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SEASON: 1971-72

Prev Season: 1970-71
This Season: 1971-72
Next Season: 1972-73

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Millwall (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Chelsea (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (14 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	10 times		2 times	1 time
Conceded	12 times	12 times	8 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	1 time	1 time	2 times
Lost By	13 times	9 times	2 times	1 time	2 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

Position days		Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	-	-	2	4	6	0	Sheffield United (2-3), Manchester United (2-3)
2		2	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Manchester City (2-2)
3		3	3	-	-	3	1	12	0	Derby County (0-2), Derby County (0-4), Leeds United (1-6)
4		4	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Manchester City (2-2), Leeds United (0-2)
5		5	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stoke City (0-0)
6		6	1	-	-	1	1	6	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-6)
7		7	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Sheffield United (1-2)
8		8	4	-	2	2	1	5	2	Arsenal (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Arsenal (0-3), Manchester United (0-0)
9		9	2	-	-	2	4	7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-4), Liverpool (2-3)
10		10	3	1	-	2	4	6	2	Leicester City (1-2), Chelsea (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-3)
11		11	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Southampton (2-3), Newcastle United (1-0)
12		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		13	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Chelsea (0-2)
14		14	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	West Ham United (2-4)
15		15	4	1	1	2	3	5	3	Everton (1-0), Leicester City (1-2), Ipswich Town (0-2), Everton (1-1)
16	1	16	4	1	2	1	5	4	4	Coventry City (1-1), Huddersfield Town (1-2), Ipswich Town (1-1), Stoke City (2-0)
17	5	17	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	West Bromwich Albion (4-1)
18	5	18	3	2	-	1	6	4	4	Huddersfield Town (1-0), Southampton (1-4), Coventry City (4-0)
19	2	19	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-1)
20	9	20	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Crystal Palace (1-1), Crystal Palace (0-1)
21	20	21	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Newcastle United (1-2)
22	37	22	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	West Ham United (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Liverpool (1-3)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 42,750
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,205
Average League Attendance:: 21,954
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,811
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 16,811

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (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 (1971-72)

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	Derby County	42	24	10	8	69	33	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.091	58		0-2	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	2.355	57		0-2	1-6
3	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	2.133	57		2-3	1-3
4	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57		2-2	2-2
5	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	1.450	52		1-1	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	1.500	51		0-1	1-6
7	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	1.184	48		2-1	0-2
8	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.131	48		0-0	2-3
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	1.140	47		1-3	2-4
10	Sheffield United	42	17	12	13	61	60	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.017	46		2-3	1-2
11	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	.942	41		1-0	1-2
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	.891	39		1-2	1-2
13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	.736	38		0-2	1-1
14	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	47	51	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	.922	36		1-0	2-4
15	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	.771	36		1-0	1-1
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	11	19	42	54	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	.778	35		4-1	0-1
17	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	.696	35		0-0	2-0
18	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	.657	33		4-0	1-1
19	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	.650	31		2-3	1-4
20	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	.600	29		0-1	1-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	.580	25
22	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	.458	25		1-2	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 14, 1971	Liverpool	A	1-3	Loss	51,427	17	Storey-Moore (?)
2	Wed Aug 18, 1971	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	-	20	Cormack (?)
3	Sat Aug 21, 1971	West Ham United	H	1-0	Win	14,350	17	Storey-Moore (?)
4	Tue Aug 24, 1971	Southampton	H	2-3	Loss	14,350	18	Martin (?), Storey-Moore (?)
5	Sat Aug 28, 1971	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	Draw	-	16	McKenzie (?)
6	Tue Aug 31, 1971	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	-	17
7	Sat Sep 04, 1971	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	-	19	Martin (?), Storey-Moore (?)
8	Sat Sep 11, 1971	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	20,380	20	Cormack (?)
9	Sat Sep 18, 1971	Manchester City	H	2-2	Draw	-	18	McKenzie (?), Storey-Moore (?)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	Loss	-	20	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?)
11	Sat Oct 02, 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	1-2	Loss	-	21	McKenzie (?)
12	Sat Oct 09, 1971	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	-	21	Storey-Moore (?)
13	Sat Oct 16, 1971	Liverpool	H	2-3	Loss	20,945	22	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
14	Sat Oct 23, 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-6	Loss	35,846	22	Richardson (?)
15	Tue Oct 26, 1971	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	Win	-	20	Lyons (?)
16	Sat Oct 30, 1971	Derby County	H	0-2	Loss	37,170	20
17	Sat Nov 06, 1971	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	25,812	21
18	Sat Nov 13, 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-1	Win	-	19	Richardson (?), McKenzie (?), Storey-Moore (?), O'Neill (?)
19	Sat Nov 20, 1971	Newcastle United	A	1-2	Loss	24,583	20	Cormack (?)
20	Sat Nov 27, 1971	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	-	20
21	Sat Dec 04, 1971	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	45,411	21	Cormack (?), O'Neill (?)
22	Sat Dec 11, 1971	Everton	H	1-0	Win	18,639	21	Jackson (?)
23	Sat Dec 18, 1971	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	-	21	Martin (?)
24	Mon Dec 27, 1971	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	42,750	21	Storey-Moore (?)
25	Sat Jan 01, 1972	Manchester City	A	2-2	Draw	-	21	Richardson (?), Martin (?)
26	Sat Jan 08, 1972	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	Loss	-	22
27	Sat Jan 22, 1972	Leicester City	H	1-2	Loss	-	22	Storey-Moore (?)
28	Sat Jan 29, 1972	Southampton	A	1-4	Loss	17,043	22	Storey-Moore (?)
29	Sat Feb 12, 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	20,209	22
30	Sat Feb 19, 1972	Derby County	A	0-4	Loss	31,801	22
31	Sat Mar 04, 1972	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	Loss	-	22
32	Sat Mar 11, 1972	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	Loss	-	22
33	Tue Mar 14, 1972	Chelsea	H	2-1	Win	13,346	22	Gemmell (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 18, 1972	West Ham United	A	2-4	Loss	20,960	22	McKenzie (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 25, 1972	Coventry City	H	4-0	Win	12,205	22	Gemmell (?), Richardson (?, ?), McKenzie (?)
36	Mon Mar 27, 1972	Leeds United	A	1-6	Loss	-	22	Cormack (?)
37	Sat Apr 01, 1972	Arsenal	A	0-3	Loss	33,895	22
38	Sat Apr 08, 1972	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	12,470	22	Cormack (?)
39	Mon Apr 10, 1972	Stoke City	A	2-0	Win	-	22	Gemmell (?), McIntosh (?)
40	Sat Apr 22, 1972	Manchester United	H	0-0	Draw	35,063	21
41	Tue Apr 25, 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-3	Loss	-	21	Gemmell (?)
42	Tue May 02, 1972	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	21,513	21	Cormack (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 15, 1972	Millwall	3			A	1-3	Loss	-	Richardson (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 07, 1971	Aldershot	2			H	5-1	Win	-	Fraser (?), McKenzie (?, ?), Martin (?), Cormack (?)
Wed Oct 06, 1971	Chelsea	3			H	1-1	Draw	16,811	McKenzie (?)
Mon Oct 11, 1971	Chelsea	3	Y	1	A	1-2	Loss	24,817	Storey-Moore (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 10, 1972	Notts County		A	0-3	Loss	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 03, 1971	Kaiserslautern	Germany	A	0-1	Loss	-
Thu Aug 05, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	A	2-1	Win	-	Richardson (?), Martin (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 07, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	H	3-2	Win	-	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?, ?)
Mon Nov 08, 1971	Notts County	England	A	2-0	Win	-	O'Neill (?), Storey-Moore (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Thomas White	Bought			James McCaffrey	Sold
Oct 01, 1971	Martin O'Neill	Bought	£15,000		Thomas White	Sold
Dec 01, 1971	Tommy Gemmell	Bought		Sep 04, 1971	Ronnie Rees	Sold
				Feb 19, 1972	Ian Storey-Moore	Sold
				May 02, 1972	Peter Cormack	Sold	£154,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Eric Hulme	6	1		5
GK		Jim Barron	40	8	10	22
D		John Winfield	20	2	7	11
D		Peter Hindley	44	9	10	25
D		Tommy Gemmell	19	4	3	12	5
M		David Serella	8	3	2	3
M		Doug Fraser	39	8	9	22	1
M		James McCaffrey										2
M		John Cottam	18	4	2	12
M		Liam O'Kane	25	5	6	14
M		Martin O'Neill	10	2	1	7	2					6
M		Paul Richardson	34	7	5	22	6					2
F		Alan Buckley	9	4		5						1
F		Barry Lyons	22	3	3	16	1
F		Duncan McKenzie	35	8	8	19	10					2
F		Ian Storey-Moore	34	5	8	21	14
F		Jim McIntosh	12	3	2	7	1					3
F		John Robertson	12	3		9						1
F		Neil Martin	26	4	9	13	6					2
F		Peter Cormack	34	7	8	19	8
F		Ronnie Rees	7	1	2	4						1
F		Sammy Chapman	38	6	8	24
F		Tommy Jackson	14	2	7	5	1					3
		Thomas White										1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	Ian Storey-Moore	34
10	Duncan McKenzie	35
8	Peter Cormack	34
6	Neil Martin	26
6	Paul Richardson	34
5	Tommy Gemmell	19
2	Martin O'Neill	10
1	Barry Lyons	22
1	Doug Fraser	39
1	Jim McIntosh	12
1	Tommy Jackson	14
	Own Goals	46

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season