Nottingham Forest now know that they will end their absence from Wembley Stadium on May 29 when they face Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final for a place in the Premier League next season.
That also means that their drought of playing at the national stadium will come to an end at four days over 11,000 days. Just over 30 years ago, Brian Clough faced off against a relatively fresh-faced Sir Alex Ferguson, who was five-and-a-half years into an eventual 26 in charge of Manchester United, under the Twin Towers at the original Wembley in the 1992 Football League Cup final, then known as the Rumbelows Cup.
Forest had reached that state after beating Bolton Wanderers (on aggregate), Bristol Rovers, Southampton and Crystal Palace both after a replay before besting Tottenham Hotspur over two legs in the semi-final 3-2 after extra time header from Roy Keane. It was the Reds' sixth League Cup final in the space of 15 years.
