Leaked: Nottingham Forest 26-27 Third Kit — Trent Blue

Published 28 August 2026.

TL;DR

• Nottingham Forest’s Adidas 2026-27 third kit surfaced hours before it went on sale: light blue with black trim and a flowing front graphic drawn from the River Trent.
• It was pictured by @TxmApplxs after a shop display in Nottingham was uncovered ahead of schedule.
• Adidas put the shirt on sale on Friday 28 August 2026, and Forest now have all three shirts out.

The Leak

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Forest’s third shirt gave itself away. A shop display in Nottingham lost its coverings earlier than intended, and the shirt behind the glass was photographed by @TxmApplxs and shared online. It was reported on 28 August 2026, the same day Adidas had the shirt scheduled to go on sale.

As leaks go it is an unusually solid one, because there is no rendering or mock-up involved — the retail product was simply visible in a shop window. The pictures show the shirt itself rather than a promotional image.

The third completes the set. Forest’s home and away shirts were already out, the away in the deep green we covered earlier this month. Source: Footy Headlines.

Design Breakdown

Colour. A light blue base, well away from Forest’s Garibaldi red, with black doing all the contrast work. It is the sort of colour clubs reserve for third kits precisely because it clashes with nothing they normally wear.

Graphic. The front carries a dynamic flowing pattern that Adidas has tied to the waters of the River Trent, the river that runs past the City Ground. Local-landmark graphics are a familiar move, but the Trent is a fair one for Forest — the ground sits on its bank.

Crest and sponsor. Black is used for the club crest, the Adidas branding and the front-of-shirt sponsor, keeping the whole shirt to two colours.

Template. This is a shared Adidas template rather than a bespoke build. Köln use the same base, so the silhouette and construction will be familiar to anyone who has handled a recent Adidas club shirt.

How It Compares

Against the 2026-27 away shirt, which went deep green with a tonal treatment, the third is the lighter and louder of the two alternates. One is designed to disappear, the other to be noticed.

Set against the home shirt, which returned to a straight Garibaldi red, the third is the outlier: it is the one shirt of the three carrying a printed graphic. Forest end up with three genuinely distinct shirts this season rather than three variations on one idea.

When Can You Buy It?

Now. Adidas scheduled the third shirt to go on sale on Friday 28 August 2026, which is why it was already hanging in a Nottingham shop window when the coverings came off.

The third is not in our catalogue yet. At 433FC the rest of the Forest range is live: the Nottingham Forest 2026/27 away jersey is in stock, and the full Nottingham Forest collection covers home, away, retro and kids kits.

FAQ

Is this the real Nottingham Forest 26-27 third kit?

It appears to be. Unlike a rendered leak, the images show a retail shirt on a shop display in Nottingham, and Adidas had it scheduled for sale the same day.

When does the Forest 26-27 third kit release?

It went on sale on Friday 28 August 2026, the last of Forest’s three shirts for the season.

Where can I buy Nottingham Forest jerseys?

433FC carries the Forest range in the Nottingham Forest category, alongside the rest of the Premier League collection. Shipping is free on orders of two items or more.

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