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SEASON: 1974-75

Prev Season: 1973-74
This Season: 1974-75
Next Season: 1975-76

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Allan Brown, Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Fulham (H) 1-2)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Newcastle United (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Neil Martin (12 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	21 times	9 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	15 times	12 times	7 times	1 time
Won By	11 times	1 time		1 time
Lost By	8 times	6 times	4 times

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	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Manchester United (2-2), Manchester United (0-1)
2		2	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Sunderland (0-0)
3		3	2	-	-	2	3	6	0	Norwich City (1-3), Aston Villa (2-3)
4		4	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Sunderland (1-1), Norwich City (0-3)
5		5	2	2	-	-	4	1	4	West Bromwich Albion (1-0), Hull City (3-1)
6		6	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Blackpool (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (2-1)
7		7	2	1	-	1	1	3	2	Aston Villa (0-3), Bristol Rovers (1-0)
8	7	8	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Bristol City (0-1)
9	10	9	4	-	2	2	4	6	2	Oxford United (1-2), Blackpool (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (2-3), Oxford United (1-1)
10	31	10	3	1	1	1	6	4	3	Hull City (4-0), Notts County (0-2), Notts County (2-2)
11	27	11	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Fulham (1-0)
12	16	12	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Southampton (0-0)
13	51	13	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	York City (2-1)
14	31	14	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Millwall (2-1)
15	19	15	4	-	3	1	4	6	3	Bolton Wanderers (0-2), Leyton Orient (1-1), Fulham (1-1), Leyton Orient (2-2)
16	28	16	3	2	1	-	5	3	5	Sheffield Wednesday (3-2), Southampton (1-0), York City (1-1)
17	22	17	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Oldham Athletic (1-0)
18	7	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	4	19	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Millwall (0-3)
20		20	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Bristol Rovers (2-4)
21	3	21	5	-	1	4	2	8	1	Portsmouth (0-2), Portsmouth (1-2), Cardiff City (1-2), Oldham Athletic (0-2), Cardiff City (0-0)
22		22	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Bristol City (0-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,013
Lowest League Attendance:: 9,534
Average League Attendance:: 17,639
Highest Cup Attendance:: 23,355
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 14,183

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 15
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 (1974-75)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								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	Manchester United	42	26	9	7	66	30	17	3	1	45	12	9	6	6	21	18	2.200	61	Promoted as Champions	0-1	2-2
2	Aston Villa	42	25	8	9	79	32	16	4	1	47	6	9	4	8	32	26	2.469	58	Promoted	2-3	0-3
3	Norwich City	42	20	13	9	58	37	14	3	4	34	17	6	10	5	24	20	1.568	53	Promoted	1-3	0-3
4	Sunderland	42	19	13	10	65	35	14	6	1	41	8	5	7	9	24	27	1.857	51		1-1	0-0
5	Bristol City	42	21	8	13	47	33	14	5	2	31	10	7	3	11	16	23	1.424	50		0-0	0-1
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	54	42	13	4	4	33	15	5	5	11	21	27	1.286	45		2-1	1-0
7	Blackpool	42	14	17	11	38	33	12	6	3	31	17	2	11	8	7	16	1.152	45		0-0	0-0
8	Hull City	42	15	14	13	40	53	12	8	1	25	10	3	6	12	15	43	.755	44		4-0	3-1
9	Fulham	42	13	16	13	44	39	9	8	4	29	17	4	8	9	15	22	1.128	42		1-1	1-0
10	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	12	15	45	41	9	7	5	27	16	6	5	10	18	25	1.098	42		2-3	0-2
11	Oxford United	42	15	12	15	41	51	14	3	4	30	19	1	9	11	11	32	.804	42		1-2	1-1
12	Leyton Orient	42	11	20	11	28	39	8	9	4	17	16	3	11	7	11	23	.718	42		2-2	1-1
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	53	54	10	6	5	29	20	5	5	11	24	34	.981	41		0-0	1-0
14	Notts County	42	12	16	14	49	59	7	11	3	34	26	5	5	11	15	33	.831	40		0-2	2-2
15	York City	42	14	10	18	51	55	9	7	5	28	18	5	3	13	23	37	.927	38		2-1	1-1
16	Nottingham Forest	42	12	14	16	43	55	7	7	7	24	23	5	7	9	19	32	.782	38
17	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	44	54	9	7	5	28	20	3	6	12	16	34	.815	37		1-2	0-2
18	Oldham Athletic	42	10	15	17	40	48	10	7	4	28	16	0	8	13	12	32	.833	35		1-0	0-2
19	Bristol Rovers	42	12	11	19	42	64	10	4	7	25	23	2	7	12	17	41	.656	35		1-0	2-4
20	Millwall	42	10	12	20	44	56	8	9	4	31	19	2	3	16	13	37	.786	32	Relegated	2-1	0-3
21	Cardiff City	42	9	14	19	36	62	7	8	6	24	21	2	6	13	12	41	.581	32	Relegated	0-0	1-2
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	5	11	26	29	64	3	7	11	17	29	2	4	15	12	35	.453	21	Relegated	1-0	3-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Allan Brown
1	Sat Aug 17, 1974	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	-	15
2	Mon Aug 19, 1974	Millwall	A	0-3	Loss	-	16
3	Sat Aug 24, 1974	Portsmouth	A	0-2	Loss	11,347	21
4	Tue Aug 27, 1974	Millwall	H	2-1	Win	-	11	Martin (?), Bowyer (?)
5	Sat Aug 31, 1974	Oxford United	H	1-2	Loss	-	18	Bowyer (?)
6	Sat Sep 07, 1974	Manchester United	A	2-2	Draw	40,671	17	Cottam (?), Bowyer (?)
7	Sat Sep 14, 1974	Hull City	H	4-0	Win	-	13	Lyall (?), Martin (?, ?), O'Neill (?)
8	Tue Sep 17, 1974	Portsmouth	H	1-2	Loss	9,534	13	Jones (?)
9	Sat Sep 21, 1974	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-2	Win	-	10	Martin (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1974	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	-	14	Lyall (?)
11	Wed Oct 02, 1974	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	20,357	14
12	Sat Oct 05, 1974	Southampton	A	1-0	Win	15,703	10	Jackson (?)
13	Sat Oct 12, 1974	Norwich City	H	1-3	Loss	-	12	Butlin (?)
14	Sat Oct 19, 1974	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	Win	-	10	Richardson (?)
15	Sat Oct 26, 1974	Bristol Rovers	H	1-0	Win	-	8	Martin (?)
16	Sat Nov 02, 1974	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	-	13
17	Sat Nov 09, 1974	Oldham Athletic	H	1-0	Win	-	9	Dennehy (?)
18	Sat Nov 16, 1974	Cardiff City	A	1-2	Loss	-	14	Martin (?)
19	Sat Nov 23, 1974	York City	H	2-1	Win	-	11	Richardson (?), Bowyer (?)
20	Sat Nov 30, 1974	Leyton Orient	A	1-1	Draw	-	10	Bowyer (?)
21	Sat Dec 07, 1974	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	-	11	Martin (?)
22	Sat Dec 14, 1974	Bristol City	A	0-1	Loss	-	13
23	Sat Dec 21, 1974	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	-	13
24	Thu Dec 26, 1974	Hull City	A	3-1	Win	-	11	Martin (?, ?), Butlin (?)
25	Sat Dec 28, 1974	Notts County	H	0-2	Loss	25,013	13
Manager: Brian Clough
26	Sat Jan 11, 1975	Fulham	A	1-0	Win	-	11	Butlin (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1975	Leyton Orient	H	2-2	Draw	-	9	Richardson (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 01, 1975	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	-	13
29	Sat Feb 08, 1975	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-3	Loss	-	14	Dennehy (?, ?)
30	Fri Feb 14, 1975	York City	A	1-1	Draw	-	12	Lyall (?)
31	Sat Feb 22, 1975	Cardiff City	H	0-0	Draw	-	15
32	Fri Feb 28, 1975	Oxford United	A	1-1	Draw	-	14	Lyall (?)
33	Sat Mar 08, 1975	Aston Villa	H	2-3	Loss	20,205	15	O'Hare (?), Butlin (?)
34	Sat Mar 15, 1975	Sunderland	A	0-0	Draw	-	15
35	Sat Mar 22, 1975	Manchester United	H	0-1	Loss	21,893	16
36	Tue Mar 25, 1975	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	20,303	16	Lyall (?), Butlin (?)
37	Sat Mar 29, 1975	Blackpool	A	0-0	Draw	-	16
38	Tue Apr 01, 1975	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	-	15	Lyall (?)
39	Sat Apr 05, 1975	Bristol Rovers	A	2-4	Loss	-	17	Lyall (?), O'Hare (?)
40	Sat Apr 12, 1975	Southampton	H	0-0	Draw	11,554	16
41	Sat Apr 19, 1975	Norwich City	A	0-3	Loss	-	17
42	Sat Apr 26, 1975	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	Win	-	16	Butlin (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Allan Brown
Sat Jan 04, 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	3			H	1-1	Draw	23,355	Jones (?)
Manager: Brian Clough
Wed Jan 08, 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	3	Y	1	A	1-0	Win	27,996	Martin (?)
Tue Jan 28, 1975	Fulham	4			A	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Feb 03, 1975	Fulham	4	Y	1	H	1-1	Draw	-	Martin (?)
Wed Feb 05, 1975	Fulham	4	Y	2	A	1-1	Draw	-	Robertson (?)
Mon Feb 10, 1975	Fulham	4	Y	3	H	1-2	Loss	-	Chapman (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Allan Brown
Tue Sep 10, 1974	Newcastle United	2			H	1-1	Draw	14,183	Bowyer (?)
Wed Sep 25, 1974	Newcastle United	2	Y	1	A	0-3	Loss	26,228

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Brian Clough
Thu May 08, 1975	Notts County	Final	H	0-1	Loss	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Allan Brown
Sat Aug 03, 1974	Port Vale	England	A	3-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Aug 06, 1974	Walsall	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Sat Aug 10, 1974	Leicester City	England	H	1-3	Loss	-	? (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Allan Brown
Tue Oct 29, 1974	Coventry City	England	H	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Manager: Brian Clough
Mon Apr 14, 1975	Worksop Town	England	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Mon Apr 21, 1975	Grantham Town	England	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Mon Apr 28, 1975	Biggleswade Town	England	A	6-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (9)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bert Bowery	Bought	£2,000		David Serella	Sold
	Ian Miller	Bought			Dennis Peacock	Sold
	Jimmy McCann	Bought			Ian Miller	Sold
	Paddy Greenwood	Bought			John Galley	Sold
Aug 17, 1974	David Jones	Bought			Neil Martin	Sold
Oct 02, 1974	Barry Butlin	Bought			Tommy Jackson	Sold
Feb 01, 1975	John O'Hare	Bought		Oct 29, 1974	Garry Dulson	Sold	£5,000
Feb 22, 1975	John McGovern	Bought	£49,000	Apr 14, 1975	David Jones	Sold
				Apr 19, 1975	Miah Dennehy	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Middleton	34	9	15	10
GK		Peter Wells
Defenders
D		Garry Dulson
D		Paddy Greenwood	19	7	7	5				4
D		Viv Anderson	18	3	8	7				2	2
Midfielders
M		David Jones	41	12	14	15	2			1
M		David Serella	11	3	2	6					2
M		George Lyall	45	11	17	17	7				1
M		Ian Bowyer	39	9	17	13	7			2	2
M		Ian Miller
M		John Cottam	20	5	9	6	1				2
M		John McGovern	8		4	4
M		Liam O'Kane	48	13	18	17
M		Martin O'Neill	23	6	10	7	1			1
M		Paul Richardson	45	11	18	16	4			2	2
Forwards
F		Barry Butlin	35	10	13	12	7				1
F		Bert Bowery
F		Jim McIntosh	4	2	1	1				1	1
F		Jimmy McCann	1	1
F		John Galley	5	1	1	3				2	1
F		John O'Hare	10	1	5	4	2
F		John Robertson	24	3	11	10	1			1	3
F		Miah Dennehy	31	8	9	14	3			1	1
F		Neil Martin	34	11	13	10	12			7	2
F		Sammy Chapman	38	10	15	13	1
F		Tommy Jackson	18	7	3	8	1			3	2
F		Tony Woodcock	9	3	2	4					4

G		Dennis Peacock	16	4	4	8

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Neil Martin	34
7	Barry Butlin	35
7	George Lyall	45
7	Ian Bowyer	39
4	Paul Richardson	45
3	Miah Dennehy	31
2	David Jones	41
2	John O'Hare	10
1	John Cottam	20
1	John Robertson	24
1	Martin O'Neill	23
1	Sammy Chapman	38
1	Tommy Jackson	18

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1974-75

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Sep 14, 1974	H	4-0	Thu Dec 26, 1974	A	3-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Sep 21, 1974	A	3-2	Tue Apr 01, 1975	H	1-0
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Oct 19, 1974	A	1-0	Sat Apr 26, 1975	H	2-1