SEASON: 1981-82
- 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)
TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1981-82
SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- GAME COUNTS
- 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%
GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ 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 |
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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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- 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)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 13
- Yellow Cards:
- 11
- Red Cards:
- 1   (Ian Wallace)
- Own goals (for):
- 0   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 1   (scored by us for opponents)   (Bryn Gunn)
- Penalties scored:
- 4
- Penalties conceded:
- 1
- Penalties missed:
- 1
- Penalties saved:
- 3
GAMES
 
Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League
FA Cup
League Cup
County Cup
Pre-Season Friendly
Friendly
Testimonial
Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 02, 1982 | Wrexham | 3 | H | 1-3 | 15,649 | Proctor (2') |
League Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Leg | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Tue Oct 06, 1981 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | A | 3-2 | 14,330 | Wallace (14', 16'), Proctor (57') | |
Wed Oct 28, 1981 | Birmingham City | 2 | 2 | H | 2-1 | 16,316 | Needham (8'), Robertson (74') | |
Wed Nov 11, 1981 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | A | 1-0 | 14,752 | Fashanu (23') | ||
Wed Dec 02, 1981 | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | H | 2-0 | 12,244 | Wallace (46'), Rober (55') | ||
Mon Jan 18, 1982 | Tottenham Hotspur | Quarter | A | 0-1 | 31,192 |
County Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tue May 18, 1982 | Notts County | Final | H | 7-1 | 3,970 | Gray (?, ?), Proctor (?, ?), Robertson (?), Wallace (?), Davenport (?) |
Pre-Season Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tue Aug 11, 1981 | Linfield Athletic | Northern Ireland | A | 5-1 | 5,422 | Robertson (?), Ward (?, ?, ?), Wallace (?) |
Thu Aug 20, 1981 | Osasuna | Spain | A | 2-1 | 14,000 | Needham (75'), Walsh (80') |
Fri Aug 21, 1981 | Real Zaragoza | Spain | A | 1-1 | 36,000 | Proctor (37') |
Tue Aug 25, 1981 | Napoli | Italy | A | 0-0 | 50,482 |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sun Oct 11, 1981 | Vancouver Whitecaps | Canada | H | 2-2 | 6,772 | Proctor (?), Hodge (?) |
Tue Oct 13, 1981 | Valerengen | Norway | A | 2-1 | 14,150 | Fashanu (?), Wallace (?) |
Wed Nov 04, 1981 | Grantham Town | England | A | 5-2 | 1,400 | Hodge (?, ?, ?), Proctor (?), Ward (27') |
Tue Dec 29, 1981 | Rotherham United | England | N | 0-2 | - | |
Mon Jan 04, 1982 | Luton Town | England | H | 5-1 | 2,567 | Ward (?, ?), Wallace (?), Walsh (?), Gray (?) |
Fri Jan 15, 1982 | Torquay United | England | A | 1-2 | 2,266 | Ward (10') |
Tue Jan 26, 1982 | Scunthorpe United | England | A | 2-1 | 4,129 | Proctor (?), Wallace (?) |
Fri Mar 05, 1982 | Norwich City | England | A | 1-1 | - | Anderson (?) |
Sat May 22, 1982 | Kuwait XI | Kuwait | A | 1-1 | 7,000 | Fashanu (?) |
Testimonial
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Wed May 19, 1982 | Burton Albion | England | A | 7-1 | 1,800 | Fashanu (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (2) - £875,000 | Out (6) - £1,135,000 | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Aug 18, 1981 | Justin Fashanu | Bought | £875,000 | Jurgen Rober | Sold | May 01, 1982 | Peter Davenport | Bought | Free | 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) | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | 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 | Trevor Francis | England | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
GOALSCORERS
Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens) | Player | 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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |