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SEASON: 1979-80

Prev Season: 1978-79
This Season: 1979-80
Next Season: 1980-81

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Liverpool (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: Runners Up (Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wembley) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Larry Lloyd

Top Goalscorer:: John Robertson (19 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	20 times	12 times	7 times	5 times	3 times
Conceded	28 times	5 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	10 times	6 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	11 times	4 times	3 times

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	31	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Liverpool (0-2)
2	39	2	2	1	-	1	2	3	2	Manchester United (0-3), Manchester United (2-0)
3	17	3	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Crystal Palace (0-1)
4	7	4	3	-	2	1	2	4	2	Norwich City (1-3), Arsenal (1-1), Arsenal (0-0)
5	34	5	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Stoke City (1-0), Southampton (2-0)
6	38	6	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2)
7	33	7	2	2	-	-	3	1	4	Liverpool (1-0), Aston Villa (2-1)
8	25	8	3	2	-	1	7	5	4	Coventry City (4-1), Leeds United (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-3)
9	19	9	3	-	2	1	4	5	2	Leeds United (0-0), Middlesbrough (2-2), Aston Villa (2-3)
10	27	10	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Bristol City (1-1), Middlesbrough (0-0)
11		11	3	1	-	2	4	2	2	Manchester City (0-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Crystal Palace (4-0)
12	1	12	1	1	-	-	3	0	2	Coventry City (3-0)
13	4	13	2	1	-	1	5	4	2	Southampton (1-4), Tottenham Hotspur (4-0)
14		14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15		15	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Norwich City (2-0)
16		16	2	1	-	1	4	1	2	Manchester City (4-0), Brighton and Hove Albion (0-1)
17		17	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Everton (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	3	2	-	1	4	4	4	Ipswich Town (2-0), Derby County (1-4), Everton (1-0)
20		20	4	3	1	-	11	3	7	West Bromwich Albion (5-1), Bolton Wanderers (5-2), Bristol City (0-0), Derby County (1-0)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	3	-	1	2	1	3	1	Stoke City (1-1), Brighton and Hove Albion (0-1), Bolton Wanderers (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Ipswich Town (1-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 32,266
Lowest League Attendance:: 21,242
Average League Attendance:: 26,330
Highest Cup Attendance:: 33,277
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 21,974

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 26
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 7
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 7
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1979-80)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								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	Liverpool	42	25	10	7	81	30	15	6	0	46	8	10	4	7	35	22	51	60	European Cup First Round	1-0	0-2
2	Manchester United	42	24	10	8	65	35	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	7	22	27	30	58	UEFA Cup First Round	2-0	0-3
3	Ipswich Town	42	22	9	11	68	39	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	8	25	26	29	53	UEFA Cup First Round	2-0	1-0
4	Arsenal	42	18	16	8	52	36	8	10	3	24	12	10	6	5	28	24	16	52		1-1	0-0
5	Nottingham Forest	42	20	8	14	63	43	16	4	1	44	11	4	4	13	19	32	20	48	European Cup winners - European Cup First Round
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	58	47	9	6	6	29	20	10	3	8	29	27	11	47	League cup winners - UEFA Cup First Round	3-2	1-3
7	Aston Villa	42	16	14	12	51	50	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	7	22	28	1	46		2-1	2-3
8	Southampton	42	18	9	15	65	53	14	2	5	53	24	4	7	10	12	29	12	45		2-0	1-4
9	Middlesbrough	42	16	12	14	50	44	11	7	3	31	14	5	5	11	19	30	6	44		2-2	0-0
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	19	12	54	50	9	8	4	37	23	2	11	8	17	27	4	41		3-1	5-1
11	Leeds United	42	13	14	15	46	50	10	7	4	30	17	3	7	11	16	33	-4	40		0-0	2-1
12	Norwich City	42	13	14	15	58	66	10	8	3	38	30	3	6	12	20	36	-8	40		2-0	1-3
13	Crystal Palace	42	12	16	14	41	50	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	11	15	37	-9	40		4-0	0-1
14	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	10	17	52	62	11	5	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	40		4-0	0-1
15	Coventry City	42	16	7	19	56	66	12	2	7	34	24	4	5	12	22	42	-10	39		4-1	3-0
16	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	11	15	16	47	57	8	8	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	37		0-1	0-1
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	43	66	8	8	5	28	25	4	5	12	15	41	-23	37		4-0	0-1
18	Stoke City	42	13	10	19	44	58	9	4	8	27	26	4	6	11	17	32	-14	36		1-0	1-1
19	Everton	42	9	17	16	43	51	7	7	7	28	25	2	10	9	15	26	-8	35		1-0	0-1
20	Bristol City	42	9	13	20	37	66	6	6	9	22	30	3	7	11	15	36	-29	31	Relegated	0-0	1-1
21	Derby County	42	11	8	23	47	67	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	15	11	38	-20	30	Relegated	1-0	1-4
22	Bolton Wanderers	42	5	15	22	38	73	5	11	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	25	Relegated	5-2	0-1

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GAMES
Manager for all games: Brian Clough

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 18, 1979	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	Win	27,371	5	Woodcock (?)
2	Wed Aug 22, 1979	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	26,147	3	O'Neill (?)
3	Sat Aug 25, 1979	Coventry City	H	4-1	Win	23,025	2	Woodcock (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 01, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-1	Win	26,026	1	Gray (?), Lloyd (?), Birtles (?, ?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 08, 1979	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	26,914	1
6	Sat Sep 15, 1979	Norwich City	A	1-3	Loss	18,621	2	Woodcock (?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1979	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	22,759	1	Mills (?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1979	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	28,262	3	Birtles (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	27,569	2	Francis (?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
10	Wed Oct 10, 1979	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	28,514	1	Birtles (?)
11	Sat Oct 13, 1979	Manchester City	A	0-1	Loss	41,683	2
12	Sat Oct 20, 1979	Bolton Wanderers	H	5-2	Win	24,564	1	Anderson (?), Lloyd (?), Francis (?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
13	Sat Oct 27, 1979	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	Loss	49,038	2
14	Sat Nov 03, 1979	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	Win	24,593	2	Francis (?, ?)
15	Sat Nov 10, 1979	Southampton	A	1-4	Loss	22,072	3	Birtles (?)
16	Sat Nov 17, 1979	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	0-1	Loss	25,837	4
17	Sat Nov 24, 1979	Derby County	A	1-4	Loss	27,729	5	Robertson (?)
18	Sat Dec 01, 1979	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	27,925	5	Birtles (?)
19	Sat Dec 08, 1979	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	Loss	34,782	7
20	Sat Dec 22, 1979	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	54,607	13
21	Wed Dec 26, 1979	Aston Villa	H	2-1	Win	30,979	10	Bowles (?), Robertson (?)
22	Sat Dec 29, 1979	Coventry City	A	3-0	Win	27,724	8	Bowles (?), Robertson (?, ?)
23	Tue Jan 01, 1980	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	27,724	10
24	Sat Jan 12, 1980	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	27,724	9	Anderson (?), Needham (?), Francis (?)
25	Sat Jan 19, 1980	Leeds United	A	2-1	Win	29,816	6	Francis (?), Birtles (?)
26	Sat Feb 09, 1980	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	23,421	6
27	Sat Feb 16, 1980	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	Draw	23,889	6	O'Neill (?), Robertson (?)
28	Tue Feb 19, 1980	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	45,093	6
29	Sat Feb 23, 1980	Manchester City	H	4-0	Win	27,255	6	Burns (?), Francis (?, ?, ?)
30	Sat Mar 01, 1980	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	16,164	7
31	Tue Mar 11, 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4-0	Win	25,633	6	Burns (?, ?), Francis (?, ?)
32	Sat Mar 22, 1980	Southampton	H	2-0	Win	27,625	6	Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
33	Sat Mar 29, 1980	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	Loss	25,128	9
34	Wed Apr 02, 1980	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	31,417	5	Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
35	Sat Apr 05, 1980	Aston Villa	A	2-3	Loss	29,156	7	Birtles (?), Bowyer (?)
36	Sat Apr 19, 1980	Derby County	H	1-0	Win	32,266	8	Gray (?)
37	Sat Apr 26, 1980	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	17,021	7
38	Wed Apr 30, 1980	Norwich City	H	2-0	Win	21,242	7	Francis (?), Bond (? OG)
39	Sat May 03, 1980	Crystal Palace	H	4-0	Win	24,529	6	Lloyd (?), Francis (?, ?), Robertson (?)
40	Mon May 05, 1980	Arsenal	A	0-0	Draw	34,632	5
41	Fri May 09, 1980	Everton	H	1-0	Win	22,122	5	Anderson (?)
42	Mon May 12, 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-3	Loss	21,725	5	O'Neill (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 05, 1980	Leeds United	3			A	4-1	Win	-	Gray (?), Birtles (?), Bowyer (?), Robertson (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1980	Liverpool	4			H	0-2	Loss	33,277

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 29, 1979	Blackburn Rovers	2	1			A	1-1	Draw	-	Lloyd (?)
Wed Sep 05, 1979	Blackburn Rovers	2	2			H	6-1	Win	-	Gray (?), Bowyer (?, ?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?, ?)
Tue Sep 25, 1979	Middlesbrough	3				A	3-1	Win	29,869	Woodcock (?, ?, ?)
Tue Oct 30, 1979	Bristol City	4				A	1-1	Draw	49,038	O'Hare (?)
Wed Nov 14, 1979	Bristol City	4		Y	1	H	3-0	Win	-	Anderson (?), O'Neill (?), Woodcock (?)
Tue Dec 04, 1979	West Ham United	Quarter				A	0-0	Draw	35,856
Wed Dec 12, 1979	West Ham United	Quarter		Y	1	H	3-0	Win	25,462	O'Neill (?), O'Hare (?), Birtles (?)
Tue Jan 22, 1980	Liverpool	Semi	1			H	1-0	Win	32,234	Robertson (?)
Tue Feb 12, 1980	Liverpool	Semi	2			A	1-1	Draw	50,880	Robertson (?)
Sat Mar 15, 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Final				N	0-1	Loss	96,527

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 19, 1979	Osters Vaxjo	Sweden	1	1	H	2-0	Win	21,974	Bowyer (63, 73)
Wed Oct 03, 1979	Osters Vaxjo	Sweden	1	2	A	1-1	Draw	14,772	Woodcock (79)
Wed Oct 24, 1979	Arges Pitesti	Romania	2	1	H	2-0	Win	24,828	Woodcock (12), Birtles (16)
Wed Nov 07, 1979	Arges Pitesti	Romania	2	2	A	2-1	Win	22,000	Bowyer (5), Birtles (23)
Wed Mar 05, 1980	Dynamo Berlin	Germany	Quarter	1	H	0-1	Loss	27,946
Wed Mar 19, 1980	Dynamo Berlin	Germany	Quarter	2	A	3-1	Win	30,000	Francis (15, 35), Robertson (39 pen)
Wed Apr 09, 1980	Ajax	Netherlands	Semi	1	H	2-0	Win	31,000	Francis (33), Robertson (61 pen)
Wed Apr 23, 1980	Ajax	Netherlands	Semi	2	A	0-1	Loss	65,000
Wed May 28, 1980	Hamburg SV	Germany	Final		N	1-0	Win	50,000	Robertson (21)

Super Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jan 30, 1980	Barcelona	Spain	Final	H	1-0	Win	23,807	George (9)
Tue Feb 05, 1980	Barcelona	Spain	Final	A	1-1	Draw	80,000	Burns (42)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue May 06, 1980	Notts County	Final	A	2-1	Win	-	O'Hare (?), Robertson (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Jul 30, 1979	Holsterbro BK	Denmark	A	5-1	Win	-	O'Neill (?, ?, ?), Robertson (? pen), Burns (?)
Wed Aug 01, 1979	Bayern Munich	Germany	A	0-5	Loss	-
Thu Aug 09, 1979	Botafogo	Brazil	N	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (48), Woodcock (90)
Fri Aug 10, 1979	Dynamo Bucharest	Romania	N	2-1	Win	-	Robertson (39, 73 pen)
Tue Aug 14, 1979	Montpelier	France	A	1-1	Draw	-	Robertson (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Nov 27, 1979	Cairo XI	Egypt	A	3-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?), Francis (?)
Tue Dec 18, 1979	Cologne	Germany	A	1-1	Draw	-	Lloyd (?)
Tue Jan 08, 1980	Gravesend and Northfleet	England	A	6-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?), Francis (?), Robertson (?), Mills (?, ?)
Fri Apr 11, 1980	Emirates SC	UAE	A	4-1	Win	-	Needham (?), Francis (?, ?, ?)
Sun Apr 13, 1980	Murrahaq SC	Bahrain	A	8-2	Win	-	Needham (?), Francis (?, ?), Birtles (?, ?), Anderson (?), Robertson (?), ? (? OG)
Sat May 10, 1980	Stade Brestois	France	A	1-1	Draw	-	McGovern (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 12, 1979	Plymouth Argyle	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Francis (?), Woodcock (?)
Wed Apr 16, 1980	Lincoln City	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	O'Hare (?)
Fri May 16, 1980	Leicester City	England	H	0-0	Draw	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Charlie George	Loan In		1980	Jimmy Montgomery	Retired
1979	Jimmy Montgomery	Bought		Apr 18, 1979	Colin Barrett	Sold
Aug 18, 1979	Asa Hartford	Bought	£385,000	Aug 25, 1979	Asa Hartford	Sold	£308,000
Aug 18, 1979	Frank Gray	Bought	£500,000	Nov 17, 1979	Tony Woodcock	Sold	£875,000
Dec 22, 1979	Stan Bowles	Bought		May 09, 1980	Stan Bowles	Sold	£100,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Jimmy Montgomery										1
GK		Peter Shilton	65	33	14	18
Defenders
D		Bryn Gunn	5	2	1	2					2	1
D		David Needham	15	8	1	6	1	1			2	1
D		Frank Gray	64	33	13	18	4			3
D		Kenny Burns	54	25	13	16	4	3		2	1
D		Larry Lloyd	64	33	14	17	4			1			Player Of The Year
D		Viv Anderson	63	33	14	16	4	1
Midfielders
M		Asa Hartford	3	3						1
M		Colin Barrett
M		Gary Mills	19	10	7	2	1			3	4
M		Ian Bowyer	36	17	8	11	7				8
M		John McGovern	61	31	13	17	2
M		Martin O'Neill	47	23	10	14	5			1	2
M		Stuart Gray
Forwards
F		Charlie George	4	2	2		1
F		Garry Birtles	64	33	13	18	16	1		2
F		John O'Hare	14	7	4	3	2			1	1	1
F		John Robertson	65	33	14	18	19
F		Stan Bowles	23	14	3	6	2			3
F		Tony Woodcock	25	14	6	5	11	1		1
F		Trevor Francis	44	21	7	16	17			2

		C Smith (1980)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
19	John Robertson	65
17	Trevor Francis	44
16	Garry Birtles	64
11	Tony Woodcock	25
7	Ian Bowyer	36
5	Martin O'Neill	47
4	Frank Gray	64
4	Kenny Burns	54
4	Larry Lloyd	64
4	Viv Anderson	63
2	John McGovern	61
2	John O'Hare	14
2	Stan Bowles	23
1	Charlie George	4
1	David Needham	15
1	Gary Mills	19
1	Own Goals	65

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Coventry City	Sat Aug 25, 1979	Home	4-1	Sat Dec 29, 1979	Away	3-0
Ipswich Town	Sat Aug 18, 1979	Away	1-0	Sat Nov 03, 1979	Home	2-0
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Sep 01, 1979	Away	5-1	Sat Jan 12, 1980	Home	3-1