1987–88 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 Nottingham Forest 1987–88 Brian Clough Maurice Roworth The City Ground First Division 3rd FA Cup Semifinals League Cup Third round Football League Centennial Winners _left _snalchik11a _right _shorts _southampton1415h2 FF0000 77DDFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _redborder _redcollarplain _redborder DD0000 Clough (19) Clough (22) 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 season was Nottingham Forest's 123rd year in existence and 12th consecutive season in the First Division. Also the club competed in the FA Cup and League Cup. Summary The season was, surprisingly, a decent campaign for Clough, with the club finishing third in the league despite losing several players during summer, but they did not play in the UEFA Cup the following season due to the ban on English clubs in Europe after the Heysel Stadium disaster. They finished 17 points behind champions Liverpool, who lost just twice all season (one of them against Forest on 2 April) and for much of the campaign looked uncatchable. Forest lost just seven times in the league in 40 games, and lost only twice at City Ground, but a few disappointing draws against relatively unfancied sides including Charlton and Luton led to crucial points being dropped and prevented them from mounting a serious threat to Liverpool. New arrivals for Clough were coming from the Youth team such as: Steve Chettle,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/2917755.stm Grimsby 1–4 Crystal Palace BBC Sport 12 April 2003 6 January 2010 Steve Locker, Gareth Price, Terry Wilson and Billy Stubbs, only to be Terry Wilson Terry Wilson on 11 v 11 the one who clinched a spot as starter. Also, the club transferred in Gary Crosby,Co-owners praise Morgs https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20131024-co-owners-praise-morgs-1132279.aspx Sheffield United F.C. 24 October 2013 24 October 2013 Tommy Gaynor, https://web.archive.org/web/20120625194032/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/history/european-results 25 June 2012 . Nigel Jemsonhttp://www.ilsonfootball.co.uk/index.php?p=1_115_J Players: J ilsonfootball.co.uk 4 August 2016 and Garry Parker in a clear sign of austerity for this season. Meanwhile, Clough transferred out several starters such as: Ian Bowyer, Gary Mills, Garry Birtles, Fairclough and Johnny Metgod. In FA Cup the squad reached the semifinals for the first time ever in the "Clough era" being eliminated by Liverpool F.C. After rejected to play the first two editions (1985–86 and 1986–87) the club accepted to participate in the Full Members' CupThe competition was created after the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, when English clubs were banned from European competition, as an additional competition for clubs in the top two English League divisions.Caught in Time: Blackburn Rovers win Full Members Cup, 1987 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article516585.ece Sunday Times 9 November 2010 Rob Maul 20 February 2005September 2024 medicmedic this 1987–88 campaign only to be eliminated on Round Three by Reading. Squad y y GK ENG Steve Sutton y GK NED Hans Segers y GK WAL Mark Crossley y DF NIR Gary Fleming y DF ENG Des Walker y DF ENG Brett Williams y DF ENG Darren Wassall y DF ENG Stuart Pearce c y SCO DF Terry Wilson y ENG DF Martin Scott y ENG DF Steve Locker y ENG DF Steve Chettle y DF ENG Colin Foster y MF ENG Franz Carr y y MF ENG Neil Webb y MF NIR David Campbell y MF NOR Kjetil Osvold y MF SCO Brian Rice y MF ENG Calvin Plummer y ENG MF Garry Parker y ENG MF Gareth Price y ENG MF Gary Crosby y FW ENG Phil Starbuck y FW ENG Nigel Clough y FW SCO Lee Glover y Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Gaynor y ENG FW Nigel Jemson y ENG FW Billy Stubbs Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Garry Parker Hull City£260,000 FW Nigel Jemson Preston North End£150,000 MF Gary Crosby Grantham Town£20,000 FW Tommy Gaynor Doncaster Rovers GK Mark Crossley Youth team DF Steve Chettle Youth team DF Steve Locker Youth team MF Gareth Price Youth team MF Terry Wilson Youth team DF Billy Stubbs Youth team Out Pos. Name To TypeMFIan BowyerHereford United MFGary MillsNotts County FW Garry Birtles Notts CountyDFChris Fairclough Tottenham Hotspur DFJohnny Metgod Tottenham Hotspur FWDavid Riley Port Vale DFGary Andrews MFRay Campbell FWPaul Chalmers GKPaul CrichtonPeterborough United MFKjetil OsvoldLeicester City loan Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Martin Scott Rotherham United Out Pos. Name To Type GK Hans SegersSheffield United loan DF Steve Locker Hartlepool United FW Phil Starbuck Birmingham CityloanMFKjetil OsvoldDjurgårdens IF Fotboll loan FW Dave Campbell Notts Countyloan Results Division One 1987–88 Football League League table First Division NFO Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H Result W/W/D/W/D/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/W/D/W/L/D/D/W/W/W/L/D/D/W/W/D/D Position 6/3/2/2/3/6/6/4/3/5/3/4/4/4/4/4/3/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/4/3/5/4/3/3/5/5/5/4/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Disqualified from 1988-89 European Cup blue2 Disqualified from 1988-89 UEFA Cup red2 Qualified to 1987–88 Second Division play-offs red1 Relegated to Division Two complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1987/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1988/ 15 August 1987 1 Charlton Athletic 1–2 6 Nottingham Forest Mark Reid 9 pen 60 Lee Glover 67Nigel Clough Selhurst Park South Norwood 6,021 JE Martin W 19 August 1987 2 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Watford W 1–0 3 Stuart Pearce 26 pen D Scott 14,527 22 August 1987 3 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Everton D 0–0 2 RG Milford 20,445 29 August 1987 4 Newcastle United 0–1 2 Nottingham Forest Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park W Nigel Clough 44 DB Allison 20,100 2 September 1987 5 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Southampton D 3–3 3 Neil Webb 5Stuart Pearce 32Nigel Clough 66 24Andy Townsend71 pen Colin Clarke87 Gordon Hobson GM Tyson 14,173 5 September 1987 6 Nottingham Forest Chelsea Fulham Stamford Bridge L 4–3 6 Gordon Durie 23, 58Clive E Wilson 59Steve Clarke 67 9 Colin Foster 20Nigel Clough 35Paul Wilkinson D Hutchinson 18,414 12 September 1987 7 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Arsenal L 0–1 6 19 Alan Smith N Midgley 18,490 19 September 1987 8 Nottingham Forest Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road W 0–3 4 Terry Wilson 19 71 Franz Carr 73 pen Stuart Pearce R Bridges 17,517 26 September 1987 9 Nottingham Forest Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road W 0–2 3 Neil Webb 28, 31 P Don 13,755 10 October 1987 10 Nottingham Forest Derby County Derby Baseball Ground W 0–1 5 33 Paul Wilkinson RS Lewis 22,180 17 October 1987 11 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday W 3–0 3 Nigel Clough 20Franz Carr 58Paul Wilkinson 78 DR Elleray 17,685 24 October 1987 12 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur W 3–0 4 Franz Carr 29Neil Webb 76Nigel Clough 86 RF Nixon 23,543 31 October 1987 13 Manchester United 2–2 4 Nottingham Forest Bryan Robson 59Norman Whiteside 65 27 Paul Wilkinson77 Stuart Pearce D JC Deakin Manchester Old Trafford 44,669 14 November 1987 14 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Portsmouth W 5–0 4 Terry Wilson 2Paul Wilkinson 13Neil Webb 41Brian Rice 78 Nigel Clough 82 pen LC Shapter 15,851 21 November 1987 15 West Ham United 3–2 4 Nottingham Forest L Upton Park Boleyn Ground Tony Cottee 13, 52Ray Stewart 50 pen Neil Webb 32 Nigel Clough 70 G Courtney 17,216 5 December 1987 16 Wimbledon 1–1 4 Nottingham Forest Dennis Wise 55 25 Nigel Clough D Plough Lane Wimbledon H Taylor 5,227 13 December 1987 17 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers W 4–0 3 Tommy Gaynor 40Nigel Clough 81, 83, 85 pen LR Dilkes 18,130 19 December 1987 18 Nottingham Forest Oxford United W 0–2 3 Manor Ground Oxford 59 Brian Rice 73 Calvin Plummer CC Trussell 7,743 26 December 1987 19 Nottingham Forest Arsenal W 0–2 2 Highbury Islington 40 Terry Wilson 89 pen Stuart Pearce DJ Axcell 31,22 28 December 1987 20 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Coventry City W 4–1 2 Tommy Gaynor 30, 73Brian Borrows 78 o.g.Terry Wilson 81 25 Cyrille Regis B Hill 31,061 1 January 1988 21 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Newcastle United L 0–2 2 26 Paul Gascoigne 86 Mirandinha JB Worrall 28,583 3 January 1988 22 Nottingham Forest Everton L 1–0 2 Wayne Clarke 14 G Courtney 21,675 Walton Goodison Park 16 January 1988 23 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Charlton Athletic D 2–2 2 Calvin Plummer 48Neil Webb 83 71 Rob Lee 85 Andy Jones RA Hart 15,363 23 January 1988 24 Nottingham Forest Watford D 0–0 2 Vicarage Road Watford KS Hackett 13,158 6 February 1988 25 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Chelsea W 3–2 2 Colin Foster 23Gary Crosby 48Nigel Clough 65 pen 50 Kerry Dixon 53 Kevin J Wilson JW Lloyd 18,203 13 February 1988 26 Southampton 1–1 3 Nottingham Forest The Dell Southampton Colin Clarke 38 pen 44 Nigel Clough AW Ward 13,315 D 5 March 1988 27 Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday W 0–1 3 Hillsborough Sheffield 14 Webb G Aplin 19,509 16 March 1988 28 Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers L 2–1 4 Shepherd's Bush Loftus Road Dean Coney 12Wayne Fereday 75 57 o.g. Danny Maddix D Hutchinson 8,316 19 March 1988 29 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Manchester United D 0–0 3 26 March 1988 30 Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur D 1–1 5 White Hart Lane Tottenham Colin Foster 15 o.g. 60 Nigel Clough DA Hedges 25,306 30 March 1988 31 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Derby County W 2–1 4 Nigel Clough 24, 52 61 o.g. Colin Foster JB Worrall 25,017 2 April 1988 32 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Liverpool W 2–1 3 Alan Hansen 25 o.g. Neil Webb 59 70 pen John Aldridge KP Barratt 29,188 4 April 1988 33 Nottingham Forest Portsmouth W 0–1 3 Fratton Park Portsmouth 67 Terry Wilson H Taylor 17,528 13 April 1988 34 Nottingham Forest Liverpool L 5–0 5 Anfield Liverpool Ray Houghton 17John Aldridge 37, 86Gary Gillespie 58Peter Beardsley 78 RG Milford 39,535 20 April 1988 35 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest West Ham United D 0–0 5 30 April 1988 36 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Wimbledon D 0–0 5 4 May 1988 37 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Norwich City W 2–0 4 Neil Webb 9Lee Glover 41 Art. Robinson 11,610 7 May 1988 38 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Oxford United W 5–3 3 Neil Webb 5, 86Franz Carr 17Nigel Clough 35, 43 10, 64 Martin Foyle75 Trevor Hebberd LC Shapter 12,762 13 May 1988 39 Nottingham Forest Luton Town D 1–1 3 Kenilworth Road Luton Mal Donaghy 5 Lee Glover 46 MD Reed 9,108 15 May 1988 40 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Luton Town D 1–1 3 Neil Webb 61 2 David Oldfield BT Stevens 21,055 League Cup 1987-88 Football League Cup 23 September 1987 2 City Ground Nottingham Nottingham Forest Hereford United (Div 4) W 5–0 Neil Webb 37, 69 Franz Carr 53Nigel Clough 84Paul Wilkinson 87 AN Buksh 11,617 7 October 1987 2 Nottingham Forest Hereford United Hereford Edgar Street D 1–1 Phil Stant 65 88 Nigel Clough TJ Holbrook 3,900 27 October 1987 3 Manchester City 3–0 Nottingham Forest L Maine Road Moss Side Imre Varadi 2, 52Paul Stewart 20 MG Peck 15,168 FA Cup 1987-88 FA Cup 9 January 1988 3 Nottingham Forest Halifax Town W 0–4 Shay Stadium Halifax Terry Wilson 23Stuart Pearce 33Calvin Plummer 70Paul Wilkinson 83 T Fitzharris 4,013 30 January 1988 4 Nottingham Forest Leyton Orient W 1–2 Leyton Brisbane Road Ian Juryeff 52 Lee Glover 66Calvin Plummer 73 G Courtney 19,212 20 February 1988 5 Nottingham Forest Birmingham City W 0–1 St Andrews Birmingham 9 Gary Crosby N Midgley 34,494 12 March 1988 6 Nottingham Forest Arsenal W 1–2 David Rocastle 89 42 Paul Wilkinson 74 Brian Rice D Scott 50,157 Islington Highbury 9 April 1988 Semifinal Liverpool L 2–1 Nottingham Forest Hillsborough Sheffield John Aldridge 12 pen, 51 66 Nigel Clough G Courtney 51,627 Full Members' Cup 1987–88 Full Members' Cup 3 February 1988 3 Nottingham Forest Reading (Div 2) L 2–1 Elm Park Reading Dean Horrix 40Stuart Beavon 104 Neil Webb 52 IJ Borrett 9,096 yes Football League Centenary Tournament Football League Centenary Tournament 16 April 1988 1 13:00 Leeds United 0–3 Nottingham Forest 7 Franz Carr 15 pen Stuart Pearce37 Garry Parker Empire Stadium Wembley W 18 April 1988 Quarterfinals 15:00 Aston Villa 0–0 1–0 Nottingham Forest Empire Stadium Wembley D 19 April 1988 Semifinal Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Nottingham Forest Ian Muir 13Ian Muir 51 47 Clough53 Carr Empire Stadium Wembley D Final 19 April 1988 Final Nottingham Forest 0–0 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Pearce Clough Webb Sterland Megson Worthington Empire Stadium Wembley D Statistics Squad statistics Football LeagueFirst Division FA Cup Football League Cup GK ENG Steve Sutton 35 0 5 0 4 0 ENG DF Steve Chettle 28+2 0 4 0 3 0 DF ENG Des Walker 35 0 5 0 4 0 DF ENG Colin Foster 38+1 2 5 0 4 0 DF ENG Stuart Pearce 34 5 5 1 4 0 MF SCO Brian Rice 30 2 4 1 4 0 MF ENG Neil Webb 40 13 5 0 4 3 SCO MF Terry Wilson 33+3 5 5 1 4 0 MF ENG Franz Carr 22 4 0 0 3 1 FW ENG Nigel Clough 34 19 3 1 3 2 FW ENG Paul Wilkinson 24+2 5 4+1 2 4 1 GK NED Hans Segers 5 0 0 0 0 0 DF NIR Gary Fleming 19+3 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 FW SCO Lee Glover 17+3 3 2 1 1 0 ENG MF Gary Crosby 12+2 1 3 1 0 0 Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Gaynor 10+2 3 2 0 0 0 MF ENG Calvin Plummer 8 2 2 2 1 0 MF NIR Dave Campbell 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Brett Williams 4 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Darren Wassall 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Phil Starbuck 1+9 0 0 0 0+2 0 MF NOR Kjetil Osvold 1+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 ENG MF Garry Parker 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 GK WAL Mark Crossley 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG FW Nigel Jemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG DF Steve Locker 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG MF Gareth Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG DF Martin Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG FW Billy Stubbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1988/ References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest