Nottingham Forest reveal 2025-26 away kit
The Reds say "one of Nottingham's greatest exports, lace, will provide the base of our new look".
Nottingham's lace market is two miles away from the City Ground, and "was the heartbeat of the lace industry in the 1800s".
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