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SEASON: 1981-82

Prev Season: 1980-81
Next Season: 1982-83

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Wrexham (H) 1-3)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Tottenham Hotspur (A) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Peter Shilton

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Wallace (12 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	15 times	12 times	4 times
Conceded	20 times	11 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	15 times	4 times
Lost By	8 times	8 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 34,881
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,037
Average League Attendance:: 20,593
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
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	26	9	7	80	32	14	3	4	39	14	12	6	3	41	18	48	87	European Cup First Round	0-2	0-2
2	Ipswich Town	42	26	5	11	75	53	17	1	3	47	25	9	4	8	28	28	22	83	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	3-1
3	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	59	29	12	6	3	27	9	10	6	5	32	20	30	78	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	0-0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	11	11	67	48	12	4	5	41	26	8	7	6	26	22	19	71	Cup Winners Cup First Round	2-0	0-3
5	Arsenal	42	20	11	11	48	37	13	5	3	27	15	7	6	8	21	22	11	71	UEFA Cup First Round	1-2	0-2
6	Swansea City	42	21	6	15	58	51	13	3	5	34	16	8	3	10	24	35	7	69	Cup Winners Cup First Round	0-2	2-1
7	Southampton	42	19	9	14	72	67	15	2	4	49	30	4	7	10	23	37	5	66	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	0-2
8	Everton	42	17	13	12	56	50	11	7	3	33	21	6	6	9	23	29	6	64		0-1	1-2
9	West Ham United	42	14	16	12	66	57	9	10	2	42	29	5	6	10	24	28	9	58		0-0	1-0
10	Manchester City	42	15	13	14	49	50	9	7	5	32	23	6	6	9	17	27	-1	58		1-1	0-0
11	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	55	53	9	6	6	28	24	6	6	9	27	29	2	57	European Cup First Round	1-1	1-3
12	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	42	48	7	7	7	19	20	8	5	8	23	28	-6	57
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	13	13	16	43	52	8	7	6	30	24	5	6	10	13	28	-9	52		2-1	1-0
14	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	56	62	9	4	8	31	24	4	7	10	25	38	-6	50		2-1	1-0
15	Notts County	42	13	8	21	61	69	8	5	8	32	33	5	3	13	29	36	-8	47		0-2	2-1
16	Birmingham City	42	10	14	18	53	71	8	6	7	29	35	2	8	11	24	36	-18	44		2-1	3-4
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	11	20	46	57	6	6	9	24	25	5	5	11	22	32	-11	44		0-0	1-2
18	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	44	63	9	2	10	27	28	3	6	12	17	35	-19	44		0-0	2-1
19	Sunderland	42	11	11	20	38	58	6	5	10	19	26	5	6	10	19	32	-20	44		2-0	3-2
20	Leeds United	42	10	12	20	39	61	6	11	4	23	20	4	1	16	16	41	-22	42	Relegated	2-1	1-1
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	32	63	8	5	8	19	20	2	5	14	13	43	-31	40	Relegated	0-1	0-0
22	Middlesbrough	42	8	15	19	34	52	5	9	7	20	24	3	6	12	14	28	-18	39	Relegated	1-1	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 29, 1981	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	25,234	4	Francis (?, ?)
2	Mon Aug 31, 1981	Manchester United	A	0-0	Draw	51,496	1
3	Sat Sep 05, 1981	Birmingham City	A	3-4	Loss	19,035	11	Wallace (?, ?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 12, 1981	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	22,618	12
5	Sat Sep 19, 1981	Stoke City	A	2-1	Win	15,653	6	Mills (?), Walsh (?)
6	Wed Sep 23, 1981	Sunderland	H	2-0	Win	21,133	5	Wallace (?), Proctor (?)
7	Sat Sep 26, 1981	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2-1	Win	19,220	4	Burns (?), Wallace (?)
8	Sat Oct 03, 1981	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	Loss	34,870	6
9	Sat Oct 10, 1981	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	15,043	6	Fashanu (?)
10	Sat Oct 17, 1981	Coventry City	H	2-1	Win	34,881	4	Wallace (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 24, 1981	Manchester City	A	0-0	Draw	34,881	5
12	Sat Oct 31, 1981	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	25,272	5	Ward (?), Robertson (?)
13	Sat Nov 07, 1981	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	26,327	5
14	Sat Nov 21, 1981	Arsenal	H	1-2	Loss	20,912	7	Fashanu (?)
15	Wed Nov 25, 1981	Sunderland	A	3-2	Win	17,419	5	Needham (?), Walsh (?), Fashanu (?)
16	Sat Nov 28, 1981	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	26,847	7	Walsh (?)
17	Sat Dec 05, 1981	Liverpool	H	0-2	Loss	24,521	8
18	Sat Dec 12, 1981	Swansea City	A	2-1	Win	17,550	6	Young (?), Robertson (?)
19	Sat Jan 09, 1982	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	15,906	6	Wallace (?), Ward (?)
20	Sat Jan 23, 1982	Notts County	H	0-2	Loss	26,158	7
21	Sat Jan 30, 1982	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	16,219	11
22	Sat Feb 06, 1982	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	15,006	11	? (?)
23	Sat Feb 13, 1982	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	21,350	11
24	Tue Feb 16, 1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	11,195	11
25	Sat Feb 20, 1982	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-0	Win	17,175	10	Ward (?)
26	Sat Feb 27, 1982	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	16,464	10	Gray (?)
27	Tue Mar 09, 1982	Coventry City	A	1-0	Win	9,720	10	Roeber (?)
28	Sat Mar 13, 1982	Manchester City	H	1-1	Draw	20,927	10	Ward (?)
29	Wed Mar 17, 1982	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	16,686	10	Plummer (?)
30	Sat Mar 20, 1982	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	18,036	10	Roeber (?)
31	Sat Mar 27, 1982	West Ham United	A	1-0	Win	24,633	9	Wallace (?)
32	Sat Apr 03, 1982	Everton	H	0-1	Loss	17,323	10
33	Sat Apr 10, 1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	Loss	15,691	12
34	Mon Apr 12, 1982	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	19,304	10	Bowyer (?), Plummer (?)
35	Sat Apr 17, 1982	Arsenal	A	0-2	Loss	21,986	10
36	Tue Apr 20, 1982	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	15,460	11	Roeber (?)
37	Sat Apr 24, 1982	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	18,213	11	Needham (?)
38	Sat May 01, 1982	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	18,449	12
39	Wed May 05, 1982	Manchester United	H	0-1	Loss	18,449	13
40	Sat May 08, 1982	Swansea City	H	0-2	Loss	15,037	13
41	Wed May 12, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	Win	15,273	12	Gray (?), Davenport (?)
42	Sat May 15, 1982	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	Win	19,937	11	Davenport (?, ?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 02, 1982	Wrexham	3			H	1-3	Loss	-	Proctor (2)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Oct 06, 1981	Birmingham City	2	1	A	3-2	Win	-	Proctor (?), Wallace (?, ?)
Wed Oct 28, 1981	Birmingham City	2	2	H	2-1	Win	-	Needham (?), Robertson (?)
Wed Nov 11, 1981	Blackburn Rovers	3		A	1-0	Win	-	Fashanu (?)
Wed Dec 02, 1981	Tranmere Rovers	4		H	2-0	Win	-	Roeber (?), Wallace (?)
Mon Jan 18, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter		A	0-1	Loss	31,192

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue May 18, 1982	Notts County	Final	H	7-1	Win	-	Gray (?, ?), Proctor (?, ?), Robertson (?), Wallace (?), Davenport (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Aug 11, 1981	Linfield Athletic	Northern Ireland	A	5-1	Win	-	Robertson (?), Ward (?, ?, ?), Wallace (?)
Thu Aug 20, 1981	Osasuna	Spain	A	2-1	Win	-	Needham (?), Ward (?)
Fri Aug 21, 1981	Real Zaragoza	Spain	A	1-1	Draw	-	Proctor (?)
Tue Aug 25, 1981	Napoli	Italy	A	0-0	Draw	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Oct 11, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	Canada	H	2-2	Draw	-	Proctor (?), Hodge (?)
Tue Oct 13, 1981	Valerengen	Norway	A	2-1	Win	-	Fashanu (?), Wallace (?)
Wed Nov 04, 1981	Grantham Town	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Hodge (?, ?, ?), ? (?), Proctor (?)
Tue Dec 29, 1981	Rotherham United	England	A	0-2	Loss	-
Mon Jan 04, 1982	Luton Town	England	H	5-1	Win	-	Ward (?, ?), Wallace (?), Walsh (?), Gray (?)
Fri Jan 15, 1982	Torquay United	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Ward (?)
Tue Jan 26, 1982	Scunthorpe United	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Proctor (?), Wallace (?)
Fri Mar 05, 1982	Norwich City	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Anderson (?)
Wed May 19, 1982	Burton Albion	England	A	7-1	Win	-	Fashanu (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?)
Sat May 22, 1982	Kuwait XI	Kuwait	A	1-1	Draw	-	Fashanu (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Peter Shilton	48	19	12	17							Player Of The Year
GK		Steve Sutton
D		Stephen Kendal	1			1
D		Viv Anderson	44	19	12	13
M		Brynn Gunn	43	16	10	17				1	1
M		Chris Fairclough	1	1
M		Einer Aas	17	10	5	2				2
M		Frank Gray	24	11	5	8	2			1
M		Justin Fashanu	36	15	9	12	4			1	1
M		Kenny Burns	8	4	2	2	1			1
M		Willie Young	26	8	7	11	1			1
F		Calvin Plummer	9	2	3	4	2			1	2
F		Colin Walsh	18	6	5	7	3			3	8	1
F		David Needham	21	7	4	10	3			1
F		Gary Mills	17	7	4	6	1			1	3
F		Ian Bowyer	24	7	7	10	1				1		Bought back from Sunderland in Jan 1982
F		Ian Wallace	34	11	11	12	12			1	1
F		John McGovern	34	12	10	12					5
F		John Robertson	42	17	8	17	3			2
F		Jurgen Rober	24	7	5	12	4			3		1
F		Mark Proctor	43	18	10	15	3			4	2
F		Peter Davenport	5	2		3	4
F		Peter Ward	18	7	5	6	4				1
F		Steve Hodge	1	1						1
F		Steve Wigley
F		Stuart Gray	14	7	3	4				2	1
F		Trevor Francis	2	1	1		2
		C Smith (1980)
		James McKechnie

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Ian Wallace	34
4	Jurgen Rober	24
4	Justin Fashanu	36
4	Peter Davenport	5
4	Peter Ward	18
3	Colin Walsh	18
3	David Needham	21
3	John Robertson	42
3	Mark Proctor	43
2	Calvin Plummer	9
2	Frank Gray	24
2	Trevor Francis	2
1	Gary Mills	17
1	Ian Bowyer	24
1	Kenny Burns	8
1	Willie Young	26

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1981-82

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Brighton and Hove Albion	Sat Sep 26, 1981	H	2-1	Sat Feb 20, 1982	A	1-0
Coventry City	Sat Oct 17, 1981	H	2-1	Tue Mar 09, 1982	A	1-0
Sunderland	Wed Sep 23, 1981	H	2-0	Wed Nov 25, 1981	A	3-2