The City Ground

SEASON: 1981-82

Total Season: 117Prev Season: 1980-81
League Season: 80This Season: 2025-26
Next Season: 1982-83

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Wrexham (H) 1-3)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Tottenham Hotspur (A) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Peter Shilton

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Wallace (12 goals)

Competitive Games:: 48
Competitive Goals:: 51
Goals per game:: 1.1
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 57 out of 126 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 45.2%

Highest League Attendance:: 34,881 (Coventry City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,037 (Swansea City)
Average League Attendance:: 20,593
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,316 (Birmingham City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 12,244 (Tranmere Rovers)

Champions:: Liverpool
FA Cup:: Tottenham Hotspur
League Cup:: Liverpool
Community Shield:: Aston Villa / Tottenham Hotspur
EUROPE
European Cup:: Aston Villa
UEFA Cup:: IFK G�teborg
Cup Winners Cup:: Barcelona
Super Cup:: -

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 3
3-4 (Sat Sep 05, 1981, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 1)
3-2 (Tue Oct 06, 1981, Birmingham City, Away, League Cup)
3-2 (Wed Nov 25, 1981, Sunderland, Away, League Tier 1)
3-1 (Sat May 15, 1982, Ipswich Town, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 2
2-0 (Wed Sep 23, 1981, Sunderland, Home, League Tier 1)
2-0 (Wed Dec 02, 1981, Tranmere Rovers, Home, League Cup)
2-0 (Wed May 12, 1982, Tottenham Hotspur, Home, League Tier 1)
3-1 (Sat May 15, 1982, Ipswich Town, Away, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
3-4 (Sat Sep 05, 1981, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Sat Oct 03, 1981, Tottenham Hotspur, Away, League Tier 1)

Total Players:: 25
Debuts:: 9
Last Games:: 9

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 11
Red Cards:: 1 (Ian Wallace)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents) (Bryn Gunn)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 3

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1981-82

SEASON END TABLE								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	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	80	32	14	3	4	39	14	12	6	3	41	18	48	87	European Cup First Round	0-2	0-2
2	Ipswich Town	42	26	5	11	75	53	17	1	3	47	25	9	4	8	28	28	22	83	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	3-1
3	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	59	29	12	6	3	27	9	10	6	5	32	20	30	78	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	0-0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	11	11	67	48	12	4	5	41	26	8	7	6	26	22	19	71	Cup Winners Cup First Round	2-0	0-3
5	Arsenal	42	20	11	11	48	37	13	5	3	27	15	7	6	8	21	22	11	71	UEFA Cup First Round	1-2	0-2
6	Swansea City	42	21	6	15	58	51	13	3	5	34	16	8	3	10	24	35	7	69	Cup Winners Cup First Round	0-2	2-1
7	Southampton	42	19	9	14	72	67	15	2	4	49	30	4	7	10	23	37	5	66	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	0-2
8	Everton	42	17	13	12	56	50	11	7	3	33	21	6	6	9	23	29	6	64		0-1	1-2
9	West Ham United	42	14	16	12	66	57	9	10	2	42	29	5	6	10	24	28	9	58		0-0	1-0
10	Manchester City	42	15	13	14	49	50	9	7	5	32	23	6	6	9	17	27	-1	58		1-1	0-0
11	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	55	53	9	6	6	28	24	6	6	9	27	29	2	57	European Cup First Round	1-1	1-3
12	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	42	48	7	7	7	19	20	8	5	8	23	28	-6	57
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	13	13	16	43	52	8	7	6	30	24	5	6	10	13	28	-9	52		2-1	1-0
14	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	56	62	9	4	8	31	24	4	7	10	25	38	-6	50		2-1	1-0
15	Notts County	42	13	8	21	61	69	8	5	8	32	33	5	3	13	29	36	-8	47		0-2	2-1
16	Birmingham City	42	10	14	18	53	61	8	6	7	29	25	2	8	11	24	36	-8	44		2-1	3-4
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	11	20	46	57	6	6	9	24	25	5	5	11	22	32	-11	44		0-0	1-2
18	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	44	63	9	2	10	27	28	3	6	12	17	35	-19	44		0-0	2-1
19	Sunderland	42	11	11	20	38	58	6	5	10	19	26	5	6	10	19	32	-20	44		2-0	3-2
20	Leeds United	42	10	12	20	39	61	6	11	4	23	20	4	1	16	16	41	-22	42	Relegated	2-1	1-1
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	32	63	8	5	8	19	20	2	5	14	13	43	-31	40	Relegated	0-1	0-0
22	Middlesbrough	42	8	15	19	34	52	5	9	7	20	24	3	6	12	14	28	-18	39	Relegated	1-1	1-1

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	15 times	12 times	4 times
Conceded	20 times	11 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	15 times	4 times
Lost By	8 times	8 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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	1	1	2	-	-	2	0	4	0	Southampton (0-2), Liverpool (0-2)
2		2	1	1	-	-	3	1	3	Ipswich Town (3-1)
3	1	3	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Manchester United (0-1)
4	11	4	2	2	-	-	4	1	6	Swansea City (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-0)
5	37	5	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Swansea City (0-2)
6	47	6	3	-	2	1	1	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur (0-3), West Ham United (0-0), Manchester City (1-1)
7	29	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	7	Stoke City (2-1), Brighton and Hove Albion (2-1), Ipswich Town (1-1), Arsenal (0-2)
8	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	14	9	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Brighton and Hove Albion (1-0)
10	46	10	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Liverpool (0-2)
11	49	11	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Arsenal (1-2), West Ham United (1-0)
12	15	12	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Coventry City (2-1), Everton (0-1), Aston Villa (1-1)
13	8	13	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Everton (1-2)
14		14	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Manchester United (0-0), Notts County (2-1)
15		15	4	-	2	2	2	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Manchester City (0-0), Aston Villa (1-3), West Bromwich Albion (1-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Sunderland (2-0)
18		18	5	2	1	2	6	7	7	Birmingham City (3-4), Leeds United (2-1), Notts County (0-2), Stoke City (0-0), Coventry City (1-0)
19		19	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	Birmingham City (2-1), Leeds United (1-1)
20		20	3	-	2	1	1	2	2	Middlesbrough (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	2	1	1	-	4	3	4	Sunderland (3-2), Middlesbrough (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Southampton (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 29, 1981	3:00 pm	Southampton	H	2-1	25,234	6	Francis (25', 27')
2	Mon Aug 31, 1981	7:45 pm	Manchester United	A	0-0	51,496	1
3	Sat Sep 05, 1981	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	A	3-4	19,035	11	Wallace (1', 45', 75')
4	Sat Sep 12, 1981	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	22,618	12
5	Sat Sep 19, 1981	3:00 pm	Stoke City	A	2-1	15,653	6	Walsh (51'), Mills (85')
6	Wed Sep 23, 1981	7:45 pm	Sunderland	H	2-0	21,133	5	Wallace (68'), Proctor (85')
7	Sat Sep 26, 1981	3:00 pm	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2-1	19,220	4	Burns (55'), Wallace (86')
8	Sat Oct 03, 1981	3:00 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	34,870	6
9	Sat Oct 10, 1981	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	15,043	6	Fashanu (71')
10	Sat Oct 17, 1981	3:00 pm	Coventry City	H	2-1	34,881	4	Wallace (65', 79')
11	Sat Oct 24, 1981	3:00 pm	Manchester City	A	0-0	34,881	5
12	Sat Oct 31, 1981	3:00 pm	Leeds United	H	2-1	25,272	5	Ward (22'), Robertson (53' pen)
13	Sat Nov 07, 1981	3:00 pm	West Ham United	H	0-0	26,327	5
14	Sat Nov 21, 1981	3:00 pm	Arsenal	H	1-2	20,912	7	Fashanu (43')
15	Wed Nov 25, 1981	7:45 pm	Sunderland	A	3-2	17,419	5	Walsh (21'), Fashanu (51'), Needham (86')
16	Sat Nov 28, 1981	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	A	1-3	26,847	7	Walsh (52')
17	Sat Dec 05, 1981	3:00 pm	Liverpool	H	0-2	24,521	8
18	Sat Dec 12, 1981	3:00 pm	Swansea City	A	2-1	17,550	6	Young (79'), Robertson (89' pen)
19	Sat Jan 09, 1982	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	H	2-1	15,906	6	Ward (62'), Wallace (68')
20	Sat Jan 23, 1982	3:00 pm	Notts County	H	0-2	26,158	7
21	Sat Jan 30, 1982	3:00 pm	Stoke City	H	0-0	16,219	11
22	Sat Feb 06, 1982	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	15,006	11	Ward (47')
23	Sat Feb 13, 1982	3:00 pm	Southampton	A	0-2	21,350	11
24	Tue Feb 16, 1982	7:45 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	11,195	11
25	Sat Feb 20, 1982	3:00 pm	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-0	17,175	10	Ward (45')
26	Sat Feb 27, 1982	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	16,464	10	Gray (90+1')
27	Tue Mar 09, 1982	7:45 pm	Coventry City	A	1-0	9,720	10	Rober (13')
28	Sat Mar 13, 1982	3:00 pm	Manchester City	H	1-1	20,927	10	Ward (82' pen)
29	Wed Mar 17, 1982	7:45 pm	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	16,686	10	Plummer (69')
30	Sat Mar 20, 1982	3:00 pm	Leeds United	A	1-1	18,036	10	Rober (6' pen)
31	Sat Mar 27, 1982	3:00 pm	West Ham United	A	1-0	24,633	9	Wallace (30')
32	Sat Apr 03, 1982	3:00 pm	Everton	H	0-1	17,323	10
33	Sat Apr 10, 1982	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	15,691	12
34	Mon Apr 12, 1982	7:45 pm	Notts County	A	2-1	19,304	10	Bowyer (16'), Plummer (83')
35	Sat Apr 17, 1982	3:00 pm	Arsenal	A	0-2	21,986	10
36	Tue Apr 20, 1982	7:45 pm	Everton	A	1-2	15,460	11	Rober (69')
37	Sat Apr 24, 1982	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	H	1-1	18,213	11	Needham (12')
38	Sat May 01, 1982	3:00 pm	Liverpool	A	0-2	18,449	12		Safe
39	Wed May 05, 1982	7:45 pm	Manchester United	H	0-1	18,449	13		Safe
40	Sat May 08, 1982	3:00 pm	Swansea City	H	0-2	15,037	13		Safe
41	Wed May 12, 1982	7:45 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	15,273	12	Davenport (39'), Gray (57')	Safe
42	Sat May 15, 1982	3:00 pm	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	19,937	11	Davenport (51', 64', 72')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 02, 1982	3:00 pm	Wrexham	3		H	1-3	15,649	Proctor (2')

League Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 06, 1981	7:45 pm	Birmingham City	2	1	A	3-2	14,330	Wallace (14', 16'), Proctor (57')
Wed Oct 28, 1981	7:45 pm	Birmingham City	2	2	H	2-1	16,316	Needham (8'), Robertson (74')
Wed Nov 11, 1981	7:45 pm	Blackburn Rovers	3		A	1-0	14,752	Fashanu (23')
Wed Dec 02, 1981	7:45 pm	Tranmere Rovers	4		H	2-0	12,244	Wallace (46'), Rober (55')
Mon Jan 18, 1982	7:45 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter		A	0-1	31,192

County Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue May 18, 1982	7:45 pm	Notts County	Final	H	7-1	3,970	Wallace (?), Robertson (?), Proctor (?, ?), Davenport (?), Gray (?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 11, 1981	7:45 pm	Linfield Athletic	Northern Ireland	A	5-1	5,422	Wallace (?), Robertson (?), Ward (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 20, 1981	7:45 pm	Osasuna	Spain	A	2-1	14,000	Needham (75'), Walsh (80')
Fri Aug 21, 1981	7:45 pm	Real Zaragoza	Spain	A	1-1	36,000	Proctor (37')
Tue Aug 25, 1981	7:45 pm	Napoli	Italy	A	0-0	50,482

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sun Oct 11, 1981	3:00 pm	Vancouver Whitecaps	Canada	H	2-2	6,772	Proctor (?), Hodge (?)
Tue Oct 13, 1981	7:45 pm	Valerengen	Norway	A	2-1	14,150	Wallace (?), Fashanu (?)
Wed Nov 04, 1981	7:45 pm	Grantham Town	England	A	5-2	1,400	Proctor (?), Hodge (?, ?, ?), Ward (27')
Tue Dec 29, 1981	7:45 pm	Rotherham United	England	N	0-2	-
Mon Jan 04, 1982	7:30 pm	Luton Town	England	H	5-1	2,567	Walsh (?), Wallace (?), Ward (?, ?), Gray (?)
Fri Jan 15, 1982	7:45 pm	Torquay United	England	A	1-2	2,266	Ward (10')
Tue Jan 26, 1982	7:45 pm	Scunthorpe United	England	A	2-1	4,129	Wallace (?), Proctor (?)
Fri Mar 05, 1982	7:45 pm	Norwich City	England	A	1-1	-	Anderson (?)
Sat May 22, 1982	3:00 pm	Kuwait XI	Kuwait	A	1-1	7,000	Fashanu (?)

Testimonial

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed May 19, 1982	7:45 pm	Burton Albion	England	A	7-1	1,800	Fashanu (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?), Hodge (?, ?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Tue Aug 11, 1981	Pre-Season Friendly	Linfield Athletic			A	5-1	5,422	Wallace (?), Robertson (?), Ward (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 20, 1981	Pre-Season Friendly	Osasuna	Semi		A	2-1	14,000	Needham (75'), Walsh (80')
Fri Aug 21, 1981	Pre-Season Friendly	Real Zaragoza	Final		A	1-1	36,000	Proctor (37')
Tue Aug 25, 1981	Pre-Season Friendly	Napoli			A	0-0	50,482
Sat Aug 29, 1981	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	2-1	25,234	Francis (25', 27')
Mon Aug 31, 1981	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-0	51,496
Sat Sep 05, 1981	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	3-4	19,035	Wallace (1', 45', 75')
Sat Sep 12, 1981	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-0	22,618
Sat Sep 19, 1981	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	2-1	15,653	Walsh (51'), Mills (85')
Wed Sep 23, 1981	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	2-0	21,133	Wallace (68'), Proctor (85')
Sat Sep 26, 1981	League Tier 1	Brighton and Hove Albion			H	2-1	19,220	Burns (55'), Wallace (86')
Sat Oct 03, 1981	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-3	34,870
Tue Oct 06, 1981	League Cup	Birmingham City	2	1	A	3-2	14,330	Wallace (14', 16'), Proctor (57')
Sat Oct 10, 1981	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	15,043	Fashanu (71')
Sun Oct 11, 1981	Friendly	Vancouver Whitecaps			H	2-2	6,772	Proctor (?), Hodge (?)
Tue Oct 13, 1981	Friendly	Valerengen			A	2-1	14,150	Wallace (?), Fashanu (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1981	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	2-1	34,881	Wallace (65', 79')
Sat Oct 24, 1981	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-0	34,881
Wed Oct 28, 1981	League Cup	Birmingham City	2	2	H	2-1	16,316	Needham (8'), Robertson (74')
Sat Oct 31, 1981	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	2-1	25,272	Ward (22'), Robertson (53' pen)
Wed Nov 04, 1981	Friendly	Grantham Town			A	5-2	1,400	Proctor (?), Hodge (?, ?, ?), Ward (27')
Sat Nov 07, 1981	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	0-0	26,327
Wed Nov 11, 1981	League Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3		A	1-0	14,752	Fashanu (23')
Sat Nov 21, 1981	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	1-2	20,912	Fashanu (43')
Wed Nov 25, 1981	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	3-2	17,419	Walsh (21'), Fashanu (51'), Needham (86')
Sat Nov 28, 1981	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-3	26,847	Walsh (52')
Wed Dec 02, 1981	League Cup	Tranmere Rovers	4		H	2-0	12,244	Wallace (46'), Rober (55')
Sat Dec 05, 1981	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-2	24,521
Sat Dec 12, 1981	League Tier 1	Swansea City			A	2-1	17,550	Young (79'), Robertson (89' pen)
Tue Dec 29, 1981	Friendly	Rotherham United			N	0-2	-
Sat Jan 02, 1982	FA Cup	Wrexham	3		H	1-3	15,649	Proctor (2')
Mon Jan 04, 1982	Friendly	Luton Town			H	5-1	2,567	Walsh (?), Wallace (?), Ward (?, ?), Gray (?)
Sat Jan 09, 1982	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	2-1	15,906	Ward (62'), Wallace (68')
Fri Jan 15, 1982	Friendly	Torquay United			A	1-2	2,266	Ward (10')
Mon Jan 18, 1982	League Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter		A	0-1	31,192
Sat Jan 23, 1982	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-2	26,158
Tue Jan 26, 1982	Friendly	Scunthorpe United			A	2-1	4,129	Wallace (?), Proctor (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1982	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-0	16,219
Sat Feb 06, 1982	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-2	15,006	Ward (47')
Sat Feb 13, 1982	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	0-2	21,350
Tue Feb 16, 1982	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-0	11,195
Sat Feb 20, 1982	League Tier 1	Brighton and Hove Albion			A	1-0	17,175	Ward (45')
Sat Feb 27, 1982	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-1	16,464	Gray (90+1')
Fri Mar 05, 1982	Friendly	Norwich City			A	1-1	-	Anderson (?)
Tue Mar 09, 1982	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	1-0	9,720	Rober (13')
Sat Mar 13, 1982	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	1-1	20,927	Ward (82' pen)
Wed Mar 17, 1982	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	1-1	16,686	Plummer (69')
Sat Mar 20, 1982	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-1	18,036	Rober (6' pen)
Sat Mar 27, 1982	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	1-0	24,633	Wallace (30')
Sat Apr 03, 1982	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-1	17,323
Sat Apr 10, 1982	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	0-1	15,691
Mon Apr 12, 1982	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	2-1	19,304	Bowyer (16'), Plummer (83')
Sat Apr 17, 1982	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-2	21,986
Tue Apr 20, 1982	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-2	15,460	Rober (69')
Sat Apr 24, 1982	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	1-1	18,213	Needham (12')
Sat May 01, 1982	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-2	18,449		Safe
Wed May 05, 1982	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	0-1	18,449		Safe
Sat May 08, 1982	League Tier 1	Swansea City			H	0-2	15,037		Safe
Wed May 12, 1982	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-0	15,273	Davenport (39'), Gray (57')	Safe
Sat May 15, 1982	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	3-1	19,937	Davenport (51', 64', 72')	Safe
Tue May 18, 1982	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	7-1	3,970	Wallace (?), Robertson (?), Proctor (?, ?), Davenport (?), Gray (?, ?)	Safe
Wed May 19, 1982	Testimonial	Burton Albion			A	7-1	1,800	Fashanu (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?), Hodge (?, ?, ?)
Sat May 22, 1982	Friendly	Kuwait XI			A	1-1	7,000	Fashanu (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 02, 1982	Wrexham	3		H	1-3	15,649

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Tue May 18, 1982	Notts County	Final	H	7-1	3,970

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed May 19, 1982	Burton Albion	England	A	7-1	1,800

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2) - £875,000				Out (7) - £1,135,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 18, 1981	Justin Fashanu	Bought	£875,000		Colin Smith	Sold
May 01, 1982	Peter Davenport	Bought	Free		Jurgen Rober	Sold
				Aug 31, 1981	Trevor Francis	Sold	£735,000
				Oct 06, 1981	Kenny Burns	Sold	£400,000
				May 08, 1982	David Needham	Sold
				May 15, 1982	John McGovern	Sold
				May 15, 1982	Peter Shilton	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Peter Shilton	England	31	47	19	12	16							Player Of The Year
GK		Steve Sutton	England	20	1			1
Defenders
D		Bryn Gunn	England	22	43	16	10	17				1	1
D		Colin Smith	England	22
D		David Needham	England	32	21	7	4	10	3			1
D		Kenny Burns	Scotland	27	8	4	2	2	1	1		1
D		Stephen Kendal	England	19	1			1
D		Viv Anderson	England	25	44	19	12	13		3
Midfielders
M		Chris Fairclough	England	17	1	1
M		Colin Walsh	Scotland	19	19	7	5	7	3	1		3	9	1
M		Einar Aas	Norway	25	17	10	5	2				2
M		Gary Mills	England	19	17	7	4	6	1			1	3
M		Ian Bowyer	England	30	24	7	7	10	1				1		Bought back from Sunderland in Jan 1982
M		James McKechnie	Scotland	16
M		John McGovern	Scotland	31	34	12	10	12				1	5	1
M		Justin Fashanu	England	20	36	15	9	12	4	4		1	1
M		Steve Hodge	England	18	1	1						1
M		Stuart Gray	England	21	38	18	8	12	2			4	1
M		Willie Young	Scotland	29	26	8	7	11	1	1		1
Forwards
F		Calvin Plummer	England	18	9	2	3	4	2			1	2
F		Ian Wallace	Scotland	25	34	11	11	12	12	1	1	1	1
F		John Robertson	Scotland	28	42	17	8	17	3			2
F		Jurgen Rober	Germany	27	25	7	5	13	4			3	1
F		Mark Proctor	England	20	43	18	10	15	3			4	2
F		Peter Davenport	England	20	5	2		3	4
F		Peter Ward	England	26	18	7	5	6	5				1
F		Steve Wigley	England	19
F		Trevor Francis	England	27	2	1	1		2

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 16

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
12	Ian Wallace	34
5 (1)	Peter Ward	18
4 (1)	Jurgen Rober	25
4	Justin Fashanu	36
4	Peter Davenport	5
3	Colin Walsh	19
3	David Needham	21
3 (2)	John Robertson	42
3	Mark Proctor	43
2	Calvin Plummer	9
2	Stuart Gray	38
2	Trevor Francis	2
1	Gary Mills	17
1	Ian Bowyer	24
1	Kenny Burns	8
1	Willie Young	26

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Brighton and Hove Albion	Sat Sep 26, 1981	Home	2-1	Sat Feb 20, 1982	Away	1-0
Coventry City	Sat Oct 17, 1981	Home	2-1	Tue Mar 09, 1982	Away	1-0
Sunderland	Wed Sep 23, 1981	Home	2-0	Wed Nov 25, 1981	Away	3-2

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Arsenal	Sat Nov 21, 1981	Home	1-2	Sat Apr 17, 1982	Away	0-2
Everton	Sat Apr 03, 1982	Home	0-1	Tue Apr 20, 1982	Away	1-2
Liverpool	Sat Dec 05, 1981	Home	0-2	Sat May 01, 1982	Away	0-2