<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Current season </Td> </Tr> <P> Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as simply Forest, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England . Forest were founded in 1865 and have played home matches at the City Ground since 1898 . They currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system . </P> <P> Forest were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 before joining the Football League in 1892 . They have since mostly competed in the top two League tiers except five seasons in the third tier . Forest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959 . Their most successful period was in the management reign of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor between 1976 and 1982 . With Forest they won the 1977--78 Football League title followed by the 1979 and 1980 European Cups . They also won two Football League Cups at Forest together . After Taylor left Clough won two more League Cups and two Full Members Cups . </P> <P> In 1865 a group of Shinty players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham's Shakespeare Street . JS Scrimshaw's proposal to play football instead was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed . It was agreed at the same meeting that the club would purchase twelve tasselled caps coloured' Garibaldi Red' (named after the leader of the Italian' Redshirts' freedom fighters). Thus the club's official colours were established . Forest's first ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866 . </P>

Who was nottingham forest manager when they won back to back european cups