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A day at the Etihad with Club Level seats and pre-match dining.
Manchester
11°
Rain showers
Our best tips
Manchester in October averages 8–14°C. Rain is common (roughly 22 days of the month), so a waterproof layer is essential, not optional.
Smart casual is the standard in Premier League hospitality suites. Think collared shirts and smart trousers rather than replica kits. Most venues will turn away guests in sportswear or football shirts.
Arrive at Etihad Stadium at least two hours before kick-off to enjoy the full pre-match hospitality. Bring a valid photo ID, as most Premier League venues require one for entry.
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Getting around
The Etihad Campus tram stop is right next to the stadium on the Ashton-under-Lyne line. Trams run regularly from Manchester Piccadilly and the city centre.
Ride-hailing and black cabs are available throughout Manchester. Drop-off is usually on Ashton New Road, a short walk from the hospitality entrances.
Manchester Piccadilly is the nearest mainline station. From there, the Metrolink tram takes around ten minutes to the ground.
Manchester City and Nottingham Forest share a rivalry that stretches back to the 1890s, winding through eras of shared top-flight dominance, long separations, and dramatic modern reunions. Both clubs know what it means to fall from great heights and climb back. City's transformation into a global superpower and Forest's return to the Premier League after 23 years in the wilderness have given this fixture fresh intensity in the 2020s.
I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
I swear you'll never see anything like this ever again. So watch it, drink it in.
Fifteen years older than City; Forest were already a footballing institution before their hosts were even a club.
A group of shinny players in Nottingham formed a football club that would become Nottingham Forest. They are the second oldest league club in the world, predating Manchester City's origins by some 15 years. Forest were founding members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and joined the Football League in 1892.
A church side in West Gorton from 1880, through two name changes, to an established Football League club by the 1890s.
Manchester City's origins trace to 1880, when St. Mark's Church in West Gorton formed a football team. The club became Ardwick AFC in 1887 before reorganising as Manchester City in 1894. By the turn of the century, both City and Forest were established Football League sides, and their first meetings came in the Second Division during the 1890s.
Two FA Cup winners before 1905; Forest lifted it in 1898, City followed six years later.
City claimed the FA Cup in 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at Crystal Palace. Forest had won the same trophy in 1898, beating Derby County 3-1. Both clubs spent the early 1900s yo-yoing between divisions, meeting regularly in league competition. These were scrappy, physical encounters played on muddy pitches in front of flat-capped crowds.
From Second Division obscurity to back-to-back European champions in three seasons; Clough made the impossible look routine.
Under Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest produced arguably the most remarkable achievement in English football history. Promoted from the Second Division in 1977, they won the First Division title in 1978 and then the European Cup in both 1979 and 1980. City, meanwhile, were in the First Division throughout this period, and matches between the sides carried real weight. Forest's back-to-back European triumphs remain one of the sport's great stories.
A generation of supporters knew this fixture only as history; league meetings vanished for over two decades.
Forest's relegation from the Premier League in 1999 ended regular meetings between the clubs. The Reds dropped into the Championship and, at times, League One, while City were on their own turbulent journey through the lower divisions. The two sides would not meet in a league fixture for over two decades. For a generation of supporters, this was a fixture that existed only in the history books.
From mid-table also-rans to title contenders in three seasons; Sheikh Mansour's cheque book rewrote English football overnight.
Sheikh Mansour's acquisition of Manchester City in September 2008 changed the trajectory of English football. Massive investment in players and infrastructure followed, and City moved from mid-table also-rans to genuine title contenders within three seasons. The Etihad Stadium, originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, became the stage for a new era of dominance.
Ninety-four minutes in, forty-four years of waiting ended in a single swing of Agüero's boot.
Sergio Agüero's injury-time winner against QPR on the final day of the 2011-12 season delivered City's first league championship since 1968. It remains the most dramatic title-deciding moment in Premier League history. City were now firmly established among England's elite, while Forest remained in the Championship, the gap between the two clubs wider than ever.
Twenty-three years of exile ended in May 2022, but their first Premier League meeting with City brought a blunt 6-0 lesson at the Etihad.
Nottingham Forest's promotion via the Championship play-offs in May 2022, beating Huddersfield Town 1-0 at Wembley, ended their 23-year exile from the top flight. The fixture with Manchester City was back on the calendar. Their first Premier League meeting came in August 2022 at the Etihad, City winning 6-0 in a stark reminder of the gulf between the sides. Forest, though, dug in and survived comfortably in their first season back.
City's Treble triumph set the benchmark; Forest arrived at the Etihad simply trying to prove they belonged.
Manchester City's historic Treble in 2022-23, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League, cemented their status as one of the greatest club sides ever assembled. Forest, under Steve Cooper, secured survival and began building for the future. The fixture at the Etihad has become a test of Forest's resilience against the benchmark of English football, and the atmosphere inside the ground carries the edge of two clubs who know what it means to rebuild from nothing.
Over a century of history; yet the tactical battle still feels utterly fresh.
Forest have not only survived in the Premier League but thrived, establishing themselves as a competitive mid-table side under Nuno Espírito Santo. Matchdays at the Etihad for this fixture offer a fascinating contrast: City's relentless possession game against Forest's organised, counter-attacking approach. With both clubs now settled in the top flight, this is a fixture with genuine tactical intrigue and over a century of shared history behind it.
