1974–75 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Nottingham Forest F.C. 1974–75 Allan Brown (until 29 December 1974)Bill Anderson (caretaker)Brian Clough (from 6 January 1975) Jim H. Willmer Second Division 16th FA Cup Sixth round League Cup 2nd round _redcollar dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 ffffff dd0000 _whitecollar ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Neil Martin (10) Neil Martin (12) 25,013 (League) 23,355 (Cup) 9,534 (League)14,183 (Cup) 17,639 (League) 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 season was Nottingham Forest's 110th year in existence and third campaign consecutive in the Second Division since their relegation in 1972. Summary During summer the club reinforced the side transferred in several players, left back Paddy Greenwood from Boston Minutemen, Welsh defender Dave Jones from AFC Bournemouthhttp://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218 Wales player database 1872 to 2013 eu-football.info 30 April 2016 and forward Barry Butlinhttp://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/barrybutlin.html Barry Butlin Neil Brown 2009-05-07 from Luton Town F.C. From the youth squad arrived goalkeeper John MiddletonJohn Middleton, The City GroundNottingham Forest : 1946/47 – 2009/10 on Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database profile and defender Viv Anderson for the right back position. After a bad streak of results, included an early elimination in League Cup on 6 January 1975 the board sacked Allan Brown and appointed former Derby County 1972 League Champion manager Brian Clough.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/10/brian-clough-miracle-nottingham-forest-european-champions-film-jose-mourinho Brian Clough and the miracle of Nottingham Forest Daniel Taylor 10 October 2015 The Guardian 3 April 2018 Also, Jimmy Gordon arrived as club trainer as the Scottishman had been for Clough at Derby County and Leeds United.http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/sep/17/brian-clough-jimmy-gordon-leeds-nottingham-forest-derby-county The forgotten story of … Brian Clough's other right-hand man | Nick Miller 17 September 2014 The Guardian The two made their debut in League winning at Fulham bringing with him two players from his 44-day failed tenure in Leeds United: midfielder John McGovern and forward John O'Hare.THE CITY GROUND, John McGovern However, the team plummeted 11 successive matches without a win. The squad reached two games won in the last five rounds to avoid relegation to Third Division. Meanwhile, in FA Cup the team in third round, now with Clough, defeated Tottenham Hotspur and advanced to the fourth round being eliminated by Fulham F.C. after three replay matches. Squad yes yes GK ENG John Middleton yes GK ENG Dennis Peacock yes DF ENG Viv Anderson yes DF ENG Sammy Chapman Captain yes DF ENG John Cottam yes DF ENG Paddy Greenwood yes DF NIR Liam O'Kane yes DF ENG Dave Serella yes MF ENG Ian Bowyer yes MF IRL Miah Dennehy yes MF WAL Dave Jones yes MF NIR Tommy Jackson yes yes MF SCO George Lyall yes MF SCO John McGovern yes MF ENG Jim McIntosh yes MF NIR Martin O'Neill yes MF ENG Paul Richardson yes MF SCO John Robertson yes FW ENG Barry Butlin yes FW ENG John Galley yes FW SCO Neil Martin yes FW ENG James McCann yes FW SCO John O'Hare yes FW ENG Tony Woodock Transfers In Pos. Name from Type GK John Middleton Free DF Paddy Greenwood Boston Minutemen £10,000 DF Dave Jones AFC Bournemouth FW Barry Butlin Luton Town F.C. £120,000 Out Pos. Name To Type FW Duncan McKenzie Leeds United £250,000 FW John Galley Peterborough United F.C. loan GK Jim Barron Swindon Town FW David Serella Walsall F.C. DF John Winfield Peterborough United F.C. Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Viv Anderson Free MF John McGovern Leeds United £81,000 FW John O'Hare Leeds United £49,000 Out Pos. Name To Type DF Dave Serella Walsall F.C. Competitions Second Division 1974–75 Football League#Second Division League Table Second Division y NFO Position by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/L/L/W/L/D/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/D/D/L/D/W/L/W/D/L/L/D/D/D/L/D/L/D/D/W/L/D/L/W Position 15/16/21/11/18/17/13/13/10/14/14/10/12/10/8/13/9/14/11/10/11/13/13/11/13/11/9/13/14/12/15/14/15/15/16/16/16/15/17/16/17/16 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, 1975–76 First Division green1 1975–76 First Division red1 1975–76 Third Division Competitive matches August 2021 A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1974–75 season.http://www.bridportred.com/1970s/1977-1978%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 Matches 1 17 August 1974 Nottingham Forest 0-0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/nottingham-forest-v-bristol-city-17-august-1974-116605/ D Bristol City City Ground West Bridgford 2 19 August 1974 Millwall F.C. 3–0 L Nottingham Forest Millwall 3 24 August 1974 Portsmouth 2–0 L Nottingham Forest Portsmouth 4 27 August 1974 Nottingham Forest 2–1 W Millwall Martin Bowyer City Ground West Bridgford 5 31 August 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–2 L Oxford United Bowyer City Ground West Bridgford 6 7 September 1974 Manchester United 2–2 D Nottingham Forest Cottam Bowyer Old Trafford Manchester 7 14 September 1974 Nottingham Forest 4–0 W Hull City Lyall Martin Martin O'Neill City Ground West Bridgford 8 17 September 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–2 L Portsmouth F.C. Jones City Ground West Bridgford 9 21 September 1974 Sheffield Wednesday 2–3 W Nottingham Forest Martin Martin Bowyer Sheffield 10 28 September 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–1 D Sunderland AFC Lyall pen City Ground West Bridgford 11 2 October 1974 Aston Villa 3–0 L Nottingham Forest Villa Park Birmingham 12 5 October 1974 Southampton F.C. 0–1 W Nottingham Forest Jackson Southampton 13 12 October 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–3 L Norwich City Butlin City Ground West Bridgford 14 19 October 1974 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 W Nottingham Forest Richardson The Hawthorns West Bromwich 15 26 October 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Bristol Rovers Martin City Ground West Bridgford 16 2 November 1974 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 L Nottingham Forest University of Bolton Horwich 17 9 November 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Oldham Athletic Dennehy City Ground West Bridgford 18 16 November 1974 Cardiff City F.C. 2–1 L Nottingham Forest Martin Cardiff Cardiff City 19 23 November 1974 Nottingham Forest 2–1 W York City F.C. Richardson Bowyer City Ground West Bridgford 20 30 November 1974 Leyton Orient F.C. 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Bowyer Brisbane Road Leyton 21 7 December 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–1 D Fulham F.C. Butlin City Ground West Bridgford 22 14 December 1974 Bristol City 1–0 L Nottingham Forest Ashton Gate Bristol 23 21 December 1974 Nottingham Forest 0–0 D Blackpool F.C. City Ground West Bridgford 24 26 December 1974 Hull City 1–3 W Nottingham Forest Martin Martin Butlin Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 25 28 December 1974 Nottingham Forest 0–2 L Notts County F.C. City Ground West Bridgford 26 11 January 1975 Fulham F.C. 0–1 W Nottingham Forest 71 Butlin Craven Cottage Fulham 9,159 27 18 January 1975 Nottingham Forest 2–2 D Leyton Orient F.C. Richardson 86Richardson 88 22 Derek Possee37 o.g. Bob Chapman City Ground West Bridgford 17,582 28 1 February 1975 Oldham Athletic 2–0 L Nottingham Forest Alan Young 23Alan Groves 65 Boundary Park Oldham 10,736 29 8 February 1975 Nottingham Forest 2–3 L Bolton Wanderers Dennehy 8Dennehy 80 26, 38 John Byrom59 Hugh Curran City Ground West Bridgford 11,922 30 14 February 1975 York City F.C. 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Jimmy Seal 44 63 Lyall Bootham Crescent York 7,666 31 22 February 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–0 D Cardiff City F.C. City Ground West Bridgford 12,806 32 28 February 1975 Oxford United 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Billy Jeffrey 32 55 Lyall Manor Ground Oxford 7,602 33 8 March 1975 Nottingham Forest 2–3 L Aston Villa O'Hare 16Butlin 43 29, 40 Ray Graydon 66 Brian Little City Ground West Bridgford 20,205 34 15 March 1975 Sunderland AFC 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Roker Park Sunderland 30,812 35 22 March 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–1 L Manchester United 36 Gerry Daly City Ground West Bridgford 21,893 36 25 March 1975 Notts County F.C. 2–2 D Nottingham Forest Ian Scanlon 20 Paul Richardson 59 o.g. 40 Lyall78 Butlin City Ground West Bridgford 20,303 K Styles 37 29 March 1975 Blackpool F.C. 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Bloomfield Road Blackpool 11,640 38 1 April 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Sheffield Wednesday Lyall 57 pen City Ground West Bridgford 14,077 39 5 April 1975 Bristol Rovers F.C. 4–2 L Nottingham Forest Alan Warboys 25 Frankie Prince 44 Colin Dobson 56 Dave Staniforth 72 67 Lyall 76 O'Hare Bristol Bristol 9,684 40 12 April 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–0 D Southampton F.C. City Ground West Bridgford 11,554 41 19 April 1975 Norwich City 3–0 L Nottingham Forest Martin Peters 44Phil Boyer 74, 86 Carrow Road Norwich 24,302 42 26 April 1975 Nottingham Forest 2–1 W West Bromwich Albion Butlin 41Butlin 85 14 Robson City Ground West Bridgford 11,721 League Cup 1974–75 Football League Cup Second round 1 10 September 1974 Nottingham Forest 1–1 D Newcastle United City Ground Nottingham replay 25 September 1974 Newcastle United 3–0 L Nottingham Forest St. James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne FA Cup 1974–75 FA Cup Third round 4 January 1975 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Jones Nottingham City Ground D 8 January 1975 replay Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Nottingham Forest 34 Martin Tottenham White Hart Lane 27,996 W Fourth round 28 January 1975 1 Fulham F.C. 0–0 Nottingham Forest Fulham Craven Cottage 14,846 D 3 February 1975 replay Nottingham Forest 1–1 yes Fulham F.C. Neil Martin 62 44 John Dowie Nottingham City Ground 25,361 D 5 February 1975 2nd replay Fulham F.C. 1–1 yes Nottingham Forest Alan Slough 24 46 John Robertson Fulham Craven Cottage 11,920 D 10 February 1975 3rd replay Nottingham Forest 1–2 Fulham F.C. Bob Chapman 61 26, 54 Viv Busby Nottingham City Ground 23,240 L Statistics Players statistics The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1974–75 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1974–75 are not included. Includes all competitive matches. Football LeagueSecond Division Football League Cup FA Cup GK ENG Middleton 28 0 0 0 6 0 DF WAL Jones 36 1 2 0 3 1 DF ENG Chapman 31 0 1 0 6 0 DF NIR O'Kane 41 0 2 0 5 0 DF ENG Greenwood 15 0 0 0 4 0 MF IRL Dennehy 23+3 3 2 0 2 0 MF ENG Bowyer 27+3 6 2 1 5 0 MF ENG Richardson 35+2 4 1 0 5 0 MF SCO Lyall 35+1 7 2 0 3 0 FW ENG Butlin 28+1 7 0 0 5 0 FW SCO Martin 24+2 10 1 0 5 2 GK ENG Peacock 14 0 2 0 MF NIR O'Neill 16 1 2 0 5 0 MF SCO Robertson 14+3 0 4 0 1 0 DF ENG Cottam 12+2 1 1 0 3 0 MF NIR Jackson 12+2 1 1 0 1 0 DF ENG Anderson 12+2 0 1 0 1 0 FW SCO O'Hare 10 2 MF SCO McGovern 8 0 DF ENG Serella 6+2 0 1 0 MF ENG McIntosh 2+1 0 FW ENG Galley 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Woodcock 1+4 0 FW ENG McCann 1 0 https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1975/ August 2021 References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest