1978 First Division Championship: Nottingham Forest's First League Title
European champions, league pioneers.
Nottingham Forest won their first League title in the 1977–78 season, securing the First Division championship under manager Brian Clough.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 1977–78
- Competition
- First Division (top flight of English football)
- Manager
- Brian Clough
- Goalkeeper
- Peter Shilton
- Key midfielders
- Martin O'Neill
- Key wingers
- John Robertson
- Key defenders
- Kenny Burns
- Larry Lloyd
- Frank Clark
- Same-season honour
- FA Cup 1978 runners-up (lost 1–0 to Ipswich Town)
Lore & Background
The club's most successful period came under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which they achieved back-to-back European Cup triumphs in 1979 and 1980. Forest is the only team in Europe to have won the European Cup or Champions League more often than the domestic championship (one League title).
Reader's Guide
The 1978 title was Forest's first League championship. The club has won one League title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and one FA Charity Shield.
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