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SEASON: 1983-84

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This Season: 1983-84
Next Season: 1984-85

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Southampton (H) 1-2)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Wimbledon (H) 1-1)
Player Of The Year:: Chris Fairclough

Top Goalscorer:: Peter Davenport (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	13 times	9 times		4 times
Conceded	22 times	12 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	17 times	5 times	3 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	12 times	1 time	2 times

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.

Position days		Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Liverpool (0-1)
2	7	2	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Manchester United (2-0)
3	20	3	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	West Ham United (3-0)
4	11	4	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Manchester United (2-1)
5	10	5	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Queens Park Rangers (1-0)
6	3	6	2	2	-	-	4	2	6	Luton Town (3-2), Southampton (1-0)
7	6	7	4	3	-	1	6	2	9	Liverpool (0-1), Luton Town (1-0), Coventry City (3-0), West Ham United (2-1)
8	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	3	9	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Aston Villa (2-2)
10	4	10	3	3	-	-	10	2	9	Ipswich Town (2-1), Norwich City (3-0), Watford (5-1)
11	8	11	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Aston Villa (0-1)
12	1	12	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
13	1	13	3	2	-	1	6	5	6	Queens Park Rangers (3-2), Norwich City (3-2), Arsenal (0-1)
14	1	14	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	Arsenal (1-4), Leicester City (1-2)
15	1	15	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Everton (1-0)
16	1	16	4	2	1	1	10	5	7	Sunderland (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-1), Coventry City (1-2), Birmingham City (5-1)
17	1	17	5	2	1	2	9	5	7	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Sunderland (1-1), Everton (0-1), Birmingham City (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (5-0)<
18		18	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Stoke City (1-1)
19		19	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Watford (2-3)
20		20	4	2	2	-	8	5	8	Notts County (3-1), Leicester City (3-2), Ipswich Town (2-2), Stoke City (0-0)
21		21	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Notts County (0-0)
22		22	2	1	-	1	5	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Southampton (0-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,692
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,625
Average League Attendance:: 17,843
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,017
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 14,994

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 18
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 3 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 8
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1983-84)

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	22	14	6	73	32	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	41	80		0-1	0-1
2	Southampton	42	22	11	9	66	38	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	28	77		0-1	1-0
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	8	12	76	45	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	31	74
4	Manchester United	42	20	14	8	71	41	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	30	74		2-0	2-1
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	7	13	67	37	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	30	73		3-2	1-0
6	Arsenal	42	18	9	15	74	60	10	5	6	41	29	8	4	9	33	31	14	63		0-1	1-4
7	Everton	42	16	14	12	44	42	9	9	3	21	12	7	5	9	23	30	2	62		1-0	0-1
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	10	15	64	65	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	-1	61		2-2	1-2
9	West Ham United	42	17	9	16	60	55	10	4	7	39	24	7	5	9	21	31	5	60		3-0	2-1
10	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	59	61	14	3	4	34	22	3	6	12	25	39	-2	60		2-2	0-1
11	Watford	42	16	9	17	68	77	9	7	5	36	31	7	2	12	32	46	-9	57		5-1	2-3
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	8	19	55	57	11	4	6	34	23	4	4	13	21	34	-2	53		2-1	2-2
13	Sunderland	42	13	13	16	42	53	8	9	4	26	18	5	4	12	16	35	-11	52		1-1	1-1
14	Norwich City	42	12	15	15	48	49	9	8	4	34	20	3	7	11	14	29	-1	51		3-0	3-2
15	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	65	68	11	5	5	40	30	2	7	12	25	38	-3	51		3-2	1-2
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	53	66	7	5	9	30	33	7	4	10	23	33	-13	51		1-0	3-2
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	9	19	48	62	10	4	7	30	25	4	5	12	18	37	-14	51		3-1	5-0
18	Stoke City	42	13	11	18	44	63	11	4	6	30	23	2	7	12	14	40	-19	50		0-0	1-1
19	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	57	77	8	5	8	33	33	5	6	10	24	44	-20	50		3-0	1-2
20	Birmingham City	42	12	12	18	39	50	7	7	7	19	18	5	5	11	20	32	-11	48		5-1	2-1
21	Notts County	42	10	11	21	50	72	6	7	8	31	36	4	4	13	19	36	-22	41		3-1	0-0
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	6	11	25	27	80	4	8	9	15	28	2	3	16	12	52	-53	29		5-0	0-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1983	Southampton	H	0-1	Loss	14,626	17
2	Mon Aug 29, 1983	Manchester United	A	2-1	Win	43,005	10	Anderson (?), Davenport (?)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1983	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	31,376	15
4	Wed Sep 07, 1983	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	16,363	14	Birtles (?), Davenport (?)
5	Sat Sep 10, 1983	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-2	Win	14,607	9	Hodge (?), Davenport (?), Hazell (? OG)
6	Sat Sep 17, 1983	Norwich City	A	3-2	Win	15,017	9	Walsh (?, ?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1983	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	16,296	7	Wallace (?)
8	Sun Oct 02, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	30,596	10	Walsh (?)
9	Sun Oct 16, 1983	Notts County	H	3-1	Win	26,657	8	Bowyer (?), Wallace (?), Davenport (?)
10	Sat Oct 22, 1983	Arsenal	A	1-4	Loss	22,870	11	Davenport (? pen)
11	Sat Oct 29, 1983	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	16,943	11	Thijssen (?)
12	Sat Nov 05, 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	Win	13,855	7	Birtles (?), Davenport (? pen), Hodge (?, ?), Walsh (?)
13	Sat Nov 12, 1983	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	17,546	11
14	Sat Nov 19, 1983	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	14,979	8	Swain (?), Birtles (?)
15	Sat Nov 26, 1983	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	11,655	7	Walsh (? pen)
16	Sun Dec 04, 1983	Leicester City	H	3-2	Win	23,248	6	Walsh (?), Bowyer (?), Thijssen (?)
17	Sat Dec 10, 1983	Watford	A	2-3	Loss	14,047	11	Birtles (?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 17, 1983	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	14,544	8	Birtles (?), Walsh (? pen), Hodge (?)
19	Mon Dec 26, 1983	Birmingham City	A	2-1	Win	14,482	6	Birtles (?), Hodge (?)
20	Wed Dec 28, 1983	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	22,169	5	Birtles (?, ?), Davenport (?)
21	Sat Dec 31, 1983	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	29,692	5
22	Mon Jan 02, 1984	Luton Town	A	3-2	Win	12,126	4	Hodge (?), Birtles (?), Davenport (?)
23	Sat Jan 21, 1984	Norwich City	H	3-0	Win	13,993	4	Anderson (?), Thijssen (?), Hodge (?)
24	Mon Jan 23, 1984	Southampton	A	1-0	Win	17,420	3	Birtles (?)
25	Sat Feb 04, 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	21,482	4	Hodge (?), Walsh (? pen)
26	Wed Feb 08, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-0	Win	16,692	2	Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Birtles (?), Walsh (?), McNaught (? OG)
27	Sat Feb 11, 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	16,692	2	Birtles (?)
28	Sat Feb 18, 1984	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	20,045	2	Anderson (?)
29	Sat Feb 25, 1984	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	20,045	3
30	Sat Mar 03, 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	10,476	3
31	Wed Mar 14, 1984	Everton	H	1-0	Win	13,647		Hodge (?)
32	Sat Mar 17, 1984	Aston Villa	A	0-1	Loss	16,270	3
33	Sat Mar 31, 1984	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	18,357	3
34	Sat Apr 07, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	15,245	3	Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Walsh (? pen)
35	Sat Apr 14, 1984	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	Draw	15,429	3	Wigley (?), Davenport (?)
36	Tue Apr 17, 1984	Coventry City	A	1-2	Loss	9,818	3	Walsh (?)
37	Sat Apr 21, 1984	Birmingham City	H	5-1	Win	15,323	3	Bowyer (?), Wallace (?), Davenport (?, ?), Walsh (?)
38	Sat Apr 28, 1984	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	13,625	5
39	Sat May 05, 1984	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	16,600	5	Davenport (?)
40	Mon May 07, 1984	Watford	H	5-1	Win	13,732	5	Bowyer (?), Davenport (?, ?), Hodge (?), Paul Atkinson (? OG)
41	Sat May 12, 1984	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	18,468	4	Davenport (?), Birtles (?)
42	Wed May 16, 1984	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	23,651	2	Anderson (?), Birtles (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1984	Southampton	3			H	1-2	Loss	19,271	Hart (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 04, 1983	Wimbledon	2	1			A	0-2	Loss	30,596
Wed Oct 26, 1983	Wimbledon	2	2			H	1-1	Draw	22,870	Wallace (?)

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 14, 1983	Vorwarts	Germany	1	1	H	2-0	Win	14,994	Wallace (16), Hodge (61)
Wed Sep 28, 1983	Vorwarts	Germany	1	2	A	1-0	Win	18,000	Bowyer (66)
Wed Oct 19, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	1	A	2-1	Win	28,000	Davenport (51), Walsh (89 pen)
Wed Nov 02, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	2	H	1-0	Win	16,943	Davenport (55)
Wed Nov 23, 1983	Celtic	Scotland	3	1	H	0-0	Draw	32,017
Wed Dec 07, 1983	Celtic	Scotland	3	2	A	2-1	Win	66,938	Hodge (53), Walsh (74)
Wed Mar 07, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	1	H	1-0	Win	19,459	Hart (70)
Wed Mar 21, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	2	A	1-1	Draw	21,000	Walsh (* pen)
Wed Apr 11, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	1	H	2-0	Win	22,681	Hodge (72, 81)
Wed Apr 25, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	2	A	0-3	Loss	36,000

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri May 18, 1984	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	Win	-	Davenport (?, ?), Wallace (? pen)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Aug 05, 1983	Utrecht	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	-
Sun Aug 07, 1983	Romania XI	Romania	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?)
Wed Aug 10, 1983	Groningen	Netherlands	A	1-2	Loss	-	Davenport (?)
Fri Aug 12, 1983	Brugge	Belgium	A	1-1	Draw	-	Birtles (?)
Sun Aug 14, 1983	Real Zaragoza	Spain	A	1-2	Loss	-	Birtles (?)
Sat Aug 20, 1983	Swansea City	Wales	A	3-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?), Wallace (?)
Tue Aug 23, 1983	Barcelona	Spain	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Aug 24, 1983	Anderlecht	Belgium	A	2-4	Loss	-	Wallace (?), Gunn (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 11, 1983	Derby County	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	? (?, ?)
Sun Jan 29, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	5-1	Win	-	Wigley (?), Walsh (? pen), Hodge (?), Wallace (?), Gunn (?)
Tue Jan 31, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	3-1	Win	-	Wallace (?), Thijssen (?), ? (?)
Tue May 01, 1984	Trakia Plovdiv	Bulgaria	A	2-1	Win	-	Anderson (?), Fairclough (?)
Sun May 27, 1984	Western Australia	Australia	A	4-1	Win	-	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Bowyer (?), Mills (?)
Wed May 30, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	1-1	Draw	-	Anderson (?)
Sun Jun 03, 1984	Manchester United	England	N	0-1	Loss	4,000
Thu Jun 07, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	2-2	Draw	5,274	Hodge (? pen), Bowyer (?)
Mon Jun 11, 1984	Australia B	Australia	A	0-0	Draw	1,500

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Oct 16, 1983	Frans Thijssen	Bought			Danny Wilson	Sold
Sep 29, 1984	Jim McInally	Bought		Nov 12, 1983	Colin Todd	Sold
				Apr 21, 1984	Frans Thijssen	Sold
				May 16, 1984	Hans van Breukelen	Sold
				May 16, 1984	Ian Wallace	Sold
				May 16, 1984	Viv Anderson	Sold	£210,000

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	46	25	7	14
GK		Steve Sutton	9	4	4	1
D		Bryn Gunn	7	7							3
D		Colin Todd	19	10	3	6
D		Des Walker	4	1	2	1					1
D		Jim McInally
D		Kenny Swain	54	28	11	15	1			1
D		Mark Smalley										1
D		Paul Hart	48	23	11	14	2			1
D		Viv Anderson	53	28	11	14	6			1
M		Chris Fairclough	41	24	7	10					2		Player Of The Year
M		Colin Walsh	51	28	10	13	16			5	4
M		Danny Wilson	1	1							1
M		Frans Thijssen	19	9	6	4	3			8
M		Gary Mills	9	4	2	3				2	2
M		Ian Bowyer	55	29	11	15	7
M		Steve Hodge	52	26	11	15	14			2
M		Steven Murray (1983-86)
F		David Riley	1	1							1
F		Garry Birtles	43	22	8	13	15			5	3
F		Ian Wallace	35	20	7	8	5			2	7
F		Peter Davenport	45	23	10	12	17			2	2
F		Steve Wigley	47	27	6	14	1			5	8
		James McKechnie
		Leo Ehlen

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Peter Davenport	45
16	Colin Walsh	51
15	Garry Birtles	43
14	Steve Hodge	52
7	Ian Bowyer	55
6	Viv Anderson	53
5	Ian Wallace	35
3	Frans Thijssen	19
3	Own Goals	55
2	Paul Hart	48
1	Kenny Swain	54
1	Steve Wigley	47

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1983-84

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Mon Dec 26, 1983	A	2-1	Sat Apr 21, 1984	H	5-1
Luton Town	Sat Sep 24, 1983	H	1-0	Mon Jan 02, 1984	A	3-2
Manchester United	Mon Aug 29, 1983	A	2-1	Wed May 16, 1984	H	2-0
Norwich City	Sat Sep 17, 1983	A	3-2	Sat Jan 21, 1984	H	3-0
Queens Park Rangers	Sat Sep 10, 1983	H	3-2	Sat Feb 11, 1984	A	1-0
West Bromwich Albion	Wed Feb 08, 1984	A	5-0	Sat Apr 07, 1984	H	3-1
West Ham United	Sat Dec 17, 1983	H	3-0	Sat May 12, 1984	A	2-1