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SEASON: 1982-83

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This Season: 1982-83
Next Season: 1983-84

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Derby County (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Manchester United (A) 0-4)
Player Of The Year:: Steve Hodge

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Wallace (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	13 times	5 times	2 times	2 times
Conceded	14 times	9 times	5 times	4 times
Won By	11 times	6 times	3 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	7 times	5 times	3 times	1 time

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

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	2	-	-	3	0	6	Watford (2-0), Liverpool (1-0)
2	3	2	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Manchester United (0-2), Watford (3-1)
3	9	3	1	-	-	1	3	4	0	Liverpool (3-4)
4	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	16	5	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	West Bromwich Albion (1-2), West Ham United (1-0)
6	5	6	2	1	-	1	1	3	3	Manchester United (0-3), Stoke City (1-0)
7	3	7	3	2	-	1	8	6	6	Tottenham Hotspur (1-4), Manchester City (3-0), Coventry City (4-2)
8		8	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Southampton (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
9	2	9	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Aston Villa (1-2), West Bromwich Albion (0-0)
10	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	2	11	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Ipswich Town (0-2), Everton (2-0)
12		12	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Arsenal (3-0)
13	3	13	3	1	-	2	4	4	3	Luton Town (2-0), Notts County (2-3), Stoke City (0-1)
14		14	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	Everton (1-3), Coventry City (2-1), Norwich City (2-2)
15	1	15	4	3	1	-	6	3	10	Ipswich Town (2-1), Swansea City (2-1), Arsenal (0-0), Notts County (2-1)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Luton Town (0-1)
19		19	3	1	1	1	4	6	4	Aston Villa (1-4), Southampton (1-1), Manchester City (2-1)
20		20	5	3	2	-	8	2	11	Brighton and Hove Albion (4-0), Sunderland (1-0), Norwich City (1-0), Brighton and Hove Albion (1-1), Birmingham City (1-1)
21		21	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Swansea City (3-0)
22		22	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Birmingham City (1-1), Sunderland (0-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against West Ham United (2-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,554
Lowest League Attendance:: 11,550
Average League Attendance:: 17,633
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1982-83)

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	24	10	8	87	37	16	4	1	55	16	8	6	7	32	21	50	82		1-0	3-4
2	Watford	42	22	5	15	74	57	16	2	3	49	20	6	3	12	25	37	17	71		2-0	3-1
3	Manchester United	42	19	13	10	56	38	14	7	0	39	10	5	6	10	17	28	18	70		0-3	0-2
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	9	13	65	50	15	4	2	50	15	5	5	11	15	35	15	69		2-2	1-4
5	Nottingham Forest	42	20	9	13	62	50	12	5	4	34	18	8	4	9	28	32	12	69
6	Aston Villa	42	21	5	16	62	50	17	2	2	47	15	4	3	14	15	35	12	68		1-2	1-4
7	Everton	42	18	10	14	66	48	13	6	2	43	19	5	4	12	23	29	18	64		2-0	1-3
8	West Ham United	42	20	4	18	68	62	13	3	5	41	23	7	1	13	27	39	6	64		1-0	2-1
9	Ipswich Town	42	15	13	14	64	50	11	3	7	39	23	4	10	7	25	27	14	58		2-1	0-2
10	Arsenal	42	16	10	16	58	56	11	6	4	36	19	5	4	12	22	37	2	58		3-0	0-0
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	12	15	51	49	11	5	5	35	20	4	7	10	16	29	2	57		0-0	1-2
12	Southampton	42	15	12	15	54	58	11	5	5	36	22	4	7	10	18	36	-4	57		1-2	1-1
13	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	53	64	13	4	4	34	21	3	5	13	19	43	-11	57		1-0	0-1
14	Norwich City	42	14	12	16	52	58	10	6	5	30	18	4	6	11	22	40	-6	54		2-2	1-0
15	Notts County	42	15	7	20	55	71	12	4	5	37	25	3	3	15	18	46	-16	52		2-1	2-3
16	Sunderland	42	12	14	16	48	61	7	10	4	30	22	5	4	12	18	39	-13	50		0-0	1-0
17	Birmingham City	42	12	14	16	40	55	9	7	5	29	24	3	7	11	11	31	-15	50		1-1	1-1
18	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	65	84	7	7	7	34	33	5	6	10	31	51	-19	49		0-1	2-0
19	Coventry City	42	13	9	20	48	59	10	5	6	29	17	3	4	14	19	42	-11	48		4-2	2-1
20	Manchester City	42	13	8	21	47	70	9	5	7	26	23	4	3	14	21	47	-23	47		3-0	2-1
21	Swansea City	42	10	11	21	51	69	10	4	7	32	29	0	7	14	19	40	-18	41		2-1	3-0
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	9	13	20	38	68	8	7	6	25	22	1	6	14	13	46	-30	40		4-0	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 28, 1982	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	24,796	6	Walsh (?), Robertson (?)
2	Wed Sep 01, 1982	Manchester United	H	0-3	Loss	23,956	13
3	Sat Sep 04, 1982	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	4-0	Win	13,709	10	Wallace (?, ?), Robertson (?), Walsh (?)
4	Tue Sep 07, 1982	Liverpool	A	3-4	Loss	27,145	11	Hodge (?, ?), Davenport (?)
5	Sat Sep 11, 1982	Aston Villa	A	1-4	Loss	21,224	15	Robertson (?)
6	Sat Sep 18, 1982	Watford	H	2-0	Win	11,550	9	Birtles (?), Walsh (?)
7	Sat Sep 25, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	Loss	30,662	13	Birtles (?)
8	Sat Oct 02, 1982	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	17,122	10	Birtles (?)
9	Sat Oct 09, 1982	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	13,718	10	Wallace (?)
10	Sat Oct 16, 1982	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	14,548	13	Hodge (?)
11	Sat Oct 23, 1982	Arsenal	H	3-0	Win	17,161	10	Proctor (?), Wallace (?), Birtles (?)
12	Sat Oct 30, 1982	Luton Town	A	2-0	Win	12,648	7	Gunn (?), Wallace (?)
13	Sat Nov 06, 1982	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	18,178	5	Robertson (?), Osman (? OG)
14	Sat Nov 13, 1982	Southampton	A	1-1	Draw	18,178	5	Wallace (?)
15	Sat Nov 20, 1982	Sunderland	A	1-0	Win	14,716	3	Wallace (?)
16	Sat Nov 27, 1982	Manchester City	H	3-0	Win	18,845	3	Young (?), Birtles (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 04, 1982	Notts County	A	2-3	Loss	23,552	5	Young (?), Wallace (?)
18	Sat Dec 11, 1982	Swansea City	H	2-1	Win	14,585	3	Walsh (?), Proctor (?)
19	Sat Dec 18, 1982	Norwich City	A	1-0	Win	14,151	3	Hodge (?)
20	Mon Dec 27, 1982	Coventry City	H	4-2	Win	24,487	2	Young (?), Proctor (?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
21	Tue Dec 28, 1982	Everton	A	1-3	Loss	25,147	2	Hodge (?)
22	Sat Jan 01, 1983	Sunderland	H	0-0	Draw	20,382	3
23	Mon Jan 03, 1983	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-1	Draw	10,402	4	Young (?)
24	Sat Jan 15, 1983	West Ham United	H	1-0	Win	17,031	3	Wallace (?)
25	Sat Jan 22, 1983	Manchester United	A	0-2	Loss	38,615	4
26	Sat Feb 05, 1983	Aston Villa	H	1-2	Loss	16,352	4	Wilson (?)
27	Sat Feb 19, 1983	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	14,507	4
28	Sat Feb 26, 1983	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	12,987	4	Davenport (?)
29	Sat Mar 05, 1983	Arsenal	A	0-0	Draw	21,698	4
30	Sat Mar 12, 1983	Luton Town	H	0-1	Loss	14,387	5
31	Wed Mar 16, 1983	Stoke City	A	0-1	Loss	10,877	5
32	Sat Mar 19, 1983	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	Loss	17,534	6
33	Sat Mar 26, 1983	Southampton	H	1-2	Loss	13,461	10	Hodge (?)
34	Sat Apr 02, 1983	Everton	H	2-0	Win	14,815	7	Bowyer (?), Hodge (?)
35	Tue Apr 05, 1983	Coventry City	A	2-1	Win	9,720	5	Wallace (?), Robertson (?)
36	Sat Apr 09, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	18,265	6	Bowyer (?), Davenport (?)
37	Sat Apr 16, 1983	Watford	A	3-1	Win	17,537	5	Bowyer (?), Davenport (?), Hodge (?)
38	Sat Apr 23, 1983	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	25,554	5	Swain (?), Proctor (?)
39	Sat Apr 30, 1983	Manchester City	A	2-1	Win	23,563	5	Wallace (?), Davenport (?)
40	Mon May 02, 1983	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	25,107	3	Davenport (?)
41	Sat May 07, 1983	Norwich City	H	2-2	Draw	16,308	4	Bowyer (?), Walsh (?)
42	Sat May 14, 1983	Swansea City	A	3-0	Win	9,226	5	Anderson (?), Wallace (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 1983	Derby County	3			A	0-2	Loss	28,494

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Oct 06, 1982	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	H	6-1	Win	-	Hodge (?), Wallace (?, ?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?, ?)
Tue Oct 26, 1982	West Bromwich Albion	2	2	A	1-3	Loss	-	Birtles (?)
Wed Nov 10, 1982	Watford	3		H	7-3	Win	-	Young (?), Bowyer (?), Proctor (?, ?), Wallace (?), Birtles (?, ?)
Wed Dec 01, 1982	Brentford	4		H	2-0	Win	-	Wallace (?), Robertson (?)
Wed Jan 19, 1983	Manchester United	Quarter		A	0-4	Loss	44,413

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 18, 1983	Notts County	Final	H	4-3	Win	-	Anderson (?), Davenport (?), Hodge (?), Robertson (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jul 31, 1982	Malaysia Select	Malaysia	A	3-1	Win	-	Wallace (?), Wigley (?), Plummer (?)
Sat Aug 07, 1982	Athletico Bilbao	Spain	A	1-3	Loss	12,000	Proctor (90 pen)
Sun Aug 08, 1982	Vojvodina Novi Sad	Serbia	A	1-2	Loss	-	Wallace (72)
Fri Aug 13, 1982	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	A	2-1	Win	-	Walsh (?), Robertson (? pen)
Sat Aug 14, 1982	Nuremburg	Germany	A	4-2	Win	-	Walsh (?), Davenport (?), Robertson (?), Plummer (?)
Sat Aug 21, 1982	Athletico Bilbao	Spain	A	3-1	Win	-	Proctor (7, 19), Wallace (39)
Sun Aug 22, 1982	Recreativo de Huelva	Spain	A	1-0	Win	-	Bowyer (82)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Oct 20, 1982	Leicester City	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Robertson (? pen), Fairclough (?)
Mon Nov 01, 1982	Al-Qadsiya	Kuwait	A	1-1	Draw	-	Bowyer (?)
Wed Nov 03, 1982	Al-Hilal	Kuwait	A	8-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?, ?), Wallace (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?), Fairclough (?)
Mon Nov 15, 1982	Poole Town	England	A	4-3	Win	-	Proctor (?), Birtles (?), Bowyer (?), Kendal (?)
Mon Dec 06, 1982	Stamford	England	A	8-2	Win	-	Walsh (?, ?), Wallace (?, ?), Proctor (?, ?), Kendal (?), Birtles (?)
Mon Dec 13, 1982	Malta XI	Malta	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (?), Hodge (?)
Wed Feb 02, 1983	Palma Mallorca	Spain	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Mar 09, 1983	Algeria XI	Algeria	A	1-3	Loss	-	Wallace (?)
Tue Apr 19, 1983	Grimsby Town	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sun Apr 24, 1983	Darlington	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Walsh (?), Proctor (?)
Mon Apr 25, 1983	Gateshead	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Wigley (?), Proctor (?), Wilson (?)
Tue Apr 26, 1983	Huddersfield Town	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Davenport (?)
Tue May 10, 1983	Kettering Town	England	A	5-1	Win	-	Wallace (?, ?, ?), Proctor (?), Davenport (?)
Fri May 27, 1983	Manic de Montreal	Canada	A	4-3	Win	-	Walsh (? pen), Davenport (?), Hodge (?, ?)
Sun May 29, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	Canada	A	1-2	Loss	-	Davenport (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (9)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Danny Wilson	Bought			Calvin Plummer	Sold
	Paul Hart	Bought			Stephen Kendal	Sold
Sep 04, 1982	Hans van Breukelen	Bought	£200,000	Nov 25, 1981	Einer Aas	Sold
Oct 16, 1982	Kenny Swain	Loan In		May 12, 1982	Frank Gray	Sold	£300,000
Jan 20, 1983	Kenny Swain	Bought	£30,000	May 12, 1982	Justin Fashanu	Sold	£140,000
				Jan 22, 1983	Stuart Gray	Sold
				Apr 23, 1983	Mark Proctor	Sold	£100,000
				May 14, 1983	Willie Young	Sold
				Sep 01, 1983	Peter Ward	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Hans van Breukelen	29	18	4	7
GK		Ronnie Sinclair
GK		Steve Sutton	19	5	5	9
D		Kenny Swain	37	18	9	10	1			1
D		Mark Smalley	1			1					1
D		Paul Hart
D		Stephen Kendal
D		Viv Anderson	26	12	5	9	1
M		Brynn Gunn	38	19	7	12	1					1
M		Chris Fairclough	17	7	2	8				1	3
M		Colin Todd	28	13	5	10			1	3
M		Danny Wilson	10	2	3	5	1			3	1
M		Einer Aas
M		Frank Gray
M		Justin Fashanu
M		Willie Young	38	19	8	11	5
F		Calvin Plummer	4	2		2					1
F		Colin Walsh	41	18	9	14	5			6	7
F		Garry Birtles	30	15	6	9	11			3			Bought back from Man Utd at start of 1982-83 season
F		Ian Bowyer	46	22	9	15	5			1	2
F		Ian Wallace	47	23	9	15	17			1
F		John Robertson	40	22	5	13	9			2	1
F		Mark Proctor	32	17	5	10	6			4	1	1
F		Peter Davenport	20	7	5	8	6			1	4
F		Peter Ward	1	1							1	1
F		Steve Hodge	43	20	9	14	9			1		1	Player Of The Year
F		Steve Wigley	5	3		2					4
F		Stuart Gray	3			3					1
		James McKechnie

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Ian Wallace	47
11	Garry Birtles	30
9	John Robertson	40
9	Steve Hodge	43
6	Mark Proctor	32
6	Peter Davenport	20
5	Colin Walsh	41
5	Ian Bowyer	46
5	Willie Young	38
1	Brynn Gunn	38
1	Danny Wilson	10
1	Kenny Swain	37
1	Viv Anderson	26

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1982-83

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Coventry City	Mon Dec 27, 1982	H	4-2	Tue Apr 05, 1983	A	2-1
Manchester City	Sat Nov 27, 1982	H	3-0	Sat Apr 30, 1983	A	2-1
Swansea City	Sat Dec 11, 1982	H	2-1	Sat May 14, 1983	A	3-0
Watford	Sat Sep 18, 1982	H	2-0	Sat Apr 16, 1983	A	3-1
West Ham United	Sat Aug 28, 1982	A	2-1	Sat Jan 15, 1983	H	1-0