There have been plenty of memorable triumphs, brilliant players and one of the greatest ever managers at Nottingham Forest over the years.
But the club has also seen some pretty bizarre moments, too.
We’ve taken a look back through the archives and picked out five.
The Fawaz years
Pretty much everything about the Fawaz Al Hasawi era comes into this category.
The Kuwaiti arrived with good intentions, but his time at the club descended into chaos and ended with protests from fans.
From THAT Brian Clough painting, to his ill-advised tweets (anyone remember ‘ok spiderman’), to a lengthy list of bad decisions and negative headlines, his five years at the helm were some of the strangest, to say the least.
Even now Forest still haven’t entirely been able to shake him off - with that recent wrangle over the replica of the 1959 FA Cup.
Jason Cummings’ TV
The Scottish striker, who signed from Hibernian in the summer of 2017, is certainly a character.
In his time with the Reds, though, he was in the spotlight more for his off-field antics than anything he managed on the pitch.
In 2018, when he was on loan at Peterborough United, footage emerged of him trashing his own flat, with Cummings throwing around furniture, including a television and a chair.
He was said to be “full of remorse” afterwards.
Coffee cup calamity
Few matches have seen an incident quite like this one.
It was a local derby to forget for Forest - and not just because of the final scoreline.
Beaten 4-2 by arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park in March 2004, the game is perhaps best remembered for the incident which led to Paul Peschisolido making it 2-0.
Goalkeeper Barry Roche went to clear a back-pass from Wes Morgan, but the ball bobbled up off a stray coffee cup which had blown on the pitch.
It meant Roche skewed his clearance and the ball fell perfectly for Peschisolido to provide the finish.
Big name signing
It seemed a slightly odd signing from the outset, albeit Nicklas Bendtner arrived with great fanfare - and a cavalcade of Danish media in his wake, all keen to follow the next step in his career.
Brought in by Philippe Montanier in a bid to boost his attacking options, it didn’t really work out that way.
The former Arsenal man scored twice in 17 appearances and was soon on his way, leaving after just six months.
Clough hits out
Most people wouldn’t dare take on Roy Keane. But then Brian Clough wasn’t like most people.
The former midfielder wrote in his autobiography how Clough, who brought him to Forest from Irish side Cobh Ramblers in 1990, punched him after he under-hit a back-pass during an FA Cup defeat.
“When I walked into the dressing room after the game, Clough punched me straight in the face,” he recalled. “‘Don’t pass the ball back to the goalkeeper’ he scream as I lay on the floor, him standing over me.”
Just one of many Cloughie stories which have gone down in legend.
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