Such as European cup 1979 and 1980
Part Two - Clough and his Cups
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1976 - Anglo-Scottish Cup (Forest 5 Orient 1, over two legs)
Brian Clough's first honour as Forest manager came two years into his reign and halfway through Forest's promotion season from Division Two. In December 1976, the Reds won the much-mocked Anglo-Scottish Cup against Leyton Orient, drawing 1-1 in the away leg, and winning 4-0 at the City Ground. It was by no means a major honour, but after 17 years without a trohpy (despite a few near misses) it was a welcome win for Clough's emeging team.
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1978 - League Cup (Forest 1 Liverpool 0, replay)
Having scraped to promotion in 1977, Clough's unfancied Forest side were taking the league by storm. The first of the flood of honours that came in this era was a League Cup victory over championship rivals Liverpool.
Forest's star keeper, Peter Shilton, was cup-tied so 18-year-old Chris Woods stepped into the green jersey and wrote his name into Forest folklore, keeping a clean sheet at Wembley in front of 100,000 fans.
He repeated this feat in the replay at Old Trafford four days later in front of a crowd of 54,375. Forest held the dominant Scousers for the whole of both games, with Woods on top form in goal. And Forest got the shock winner when John O'Hare - who was only playing because of injury to captain John McGovern - was braught down for a controversial penalty by Phil Thompson. John Robertson scored from the spot, to secure the title for Forest.
Forest: Woods, Anderson, Clark, O'Hare, Lloyd, Burns, O'Neill, Bowyer, Withe, Woodcock, Robertson
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1977/78 - Football League Championship
On April 22, a 0-0 draw at Coventry secured Forest's first and only League Championship title with four games still to play. Brian Clough's team had taken the league by storm, losing only three games all year. Forest finished the season seven points ahead of previous winners Liverpool.
Tony Woodcock and Peter Withe finished the season as joint top-scorers with 19 each, and John Robertson finishing just behind with 18.
At the back, Forest defence had conceded only 24 goals, and the hard work of Kenny Burns earned him the prestigous Footballer of the Year award - the only Forest player to have been given the honour.
Peter Shilton picked up the PFA Player of the Year and Tony Woodcock was praised as Young Player of the Year. Unsurprisingly, Brian Clough was made Manager of the Year having secured his second Football League title and transformed Nottingham Forest Football Club forever.
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1978 - Charity Shield (Forest 5 Ipswich 0)
As League Champions, Forest were paired up with FA Cup winners, Ipwich Town in the traditional season-opener, the Charity Sheild at Wembley. Martin O'Neill (2), Larry Lloyd, Peter Withe and John Robertson scored as Forest hammered Town five-nil.
Forest: Shilton, Anderson, Barrett, McGovern, Lloyd, Burns, O'Neill (Needham), Gemmill, Withe, Woodcock, Robertson
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1979 - League Cup (Forest 3 Southampton 2)
Forest were out to prove that their championship win wasn't just a fluke in the 78/79 season. The Reds were battling it out on four fronts: the league title (once again exchanging blows with Liverpool), the European Cup, the FA Cup and defending their League Cup title.
Forest reached the final by beating Oldham, Oxford, Everton, Brighton and Watford in the semi-final and would defend their title against Southampton.
Southampton were in the same position as Forest the year before: recently promoted and facing the champions at Wembley. The final will always be remembered by the way assistant manager Peter Taylor took Brian Clough's place in leading the Forest team out onto the pitch, a tribute to his own valuable contribution to Forest's success.
Forest had sold Peter Withe earlier in the season to Newcastle, but in his place they had found a local hero Garry Birtles, and it was Birtles who starred as Forest retained the cup.
Southampton scored first, but Birtles hit a pair in the second half before Woodcock made the win certain, despite the Saints pulling one back late on. Forest became the first team to succesfully defend the League Cup title.
Forest: Shilton, Barrett, Clark, McGovern, Lloyd, Needham, O'Neill, Gemmill, Birtles, Woodcock, Robertson
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1979 - European Cup (Forest 1 Malmo 0)
It was just Forest's luck that, having beaten them to championship the previous year, the Reds' first opponants in the European Cup would be Liverpool. The critics wouldn't give Forest a hope against the current Champions of Europe, but Forest never took any notice of the odds. They beat Liverpool 2-0 at the City Ground, and held them to a nil-nil in the second leg at Anfield, to start off a glorious cup run.
They saw off AEK Athens with ease, before knocking out Grasshopers of Zurich to reach the semi-final.
In a thrilling two-legged encounter, Forest beat Colonge by an aggregate score of 4-3, Ian Bowyer socring the crucial goal in the away leg.
Forest would face Swedish side Malmo in the final to be played Munich's glorious Olympic Stadium on May 30, 1979. The Reds had been beaten to the championship by Liverpool, but were boosted by the European debut of the million-pound man, Trevor France who had completed his record-breaking transfer a few months previously.
And it was money well spent as moments before the half-time break, John Roberton's searching cross found Francis at the far post, Francis' diving header beat the keeper and put Forest in the lead.
There were no more goals and in front of 30,000 travelling fans from Nottingham, John McGovern lifted the European Cup for Forest.
Forest: Shilton, Anderson, Clark, McGovern, Lloyd, Burns, Francis, Bowyer, Birtles, Woodcock, Robertson
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1980 - European Super Cup (Forest 2 Barcelona 1, over two legs)
Forest added another European honour the following year, with a two-legged win over Cup Winners' Cup champions Barcelona. The Reds won 1-0 at the City Ground thanks to a goal from Charlie George, and Kenny Burns scored at the Nou Camp in front of 90,000 fans to give Forest a 2-1 victory.
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1980 - League Cup (Forest 0 Wolves 1)
For the third year running, Forest had reached the League Cup final. This time it was the turn of first team coach Jimmy Gordon to lead the team out of the tunnel. Andy Gray scored the only goal of the game after a terrible mix-up in the Forest defence gave him an easy finish and denied Forest a third succesive win.
Forest: Shilton, Anderson, Gray, McGovern, Needham, Burns, O'Neill, Bowyer, Birtles, Francis, Robertson
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1980 - European Cup (Forest 1 Humburg 0)
Despite losing out in the League Cup, and a below-par season in the league Forest were out to retain their European Cup title and prove that they were worthy champions. They beat Osters Vaxjo, Arges Pitesti, Dynamo Berlin and finally Ajax of Amsterdam to reach the final in Madrid.
Their opponants were the much-fancied German side SV Humburg, who, among other star names, featured Kevin Keegan in their line-up. About 50,000 fans watched the game in the Bernabeu. Forest were without the hero of the previous final, Trevor Frances, who had suffered an injury a few weeks before the final. In his place, 17-year-old Gary Mills partenered Garry Birtles up-front.
Forest were forced to deal with a lot of pressure from the Germans, but as usual they held strong with Llyod and Burns marshalling the back-line and Shilton producing some fine saves.
But with 20 minutes gone, Forest hit Humburg on the break. John Robertson jinked his way past the defender before playing a neat one-two with Martin O'Neill. Robertson then took the ball in his stride before blasting it into the net to give Forest the lead.
For the rest of the game, Forest weathered the Humburg pressure, to maintain their one-nil lead and win their second European Cup final.
Forest: Shilton, Anderson, Gray (Gunn), McGovern, Lloyd, Burns, O'Neill, Bowyer, Birtles, Mills (O'Hare), Robertson
