Nottingham Forest Great European Nights Remembered

[Mad Squad]

Martin O'Neill takes a shot, Nottingham Forest - Colonge, European Cup Semi Final at a packed City Ground in 1979.

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Part of the Nottingham Forest Red Army that took over the center of Munich before the European Cup Final in 1979.

I love the look on that snobby womans face on the left of the photo (probably some German woman).

I would love to know what she was thinking  :D

That bloke on the floor at the front, is he asleep?

Plus there is a bloke at the front on the right, he looks like he is doing some press ups  :D Absolutely love this photo. The more I look at it the more it makes me laugh.

[Dog and Bear]

Part of the Nottingham Forest Red Army that took over the center of Munich before the European Cup Final in 1979.

I love the look on that snobby womans face on the left of the photo (probably some German woman).

I would love to know what she was thinking  :D

That bloke on the floor at the front, is he asleep?

Plus there is a bloke at the front on the right, he looks like he is doing some press ups  :D Absolutely love this photo. The more I look at it the more it makes me laugh.

If you look closely you can see his pint pot behind his right hand  :D

[Mad Squad]

Love that photo above. Fantastic memory and a brilliant 3 day trip from start to finish.

[Duncan Mckenzie]

Nottingham Forest's Steve chettle rises above Jurgen Klinsmann of Bayern Munich during the UEFA Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg match at the City Ground in March 1996.

[PsychoStanleyStone]

Nottingham Forest's Steve chettle rises above Jurgen Klinsmann of Bayern Munich during the UEFA Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg match at the City Ground in March 1996.

5 nil down and still in Europe!!!!!!!!

I think we were a bit unlucky, I do wonder what would of happened if we had had Stan the Man for that campaign, maybe 1 of the bigger 'what ifs' ?

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Thanks for bringing up the Bayern Munich game, of course the last game we played in Europe to this day and the only European campaign I have actually attended. I doubt most of us there that night would believe it if we said not only would we not be back, we will spend the next 2 decades outside the premier league.

You are correct PSS, if we had kept Stan who knows what would have happened, I remember an interview with Frank Clark saying he genuinely thought he could have won the competition if we had hung on to him.

Anyhow it was a great night and atmosphere. I can still remember the first goal, free kick just outside the area. I was in TE upper behind the goal and it was a daisy cutter kick but not hit too hard and I thought should have been a routine save. Then with horror realising that Crossley hadnt seen it and wasnt moving, the ball seemed to go into the bottom corner in slow motion.

5-0 up and still in Europe was good though! It was fun that season reminding the big guns we were the last team in Europe for most of that season,ManU and the like didnt take it too well!

[PsychoStanleyStone]

Thanks for bringing up the Bayern Munich game, of course the last game we played in Europe to this day and the only European campaign I have actually attended. I doubt most of us there that night would believe it if we said not only would we not be back, we will spend the next 2 decades outside the premier league.

You are correct PSS, if we had kept Stan who knows what would have happened, I remember an interview with Frank Clark saying he genuinely thought he could have won the competition if we had hung on to him.

Anyhow it was a great night and atmosphere. I can still remember the first goal, free kick just outside the area.  I was in TE upper behind the goal and it was a daisy cutter kick but not hit too hard and I thought should have been a routine save. Then with horror realising that Crossley hadnt seen it and wasnt moving, the ball seemed to go into the bottom corner in slow motion.

5-0 up and still in Europe was good though! It was fun that season reminding the big guns we were the last team in Europe for most of that season,ManU and the like didnt take it too well!

That promotion season was great fun culminating in Peterboro away, then that PL season 94/95 putting 7 past Sheff Wed and beating Man U at Old Trafford, Then we sold Stan, had the run in a few cups but we were losing players at some stage, if you look at that video clip, apparently '1996' I guess it must of been 96/97 after the Bayern season.  Dean Saunders, Chris Allen, Kevin Campbell were on the books and I think we had lost a few players around that time, in fact we got relegated 96/97?  I think.  Seemed a bit self inflicted.  We ended up Ron Atkinson and that 1.7 thriller !

[Duncan Mckenzie]

Nottingham Forest's Paul McGregor celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the UEFA Cup Third Round first leg against Lyon in November 1995.

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Nottingham Forest's Paul McGregor celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the UEFA Cup Third Round first leg against Lyon in November 1995.

That was my 1st game at the City Ground

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John Robertson skins the Ajax Right Back.

Nottingham Forest - Ajax, European Cup Semi Final, 1980.

[Duncan Mckenzie]

Nottingham Forest fans in Munich for the European Cup Final in 1979.