Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Why Reds and Valencia enjoy...

In 1961, Nottingham Forest were the only First Division club without floodlights.This was remedied when the Reds officially turned on their new lights for a Football League Cup game against Gillingham on September 11, 1961.Three weeks later, on October 4, the floodlights were on again for Forest's first-ever involvement in European competition – an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie against Valencia.The Spanish team outclassed Forest 5-1, having won the first leg 2-0 in Spain, with Billy Cobb...