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SEASON: 1979-80

Prev Season: 1978-79
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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 32,266
Lowest League Attendance:: 32,266
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
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	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 First Round
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	58	47	9	6	6	29	20	10	3	8	29	27	11	47	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

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
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 (?), ? (? 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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
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	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (48), Woodcock (90)
Fri Aug 10, 1979	Dynamo Bucharest	Romania	A	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	Notes
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	Notes
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	-

SQUAD

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1979-80

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