the third tier of domestic football.
     
  • Notts County's Meadow Lane Forest's City Ground are the two closest league football grounds in England - just 245 yards (224 m) apart.
     
  • The Reds were the first team to score seven goals in an away Premiership game, beating Sheffield Wednesday 7-1 at Hillsborough in 1995.
     
  • In 1984 Forest captain Sam Weller Widdowson is credited for inventing shinpads, after cutting down some cricket pads and wearing them on the outside of his stockings. It took the FA another 100 years before shinpads were made a compulsory piece of equipment for professional footballers.
     
  • Another notable feature of the modern game was introduced in a game between Forest and Sheffield Norfolk (who would later become Sheffield United). Previously the referees had used a flag system to signal, it was in this game that the whistle was first used, and Sam Widdowson's feedback helped ensure that this became the standard.
     
  • After solid crossbars were introduced, it was again at Forest that nets were first attached to goals to catch the ball after a goal was scored. Amazingly the referee on the day was the previously mentioned Sam Weller Widdowson, who gave his approval to the FA.
     
  • Most modern stadiums have Forest to thank for the lettering spelling out club names in the seats - the Executive Stand (now the Brian Clough Stand) was the first stand to have this feature, when it was built in 1980.
     
  • Nottingham Forest hold the record for being the first £1 million fee for a footballer (Trevor Francis in 1979).
     
  • There are five former Forest players and managers in the English Football Hall of Fame: Brian Clough, Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Roy Keane and Ian Wright.
     
  • One of Argentina's top teams, Independiente, sports a red jersey emulating Forest's. They adopted their current colours after a tour by Forest to Argentina in 1907.