1984–85 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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Nottingham Forest
1984–85 season
ChairmanMaurice Roworth
ManagerBrian Clough
StadiumThe City Ground
First Division9th
FA CupSecond round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Davenport (16)
All: Davenport (17)

The 1984–85 season was Nottingham Forest's 120th year in existence and 8th consecutive season in the First Division. Also the club competed in the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup.

Summary[edit]

In his tenth season as manager Brian Clough after several disagreements the last season with Hans van Breukelen transferred in Dutch Goalkeeper Hans Segers from PSV Eindhoven.[1] Also starter Right back Defender Viv Anderson left the club after nine seasons being transferred out to Arsenal for £250,000,[2] his spot for this campaign was covered by Kenny Swain who already was playing as a left back during the last two seasons. Swain was replaced by Scottish left back defender Jim McInally who delivered an outstanding performance during the season.[3] Meanwhile, Clough transferred out Ian Wallace after a disappointing 1983–84 season, but Trevor Christie his replacement was a flop and left the club during winter, due to injuries Birtles and Riley collapsed the ofensive line meaning Peter Davenport as the only striker with a decent outcome including 17 goals scored.

Clough reinforced the midfield with John Metgod[4] after his chaotic seasons in Real Madrid the Dutch player delivered a decent performance in a competitive line with Hodge, Bowyer, Wigley and Gary Mills reinforcing the mid line during winter. However, the injuries (including Colin Walsh) and the mediocre performance of the strikers sink the squad to the 9th spot in League and early eliminations in UEFA Cup, League Cup and FA Cup. The season is best remembered due to the debut of Forward Nigel Clough son of the club manager and the flop of midfielder Gary Megson as Clough said:"he couldn't trap a bag of cement". Megson spent five months at the City Ground, without making a single first-team appearance before being sold to Newcastle United.

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Netherlands NED Hans Segers
— GK England ENG Steve Sutton
— GK England ENG Darren Heyes
— DF England ENG Kenny Swain
— DF England ENG Bryn Gunn
— DF England ENG Chris Fairclough
— DF England ENG Mark Smalley
— DF England ENG Paul Hart
— DF England ENG Des Walker
— DF Australia AUS Alan Davidson
— DF England ENG Gary Fleming
— DF Scotland SCO Jim McInally
— MF England ENG Ian Bowyer (c)
— MF Netherlands NED Johnny Metgod
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Franz Carr
— MF England ENG Paul Raynor
— MF Northern Ireland NIR David Campbell
— MF England ENG Gary Megson
— MF England ENG Gary Mills
— MF England ENG Steve Wigley
— MF Scotland SCO Colin Walsh
— MF England ENG Steve Hodge
— FW England ENG Peter Davenport
— FW England ENG Garry Birtles
— FW England ENG David Riley
— FW England ENG David Longhurst
— FW England ENG Trevor Christie
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Paul Kee

Transfers[edit]

Winter[edit]

In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Nigel Clough

Results[edit]

Division One[edit]

Main article: 1984–85 Football League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Arsenal 42 19 9 14 61 49 +12 66
8 Sheffield Wednesday 42 17 14 11 58 45 +13 65
9 Nottingham Forest 42 19 7 16 56 48 +8 64
10 Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 60 60 0 56
11 Watford 42 14 13 15 81 71 +10 55
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLWWWLWDWDLDLLLWWLWLWWWLWWWLDLDWLLWDWWLDLWL
Position18104131322567101399111011107578758888678888788899
Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1985/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Champions, Qualified to 1985–86 European Cup;   = Qualified to 1985–86 UEFA Cup;   = Relegated to Division Two

On June 2, 1985 English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.[5]

Matches[edit]

25 August 1984 1 Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
Mel Sterland 19' (pen)'
Imre Varadi 58'
John Pearson 81'		 37' Peter Davenport Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 31,950
Referee: N Midgley
29 August 1984 2 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Arsenal Nottingham
Johnny Metgod 63'
Peter Davenport 66'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,215
Referee: D Scott
1 September 1984 3 Nottingham Forest 3-1 Sunderland Nottingham
Peter Davenport 15', 53', 63' 19' (pen) Colin West Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 15,760
Referee: VG Callow
5 September 1984 4 Aston Villa 0-5 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
33' Ian Bowyer
60', 68', 88' Trevor Christie
77' Steve Hodge		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,730
Referee: JB Worrall
8 September 1984 5 Queens Park Rangers 3-0 Nottingham Forest White City
Wayne Fereday 4', 72'
Gary Bannister 19'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,507
Referee: IJ Borrett
16 September 1984 6 Nottingham Forest 3-1 Luton Town Nottingham
Steve Hodge 60', 76'
Peter Davenport 67'		 82' David Moss Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,605
Referee: KA Redfern
22 September 1984 7 West Ham United 0-0 Nottingham Forest Upton Park
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 17,434
Referee: JE Martin
29 September 1984 8 Nottingham Forest 3-1 Norwich City Nottingham
Dave Watson 22' (o.g.)
Steve Hodge 88'
Trevor Christie 90'		 87' Peter Mendham Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 15,166
Referee: PA Tyldesley
6 October 1984 9 Nottingham Forest 1-1 Stoke City Nottingham
Peter Davenport 88' (pen) 12' George Berry Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,129
Referee: T Mills
13 October 1984 10 West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Nottingham Forest West Bromwich
Steve Mackenzie 23'
Garry Thompson 52', 60', 83'		 31' Ian Bowyer Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,991
Referee: HW King
20 October 1984 11 Newcastle United 1-1 Nottingham Forest Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ken Wharton 79' 45' Steve Hodge Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 28,328
Referee: NL Wilson
28 October 1984 12 Nottingham Forest 0-2 Liverpool Nottingham
34' Ronnie Whelan
54' Ian Rush		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,838
Referee: G Courtney
3 November 1984 13 Southampton 1-0 Nottingham Forest Southampton
David Puckett 20' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,818
Referee: C Downey
10 November 1984 14 Nottingham Forest 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham
Peter Davenport 57' 54' Micky Hazard
74' Tony Galvin		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,406
Referee: NH Glover
17 November 1984 15 Coventry City 1-3 Nottingham Forest Coventry
Terry Gibson 56' (pen) 42' (o.g.)Micky Adams
77'Colin Walsh
90'David Riley		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 9,840
Referee: K Walmsley
25 November 1984 16 Nottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester City Nottingham
Peter Davenport 24', 29' (pen) 20' Ian Banks Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,463
Referee: KS Hackett
1 December 1984 17 Watford 2-0 Nottingham Forest Watford
George Reilly 3'
Worrell Sterling 28'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,758
Referee: DA Hedges
8 December 1984 18 Nottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United Nottingham
Steve Hodge 62'
Gary Mills 77'
Johnny Metgod 90'		 14' (pen), 28' Gordon Strachan Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,902
Referee: AW Ward
15 December 1984 19 Everton 5-0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
Graeme Sharp 20', 75'
Kevin Sheedy 32'
Trevor Steven 44'
Peter Reid 50'		 Red card 32' Chris Fairclough Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 22,453
Referee: MG Peck
23 December 1984 20 Sunderland 0-2 Nottingham Forest Sunderland
32'Trevor Christie
89'Steve Wigley		 Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 21,086
Referee: CN Seel
26 December 1984 21 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Ipswich Town Nottingham
Steve Hodge 53'
Johnny Metgod 55'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,123
Referee: TJ Holbrook
29 December 1984 22 Nottingham Forest 3-2 Aston Villa Nottingham
Peter Davenport 41', 86' (pen)
Johnny Metgod 84'		 Colin Gibson 17'
Paul Rideout 35'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,676
Referee: IA Hendrick
1 January 1985 23 Chelsea 1-0 Nottingham Forest Fulham
Mickey Thomas 69' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 21,552
Referee: DJ Axcell
2 February 1985 24 Norwich City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Norwich
87' Peter Davenport Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,753
Referee: M Dimblebee
9 February 1985 25 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Nottingham
Steve Hodge 80'
Johnny Metgod 86'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 11,991
Referee: J McAulay
23 February 1985 26 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Southampton Nottingham
Steve Hodge 24'
Peter Davenport 28' (pen)		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,752
Referee: PW Vanes
2 March 1985 27 Liverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
John Wark 49' (pen) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 35,696
Referee: TA Jones
9 March 1985 28 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Newcastle United Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,425
Referee: EJ Scales
16 March 1985 29 Nottingham Forest 1-2 West Bromwich Albion Nottingham
Peter Davenport 55' Nicky Cross 48'
Gary Owen 74'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 12,663
Referee: D Hutchinson
20 March 1985 30 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,648
Referee: PN Willis
23 March 1985 31 Stoke City 1-4 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
Steve Parkin 10' 27' Steve Hodge
34' Paul Hart
52' David Riley
79' (pen) Peter Davenport		 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 7,544
Referee: G Courtney
30 March 1985 32 Nottingham Forest 1-2 West Ham United Nottingham
Steve Hodge 55' 20' Tony Cottee
75' Paul Goddard		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 13,560
Referee: GM Tyson
6 April 1985 33 Ipswich Town 1-0 Nottingham Forest Ipswich
Alan Sunderland 30' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,497
Referee: AN Buksh
10 April 1985 34 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea Nottingham
Garry Birtles 49'
Johnny Metgod 54'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,666
Referee: T Fitzharris
13 April 1985 35 Arsenal 1-1 Nottingham Forest Islington
Ian Allinson 82' 5' Gary Mills Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 24,151
Referee: JC Deakin
20 April 1985 36 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry City Nottingham
Gary Mills 25'
Ken Hibbitt 40' (o.g.)		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 12,990
Referee: J Lovatt
24 April 1985 37 Luton Town 1-2 Nottingham Forest Luton
David Moss 18' (pen) 2' Gary Mills
89' Steve Hodge		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,156
Referee: B Hill
27 April 1985 38 Leicester City 1-0 Nottingham Forest Leicester
Lineker 32' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,886
Referee: BT Stevens
4 May 1985 39 Nottingham Forest 1-1 Watford Nottingham
Nigel Clough 86' 29'Colin West Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 12,649
Referee: T Simpson
6 May 1985 40 Manchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest Manchester
John Gidman 8'
Frank Stapleton 67'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 41,775
Referee: MG Peck
11 May 1985 41 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Everton Nottingham
Garry Birtles 10' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,784
Referee: T Mills
17 May 1985 42 Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Nottingham Forest Tottenham
Mark Falco 22' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: LC Shapter

UEFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 1984-85 UEFA Cup
19 September 1984 1st Nottingham Forest England 0-0 BelgiumClub Brugge KV Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,307
3 October 1984 1st Club Brugge KV Belgium 1-0
(1-0 agg.)		 England Nottingham Forest
Willy Wellens 89' Attendance: 20,000

League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1984-85 Football League Cup
25 September 1984 2 Portsmouth (Div 2) 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Alan Biley 65' Attendance: 20,409
Referee: RS Lewis
10 October 1984 2 Nottingham Forest 3-0 (a.e.t.)
(3-1 agg.)		 Portsmouth Nottingham
Steve Hodge 46'
Steve Wigley 92'
Bryn Gunn 95'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,128
Referee: RF Nixon
31 October 1984 3 Nottingham Forest 1-1 Sunderland Nottingham
David Hodgson 21' Trevor Christie 44' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,291
Referee: D Shaw
6 November 1984 3 Sunderland 1-0 (a.e.t.) Nottingham Forest
Howard Gayle 110' Attendance: 23,184
Referee: RA Banks

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 1984-85 FA Cup
6 January 1985 3 Nottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle United Nottingham
Ian Bowyer 69' 36' Gary Megson Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,582
Referee: JB Worrall
9 January 1985 3 Newcastle United 1-3 (a.e.t.) Nottingham Forest
Chris Waddle 64' 29' (pen)Peter Davenport
107' Ian Bowyer
110'Trevor Christie		 Attendance: 25,166
Referee: JB Worrall
26 January 1985 4 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Wimbledon Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,184
Referee: N Midgley
30 January 1985 4 Wimbledon 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Paul Fishenden 12' Attendance: 10,348
Referee: N Midgley

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One FA Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Netherlands NED Hans Segers 32 0 28 0 4 0 0 0
DF England ENG Kenny Swain 47 0 39 0 2 0 6 0
DF England ENG Chris Fairclough 45 0 35 0 4 0 6 0
DF England ENG Paul Hart 38 1 34 1 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim McInally 28 0 24 0 4 0 0 0
MF England ENG Steve Wigley 44 2 34+1 1 4 0 4+1 1
MF England ENG Ian Bowyer 49 4 39 2 4 2 6 0
MF England ENG Gary Mills 31 4 18+8 4 0 0 3+2 0
MF Netherlands NED Johnny Metgod 50 6 40 6 4 0 6 0
MF England ENG Steve Hodge 51 13 42 12 4 0 5 1
FW England ENG Peter Davenport 44 17 35 16 4 1 5 0
GK England ENG Steve Sutton 20 0 14 0 0 0 6 0
DF England ENG Bryn Gunn 24 1 17 0 2 0 5 1
FW England ENG Trevor Christie 20 7 14 5 2 1 4 1
FW England ENG Garry Birtles 15 2 12+1 2 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Colin Walsh 18 1 10+3 1 0+1 0 4 0
FW England ENG Nigel Clough 9 1 8+1 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG David Riley 11 2 7+3 2 0 0 1 0
DF Australia AUS Alan Davidson 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
MF England ENG Paul Raynor 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Des Walker 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Gary Fleming 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Mark Smalley 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR David Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Darren Heyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Paul Kee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Gary Megson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Franz Carr

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Suspended ban for Grobbelaar and Segers". BBC News. 13 December 1997. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. ^ Dickinson, Jason; Brodie, John (2005). The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005. Sheffield: Pickard Communication. pp. 3–4. ISBN 0-9547264-9-9.
  3. ^ "The City Ground". thecityground.com.
  4. ^ "Metgod". 11 November 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  5. ^ Simon Burnton (2 June 2020). "'Quarantine our sad, sick game': how Heysel tragedy changed English football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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