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1984–85 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

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)

Summary

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In his tenth season as manager, Brian Clough, after several disagreements the previous 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 offensive line, meaning Peter Davenport was 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 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, about whom 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

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

Transfers

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Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Nigel Clough

Results

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Division One

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Main article: 1984–85 Football League

League table

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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

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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

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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 West Bridgford
Johnny Metgod   63'
Peter Davenport   66'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,215
Referee: D Scott
1 September 1984 3 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Sunderland West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
  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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 Walton
Graeme Sharp   20',   75'
Kevin Sheedy   32'
Trevor Steven   44'
Peter Reid   50'		   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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
Steve Hodge   80'
Johnny Metgod   86'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 11,991
Referee: J McAulay
23 February 1985 26 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Southampton West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,425
Referee: EJ Scales
16 March 1985 29 Nottingham Forest 1–2 West Bromwich Albion West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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 West Bridgford
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

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

League Cup

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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

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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

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Squad statistics

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

References

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  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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