The City Ground

TESTIMONIAL

A Testimonial is a game that a club plays for one of it's long-serving players (or staff) and is a way of saying thank you as well as earning them some money. Staff and officials all work for free and gate receipts are passed to the player. We don't play as many testimonials as we used to, probably because players don't stay at one club long enough to earn the right (and they're paid so much that they don't need it anyway).

RECORDS
Most goals scored: 8
8-0 (Sun Jul 24, 1988, Away, Keyworth)

Biggest Winning Margin: 8
8-0 (Sun Jul 24, 1988, Away, Keyworth)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
2-5 (Sat Mar 30, 1889, Home, Notts County)
4-5 (Fri May 02, 1952, Away, Brighton and Hove Albion)
6-5 (Wed May 08, 1996, Home, Newcastle United)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
2-5 (Sat Mar 30, 1889, Home, Notts County)
1-4 (Thu Apr 17, 1890, Away, Notts Rangers)
1-4 (Tue May 02, 2000, Home, Nottingham Forest)

Highest Attendance Home:: 23,818 (Wed May 08, 1996, Newcastle United)
Highest Attendance Away:: 42,464 (Mon Nov 30, 1987, Celtic)

Overall Testimonial Record

Cup	First Game	Last Game	Seasons	P	W	D	L	F	A
Testimonial	Mar 30, 1889	Jul 23, 2016	36	52	31	13	8	141	66

All games

Season	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Ground	Scorers
1888-89	Sat Mar 30, 1889	Notts County	H	2-5	Gregory Ground	Pike (?), Tutin (75)
1889-90	Thu Apr 17, 1890	Notts Rangers	A	1-4		? (?)
1891-92	Sat Dec 19, 1891	Everton	A	0-0
1894-95	Wed Apr 24, 1895	Loughborough	A	2-0	Athletic Grounds	Dugard (?), Hancock (?)
1896-97	Wed Apr 28, 1897	Mansfield	A	3-0		Capes (?), Wragg (?), Richards (?)
1946-47	Wed Sep 25, 1946	Lincoln City	A	3-0		North (?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?)
1951-52	Fri May 02, 1952	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	4-5		Moore (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Scott (?)
1953-54	Thu Apr 29, 1954	Gainsborough Trinity	A	4-1		Moore (?, ?), Ardron (?), Walker (? pen)
1957-58	Mon Sep 23, 1957	All Stars XI	H	4-0		Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
1959-60	Wed May 04, 1960	King's Lynn	A	5-1		Wilson (?, ?), ? (?), Palmer (?), Imlach (?)
1961-62	Mon Nov 06, 1961	Malmo FF	H	5-1		Addison (?), Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Le Flem (?), Booth (?)
1962-63	Wed Oct 10, 1962	Kettering Town	A	2-0		Winfield (?), Vowden (?)
1964-65	Mon Jan 18, 1965	Combined XI	A	0-1
	Mon Apr 12, 1965	Celtic	H	2-0		Addison (10), Hinton (63)
1968-69	Tue Oct 01, 1968	Bristol XI	A	6-2		Lyons (?, ?, ?), Baxter (?), Newton (?), Baker (?)
1970-71	Mon May 10, 1971	Notts County	H	4-1		McKenzie (37, 52), O'Kane (49), Storey-Moore (68 pen)
1971-72	Mon Nov 08, 1971	Notts County	A	2-0	Meadow Lane	O'Neill (42), Storey-Moore (58)
1973-74	Wed Sep 26, 1973	Derby County	A	1-1	Baseball Ground	Lyall (57 pen)
	Mon May 13, 1974	Leicester City	H	1-1		Baker (44)
1974-75	Tue Oct 29, 1974	Coventry City	H	1-1		McCann (5)
	Mon Apr 21, 1975	Grantham Town	A	1-0	London Road	Lyall (67)
1975-76	Mon Apr 26, 1976	Don Revie's All-Stars	H	3-2		McKenzie (16, 30), Barrett (40)
1976-77	Mon May 09, 1977	Derby County	A	0-1	Baseball Ground
1977-78	Mon Sep 12, 1977	Leicester City	H	0-0
	Mon Oct 17, 1977	Sheffield United	A	6-1	Bramall Lane	Burns (?), Withe (?, ?, ?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
	Mon Nov 14, 1977	Hartlepool United	A	2-2	Victoria Park	Burns (?), Woodcock (?)
	Mon Apr 03, 1978	Derby County	A	2-1	Baseball Ground	Lloyd (23), Bowyer (37)
	Wed Apr 12, 1978	Notts County	A	1-1	Meadow Lane	O'Hare (?)
	Mon May 01, 1978	Derby County	H	2-1		McGovern (?, ?)
1978-79	Mon Sep 04, 1978	Mansfield Town	A	6-0	Field Mill	O'Neill (?, ?), Woodcock (?, ?), Needham (?), Robertson (?)
	Mon Feb 19, 1979	Exeter City	A	5-0	St. James Park (Exeter)	Woodcock (?, 43, 44), Anderson (57), Bowyer (73)
	Wed Feb 21, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-0	Marriots Stadium
	Fri May 11, 1979	Southampton	A	4-1	The Dell	Bowyer (?, ?), Birtles (?), Mills (?)
1979-80	Mon Nov 12, 1979	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	Home Park	Francis (52), Woodcock (69)
	Wed Apr 16, 1980	Lincoln City	A	1-2	Sincil Bank	O'Hare (44)
	Fri May 16, 1980	Leicester City	H	0-0
1980-81	Thu May 07, 1981	Notts County	H	3-1		Ward (?, ?), Needham (?)
1981-82	Wed May 19, 1982	Burton Albion	A	7-1	Eton Park	Fashanu (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?)
1982-83	Wed Oct 20, 1982	Leicester City	A	2-1	Filbert Street	Robertson (? pen), Fairclough (?)
	Mon Apr 25, 1983	Gateshead	A	3-1	Gateshead International Stadium	Wigley (60), Proctor (78), Wilson (85)
1983-84	Tue Oct 11, 1983	Derby County	A	2-2	Baseball Ground	Davenport (77), Fashanu (84)
1984-85	Tue Feb 26, 1985	Notts County	A	2-1	Meadow Lane	Birtles (44), Davenport (85)
	Mon Apr 29, 1985	Burton Albion	A	6-2	Eton Park	Hodge (?, ?, ? OG), Birtles (?), Walsh (?), ? (?)
	Sun May 12, 1985	All Star XI	H	-
1986-87	Tue Dec 02, 1986	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-2	Belle Vue	Osvold (?), Mills (?)
	Fri May 15, 1987	Derby County	H	1-1		Pearce (?)
1987-88	Mon Nov 30, 1987	Celtic	A	3-1	Celtic Park	Clough (13, 35), Gaynor (87)
1988-89	Sun Jul 24, 1988	Keyworth	A	8-0	Platt Lane	Rice (?, ?), Clough (?, ?), Glover (?, ?), Gaynor (?), Wilkinson (?)
1990-91	Mon May 13, 1991	Notts County	A	1-2	Meadow Lane	Crosby (?)
1995-96	Wed May 08, 1996	Newcastle United	H	6-5		Roy (2), Woan (16), Cooper (56), Jemson (61), Crossley (79), Pearce (80)
1999-00	Tue May 02, 2000	Forest European Legends	H	1-4		Walker (22)
2004-05	Mon May 16, 2005	International Select XI	H	5-4		Pearce (?), Woan (?), Gardner (?), Walker (?), Doig (?)
2007-08	Sat Jul 21, 2007	Chesterfield	A	0-0	Saltergate
2016-17	Sat Jul 23, 2016	Notts County	A	2-1	Meadow Lane	Osborn (57), Paterson (77)