1981–82 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season Nottingham Forest 1981–82 Brian Clough Geoffrey McPherson The City Ground First Division 12th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fifth round _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 (9) Ian Wallace (12) 26,327 vs West Ham United (League) 15,037 vs Swansea City (League) 20,593 (League) 1980–81 1982–83 The 1981–82 season was Nottingham Forest's 117th year in existence and fifth consecutive season in the First Division. Summary In his eighth season as manager, Brian Clough appointed Alan Hill as new trainer after the departure of Jimmy Gordon in the previous season.https://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 2 August 2023 Meanwhile forward Trevor Francis was transferred out to Manchester City being replacing by Norwich City striker Justin Fashanu.https://books.google.com/books?id=gjaIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT127 Manchester City Player by Player Tony Matthews Amberley Stroud 2013 127 978-1445617374 The team finished in a disappointing 12th spot with a defensive line (4th overall) not being helped by his offensive line in a mediocre season delivered by Fashanu, Wallace and Ward. The club was early eliminated in FA Cup on third round. Meanwhile, the squad reached the League Cup fifth round only to be defeated by Tottenham Hotspur after a 1–0 score. After six seasons with the club, assistant Peter Taylor announced his appointment as new manager of Derby County."Signing 'a hooligan' and a Shankly team talk: how Clough set up Forest for title" The Guardian 11 November 2015 Also, goalkeeper Peter Shilton left the club by the end of the season to be transferred out to Southampton.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jul/09/goalkeeper-david-de-gea-petr-cech-iker-casillas Why the importance of a goalkeeper cannot be overestimated The Guardian Jonathan Wilson 9 July 2015 17 January 2018 Central back Dave Needham was transferred out to Canada,http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/N/Needham.David.htm North American Soccer League Players David Needham NASL Jerseys Dave Morrison 24 January 2010 and Scottish midfielder John McGovern signed with Bolton Wanderers for the next campaign. Squad yes yes GK ENG Peter Shilton yes GK ENG Steve Sutton yes DF ENG Viv Anderson yes DF SCO Willie Young yes DF ENG Bryn Gunn yes DF ENG Dave Needham yes DF Norway Einar Jan Aas yes DF SCO Kenny Burns yes DF ENG Chris Fairclough yes MF ENG Stuart Gray yes MF SCO John McGovern c yes MF ENG Mark Proctor yes MF ENG Ian Bowyer yes yes MF SCO John Robertson yes MF FRG Jürgen Röber yes MF ENG Gary Mills yes MF SCO Colin Walsh yes MF ENG Calvin Plummer yes MF ENG Steve Hodge yes MF ENG Steve Kendal yes MF ENG Neil Redfearn yes FW ENG Justin Fashanu yes FW SCO Ian Wallace yes FW ENG Peter Ward yes FW ENG Peter Davenport yes FW ENG Trevor Francis August 2023 Lotto Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Justin Fashanu Norwich City £875,000 MF Mark Proctor Middlesbrough £440,000 MF Jürgen Röber Bayern München Out Pos. Name To Type FW Trevor Francis Manchester City £735,000 DF Frank Gray Leeds United £300,000 Winter In Pos. Name from Type FW Peter Davenport Cammell Laird 1907 F.C. Free MF Ian Bowyer Sunderland DF Willie Young Arsenal £50,000 Transferred in on 12 December 1981 Out Pos. Name To Type DF Kenny Burns Leeds United £400,000 FW Peter Ward Seattle Sounders loan Spring In Pos. Name from Type Out Pos. Name To Type FW Justin Fashanu Southampton loan Results Division One 1981–82 Football League League table First Division NFO Position by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A Result W/D/L/D/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/D/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/D/L/L/D/W/D/W/D/D/D/W/L/L/W/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/W Position 6/1/11/12/6/5/4/6/6/4/5/5/5/7/5/7/8/6/6/7/11/11/11/11/10/10/10/10/10/10/9/10/12/10/10/11/11/12/13/13/12/11 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Qualified to 1982–83 European Cup blue2 Qualified to 1982–83 UEFA Cup red1 Relegated to Division Two complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1982/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1982/ 29 August 1981 1 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 2–1 Southampton Trevor Francis 25, 26 44 Kevin Keegan 25,234 W 31 August 1981 2 Old Trafford Greater Manchester Manchester United 0–0 Nottingham Forest 51,496 D 5 September 1981 3 St Andrews Birmingham Birmingham City 4–3 Nottingham Forest Kevan Broadhurst 33Tony Evans 39Neil Whatmore 73, 86 1, 45, 75 Ian Wallace EA Read 19,035 L 12 September 1981 4 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 22,618 D 19 September 1981 5 Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent Stoke City Nottingham Forest 1–2 Adrian Heath 6 51 Colin Walsh 85 Gary Mills 15,569 W 23 September 1981 6 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 2–0 Sunderland Ian Wallace 65Mark Proctor 85 21,133 W 26 September 1981 7 City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–1 Brighton and Hove Albion Kenny Burns 55Ian Wallace 86 10 Gordon Smith West Bridgford 19,220 PA Tyldesley W 3 October 1981 8 White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Nottingham Forest Mark Falco 27, 82Micky Hazard 72 Tottenham (North London) 34,870 L 10 October 1981 9 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 1–1 Nottingham Forest Bryn Gunn 54 o.g. 71 Justin Fashanu Middlesbrough 15,043 D Richardson D 17 October 1981 10 City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–1 Coventry City Ian Wallace 67, 79 44 Steve Hunt West Bridgford 21,101 MJ Heath W 24 October 1981 11 Maine Road Manchester City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Moss Side 34,881 D 31 October 1981 12 City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–1 Leeds United Peter Ward 22John Robertson 53 pen 43Aidan Butterworth West Bridgford 25,272 W 7 November 1981 13 City Ground Nottingham Forest 0–0 West Ham United West Bridgford 26,327 D 21 November 1981 14 City Ground Nottingham Forest 1–2 Arsenal Justin Fashanu 43 62Alan Sunderland 79Brian Talbot West Bridgford 20,912 L 25 November 1981 15 Roker Park Sunderland 2–3 Nottingham Forest Rob Hindmarch 62Ally McCoist 79 21Colin Walsh51Justin Fashanu86Dave Needham Sunderland 17,419 W 28 November 1981 16 Villa Park Aston Villa 3–1 Nottingham Forest Des Bremner 6, 38Peter Withe 76 51Colin Walsh Birmingham 26,847 L 5 December 1981 17 City Ground Nottingham Forest 0–2 Liverpool 57 Mark Lawrenson 59 Ray Kennedy West Bridgford 24,521 L 12 December 1981 18 Vetch Field Swansea City 1–2 Nottingham Forest Robbie M James 34John Robertson 89 pen 77 Willie Young Swansea 17,559 W 9 January 1982 19 City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–1 Birmingham City Peter Ward 61Ian Wallace 68 73 Frank Worthington West Bridgford 15,906 RA Banks W 23 January 1982 20 City Ground Nottingham Forest 0–2 Notts County 63Paul Hooks74Trevor Christie Nottingham 26,158 CB White L 30 January 1982 21 City Ground Nottingham Forest 0–0 Stoke City West Bridgford 16,219 D 6 February 1982 22 The Hawthorns West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Nottingham Forest Martyn Bennett 31Kevin Summerfield 66 47 Peter Ward West Bromwich 14,975 L 13 February 1982 23 The Dell Southampton 2–0 Nottingham Forest Kevin Keegan 24Mick Channon 55 Southampton 21,350 L 16 February 1982 24 Molineux Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton 11,195 D 20 February 1982 25 Goldstone Ground Brighton Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Nottingham Forest 44 Peter Ward 17,168 W 27 February 1982 26 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 1–1 Middlesbrough Stuart Gray 90 6 David Hodgson C Thomas 16,464 D 9 March 1982 27 Highfield Road Coventry Coventry City 0–1 Nottingham Forest 12 Jurgen Rober JB Worrall 9,677 W 13 March 1982 28 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 1–1 Manchester City Peter Ward 82 pen 45 Tommy Caton 20,929 D 17 March 1982 29 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 1–1 Ipswich Town Calvin Plummer 69 81 pen John Wark 16,686 D 20 March 1982 30 Elland Road Leeds Leeds United 1–1 Nottingham Forest Frank Worthington 26 pen 7 Jurgen Rober 18,036 D 27 March 1982 31 Boleyn Ground Upton Park (East London) West Ham United 0–1 Nottingham Forest 31 Ian Wallace 24,633 W 3 April 1982 32 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 0–1 Everton 74 Steve McMahon 17,323 L 10 April 1982 33 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 63 Andy M Gray 15,691 L 12 April 1982 34 Meadow Lane West Bridgford Notts County 1–2 Nottingham Forest Trevor Christie 22 16 Ian Bowyer 83Calvin Plummer G Courtney 19,304 W 17 April 1982 35 Highbury Islington Arsenal Nottingham Forest 2–0 Brian Talbot 38 64 Graham Rix 21,986 L 20 April 1982 36 Goodison Park Walton Everton Nottingham Forest 2–1 Graeme Sharp 46, 87 69 Jurgen Rober 15,463 L 24 April 1982 37 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest Aston Villa 1–1 Dave Needham 13 57 pen Gordon Cowans 18,213 D 1 May 1982 38 Anfield Liverpool Liverpool 2–0 Nottingham Forest Craig Johnston 55, 69 34,321 L 5 May 1982 39 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 0–1 Manchester United 36 Frank Stapleton 18,449 L 8 May 1982 40 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 0–2 Swansea City 2, 85 Robbie M James 15,037 L 12 May 1982 41 City Ground West Bridgford Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Peter Davenport 39Stuart Gray 57 15,273 W 15 May 1982 42 Portman Road Ipswich Ipswich Town 1–3 Nottingham Forest Alan Brazil 67 51, 64, 72 Peter Davenport 19,974 W FA Cup 1981-82 FA Cup 2 January 1982 3 City Ground Nottingham Forest 1–3 Wrexham Mark Proctor 2 61 Steve Dowman69Mick Vinter 72Dixie McNeil Nottingham 15,649 L League Cup 1981-82 Football League Cup 6 October 1981 2 (1st leg) St Andrews Birmingham City 2–3 Nottingham Forest Frank Worthington Neil Whatmore 14, 16 Ian Wallace 57Mark Proctor Birmingham 14,330 W 28 October 1981 2 (2nd leg) City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–1 5–3 Birmingham City Dave Needham 8John Robertson 74 86 Tony Evans Nottingham 16,316 W 11 November 1981 3 Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Nottingham Forest 23 Justin Fashanu Blackburn 14,752 W 2 December 1981 4 City Ground Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Ian Wallace 46Jurgen Rober 54 Nottingham 12,244 W 18 January 1982 5 White Hart Lane Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham Forest 1–0 Ossie Ardiles 59 31,192 L Statistics Squad statistics Football LeagueDivision One FA Cup Football League Cup GK ENG Peter Shilton 41 0 1 0 5 0 DF ENG Viv Anderson 39 0 1 0 4 0 DF SCO Willie Young 25 1 1 0 0 0 DF SCO John McGovern 26+4 0 0+1 0 3 0 DF ENG Bryn Gunn 36+1 0 1 0 5 0 MF ENG Ian Bowyer 23+1 1 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Mark Proctor 35+2 1 1 1 5 1 MF ENG Stuart Gray 32+1 2 0 0 5 0 MF SCO John Robertson 36 2 1 0 5 1 FW ENG Justin Fashanu 31+1 3 0 0 4 1 FW SCO Ian Wallace 28+1 9 1 0 4 3 GK ENG Steve Sutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF FRG Jürgen Röber 21+1 3 1 0 2 1 DF ENG Dave Needham 17 2 1 0 3 1 FW ENG Peter Ward 14+1 5 1 0 2 0 DF Norway Einar Jan Aas 14 0 0 0 3 0 MF ENG Gary Mills 13+1 1 0 0 1+2 0 MF SCO Colin Walsh 7+8 3 1 0 2+1 0 MF ENG Calvin Plummer 7+2 2 0 0 0 0 DF SCO Kenny Burns 7 1 0 0 1 0 FW ENG Peter Davenport 5 4 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Chris Fairclough 0 0 0 0 1 0 FW ENG Trevor Francis 2 2 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Steve Hodge 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Steve Kendal 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Neil Redfearn 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1982/ References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest