Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: How a bunch of shinty...

Nottingham Forest players have worn red shirts with pride since the club was founded in 1865.The team was established by a group of young sporting gentlemen who played shinty – an early form of hockey – on the Forest Recreation Ground.During the club's inaugural meeting at the Clinton Arms pub in North Sherwood Street, they decided to explore the possibilities of playing football – a newly emerging sport pioneered in the area some years earlier by Notts County.Reductions in...