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SEASON: 1985-86

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This Season: 1985-86
Next Season: 1986-87

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 2-3)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Queens Park Rangers (A) 1-3)
Player Of The Year:: Nigel Clough

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	11 times	9 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	20 times	9 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	2 times	6 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	7 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.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	1	-	1	4	5	3	Manchester United (1-3), Manchester United (3-2)
2		2	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Liverpool (1-1), Everton (0-0)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	Arsenal (3-2), Chelsea (2-4), Chelsea (0-0)
5		5	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Sheffield Wednesday (1-2), West Ham United (2-1)
6	2	6	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Everton (1-1), Arsenal (1-1)
7	11	7	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Luton Town (2-0)
8	16	8	3	1	-	2	4	4	3	Queens Park Rangers (1-2), Liverpool (0-2), Newcastle United (3-0)
9	12	9	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Watford (3-2)
10	16	10	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur (3-0)
11	5	11	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Newcastle United (1-2)
12	3	12	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Watford (1-1)
13		13	2	1	-	1	4	5	3	West Ham United (2-4), Aston Villa (2-1)
14	2	14	2	1	-	1	3	4	3	Southampton (1-3), Manchester City (2-1)
15	4	15	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Queens Park Rangers (4-0)
16	5	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Coventry City (0-0)
17	1	17	4	3	-	1	11	7	9	Sheffield Wednesday (0-1), Southampton (2-1), Coventry City (5-2), Leicester City (4-3)
18	1	18	2	1	1	-	4	1	4	Leicester City (3-0), Oxford United (1-1)
19	1	19	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Ipswich Town (0-1), Oxford United (2-1)
20	2	20	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	Manchester City (0-2), Birmingham City (1-0), Aston Villa (1-1)
21	1	21	2	2	-	-	6	1	6	Ipswich Town (3-1), Birmingham City (3-0)
22		22	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	West Bromwich Albion (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Luton Town (1-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,171
Lowest League Attendance:: 11,538
Average League Attendance:: 16,808
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1985-86)

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	Liverpool	42	26	10	6	89	37	16	4	1	58	14	10	6	5	31	23	52	88		1-1	0-2
2	Everton	42	26	8	8	87	41	16	3	2	54	18	10	5	6	33	23	46	86		0-0	1-1
3	West Ham United	42	26	6	10	74	40	17	2	2	48	16	9	4	8	26	24	34	84		2-1	2-4
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	70	36	12	5	4	35	12	10	5	6	35	24	34	76		1-3	3-2
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	10	11	63	54	13	6	2	36	23	8	4	9	27	31	9	73		0-1	1-2
6	Chelsea	42	20	11	11	57	56	12	4	5	32	27	8	7	6	25	29	1	71		0-0	2-4
7	Arsenal	42	20	9	13	49	47	13	5	3	29	15	7	4	10	20	32	2	69		3-2	1-1
8	Nottingham Forest	42	19	11	12	69	53	11	5	5	38	25	8	6	7	31	28	16	68
9	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	61	44	12	6	3	37	15	6	6	9	24	29	17	66		2-0	1-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	8	15	74	52	12	2	7	47	25	7	6	8	27	27	22	65		0-1	3-0
11	Newcastle United	42	17	12	13	67	72	12	5	4	46	31	5	7	9	21	41	-5	63		1-2	3-0
12	Watford	42	16	11	15	69	62	11	6	4	40	22	5	5	11	29	40	7	59		3-2	1-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	7	20	53	64	12	3	6	33	20	3	4	14	20	44	-11	52		4-0	1-2
14	Southampton	42	12	10	20	51	62	10	6	5	32	18	2	4	15	19	44	-11	46		2-1	1-3
15	Manchester City	42	11	12	19	43	57	7	7	7	25	26	4	5	12	18	31	-14	45		0-2	2-1
16	Aston Villa	42	10	14	18	51	67	7	6	8	27	28	3	8	10	24	39	-16	44		1-1	2-1
17	Coventry City	42	11	10	21	48	71	6	5	10	31	35	5	5	11	17	36	-23	43		5-2	0-0
18	Oxford United	42	10	12	20	62	80	7	7	7	34	27	3	5	13	28	53	-18	42		1-1	2-1
19	Leicester City	42	10	12	20	54	76	7	8	6	35	35	3	4	14	19	41	-22	42		4-3	3-0
20	Ipswich Town	42	11	8	23	32	55	8	5	8	20	24	3	3	15	12	31	-23	41		3-1	0-1
21	Birmingham City	42	8	5	29	30	73	5	2	14	13	25	3	3	15	17	48	-43	29		3-0	1-0
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	4	12	26	35	89	3	8	10	21	36	1	4	16	14	53	-54	24		2-1	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 17, 1985	Luton Town	A	1-1	Draw	11,318	12	Webb (?)
2	Wed Aug 21, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	18,361	19
3	Sat Aug 24, 1985	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	12,643	12	Metgod (?), Wright (? OG)
4	Tue Aug 27, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	9,799	14	Webb (?)
5	Sat Aug 31, 1985	Manchester United	H	1-3	Loss	26,274	18	Davenport (?)
6	Tue Sep 03, 1985	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	27,135	20
7	Sun Sep 08, 1985	Leicester City	A	3-0	Win	14,247	16	Webb (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
8	Sat Sep 14, 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	17,554	17
9	Sat Sep 21, 1985	Watford	H	3-2	Win	12,921	15	Clough (?), Davenport (?), Campbell (?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1985	West Ham United	A	2-4	Loss	14,540	16	Metgod (?), Clough (?)
11	Sat Oct 05, 1985	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	Win	12,120	15	Pearce (?), Bowyer (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1985	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Win	15,315	12	Clough (?), Ormsby (? OG)
13	Sat Oct 19, 1985	Newcastle United	A	3-0	Win	23,304	9	Davenport (?, ?), Rice (?)
14	Sat Oct 26, 1985	Arsenal	H	3-2	Win	17,756	8	Davenport (?, ?, ?)
15	Sun Nov 03, 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	Win	19,610	7	Webb (?), Davenport (?)
16	Sat Nov 09, 1985	Chelsea	A	2-4	Loss	17,743	9	Clough (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 16, 1985	Manchester City	H	0-2	Loss	15,140	10
18	Sat Nov 23, 1985	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	27,860	10	Clough (?)
19	Sun Dec 01, 1985	Oxford United	H	1-1	Draw	15,315	10	Davenport (?)
20	Sat Dec 07, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	22,495	11	Webb (?)
21	Sat Dec 14, 1985	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	12,078	10	Clough (?), Webb (?)
22	Fri Dec 20, 1985	Southampton	A	1-3	Loss	12,500	10	Carr (?)
23	Thu Dec 26, 1985	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	10,378	11	Webb (?)
24	Sat Dec 28, 1985	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	27,141	10	Webb (?)
25	Wed Jan 01, 1986	Coventry City	H	5-2	Win	13,860	9	Metgod (?), Webb (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	Win	19,043	9	Davenport (?, ?), Walsh (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1986	Manchester United	A	3-2	Win	46,717	8	Clough (?), Walsh (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 01, 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	11,538	6	Carr (?), Webb (?), Walsh (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1986	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	15,388	7	Walsh (?)
30	Sat Mar 08, 1986	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	12,658	9
31	Sat Mar 15, 1986	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	12,933	10	Clough (?)
32	Sat Mar 22, 1986	Leicester City	H	4-3	Win	14,484	10	Bowyer (?), Carr (?), Clough (?, ?)
33	Sat Mar 29, 1986	Coventry City	A	0-0	Draw	9,500	10
34	Mon Mar 31, 1986	Birmingham City	H	3-0	Win	12,134	10	Metgod (?), Webb (?), Clough (?)
35	Wed Apr 02, 1986	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	17,498	8	Metgod (?), Rice (?)
36	Sat Apr 05, 1986	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	7,901	8	Metgod (?)
37	Tue Apr 08, 1986	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	15,098	8	Campbell (?)
38	Sat Apr 12, 1986	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	18,055	8
39	Sat Apr 19, 1986	Manchester City	A	2-1	Win	19,715	7	Webb (?), Campbell (?)
40	Mon Apr 21, 1986	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	11,510	7	Clough (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1986	Everton	H	0-0	Draw	30,171	8
42	Sat May 03, 1986	Oxford United	A	2-1	Win	11,845	8	Clough (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3			H	1-1	Draw	-	Birtles (?)
Mon Jan 13, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3	Y	1	A	2-3	Loss	-	Birtles (?), Walsh (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 25, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	H	4-0	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Clough (?), Rice (?)
Tue Oct 08, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	2	A	3-0	Win	-	Clough (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
Wed Oct 30, 1985	Derby County	3		A	2-1	Win	22,226	Carr (?), Metgod (?)
Mon Nov 25, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	4		A	1-3	Loss	-	Clough (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 11, 1985	Notts County	Final	H	1-2	Loss	-	Carr (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 03, 1985	Bournemouth	England	A	3-3	Draw	-	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Pearce (?)
Mon Aug 05, 1985	Weymouth	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Webb (?, ?), Mills (?), Hodge (?), Davenport (?)
Wed Aug 07, 1985	Portsmouth	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Blake (? OG), Webb (?), Clough (?)
Fri Aug 09, 1985	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	2-5	Loss	-	Clough (?), Hodge (?)
Mon Aug 12, 1985	Barnsley	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Hodge (?), Carr (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 14, 1985	Bristol Rovers	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Clough (?)
Tue Oct 22, 1985	Borrowash Victoria	England	A	3-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Wed Jan 15, 1986	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	H	0-4	Loss	-
Fri Jan 24, 1986	Newcastle United	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Mar 04, 1986	Stoke City	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Clough (?)
Wed Mar 19, 1986	Real Sociedad U-21	Spain	A	2-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?)
Mon Mar 24, 1986	Ottery St Mary	England	A	5-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?), Clough (? pen), Birtles (?)
Tue Apr 15, 1986	Real Sociedad	Spain	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?), Rice (?), Carr (?)
Mon May 05, 1986	Derry City	Ireland	A	2-1	Win	-	Walsh (?), Carr (?)

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Aug 02, 1985	Derby County	Final	A	0-1	Loss	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6)				Out (7)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 01, 1985	John Robertson	Bought			Brynn Gunn	Sold
Aug 17, 1985	Ian Butterworth	Bought			Steve Wigley	Sold
Aug 17, 1985	Neil Webb	Bought	£210,000	Jun 01, 1983	John Robertson	Sold
Aug 17, 1985	Stuart Pearce	Bought	£238,000	Jan 09, 1985	Alan Davidson	Sold
Sep 03, 1985	Brian Rice	Bought	£182,000	Dec 26, 1985	Jim McInally	Sold	£112,000
Nov 23, 1992	Neil Webb	Bought	£800,000	Jan 11, 1986	John Robertson	Sold
				Mar 08, 1986	Peter Davenport	Sold	£657,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Hans Segers	11	4	1	6				1
GK		Steve Sutton	37	18	11	8
D		Alan Davidson
D		Brett Williams	13	6	4	3
D		Des Walker	43	17	12	14				1	3
D		Gary Fleming	16	7	7	2
D		Ian Butterworth	27	14	3	10					1
D		Jim McInally	13	4	3	6				2
D		Mark Smalley
D		Stuart Pearce	34	16	8	10	1
M		Brynn Gunn
F		Brian Rice	22	13	4	5	5			1
F		Colin Walsh	23	9	8	6	7			1	6
F		David Campbell	18	9	7	2	5			1	3	1
F		Franz Carr	25	13	6	6	4			2	1
F		Garry Birtles	30	14	6	10	2			4	1
F		Gary Mills	18	7	6	5					1
F		Ian Bowyer	29	13	7	9	3			3	1
F		John Robertson	12	6	3	3				1	1
F		Johnny Metgod	44	22	11	11	7			3	1	1
F		Neil Webb	44	20	10	14	14
F		Nigel Clough	45	21	11	13	18			1	2		Player Of The Year
F		Peter Davenport	33	16	5	12	14
F		Steve Chettle
F		Steve Hodge	2		1	1
F		Steve Wigley	10	5		5
F		Kevin Campbell
		Leigh Palin
		Raymond Campbell
		Campbell (1985)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
18	Nigel Clough	45
14	Neil Webb	44
14	Peter Davenport	33
7	Colin Walsh	23
7	Johnny Metgod	44
5	Brian Rice	22
5	David Campbell	18
4	Franz Carr	25
3	Ian Bowyer	29
2	Garry Birtles	30
1	Stuart Pearce	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1985-86

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Thu Dec 26, 1985	A	1-0	Mon Mar 31, 1986	H	3-0
Leicester City	Sun Sep 08, 1985	A	3-0	Sat Mar 22, 1986	H	4-3