TL;DR
- Nottingham Forest's name origin is not from Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest, but from their first home ground.
- The club was founded in 1865 by players switching from shinty to football.
- They chose "Forest" to distinguish themselves from another Nottingham club and for local identity.
- Their first home was the Forest Recreation Ground, named after the legendary Sherwood Forest.
เกือบทุกสโมสรฟุตบอลทั่วโลกมักจะใช้คำว่า เอฟซี (ฟุตบอลคลับ) หรือ ยูไนเต็ด (รวมกันเป็นหนึ่งเดียว) ต่อท้ายชื่อทีม แต่ในบางประเทศที่มีวัฒนธรรมแตกต่าง เช่น สหรัฐอเมริกา หรือ ญี่ปุ่น กลับนิยมใช้คำศัพท์ที่ดูน่าเกรงขามมาต่อท้ายชื่อแทนที่จะใช้คำซ้ำๆ เดิมๆ
Turning to English football, while there are few clubs that use the words FC and United in their names, no team's name is likely to be more striking than Nottingham Forest, which chose to append the word "Forest," meaning woods, to the name of the city where the club is located.
While some fans might assume this origin directly stems from the legendary Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood, this is actually a misconception that fans have perpetuated.
ความหมายที่แท้จริงของคำว่า ฟอเรสต์ (Forest) ในชื่อสโมสร "น็อตติงแฮม ฟอเรสต์" คืออะไร เราจะพาคุณไปหาคำตอบกันที่นี่...
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The origin of the name Forest dates back to the club's founding in 1865, or 158 years ago. Originally, most of the team's players were from a shinty background (a Scottish folk sport similar to hockey but played on grass) and switched to playing football. However, at that time, there was already a football club in Nottingham called น็อตต์ เคาท์ตี้, so they had to come up with a different name for their club.
However, driven by a desire for greater local identity, they opted to directly incorporate the city's name, Nottingham, into the club's title, as the term น็อตต์ broadly signifies Nottinghamshire county.
While there's no definitive record of who first added "Forest" to the club's name, historical club records suggest it originated from the team's first home ground, สวนป่าสันทนาการ (Forest Recreation Ground). This was a public park and outdoor sports area located north of Nottingham, which the club utilized as its home base starting in 1865-1878.
Before fans later affectionately nicknamed them Nottingham Forest, and even after moving grounds six times, everyone kept calling them the same. The current stadium, City Ground, is located about 4.5 kilometers south of their first home ground, the Forest Recreation Ground.
Returning to the Sherwood Forest Recreation Ground, the first home ground of Forest also has an interesting origin for its name. Its name comes from the legendary Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood, with locals believing this recreation ground to be the former site of Sherwood Forest in the Middle Ages before it became a public park today.