The City Ground

SEASON: 1983-84

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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

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 29,692 (League - Liverpool)
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,625 (League - Stoke City)
Average League Attendance:: 17,843
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,017 (UEFA Cup - Celtic)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 14,994 (UEFA Cup - Vorwarts)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 18
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 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	22	14	6	73	32	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	41	80	European Cup	0-1	0-1
2	Southampton	42	22	11	9	66	38	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	28	77	UEFA Cup First Round	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	UEFA Cup First Round
4	Manchester United	42	20	14	8	71	41	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	30	74	UEFA Cup First Round	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	UEFA Cup First Round	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	Cup Winners Cup First Round	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	UEFA Cup First Round	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	5-0	0-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
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	Old Trafford
3	Sat Sep 03, 1983	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	31,376	15	Anfield
4	Wed Sep 07, 1983	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	16,363	14
5	Sat Sep 10, 1983	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-2	Win	14,607	9
6	Sat Sep 17, 1983	Norwich City	A	3-2	Win	15,017	8	Carrow Road
7	Sat Sep 24, 1983	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	16,296	6
8	Sun Oct 02, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	30,596	10	White Hart Lane
9	Sun Oct 16, 1983	Notts County	H	3-1	Win	26,657	8
10	Sat Oct 22, 1983	Arsenal	A	1-4	Loss	22,870	11	Highbury
11	Sat Oct 29, 1983	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	16,943	10
12	Sat Nov 05, 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	Win	13,855	7
13	Sat Nov 12, 1983	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	17,546	11	Goodison Park
14	Sat Nov 19, 1983	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	14,979	8
15	Sat Nov 26, 1983	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	11,655	7	Victoria Ground
16	Sun Dec 04, 1983	Leicester City	H	3-2	Win	23,248	6
17	Sat Dec 10, 1983	Watford	A	2-3	Loss	14,047	11	Vicarage Road
18	Sat Dec 17, 1983	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	14,544	8
19	Mon Dec 26, 1983	Birmingham City	A	2-1	Win	14,482	6	St. Andrews
20	Wed Dec 28, 1983	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	22,169	5
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	Kenilworth Road
23	Sat Jan 21, 1984	Norwich City	H	3-0	Win	13,993	4
24	Mon Jan 23, 1984	Southampton	A	1-0	Win	17,420	3	The Dell
25	Sat Feb 04, 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	21,482	4
26	Wed Feb 08, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-0	Win	16,692	2	The Hawthorns
27	Sat Feb 11, 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	16,692	2	Loftus Road
28	Sat Feb 18, 1984	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	20,045	2	Roker Park
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	Molineux
31	Wed Mar 14, 1984	Everton	H	1-0	Win	13,647	3
32	Sat Mar 17, 1984	Aston Villa	A	0-1	Loss	16,270	3	Villa Park
33	Sat Mar 31, 1984	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	18,357	3	Meadow Lane
34	Sat Apr 07, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	15,245	3
35	Sat Apr 14, 1984	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	Draw	15,429	3	Portman Road
36	Tue Apr 17, 1984	Coventry City	A	1-2	Loss	9,818	3	Highfield Road
37	Sat Apr 21, 1984	Birmingham City	H	5-1	Win	15,323	3
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	Filbert Street
40	Mon May 07, 1984	Watford	H	5-1	Win	13,732	5
41	Sat May 12, 1984	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	18,468	4	Upton Park
42	Wed May 16, 1984	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	23,651	2

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 07, 1984	Southampton	3			H	1-2	Loss	19,271

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Oct 04, 1983	Wimbledon	2	1			A	0-2	Loss	30,596	Plough Lane
Wed Oct 26, 1983	Wimbledon	2	2			H	1-1	Draw	22,870		Lost 3-1 on aggregate

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 14, 1983	Vorwarts	Germany	1	1	H	2-0	Win	14,994
Wed Sep 28, 1983	Vorwarts	Germany	1	2	A	1-0	Win	18,000	Vorwarts Stadium	Won 3-0 on aggregate
Wed Oct 19, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	1	A	2-1	Win	28,000	Philips Stadion
Wed Nov 02, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	2	H	1-0	Win	16,943		Won 3-1 on aggregate
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	Celtic Park	Won 2-1 on aggregate
Wed Mar 07, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	1	H	1-0	Win	19,459
Wed Mar 21, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	2	A	1-1	Draw	21,000	The Gruabn	After extra time, Forest won 2-1 on aggregate
Wed Apr 11, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	1	H	2-0	Win	22,681
Wed Apr 25, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	2	A	0-3	Loss	36,000	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	Lost 3-2 on aggregate

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Fri May 18, 1984	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	Win	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Fri Aug 05, 1983	Utrecht	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	-	Stadion Galgenwaard
Sun Aug 07, 1983	Romania XI	Romania	A	2-1	Win	-
Wed Aug 10, 1983	Groningen	Netherlands	A	1-2	Loss	-	Euroborg
Fri Aug 12, 1983	Brugge	Belgium	A	1-1	Draw	-	Jan Breydel Stadium
Sun Aug 14, 1983	Real Zaragoza	Spain	A	1-2	Loss	-	La Romareda
Sat Aug 20, 1983	Swansea City	Wales	A	3-1	Win	-	Vetch Field
Tue Aug 23, 1983	Barcelona	Spain	A	0-2	Loss	-	Nou Camp
Wed Aug 24, 1983	Anderlecht	Belgium	A	2-4	Loss	-	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Tue Oct 11, 1983	Derby County	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Baseball Ground
Sun Jan 29, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	5-1	Win	-
Tue Jan 31, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	3-1	Win	-
Tue May 01, 1984	Trakia Plovdiv	Bulgaria	A	2-1	Win	-	Hristo Botev Stadium
Sun May 27, 1984	Western Australia	Australia	A	4-1	Win	-
Wed May 30, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	1-1	Draw	-	Hindmarsh
Sun Jun 03, 1984	Manchester United	England	N	0-1	Loss	4,000	Melbourne
Thu Jun 07, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	2-2	Draw	5,274	Lang Park
Mon Jun 11, 1984	Australia B	Australia	A	0-0	Draw	1,500	SGC

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		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		Brynn Gunn	7	7							3
M		Chris Fairclough	41	24	7	10					2		Player Of The Year
M		Colin Todd	19	10	3	6
M		Danny Wilson	1	1							1
M		Steven Murray (1983-86)
F		Colin Walsh	51	28	10	13	16			5	4
F		David Riley	1	1							1
F		Frans Thijssen	19	9	6	4	3			8
F		Garry Birtles	43	22	8	13	15			5	3
F		Gary Mills	9	4	2	3				2	2
F		Ian Bowyer	55	29	11	15	7
F		Ian Wallace	35	20	7	8	5			2	7
F		Peter Davenport	45	23	10	12	17			2	2
F		Steve Hodge	52	26	11	15	14			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
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