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#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
Take a look back at Forest in the 1960s and you’ll find Terry Hennessey a vital part of that era; dominating the pitch and captaining one of our greatest ever sides.
Rest easy, Terry. A true hero of the Garibaldi.
📸 Popper
Rest easy, Terry. A true hero of the Garibaldi.
📸 Popper
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Take a look back at Forest in the 1960s and you’ll find Terry Hennessey a vital part of that era; dominating the pitch and captaining one of our greatest ever sides.
Rest easy, Terry. A true hero of the Garibaldi.
📸 Popper
Rest easy, Terry. A true hero of the Garibaldi.
📸 Popper
Having led Forest in their championship push in 1966/67 and into the Fairs Cup afterwards, Hennessey eventually left Forest in January 1970 for £100,000.
He joined Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s revolution at Derby County and won the league title with the Rams in 1972.
📸 Popper
He joined Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s revolution at Derby County and won the league title with the Rams in 1972.
📸 Popper
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Having led Forest in their championship push in 1966/67 and into the Fairs Cup afterwards, Hennessey eventually left Forest in January 1970 for £100,000.
He joined Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s revolution at Derby County and won the league title with the Rams in 1972.
📸 Popper
He joined Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s revolution at Derby County and won the league title with the Rams in 1972.
📸 Popper
The following day Hennessey made his first appearance in a 2-1 win over Blackpool at the City Ground. He missed only four games for the rest of the season, becoming a key component in the Reds’ defence.
Ahead of the 1966/67 season, Hennessey was made club captain.
📸 Mirror
Ahead of the 1966/67 season, Hennessey was made club captain.
📸 Mirror
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The following day Hennessey made his first appearance in a 2-1 win over Blackpool at the City Ground. He missed only four games for the rest of the season, becoming a key component in the Reds’ defence.
Ahead of the 1966/67 season, Hennessey was made club captain.
📸 Mirror
Ahead of the 1966/67 season, Hennessey was made club captain.
📸 Mirror
Hennessey is pictured here with chairman Fred Sisson and manager Johnny Carey on 19th November 1965, having joined for £50,000 from Birmingham City.
Hennessey said: ‘I am glad to be able to play for a club like Forest. They are a fine footballing side.’
📸 Nottingham Guardian
Hennessey said: ‘I am glad to be able to play for a club like Forest. They are a fine footballing side.’
📸 Nottingham Guardian
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hennessey is pictured here with chairman Fred Sisson and manager Johnny Carey on 19th November 1965, having joined for £50,000 from Birmingham City.
Hennessey said: ‘I am glad to be able to play for a club like Forest. They are a fine footballing side.’
📸 Nottingham Guardian
Hennessey said: ‘I am glad to be able to play for a club like Forest. They are a fine footballing side.’
📸 Nottingham Guardian
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
The crowd against Senegal will be the largest to ever watch an England game in Nottingham, while the Three Lions will be hoping to continue their 100% record in the city.
It will hopefully be a memorable occasion as England return to the City Ground once again.
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It will hopefully be a memorable occasion as England return to the City Ground once again.
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June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The crowd against Senegal will be the largest to ever watch an England game in Nottingham, while the Three Lions will be hoping to continue their 100% record in the city.
It will hopefully be a memorable occasion as England return to the City Ground once again.
<ENDS>
It will hopefully be a memorable occasion as England return to the City Ground once again.
<ENDS>
On Tuesday, the Three Lions finally visit the City Ground once more. For Forest fans, there is hope that an England international on our own turf can finally be marked by the appearance of a #NFFC player.
Morgan Gibbs-White might hopefully end a 128 year wait.
📸 BBC
Morgan Gibbs-White might hopefully end a 128 year wait.
📸 BBC
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On Tuesday, the Three Lions finally visit the City Ground once more. For Forest fans, there is hope that an England international on our own turf can finally be marked by the appearance of a #NFFC player.
Morgan Gibbs-White might hopefully end a 128 year wait.
📸 BBC
Morgan Gibbs-White might hopefully end a 128 year wait.
📸 BBC
There was also an unexpected appearance from a Forest player in this game, although it wasn’t for England.
Owing to the late arrival of Wales’ Dai Astley, the Reds’ Welshman Bob Davies (pictured), who wasn’t even part of the squad, played until Astley arrived.
Owing to the late arrival of Wales’ Dai Astley, the Reds’ Welshman Bob Davies (pictured), who wasn’t even part of the squad, played until Astley arrived.
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
There was also an unexpected appearance from a Forest player in this game, although it wasn’t for England.
Owing to the late arrival of Wales’ Dai Astley, the Reds’ Welshman Bob Davies (pictured), who wasn’t even part of the squad, played until Astley arrived.
Owing to the late arrival of Wales’ Dai Astley, the Reds’ Welshman Bob Davies (pictured), who wasn’t even part of the squad, played until Astley arrived.
It was another convincing win on Trentside for England who recorded a 4-1 over their neighbours.
The scorer of all four England goals was Charlton’s Don Welsh which led to the headline of ‘WELSH BEAT WELSH’ in the Nottingham Journal report.
📸 Nottingham Journal
The scorer of all four England goals was Charlton’s Don Welsh which led to the headline of ‘WELSH BEAT WELSH’ in the Nottingham Journal report.
📸 Nottingham Journal
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It was another convincing win on Trentside for England who recorded a 4-1 over their neighbours.
The scorer of all four England goals was Charlton’s Don Welsh which led to the headline of ‘WELSH BEAT WELSH’ in the Nottingham Journal report.
📸 Nottingham Journal
The scorer of all four England goals was Charlton’s Don Welsh which led to the headline of ‘WELSH BEAT WELSH’ in the Nottingham Journal report.
📸 Nottingham Journal
It took another 32 years for England to return to Nottingham.
In April 1941 the City Ground was chosen to host a wartime international match, with Wales the opponents once more.
📸 Nottingham Evening Post
In April 1941 the City Ground was chosen to host a wartime international match, with Wales the opponents once more.
📸 Nottingham Evening Post
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It took another 32 years for England to return to Nottingham.
In April 1941 the City Ground was chosen to host a wartime international match, with Wales the opponents once more.
📸 Nottingham Evening Post
In April 1941 the City Ground was chosen to host a wartime international match, with Wales the opponents once more.
📸 Nottingham Evening Post
Again, there were no Forest players representing England but future Reds goalkeeper Sam Hardy was in goal that day.
Hardy kept a clean sheet as England earned a 2-0 win in Nottingham on their way to a securing the Home Championships that year.
📸 Popperfoto / Getty
Hardy kept a clean sheet as England earned a 2-0 win in Nottingham on their way to a securing the Home Championships that year.
📸 Popperfoto / Getty
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Again, there were no Forest players representing England but future Reds goalkeeper Sam Hardy was in goal that day.
Hardy kept a clean sheet as England earned a 2-0 win in Nottingham on their way to a securing the Home Championships that year.
📸 Popperfoto / Getty
Hardy kept a clean sheet as England earned a 2-0 win in Nottingham on their way to a securing the Home Championships that year.
📸 Popperfoto / Getty
A year after the Ireland game, Forest moved to the City Ground and the Reds hosted their first England international in 1909, a Home International Championship game against Wales on 15th March.
The Evening Post noted that this was only the second England fixture in Nottingham.
The Evening Post noted that this was only the second England fixture in Nottingham.
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A year after the Ireland game, Forest moved to the City Ground and the Reds hosted their first England international in 1909, a Home International Championship game against Wales on 15th March.
The Evening Post noted that this was only the second England fixture in Nottingham.
The Evening Post noted that this was only the second England fixture in Nottingham.
It was a rampant 6-0 win for England.
There were no Forest players in the England team but two Derby players featured, including Steve Bloomer who scored two of the goals.
📸 Sheffield Independent / EnglandFootballOnline.com (inc first pic)
There were no Forest players in the England team but two Derby players featured, including Steve Bloomer who scored two of the goals.
📸 Sheffield Independent / EnglandFootballOnline.com (inc first pic)
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It was a rampant 6-0 win for England.
There were no Forest players in the England team but two Derby players featured, including Steve Bloomer who scored two of the goals.
📸 Sheffield Independent / EnglandFootballOnline.com (inc first pic)
There were no Forest players in the England team but two Derby players featured, including Steve Bloomer who scored two of the goals.
📸 Sheffield Independent / EnglandFootballOnline.com (inc first pic)
England hosted Ireland on 20th February, and the Sporting Life newspaper praised the choice of Trent Bridge as the venue:
‘Situated in the very heart of the football-loving district of England it is easily accessible from all parts of the country.’
15,000 were in attendance.
‘Situated in the very heart of the football-loving district of England it is easily accessible from all parts of the country.’
15,000 were in attendance.
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
England hosted Ireland on 20th February, and the Sporting Life newspaper praised the choice of Trent Bridge as the venue:
‘Situated in the very heart of the football-loving district of England it is easily accessible from all parts of the country.’
15,000 were in attendance.
‘Situated in the very heart of the football-loving district of England it is easily accessible from all parts of the country.’
15,000 were in attendance.
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…
The game ended 2-2 in front of 6,901. Tot Leverton scored a brace for the Reds.
It had been intended for there to be a return fixture at the City Ground the following day but this idea was shelved due to the ongoing war effort.
📸 Ken Smales
It had been intended for there to be a return fixture at the City Ground the following day but this idea was shelved due to the ongoing war effort.
📸 Ken Smales
May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The game ended 2-2 in front of 6,901. Tot Leverton scored a brace for the Reds.
It had been intended for there to be a return fixture at the City Ground the following day but this idea was shelved due to the ongoing war effort.
📸 Ken Smales
It had been intended for there to be a return fixture at the City Ground the following day but this idea was shelved due to the ongoing war effort.
📸 Ken Smales
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.
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...