1975–76 season | |||
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Chairman | BJ Appleby, QC | ||
Manager | Brian Clough | ||
Second Division | 8th | ||
FA Cup | 3rd round | ||
League Cup | 3rd round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Bowyer (11) All: Bowyer (14) | ||
Highest home attendance | 19,757 (League) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 11,343 (League) | ||
Average home league attendance | 14,047 (League) | ||
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The 1975–76 season was Nottingham Forest's 111th year in existence and fourth campaign consecutive in the Second Division since their relegation in 1972.
Summary
[edit]During summer the Board appointed BJ Appleby as its new club chairman. The team was reinforced with several players, Goalkeeper Peter Wells from the youth team.[1] For the defensive line, Frank Clark arrived free from Newcastle United after 14 seasons.[2] For the midfield, Terry Curran was transferred in from Doncaster Rovers included the transfers out of Peacock and Ian Miller.[3] In spite of the arrivals, the squad started poorly in League, and was early eliminated in League Cup. For winter, defender Colin Barrett was transferred in from Manchester City playing only a few matches in the season because an injury.[4] The club was early eliminated in FA Cup being defeated by Peterborough United. For the second half of the season, Clough reinforced the defensive line with McGovern acting as a central-back defender, combined with a boosted performance of Bowyer and Curran allowed the squad to finish on a decent 8th spot in League.
Squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]Pos. | Name | from | Type |
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GK | Peter Wells | Free | |
MF | David Sunley | Sheffield Wednesday | loan |
DF | Glynn Saunders | ||
DF | Frank Clark | Newcastle United | Free |
MF | Terry Curran | Doncaster Rovers | £42,000[5] |
DF | Colin Barrett | Manchester City | £29,000[6] |
Pos. | Name | To | Type |
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FW | Tony Woodcock | Lincoln City F.C. | loan |
MF | George Lyall | Hull City F.C. | |
FW | Jimmy McCann | ||
DF | John Cottam | Chesterfield F.C. | |
GK | Dennis Peacock | Doncaster Rovers | |
MF | Ian Miller | Doncaster Rovers | |
MF | Jim McIntosh | Chesterfield F.C.[7] | 'loan' |
Statistics
[edit]Players statistics
[edit]The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1975–76 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1974–75 are not included. Includes all competitive matches.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | League Cup | FA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Wells | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Anderson | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
DF | ![]() |
McGovern | 47 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Chapman | 43 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Clark | 48 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Curran | 33 | 6 | 33 | 6 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Bowyer | 46 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
O'Neill | 31 | 5 | 28+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
MF | ![]() |
Robertson | 42 | 5 | 34+3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
O'Hare | 45 | 9 | 38+1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Butlin | 38 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Middleton | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
DF | ![]() |
Cottam | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
MF | ![]() |
Lyall | 7 | 4 | 3+2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
FW | ![]() |
McCann | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
McIntosh | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
O'Kane | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Richardson | 28 | 3 | 22+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Sunley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Barrett | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Bowery | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Gunn | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Southampton | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 49 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
7 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 48 | |
8 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | 46 | |
9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 61 | 72 | 0.847 | 42 | |
10 | Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 49 | 0.816 | 42 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Southampton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1975–76 FA Cup winners.
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1976–77 First Division; = 1976–77 First Division; = 1976–77 Third Division
Matches
[edit]A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1975–76 season.[8][9][10]
Competitive
[edit]16 August 1975 1 | Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | Plymouth Argyle | Nottingham |
Horswill ![]() O'Hare ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,083 |
23 August 1975 2 | Portsmouth F.C. | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | Portsmouth |
Went ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,655 |
30 August 1975 3 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Notts County F.C. | Nottingham |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,757 |
6 September 1975 4 | Chelsea F.C. | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | London |
Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 21,023 |
13 September 1975 5 | Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Hull City F.C. | Nottingham |
Robertson ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,191 |
20 September 1975 6 | Oxford United | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | |
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Attendance: 5,068 |
24 September 1975 7 | Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Charlton Athletic | Nottingham |
Robertson ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 10,588 |
27 September 1975 8 | Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | Nottingham |
Lyall ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 10,775 |
4 October 1975 9 | Bristol Rovers | 4–2 | Nottingham Forest | |
Prince ![]() ![]() Powell ![]() Bannister ![]() |
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Attendance: 7,689 |
11 October 1975 10 | Fulham F.C. | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | Fulham |
Attendance: 10,149 |
18 October 1975 11 | Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | Southampton F.C. | Nottingham |
O'Neill ![]() O'Hare ![]() Cottam ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,677 |
21 October 1975 12 | Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | Luton Town | Nottingham |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,290 |
25 October 1975 13 | Oldham Athletic | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | |
Attendance: 11,324 |
1 November 1975 14 | Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Carlisle United | Nottingham |
Butlin ![]() O'Hare ![]() O'Hare ![]() Curran ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,894 |
4 November 1975 15 | Blackpool | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | Blackpool |
Alan Ainscow ![]() |
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Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,851 |
8 November 1975 16 | Sunderland F.C. | 3–0 | Nottingham Forest | |
Robson ![]() Halom ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 31,227 |
15 November 1975 17 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Bristol City F.C. | Nottingham |
Butlin ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,583 |
22 November 1975 18 | Southampton F.C. | 0–3 | Nottingham Forest | Southampton |
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Attendance: 14,245 |
29 November 1975 19 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | York City | Nottingham |
Butlin ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,108 |
6 December 1975 20 | Leyton Orient | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | |
Cunningham ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,629 |
13 December 1975 21 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Portsmouth F.C. | Nottingham |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,343 |
20 December 1975 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | |
Mariner ![]() |
Attendance: 10,545 |
26 December 1975 23 | Nottingham Forest | 0–2 | West Bromwich Albion | Nottingham |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,393 |
27 December 1975 24 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–4 | Nottingham Forest | Blackburn |
Parkes ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,724 |
10 January 1976 25 | Hull City F.C. | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | |
Wood ![]() |
Attendance: 6,465 |
17 January 1976 26 | Nottingham Forest | 1–3 | Chelsea F.C. | Nottingham |
Bowyer ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,172 |
31 January 1976 27 | Luton Town | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | |
R Futcher ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,503 |
7 February 1976 28 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Blackpool | Nottingham |
Curran![]() Butlin ![]() Bowyer ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 8,582 |
21 February 1976 29 | Bristol City | 0–2 | Nottingham Forest | Bristol |
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Attendance: 15,302 |
24 February 1976 30 | Charlton Athletic | 2–2 | Nottingham Forest | Charlton |
Derek Hales ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,655 |
28 February 1976 31 | Nottingham Forest | 4–3 | Oldham Athletic | Nottingham |
Butlin![]() ![]() Curran ![]() O'Neill ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,509 |
6 March 1976 32 | Carlisle United | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | |
Martin ![]() |
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Attendance: 7,153 |
13 March 1976 33 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Fulham F.C. | Nottingham |
O'Hare ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,445 |
17 March 1976 34 | Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Sunderland F.C. | Nottingham |
Bowyer![]() O'Hare ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,995 |
20 March 1976 35 | York City | 3–2 | Nottingham Forest | York |
Hinch ![]() Pollard ![]() ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,571 |
27 March 1976 36 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Leyton Orient | Nottingham |
Bowyer ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,127 |
3 April 1976 37 | Bolton Wanderers | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | Bolton |
Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 22,415 |
10 April 1976 38 | Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Oxford United | Nottingham |
Curran ![]() O'Neil ![]() Butlin ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 11,259 |
13 April 1976 39 | Notts County | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | Nottingham |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,279 |
17 April 1976 40 | West Bromwich Albion | 2–0 | Nottingham Forest | |
Martin ![]() Johnston ![]() |
Attendance: 26,447 |
20 April 1976 41 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Blackburn Rovers | Nottingham |
Butlin ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,006 |
24 April 1976 42 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Bristol Rovers | Nottingham |
O'Hare![]() Bowyer ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,127 |
League Cup
[edit]First round
[edit]19 August 1975 1 | Rotherham United | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest | Rotherham |
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Attendance: 4,912 |
27 August 1975 2 | Nottingham Forest | 5–1 (7-2 agg.) | Rotherham United | Nottingham |
Paul Richardson ![]() ![]() George Lyall ![]() George Lyall ![]() Ian Bowyer ![]() |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 7,977 |
Second round
[edit]10 September 1975 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Plymouth Argyle | Nottingham |
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 8,978 |
Third round
[edit]8 October 1975 | Manchester City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Moss Side |
Colin Bell ![]() Joe Royle ![]() |
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Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 26,536 |
Third round
[edit]1 January 1976 1 | Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | Peterborough United | Nottingham |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 31,525 |
Replay
[edit]7 January 1976 | Peterborough United | 1–0 (1–0 agg.) | Nottingham Forest | Peterborough |
Jon Nixon ![]() |
Stadium: London Road Attendance: 17,886 |
References
[edit]- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ^ "How Newcastle United legend Frank Clark celebrated his birthday – with a host of Geordie fans" chroniclelive.co.uk 10 September 2016
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan (10 November 2011). Brain Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography. Orion. ISBN 9781409123187.
- ^ Colin Barret, Blue Moon
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan (10 November 2011). Brain Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography. Orion. ISBN 9781409123187.
- ^ Manchester City profile at Sporting heroes
- ^ On 6 January 1976
- ^ "1977-1978". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Smales, Ken (1991). Forest – The First 125 Years. Nottingham: Temple Printing. ISBN 978-1870010092.
- ^ Attaway, Pete (2010). Nottingham Forest: Brian Clough and His Legacy - A Complete Record 1975 - 2010. Southend-on-Sea: Desert Island Book. ISBN 978-1905328833.