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1979–80 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was Nottingham Forest's 115th year in existence and third campaign consecutive in the First Division.

Summary

During summer chairman Stuart M. Dryden reinforced the squad with several players, Left-back Frank Clark announced his retirement and the club bought Frank Gray to cover the spot after bought from Leeds United in £500,000.[1] With the team plummeting to mid-table the club loaned in Forward Charlie George from Southampton F.C. who only played 4 matches [2] and failed to reinforce the offensive line already weakened after the departure of Tonny Woodcock to 1.FC Köln[3] and the injury of Trevor Francis. For replacing Archie Gemmill in midfield, the club bought Asa Hartford from Manchester City only to be a failure in three matches played being sold to Everton F.C.[4] Also, for the second half of the season arrived midfielder Stan Bowles from Queen's Park Rangers[5] but the transfer did not work out owing to differences between Bowles and manager Clough. The squad already playing four tournaments resented the disappointing of new arrivals in League finishing on a 5th spot.

The club refused to play the Intercontinental Cup against Paraguayan side and Copa Libertadores Champion Club Olimpia.[6] Meanwhile in FA Cup the team was eliminated by Liverpool F.C. in fourth round. On the contrary, in League Cup the squad advance to the Final being defeated 0–1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers by a single goal. However, the squad won its first European Super Cup with a 2–1 aggregate score after two legs against FC Barcelona.[7] In the European Cup as the holders, the club which advanced again to the Final and clinched its second successive title after defeating 1–0 West German side Hamburg SV in spite of being reinforced in midfield by ex-Liverpool fan favourite Kevin Keegan.[8]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

Competitions

A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1979–80 season.[9][10][11]

First Division

League table

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Transferred in on 18 August 1979
  2. ^ Transferred in on 18 August 1979
  3. ^ Transferred in on 22 December 1979
  4. ^ Transferred out on 18 April 1979
  5. ^ Transferred out on 25 August 1979
  6. ^ Transferred out on 17 November 1979
  7. ^ Transferred out on 9 May 1980
  8. ^ Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1979–80 European Cup winners.
  9. ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1979–80 Football League Cup winners.

Results by round

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1980-81 European Cup;   = 1980-81 UEFA Cup;   = 1980–81 Second Division

Matches

League Cup

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

FA Cup

Third round

Fourth round

European Cup

Round of 32

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

UEFA Super Cup

Statistics

Players statistics

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Notes

  1. ^ Rescheduled from 15 December 1979
  2. ^ Match rescheduled from 12 April 1980
  3. ^ Match rescheduled from 7 April 1980
  4. ^ Match rescheduled from 15 March 1980
  5. ^ The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1979–80 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1979–80 are not included. Includes all competitive matches.

References

  1. ^ "Leeds United: Season 1973 – 1974: Division One". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ Brown, Jim (20 October 2006). "Charlie George's brief Highfield Road career". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Career Stats – Tony Woodcock". Neil Brown.Newcastle Fans.com.
  4. ^ "City heroes: Asa Hartford". Manchester Evening News. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Stan Bowles: 'Clough, Brooking, Eriksson... I don't rate any of them'". The Independent. 13 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. ^ BBC Sports 13 December 2010 – World Club Cup deserves respect, access date: 1 December 2013
  7. ^ "Burns' night for Forest". UEFA. March 1980. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  8. ^ ""Nottingham Forest 1979/80" uefa.com".
  9. ^ "1977–1978". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. ^ Smales, Ken (1991). Forest – The First 125 Years. Nottingham: Temple Printing. ISBN 978-1870010092.
  11. ^ Attaway, Pete (2010). Nottingham Forest: Brian Clough and His Legacy - A Complete Record 1975 - 2010. Southend-on-Sea: Desert Island Book. ISBN 978-1905328833.
  12. ^ "Matchdetails from Nottingham Forest – Liverpool played on Tuesday 22 January 1980 – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".