1980–81 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Nottingham Forest 1980–81 Brian Clough Geoffrey McPherson The City Ground First Division 7th FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Fourth round European Cup Round of 32 European Super Cup Runners-up Intercontinental Cup Runners-up _3_stripes_border_white _3 stripes_vneck_white _3_stripes_border_white _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 _shoulder_stripes_blue_stripes _shoulder_stripes_blue_stripes _shoulder_stripes_blue_stripes _blue_stripes_adidas _3_stripes_blue FFFF31 FFFF31 FFFF31 FFFF31 FFFF31 Ian Wallace (11) Ian Wallace (13) 32,266 (League) 21,242 (League) 26,330 (League) 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 season was Nottingham Forest's 116th year in existence and fourth consecutive season in the First Division. Summary In May, the board appointed Geoffrey McPherson as the club's new chairman, replacing Stuart Dryden.https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-30051980-soccer-nottingham-forest Today 30.5 Nottingham Soccer 30 May 2010 20 August 2021 On 30 May McPherson negotiated a new three-year new contract for Clough and Taylor after they won the European Cup Final. The club reinforced the squad, with forward Ian Wallace signing from Coventry City for £1.25 million Coventry City Club History History Hall of Fame http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10269~1030484,00.html 22 July 2012 22 August 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120722023422/http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10269~1030484%2C00.html 22 July 2012 and Swiss player Raimondo Ponte signing from Grasshopper Club Zürich, to boost an ageing midfield.Football League career stats at Neil Brown On 15 October, the club sold Garry Birtles to Manchester United for £1.25 million,Sean Mullan Manchester United's transfer 'firsts' http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2015/Jun/Manchester-United-transfer-firsts.aspx Manchester United 27 June 2015 27 March 2018 prompting the arrival of forward Peter Ward from Brighton & Hove Albion.https://books.google.com/books?id=fp1qKuNF7ssC&q=%22Derby+Serenaders%22&pg=PA11 He Shot, He Scored: The Official Biography of Peter Ward Horner Matthew 2009 ebookpartnership.com 9780956276902 en In spite of these new arrivals, during the season the team dropped to mid-table, and by spring the midfield was weakened after the departures of Martin O'Neill, Raimondo Ponte, Ian Bowyer and defender Larry Lloyd. Forward Trevor Francis suffered an injury that sidelined him until December. Forest finished the season in 7th place, missing out on qualification for the following season's UEFA Cup after a draw 1–1 with Coventry City on the final day, with Southampton taking the European berth on goal difference. Forest's defence of the European Cup ended in the first round following a 2–0 aggregate defeat to Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia. In the League Cup the team was eliminated in the fourth round by Watford. The club lost the European Super Cup on away goals to Valencia CF. In February, the team lost the Intercontinental Cup 1–0 to Nacional in Tokyo. Finally, in the FA Cup the team was knocked out at the quarter-final stage following a replay with Ipswich Town. Also, after seven seasons Scottish trainer Jimmy Gordon announced his retirement. Squad y y GK ENG Peter Shilton y GK ENG Steve Sutton y GK ENG Lee Smelt y DF ENG Viv Anderson y DF ENG Larry Lloyd y DF SCO Kenny Burns y DF SCO Frank Gray y DF ENG Bryn Gunn y DF ENG David Needham y DF NOR Einar Aas y DF ENG Stephen Kendal y y MF ENG Stuart Gray y MF SCO Colin Walsh y MF NIR Martin O'Neill y MF SCO John McGovern c y MF SCO John Robertson y MF ENG Ian Bowyer y MF ENG Gary Mills y MF SWI Raimondo Ponte y FW ENG Trevor Francis y FW ENG Peter Ward y FW ENG Garry Birtles y FW ENG Ian Wallace Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Ian Wallace Coventry City £1,250,000 Transferred in on 16 August 1980 MF Raimondo Ponte Grasshopper Club Zürich Transferred in on 16 August 1980 MF Stuart Gray Youth system DF Stephen Kendal GK Lee Smelt Out Pos. Name To Type FW John O'Hare Retired FW Charlie George Southampton loan ended GK Lee Smelt Peterborough United GK Jimmy Montgomery retired Autumn In Pos. Name from Type FW Peter Ward Brighton & Hove Albion Transferred in on 1 October 1980 Out Pos. Name To Type FW Garry Birtles Manchester United £1,250,000 Transferred out on 15 October 1980 Winter In Pos. Name from Type Out Pos. Name To Type MF Martin O'Neill Norwich City Transferred out on 22 February 1981 MF Ian Bowyer Sunderland Transferred out on 15 January 1981 DF Larry Lloyd Wigan Athletic Transferred out on 11 February 1981 Spring In Pos. Name from Type DF Einar Aas Bayern München Transferred in on 4 April 1981 Out Pos. Name To Type MF Raimondo Ponte SC Bastia Transferred out on 28 March 1981 Competitions A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1980–81 season.http://www.bridportred.com/1970s/1975-1976%20results%20%26%20teams.htm 1977-1978 19 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20131211001615/http://www.bridportred.com/1970s/1977-1978%20results%20%26%20teams.htm 11 December 2013 deadSmales Ken 1991 Forest – The First 125 Years Nottingham Temple Printing 978-1870010092Attaway Pete 2010 Nottingham Forest: Brian Clough and His Legacy - A Complete Record 1975 - 2010 Southend-on-Sea Desert Island Book 978-1905328833 First Division 1980-81 Football League First Division League table 1980–81 Football League#First Division First Division y NFO Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/D/W/D/W/W/L/L/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/L/L/L/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/W/D/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/L/D/L/W/W/D Position 18/14/13/6/6/4/2/5/8/9/6/5/5/4/3/3/4/7/8/8/8/8/7/5/5/7/8/8/6/6/5/4/3/3/6/3/6/6/8/6/4/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, 1981–82 European Cup blue2 1981-82 UEFA Cup red1 1981–82 Second Division Competitive matches August 2021 Matches 1 16 August 1980 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Nottingham Forest Hoddle 48 penCrooks 77 White Hart Lane Tottenham 43,270 L 2 20 August 1980 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Birmingham City Birtles 37Ponte 62O'Neill 46 Worthington Dennis City Ground West Bridgford 26,561 W 3 23 August 1980 Everton 0–0 Nottingham Forest Goodison Park Walton 25,981 D 4 30 August 1980 Nottingham Forest 5–0 Stoke City Wallace 10Birtles 31Robertson 76 penWallace 77Birtles 82 City Ground West Bridgford 21,915 W 5 6 September 1980 Middlesbrough 0–0 Nottingham Forest Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 17,119 D 6 13 September 1980 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Manchester City Birtles 16Bowyer 46Wallace 49 25 D.Bennett 34 Henry City Ground West Bridgford 23,184 W 7 20 September 1980 Nottingham Forest 5–0 Leicester City F. Gray 12Robertson 72 penBirtles 81Mills 86Birtles 89 City Ground West Bridgford 27,145 W 8 27 September 1980 Arsenal 1–0 Nottingham Forest Rix 50 Highbury Islington 37,584 L 9 4 October 1980 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester United I.Wallace 31 Macari 43 74 Coppell City Ground West Bridgford 29,801 L 10 8 October 1980 Sunderland 2–2 Nottingham Forest Rowell 27Brown 36 69 Mills72 Bowyer Roker Park Sunderland 30,515 D 11 11 October 1980 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Nottingham Forest 31 Wallace Goldstone Ground Brighton 17,420 W 12 18 October 1990 Nottingham Forest 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Bowyer 36G.Mills 41 Moses 15 City Ground West Bridgford 25,095 W 13 22 October 1980 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Leeds United Burns 38Wallace 44 28 Harris City Ground West Bridgford 25,033 W 14 25 October 1980 Norwich City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Royle 53 49 Robertson Carrow Road Norwich 17,849 D 15 1 November 1980 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Southampton Ward 7Robertson 44 pen 13 Moran City Ground West Bridgford 24,669 W 16 8 November 1980 Liverpool 0–0 Nottingham Forest Anfield Road Liverpool 43,143 D 17 11 November 1980 Birmingham City 2–0 Nottingham Forest Worthington 4Worthington 62 St. Andrew's Park Birmingham 22,433 L 18 15 November 1980 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur 47 Archibald 53 Ardiles83 Archibald 83 City Ground West Bridgford 25,400 L 19 22 November 1980 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Ipswich Town Wallace 76 37 Brazil78 pen Wark City Ground West Bridgford 24,423 L 20 29 November 1980 Coventry City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Daly 51 pen 25 Wallace Highfield Road Coventry 15,171 D 6 December 1980 21 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Crystal Palace 0 F.Gray 47 penWalsh 66 Ward 72 City Ground West Bridgford 20,223 W 22 13 December 1980 Leeds United 1–0 Nottingham Forest Greenhoff 55 Ellan Road Leeds 21,882 L 23 20 December 1980 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Sunderland Ponte 15 Walsh 41 T.Francis 51 53 Rowell City Ground West Bridgford 23,151 W 24 26 December 1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–4 Nottingham Forest J.Richards 70 pen : Brazier 30 o.g F.Gray 63 pen Palmer 66 o.g.Ponte 73 Molineux Wolverhampton 31,558 W 25 27 December 1980 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Aston Villa Francis 41 O’Neill 88 17 o.g. Lloyd 68 G.Shaw City Ground West Bridgford 33,930 D 26 10 January 1981 Ipswich Town 2–0 Nottingham Forest Mariner 53 Mühren 74 Portman Road Ipswich 25,701 L 28 31 January 1981 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Everton Burns 34 City Ground West Bridgford 25,611 W 29 7 February 1981 Manchester City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Power 11 55 Francis Maine Road Moss Side 39,524 D 30 18 February 1981 Stoke City 1–2 Nottingham Forest Heath 51 8 o.g. Doyle56 Walsh Victoria Ground Stoke 39,524 W 31 21 February 1981 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Arsenal O’Neill 9O'Neill 14Burns 74 29 Stapleton City Ground West Bridgford 25,357 W 32 28 February 1981 Leicester City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Lynex 45 90 Walsh Filbert Street Leicester 26,608 D 33 3 March 1981 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Middlesbrough Burns 82 City Ground West Bridgford 19,690 W 34 14 March 1981 Nottingham Forest 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Robertson 30 pen Wallace 38Mills 52 Burns 69 20 Stille City Ground West Bridgford 20,688 W 35 18 March 1981 Manchester United 1–1 Nottingham Forest Wallace 38 44 K.Burns Old Trafford Greater Manchester 38,205 D 27 Match re-scheduled from 13 January 1981 21 March 1981 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Nottingham Forest Gunn 6 o.g.Deehan 81 46 Mills The Hawthorns West Bromwich 19,269 L 36 28 March 1981 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Norwich City T.Francis 53 T.Francis 54 44 Fashanu City Ground West Bridgford 22,353 W 37 4 April 1981 Southampton 2–0 Nottingham Forest Keegan 18Channon 39 The Dell Southampton 22,712 L 38 11 April 1981 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Liverpool City Ground West Bridgford 27,363 D 39 18 April 2021 Aston Villa 2–0 Nottingham Forest Cowans 29 pen Withe 45 Villa Park Birmingham 34,707 L 40 20 April 1981 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Francis 31 City Ground West Bridgford 19,711 W 41 25 April 1981 Crystal Palace 1–3 Nottingham Forest Smillie 65 32 S.Gray 44 Wallace 58 Aas Selhurst Park Selhurst 12,138 W 42 2 May 1981 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Coventry City Robertson 43 pen 24 Thompson City Ground West Bridgford 21,511 D League Cup 1980-81 Football League Cup Second round 1 27 August 1980 Nottingham Forest 3–0 W Peterborough United Gray 87 Birtles 76 Robertson 47 pen City Ground Nottingham 16,117 2 3 September 1980 Peterborough United 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Cooke33 28 Mills London Road Peterborough 11,503 Third round 23 September 1980 Bury 0–7 W Nottingham Forest 37 Anderson 5 Ponte88 Ponte 66 Ponte71 Birtles89 Birtles36 Mills Gigg Lane Bury 8,828 Fourth round 28 October 1980 Watford 4–1 L Nottingham Forest Blissett 41 penJenkins 44, 55,68 74 Wallace Vicarage Road Watford 22,597 FA Cup 1980-81 FA Cup Third round 3 January 1981 Nottingham Forest 3–3 Bolton Wanderers Ponte 83Francis 32Francis 68 40,54 Hoggan 69 Whatmore Nottingham City Ground 22,920 D 6 January 1981 Replay Bolton Wanderers 0–1 yes Nottingham Forest 113 Francis Nottingham City Ground 22,799 W Fourth round 24 January 1981 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester United Francis 15 Nottingham City Ground 34,110 W Fifth round 14 February 1981 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bristol City Wallace 88Robertson 83 pen 40 Mabbutt Nottingham City Ground 26,732 K Walmsley W Quarterfinals 7 March 1981 Nottingham Forest 3–3 Ipswich Town Francis24Walsh 41Robertson 51 pen 14 Mariner23 o.g.Anderson (o.g)83 Thijssen Nottingham City Ground 34,796 D 10 March 1981 Replay Ipswich Town 1–0 Nottingham Forest Mühren 67 Ipswich Portman Road 31,060 L European Cup 1980-81 European Cup Round of 32 17 September 1980 CSKA Sofia BUL 1971 1–0 Report ENG Nottingham Forest Yonchev 70 Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski Sofia 60,000 ITA Luigi Agnolin 1 L 1 October 1980 Nottingham Forest ENG 0–1 Report BUL 1971 CSKA Sofia Kerimov 33 City Ground Nottingham 25,818 FRG Walter Horstmann 2 L European Super Cup 1980 European Super Cup 25 November 1980 1 Nottingham Forest ENG 2–1 ESP 1977 Valencia Bowyer 57 89 Darío Felman 47 City Ground Nottingham BEL Alexis Ponnet 12,463 https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/53340/ W 17 December 1980 2 Valencia ESP 1977 1–0 ENG Nottingham Forest Fernando Morena 51 Estadi Luis Casanova Valencia AUT Franz Wöhrer 29,038 https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/53341/ L 2a-2 Intercontinental Cup 1980 Intercontinental Cup 11 February 1981 Nacional URU 1–0 Report ENG Nottingham Forest Victorino 10 National Stadium Tokyo 62,000 Israel Abraham Klein L Statistics Players statistics The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1980–81 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1979–80 are not included. Includes all competitive matches. Football LeagueDivision One Football League Cup FA Cup European Cup GK ENG Shilton 40 0 3 0 6 0 2 0 DF ENG Anderson 31 0 3 1 5 0 2 0 DF SCO Burns 30 5 3 0 5 0 1 0 DF ENG Gunn 26 0 1 0 5 0 DF SCO Gray 40 3 4 1 6 0 2 0 MF ENG Mills 19+4 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 MF SCO Walsh 14+1 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 MF SCO McGovern 27 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 MF SCO Robertson 38 6 4 1 6 2 2 0 FW ENG Francis 18 6 0 0 6 5 0 0 FW ENG Wallace 37 11 2 1 5 1 2 0 GK ENG Sutton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF NIR O'Neill 18+3 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 MF ENG Bowyer 17+2 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 DF ENG Lloyd 17+1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 DF ENG Needham 17 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 MF ENG Gray 13+1 0 0 0 3 0 MF SWI Ponte 11+6 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 FW ENG Ward 10+4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Birtles 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 DF NOR Einar Aas 5+1 1 GK ENG Smelt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW SCO O'Hare 0 0 1 0 DF ENG Kendal https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1981/ August 2021 Notes References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest