1989–90 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest F.C.
1989–90 season
Manager	Brian Clough
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Winners
Full Members Cup	Third round ; (Northern Area)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Steve Hodge (10); All: ; Hodge (14)
Highest home attendance	26,766 v Aston Villa; (19 August 1989)
Lowest home attendance	16,437 v Southampton; (17 December 1989)
Average home league attendance	20,606
	Home colours
	Home colours

This article documents the 1989–90 season of football club Nottingham Forest F.C.

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley
—	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott
—	GK	ENG	Steve Sutton
—	DF	ENG	Brian Laws
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Pearce (c)
—	DF	ENG	Des Walker
—	DF	ENG	Colin Foster
—	DF	ENG	Darren Wassall
—	DF	ENG	Brett Williams
—	DF	ENG	Steve Chettle
—	DF	ENG	Sean Dyche
—	DF	ENG	Gary Charles
—	MF	SCO	Brian Rice
—	FW	ENG	Nigel Clough
—	MF	ENG	Gary Crosby


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Steve Hodge
—	MF	ISL	Þorvaldur Örlygsson
—	MF	ENG	Garry Parker
—	DF	SCO	Terry Wilson
—	MF	SCO	Scot Gemmill
—	DF	ENG	John Sheridan
—	MF	ENG	Steve Stone
—	MF	ENG	Ian Woan
—	MF	ENG	Franz Carr
—	FW	ENG	Nigel Jemson
—	FW	ENG	Lee Chapman
—	FW	ENG	David Currie
—	FW	IRL	Tommy Gaynor
—	FW	SCO	Lee Glover
—	FW	ENG	Phil Starbuck

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	John Sheridan	Leeds United	£650,000
MF	Þorvaldur Örlygsson	Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar	£175,000
MF	Antony John Loughlan
MF	Scot Gemmill

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Neil Webb	Manchester United	£1,500,000
DF	Gary Fleming	Manchester City	£150,000
FW	Lee Glover	Barnsley F.C.	loan
MF	Franz Carr	Sheffield Wednesday	loan
FW	Nigel Jemson	Preston North End	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Nigel Jemson	Preston North End	loan ended
MF	Franz Carr	Sheffield Wednesday	loan ended
MF	Ian Woan	Runcorn	£80,000^[3]
DF	David Currie	Barnsley F.C.	£725,000

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Lee Chapman	Leeds United	£400,000
DF	Colin Foster	West Ham United	£750,000
DF	John Sheridan	Sheffield Wednesday	£438,000

Competitions

^[4]

First Division

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Southampton	38	15	10	13	71	63	+8	55
8	Wimbledon	38	13	16	9	47	40	+7	55
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	9	14	55	47	+8	54
10	Norwich City	38	13	14	11	44	42	+2	53
11	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	11	14	45	44	+1	50

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W
Position	10	15	16	12	13	15	18	12	9	8	9	10	12	11	7	10	11	10	10	8	9	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	7	7	9	11	11	8	12	10	9

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1989/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions, Qualified to the 1990-91 European Cup; = Qualified to the 1990-91 UEFA Cup; = Relegated to Second Division

Matches

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19 August 1989 1	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
	Parker 58'	^[6]	8' Mountfield	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,766

23 August 1989 2	Norwich City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
	Gordon	^[7]	Chapman	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,267

26 August 1989 3	Millwall	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey
	Carter	^[8]		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,140

30 August 1989 4	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Derby County	West Bridgford
	Crosby Pearce	^[9]	Hodge o.g.'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,060

9 September 1989 5	Chelsea	2–2	Nottingham Forest	London
	Durie Dixon	^[10]	Chapman	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 21,523

16 September 1989 6	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford
	Parker	^[11]	Merson Marwood	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,216

23 September 1989 7	Crystal Palace	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Croydon
	Wright	^[12]		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,899

30 September 1989 8	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Charlton Athletic	West Bridgford
	Laws Chapman	^[13]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,819

14 October 1989 9	Coventry City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
		^[14]	Crosby Rice	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,722

21 October 1989 10	Wimbledon	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Wimbledon
	Young	^[15]	Hodge Parker Pearce	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 5,184

28 October 1989 11	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
	Crosby Chapman	^[16]	Sinton Wright	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,442

4 November 1989 12	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
		^[17]	Wilson	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,864

12 November 1989 13	Manchester United	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Manchester
	Pallister	^[18]		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 34,182

18 November 1989 14	Manchester City	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Moss Side
		^[19]	Clough pen.' Rice	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 26,238

25 November 1989 15	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Everton	West Bridgford
	Clough pen.'	^[20]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,709

2 December 1989 16	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
	Olney Platt	^[21]	Chapman	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 25,575

9 December 1989 17	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Norwich City	West Bridgford
		^[22]	Bowen	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,939

17 December 1989 18	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Southampton	West Bridgford
	Hodge Chapman	^[23]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,437

26 December 1989 19	Luton Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Luton
	Cooke	^[24]	Hodge	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,754

30 December 1989 20	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Tottenham
	Lineker	^[25]	Clough Crosby Parker	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,401

1 January 1990 21	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Liverpool	West Bridgford
	Hodge Clough	^[26]	Rush	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24.518

13 January 1990 22	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Millwall	West Bridgford
	Clough Laws Hodge	^[27]	Sheringham	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,065

20 January 1990 23	Derby County	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Derby
		^[28]	Hodge Jemson	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 24,176

3 February 1990 24	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Crystal Palace	West Bridgford
	Clough Hodge Jemson	^[29]	Salako	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,739

17 February 1990 25	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Chelsea	West Bridgford
	Örlygsson	^[30]	Roberts	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,500

3 March 1990 26	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Manchester City	West Bridgford
	Örlygsson	^[31]	Crosby	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,644

7 March 1990 27	Arsenal	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Islington
	Groves Adams Campbell	^[32]		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,879

10 March 1990 28	Nottingham Forest	2–4	Coventry City	West Bridgford
	Currie Laws	^[33]	Gallacher Speedie Drinkell	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,750

17 March 1990 29	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Croydon
	Williams	^[34]	Hodge	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 6,690

24 March 1990 30	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush
	Sinton Barker	^[35]		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,653

31 March 1990 31	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Wimbledon	West Bridgford
		^[36]	Wise	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,821

4 April 1990 32	Everton	4–0	Nottingham Forest	Walton
	Cottee Whiteside	^[37]		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 17,795

7 April 1990 33	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bridgford
	Hodge	^[38]	Stewart Allen	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,669

14 April 1990 34	Liverpool	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool
	Rosenthal McMahon	^[39]	Hodge Jemson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,265

16 April 1990 35	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Luton Town	West Bridgford
	Carr Parker Clough	^[40]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,001

21 April 1990 36	Southampton	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Southampton
	Wallace	^[41]		Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 17,006

2 May 1990 37	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Manchester United	West Bridgford
	Parker Pearce Clough Chettle	^[42]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,186

5 May 1990 38	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
		^[43]	Pearce Jemson	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 29,762

FA Cup

Third Round

7 January 1990	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Manchester United	Nottingham
15:05 GMT		Report	54' Robins	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,072 Referee: Lester Shapter

League Cup

Second Round

20 September 1989 1	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Nottingham
	Crosby 9'	^[44]	O'Doherty 29'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,976

20 September 1989 2	Huddersfield Town	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.)	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
	Maskell 37', ?' Cecere 79'	^[45]	Gaynor 30' Crosby Clough	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 13,262
Note: Nottingham Forest won on away goals

Third round

24 October 1989	Crystal Palace	0–0	Nottingham Forest	London
		^[46]		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,250

1 November 1989 replay	Nottingham Forest	5–0	Crystal Palace	Nottingham
		^[47]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,625

Fourth round

22 November 1989 Fourth Round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Everton	Nottingham
		^[48]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,324

Fifth Round

17 January 1990	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Nottingham
		^[49]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 30,044

24 January 1990 replay	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Nottingham Forest	London
		^[50]		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,357

Semifinals

11 February 1990 1	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Coventry City	Nottingham
		^[51]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,153

25 February 1990 2	Coventry City	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
		^[52]		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 25,900

Final

29 April 1990 Final	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Oldham Athletic	London
	Jemson	^[53]		Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 74,343

Full Members' Cup

29 November 1989 Northern Section Second Round	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Manchester City	Nottingham
		^[54]		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 9,729

22 December 1989 Third Round	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
		^[55]		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 6,530

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Division One		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Steve Sutton	40	-49	30	-40	1	-1	9	-8
	DF	ENG	Brian Laws	49	3	38	3	1	0	10	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Chettle	30	1	21+1	1	1	0	7	0
	DF	ENG	Des Walker	49	0	38	0	1	0	10	0
	DF	ENG	Stuart Pearce	45	7	34	5	1	0	10	2
	MF	ENG	Gary Crosby	45	8	34	5	1	0	10	3
	MF	ENG	Garry Parker	48	7	36+1	6	1	0	10	1
	MF	SCO	Terry Wilson	26	0	18+3	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
	MF	ENG	Steve Hodge	45	13	34	10	1	0	10	3
	FW	ENG	Nigel Jemson	24	6	17+1	4	1	0	5	2
	FW	ENG	Nigel Clough	49	12	38	9	1	0	10	3
	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley	9	-7	8	-7	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Lee Chapman	23	8	18	7	0	0	5	1
	MF	SCO	Brian Rice	21	2	15+3	2	0	0	1+2	0
	MF	ENG	Franz Carr	15	1	10+4	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ISL	Þorvaldur Örlygsson	16	1	11+1	1	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Colin Foster	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	IRL	Tommy Gaynor	13	1	5+6	0	0	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	David Currie	8	0	4+4	0
	DF	ENG	Darren Wassall	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Brett Williams	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	John Sheridan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Starbuck	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
	FW	ENG	Carl Tiler	2	0	0+2	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Charles	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Scot Gemmill	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ian Woan	0	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott
	DF	ENG	Sean Dyche
	MF	ENG	Steve Stone
	FW	SCO	Lee Glover

Source: http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1990

Notes

References

[1] "Nottm Forest Manager History | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

[2] "All Nottingham Forest players: 1990".

[3] "Ian Woan: 'Clough's magic was putting a team of misfits together'". The Guardian. 31 October 2021.

[4] "English Football League Tables 1989/1990".

[5] "Nottingham Forest - Fixtures & Results 1989/1990".

[6] "Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 1. Round)".

[7] "Norwich City - Nottingham Forest 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 2. Round)".

[8] "Millwall FC - Nottingham Forest 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 3. Round)".

[9] "Nottingham Forest - Derby County 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 4. Round)".

[10] "Chelsea FC - Nottingham Forest 2:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 5. Round)".

[11] "Nottingham Forest - Arsenal FC 1:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 6. Round)".

[12] "Crystal Palace - Nottingham Forest 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 7. Round)".

[13] "Nottingham Forest - Charlton Athletic 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 8. Round)".

[14] "Coventry City - Nottingham Forest 0:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 9. Round)".

[15] "Wimbledon FC - Nottingham Forest 1:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 10. Round)".

[16] "Nottingham Forest - Queens Park Rangers 2:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 11. Round)".

[17] "Nottingham Forest - Sheffield Wednesday 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 12. Round)".

[18] "Manchester United - Nottingham Forest 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 13. Round)".

[19] "Manchester City - Nottingham Forest 0:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 14. Round)".

[20] "Nottingham Forest - Everton FC 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 15. Round)".

[21] "Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 16. Round)".

[22] "Nottingham Forest - Norwich City 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 17. Round)".

[23] "Nottingham Forest - Southampton FC 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 18. Round)".

[24] "Luton Town - Nottingham Forest 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 19. Round)".

[25] "Tottenham Hotspur - Nottingham Forest 2:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 20. Round)".

[26] "Nottingham Forest - Liverpool FC 2:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 21. Round)".

[27] "Nottingham Forest - Millwall FC 3:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 22. Round)".

[28] "Derby County - Nottingham Forest 0:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 23. Round)".

[29] "Nottingham Forest - Crystal Palace 3:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 24. Round)".

[30] "Nottingham Forest - Chelsea FC 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 26. Round)".

[31] "Nottingham Forest - Manchester City 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 28. Round)".

[32] "Arsenal FC - Nottingham Forest 3:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 25. Round)".

[33] "Nottingham Forest - Coventry City 2:4 (Premier League 1989/1990, 29. Round)".

[34] "Charlton Athletic - Nottingham Forest 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 30. Round)".

[35] "Queens Park Rangers - Nottingham Forest 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 31. Round)".

[36] "Nottingham Forest - Wimbledon FC 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 32. Round)".

[37] "Everton FC - Nottingham Forest 4:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 27. Round)".

[38] "Nottingham Forest - Tottenham Hotspur 1:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 33. Round)".

[39] "Liverpool FC - Nottingham Forest 2:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 34. Round)".

[40] "Nottingham Forest - Luton Town 3:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 35. Round)".

[41] "Southampton FC - Nottingham Forest 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 36. Round)".

[42] "Nottingham Forest - Manchester United 4:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 37. Round)".

[43] "Sheffield Wednesday - Nottingham Forest 0:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 38. Round)".

[44] "Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town, 20 September 1989".

[45] "Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest, 03 October 1989".

[46] "Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest, 24 October 1989".

[47] "Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace, 01 November 1989".

[48] "Nottingham Forest v Everton, 22 November 1989".

[49] "Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur, 17 January 1990".

[50] "Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest, 24 January 1990".

[51] "Nottingham Forest v Coventry City, 11 February 1990".

[52] "Coventry City v Nottingham Forest, 25 February 1990".

[53] "Nottingham Forest v Oldham Athletic, 29 April 1990".

[54] "Nottingham Forest v Manchester City, 29 November 1989".

[55] "Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest, 22 December 1989".

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