1989–90 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest F.C. 1989–90 football season

Nottingham Forest F.C.

1989–90 season

Manager

Winners

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

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

Squad

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	£669,000
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

First Division

Main article: 1989–90 Football League

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

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

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

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

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Derby County

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

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

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

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Charlton Athletic

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

Coventry City v Nottingham Forest

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

Wimbledon v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

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

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

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

Manchester United v Nottingham Forest

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

Manchester City v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Everton

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

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

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

Nottingham Forest v Southampton

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

Luton Town v Nottingham Forest

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

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Liverpool

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

Nottingham Forest v Millwall

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

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace

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

Nottingham Forest v Chelsea

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

Nottingham Forest v Manchester City

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

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Coventry City

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

Charlton Athletic v Nottingham Forest

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

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Wimbledon

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

Everton v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur

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

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Luton Town

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

Southampton v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

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

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

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

FA Cup

Main article: 1989–90 FA Cup

Third Round

Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

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

Main article: 1989–90 Football League Cup

Second Round

Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town

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

Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest

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

Third round

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace

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

Fourth round

Nottingham Forest v Everton

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

Fifth Round

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur

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

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

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

Semifinals

Nottingham Forest v Coventry City

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

Coventry City v Nottingham Forest

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

Final

Main article: 1990 Football League Cup Final Nottingham Forest v Oldham Athletic

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

Full Members' Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Full Members' Cup Nottingham Forest v Manchester City

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

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

22 December 1989 Third Round	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
				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

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Rivalries	Nottingham derby Derby County rivalry (Brian Clough Trophy) Leicester City rivalry

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National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Fulham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Notts County Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham York City

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