LONDON: A quarter of a century ago Nottingham Forest were the kings of European football – now they are facing the ignominy of slipping into the English Second Division.
In 1979, the unfashionable team from the English Midlands and their eccentric but brilliant coach Brian Clough completed a meteoric rise from the Second Division to beat Swedish club Malmo 1-0 and win the European Cup for the first time.
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