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SEASON: 1981-82

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This Season: 1981-82
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

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	1	2	-	-	2	0	4	0	Southampton (0-2), Liverpool (0-2)
2		2	1	1	-	-	3	1	3	Ipswich Town (3-1)
3	1	3	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Manchester United (0-1)
4	11	4	2	2	-	-	4	1	6	Swansea City (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-0)
5	37	5	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Swansea City (0-2)
6	47	6	3	-	2	1	1	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur (0-3), West Ham United (0-0), Manchester City (1-1)
7	29	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	7	Stoke City (2-1), Brighton and Hove Albion (2-1), Ipswich Town (1-1), Arsenal (0-2)
8	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	14	9	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Brighton and Hove Albion (1-0)
10	46	10	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Liverpool (0-2)
11	49	11	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Arsenal (1-2), West Ham United (1-0)
12	15	12	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Coventry City (2-1), Everton (0-1), Aston Villa (1-1)
13	8	13	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Everton (1-2)
14		14	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Manchester United (0-0), Notts County (2-1)
15		15	4	-	2	2	2	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Manchester City (0-0), Aston Villa (1-3), West Bromwich Albion (1-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Sunderland (2-0)
18		18	5	2	1	2	6	7	7	Birmingham City (3-4), Leeds United (2-1), Notts County (0-2), Stoke City (0-0), Coventry City (1-0)
19		19	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	Birmingham City (2-1), Leeds United (1-1)
20		20	3	-	2	1	1	2	2	Middlesbrough (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	2	1	1	-	4	3	4	Sunderland (3-2), Middlesbrough (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Southampton (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the 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
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1981-82)

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	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	61	8	6	7	29	25	2	8	11	24	36	-8	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
Manager for all games: Brian Clough

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 29, 1981	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	25,234	6	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	Rober (?)
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	Rober (?)
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	Rober (?)
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	Scorers
Sat Jan 02, 1982	Wrexham	3			H	1-3	Loss	-	Proctor (2)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
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	-	Rober (?), Wallace (?)
Mon Jan 18, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter		A	0-1	Loss	31,192

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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 (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 29, 1981	Justin Fashanu	Bought	£875,000		Jurgen Rober	Sold
May 01, 1982	Peter Davenport	Bought		Aug 31, 1981	Trevor Francis	Sold	£735,000
				Oct 06, 1981	Kenny Burns	Sold	£400,000
				May 08, 1982	David Needham	Sold
				May 15, 1982	John McGovern	Sold
				May 15, 1982	Peter Shilton	Sold

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		Peter Shilton	48	19	12	17							Player Of The Year
GK		Steve Sutton
Defenders
D		Bryn Gunn	43	16	10	17				1	1
D		David Needham	21	7	4	10	3			1
D		Frank Gray	24	11	5	8	2			1
D		Kenny Burns	8	4	2	2	1			1
D		Stephen Kendal	1			1
D		Viv Anderson	44	19	12	13
Midfielders
M		Chris Fairclough	1	1
M		Colin Walsh	18	6	5	7	3			3	8	1
M		Einer Aas	17	10	5	2				2
M		Gary Mills	17	7	4	6	1			1	3
M		Ian Bowyer	24	7	7	10	1				1		Bought back from Sunderland in Jan 1982
M		John McGovern	34	12	10	12					5
M		Justin Fashanu	36	15	9	12	4			1	1
M		Steve Hodge	1	1						1
M		Stuart Gray	14	7	3	4				2	1
M		Willie Young	26	8	7	11	1			1
Forwards
F		Calvin Plummer	9	2	3	4	2			1	2
F		Ian Wallace	34	11	11	12	12			1	1
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 Wigley
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

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