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CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH

Full Name:: Courtney Huw Fairclough

Position:: Midfielder

Years Active:: 1980-87 (6 seasons)

Last Game:: 38 years, 1 month, 21 days ago

STATS (Competitive games only):

Debut:: May 19, 1981
Last Game:: May 11, 1987
Appearances:: 134 (Rank: #167)
Goals:: 2 (Rank: #426)
Own Goals:: -
Yellow Cards:: 2
Red Cards:: 2

Born:: Apr 12, 1964
City:: Nottingham
Country:: England
Died:: -
Age:: 61
Nationality:: England

Intnl. Country:: -
Caps while at Forest:: -
Goals while at Forest:: -
Total Caps:: -
Total Goals:: -

Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0

Shirt numbers:: 4 (70 games) , 5 (54) , 12 (13) , 6 (2)

Managers:: Brian Clough (139 appearances)

Player Of The Year:: 1983-84

SOURCES:

Wikipedia:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Fairclough
TransferMarkt:: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-fairclough/profil/spieler/175866

SEASON STATS (Competitive games only)

Season	Age*	Squad Num	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Own Goals	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
1980-81	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981-82	17	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-83	18	-	17	7	2	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	-
1983-84	19	-	41	24	7	10	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	Player Of The Year
1984-85	20	-	45	19	10	16	-	-	1	-	2	-	-
1986-87	22	-	30	10	10	10	2	1	1	-	-	3	5

*Age = player's age on August 1st of the season

TRANSFERS

#	Season	Date	Type	Club	Fee	Loan until	Manager
1	1980-81	May 01, 1981	Started career				Brian Clough
2	1986-87	May 09, 1987	Sold	Tottenham Hotspur			Brian Clough

RECORD FOR CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH

Game	First Game	Last Game	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Started	Came On	Went Off	Unused Sub
COMPETITIVE
League Tier 1	Sep 07, 1982	May 09, 1987	107	50	22	35	1	2	2	102	5	4	3
League Tier 2
League Tier 3
FA Cup	Jan 07, 1984	Jan 11, 1987	6	1	2	3				6
League Cup	Dec 02, 1981	Jan 21, 1987	10	4	2	4	1			9	1		2
UEFA Cup	Sep 14, 1983	Oct 03, 1984	11	6	3	2				9	2
TOTAL (Comp)	Dec 02, 1981	May 09, 1987	134	61	29	44	2	2	2	126	8	4	5

NON-COMPETITIVE
County Cup	May 18, 1982	Aug 17, 1986	3	2		1				3		1
Friendly	May 19, 1981	May 11, 1987	28	13	10	5	3			22	6	2
Pre-Season Friendly	Jul 31, 1982	Aug 20, 1986	14	7	4	3				12	2		3
Testimonial	May 19, 1982	Dec 02, 1986	3	2	1		1			3
TOTAL (Non-Comp)	May 19, 1981	May 11, 1987	48	24	15	9	4			40	8	3	3

TOTAL OVERALL	May 19, 1981	May 11, 1987	182	85	44	53	6	2	2	166	16	7	8

Misc includes games that are also included in the totals above. They're just split into extra categories here for easier statting. (And that's a word. I just made it up.)
MISC
League Total	Sep 07, 1982	May 09, 1987	107	50	22	35	1	2	2	102	5	4	3

MOST PLAYED WITH TEAM-MATES
Chris Fairclough played 134 competitive games for us. Here are the top 10 players he shared a lineup with.

Player	Num Games
Ian Bowyer	126
Steve Hodge	97
Kenny Swain	89
Steve Wigley	83
Peter Davenport	82
Johnny Metgod	78
Colin Walsh	74
Garry Birtles	74
Gary Mills	71
Paul Hart	65

ALL GAMES FOR CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH (Competitive: 134, Other: 48)
Manager for all games: Brian Clough

#	Date	Game	Opponent	H/A	Score	Num	Started	Came On	Went Off
1980-81
	Tue May 19, 1981	Friendly	Real Mallorca	A	5-1	5	Started
1981-82
	Sun Oct 11, 1981	Friendly	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2-2	5	Started
	Wed Nov 04, 1981	Friendly	Grantham Town	A	5-2	5	Started
1	Wed Dec 02, 1981	League Cup	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-0	5	Started
	Tue May 18, 1982	County Cup	Notts County	H	7-1	4	Started
	Wed May 19, 1982	Testimonial	Burton Albion	A	7-1	4	Started
	Sat May 22, 1982	Friendly	Kuwait XI	A	1-1	4	Started
1982-83
	Sat Jul 31, 1982	Pre-Season Friendly	Malaysia XI	A	3-1	13
	Sat Aug 07, 1982	Pre-Season Friendly	Athletico Bilbao	A	1-3	14
	Sun Aug 08, 1982	Pre-Season Friendly	Vojvodina Novi Sad	A	1-2	7	Started
	Sat Aug 14, 1982	Pre-Season Friendly	Nuremburg	A	4-2	12
	Sun Aug 22, 1982	Pre-Season Friendly	Recreativo de Huelva	A	1-0	12		(62)
2	Tue Sep 07, 1982	League Tier 1	Liverpool	A	3-4	5	Started
3	Sat Sep 11, 1982	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	A	1-4	6	Started
4	Sat Sep 18, 1982	League Tier 1	Watford	H	2-0	4	Started
5	Sat Sep 25, 1982	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	4	Started
6	Sat Oct 02, 1982	League Tier 1	Stoke City	H	1-0	5	Started
7	Wed Oct 06, 1982	League Cup	West Bromwich Albion	H	6-1	5	Started
8	Sat Oct 09, 1982	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	5	Started
9	Sat Oct 16, 1982	League Tier 1	Birmingham City	H	1-1	5	Started
	Wed Oct 20, 1982	Testimonial	Leicester City	A	2-1	5	Started
10	Sat Oct 23, 1982	League Tier 1	Arsenal	H	3-0	5	Started
11	Tue Oct 26, 1982	League Cup	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	5	Started
	Mon Nov 01, 1982	Friendly	Al-Qadsiya	A	1-1	5	Started
	Wed Nov 03, 1982	Friendly	Al-Hilal	A	8-1	5	Started
12	Sat Nov 13, 1982	League Tier 1	Southampton	A	1-1	12
	Mon Nov 15, 1982	Friendly	Poole Town	A	4-3	13
13	Sat Nov 20, 1982	League Tier 1	Sunderland	A	1-0	12
	Mon Dec 06, 1982	Friendly	Stamford	A	8-2	14
	Mon Dec 13, 1982	Friendly	Malta XI	A	2-1	12
14	Sat Jan 22, 1983	League Tier 1	Manchester United	A	0-2	12
	Wed Feb 02, 1983	Friendly	Palma Mallorca	A	0-2	14
	Wed Mar 09, 1983	Friendly	Algeria XI	A	1-3	4	Started
15	Sat Mar 19, 1983	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	5	Started
16	Sat Mar 26, 1983	League Tier 1	Southampton	H	1-2	5	Started
17	Sat Apr 02, 1983	League Tier 1	Everton	H	2-0	5	Started
18	Tue Apr 05, 1983	League Tier 1	Coventry City	A	2-1	4	Started
	Tue Apr 26, 1983	Friendly	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	5	Started
	Tue May 10, 1983	Friendly	Kettering Town	A	5-1	13
1983-84
19	Wed Sep 14, 1983	UEFA Cup	Vorwarts	H	2-0	5	Started
20	Sat Sep 17, 1983	League Tier 1	Norwich City	A	3-2	5	Started
21	Wed Oct 19, 1983	UEFA Cup	PSV Eindhoven	A	2-1	12		(73)
22	Wed Nov 02, 1983	UEFA Cup	PSV Eindhoven	H	1-0	12
23	Sat Nov 05, 1983	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	5	Started
24	Sat Nov 12, 1983	League Tier 1	Everton	A	0-1	5	Started
25	Sat Nov 19, 1983	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	4	Started
26	Wed Nov 23, 1983	UEFA Cup	Celtic	H	0-0	4	Started
27	Sat Nov 26, 1983	League Tier 1	Stoke City	A	1-1	4	Started
28	Sun Dec 04, 1983	League Tier 1	Leicester City	H	3-2	4	Started
29	Wed Dec 07, 1983	UEFA Cup	Celtic	A	2-1	4	Started
30	Sat Dec 10, 1983	League Tier 1	Watford	A	2-3	4	Started
31	Sat Dec 17, 1983	League Tier 1	West Ham United	H	3-0	4	Started
32	Mon Dec 26, 1983	League Tier 1	Birmingham City	A	2-1	5	Started
33	Wed Dec 28, 1983	League Tier 1	Coventry City	H	3-0	5	Started
34	Sat Dec 31, 1983	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	0-1	4	Started
35	Mon Jan 02, 1984	League Tier 1	Luton Town	A	3-2	4	Started
36	Sat Jan 07, 1984	FA Cup	Southampton	H	1-2	4	Started
37	Sat Jan 21, 1984	League Tier 1	Norwich City	H	3-0	4	Started
38	Mon Jan 23, 1984	League Tier 1	Southampton	A	1-0	4	Started
	Sun Jan 29, 1984	Friendly	Oman XI	A	5-1	14
	Tue Jan 31, 1984	Friendly	Oman XI	A	3-1	4	Started
39	Sat Feb 04, 1984	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	4	Started
40	Wed Feb 08, 1984	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-0	4	Started
41	Sat Feb 11, 1984	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	4	Started
42	Sat Feb 18, 1984	League Tier 1	Sunderland	A	1-1	4	Started
43	Sat Feb 25, 1984	League Tier 1	Arsenal	H	0-1	4	Started
44	Sat Mar 03, 1984	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	4	Started
45	Wed Mar 07, 1984	UEFA Cup	Sturm Graz	H	1-0	4	Started
46	Wed Mar 14, 1984	League Tier 1	Everton	H	1-0	4	Started
47	Sat Mar 17, 1984	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	A	0-1	4	Started
48	Wed Mar 21, 1984	UEFA Cup	Sturm Graz	A	1-1	4	Started
49	Sat Mar 31, 1984	League Tier 1	Notts County	A	0-0	4	Started
50	Sat Apr 07, 1984	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	4	Started
51	Wed Apr 11, 1984	UEFA Cup	Anderlecht	H	2-0	4	Started
52	Tue Apr 17, 1984	League Tier 1	Coventry City	A	1-2	4	Started
53	Sat Apr 21, 1984	League Tier 1	Birmingham City	H	5-1	4	Started
54	Wed Apr 25, 1984	UEFA Cup	Anderlecht	A	0-3	4	Started
55	Sat Apr 28, 1984	League Tier 1	Stoke City	H	0-0	4	Started
	Tue May 01, 1984	Friendly	Botev Vratza	A	2-0	4	Started
56	Sat May 05, 1984	League Tier 1	Leicester City	A	1-2	4	Started
57	Mon May 07, 1984	League Tier 1	Watford	H	5-1	4	Started
58	Sat May 12, 1984	League Tier 1	West Ham United	A	2-1	4	Started
59	Wed May 16, 1984	League Tier 1	Manchester United	H	2-0	5	Started
	Fri May 18, 1984	County Cup	Mansfield Town	H	3-0	5	Started
	Sun May 27, 1984	Friendly	Western Australia XI	A	4-1	5	Started
	Wed May 30, 1984	Friendly	Australia A	A	1-1	5	Started
	Sun Jun 03, 1984	Friendly	Manchester United	N	0-1	5	Started
	Thu Jun 07, 1984	Friendly	Australia A	A	2-2	5	Started
	Mon Jun 11, 1984	Friendly	Australia B	A	0-0	4	Started
1984-85
	Sun Jul 29, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Keyworth	A	2-1	4	Started
	Fri Aug 03, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	FK Moss	A	1-1	4	Started
	Sun Aug 05, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Fredrikstad	A	3-1	4	Started
	Tue Aug 07, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Celtic	A	0-0	5	Started
	Wed Aug 08, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Dundee United	A	0-2	15
	Wed Aug 15, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Lierse	A	1-1	4	Started
	Sat Aug 18, 1984	Pre-Season Friendly	Volendam	A	5-1	5	Started
60	Sat Aug 25, 1984	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	4	Started
61	Wed Aug 29, 1984	League Tier 1	Arsenal	H	2-0	4	Started
62	Sat Sep 01, 1984	League Tier 1	Sunderland	H	3-1	4	Started
63	Wed Sep 05, 1984	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	A	5-0	4	Started
64	Sat Sep 08, 1984	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-3	4	Started
65	Sun Sep 16, 1984	League Tier 1	Luton Town	H	3-1	4	Started
66	Wed Sep 19, 1984	UEFA Cup	Brugge	H	0-0	4	Started
67	Sat Sep 22, 1984	League Tier 1	West Ham United	A	0-0	4	Started
68	Tue Sep 25, 1984	League Cup	Portsmouth	A	0-1	4	Started
69	Sat Sep 29, 1984	League Tier 1	Norwich City	H	3-1	5	Started
70	Wed Oct 03, 1984	UEFA Cup	Brugge	A	0-1	4	Started
71	Sat Oct 06, 1984	League Tier 1	Stoke City	H	1-1	4	Started
72	Wed Oct 10, 1984	League Cup	Portsmouth	H	3-0	4	Started
73	Sat Oct 13, 1984	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-4	4	Started
74	Sat Oct 20, 1984	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	A	1-1	4	Started
75	Sun Oct 28, 1984	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	0-2	5	Started
76	Wed Oct 31, 1984	League Cup	Sunderland	H	1-1	5	Started
77	Sat Nov 03, 1984	League Tier 1	Southampton	A	0-1	5	Started
78	Tue Nov 06, 1984	League Cup	Sunderland	A	0-1	5	Started
79	Sat Nov 10, 1984	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	5	Started
80	Sat Nov 17, 1984	League Tier 1	Coventry City	A	3-1	5	Started
81	Sun Nov 25, 1984	League Tier 1	Leicester City	H	2-1	5	Started
82	Sat Dec 01, 1984	League Tier 1	Watford	A	0-2	4	Started
83	Sat Dec 08, 1984	League Tier 1	Manchester United	H	3-2	4	Started
	Mon Dec 10, 1984	Friendly	Al-Hilal	A	2-0	5	Started
	Wed Dec 12, 1984	Friendly	Al-Ittihad	A	1-1	5	Started
84	Sat Dec 15, 1984	League Tier 1	Everton	A	0-5	4	Started
85	Sun Dec 23, 1984	League Tier 1	Sunderland	A	2-0	4	Started
86	Wed Dec 26, 1984	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	4	Started
87	Tue Jan 01, 1985	League Tier 1	Chelsea	A	0-1	5	Started
88	Sun Jan 06, 1985	FA Cup	Newcastle United	H	1-1	5	Started
89	Wed Jan 09, 1985	FA Cup	Newcastle United	A	3-1	5	Started
90	Sat Jan 26, 1985	FA Cup	Wimbledon	H	0-0	4	Started
91	Wed Jan 30, 1985	FA Cup	Wimbledon	A	0-1	4	Started
92	Sat Feb 02, 1985	League Tier 1	Norwich City	A	1-0	4	Started
93	Sat Feb 09, 1985	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-0	4	Started
	Mon Feb 11, 1985	Friendly	Iraq XI	A	0-2	5	Started
	Wed Feb 13, 1985	Friendly	Iraq XI	A	1-1	4	Started
94	Sat Feb 23, 1985	League Tier 1	Southampton	H	2-0	4	Started
95	Sat Mar 02, 1985	League Tier 1	Liverpool	A	0-1	4	Started
96	Sat Mar 09, 1985	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	H	0-0	4	Started
97	Wed Mar 20, 1985	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	4	Started
98	Sat Mar 23, 1985	League Tier 1	Stoke City	A	4-1	4	Started
99	Sat Mar 30, 1985	League Tier 1	West Ham United	H	1-2	4	Started
100	Sat Apr 06, 1985	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	4	Started
101	Wed Apr 10, 1985	League Tier 1	Chelsea	H	2-0	4	Started
102	Sat Apr 13, 1985	League Tier 1	Arsenal	A	1-1	4	Started
103	Sat Apr 20, 1985	League Tier 1	Coventry City	H	2-0	4	Started
104	Wed Apr 24, 1985	League Tier 1	Luton Town	A	2-1	4	Started		(60)
1986-87
	Sat Aug 02, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Valleivogels	A	6-1	4	Started
	Tue Aug 05, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Meppeler Sport Club	A	12-0	5	Started
	Sat Aug 09, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Utrecht	A	1-1	5	Started
	Tue Aug 12, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Willem II	A	1-2	5	Started
	Sun Aug 17, 1986	County Cup	Mansfield Town	H	1-1	5	Started
	Wed Aug 20, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Torpedo Moscow	H	0-2	5	Started
	Tue Sep 02, 1986	League Tier 1	West Ham United	A	2-1	12
	Sat Sep 06, 1986	League Tier 1	Southampton	A	3-1	12
	Wed Sep 24, 1986	League Cup	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-0	12
105	Sat Sep 27, 1986	League Tier 1	Arsenal	H	1-0	4	Started
106	Sat Oct 25, 1986	League Tier 1	Oxford United	A	1-2	12		(60)
107	Wed Oct 29, 1986	League Cup	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	5	Started
	Wed Nov 05, 1986	League Cup	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	12
	Sat Nov 08, 1986	League Tier 1	Coventry City	A	0-1	12
108	Wed Nov 19, 1986	League Cup	Bradford City	A	5-0	12		(73)
	Tue Nov 25, 1986	Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-6	5	Started
109	Sat Nov 29, 1986	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-2	5	Started
	Tue Dec 02, 1986	Testimonial	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-2	4	Started
110	Sat Dec 06, 1986	League Tier 1	Manchester City	H	2-0	5	Started
111	Sat Dec 13, 1986	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	A	2-3	5	Started
112	Sat Dec 20, 1986	League Tier 1	Southampton	H	0-0	5	Started
113	Fri Dec 26, 1986	League Tier 1	Norwich City	A	1-2	5	Started
114	Sun Dec 28, 1986	League Tier 1	Luton Town	H	2-2	5	Started
115	Thu Jan 01, 1987	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	1-1	5	Started
116	Sat Jan 03, 1987	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	A	0-0	5	Started
117	Sun Jan 11, 1987	FA Cup	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	5	Started
118	Wed Jan 21, 1987	League Cup	Arsenal	A	0-2	5	Started
119	Sun Jan 25, 1987	League Tier 1	Everton	H	1-0	5	Started
120	Sat Jan 31, 1987	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	5	Started
121	Sat Feb 07, 1987	League Tier 1	Watford	A	1-1	5	Started
122	Sat Feb 14, 1987	League Tier 1	West Ham United	H	1-1	5	Started
123	Sat Feb 28, 1987	League Tier 1	Chelsea	H	0-1	5	Started
124	Sat Mar 07, 1987	League Tier 1	Oxford United	H	2-0	5	Started
125	Sat Mar 14, 1987	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	5	Started
126	Tue Mar 17, 1987	League Tier 1	Arsenal	A	0-0	5	Started
127	Sun Mar 22, 1987	League Tier 1	Leicester City	H	2-1	5	Started
128	Sat Mar 28, 1987	League Tier 1	Manchester United	A	0-2	5	Started
	Tue Mar 31, 1987	Friendly	VF Frolunda	A	2-1	2	Started
129	Sat Apr 04, 1987	League Tier 1	Coventry City	H	0-0	5	Started
130	Mon Apr 20, 1987	League Tier 1	Norwich City	H	1-1	12		(29)
131	Sat Apr 25, 1987	League Tier 1	Wimbledon	A	1-2	6	Started
132	Sat May 02, 1987	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	5	Started
133	Mon May 04, 1987	League Tier 1	Manchester City	A	0-1	5	Started
134	Sat May 09, 1987	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	H	2-1	5	Started
	Mon May 11, 1987	Friendly	Spartak Varna XI	A	1-1	5	Started