The Forest Preservation Society
@forestpressoc.bsky.social
Documenting and celebrating the heritage, history and the spirit of Nottingham Forest Football Club. ‘The past should be used as a springboard, not as a sofa.’
#NFFC’s first competitive European fixture took place in Spain, on 13th September 1961, against Valencia. A first round Fairs Cup tie.
Sixty-four years on - via many famous and historic encounters over the decades - the Reds’ European odyssey resumes in Seville.
Vamos!
📸 NFFC
Sixty-four years on - via many famous and historic encounters over the decades - the Reds’ European odyssey resumes in Seville.
Vamos!
📸 NFFC
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#NFFC’s first competitive European fixture took place in Spain, on 13th September 1961, against Valencia. A first round Fairs Cup tie.
Sixty-four years on - via many famous and historic encounters over the decades - the Reds’ European odyssey resumes in Seville.
Vamos!
📸 NFFC
Sixty-four years on - via many famous and historic encounters over the decades - the Reds’ European odyssey resumes in Seville.
Vamos!
📸 NFFC
Very sad to hear the news about our former captain Terry Hennessey who has died at the age of 82.
He made 183 appearances for #NFFC between 1965 and 1970, and was ever present in the famous 1966/67 campaign where we finished second.
He was a cousin to Wayne Hennessey.
📸 PA
He made 183 appearances for #NFFC between 1965 and 1970, and was ever present in the famous 1966/67 campaign where we finished second.
He was a cousin to Wayne Hennessey.
📸 PA
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Very sad to hear the news about our former captain Terry Hennessey who has died at the age of 82.
He made 183 appearances for #NFFC between 1965 and 1970, and was ever present in the famous 1966/67 campaign where we finished second.
He was a cousin to Wayne Hennessey.
📸 PA
He made 183 appearances for #NFFC between 1965 and 1970, and was ever present in the famous 1966/67 campaign where we finished second.
He was a cousin to Wayne Hennessey.
📸 PA
For a limited time only, copies of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ are at the excellent price of just £13.67 on Amazon.
Explore the Reds incredible pioneering history yourself, or maybe consider it as a gift for someone. All author proceeds to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social.
Thanks.
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Explore the Reds incredible pioneering history yourself, or maybe consider it as a gift for someone. All author proceeds to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social.
Thanks.
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For a limited time only, copies of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ are at the excellent price of just £13.67 on Amazon.
Explore the Reds incredible pioneering history yourself, or maybe consider it as a gift for someone. All author proceeds to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social.
Thanks.
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Explore the Reds incredible pioneering history yourself, or maybe consider it as a gift for someone. All author proceeds to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social.
Thanks.
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Nigel Mansell drives his Formula One car onto the City Ground pitch ahead of the 1992/93 season as #NFFC announce a new sponsorship deal with Labatts.
There are also some nice shots of the partially built Bridgford End which was still a few months away from completion.
🎥 Mace
There are also some nice shots of the partially built Bridgford End which was still a few months away from completion.
🎥 Mace
June 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Nigel Mansell drives his Formula One car onto the City Ground pitch ahead of the 1992/93 season as #NFFC announce a new sponsorship deal with Labatts.
There are also some nice shots of the partially built Bridgford End which was still a few months away from completion.
🎥 Mace
There are also some nice shots of the partially built Bridgford End which was still a few months away from completion.
🎥 Mace
𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅
On Tuesday, the England senior mens team will return to the City Ground for the first time in 84 years.
It will be the fourth time the Three Lions have appeared in Nottingham, the first way back in 1897 at Trent Bridge.
Cont…
On Tuesday, the England senior mens team will return to the City Ground for the first time in 84 years.
It will be the fourth time the Three Lions have appeared in Nottingham, the first way back in 1897 at Trent Bridge.
Cont…
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅
On Tuesday, the England senior mens team will return to the City Ground for the first time in 84 years.
It will be the fourth time the Three Lions have appeared in Nottingham, the first way back in 1897 at Trent Bridge.
Cont…
On Tuesday, the England senior mens team will return to the City Ground for the first time in 84 years.
It will be the fourth time the Three Lions have appeared in Nottingham, the first way back in 1897 at Trent Bridge.
Cont…
At the start of 2024/25 there were six of the CURRENT top flight clubs that #NFFC had never finished above when competing in the same Premier League season.
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Fulham
Man United
Wolves
We are now confirmed to place higher than all of them.
Cont…
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Fulham
Man United
Wolves
We are now confirmed to place higher than all of them.
Cont…
May 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
At the start of 2024/25 there were six of the CURRENT top flight clubs that #NFFC had never finished above when competing in the same Premier League season.
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Fulham
Man United
Wolves
We are now confirmed to place higher than all of them.
Cont…
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Fulham
Man United
Wolves
We are now confirmed to place higher than all of them.
Cont…
The front of the Nottingham Evening Post on VE Day 1945.
To commemorate the end of the war, #NFFC and Derby County agreed to meet the following day at the Baseball Ground.
To commemorate the end of the war, #NFFC and Derby County agreed to meet the following day at the Baseball Ground.
May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The front of the Nottingham Evening Post on VE Day 1945.
To commemorate the end of the war, #NFFC and Derby County agreed to meet the following day at the Baseball Ground.
To commemorate the end of the war, #NFFC and Derby County agreed to meet the following day at the Baseball Ground.
20 years ago today, on a dismal day at Loftus Road, #NFFC were relegated to League One.
It was an awful period for the club but, having lived through it, it does make you grateful for our current lot.
*I’m actually in this photo 😄
It was an awful period for the club but, having lived through it, it does make you grateful for our current lot.
*I’m actually in this photo 😄
April 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
20 years ago today, on a dismal day at Loftus Road, #NFFC were relegated to League One.
It was an awful period for the club but, having lived through it, it does make you grateful for our current lot.
*I’m actually in this photo 😄
It was an awful period for the club but, having lived through it, it does make you grateful for our current lot.
*I’m actually in this photo 😄
Continuing a rummage through the late 1920s, I enjoyed this NEP story from Christmas Eve 1926 about Frank Goodall, a Forest fan living in Pennsylvania, USA.
Unable to attend himself, he sent the club 8 shillings to pay for another #NFFC supporter ‘down on his luck’ to attend a game at Grimsby.
Unable to attend himself, he sent the club 8 shillings to pay for another #NFFC supporter ‘down on his luck’ to attend a game at Grimsby.
March 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Continuing a rummage through the late 1920s, I enjoyed this NEP story from Christmas Eve 1926 about Frank Goodall, a Forest fan living in Pennsylvania, USA.
Unable to attend himself, he sent the club 8 shillings to pay for another #NFFC supporter ‘down on his luck’ to attend a game at Grimsby.
Unable to attend himself, he sent the club 8 shillings to pay for another #NFFC supporter ‘down on his luck’ to attend a game at Grimsby.
I found this column that #NFFC captain Bob Wallace wrote for the Birmingham Mercury in 1928.
It’s got some nice bits on Forest, but I’m sharing it mainly for Wallace’s recollection of his time playing in Ireland pre-Forest, where club directors routinely fired guns during games!
It’s got some nice bits on Forest, but I’m sharing it mainly for Wallace’s recollection of his time playing in Ireland pre-Forest, where club directors routinely fired guns during games!
March 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I found this column that #NFFC captain Bob Wallace wrote for the Birmingham Mercury in 1928.
It’s got some nice bits on Forest, but I’m sharing it mainly for Wallace’s recollection of his time playing in Ireland pre-Forest, where club directors routinely fired guns during games!
It’s got some nice bits on Forest, but I’m sharing it mainly for Wallace’s recollection of his time playing in Ireland pre-Forest, where club directors routinely fired guns during games!
The #NFFC squad of the 1926/27 season; a campaign in which the Reds finished 5th in the Second Division.
For those of you who have reached Chapter Ten of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the fellow on the right in the tilted hat is Bob Marsters, the club secretary, who led the club so brilliantly through the war.
For those of you who have reached Chapter Ten of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the fellow on the right in the tilted hat is Bob Marsters, the club secretary, who led the club so brilliantly through the war.
March 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The #NFFC squad of the 1926/27 season; a campaign in which the Reds finished 5th in the Second Division.
For those of you who have reached Chapter Ten of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the fellow on the right in the tilted hat is Bob Marsters, the club secretary, who led the club so brilliantly through the war.
For those of you who have reached Chapter Ten of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the fellow on the right in the tilted hat is Bob Marsters, the club secretary, who led the club so brilliantly through the war.
A really enjoyable chat on the @footballheritage.bsky.social podcast, discussing ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, along with #NFFC culture and history.
Have a listen.
Have a listen.
🎙️New Podcast: Nottingham Forest
We're joined by Matt Oldroyd Dave Marples to cover the history, identity and culture of England's best bohemian club - Nottingham Forest.
We talk about the things that make Forest who they are today.
Listen here 👇
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We're joined by Matt Oldroyd Dave Marples to cover the history, identity and culture of England's best bohemian club - Nottingham Forest.
We talk about the things that make Forest who they are today.
Listen here 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/28gi...
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A really enjoyable chat on the @footballheritage.bsky.social podcast, discussing ‘TRAILBLAZERS’, along with #NFFC culture and history.
Have a listen.
Have a listen.
It’s a month since ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ was released and it’s had such a wonderful response, even a swift 2nd print run!
Copies are widely available online, plus signed books are in Nottingham Waterstones.
I’m donating all proceeds to @forza-garibaldi.bsky.social #NFFC
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Copies are widely available online, plus signed books are in Nottingham Waterstones.
I’m donating all proceeds to @forza-garibaldi.bsky.social #NFFC
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It’s a month since ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ was released and it’s had such a wonderful response, even a swift 2nd print run!
Copies are widely available online, plus signed books are in Nottingham Waterstones.
I’m donating all proceeds to @forza-garibaldi.bsky.social #NFFC
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Copies are widely available online, plus signed books are in Nottingham Waterstones.
I’m donating all proceeds to @forza-garibaldi.bsky.social #NFFC
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
I was pleased to join @countrywol.bsky.social recently on his excellent Football Literary Society podcast to discuss my book, ‘Trailblazers’, and the remarkable history of #NFFC. Along with an interesting ramble on the Reds which you might enjoy.
Take a listen here: soundcloud.com/jonny_brick/...
Take a listen here: soundcloud.com/jonny_brick/...
February 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I was pleased to join @countrywol.bsky.social recently on his excellent Football Literary Society podcast to discuss my book, ‘Trailblazers’, and the remarkable history of #NFFC. Along with an interesting ramble on the Reds which you might enjoy.
Take a listen here: soundcloud.com/jonny_brick/...
Take a listen here: soundcloud.com/jonny_brick/...
Tomorrow, #NFFC will be returning to the place where a little bit of football history took place…
In February 1979, Trevor Francis came off the bench in a testimonial game for Exeter’s Nicky Jennings. It was his first appearance following his £1m transfer.
📸 Mirror
In February 1979, Trevor Francis came off the bench in a testimonial game for Exeter’s Nicky Jennings. It was his first appearance following his £1m transfer.
📸 Mirror
February 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Tomorrow, #NFFC will be returning to the place where a little bit of football history took place…
In February 1979, Trevor Francis came off the bench in a testimonial game for Exeter’s Nicky Jennings. It was his first appearance following his £1m transfer.
📸 Mirror
In February 1979, Trevor Francis came off the bench in a testimonial game for Exeter’s Nicky Jennings. It was his first appearance following his £1m transfer.
📸 Mirror
I’m really pleased to make an initial donation to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social of £1,305 through sales of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ from last week’s launch event and other direct sales.
A further donation will be made at a later date to include sales via retailers etc.
Thank you. #NFFC
A further donation will be made at a later date to include sales via retailers etc.
Thank you. #NFFC
February 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m really pleased to make an initial donation to @Forza-garibaldi.bsky.social of £1,305 through sales of ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ from last week’s launch event and other direct sales.
A further donation will be made at a later date to include sales via retailers etc.
Thank you. #NFFC
A further donation will be made at a later date to include sales via retailers etc.
Thank you. #NFFC
Thank you so much to everyone who turned out last night. That was a bigger crowd than I was anticipating!
Special thanks to the Playwright for their hospitality and to @marpsdavid.bsky.social for hosting the Q&A.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.
Special thanks to the Playwright for their hospitality and to @marpsdavid.bsky.social for hosting the Q&A.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who turned out last night. That was a bigger crowd than I was anticipating!
Special thanks to the Playwright for their hospitality and to @marpsdavid.bsky.social for hosting the Q&A.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.
Special thanks to the Playwright for their hospitality and to @marpsdavid.bsky.social for hosting the Q&A.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.
To mark the release of ‘Trailblazers’, my book on the pioneering heritage of #NFFC, I’m holding a launch event at the Playwright pub on Monday.
Personally signed copies of the book will be available to purchase, and I’ll do my best to say a few words!
Thanks.
Personally signed copies of the book will be available to purchase, and I’ll do my best to say a few words!
Thanks.
January 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To mark the release of ‘Trailblazers’, my book on the pioneering heritage of #NFFC, I’m holding a launch event at the Playwright pub on Monday.
Personally signed copies of the book will be available to purchase, and I’ll do my best to say a few words!
Thanks.
Personally signed copies of the book will be available to purchase, and I’ll do my best to say a few words!
Thanks.
Thank you to everyone who had ordered a copy so far, I’ve had a really fantastic response.
I’ve got a good amount of copies in my possession now which will be available at Monday’s launch event at the Playwright, and can be personally signed.
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
I’ve got a good amount of copies in my possession now which will be available at Monday’s launch event at the Playwright, and can be personally signed.
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
January 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you to everyone who had ordered a copy so far, I’ve had a really fantastic response.
I’ve got a good amount of copies in my possession now which will be available at Monday’s launch event at the Playwright, and can be personally signed.
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
I’ve got a good amount of copies in my possession now which will be available at Monday’s launch event at the Playwright, and can be personally signed.
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
Reposted by The Forest Preservation Society
💰 Murillo deal and Wissa bid
🏟️ Forza Garibaldi and its future
📕 4 year labour of love
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @gergmitch.bsky.social and Forza co-founder @forestpressoc.bsky.social to discuss his new book #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/am773uuc
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/3259upwf
🏟️ Forza Garibaldi and its future
📕 4 year labour of love
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @gergmitch.bsky.social and Forza co-founder @forestpressoc.bsky.social to discuss his new book #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/am773uuc
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/3259upwf
January 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
💰 Murillo deal and Wissa bid
🏟️ Forza Garibaldi and its future
📕 4 year labour of love
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @gergmitch.bsky.social and Forza co-founder @forestpressoc.bsky.social to discuss his new book #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/am773uuc
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/3259upwf
🏟️ Forza Garibaldi and its future
📕 4 year labour of love
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @gergmitch.bsky.social and Forza co-founder @forestpressoc.bsky.social to discuss his new book #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/am773uuc
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/3259upwf
‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the story of #NFFC as football pioneers with their remarkable ‘firsts’, their unique achievements and their staggering innovations is released ONE WEEK TODAY!
I’m really proud of it, and I’d dearly love for you all to read it.
Pre-order:
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
I’m really proud of it, and I’d dearly love for you all to read it.
Pre-order:
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
January 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
‘TRAILBLAZERS’, the story of #NFFC as football pioneers with their remarkable ‘firsts’, their unique achievements and their staggering innovations is released ONE WEEK TODAY!
I’m really proud of it, and I’d dearly love for you all to read it.
Pre-order:
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
I’m really proud of it, and I’d dearly love for you all to read it.
Pre-order:
www.amazon.co.uk/Trailblazers...
#50YearsOfBrianClough
On this day in 1975, Brian Clough took charge of a #NFFC game at the City Ground for the first time.
In the programme for the Orient match, Clough said that these were his first and last programme notes, and told Forest’s hooligan contingent to ‘get lost’.
On this day in 1975, Brian Clough took charge of a #NFFC game at the City Ground for the first time.
In the programme for the Orient match, Clough said that these were his first and last programme notes, and told Forest’s hooligan contingent to ‘get lost’.
January 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#50YearsOfBrianClough
On this day in 1975, Brian Clough took charge of a #NFFC game at the City Ground for the first time.
In the programme for the Orient match, Clough said that these were his first and last programme notes, and told Forest’s hooligan contingent to ‘get lost’.
On this day in 1975, Brian Clough took charge of a #NFFC game at the City Ground for the first time.
In the programme for the Orient match, Clough said that these were his first and last programme notes, and told Forest’s hooligan contingent to ‘get lost’.
I am thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of my book, ‘TRAILBLAZERS: The Groundbreaking History of #NFFC.’
It charts the Reds’ remarkable pioneering history; their amazing ‘firsts’, the innovations they have introduced, and their many, many unique achievements.
It charts the Reds’ remarkable pioneering history; their amazing ‘firsts’, the innovations they have introduced, and their many, many unique achievements.
January 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I am thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of my book, ‘TRAILBLAZERS: The Groundbreaking History of #NFFC.’
It charts the Reds’ remarkable pioneering history; their amazing ‘firsts’, the innovations they have introduced, and their many, many unique achievements.
It charts the Reds’ remarkable pioneering history; their amazing ‘firsts’, the innovations they have introduced, and their many, many unique achievements.