Our latest programme review focuses on the issue produced by Nottingham Forest for the 2025/26 season. Read our notes on Forest’s issue below and take a look at all of the current season issues here.
Forest’s programme for the 2025/26 season sees an increase in page count, rising from 68 to 76 pages. However, the price has also gone up for the second successive year, with issues now costing £4 – up from £3 just two seasons ago.
This season’s covers revisit designs from years past, tying in with the programme’s standout feature, Forest Reviewed. Written by Richard Harrison, this column provides an impressively in-depth look at a programme from a past fixture against the day’s opponents. Alongside reproductions of the original cover and selected internal pages, it reflects on the content and features of the issue, as well as recalling how Forest fared in the match itself. Beyond this, however, there is little in the way of high-quality original content. Aside from a handful of features with current players, the programme offers only a trivia quiz and a small section for junior supporters.
In terms of club coverage, there are notes from the manager, a couple of pages each dedicated to the academy and women’s teams, and a four-page statistics section. Community Matters highlights the work of the club’s Community Trust.
Coverage of the visitors runs to six pages and includes brief introductory notes, key facts, and a list of honours. This is followed by profiles of the manager and several key players. The most valuable feature is Opposition Insider, which offers the perspective of a writer from the visiting club.
Beyond the retro-style covers, the design is solid if unspectacular. Text size in several sections is on the small side, and the overall presentation would benefit from better use of space, particularly through a more balanced distribution of text and imagery.
As with last season, Forest’s programme remains one of the more limited offerings in the Premier League. Whilst the price has risen in recent years, the overall quality has unfortunately declined.