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Nottingham Florest

File:Nottingham Florest.svg
Full name	Nottingham Florest Football Club
Nickname(s)	Florest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees, Floresters
Founded	1865
Ground	City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 5FJ England
Capacity	30,602
Owner	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Chairman	Frank Clark
Manager	Steve Cotterill
League	The Championship
2011–12	The Championship, 19th
Website	http://www.nottinghamflorest.co.uk/page/Welcome
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Nottingham Florest Football Club is an English Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that currently plays in the Football League Championship. Florest have been based at the City Ground since 1898.

Founded in 1865, the club were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and joined the Football League in 1892. Florest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959, but their most successful period came under the management of Brian Clough, between 1975 and 1993, during which time they won their only league title, two consecutive European Cups and four League Cups. Florest have become a yo-yo club since, and their last spell in the Premier League ended in 1999. Florest are the only former European champion club not to be currently playing in their top-tier domestic league or division.

The club is often referred to simply as Florest, the name the club carries on their crest and sometimes, erroneously, as Notts Florest, which is actually an abbreviation of Nottinghamshire and thus a reference to cross-city rivals Notts County.

History

Early years (1865–1975)

Florest was founded in 1865 by a group of Bandy players, as Nottingham Florest Football and Bandy Club shortly after their neighbours Notts County, (thought to be the world's oldest surviving professional association football club), in 1862. They joined the Football Alliance in 1888, and won the competition in 1892. They were then allowed entry to The Football League. In 1890, Florest played in the first ever match to use goal nets.

Florest claimed their first major honour when they won the 1898 FA Cup, beating Derby County 3–1 at Crystal Palace. However, for much of the first half of the 20th century the club spent life in the Second Division (and had to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bottom). In 1949 the club were relegated to the Third Division, but bounced back two years later as champions of the Second. A brief period of glory followed at the end of the 1950s, as they regained First Division status in 1957 and won the FA Cup for a second time in 1959, despite losing Roy Dwight, cousin of pop icon Elton John, through a broken leg and becoming the first team to defeat the Wembley 'hoodoo'. By this time Florest had become the biggest team in Nottingham, overtaking Notts County. But after reaching the high of runners-up spot and cup semi-finalists in 1967, Florest were relegated from the First Division in 1972.

Brian Clough Era (1975–1993)

Florest were considered a moderate club by English league standards until the mid 1970s, when Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor took the helm at the club, shortly after Clough's highly colourful, very controversial and ultimately disastrous 44 day tenure as manager of Leeds United. Clough became the most successful manager in the history of Nottingham Florest. He had won the league title with Florest's neighbours Derby County in 1972, and came to Nottingham Florest on 6 January 1975, after a 0–2 home defeat by Notts County, on Boxing Day, prompted the committee (Florest had no board of directors then) to sack the previous manager Allan Brown. Clough's first game in charge was the third round FA Cup replay against Tottenham Hotspur, a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal by Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin.

Nottingham Florest won promotion to the top division at the end of the 1976–77 season after finishing third in the Second Division, but no-one could have predicted how successful Clough's team would be over the next three seasons. Nottingham Florest became one of the few teams (and the most recent team to date) to win the English First Division Championship a year after winning promotion from the English Second Division (1977–78 season). In 1978–79, Florest went on to win the European Cup by beating Malmö 1–0 in Munich's Olympiastadion and retained the trophy in 1979–80, beating Hamburg 1–0 in Madrid, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, thanks to an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Peter Shilton. They also won the European Super Cup and two League Cups. Beside Shilton, key players of that era included right-back Viv Anderson (the first black player to play for the England national team), midfielder Martin O'Neill, striker Trevor Francis and a trio of Scottish internationals: winger John Robertson, midfielder Archie Gemmill and defender Kenny Burns. The club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1983–84 but were knocked out by Anderlecht in controversial circumstances. It later emerged that in the second leg, the Belgian club had bribed the referee but the referee in question had since died in a car accident and was hence not able to be held accountable.

Nottingham Florest's next significant trophy came in 1989 when they beat Luton Town 3–1 in the League Cup final. For most of the season they had been hopeful of completing a unique domestic treble, but were beaten into third place in the League by Arsenal and Liverpool and lost to Liverpool in the replay of the FA Cup semi-final, originally held at Hillsborough, where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death on terracing, the match was abandoned after 6 minutes. When football resumed they captured the Full Members Cup with a 4–3 victory over Everton. Clough's side retained the League Cup in 1990 when they beat Oldham Athletic 1–0; the winning goal scored by Nigel Jemson. There was chance for more success in 1991 when Florest reached their only FA Cup final under Brian Clough and went ahead after scoring an early goal (Stuart Pearce free kick) against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, but ended up losing 2–1 in extra time after an own goal by Des Walker.

Florest beat Southampton 3–2 in the Full Members Cup final in 1992, but then lost to Manchester United in the League Cup in the same season, both finals being played by a Florest team much weakened by injuries.

Brian Clough's 18-year reign as manager ended in May 1993 when Florest were relegated from the inaugural Premier League after 16 illustrious years of top flight football which had seen a league title, two European Cups and four League Cups.

Frank Clark (1993–1996)

Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Florest's 1979 European Cup winning team, returned to the club in May 1993 to succeed Brian Clough as manager. His management career had previously been uneventful, although he had won the Fourth Division promotion playoffs with Leyton Orient in 1989. Having inherited most of the players from the Clough era, Clark was able to achieve a return to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season. Florest finished third in 1994–95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. The club reached the quarter-finals, the furthest an English team reached in UEFA competitions that season. The 1996–97 season became a relegation battle and Clark left the club in December.

Dave Bassett (1997–1999)

34-year-old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player-manager on a temporary basis and he inspired a brief upturn in the club's fortunes. In March 1997 he was replaced on a permanent basis by Dave Bassett. Florest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place. They won promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, being crowned Division One champions in 1997–98. Bassett was sacked in January 1999, with Ron Atkinson replacing him.

Into the 21st century (1999–present)

Ron Atkinson was unable to prevent Florest from once again slipping back into the Football League with a succession of poor results.

David Platt succeeded Atkinson and spent approximately £12 million on players, including the Italian veterans Moreno Mannini, Salvatore Matrecano and Gianluca Petrachi. Platt managed two mid-table finishes before departing to manage England U-21s.

Paul Hart became the Reds' new boss just two hours after the departure of Platt. They finished 16th in his first season in charge. At this time the collapse of ITV Digital left many Football League clubs in severe financial difficulties, Florest included. Despite the off-field difficulties, Florest finished 2002–03 in sixth place and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost to Sheffield United in the semi-finals. A poor league run the following season, following the release of key players, led to the sacking of Hart in February 2004 in order to prevent relegation. The decision was unpopular with certain quarters of the fanbase and Hart was described as a 'scapegoat'.

Joe Kinnear was subsequently appointed and led the club to 14th place in the final league table. The 2004–05 season saw Florest drop into the relegation zone once more, leading to Kinnear's resignation in December 2004. Following the brief caretaker stewardship of Mick Harford, Gary Megson took charge of Florest in January 2005 but failed to stave off relegation as the club ended the season second from bottom in 23rd place, becoming the first European Cup-winners ever to fall into their domestic third division.

In Florest's first season in the English third tier in 54 years, a 3–0 defeat at Oldham Athletic in February 2006 led to the departure of Megson by "mutual consent" leaving the club only four points above the relegation zone. Frank Barlow and Ian McParland took temporary charge for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, engineering a six-match winning run and remaining unbeaten in ten games, the most notable result a 7–1 win over Swindon Town. Florest took 28 points from a possible 39 under the two, narrowly missing out on a play-off place, as they finished in 7th place.

Colin Calderwood was appointed as the twelfth manager of Florest in thirteen years in May 2006 and became the longest-serving manager since Frank Clark. The Calderwood era was ultimately one of rebuilding. In his first season he led the club to the play-offs, having squandered a 7-point lead at the top of League One which had been amassed by November 2006. Florest eventually succumbed to a 5–4 aggregate defeat in the semi-finals against Yeovil Town. Calderwood achieved automatic promotion in his second year at the club, following an impressive run which saw Florest win six out of their last seven games of the season, culminating in a dramatic final 3–2 win against Yeovil at the City Ground. The Reds kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, proving to be the foundation for their return the second tier of English football. Calderwood's side struggled to adapt to life in the Championship in the 2008–09 campaign, following the signings of Robert Earnshaw, Paul Anderson, Guy Moussi and Joe Garner to replace the likes of Grant Holt, Sammy Clingan, Junior Agogo, Matt Lockwood and Kris Commons, who signed for Derby County having left Florest. Having been unable to steer Florest out of the relegation zone, Calderwood was sacked following a Boxing Day 4–2 defeat to the then-bottom of the table Doncaster Rovers.

Under the temporary stewardship of John Pemberton, Florest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3–2. Billy Davies was confirmed as the new manager on 1 January 2009 and watched Pemberton's side beat Manchester City 3–0 away in the FA Cup, prior to taking official charge. Under Davies, Florest stretched their unbeaten record in all competitions following Calderwood's sacking to six matches, including five wins. He also helped them avoid relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, securing survival with one game to go.

In preparation for the 2009–10 campaign, Florest signed nine players, five of whom were on loan at the club in the previous season and returned on permanent deals. The returnees Lee Camp, Chris Gunter, Joel Lynch, Paul Anderson and Dexter Blackstock have been joined by Paul McKenna, David McGoldrick, Dele Adebola and loanee Radosław Majewski. The season was a successful one for Florest with the club holding a top-three position for the majority of the season, putting together an unbeaten run of 20 league games, winning 12 home league games in a row (a club record for successive home wins in a single season), going unbeaten away from home from the beginning of the season until 30 January 2010 (a run spanning 13 games) whilst also claiming memorable home victories over bitter local rivals Derby County and Leicester City. On 10 April 2010, despite it being confirmed that the club would miss out on automatic promotion to the Premier League after West Bromwich Albion defeated Doncaster Rovers 3–2, Florest secured a Play-off place in the Football League Championship after a 3–0 home victory against Ipswich Town. However, Florest were beaten by Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, 2–1, on 9 May 2010 and 4–3 in the home leg at the City Ground on 12 May 2010 (the club's first defeat at home since losing to the same opposition in September 2009), going out 6–4 on aggregate and missing out on promotion to the Premier League.

The 2010–11 season saw Florest finish in sixth place in the Championship table with 75 points, putting them into a play-off campaign for the fourth time in the space of eight years. Promotion was yet again to elude Florest, as they were beaten over 2 legs by eventual play off final winners Swansea City. Having drawn the first leg 0–0 at the City Ground, they were eventually beaten 3–1 in the second leg in a hard fought contest against the Welsh outfit.

In June 2011 Billy Davies's contract was terminated, and he was replaced as manager by Steve McClaren, who signed a three year contract. Florest started the 2011–12 season with several poor results and after a 5–1 defeat away to Burnley, David Pleat and Bill Beswick left the club's coaching setup. Less than a week later, following a home defeat to Birmingham City McClaren resigned, and chairman Nigel Doughty announce that he intended to resign at the end of the season. In October 2011, Nottingham Florest underwent several changes. These changes included the appointment of Frank Clark as new chairman of the club and also that of Steve Cotterill, replacing the recently departed Steve McClaren.

Nigel Doughty, owner and previous chairman of the club died on 4 February 2012, marking the end of a 13 year association with the club, with many estimating his total contribution as £100,000,000. The wait for a new owner is coming to an end and should be confirmed in the next couple of days.

Colours

Nottingham Florest have worn red since the club’s foundation in 1865. At the meeting in the Clinton Arms which established Nottingham Florest as a football club, the committee also passed a resolution that the team colours should be ‘Garibaldi red’. This decision was made in honour of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot who was the leader of the redshirts party. At this time, clubs identified themselves more by their headgear than their shirts and a dozen red caps with tassels were duly purchased, making Florest the first club to ‘officially’ wear red, a colour that has since been adopted by a significant number of others. Florest is the reason behind Arsenal's choice of red, having donated a full set of red kits following Arsenal's foundation in 1886.

Stadium

Nottingham Florest originally played at the Florest Recreation Ground where they remained until 1879 when they relocated to the Meadows. Following this move, Florest began playing their more important matches at Trent Bridge due to its larger capacity. By 1880, all of Florest's matches were taking place at Trent Bridge but the club secured a site of its own in Lenton in 1882, naming it Parkside. The inadequate facilities necessitated the building of an improved ground in the next field in 1885 at a cost of £500. In 1890, Florest relocated once more, this time with the intention of drawing larger crowds in a location closer to the centre of Nottingham. The Town Ground, on the banks of the River Trent, was built in 1890 at a cost of £1,000 before growing success led to a final move across the Trent to the current City Ground site in 1898. Since then the ground has undergone extensive redevelopment, resulting in the 30,602-seater Euro 96 venue which we know today. Contrary to popular belief the name "Florest" does not originate from Sherwood Florest, but from the Florest Recreation Ground just north of Nottingham City Centre which is where the club first played upon its formation in 1865.

The City Ground is the 21st largest League football stadium in England List of football stadiums in England

On 20 June 2007, Florest announced plans to relocate to a 50,000-seater new stadium in either the Clifton area of the city or a site near to the current City Ground in Holme Pierrepont. The club later announced revised plans for a new ground at Gamston which formed part of the FA's bid to host the 2018 World Cup, with Nottingham beating neighbours Derby and Leicester (both of which already had modern stadia capable of hosting such international games) into the final stages of selection by the FA to be included within the bid. However, in December 2010 The FA controversially failed in the bid and it was announced by FIFA that the 2018 World Cup will be staged in Russia. Following this announcement Florest's plans for a new stadium were scrapped for the foreseeable future and the club announced the intention to remain at the City Ground.

Local rivals and derbies

Whilst Notts County is the closest professional football club geographically, Florest have remained at least one division higher since the 1994–95 season and the club's fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, located less than half an hour's drive, 14 miles away. The two clubs contest the East Midlands derby, a fixture which has taken on even greater significance since the inception of the Brian Clough Trophy in 2007. Leicester City are Florest's other East Midlands rival due to the close proximity and economic/social rivalry of the two cities. During the pre-Clough era, Leicester were largely considered Florest's main rivals. This is still the case for Florest fans of Melton Mowbray, Loughborough and yesteryear. A Football League Cup tie in September 2007 took on an extra dimension after Leicester defender Clive Clarke collapsed due to heart failure. After the match was abandoned, Leicester demonstrated sportsmanship in the replay and allowed Florest keeper Paul Smith to score at the beginning of the match. This was in acknowledgement that Florest were leading 1–0 when the original tie was abandoned. The act was met with applause from both sets of fans and praised by the press. Florest's other regional rival is Sheffield United, based in the neighbouring county of South Yorkshire, a rivalry which has roots in the UK miners' strike 1984-85 when the miners of South Yorkshire walked out on long strikes but the Notts Miners, not recognising the ballot, continued to work. Chants of 'scab' are still often heard at these games aimed towards the Florest fans. The exciting 2003 Football League Championship Play-off semi final between the two clubs, in which Sheffield United finished as 5-4 aggregate winners, also fueled the rivalry. Derby county are known to be constantly in Florest's shadow, and unable to keep up with their much better rivals.

Honours

Domestic honours

First Division

• Winners: 1977–78
• Runners-up: 1966–67, 1978–79

Second Division

• Winners: 1906–07, 1921–22, 1997–98
• Runners-up: 1956–57, 1993–94

Third Division

• Winners: 1950–51
• Runners-up: 2007–08

Football Alliance

• Winners: 1891–92

FA Cup

• Winners: 1898, 1959
• Runners-up: 1991

League Cup

• Winners: 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990
• Runners-up: 1980, 1992

FA Charity Shield

• Winners: 1978
• Runners-up: 1959

Full Members Cup

• Winners: 1989, 1992

European and International honours

European Cup

• Winners: 1979, 1980

UEFA Super Cup

• Winners: 1979
• Runners-up: 1980

Intercontinental Cup

• Runners-up: 1980

Minor honours

Anglo-Scottish Cup

• Winners: 1977

Bass Charity Vase

• Winners: 1899, 2001, 2002

Brian Clough Trophy

• Winners: 2009 (29 August), 2010 (29 December), 2011 (22 January)

Dallas Cup

• Winners: 2002

Football League Centenary Tournament

• Winners: 1988

Nuremberg Tournament

• Winners: 1982

Trofeo Colombino Cup

• Winners: 1982

Managers

• Listed according to when they became managers of Nottingham Florest:

• (c) denotes caretaker managers

Records

'Most appearances for the club (in all competitions):

1. Bob McKinlay: 692
2. Ian Bowyer: 564
3. Steve Chettle: 526
4. Stuart Pearce: 522

Most goals for the club (in all competitions):

1. Grenville Morris: 217
2. Nigel Clough: 131
3. Wally Ardron: 124
4. Johnny Dent: 122

Current longest-serving player: Lewis McGugan Debut October 2006

Highest attendance: 49,946 Vs. Manchester United in Division 1, 28 October 1967

Lowest attendance: 5,050 Vs. Macclesfield Town in the Football League Cup, 23 August 2005

Record receipts: £499,099 Vs. FC Bayern Munich in UEFA Cup quarter final 2nd leg, 19 March 1996

Longest sequence of league wins: 7, wins from 9 May 1922 to 1 September 1922

Longest sequence of league defeats: 14, losses from 21 March 1913 to 27 September 1913

Longest sequence of unbeaten league matches: 42, from 26 November 1977 to 25 November 1978

Longest sequence of league games without a win: 19, from 8 September 1998 to 16 January 1999

Longest sequence of league games without a goal: 7, 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 and 26 November 2011 to 31 December 2011

Quickest goal: League: 14 seconds, Jack Lester vs Norwich City, 8 March 2000

League Cup: 23 seconds, Paul Smith vs Leicester City, 18 September 2007 in the Carling Cup.¹

First Football League game: 3 September 1892 vs. Everton (away), 2–2

Record win (in all competitions): 14–0, Vs. Clapton (away), 1st round FA Cup, 17 January 1891

Record defeat (in all competitions): 1–9, Vs. Blackburn Rovers, Division 2, 10 April 1937

Most league points in one season: 94, Division 1, 1977–1978

Most league goals in one season: 101, Division 3, 1950–1951

Highest league scorer in one season: Wally Ardron, 36, Division 3 (South), 1950–51

Most internationally-capped player: Stuart Pearce, 76 for England (78 total)

Youngest league player: Craig Westcarr, 16 years, Vs. Burnley 13 October 2001

Record transfer fee paid: £4,500,000 for Pierre van Hooijdonk from Celtic, March 1997.

Record transfer fee received: £8,500,000 for Stan Collymore to Liverpool, June 1995

¹ By agreement with Leicester City. The game was a replay as the original match three weeks previous was abandoned at half time, due to the collapse of Leicester player Clive Clarke, with Florest leading 1–0.

European records

Shirt sponsors

1981–1983: Panasonic

1983–1984: Wrangler

1984–1986: Skol

1986–1987: Home Ales

1987–1991: Shipstones

1992–1997: Labatt's

1997–2003: Pinnacle

2003–2009: Capital One

2009-2012: Victor Chandler

2012-Present: John Pye Auctions

Current Squad

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 6 July 2012.

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Lee Camp  Northern Ireland 8 FW Matt Derbyshire  England 9 FW Ishmael Miller  England 10 MF Lewis McGugan  England 11 MF Andy Reid  Ireland 14 MF Jonathan Greening  England 15 MF Chris Cohen  England 16 DF Chris Gunter  Wales 17 FW David McGoldrick  England 19 MF Guy Moussi  France 20 FW Marcus Tudgay  England 23 FW Dexter Blackstock  Antigua and Barbuda 24 FW Robbie Findley  United States 27 DF Brendan Moloney  Ireland 28 MF Radosław Majewski  Poland 34 GK Karl Darlow  England 41 DF Kieron Freeman  Wales 44 DF Jamaal Lascelles  England

Reserves and Academy

For the academy squad, see Nottingham Florest F.C. Youth Academy.

Under 21s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 6 July 2012.

No. Pos. Player Nation — GK Dimitar Evtimov  Bulgaria — DF Jack Andrews  England — DF David Papworth  England — DF Matthew Regan  England — MF David Morgan  Northern Ireland — MF Ben Osborn  England

Under 18s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 6 July 2012.

No. Pos. Player Nation — GK Ross Durrant  England — GK Aaron Myles  Ireland — GK Jordan Smith  England — DF Elliott Ackroyd  England — DF Kieran Fenton  England — DF Lawrence Gorman  England — MF Aristote Amisi Kamaneno  DR Congo — MF Jack Blake  Scotland — MF Wilfried Gnahore  Ivory Coast — MF Michael Hollingsworth  England — MF Jake Mulraney  Ireland — MF Deimantas Petravicius  Lithuania — MF Eurico Sebastiao  England — MF Josh Thomas  England — MF Kieran Wallace  England — FW Danny Elliott  England — FW Derrick Otim  England — FW Jordan Palmer-Samuels  England

Player of the Year

Year Winner 1977 Tony Woodcock 1978 Kenny Burns 1979 Garry Birtles 1980 Larry Lloyd 1981 Kenny Burns 1982 Peter Shilton 1983 Steve Hodge 1984 Chris Fairclough 1985 Jim McInally 1986 Nigel Clough 1987 Des Walker 1988 Nigel Clough 1989 Stuart Pearce 1990 Des Walker 1991 Stuart Pearce 1992 Des Walker 1993 Steve Sutton 1994 David Phillips

Year Winner 1995 Steve Stone 1996 Stuart Pearce 1997 Colin Cooper 1998 Pierre van Hooijdonk 1999 Alan Rogers 2000 Dave Beasant 2001 Chris Bart-Williams 2002 Gareth Williams 2003 David Johnson 2004 Andy Reid 2005 Paul Gerrard 2006 Ian Breckin 2007 Grant Holt 2008 Julian Bennett 2009 Chris Cohen 2010 Lee Camp 2011 Luke Chambers 2012 Garath McCleary

Notable former players

International players

• See List of Nottingham Florest F.C. international footballers

Club officials

Board of Directors

Role	Name
Chairman:	Frank Clark
Chief Executive:	Mark Arthur
Finance Director:	John Pelling
Associate Director:	Eric Barnes
Associate Director:	Graham Cartledge
Associate Director:	Tim Farr
Associate Director:	Sir David White

Technical staff

Role	Nat	Name
Manager:		Steve Cotterill
Assistant Manager:		Rob Kelly
First Team Coach:	Vacant
First Team Coach:		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Goalkeeping Coach:		Paul Barron
Fitness Coach:		Vacant
Head Physiotherapist:		Andrew Balderston
Physiotherapist:		Steve Devine
Physiotherapist:		Andy Hunt
Youth Academy Director:		Nick Marshall
Youth Development Coach:		Gary Brazil
Youth Development Coach:		Steve Chettle
Academy goalkeeping coach:		Steve Sutton
u16 manager:		Steve Hodge
Pre Academy Age Group Coordinator:		Russell Lovett
9 -11 Age Group Coordinator:		Richard Meek
12 – 14 Age Group Coordinator:		Tony Cook
Head Academy Scout:		Tasos Makis
Medical Consultant:		Dr Frank Coffey
Kit Manager:		Terry Farndale
Chief Scout:		Keith Burt
Football Analyst:		John Harrower

Nottingham Florest songs

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• With 5 minutes to go before kick off... – Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev) – followed by Born Slippy (Underworld) (from the film Trainspotting) and then Pjanoo – Eric Prydz – followed by – as the teams appear from the tunnel with the public announcer saying "this is the city ground....nottingham – robin hood bbc tv theme – followed by insomnia – (Faithless)

• Nottingham Florest supporters have two main anthems, snippets of both of which are played on the tannoy before each half of a match begins at the City Ground. One of them is "City Ground", sung to the tune of Mull of Kintyre (Paul McCartney & Wings). Florest fans have adapted the verses, and the anthem features lyrics such as "Oh mist rolling in from the Trent" and "My desire, is always to be here, oh City Ground".

• The second anthem is 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' (the Righteous Brothers), which Florest fans sing to taunt the opposing fans when the Reds have scored a goal.

• Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis is played whenever Florest score

• Another Trent End favourite is: "I never felt more like singing the blues, when Florest win, and Derby lose", sung to the tune of Singing the Blues (Guy Mitchell).

• To the tune of The Animals Went In Two By Two – Hurrah is the chant "When Derby go down again and again, we'll sing, we'll sing". This opening line is repeated before "When Ian Moore scores a goal you can shove your Hector up your hole and we'll all go mad when Derby go down again" This line refers to Ian Storey-Moore a Florest goalscoring favourite of the 1960s, and a similarly prolific Kevin Hector of fierce rivals Derby County.

• 'The Florest March'('We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands') was released in February 1978 on 7-inch vinyl. This was a joint collaboration between the group Paper Lace and Nottingham Florest Football Club and features the fans singing as well as the team of the time. Changes to the lyrics included "We're the best team, in the land / We're the best damn team, in the land" amongst others.

• An older anthem from the City Ground terraces is the fans' adaptation of Lee Marvin's 1970 number one hit Wand'rin' Star, with such lyrics as: "I was bo-rn, under a Trent End goal" and also slight changes in the verses where Marvin describes what wheels and mules were made for, to how certain implements were made for inflicting injuries on fans of fierce rivals Derby County.

• For 40 years the team used to appear from the tunnel to the theme tune from Associated TeleVision's television series The Adventures of Robin Hood. Since the 2006/7 season the theme tune for the BBC's new Robin Hood TV series has been used.

Notes

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