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SEASON: 1984-85

Prev Season: 1983-84
This Season: 1984-85
Next Season: 1985-86

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Wimbledon (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Sunderland (A) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Jim McInally

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	13 times	9 times	8 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	24 times	8 times	2 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	6 times	12 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	13 times	4 times	2 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	9	1	2	1	-	1	1	5	3	Everton (0-5), Everton (1-0)
2	13	2	2	1	-	1	3	4	3	Manchester United (3-2), Manchester United (0-2)
3	15	3	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
4	3	4	2	-	-	2	1	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Liverpool (0-1)
5	17	5	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Southampton (2-0)
6	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	38	7	4	-	4	-	2	2	4	West Ham United (0-0), Newcastle United (1-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0), Arsenal (1-1)
8	73	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	47	9	3	2	-	1	5	2	6	Sunderland (3-1), Southampton (0-1), Chelsea (2-0)
10	20	10	2	2	-	-	6	0	6	Aston Villa (5-0), Norwich City (1-0)
11	15	11	3	-	1	2	1	5	1	Queens Park Rangers (0-3), Chelsea (0-1), Watford (1-1)
12		12	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Newcastle United (0-0)
13	8	13	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Sunderland (2-0)
14		14	3	1	-	2	3	3	3	Queens Park Rangers (2-0), West Bromwich Albion (1-2), Leicester City (0-1)
15		15	3	2	-	1	5	3	6	Arsenal (2-0), Norwich City (3-1), Watford (0-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	2	1	-	1	4	6	3	West Bromwich Albion (1-4), Aston Villa (3-2)
18	2	18	2	2	-	-	5	2	6	Coventry City (3-1), Luton Town (2-1)
19	1	19	4	3	-	1	8	4	9	Luton Town (3-1), Leicester City (2-1), Ipswich Town (2-0), West Ham United (1-2)
20	1	20	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Stoke City (1-1), Liverpool (0-2), Coventry City (2-0)
21		21	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Ipswich Town (0-1)
22		22	1	1	-	-	4	1	3	Stoke City (4-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sheffield Wednesday (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,902
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,649
Average League Attendance:: 16,840
Highest Cup Attendance:: 18,307
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 18,307

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 3 (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 (1984-85)

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	Everton	42	28	6	8	88	43	16	3	2	58	17	12	3	6	30	26	45	90		1-0	0-5
2	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	68	35	12	4	5	36	19	10	7	4	32	16	33	77		0-2	0-1
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	8	11	78	51	11	3	7	46	31	12	5	4	32	20	27	77		1-2	0-1
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	77	47	13	6	2	47	13	9	4	8	30	34	30	76		3-2	0-2
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	13	4	4	29	18	6	7	8	27	29	9	68		2-0	0-1
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	63	48	13	3	5	38	20	5	9	7	25	28	15	66		2-0	0-1
7	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	61	49	14	5	2	37	14	5	4	12	24	35	12	66		2-0	1-1
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	14	11	58	45	12	7	2	39	21	5	7	9	19	24	13	65		0-0	1-3
9	Nottingham Forest	42	19	7	16	56	48	13	4	4	35	18	6	3	12	21	30	8	64
10	Aston Villa	42	15	11	16	60	60	10	7	4	34	20	5	4	12	26	40	0	56		3-2	5-0
11	Watford	42	14	13	15	81	71	10	5	6	48	30	4	8	9	33	41	10	55		1-1	0-2
12	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	58	62	11	4	6	36	23	5	3	13	22	39	-4	55		1-2	1-4
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	57	61	12	5	4	40	22	3	4	14	17	39	-4	54		3-1	2-1
14	Newcastle United	42	13	13	16	55	70	11	4	6	33	26	2	9	10	22	44	-15	52		0-0	1-1
15	Leicester City	42	15	6	21	65	73	10	4	7	39	25	5	2	14	26	48	-8	51		2-1	0-1
16	West Ham United	42	13	12	17	51	68	7	8	6	27	23	6	4	11	24	45	-17	51		1-2	0-0
17	Ipswich Town	42	13	11	18	46	57	8	7	6	27	20	5	4	12	19	37	-11	50		2-0	0-1
18	Coventry City	42	15	5	22	47	64	11	3	7	29	22	4	2	15	18	42	-17	50		2-0	3-1
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	53	72	11	6	4	41	30	2	5	14	12	42	-19	50		2-0	0-3
20	Norwich City	42	13	10	19	46	64	9	6	6	28	24	4	4	13	18	40	-18	49	Relegated	3-1	1-0
21	Sunderland	42	10	10	22	40	62	7	6	8	20	26	3	4	14	20	36	-22	40	Relegated	3-1	2-0
22	Stoke City	42	3	8	31	24	91	3	3	15	18	41	0	5	16	6	50	-67	17	Relegated	1-1	4-1

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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 25, 1984	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	31,925	18	Davenport (?)
2	Wed Aug 29, 1984	Arsenal	H	2-0	Win	17,972	10	Metgod (?), Davenport (?)
3	Sat Sep 01, 1984	Sunderland	H	3-1	Win	15,760	4	Davenport (?, ?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 05, 1984	Aston Villa	A	5-0	Win	17,730	1	Bowyer (?), Christie (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?)
5	Sat Sep 08, 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-3	Loss	13,507	3
6	Sun Sep 16, 1984	Luton Town	H	3-1	Win	17,434	1	Davenport (?), Hodge (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1984	West Ham United	A	0-0	Draw	17,434	3
8	Sat Sep 29, 1984	Norwich City	H	3-1	Win	15,166	2	Christie (?), Hodge (?), Watson (? OG)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1984	Stoke City	H	1-1	Draw	14,129	2	Davenport (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-4	Loss	13,056	5	Bowyer (?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1984	Newcastle United	A	1-1	Draw	19,838	6	Hodge (?)
12	Sun Oct 28, 1984	Liverpool	H	0-2	Loss	19,838	7
13	Sat Nov 03, 1984	Southampton	A	0-1	Loss	17,818	10
14	Sat Nov 10, 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	21,306	13	Davenport (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1984	Coventry City	A	3-1	Win	9,894	9	Walsh (?), Riley (?), Adams (? OG)
16	Sun Nov 25, 1984	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	21,463	9	Davenport (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 01, 1984	Watford	A	0-2	Loss	17,758	11
18	Sat Dec 08, 1984	Manchester United	H	3-2	Win	25,902	10	Mills (?), Hodge (?), Metgod (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1984	Everton	A	0-5	Loss	22,487	11
20	Sun Dec 23, 1984	Sunderland	A	2-0	Win	21,086	10	Wigley (?), Christie (?)
21	Wed Dec 26, 1984	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	Win	17,123	7	Metgod (?), Hodge (?)
22	Sat Dec 29, 1984	Aston Villa	H	3-2	Win	17,676	5	Metgod (?), Davenport (?, ?)
23	Tue Jan 01, 1985	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	21,552	7
24	Sat Feb 02, 1985	Norwich City	A	1-0	Win	14,669	8	Davenport (?)
25	Sat Feb 09, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-0	Win	14,752	7	Metgod (?), Hodge (?)
26	Sat Feb 23, 1985	Southampton	H	2-0	Win	14,752	5	Davenport (?), Hodge (?)
27	Sat Mar 02, 1985	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	35,696	8
28	Sat Mar 09, 1985	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	17,425	8
29	Sat Mar 16, 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	Loss	12,663	8	Davenport (?)
30	Wed Mar 20, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	17,648	8
31	Sat Mar 23, 1985	Stoke City	A	4-1	Win	7,453	6	Hart (?), Hodge (?), Riley (?), Davenport (?)
32	Sat Mar 30, 1985	West Ham United	H	1-2	Loss	13,560	7	Hodge (?)
33	Sat Apr 06, 1985	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	16,296	8
34	Wed Apr 10, 1985	Chelsea	H	2-0	Win	14,666	8	Metgod (?), Birtles (?)
35	Sat Apr 13, 1985	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	24,152	8	Mills (?)
36	Sat Apr 20, 1985	Coventry City	H	2-0	Win	12,990	8	Mills (?), Hibbitt (? OG)
37	Wed Apr 24, 1985	Luton Town	A	2-1	Win	10,156	7	Hodge (?), Mills (?)
38	Sat Apr 27, 1985	Leicester City	A	0-1	Loss	13,886	8
39	Sat May 04, 1985	Watford	H	1-1	Draw	12,649	8	Clough (?)
40	Mon May 06, 1985	Manchester United	A	0-2	Loss	41,775	8
41	Sat May 11, 1985	Everton	H	1-0	Win	18,784	9	Birtles (?)
42	Fri May 17, 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	Loss	20,075	9

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jan 06, 1985	Newcastle United	3			H	1-1	Draw	-	Bowyer (?)
Wed Jan 09, 1985	Newcastle United	3	Y	1	A	3-1	Win	-	Bowyer (?), Christie (?), Davenport (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1985	Wimbledon	4			H	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Jan 30, 1985	Wimbledon	4	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 25, 1984	Portsmouth	2	1			A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Oct 10, 1984	Portsmouth	2	2			H	3-0	Win	-	Swain (?), Wigley (?), Hodge (?)
Wed Oct 31, 1984	Sunderland	3				H	1-1	Draw	-	Christie (?)
Tue Nov 06, 1984	Sunderland	3		Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	-

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 19, 1984	Brugge	Belgium	1	1	H	0-0	Draw	18,307
Wed Oct 03, 1984	Brugge	Belgium	1	2	A	0-1	Loss	20,000

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jul 29, 1984	Keyworth	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Riley (?), Walsh (? pen)
Fri Aug 03, 1984	FK Moss	Norway	A	1-1	Draw	-	Christie (?)
Sun Aug 05, 1984	Fredrikstad	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Christie (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Aug 07, 1984	Celtic	Scotland	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Aug 08, 1984	Dundee United	Scotland	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Aug 15, 1984	Lierse	Belgium	A	1-1	Draw	-	Hodge (?)
Fri Aug 17, 1984	Den Bosch	Netherlands	A	1-1	Draw	-	Wigley (?)
Sat Aug 18, 1984	Volendam	Netherlands	A	5-1	Win	-	Hodge (?, ?, ?), Carr (?), Murray (?)
Mon Aug 20, 1984	Derby County	England	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Aug 22, 1984	Panathinaikos	Greece	A	2-2	Draw	-	Hodge (?), McInally (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Nov 18, 1984	Australia	Australia	H	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Dec 10, 1984	Al-Hilal	Kuwait	A	3-1	Win	-	Hodge (?), Riley (?), ? (?)
Wed Dec 12, 1984	Ittihad	Saudi Arabia	A	1-1	Draw	-	Fairclough (?)
Mon Feb 11, 1985	Iraq XI	Iraq	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Feb 13, 1985	Iraq XI	Iraq	A	1-1	Draw	-	Hodge (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Feb 26, 1985	Notts County	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (?), Davenport (?)
Mon Apr 29, 1985	Burton Albion	England	A	6-1	Win	-	Hodge (?, ?), Birtles (?), Walsh (?), ? (? OG, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Johnny Metgod	Bought			Trevor Christie	Sold
	Trevor Christie	Bought		Nov 17, 1984	Paul Raynor	Sold
Aug 01, 1984	Franz Carr	Bought	£25,000	May 01, 1985	Paul Hart	Sold
Nov 17, 1984	Hans Segers	Bought	£42,000	May 17, 1985	Kenny Swain	Sold
Dec 01, 1984	Alan Davidson	Bought		Jun 01, 1986	Ronnie Sinclair	Sold	£10,000

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		Hans Segers	32	15	6	11
GK		Ronnie Sinclair
GK		Steve Sutton	20	6	5	9
Defenders
D		Alan Davidson	5	2	1	2
D		Bryn Gunn	24	8	7	9				1
D		Des Walker	3	1		2
D		Gary Fleming	2	1	1
D		Jim McInally	28	13	6	9							Player Of The Year
D		Johnny Metgod	50	21	10	19	6			1
D		Kenny Swain	47	19	9	19	1			1
D		Mark Smalley	3		2	1				1
D		Paul Hart	38	17	7	14	1			1
Midfielders
M		Adrian Shaw
M		Chris Fairclough	45	19	10	16				1
M		Colin Walsh	18	4	4	10	1			1	4
M		Gary Megson
M		Gary Mills	31	11	5	15	4			1	10	1
M		Ian Bowyer	49	19	11	19	4			2
M		Paul Raynor	4	1		3				1
M		Steve Hodge	51	21	10	20	13			1
M		Steven Murray (1983-86)
M		Trevor Christie	20	9	5	6	7			5
Forwards
F		David Campbell	1			1					1
F		David Longhurst
F		David Riley	11	4	1	6	2				3
F		Franz Carr
F		Garry Birtles	15	5	3	7	2			3	1
F		Nigel Clough	9	5	2	2	1				1
F		Peter Davenport	44	19	9	16	17			1
F		Steve Wigley	44	18	11	15	2			1	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Peter Davenport	44
13	Steve Hodge	51
7	Trevor Christie	20
6	Johnny Metgod	50
4	Gary Mills	31
4	Ian Bowyer	49
3	Own Goals	52
2	David Riley	11
2	Garry Birtles	15
2	Steve Wigley	44
1	Colin Walsh	18
1	Kenny Swain	47
1	Nigel Clough	9
1	Paul Hart	38

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1984-85

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Wed Sep 05, 1984	A	5-0	Sat Dec 29, 1984	H	3-2
Coventry City	Sat Nov 17, 1984	A	3-1	Sat Apr 20, 1985	H	2-0
Luton Town	Sun Sep 16, 1984	H	3-1	Wed Apr 24, 1985	A	2-1
Norwich City	Sat Sep 29, 1984	H	3-1	Sat Feb 02, 1985	A	1-0
Sunderland	Sat Sep 01, 1984	H	3-1	Sun Dec 23, 1984	A	2-0