Editing Nottingham Forest F.C. (section)

===Clough without Taylor (1982–1993)===
[[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] beat Forest in the [[1983–84 UEFA Cup]] semi-finals in controversial circumstances. Several contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a decade later, it emerged that before the match, referee Emilio Guruceta Muro had received a £27,000 "loan" from Anderlecht's chairman [[Constant Vanden Stock]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/42383.stm |title=Forest sues Anderlecht over '84 bribery scandal |work=BBC News |date=24 December 1997 |access-date=14 June 2012 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113014012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/42383.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Anderlecht went unpunished until 1997, when UEFA banned the club from European competitions for one year. Guruceta Muro died in a car crash in 1987.<ref>Catherine Riley: ''[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-after-13-years-anderlecht-are-punished-by-uefa-1240826.html Football: After 13 years Anderlecht are punished by Uefa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210024249/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-after-13-years-anderlecht-are-punished-by-uefa-1240826.html |date=10 December 2018 }}'', [[The Independent]], 23 September 1997 (per 7 June 2013).</ref>

Forest beat [[Sheffield Wednesday]] on penalties in the [[Football League Centenary Tournament]] final in April 1988 after drawing 0–0.<ref name=cent>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsroundanditswhite.co.uk/articles/the-mercantile-credit-football-festival|title=The Mercantile Credit Football Festival|date=24 January 2013|access-date=5 December 2017|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074544/http://www.itsroundanditswhite.co.uk/articles/the-mercantile-credit-football-festival|url-status=live}}</ref> Forest finished third in the league in 1988 and made the [[1987–88 FA Cup]] semi-finals. [[Stuart Pearce]] won the first of his five successive selections for the [[PFA Team of the Year]].

On 18 January 1989, Clough joined the fray of a City Ground pitch invasion by hitting two of his own team's fans when on the pitch. The football authorities responded with a fine and touchline ban for Clough.<ref name=qpr>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/22/seven-deadly-sins-football-lust-part-two|title=Seven deadly sins of football: Lust – from Antonio Cassano to a Dutch pool party|date=21 May 2009|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052823/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/22/seven-deadly-sins-football-lust-part-two|url-status=live}}</ref> The match, against QPR in the [[1988–89 Football League Cup|League Cup]], finished 5–2 to Forest.<ref name=for8889est>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1988-89/ClubResults/1988-89.NottmForest.html|title=footballsite – Nottingham Forest results 1988/89|website=footballsite.co.uk|access-date=18 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051540/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1988-89/ClubResults/1988-89.NottmForest.html|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Forest beat Everton 4–3 after extra time in the 1989 [[Full Members Cup]] final, then came back to beat Luton Town 3–1 in the [[1989 Football League Cup final]]. This set Forest up for a unique treble of domestic cup wins, but tragedy struck a week after the League Cup win. Forest and Liverpool met for the second season in a row in the FA Cup semi-finals. The [[Hillsborough disaster]] claimed the lives of 97 Liverpool fans. The match was abandoned after six minutes. When the emotional replay took place, Forest struggled as Liverpool won 3–1. Despite these trophy wins, and a third-place finish in the First Division, Forest were unable to compete in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], as English clubs were still banned from European competitions following the [[Heysel Stadium Disaster]]. [[Des Walker]] won the first of his four successive selections for the PFA Team of the Year.

[[Nigel Jemson]] scored as Forest beat [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] 1–0 to retain the League Cup in 1990. English clubs were re-admitted to Europe for the [[1990–91 in English football|following season]], but only in limited numbers, and Forest's League Cup win again did not see them qualify. The only [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] place that season went to league runners-up [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]].

Brian Clough reached his only [[1991 FA Cup final|FA Cup final in 1991]] after countless replays and postponements in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. Up against [[Tottenham Hotspur]], Forest took the lead from a Pearce free kick, but Spurs equalised to take the game to extra-time, ultimately winning 2–1 after an own goal by Walker. [[Roy Keane]] declared himself fit to play in the final and was selected in preference to [[Steve Hodge]]; years later, Keane admitted he had not actually been fit to play, hence his insignificant role in the final.<ref>"Keane; The Autobiography". Roy Keane, Penguin Publishing Group, {{ISBN|9780718193997}}</ref>

In the summer of 1991, [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]'s league top scorer [[Teddy Sheringham]] became Forest's record signing, for a fee of £2.1&nbsp;million. [[1991–92 in English football|That season]], Forest beat Southampton 3–2 after extra time in the Full Members Cup final, but lost the [[1992 Football League Cup final|League Cup final]] 1–0 to Manchester United thanks to a [[Brian McClair]] goal. This meant that Forest had played in seven domestic cup finals in five seasons, winning five of them. Forest finished eighth in the league that season to earn a place in the new [[The Football Association|FA]] [[Premier League]].

Walker transferred to [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] during the summer of 1992. On 16 August 1992, Forest beat Liverpool 1–0 at home in the first-ever Premier League game to be televised live, with Sheringham scoring the only goal of the match. A week later, Sheringham moved to Tottenham. Forest's form slumped, and Brian Clough's 18-year managerial reign ended in May 1993 with Forest relegated from the inaugural [[Premier League]].<ref name=mole>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/liverpool/on-this-day/feature/otd-sheringham-nets-historic-goal_171318.html|title=On this day: Teddy Sheringham nets first televised Premier League goal – Sports Mole|website=amp.sportsmole.co.uk|date=16 August 2014 |access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051712/https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/football/liverpool/on-this-day/feature/otd-sheringham-nets-historic-goal_171318.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The final game of that season was away at Ipswich. Forest lost 2–1 with Clough's son, Nigel, scoring the final goal of his father's reign.<ref name=nffchist/> Relegation was followed by Keane's £3.75&nbsp;million British record fee transfer to Manchester United.