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SEASON: 1988-89

Prev Season: 1987-88
This Season: 1988-89
Next Season: 1989-90

DIVISION:: Barclays First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Liverpool (Hillsborough) 1-3)
League Cup:: Winners (Luton Town (Wembley) 3-1)
Player Of The Year:: Stuart Pearce

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (21 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	12 times	11 times	7 times	2 times
Conceded	19 times	10 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	9 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	2 times	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.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	1	1	-	4	2	4	Everton (1-1), Arsenal (3-1)
2		2	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Millwall (2-2), Liverpool (0-1)
3	8	3	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Norwich City (2-0)
4	20	4	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Everton (2-0)
5	18	5	1	-	-	1	1	4	0	Arsenal (1-4)
6	2	6	2	1	1	-	2	0	4	Coventry City (0-0), Manchester United (2-0)
7	5	7	6	2	4	-	9	6	10	Sheffield Wednesday (1-1), Derby County (1-1), Liverpool (2-1), Southampton (1-1), Derby County (2-0), Coventry City (2-2)
8	4	8	1	1	-	-	4	1	3	Millwall (4-1)
9	11	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
10	4	10	3	-	1	2	2	7	1	Aston Villa (1-1), Manchester United (0-2), Wimbledon (1-4)
11	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	2	12	3	2	1	-	8	3	7	Queens Park Rangers (2-1), Middlesbrough (2-2), Aston Villa (4-0)
13	2	13	3	3	-	-	10	5	9	Sheffield Wednesday (3-0), Luton Town (3-2), Middlesbrough (4-3)
14	6	14	2	2	-	-	6	1	6	Tottenham Hotspur (2-1), Charlton Athletic (4-0)
15		15	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Luton Town (0-0)
16	1	16	2	1	1	-	1	0	4	Charlton Athletic (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (0-0)
17		17	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Southampton (3-0)
18		18	2	1	1	-	4	3	4	Newcastle United (1-0), West Ham United (3-3)
19		19	3	-	1	2	2	4	1	Wimbledon (0-1), Newcastle United (1-1), West Ham United (1-2)
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Norwich City (1-2)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,092
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,340
Average League Attendance:: 20,842
Highest Cup Attendance:: 30,060
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 11,958

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 22
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1988-89)

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	Arsenal	38	22	10	6	73	36	10	6	3	35	19	12	4	3	38	17	37	76		1-4	3-1
2	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	65	28	11	5	3	33	11	11	5	3	32	17	37	76		2-1	0-1
3	Nottingham Forest	38	17	13	8	64	43	8	7	4	31	16	9	6	4	33	27	21	64
4	Norwich City	38	17	11	10	48	45	8	7	4	23	20	9	4	6	25	25	3	62		2-0	1-2
5	Derby County	38	17	7	14	40	38	9	3	7	23	18	8	4	7	17	20	2	58		1-1	2-0
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	12	11	60	46	8	6	5	31	24	7	6	6	29	22	14	57		1-2	2-1
7	Coventry City	38	14	13	11	47	42	9	4	6	28	23	5	9	5	19	19	5	55		0-0	2-2
8	Everton	38	14	12	12	50	45	10	7	2	33	18	4	5	10	17	27	5	54		2-0	1-1
9	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	11	13	43	37	9	5	5	23	16	5	6	8	20	21	6	53		0-0	2-1
10	Millwall	38	14	11	13	47	52	10	3	6	27	21	4	8	7	20	31	-5	53		4-1	2-2
11	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	45	35	10	5	4	27	13	3	7	9	18	22	10	51		2-0	0-2
12	Wimbledon	38	14	9	15	50	46	10	3	6	30	19	4	6	9	20	27	4	51		0-1	1-4
13	Southampton	38	10	15	13	52	66	6	7	6	25	26	4	8	7	27	40	-14	45		3-0	1-1
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	12	16	44	58	6	7	6	25	24	4	5	10	19	34	-14	42		4-0	1-0
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	12	16	34	51	6	6	7	21	25	4	6	9	13	26	-17	42		1-1	3-0
16	Luton Town	38	10	11	17	42	52	8	6	5	32	21	2	5	12	10	31	-10	41		0-0	3-2
17	Aston Villa	38	9	13	16	45	56	7	6	6	25	22	2	7	10	20	34	-11	40		4-0	1-1
18	Middlesbrough	38	9	12	17	44	61	6	7	6	28	30	3	5	11	16	31	-17	39		2-2	4-3
19	West Ham United	38	10	8	20	37	62	3	6	10	19	30	7	2	10	18	32	-25	38		1-2	3-3
20	Newcastle United	38	7	10	21	32	63	3	6	10	19	28	4	4	11	13	35	-31	31		1-1	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1988	Norwich City	A	1-2	Loss	13,488	14	Chettle (?)
2	Sat Sep 03, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	18,963	13	Worthington (? OG)
3	Sat Sep 10, 1988	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	34,003	14	Webb (?)
4	Sat Sep 17, 1988	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	24,818	14	Foster (?)
5	Sat Sep 24, 1988	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	23,029	14	Carr (?)
6	Sat Oct 01, 1988	Luton Town	H	0-0	Draw	15,340	16
7	Sat Oct 08, 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	Win	11,205	11	Foster (?), Clough (?)
8	Sat Oct 22, 1988	Millwall	A	2-2	Draw	16,874	14	Hodge (?, ?)
9	Wed Oct 26, 1988	Liverpool	H	2-1	Win	29,755	9	Rice (?), Webb (?)
10	Sat Oct 29, 1988	Newcastle United	A	1-0	Win	24,765	5	Chapman (?)
11	Sun Nov 06, 1988	Arsenal	H	1-4	Loss	19,038	9	Clough (?)
12	Sat Nov 12, 1988	West Ham United	A	3-3	Draw	21,682	9	Hodge (?), Clough (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 19, 1988	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	17,250	9
14	Sat Nov 26, 1988	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	Win	6,416	8	Pearce (?)
15	Sat Dec 03, 1988	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	Draw	17,742	10	Chapman (?, ?)
16	Sat Dec 10, 1988	Southampton	A	1-1	Draw	15,259	9	Clough (?)
17	Sun Dec 18, 1988	Wimbledon	H	0-1	Loss	16,427	9
18	Mon Dec 26, 1988	Manchester United	A	0-2	Loss	39,582	12
19	Sat Dec 31, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-0	Win	20,407	10	Hodge (?), Gaynor (?), Webb (?)
20	Mon Jan 02, 1989	Everton	H	2-0	Win	26,008	8	Gaynor (?), Parker (?)
21	Sun Jan 15, 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-1	Win	16,903	6	Clough (?), Parker (?)
22	Sat Jan 21, 1989	Aston Villa	H	4-0	Win	22,662	5	Laws (?), Pearce (?), Hodge (?), Parker (?)
23	Sat Feb 04, 1989	Luton Town	A	3-2	Win	10,465	4	Clough (?, ?), Parker (?)
24	Sat Feb 11, 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	19,690	4
25	Sat Mar 11, 1989	Arsenal	A	3-1	Win	39,639	5	Pearce (?), Carr (?), Clough (?)
26	Wed Mar 15, 1989	Newcastle United	H	1-1	Draw	20,800	5	Clough (?)
27	Wed Mar 22, 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	23,098	5	Parker (?)
28	Sat Mar 25, 1989	Derby County	A	2-0	Win	25,174	5	Hodge (?), Chapman (?)
29	Mon Mar 27, 1989	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	30,092	5	Pearce (?), Chapman (?)
30	Sat Apr 01, 1989	Wimbledon	A	1-4	Loss	7,867	5	Clough (?)
31	Wed Apr 05, 1989	Norwich City	H	2-0	Win	19,872	4	Pearce (?), Clough (?)
32	Wed Apr 12, 1989	Southampton	H	3-0	Win	19,984	4	Pearce (?), Gaynor (?), Clough (?)
33	Sat Apr 22, 1989	Middlesbrough	A	4-3	Win	20,778	4	Chapman (?, ?), Parker (?), Webb (?)
34	Wed May 03, 1989	Millwall	H	4-1	Win	15,982	3	Hodge (?), Gaynor (?), Parker (?), Wood (? OG)
35	Wed May 10, 1989	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	39,793	4
36	Sat May 13, 1989	Charlton Athletic	H	4-0	Win	17,637	3	Wilson (?), Carr (?), Chettle (?), Webb (?)
37	Mon May 15, 1989	Coventry City	A	2-2	Draw	14,003	3	Clough (?), Webb (?)
38	Thu May 18, 1989	West Ham United	H	1-2	Loss	20,843	3	Chapman (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1989	Ipswich Town	3	H	3-0	Win	-	Gaynor (?), Chapman (?), Yallop (? OG)
Sat Jan 28, 1989	Leeds United	4	H	2-0	Win	-	Chapman (?), Parker (?)
Sun Feb 19, 1989	Watford	5	A	3-0	Win	-	Laws (?), Chapman (?), Webb (?)
Sat Mar 18, 1989	Manchester United	Quarter	A	1-0	Win	55,052	Parker (?)
Sat Apr 15, 1989	Liverpool	Semi	N	0-0	Aba	-
Sun May 07, 1989	Liverpool	Semi	N	1-3	Loss	38,000	Webb (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 28, 1988	Chester City	2	1			H	6-0	Win	11,958	Pearce (?), Hodge (?), Clough (?, ?), Gaynor (?), Webb (?)
Wed Oct 12, 1988	Chester City	2	2			A	4-0	Win	4,747	Gaynor (?, ?, ?), Crosby (?)
Wed Nov 02, 1988	Coventry City	3				H	3-2	Win	21,201	Foster (?), Hodge (?), Clough (?)
Wed Nov 30, 1988	Leicester City	4				A	0-0	Draw	26,704
Wed Dec 14, 1988	Leicester City	4		Y	1	H	2-1	Win	26,676	Clough (?), Chapman (?)
Wed Jan 18, 1989	Queens Park Rangers	Quarter				H	5-2	Win	24,065	Clough (?), Chapman (?, ?, ?, ?)
Wed Feb 15, 1989	Bristol City	Semi	1			H	1-1	Draw	30,060	Pender (? OG)
Sun Feb 26, 1989	Bristol City	Semi	2			A	1-0	Win	28,084	Parker (?)
Sun Apr 09, 1989	Luton Town	Final				N	3-1	Win	76,130	Clough (?, ?), Webb (?)

Full Members Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jan 10, 1989	Chelsea	3	A	4-1	Win	8,475	Pearce (?), Gaynor (?), Chapman (?), Parker (?)
Tue Jan 24, 1989	Ipswich Town	4	A	3-1	Win	16,498	Pearce (?), Hodge (?), ? (?)
Wed Feb 22, 1989	Crystal Palace	Semi	H	3-1	Win	20,374	Pearce (?), ? (?, ?)
Sun Apr 30, 1989	Everton	Final	N	4-3	Win	46,608	Parker (30, 67), Chapman (92, *)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Aug 21, 1988	Notts County		A	1-1	Draw	-	Pearce (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jul 24, 1988	Keyworth	England	A	8-1	Win	-	Rice (?, ?), Clough (?, ?), Glover (?, ?), Gaynor (?), Wilkinson (?)
Thu Jul 28, 1988	IK Brage	Sweden	A	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Jul 30, 1988	Helsingfors Vastra	Sweden	A	2-1	Win	-	Laws (?), Parker (?)
Sun Jul 31, 1988	Sandvikens IF	Sweden	A	2-1	Win	-	Clough (?), Crosby (?)
Tue Aug 02, 1988	Vasteras	Sweden	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Aug 03, 1988	Brommapojkarna	Sweden	A	4-1	Win	-	Clough (?, ?), Wilkinson (?), Glover (?)
Thu Aug 11, 1988	Pescara	Italy	A	3-2	Win	-	Pearce (?), Webb (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Aug 13, 1988	Cologne	Germany	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Aug 17, 1988	Lincoln City	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Clough (? pen), Glover (?), Hodge (?), Crosby (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 12, 1988	Heart Of Midlothian	Scotland	A	3-1	Win	-	Clough (?), Galloway (? OG), Parker (?)
Mon Nov 21, 1988	Grantham Town	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Clough (?, ?), Parker (?), Chapman (?)

Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 29, 1988	Liverpool	Quarter	A	1-4	Loss	20,141	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Oct 12, 1988	Brian Laws	Bought	£102,000		Calvin Plummer	Sold
Oct 22, 1988	Lee Chapman	Bought	£307,000		Hans Segers	Sold
Dec 26, 1989	Nigel Jemson	Bought	£132,000		Paul Crichton	Sold
					Paul Wilkinson	Sold
				Oct 12, 1988	Gary Fleming	Sold	£150,000

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
GK		Mark Crossley	3	3
GK		Paul Crichton
GK		Steve Sutton	54	29	15	9
D		Brett Williams	3	1		2
D		Brian Laws	38	25	6	6	2				3
D		Colin Foster	22	9	10	3	3				1
D		Des Walker	47	25	12	9
D		Gary Fleming	2	2							1
D		Russell Bradley
D		Stuart Pearce	54	31	15	7	10			2			Player Of The Year
M		Darren Wassall	1		1
M		Gary Charles	2	1		1				1
F		Alan Lamb
F		Brian Rice	25	9	11	5	1			1	1
F		Franz Carr	37	21	11	5	3			5	7
F		Gareth Williams
F		Garry Parker	37	26	4	6	13			4	1
F		Gary Crosby	17	8	8	1	1			3	4
F		Lee Chapman	47	28	10	8	19			9
F		Lee Glover	1			1					1	1
F		Neil Webb	54	31	14	8	10			2
F		Nigel Clough	53	28	15	9	21			2	1
F		Nigel Jemson
F		Paul Wilkinson
F		Phil Starbuck	11	5	3	3				1	8
F		Steve Chettle	37	19	13	5	2			2	5	2
F		Steve Hodge	54	31	14	8	10			3	2
F		Terry Wilson	43	27	8	7	1				4
F		Tommy Gaynor	27	16	5	5	10			7	3
		P Komark
		S McLoughlan

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
21	Nigel Clough	53
19	Lee Chapman	47
13	Garry Parker	37
10	Neil Webb	54
10	Steve Hodge	54
10	Stuart Pearce	54
10	Tommy Gaynor	27
3	Colin Foster	22
3	Franz Carr	37
2	Brian Laws	38
2	Steve Chettle	37
1	Brian Rice	25
1	Gary Crosby	17
1	Terry Wilson	43

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1988-89

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Charlton Athletic	Sat Nov 26, 1988	A	1-0	Sat May 13, 1989	H	4-0