Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Reds' Victory Shield joy as...

The 1914/15 season was the last one in which teams played as part of the Football League structure.These were hard times for Nottingham Forest and bankruptcy was only avoided thanks to a £50 grant from the Football League.But, ironically, it was the war that turned Forest's fortunes around. Football was regionalised and a guest players scheme introduced.Forest signed two England internationals, Danny Shea and keeper Sam Hardy, and – with the league suspended – the club first...