1983–84 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 Nottingham Forest 1983–84 Brian Clough Maurice Roworth City Ground First Division 3rd FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round UEFA Cup Semi-finals _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 Peter Davenport (15) Peter Davenport (17) 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 season was Nottingham Forest's 119th year in existence and seventh consecutive season in the First Division. Aside from the league, the club also competed in the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup. Summary In his ninth season as manager, Brian Clough transferred in Dutch midfielder Frans Thijssen from Ipswich Town http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/thijssen_inducted_into_town_hall_of_fame_1_165261 Thijssen inducted into Town Hall of Fame Elvin King 8 July 2008 3 September 2016 East Anglian Daily Times April 2024 InternetArchiveBot yes only to be a flop and he left the club within months. On the contrary of the last three seasons, this campaign the offensive line had a good performance with Davenport, Birtles aimed by a superb midfield with Hodge and Walsh despite club legend John Robertson left the club during summer and signed with Peter Taylor's Derby County. After two early eliminations on FA Cup and League Cup the squad reached the UEFA Cup semifinals against RSC Anderlecht. In the first leg, the team took a 2–0 score in Nottingham and for the second leg the Belgian squad won 3–0 classifying to the 1984 UEFA Cup Final. According to Constant Vanden, then Anderlecht club president, the club paid a bribe to Spanish referee Emilio Guruceta Muro before the match. In 1997 the UEFA banned the Belgian club for one season for competing in its continental tournaments.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/dec/11/nottingham-forest-anderlecht-match-fixing-scandal-1984 Bribed in Brussels: How Nottingham Forest fell victim to fixing scandal Daniel Taylor 11 December 2013 23 December 2022 theguardian.com In 2016 it was revealed that UEFA had evidence of the match-fixed scandal since 1992.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37453762 UEFA had Forest-Anderlecht referee bribe evidence 'for four years' 25 September 2016 25 August 2023 bbc.comhttps://nottstv.com/uefa-deny-holding-forest-v-anderlecht-referee-bribe-evidence-for-four-years/ UEFA deny holding Forest v Anderlecht referee bribe evidence for four years nottstv.com 26 September 2016 20 August 2023 Jake Brigstock Meanwhile, in League the squad finished on a decent third spot only 6 points below of Champions Liverpool and clinching a UEFA Cup spot for the second consecutive campaign. Squad yes yes GK NED Hans van Breukelen yes GK ENG Steve Sutton yes GK ENG Kevin Hitchcock yes DF ENG Viv Anderson yes DF ENG Bryn Gunn yes DF ENG Chris Fairclough yes DF ENG Colin Todd yes DF ENG Mark Smalley yes DF ENG Paul Hart yes ENG Des Walker DF yes ENG Nigel Johnson DF yes ENG Les Robinson DF yes ENG Kenny Swain DF yes MF ENG Ian Bowyer c yes yes NED Frans Thijssen MF yes ENG Gary Mills MF yes MF ENG Steve Wigley yes MF SCO Colin Walsh yes MF ENG Steve Hodge yes MF ENG Adrian Shaw yes FW SCO Ian Wallace yes FW ENG Peter Davenport yes FW ENG Garry Birtles yes NIR Danny Wilson MF yes ENG David Riley FW yes ENG Shaun Finney FW yes ENG David Longhurst FW August 2023 Lotto Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Frans ThijssenIpswich Town MF Paul HartLeeds United MF Gary MillsDerby County loan ended MF Mark Smalley FW David RileyKeyworth United DF Shaun Finney GK Kevin HitchcockBarking FW Nigel JohnsonRotherham United FW David Longhurst FW Les Robinson MF Adrian Shaw Out Pos. Name To Type MF John RobertsonDerby County DF Willie YoungBrighton and Hove Albion DF Stuart GrayBarnsley F.C. MF Mark ProctorSunderland £100,000 FW Liam Robinson Southampton MF Steve Kendal Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Des Walker Out Pos. Name To Type GK Ronnie SinclairWrexham loan MF Frans ThijssenVancouver Whitecaps Results Division One 1983–84 Football League League table First Division NFO Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/L/D/W/W/W/L/W/L/D/W/L/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/L/W/L/D/W/D/L/W/D/L/W/W/W Position 17/10/15/14/9/9/7/10/8/11/11/7/8/11/7/6/11/8/6/5/5/4/4/3/4/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/5/5/5/4/2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Qualified to 1984–85 European Cup blue2 Qualified to 1984–85 UEFA Cup red1 Relegated to Division Two complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1984/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1984/ 27 August 1983 1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Southampton L West Bridgford City Ground 66 Danny Wallace 14,690 G Courtney 29 August 1983 2 Manchester United 1–2 Nottingham Forest Kevin Moran 12 66 Viv Anderson 85 Peter Davenport Manchester Old Trafford 43,005 R Bridges W 3 September 1983 3 Liverpool 1–0 Nottingham Forest Ian Rush 84 31,376 J Lovatt Liverpool Anfield L 7 September 1983 4 Nottingham Forest Aston Villa D 2–2 West Bridgford City Ground Peter Davenport 40Garry Birtles 86 17 Peter Withe69 Gary Shaw 16,379 JD Hough 10 September 1983 5 Nottingham Forest Queen's Park Rangers W 3–2 West Bridgford City Ground Steve Hodge 16'Peter Davenport 33'Bob Hazell 83' (og) Ian Dawes 9' Simon Stainrod 61' 14,607 RF Nixon 17 September 1983 6 Norwich City 2–3 Nottingham Forest W Keith Bertschin 4John Deehan 38 pen 23 pen, 43, 65 Colin Walsh Norwich Carrow Road 14,605 EJ Scales 24 September 1983 7 Nottingham Forest Luton Town W 1–0 West Bridgford City Ground Ian Wallace 58 16,296 JB Worrall 2 October 1983 8 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Nottingham Forest L Gary Stevens 70Steve Archibald 85 5 Colin Walsh 30,596 Al. Robinson Tottenham White Hart Lane 16 October 1983 9 Nottingham Forest Notts County W 3–1 West Bridgford City Ground Ian Wallace 8 Ian Bowyer 28 Peter Davenport 40 9 pen Trevor Christie 26,657 N Midgley 22 October 1983 10 Arsenal 4–1 Nottingham Forest L Alan Sunderland 7Colin Hill 24Tony Woodcock 67, 77 64 pen Peter Davenport 22,872 K Cooper Islington Highbury 29 October 1983 11 Nottingham Forest Sunderland D 1–1 West Bridgford City Ground Frans Thijssen 28 61 Gary Rowell 61' 13,968 NJ Ashley 5 November 1983 12 Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton Wanderers W 5–0 West Bridgford City Ground Garry Birtles 6Peter Davenport 16 penColin Walsh 55Steve Hodge 59, 62 13,855 IJ Borrett 12 November 1983 13 Everton 1–0 Nottingham Forest L Walton Goodison Park Adrian Heath 22 CN Seel 17,549 19 November 1983 14 Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town W 2–1 West Bridgford City Ground Garry Birtles 70Kenny Swain 71 58 Terry Butcher 14,979 A Saunders 26 November 1983 15 Stoke City 1–1 Nottingham Forest D Mark Chamberlain 7 3 pen Colin Walsh 11,661 DB Allison Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground 4 December 1983 16 Nottingham Forest Leicester City W 3–2 West Bridgford City Ground Colin Walsh 14Ian Bowyer 21Frans Thijssen 78 46 Robert Jones 67 Alan Smith 67' 23,247 Art. Robinson 10 December 1983 17 Watford 3–2 Nottingham Forest L Mo Johnston 6George Reilly 34Nigel Callaghan 36 16, 49 Garry Birtles 14,047 JC Deakin Watford Vicarage Road 17 December 1983 18 Nottingham Forest West Ham United W 3–0 West Bridgford City Ground Steve Hodge 25Garry Birtles 75Colin Walsh 85 pen 14,440 TJ Holbrook 26 December 1983 19 Birmingham City 2–1 Nottingham Forest W Kevin Rogers 6 55 Garry Birtles 84 Steve Hodge 14,482 D Richardson Birmingham St Andrews 28 December 1983 20 Nottingham Forest Coventry City W 3–0 West Bridgford City Ground Peter Davenport 23Garry Birtles 53, 85 22,169 TA Jones 31 December 1983 21 Nottingham Forest Liverpool L 0–1 West Bridgford City Ground 29 Ian Rush 29,692 M Dimblebee 2 January 1984 22 Nottingham Forest Luton Town W 2–3 Paul Walsh 9Emeka Nwajiobi 62Peter Davenport 43 37 Garry Birtles 39 Steve Hodge 12,126 DJ Axcell Luton Kenilworth Road 21 January 1984 23 Nottingham Forest Norwich City W 3–0 West Bridgford City Ground Frans Thijssen 6Steve Hodge 17Viv Anderson 29 13,993 R Guy 23 January 1984 24 Nottingham Forest Southampton W 0–1 Garry Birtles 30 Southampton The Dell 17,426 KG Salmon 4 February 1984 25 Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur D 2–2 West Bridgford City Ground Steve Hodge 10Colin Walsh 66 pen 26 Mark Falco 90 Chris Hughton 21,428 T Mills 8 February 1984 26 Nottingham Forest West Bromwich Albion W 0–5 12 pen Colin Walsh 46 o.g. Ken McNaught 53 Ian Bowyer 79 Garry Birtles 82 Viv Anderson 11,066 T Fitzharris West Bromwich 11 February 1984 27 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Nottingham Forest W 41 Garry Birtles 16,692 TD Spencer White City Loftus Road 18 February 1984 28 Sunderland 1–1 Nottingham Forest Gordon Chisholm 74 85 Viv Anderson Sunderland Roker Park 15,958 IA Hendrick D 25 February 1984 29 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Arsenal L West Bridgford City Ground 89 Paul Mariner 20,045 D Owen 3 March 1984 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Nottingham Forest L Paul Hart 89 o.g. 10,476 D Scott Molineux Wolverhampton 14 March 1984 31 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Everton West Bridgford City Ground Steve Hodge 90 13,647 AN Buksh W 17 March 1984 32 Aston Villa 1–0 Nottingham Forest L Steve McMahon 82 HW King 16,270 Birmingham Villa Park 31 March 1984 33 Notts County 0–0 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Meadow Lane 18,357 K Walmsley D 7 April 1984 34 Nottingham Forest 3–1 West Bromwich Albion W West Bridgford City Ground Colin Walsh 23 penViv Anderson 45Ian Bowyer 83 67 Garry Thompson 15,245 GM Tyson 14 April 1984 35 Ipswich Town 2–2 Nottingham Forest D Romeo Zondervan 68Mich D'Avray 81 1 Steve Wigley 71 Peter Davenport 15,469 A Gunn Ipswich 17 April 1984 36 Coventry City 2–1 Nottingham Forest L Mick Ferguson 8Nicky Platnauer 79 85 Colin Walsh 9,816 AW Ward Coventry 21 April 1984 37 Nottingham Forest Birmingham City W 5–1 West Bridgford City Ground Peter Davenport 2, 89Colin Walsh 5Ian Wallace 66Ian Bowyer 70 88 Mick Harford 15,323 JA Moules 28 April 1984 38 Nottingham Forest Stoke City D 0–0 West Bridgford City Ground 13,625 RS Lewis 5 May 1984 39 Nottingham Forest Leicester City L 2–1 Steve Lynex 12Lineker 35 80 Peter Davenport 16,600 DV Reeves Leicester 7 May 1984 40 Nottingham Forest 5–1 Watford W West Bridgford City Ground Paul Atkinson 3 o.g.Steve Hodge 11Peter Davenport 23, 55Ian Bowyer 61 80 Mo Johnston 13,732 PN Willis 12 May 1984 41 Nottingham Forest West Ham United W 1–2 Ray Stewart 19 pen 21 Garry Birtles 58 Peter Davenport 18,458 LC Shapter Upton Park Boleyn Ground 16 May 1984 42 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Manchester United Garry Birtles 34Viv Anderson 47 W West Bridgford City Ground 23,651 DS Vickers UEFA Cup 1983-84 UEFA Cup First Round 14 September 1983 1 Nottingham Forest ENG DDRVorwärts (Frankfurt/Oder) W 2–0 Nottingham City Ground Ian Wallace 15Steve Hodge 60 14,994 28 September 1983 1 Vorwärts (Frankfurt/Oder)DDR ENG Nottingham Forest W 1–0 65 Ian Bowyer 18,000 0–3 Second Round 19 October 1983 2 PSV Eindhoven NED 1–2 ENG Nottingham Forest W Jurrie Koolhof 84 pen 84 Peter Davenport90 pen Colin Walsh 28,000 Eindhoven Philips Stadion 2 November 1983 2 Nottingham Forest ENG NED PSV Eindhoven W 1–0 Nottingham City Ground Peter Davenport 56 16,943 3–1 Third Round 23 November 1983 Eightfinals Nottingham Forest ENG SCO Celtic Glasgow D 0–0 Nottingham City Ground 32,017 7 December 1983 Eightfinals Celtic Glasgow SCO 1–2 ENG Nottingham Forest W Glasgow Murdo MacLeod 79 53 Steve Hodge72 Colin Walsh 66,938 1–2 Quarter finals 7 March 1984 1st leg Nottingham Forest ENG AUT Sturm Graz W 1–0 Nottingham City Ground Paul Hart 70 19,459 21 March 1984 2nd leg ENG Nottingham Forest Sturm Graz AUT D 1–1 yes 1–2 Bozo Bakota 44 pen 115 pen Colin Walsh 21,000 Semi finals 11 April 1984 1st leg Nottingham Forest ENG 2–0 BEL RSC Anderlecht W Steve Hodge 84,87 22,681 25 April 1984 2nd leg RSC Anderlecht BEL 3–0 ENGNottingham Forest L Enzo Scifo 18Kenneth Brylle-Larsen 59 penErwin Wandenbergh 88 36,000 3–2 League Cup 1983-84 Football League Cup 4 October 1983 2 Nottingham Forest Wimbledon L 2–0 referee 26 October 1983 2 Nottingham Forest Wimbledon D 1–1 Nottingham City Ground referee FA Cup 1983-84 FA Cup 7 January 1984 3 Nottingham Forest Southampton L 1–2 Nottingham City Ground Statistics Squad statistics Football LeagueDivision One FACup Other NED Hans van Breukelen GK 36 0 1 0 9 0 ENG Viv Anderson DF 40 6 1 0 12 0 ENG Chris Fairclough DF 31 0 1 0 7+2 0 ENG Paul Hart DF 36 0 1 1 11 1 ENG Kenny Swain DF 41 1 1 0 12 0 ENG Steve Wigley MF 27+8 1 1 0 11 0 ENG Ian Bowyer MF 42 6 1 0 12 1 SCO Colin Walsh MF 35+3 13 1 0 11+1 3 ENG Steve Hodge MF 39 10 1 0 12 4 ENG Garry Birtles FW 33+1 15 1 0 6+2 0 ENG Peter Davenport FW 32+1 15 1 0 10+1 2 ENG Steve Sutton GK 6 0 0 0 3 0 SCO Ian Wallace FW 22+5 3 0+1 0 6+1 2 NED Frans Thijssen MF 17 3 0 0 2 0 ENG Colin Todd DF 13 0 0 0 6 0 ENG Gary Mills MF 5+2 0 0 0 2 0 ENG Bryn Gunn DF 4 0 0 0 0+3 0 ENG Des Walker DF 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Mark Smalley DF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG David Riley FW 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 NIR Danny Wilson MF 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 ENG Shaun Finney FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Kevin Hitchcock GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Nigel Johnson DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG David Longhurst FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Les Robinson DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Adrian Shaw MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1984/ References February 2024 Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest