Editing Nottingham Forest F.C. (section)

==Club identity==
===Crest and colours===
{{Commons|Nottingham Forest F.C. kits}}
[[File:Jordan Gabriel.jpg|thumb|[[Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel]] in Forest's red shirt, 2016]]
Nottingham Forest have worn red since the club's foundation in 1865. At the meeting in the Clinton Arms which established Nottingham Forest as a football club, the committee also passed a resolution that the team colours should be 'Garibaldi red'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/club/history/ |title=History |access-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921041105/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/club/history/ |archive-date=21 September 2012}} The Official History of Nottingham Forest</ref> This decision was made in honour of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], the Italian patriot who was the leader of the [[Redshirts (Italy)|redshirts]] volunteers. At this time, clubs identified themselves more by their headgear than their shirts and a dozen red caps with tassels were duly purchased, making Forest the first club to 'officially' wear red, a colour that has since been adopted by a significant number of others. Forest's kit is the reason behind [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'s choice of red, the club having donated a full set of red kits to Arsenal following their foundation (as Woolwich Arsenal) in 1886. [[British football clubs tours to South America|Forest's tour of South America]] in 1905 inspired [[Argentina|Argentine]] club [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] to adopt red as their club colour, after club's President Arístides Langone described the tourists as looking like ''diablos rojos'' ("red devils"), which would become Independiente's nickname.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.caindependiente.com/cms/historia.php?id=149|work=caindependiente.com|publisher=Club Atlético Independiente|title=Década del '10|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306141848/http://www.caindependiente.com/cms/historia.php?id=149 |archive-date = 6 March 2008|url-status=dead|language=es|trans-title=The 1910s}}</ref>

The first club crest used by Forest was the city arms of Nottingham, which was first used on kits in 1947.<ref name="HFK" /> The current club badge was introduced in 1974,<ref name = "HFK">{{cite news|title=Nottingham Forest|url=http://historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|work=historicalkits.co.uk|publisher=Historical Football Kits|access-date=29 October 2013|first=Dave|last=Moor|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019061345/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> following a competition in 1973 to design a new badge. The winning design was by [[Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design|Trent Polytechnic]] graphic design lecturer David Lewis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forestforum.co.uk/threads/23292-Forest-s-Od-Badge?p=1137807&viewfull=1#post1137807|title=Forest's Od Badge|website=www.forestforum.co.uk|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129213440/https://www.forestforum.co.uk/threads/23292-Forest-s-Od-Badge?p=1137807&viewfull=1#post1137807|url-status=live}}</ref> The logo has been incorrectly reported as being the brainchild of manager [[Brian Clough]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Joy of Six: Brief trends in football|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/dec/03/joy-of-six-football-trends|date=3 December 2010|first=Scott|last=Murray|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 October 2013|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185302/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/dec/03/joy-of-six-football-trends|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he did not arrive at the club until the following year. Forest have two [[star (football badge)|star]]s above the club badge to commemorate its European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980.<ref>{{cite news|title=The star on Orlando Pirates badge explained|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/38379/the-star-on-orlando-pirates-badge-explained|work=kickoff.com|date=23 October 2013|access-date=12 July 2014|first=Zola|last=Doda|location=South Africa|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165235/http://www.kickoff.com/news/38379/the-star-on-orlando-pirates-badge-explained|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#d00; color:#fff;" scope="col"|Period
! style="background:#d00; color:#fff;" scope="col"|Kit manufacturer
! style="background:#d00; color:#fff;" scope="col"|Main Shirt sponsor
|-
|1973–76
|[[Umbro]]
|rowspan=3|''None''
|-
|1976–77
|[[Umbro|U-Win]]<ref name="Nottingham Forest 1986-88 – not far off a grand slam of combinations">{{cite web | url=https://museumofjerseys.com/2017/07/30/nottingham-forest-umbro-kit-1986-88-not-far-off-a-grand-slam-of-combinations/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165003/https://museumofjerseys.com/2017/07/30/nottingham-forest-umbro-kit-1986-88-not-far-off-a-grand-slam-of-combinations/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 October 2018 | title=Nottingham Forest 1986–88 – not far off a grand slam of combinations | work=museumofjerseys.com | date=30 July 2017 | access-date=14 October 2018 | author=Hurley, Denis }}</ref>
|-
|1977–80
|rowspan=4|[[Adidas]]
|-
|1980–82
|[[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]]
|-
|1982–84
|[[Wrangler (jeans)|Wrangler]]
|-
|1984–86
|[[Skol]]
|-
|1986–87
|rowspan=7|[[Umbro]]
|[[Scottish & Newcastle|Home Ales]]
|-
|1987–93
|[[Shipstones Brewery|Shipstones]]
|-
|1993–97
|[[Labatt Brewing Company|Labatt's]]
|-
|1997–2003
|[[BNP Paribas#Other subsidiaries|Pinnacle]]
|-
|2003–09
|[[Capital One]]
|-
|2009–12
|[[Victor Chandler International|Victor Chandler]]
|-
|2012–13
|John Pye Auctions<ref>{{cite web|title=Nottingham Forest|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|first=Dave|last=Moor|access-date=17 January 2012|work=Historical Football Kits|archive-date=3 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103044313/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2013–16
|rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company
|-
|2016–18
||[[888sport]]
|-
|2018–19
| rowspan="4" |[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Nottingham Forest announce record-breaking long-term partnership with Macron|date=1 March 2018|access-date=1 March 2018|publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C.|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/march/nottingham-forest-announce-record-breaking-long-term-partnership-with-macron/|archive-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225317/https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/march/nottingham-forest-announce-record-breaking-long-term-partnership-with-macron/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[BetBright]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nottingham Forest announce landmark deal with BetBright|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/june/nottingham-forest-announce-landmark-deal-with-betbright/|access-date=13 June 2018|work=Nottingham Forest|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023600/https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/june/nottingham-forest-announce-landmark-deal-with-betbright/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2019–21
||[[Football Index]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Football Index announced as official shirt partner|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2019/june/Football-Index-announced-as-official-shirt-partner/|access-date=7 June 2019|work=Nottingham Forest|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607110016/https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2019/june/Football-Index-announced-as-official-shirt-partner/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2021–22
|BOXT
|-
|2022–23
|[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Club |first=Nottingham Forest Football |title=Nottingham Forest FC |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/ |access-date=22 December 2022 |website=Nottingham Forest Football Club |archive-date=3 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903002355/https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/nottingham-forest-matty-cash-new-contract-3227068.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2023–
|[[Adidas]]
|[[TGP Europe|Kaiyun]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaiyun sports announced as front of shirt partner|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2023/august/30/forest-announce-kaiyun-sports-as-front-of-shirt-partner/|access-date=30 August 2023|work=Nottingham Forest|date=30 August 2023 }}</ref>
|}

===Nomenclature===
The club has garnered many nicknames over time. Historically, the nickname of "the Reds" was used,<ref>{{cite news|title=Footy Nicknames – Nottingham Forest|url=http://www.footynicknames.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest_-_Forest|work=footynicknames.co.uk|access-date=8 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192748/http://www.footynicknames.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest_-_Forest|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> as was "Garibaldis".<ref>{{cite web|title=Nottingham Forest|date=31 March 2011|url=http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/nottingham-forest/|publisher=The Beautiful History|access-date=8 July 2014|archive-date=22 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822093812/http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/nottingham-forest/|url-status=live}}</ref> "The Forest"<ref name = "1908 newspaper">{{cite news|title=Nottingham Forest, 5; Liverpool, 1|newspaper=Daily Mirror|page=14|date=9 October 1908}}</ref> or the simpler "Forest" – as used on the club crest – is commonly used. Another, lesser-used, nickname referring to the club is the "Tricky Trees".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/24/football-rumourmill | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Monday's football transfer rumours: Kazim-Richards to the Premier League? | first=Alan | last=Gardner | date=24 November 2008 | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172644/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/24/football-rumourmill | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Football's top 10 nicknames: The Pensioners, Tricky Trees, Smoggies, Monkey Hangers and more|first=Chris|last=Mendes|date=7 November 2011|url=http://talksport.com/magazine/features/2011-11-07/footballs-top-10-nicknames-pensioners-tricky-trees-smoggies-monkey-hangers-and-more|work=talksport.com|publisher=UTV Radio|access-date=8 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194230/http://talksport.com/magazine/features/2011-11-07/footballs-top-10-nicknames-pensioners-tricky-trees-smoggies-monkey-hangers-and-more|url-status=live}}</ref>