How the warm-ups are going
The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside once the real games begin on 21 August.
Forest begin again under Oliver Glasner, with Europe still fresh in the memory.
Forest came through a turbulent 2025/26 that ran through four different managers and still reached the Europa League semi-finals, their first European run in 29 years. For the new season the club has appointed Oliver Glasner, who takes over a squad that was strengthened heavily last summer, with the club-record sale of Elliot Anderson to Manchester City the headline of the current window. The season has not kicked off yet, so everything below is the picture as it stands in pre-season. The aim is a return to the top half.
How 2025/26 played out
A quick look back before the new campaign gets going. These are last season's numbers, not this one, which has yet to begin.
Survival in the league came alongside a run to the Europa League semi-finals, a real high point in a season that saw the dugout change hands several times. This season's tally sits at zero for now, because the 2026/27 fixtures have not started.
The summer so far
The business that shaped the current squad, with links out to the official club site to follow each move. The four headline signings came in last summer; this time around it is Xaver Schlager in and Elliot Anderson out. Fees vary a little by source, so treat them as approximate.
Where to next
Jump straight to the parts of the hub you came for.
Where the game is shown on TV or carried on the radio in the UK. The exact channel and station are confirmed for each fixture nearer the date, so the broadcast schedule is the place to check your game.
Follow the match live
The next game, or the one in progress, in full. Both line-ups and shapes on the pitch, a live commentary feed as it happens, and the complete stats once the whistle goes. Confirmed line-ups usually land about an hour before kick-off.
Follow the match, build-up to full time
The best of YouTube for this club at every stage of the day, from the build-up and the watchalongs through to the reaction after the whistle.
Before kick-off
Build-up, team news and the manager’s wordDuring the match
Watch it alongside other fansAfter the whistle
Highlights, press conferences and the analysisWho is available
Current injuries and suspensions from the live team-news feed. It fills in as the season gets going, and it is always worth a final check with the club before kick-off.
Conditions at the ground
The current forecast at the stadium, so you know what to expect on the day. It refreshes on its own.
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The opening day, before a ball is kicked
This is where the live match will sit once the season is under way. It is pre-season right now, so there is nothing to follow minute by minute yet. Here is the first game on the calendar, laid out and ready to fill in.
The numbers fill in once the whistle goes.
Where to keep up on the day
When the season starts these are the places to follow along in real time, whether you want the club's own feed, neutral live text or the quick word on social.
Club matchday centre
Live updates, confirmed team news and the official line straight from Nottingham Forest.
nottinghamforest.co.ukBBC Sport
Minute-by-minute live text commentary, line-ups and the match report from a neutral source.
bbc.co.uk/sport@NFFC on X
The club's official account for goals, team news and the quick updates as they happen.
@NFFCThe season, every competition
The full 2026/27 schedule across the Premier League, every cup and European tie, plus pre-season friendlies. Scores fill in as games are played, and any broadcaster still to be set is marked TBC. Tap any game for the full match centre.
The latest news and reaction
Fresh headlines and fan reaction from BBC Sport, the Guardian and the club's own subreddit, newest at the top. Every item opens on its source.
Team news, injuries and suspensions
It is early August and the season has not started, so there is nothing to report here yet. Confirmed team news usually lands about an hour before kickoff. We will not guess at knocks or suspensions that the club has not announced.
The 2026/27 season has not kicked off, so there are no match fitness updates to report yet.
Forest have not published any injury news ahead of the opener, and we will not invent knocks that have not been confirmed.
Confirmed team news usually arrives about an hour before kickoff. For the Leeds opener on Saturday 22 August that means around 14:00 BST, before the 15:00 start.
New signing Xaver Schlager has joined last summer's arrivals Dan Ndoye, Omari Hutchinson, Arnaud Kalimuendo and James McAtee in the squad, though Oliver Glasner is yet to settle on a first-choice eleven.
No suspensions have been announced for the opening fixtures. Any that apply would be listed by the club before kickoff.
The starting lineup and any late fitness calls are confirmed on the official site and the club's X account on matchday.
The transfer window
The confirmed movement, with fees as widely reported. Xaver Schlager is the one new arrival this summer; the four other signings listed here came in a year earlier to rebuild the squad. Numbers vary a little by source, so treat the figures as approximate and check the official site for the club's own confirmations.
Arrivals
Departures
Shirt numbers for the new signings have not been confirmed yet. The club will list the full registered squad on its official site once the window closes.
Where to get confirmed team news
When the team sheet drops, it comes from here first. These are the accounts that confirm it rather than guess at it.
The season in numbers
Every chart here comes from the same feed behind our live scores: goals by minute, home and away, the shapes they set up in, the full squad’s numbers and the head-to-head record. This season fills in live from the opening weekend; last season is settled.
How the warm-ups are going
The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside for the live table and stats the moment the season kicks off on 21 August.
This season, not started yet
The 2026/27 campaign has not kicked off, so every figure here is still on nought. We only ever show real numbers, and right now there are none to show. The moment the season begins, the live table, the running totals and the charts below start filling in on their own.
The last eight completed campaigns
Forest's climb from the Championship to a European campaign, season by season. The four years to 2021/22 were spent in the second tier before promotion through the play-offs, so those finishes sit in a different division to the Premier League seasons that follow. Positions and points are the confirmed final figures.
| Season | Finish | Pts | Division | How it went |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 16th | 44 | Premier League | Survived a four-manager season, reached the Europa League semi-finals |
| 2024/25 | 7th | 65 | Premier League | Best top-flight finish in a generation, qualified for Europe |
| 2023/24 | 17th | 32 | Premier League | Stayed up, total includes a four-point deduction |
| 2022/23 | 16th | 38 | Premier League | First season back in the top flight, survival secured |
| 2021/22 | 4th | 80 | Championship | Promoted through the play-off final at Wembley |
| 2020/21 | 17th | 52 | Championship | A slow start, steadied to a mid-table finish |
| 2019/20 | 7th | 70 | Championship | Missed the play-offs on the final day |
| 2018/19 | 9th | 66 | Championship | A mid-table season in the second tier |
Where a figure carries a footnote, such as the 2023/24 points deduction, we have noted it rather than quietly adjusting the number.
Marks that still stand
The all-time records the club's history confirms, from the two European Cups to the numbers at the top of the appearance and scoring charts. Only figures that are well documented are shown here. Where a total is counted slightly differently from source to source, we say so.
Appearance and goal totals from the pre-war and early post-war eras are recorded slightly differently across archives, mostly over how cup and wartime games are counted, so treat the very oldest figures as the widely accepted marks rather than to-the-goal certainties.
Every appearance, goal and card
This tab sticks to figures we can stand behind. For the complete set, live league data through the season and the full player-by-player history, these are the places we would send you.
Historical records here are drawn from the club's own archives and long-standing statistical databases. If a figure ever looks off against an official source, trust the official source.
The trophy cabinet
These are the major honours the club's record confirms. The two European Cups are the headline, but the haul across the league, the FA Cup and the League Cup is what marks Forest out as a club with genuine pedigree rather than a passing one.
A rarity in English football. Forest have won the European Cup twice but the English league title only once, which makes them the only English club to have lifted the European Cup more times than their own domestic championship. It is a distinction very few clubs anywhere in the world can claim.
Where Forest supporters gather online
Forest's fan-media scene is smaller than that of the biggest clubs, but it has one genuinely well-established independent channel, and it is easy to find more from there. We do not host any video, so these open on the creators' own pages where the views stay with the people who make them. If we are not certain a channel is real and established, we would rather point you to a search than invent a name.
Channels worth following
The official club channel, plus the fan channels and watchalongs worth a look.
Garibaldi Red
A long-running, independent Nottingham Forest podcast and YouTube channel that publishes regular fan reaction, analysis and interviews around the team. It is widely regarded as the best-known Forest fan channel.
Watch on YouTubeNottingham Forest on YouTube
The club's own YouTube channel carries official highlights, interviews and behind-the-scenes video. It is not the live match, but it is the reliable official source between games. You can reach it from the club's website.
Find the official channelPodcasts worth a listen
Start with the Nottingham Forest fan pods, then the best of the league-wide shows.
Red Side of the Trent
Red Side of the Trent is a fan-run podcast that follows the club through the season.
ListenThe Rest Is Football
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards on the week's football, relaxed and sharp.
ListenThe Athletic FC Podcast
Daily analysis of the biggest stories, straight from the writers who cover them.
ListenFootball Weekly
The Guardian's long-running show, with Max Rushden and the pod squad.
ListenWhere Nottingham Forest fans talk
The community and the accounts worth keeping open through the season. Each opens in a new tab.
r/nffc
The Nottingham Forest subreddit: a match thread for every game, plus the news and the daily back-and-forth.
Open on RedditLTLF Forest Forum
LTLF Forest Forum is the main independent Nottingham Forest forum, run by supporters for the day-to-day debate away from the club's own channels.
Open the forum@NFFC
The club's own account, for confirmed team news, line-ups and the goals as they go in.
Follow on XFabrizio Romano
The transfer news that tends to break first, with the Nottingham Forest deals as they close.
Follow on XDavid Ornstein
The Athletic's reporter, trusted for the stories before they land.
Follow on XWhere to watch, listen and meet up. These all link out to other sites, so they sit apart from everything above.
Where to watch
Following Nottingham Forest on TV and streaming
On the radio
Listening to the match
Meet up
Where Nottingham Forest fans gather
Matchday at The City Ground
Everything for a home game: getting a ticket, the ground itself, getting there and parking, and where to eat and drink around it. For away days, the travel planner is further down.
Getting into the City Ground
Demand for Forest home games is high, and both availability and prices vary through the season, so nothing here is a fixed figure. The official club site is the only safe place to buy, and it is the one that will tell you what is genuinely on sale for each match. Anything sold elsewhere risks being invalid, and touting is illegal in the UK.
Match tickets
Individual home and away tickets, where available, are sold through the official ticketing site. Bigger fixtures can sell out quickly and may be restricted to members, so it is worth checking early in the sale window.
Open Forest ticketingMyForest membership
A MyForest membership gives supporters earlier access to home tickets, cup ticket benefits and other member perks. It is often the route to games that are not on open general sale, and it also unlocks the Ticket Exchange.
See membership & ticketsMatchday hospitality
The club offers premium and hospitality packages at the City Ground, with dining and padded seating for selected fixtures. Prices depend on the game and package, so the official hospitality pages carry the current options.
Explore hospitalityTicket Exchange
Forest run an official Ticket Exchange that lets season card holders resell seats they cannot use, and lets members buy those returned tickets for sold-out games. It is the club's own safe resale route rather than a third-party reseller.
Open the Ticket ExchangeTravelling to the City Ground
The ground is an easy walk from the centre of Nottingham. The nearest railway station is Nottingham station, roughly a twenty-minute walk away over Trent Bridge, and the riverside setting means most supporters arrive on foot, by tram to the city and then walking, or by bus. If you are driving, set your sat nav to NG2 5FJ and plan for the roads around Trent Bridge to be busy before and after the game.
Nottingham station
Nottingham railway station is the closest mainline stop, about a twenty-minute walk from the City Ground across Trent Bridge. It is the simplest way in for most fans, and it avoids matchday traffic altogether.
Plan train timesNottingham Express Transit
The NET tram serves the city centre and the railway station, from where it is a short walk to the ground, and several local bus routes run towards Trent Bridge. Check live times before you set off on a match day.
Check tram routesMatchday parking
Parking right by the City Ground is very limited and priority at the stadium car park goes to disabled supporters, coaches and officials. Residential streets nearby are restricted on match days, so a pre-booked space or a city-centre car park and a walk in is usually the easiest option.
See parking guidanceBook train tickets
Advance singles and returns to the ground on Trainline, usually cheaper the earlier you book.
BookCheck train times
Live times, platforms and any disruption on the day through National Rail.
CheckPre-book parking
Reserve a space near The City Ground on JustPark, the safest bet with matchday restrictions in force.
Pre-bookPublic transport route
Door-to-door directions to The City Ground by tram, bus and train, on the map.
PublicFood, drink and a look inside
Where to eat and drink before a game near The City Ground, and how to get a look inside on a non-matchday.
Pubs & food near the ground
The bars, pubs and places to eat around The City Ground on a matchday, on the map so you can see what is closest.
Open the mapStadium tour
Most matchweeks aside, Nottingham Forest run tours of the ground and the museum. Book through the official tour listings.
Find tour ticketsFollowing Nottingham Forest on the road
Every upcoming away game with the destination and the match date, plus a starting point for the hotel, trains, coach or flights. Hotel links open Booking.com set to the city and match-night dates. Always buy the away ticket itself through the club so you are in the away end.
Away allocation & tickets
Away tickets go through Nottingham Forest to registered members, so buy through the club to be in the away end. Sign up early for the popular ones.
AwayOfficial supporters' coaches
Many away games have official club or supporters'-club coach travel from the ground, often the easiest way there and back.
OfficialThe official Nottingham Forest store
Shirts, training wear and the rest of the official range are sold through the Nottingham Forest store, online and in the ground. Designs and prices change through the season, so the store is the place to see what is available now.
This season's shirts
The new home, away and third kits. Tap through for the current designs, sizes and the option to add a name and number.
What else you'll find
Training & travel wear
The kit the players train in, plus the travel range and the lifestyle collection.
View in storeRetro & classic shirts
Reissues of the shirts from the club's history, for when the current one is not the one you want.
View in storeGifts & accessories
Scarves, mugs, home kit and the smaller bits that make good presents or a matchday extra.
View in storeJunior & baby
The full kit and clothing range sized for younger supporters, from baby grows up.
View in storeLinks open the official club store. Kit designs and prices are shown there and change through the season.