Nottingham forest 1979 european cup final signed shirt it was may 30 1979 when the great managerial double act of brian clough and peter taylor led forest to unimaginable peaks by winning the european cup the moment which went into nottingham folklore and sealed a 1 0 victory over malmo in munich came just before half time when john robertson delivered a superb left wing cross and trevor francis acrobatically headed the ball into the net it may have been an unremarkable final but it was