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SEASON: 1971-72

Prev Season: 1970-71
This Season: 1971-72
Next Season: 1972-73

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Millwall (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Chelsea (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (14 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1971-72

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Derby County	42	24	10	8	69	33	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.09091	58	European Cup First Round	0-2	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	2.35484	57	Cup Winners Cup First Round	0-2	1-6
3	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	2.13333	57	UEFA Cup First Round	2-3	1-3
4	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.71111	57	UEFA Cup First Round	2-2	2-2
5	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	1.45000	52		1-1	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	1.50000	51	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	1-6
7	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	1.18367	48		2-1	0-2
8	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.13115	48		0-0	2-3
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	1.14035	47		1-3	2-4
10	Sheffield United	42	17	12	13	61	60	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.01667	46		2-3	1-2
11	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	.94231	41		1-0	1-2
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	.89130	39		1-2	1-2
13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	.73585	38		0-2	1-1
14	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	47	51	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	.92157	36		1-0	2-4
15	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	.77083	36		1-0	1-1
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	11	19	42	54	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	.77778	35		4-1	0-1
17	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	.69643	35		0-0	2-0
18	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	.65672	33		4-0	1-1
19	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	.65000	31		2-3	1-4
20	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	.60000	29		0-1	1-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	.58025	25	Relegated
22	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	.45763	25	Relegated	1-2	1-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	10 times		2 times	1 time
Conceded	12 times	12 times	8 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	1 time	1 time	2 times
Lost By	13 times	9 times	2 times	1 time	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	4	6	0	Sheffield United (2-3), Manchester United (2-3)
2		2	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Derby County (0-2), Manchester City (2-2)
3		3	2	-	-	2	1	10	0	Derby County (0-4), Leeds United (1-6)
4		4	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Manchester City (2-2), Leeds United (0-2)
5		5	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stoke City (0-0)
6		6	1	-	-	1	1	6	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-6)
7		7	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Sheffield United (1-2)
8		8	4	-	2	2	1	5	2	Arsenal (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Arsenal (0-3), Manchester United (0-0)
9		9	2	-	-	2	4	7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-4), Liverpool (2-3)
10		10	4	1	-	3	6	9	2	Leicester City (1-2), Southampton (2-3), Chelsea (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-3)
11		11	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Newcastle United (1-0)
12		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		13	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Chelsea (0-2)
14		14	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	West Ham United (2-4)
15		15	4	1	1	2	3	5	3	Everton (1-0), Leicester City (1-2), Ipswich Town (0-2), Everton (1-1)
16	2	16	4	1	2	1	5	4	4	Coventry City (1-1), Huddersfield Town (1-2), Ipswich Town (1-1), Stoke City (2-0)
17	8	17	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	West Bromwich Albion (4-1)
18	15	18	3	2	-	1	6	4	4	Huddersfield Town (1-0), Southampton (1-4), Coventry City (4-0)
19	14	19	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-1)
20	42	20	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Crystal Palace (1-1), Crystal Palace (0-1)
21	72	21	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Newcastle United (1-2)
22	118	22	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	West Ham United (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Liverpool (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Matt Gillies
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 14, 1971	Liverpool	A	1-3	51,427	17	Storey-Moore (38' pen)
2	Wed Aug 18, 1971	Leicester City	A	1-2	32,079	20	Cormack (53')
3	Sat Aug 21, 1971	West Ham United	H	1-0	17,185	17	Storey-Moore (44' pen)
4	Tue Aug 24, 1971	Southampton	H	2-3	14,350	18	Martin (36'), Storey-Moore (53')
5	Sat Aug 28, 1971	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	17,699	16	McKenzie (50')
6	Tue Aug 31, 1971	Stoke City	H	0-0	19,017	17
7	Sat Sep 04, 1971	Sheffield United	H	2-3	27,041	19	Storey-Moore (32'), Martin (86')
8	Sat Sep 11, 1971	Coventry City	A	1-1	20,380	20	Cormack (71')
9	Sat Sep 18, 1971	Manchester City	H	2-2	21,488	18	McKenzie (54'), Storey-Moore (77' pen)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	20,631	20	Storey-Moore (5'), Martin (55')
11	Sat Oct 02, 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	1-2	15,693	21	McKenzie (26')
12	Sat Oct 09, 1971	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	16,285	21	Storey-Moore (14')
13	Sat Oct 16, 1971	Liverpool	H	2-3	20,945	22	Storey-Moore (12', 85')
14	Sat Oct 23, 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-6	35,846	22	Richardson (89')
15	Tue Oct 26, 1971	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	9,459	20	Lyons (65')
16	Sat Oct 30, 1971	Derby County	H	0-2	37,170	20
17	Sat Nov 06, 1971	Chelsea	A	0-2	25,812	21
18	Sat Nov 13, 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-1	20,024	19	Richardson (50'), O'Neill (75'), McKenzie (76'), Storey-Moore (87')
19	Sat Nov 20, 1971	Newcastle United	A	1-2	24,583	20	Cormack (66')
20	Sat Nov 27, 1971	Leeds United	H	0-2	29,643	20
21	Sat Dec 04, 1971	Manchester United	A	2-3	45,048	21	Cormack (41'), O'Neill (69')
22	Sat Dec 11, 1971	Everton	H	1-0	18,639	21	Jackson (19')
23	Sat Dec 18, 1971	Sheffield United	A	1-2	27,663	21	Martin (31')
24	Mon Dec 27, 1971	Arsenal	H	1-1	42,750	21	Storey-Moore (15')
25	Sat Jan 01, 1972	Manchester City	A	2-2	38,777	21	Richardson (43'), Martin (48')
26	Sat Jan 08, 1972	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	19,033	22
27	Sat Jan 22, 1972	Leicester City	H	1-2	27,250	22	Storey-Moore (30')
28	Sat Jan 29, 1972	Southampton	A	1-4	17,043	22	Storey-Moore (12')
29	Sat Feb 12, 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	20,209	22
30	Sat Feb 19, 1972	Derby County	A	0-4	31,801	22
31	Sat Mar 04, 1972	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	16,702	22
32	Sat Mar 11, 1972	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	9,872	22
33	Tue Mar 14, 1972	Chelsea	H	2-1	13,346	22	Gemmell (59' pen, 64')
34	Sat Mar 18, 1972	West Ham United	A	2-4	20,960	22	McKenzie (73', 90')
35	Sat Mar 25, 1972	Coventry City	H	4-0	12,205	22	Gemmell (44'), McKenzie (47'), Richardson (60', 83')
36	Mon Mar 27, 1972	Leeds United	A	1-6	40,866	22	Cormack (44')
37	Sat Apr 01, 1972	Arsenal	A	0-3	33,895	22
38	Sat Apr 08, 1972	Newcastle United	H	1-0	12,470	22	Cormack (47')
39	Mon Apr 10, 1972	Stoke City	A	2-0	13,907	22	Gemmell (33'), McIntosh (47')
40	Sat Apr 22, 1972	Manchester United	H	0-0	35,063	21
41	Tue Apr 25, 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-3	16,889	21	Gemmell (58')
42	Tue May 02, 1972	Everton	A	1-1	21,513	21	Cormack (10')	Relegated

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 15, 1972	Millwall	3		A	1-3	17,940	Richardson (24')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 07, 1971	Aldershot	2		H	5-1	8,380	McKenzie (4', 32'), Martin (16'), Fraser (35'), Cormack (46')
Wed Oct 06, 1971	Chelsea	3		H	1-1	16,811	McKenzie (1')
Mon Oct 11, 1971	Chelsea	3	1	A	1-2	24,817	Storey-Moore (24')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed May 10, 1972	Notts County		A	0-3	11,273

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 03, 1971	Kaiserslautern	Germany	A	0-1	8,000
Thu Aug 05, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	A	2-1	8,000	Martin (72'), Cormack (84')
Sat Aug 07, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	H	3-2	6,829	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?, ?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 08, 1971	Notts County	England	A	2-0	9,815	O'Neill (42'), Storey-Moore (58')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Matt Gillies
Tue Aug 03, 1971	Pre-Season Friendly	Kaiserslautern			A	0-1	8,000
Thu Aug 05, 1971	Pre-Season Friendly	Hannover 96			A	2-1	8,000	Martin (72'), Cormack (84')
Sat Aug 07, 1971	Pre-Season Friendly	Hannover 96			H	3-2	6,829	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?, ?)
Sat Aug 14, 1971	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-3	51,427	Storey-Moore (38' pen)
Wed Aug 18, 1971	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-2	32,079	Cormack (53')
Sat Aug 21, 1971	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	1-0	17,185	Storey-Moore (44' pen)
Tue Aug 24, 1971	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	2-3	14,350	Martin (36'), Storey-Moore (53')
Sat Aug 28, 1971	League Tier 1	Crystal Palace			A	1-1	17,699	McKenzie (50')
Tue Aug 31, 1971	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-0	19,017
Sat Sep 04, 1971	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-3	27,041	Storey-Moore (32'), Martin (86')
Tue Sep 07, 1971	League Cup	Aldershot	2		H	5-1	8,380	McKenzie (4', 32'), Martin (16'), Fraser (35'), Cormack (46')
Sat Sep 11, 1971	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	1-1	20,380	Cormack (71')
Sat Sep 18, 1971	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-2	21,488	McKenzie (54'), Storey-Moore (77' pen)
Sat Sep 25, 1971	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-4	20,631	Storey-Moore (5'), Martin (55')
Sat Oct 02, 1971	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town			H	1-2	15,693	McKenzie (26')
Wed Oct 06, 1971	League Cup	Chelsea	3		H	1-1	16,811	McKenzie (1')
Sat Oct 09, 1971	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	1-1	16,285	Storey-Moore (14')
Mon Oct 11, 1971	League Cup	Chelsea	3	1	A	1-2	24,817	Storey-Moore (24')
Sat Oct 16, 1971	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-3	20,945	Storey-Moore (12', 85')
Sat Oct 23, 1971	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-6	35,846	Richardson (89')
Tue Oct 26, 1971	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town			A	1-0	9,459	Lyons (65')
Sat Oct 30, 1971	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	0-2	37,170
Sat Nov 06, 1971	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-2	25,812
Mon Nov 08, 1971	Testimonial	Notts County			A	2-0	9,815	O'Neill (42'), Storey-Moore (58')
Sat Nov 13, 1971	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	4-1	20,024	Richardson (50'), O'Neill (75'), McKenzie (76'), Storey-Moore (87')
Sat Nov 20, 1971	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-2	24,583	Cormack (66')
Sat Nov 27, 1971	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	0-2	29,643
Sat Dec 04, 1971	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	2-3	45,048	Cormack (41'), O'Neill (69')
Sat Dec 11, 1971	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	18,639	Jackson (19')
Sat Dec 18, 1971	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	1-2	27,663	Martin (31')
Mon Dec 27, 1971	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	1-1	42,750	Storey-Moore (15')
Sat Jan 01, 1972	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	2-2	38,777	Richardson (43'), Martin (48')
Sat Jan 08, 1972	League Tier 1	Crystal Palace			H	0-1	19,033
Sat Jan 15, 1972	FA Cup	Millwall	3		A	1-3	17,940	Richardson (24')
Sat Jan 22, 1972	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	1-2	27,250	Storey-Moore (30')
Sat Jan 29, 1972	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	1-4	17,043	Storey-Moore (12')
Sat Feb 12, 1972	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-1	20,209
Sat Feb 19, 1972	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-4	31,801
Sat Mar 04, 1972	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-1	16,702
Sat Mar 11, 1972	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	0-2	9,872
Tue Mar 14, 1972	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	2-1	13,346	Gemmell (59' pen, 64')
Sat Mar 18, 1972	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-4	20,960	McKenzie (73', 90')
Sat Mar 25, 1972	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	4-0	12,205	Gemmell (44'), McKenzie (47'), Richardson (60', 83')
Mon Mar 27, 1972	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-6	40,866	Cormack (44')
Sat Apr 01, 1972	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-3	33,895
Sat Apr 08, 1972	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-0	12,470	Cormack (47')
Mon Apr 10, 1972	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	2-0	13,907	Gemmell (33'), McIntosh (47')
Sat Apr 22, 1972	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	0-0	35,063
Tue Apr 25, 1972	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-3	16,889	Gemmell (58')
Tue May 02, 1972	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-1	21,513	Cormack (10')	Relegated
Wed May 10, 1972	County Cup	Notts County			A	0-3	11,273

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 15, 1972	Millwall	3		A	1-3	17,940

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed May 10, 1972	Notts County		A	0-3	11,273

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Tue Aug 03, 1971	Kaiserslautern	Germany	A	0-1	8,000
Thu Aug 05, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	A	2-1	8,000
Sat Aug 07, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	H	3-2	6,829

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Nov 08, 1971	Notts County	England	A	2-0	9,815

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2) - £15,000				Out (6) - £154,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Oct 01, 1971	Martin O'Neill	Bought	£15,000		James McCaffrey	Sold
Dec 01, 1971	Tommy Gemmell	Bought			Tommy White	Retired
				Sep 04, 1971	Ronnie Rees	Sold
				Feb 19, 1972	Ian Storey-Moore	Sold
				May 01, 1972	Ray Bridgett	Sold
				May 02, 1972	Peter Cormack	Sold	£154,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Eric Hulme	England	22	6	1		5
GK		Jim Barron	England	27	40	8	10	22
Defenders
D		John Winfield	England	28	20	2	7	11
D		Peter Hindley	England	27	44	9	10	25		2
D		Tommy Gemmell	Scotland	27	19	4	3	12	5
Midfielders
M		David Serella	England	18	8	3	2	3
M		Doug Fraser	Scotland	29	39	8	9	22	1
M		John Cottam	England	21	18	4	2	12
M		Liam O'Kane	N. Ireland	23	25	5	6	14
M		Martin O'Neill	N. Ireland	19	15	3	1	11	2				2	4
M		Paul Richardson	England	21	35	7	6	22	6					2
Forwards
F		Alan Buckley	England	20	10	4		6						1
F		Barry Lyons	England	26	23	3	3	17	1
F		Duncan McKenzie	England	21	37	9	8	20	10					2
F		Ian Storey-Moore	England	26	34	5	8	21	14
F		Jim McIntosh	Scotland	20	14	3	2	9	1					3
F		John Robertson	Scotland	18	13	3		10				2		1
F		Neil Martin	Scotland	30	26	4	9	13	6					2
F		Peter Cormack	Scotland	25	34	7	8	19	8	1
F		Ronnie Rees	Wales	27	7	1	2	4						1
F		Sammy Chapman	England	24	38	6	8	24		1	1
F		Tommy Jackson	N. Ireland	24	17	2	7	8	1					3

		Tommy White	England	19	1			1						1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
14 (1)	Ian Storey-Moore	34
10	Duncan McKenzie	37
8	Peter Cormack	34
6	Neil Martin	26
6	Paul Richardson	35
5 (1)	Tommy Gemmell	19
2	Martin O'Neill	15
1	Barry Lyons	23
1	Doug Fraser	39
1	Jim McIntosh	14
1	Tommy Jackson	17

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Derby County	Sat Oct 30, 1971	Home	0-2	Sat Feb 19, 1972	Away	0-4
Leeds United	Sat Nov 27, 1971	Home	0-2	Mon Mar 27, 1972	Away	1-6
Leicester City	Wed Aug 18, 1971	Away	1-2	Sat Jan 22, 1972	Home	1-2
Liverpool	Sat Aug 14, 1971	Away	1-3	Sat Oct 16, 1971	Home	2-3
Sheffield United	Sat Sep 04, 1971	Home	2-3	Sat Dec 18, 1971	Away	1-2
Southampton	Tue Aug 24, 1971	Home	2-3	Sat Jan 29, 1972	Away	1-4
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Oct 23, 1971	Away	1-6	Sat Feb 12, 1972	Home	0-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 25, 1971	Away	2-4	Tue Apr 25, 1972	Home	1-3