Nottingham Forest News Now (2024)

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What is Nottingham Forest motto? ›

(PIC 3) As mentioned earlier the supporters of the shield are two royal stags guardant and standing on broken branches or staves, each stag has a gold crown around its neck. The motto “VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS” translates as, Virtue Outlives Death.

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.

Founded in 1865, Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground since 1898. The club have won two European Cups (now the UEFA Champions League), being one of six English clubs to have won the coveted trophy.

The ground's all-time record attendance of 49,946 was set in October 1967 when Forest beat Manchester United 3–1 in a First Division fixture, five months after Forest had finished second to United in the league.

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.

This is an enmity that can be traced to a national coal mining dispute in the 1920s and is still rooted in the hostility of the 1984 miners' strike. It lives on in the memory of older fans - and in folklore for the rest.

Nottingham Forest docked 4 points for overspending and drops into EPL relegation zone. Nottingham Forest was deducted four points on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League relegation zone with nine games remaining.

Forest, Arsenal and Independiente can all trace their colours back to a day in 1865. A meeting at the Clinton Arms public house in Nottingham. The fifteen founders of Nottingham Forest were inspired by Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary, and his legions of Red Shirts.

Football matches held between Derby County F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. are often referred to as an 'East Midlands Derby' and are the focus of a lengthy and intense rivalry.

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.

Is Nottingham Forest the oldest club in England? ›

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).

The motto; Vivit post funera virtus means Virtue survives death or Virtue outlives death.

What is the Forest Service motto? The Forest Service motto, “Caring for the Land and Serving People,” captures the spirit of our mission, which we accomplish through five main activities: Protection and management of natural resources on lands we manage.

At Nottingham Forest Football Club and Nottingham Forest Community Trust, the safety and wellbeing of our supporters and community are of the upmost importance. Our aim as a Club and Trust is to always create safe spaces for everyone.

Why is Nottingham Forest called 'The Reds' or 'The Garibaldis'? From the beginning, Forest dressed in 'Garibaldi red' shirts. This was named after the leader of the Italian freedom fighters known as the redshirts, who were universally popular in England at the time.