David Lewis caught himself as he walked out on the City Ground pitch at half-time on Sunday.
He put his hands to his mouth, clutched his heart and mouthed “thanks” as the crowd stood to applaud the man who had designed Nottingham Forest’s iconic crest 50 years ago. “Wow,” he said, with a hint of emotion in his voice. “Wow, blimey. Crazy. Ridiculous.”
When Lewis entered a competition in the Nottingham Evening Post in March 1973 to come up with a new badge for the Reds, he wanted to create something which “belonged” to the club’s supporters. The reaction he received at the weekend, midway through the clash with Manchester United, as the crowd acknowledged his contribution to Forest’s history suggests he achieved his goal.
