When the two-time European champions achieved promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since 1999, Nottingham Forest's excruciating time outside the top flight came to an end on Sunday.
Levi Colwill's own goal in the match, which was the only goal scored, led to a 1-0 win for Nottingham Forest at Wembley Stadium. After 23 years, another sleeping giant of English football is back in the big time.
Steve Cooper's side ended the 46-game Championship season 4th in the table, eight points behind the 2nd-place Bournemouth, an impressive achievement as they were bottom of the table on the 28th of September, with just securing five points from their first nine games.
After 23 years, Nottingham Forest has made their fantasy of a once-powerful giant rising again true by coming back to the top flight. The Reds won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, the first English top-division title in 1978.
Nottingham Forest was part of the 20 organizers of the Premier League in 1992, but they were put down from the top flight in the first season, for the first of four relegations over 12 years, the last from which they have only now built their way back.
Nottingham Forest was part of the three seasons in League from 2005 to 2008, and it was their 14th try in the Championship, which brought them back to where they believed they belonged all along.
They will belong to the 2022-23 premier league season, which will start on the 6th of August.
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