1975–76 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Nottingham Forest F.C. 1975–76 Brian Clough BJ Appleby, QC Second Division 8th FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 3rd round _whiteborder _whiteborder _manutdh7580 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 ffffff dd0000 _redborder _manutdh7580 _redborder ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Bowyer (11) Bowyer (14) 19,757 (League) 11,343 (League) 14,047 (League) 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 season was Nottingham Forest's 111th year in existence and fourth campaign consecutive in the Second Division since their relegation in 1972. Summary During summer the Board appointed BJ Appleby as its new club chairman. The team was reinforced with several players, Goalkeeper Peter Wells from the youth team.The Alphabet of the Saints Holley Duncan Chalk, Gary ACL & Polar Publishing 1992 0-9514862-3-3 359 For the defensive line, Frank Clark arrived free from Newcastle United after 14 seasons."How Newcastle United legend Frank Clark celebrated his birthday – with a host of Geordie fans" chroniclelive.co.uk 10 September 2016 For the midfield, Terry Curran was transferred in from Doncaster Rovers included the transfers out of Peacock and Ian Miller.Wilson Jonathan Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=_QT5TaWjxPwC&q=Terry+Curran+Ian+Miller+Dennis+Peacock&pg=PR4-IA3 9781409123187 2011-11-10 Orion In spite of the arrivals, the squad started poorly in League, and was early eliminated in League Cup. For winter, defender Colin Barrett was transferred in from Manchester City playing only a few matches in the season because an injury.Colin Barret, Blue Moon The club was early eliminated in FA Cup being defeated by Peterborough United. For the second half of the season, Clough reinforced the defensive line with McGovern acting as a central-back defender, combined with a boosted performance of Bowyer and Curran allowed the squad to finish on a decent 8th spot in League. Squad yes yes GK ENG Peter Wells yes GK ENG John Middleton yes DF ENG Viv Anderson yes DF ENG Frank Clark yes DF SCO John McGovern yes DF ENG Sammy Chapman Captain yes DF ENG John Cottam yes DF NIR Liam O'Kane yes DF ENG David Sunley yes DF ENG Colin Barrett yes DF ENG Bryn Gunn yes DF ENG Paddy Greenwood yes yes MF ENG Terry Curran yes MF ENG Ian Bowyer yes MF NIR Martin O'Neill yes MF SCO John Robertson yes MF SCO George Lyall yes MF SCO Jim McIntosh yes MF ENG Paul Richardson yes FW SCO John O'Hare yes FW ENG Barry Butlin yes FW ENG Jimmy McCann yes FW ENG Bert Bowery Transfers + In Pos. Name from Type GK Peter Wells Free MF David Sunley Sheffield Wednesday loan DF Glynn Saunders DF Frank Clark Newcastle United Free MF Terry Curran Doncaster Rovers £42,000Wilson Jonathan Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=_QT5TaWjxPwC&q=Terry+Curran+Ian+Miller+Dennis+Peacock&pg=PR4-IA3 9781409123187 2011-11-10 Orion + Out Pos. Name To TypeFW Tony Woodcock Lincoln City F.C. loan DF Dave JonesNorwich City Transferred out on 14 April 1975 MF Miah Dennehy Walsall F.C. Transferred out on 19 April 1975 DF John CottamChesterfield F.C. GK Dennis Peacock Doncaster Rovers MF Ian Miller Doncaster Rovers Winter + In Pos. Name from Type DF Colin Barrett Manchester City £29,000Manchester City profile at Sporting heroes + Out Pos. Name To Type MF Jim McIntosh Chesterfield F.C.On 6 January 1976 loan DF Dave Sunley Sheffield Wednesday loan ended FW Bert Bowery Lincoln City F.C. MF George Lyall Hull City F.C. DF Paddy Greenwood Boston Minutemen FW Jimmy McCann Competitions Second Division 1975–76 Football League#Second Division League Table Second Division y NFO Position by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H Result W/D/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/W/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/L/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/L/W/W Position 3/7/12/12/14/12/15/17/19/20/16/14/15/11/11/13/12/10/10/9/11/13/14/11/13/15/16/11/12/12/9/11/8/8/8/8/8/6/6/8/8/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, 1976–77 First Division green1 1976–77 First Division red1 1976–77 Third Division Competitive matches August 2021 A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1975–76 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 Matches 1 16 August 1975 Nottingham Forest 2-0 W Plymouth Argyle Horswill 32 own goalO'Hare 81 City Ground West Bridgford 13,083 2 23 August 1975 Portsmouth F.C. 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Went 86 15 Bowyer Fratton Park Portsmouth 10,655 3 30 August 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–1 L Notts County F.C. 89 Bradd City Ground West Bridgford 19,757 4 6 September 1975 Chelsea F.C. 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Stamford Bridge Fulham 21,023 5 13 September 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–2 L Hull City F.C. Robertson 13 46 Galvin86 Greenwood City Ground West Bridgford 12,191 6 20 September 1975 Oxford United 0–1 W Nottingham Forest 88 Lyall Manor Ground Oxford 5,068 7 24 September 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–2 L Charlton Athletic Robertson 89 34 Phil Warman 51 John Harrison City Ground West Bridgford 10,588 8 27 September 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–2 L Bolton Wanderers Lyall 85 44 Whatmore 57 pen P Jones City Ground West Bridgford 10,775 9 4 October 1975 Bristol Rovers 4–2 L Nottingham Forest Prince 30, 49 Powell 52 Bannister 72 70 Robertson85 Bowyer Eastville Stadium Bristol 7,689 10 11 October 1975 Fulham F.C. 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Craven Cottage Fulham 10,149 11 18 October 1975 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Southampton F.C. O'Neill 21O'Hare 37Cottam 57 58 Osgood City Ground West Bridgford 12,677 W 12 21 October 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–0 D Luton Town City Ground West Bridgford 12,290 13 25 October 1975 Oldham Athletic 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Boundary Park Oldham 11,324 14 1 November 1975 Nottingham Forest 4–0 Carlisle United Butlin 20O'Hare 30O'Hare 70Curran 74 pen City Ground West Bridgford 11,894 W 15 4 November 1975 Blackpool 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Alan Ainscow O'Neill Bloomfield Road Blackpool 5,851 16 8 November 1975 Sunderland F.C. 3–0 L Nottingham Forest Robson 30Halom 35,78 Roker Park Sunderland 31,227 17 15 November 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Bristol City F.C. Butlin 5 City Ground West Bridgford 11,583 18 22 November 1975 Southampton F.C. 0–3 W Nottingham Forest 65 Bowyer75 Bowyer83 Richardson The Dell Southampton 14,245 19 29 November 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–0 York City Butlin 37 City Ground West Bridgford 13,108 W 20 6 December 1975 Leyton Orient 1–1 Nottingham Forest Cunningham 20 65 Bowyer Brisbane Road Leyton 5,629 D 21 13 December 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–1 L Portsmouth F.C. 55 McGuiness City Ground West Bridgford 11,343 22 20 December 1975 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 L Nottingham Forest Mariner 57 Home Park Plymouth 10,545 23 26 December 1975 Nottingham Forest 0–2 West Bromwich Albion 1 Giles2 Johnston City Ground West Bridgford 19,393 L 24 27 December 1975 Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Nottingham Forest Parkes 86 13 Bowery32 Robertson76 Bowyer89 Bowery Ewood Park Blackburn 10,724 W 25 10 January 1976 Hull City F.C. 1–0 Nottingham Forest Wood 83 Boothferry Park Kingston Upon Hull 6,465 L 26 17 January 1976 Nottingham Forest 1–3 L Chelsea F.C. Bowyer 12 15 Garner 80 Wilkins 87 Hutchinson City Ground West Bridgford 14,172 27 31 January 1976 Luton Town 1–1 D Nottingham Forest R Futcher 71 67 Curran Kenilworth Road Luton 8,503 28 7 February 1976 Nottingham Forest 3–0 W Blackpool Curran55Butlin 56Bowyer 80 City Ground West Bridgford 8,582 29 21 February 1976 Bristol City 0–2 W Nottingham Forest 18Curran 50O'Hare Ashton Gate Bristol 15,302 30 24 February 1976 Charlton Athletic 2–2 D Nottingham Forest Derek Hales 24, 53 69Bowyer74 McCann The Valley Charlton 10,655 31 28 February 1976 Nottingham Forest 4–3 W Oldham Athletic Butlin6O'Neill37Curran 50 penO'Neill74 35 Shaw 64 Bell 74 Hicks City Ground West Bridgford 11,509 32 6 March 1976 Carlisle United 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Martin 55 15 o.g. Barry Brunton Park Carlisle 7,153 33 13 March 1976 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Fulham F.C. O'Hare 66 City Ground West Bridgford 11,445 34 17 March 1976 Nottingham Forest 2–1 W Sunderland F.C. Bowyer3O'Hare30 28 Mel Holden City Ground West Bridgford 16,995 35 20 March 1976 York City 3–2 L Nottingham Forest Hinch 43 Pollard 62, 86 78 O'HareDowning84 o.g. Bootham Crescent York 5,571 36 27 March 1976 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Leyton Orient Bowyer 12 City Ground West Bridgford 11,127 37 3 April 1976 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 D Nottingham Forest Burnden Park Bolton 22,415 38 10 April 1976 Nottingham Forest 4–0 W Oxford United Curran 80 penO'Neil 78Butlin 74Robertson 89 City Ground West Bridgford 11,259 39 13 April 1976 Notts County 0–0 D Nottingham Forest City Ground West Bridgford 29,279 40 17 April 1976 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 L Nottingham Forest Martin 55 Johnston 67 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,447 41 20 April 1976 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Blackburn Rovers Butlin City Ground West Bridgford 13,006 42 24 April 1976 Nottingham Forest 3–0 W Bristol Rovers O'Hare61Bowyer 63, 76 City Ground West Bridgford 12,127 League Cup 1975–76 Football League Cup First round 1 19 August 1975 Rotherham United 1–2 D Nottingham Forest Chapman McGovern Rotherham 4,912 2 27 August 1975 Nottingham Forest 5–1 7–2 W Rotherham United Paul Richardson , George Lyall penGeorge Lyall penIan Bowyer } Jimmy Goodfellow City Ground Nottingham 7,977 Second round 10 September 1975 Nottingham Forest 1–0 W Plymouth Argyle 84 Bowyer City Ground Nottingham 8,978 Third round 8 October 1975 Manchester City 2–1 L Nottingham Forest Colin Bell Joe Royle Bowyer Maine Road Moss Side 26,536 FA Cup 1975–76 FA Cup Third round 1 January 1976 1 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Peterborough United Nottingham City Ground 31,525 D 7 January 1976 replay Peterborough United 1–0 1–0 Nottingham Forest Jon Nixon 22 Peterborough London Road 17,886 L Statistics Players statistics The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1975–76 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 Wells 23 0 0 0 2 0 DF ENG Anderson 21 0 3 0 DF SCO McGovern 41 0 4 1 2 0 DF ENG Chapman 37 0 4 1 2 0 DF ENG Clark 42 0 4 0 2 0 MF NIR O'Neill 28+1 5 2 0 MF ENG Curran 33 6 MF ENG Bowyer 40 11 4 3 2 0 MF SCO Robertson 34+3 5 4 0 1 0 FW ENG Butlin 32 7 4 1 2 0 FW SCO O'Hare 38+1 9 4 0 2 0 GK ENG Middleton 19 0 4 0 MF ENG Richardson 22+1 1 4 2 1 0 DF ENG Gunn 11 0 3 0 DF ENG Barrett 10 0 DF ENG Cottam 8 1 1 0 DF NIR O'Kane 8 0 1 0 2 0 MF SCO Lyall 3+2 2 2 2 FW ENG McCann 1+4 1 FW ENG Bowery 1 2 0 0 2 0 DF ENG Sunley 1 0 MF ENG McIntosh 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 DF ENG Greenwood https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1976/ August 2021 References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest