Forest fan on first European campaign in 30 years

A Nottingham Forest fan who travelled from New York to Germany to see the team in its last European campaign in 1995 said he feels his beloved Reds are now back where they “belong”.

Matt Appleby, was in his 20s when Nottingham Forest last played a European fixture.

He still remembers the bitter cold when he arrived in Munich for the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final, after he made the trip from New York, where he lived at the time.

“There was no way I was going to miss Forest in a UEFA Cup quarter-final,” he said.

And 30 years later, he said it was “good to be back”.

“Seeing Forest and seeing those UEFA badges on the Forest website and on the shirts and so on, it kind of feels right somehow,” the now 53-year-old said.