Nottingham
Forest 
Season 1974 - 1975
Final Division 2 Table:
| - | - | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||
| - | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | G Ave | |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 61 | 2.23 |
| 2 | Aston Villa (P) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 81 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 2.53 |
| 3 | Norwich City (P) | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 53 | 1.57 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 1.86 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 50 | 1.42 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 45 | 1.28 |
| 7 | Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 1.15 |
| 8 | Hull City | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 44 | 0.75 |
| 9 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 1.12 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 42 | 1.10 |
| 11 | Oxford United | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 0.80 |
| 12 | Orient | 42 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 0.72 |
| 13 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 41 | 0.98 |
| 14 | Notts County | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 49 | 59 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 0.83 |
| 15 | York City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 55 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 38 | 0.93 |
| 16 | FOREST | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 38 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 37 | 0.81 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 48 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 0.83 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 35 | 0.65 |
| 20 | Millwall (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 32 | 0.78 |
| 21 | Cardiff City (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 62 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 32 | 0.58 |
| 22 | Sheffield Weds (R) | 42 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 64 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 21 | 0.45 |
League Cup: 2nd Round
FA Cup: 4th Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Viv Anderson | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Ian Bowyer | 30 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 L : 1 LC | 7 |
| Barry Butlin | 29 | - | 5 | 1 | 7 L | 7 |
| Sammy Chapman | 31 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| John Cottam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 L | 1 |
| Miah Dennehy | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 L | 3 |
| John Galley | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Paddy Greenwood | 15 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Tommy Jackson | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 L | 1 |
| Dave Jones | 36 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 L : 1 FA | 2 |
| George Lyall | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 L (4p) | 7 (4p) |
| Jim McCann | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John McGovern | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jimmy McIntosh | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Neil Martin | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 L : 2 FA | 12 |
| John Middleton | 28 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| John O'Hare | 10 | - | - | - | 2 L | 2 |
| Liam O'Kane | 41 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Martin O'Neill | 16 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Dennis Peacock | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Richardson | 37 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 L | 4 |
| John Robertson | 17 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 FA | 1 |
| Dave Serella | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tony Woodcock | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Own goals | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Legend | Green = Scorer | * = player substituted | & = Own Goal | ||||||||||||||
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| Teams for Friendlies not known | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponents | Comp | H/A | W/D/L | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Sub used |
| 03/08/74 | Port Vale | F | A | W | 3-1 | Peacock | O'Kane | Anderson | Chapman | Serella | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin | O'Neill | Woodcock* | *Bowyer |
| 06/08/74 | Walsall | F | A | D | 1-1 | Peacock | Anderson | Dulson* | Chapman | Serella | Richardson | Dennehy* | Lyall p | Martin | O'Neill | Bowyer | *Woodcock |
| 10/08/74 | Leicester C | F | H | L | 1-3 | Peacock | Serella | O'Kane | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin | O'Neill | Bowyer | - |
| 17/08/74 | Bristol C | L | H | D | 0-0 | Peacock | O'Kane | Richardson | Chapman | Cottam | Jones | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin* | Robertson | Bowyer | *Woodcock |
| 19/08/74 | Millwall | L | A | L | 0-3 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Galley* | Robertson | Woodcock | *Bowyer |
| 24/08/74 | Portsmouth | L | A | L | 0-2 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones* | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Galley | Woodcock | Jackson | *Serella |
| 27/08/74 | Millwall | L | H | W | 2-1 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Galley* | Martin | Jackson | *Bowyer |
| 31/08/74 | Oxford U | L | H | L | 1-2 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Serella | Richardson | Jackson* | Lyall | Martin | Bowyer | Dennehy | *Galley |
| 06/09/74 | Man U | L | A | D | 2-2 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin* | Bowyer | O'Neill | *Serella |
| 10/09/74 | Newcastle U | FLC2 | H | D | 1-1 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Galley | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 14/09/74 | Hull C | L | H | W | 4-0 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin 2 | Bowyer* | O'Neill | *Robertson |
| 17/09/74 | Portsmouth | L | H | L | 1-2 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Cottam | Robertson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin | Bowyer | O'Neill* | *Jackson |
| 21/09/74 | Sheff W | L | A | W | 3-2 | Peacock | Anderson | Jones | O'Kane | Serella | Jackson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin 2 | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 25/09/74 | Newcastle U | FLC2r | A | L | 0-3 | Peacock | Anderson | Jones | O'Kane | Serella | Jackson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin* | Bowyer | O'Neill | *Richardson |
| 28/09/74 | Sunderland | L | H | D | 1-1 | Peacock | Anderson | Jones | O'Kane | Serella | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall (p) | Martin | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 02/10/74 | Aston Villa | L | A | L | 0-3 | Peacock | Anderson | Jones | O'Kane | Serella | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Butlin | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 05/10/74 | Southampton | L | A | W | 1-0 | Peacock | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Dennehy | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer | Jackson | - |
| 12/10/74 | Norwich C | L | H | L | 1-3 | Peacock | O'Kane | Jones | Chapman | Greenwood | Richardson | Dennehy | Bowyer | Martin* | Butlin | Jackson | *Lyall |
| 19/10/74 | WBA | L | A | W | 1-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Dennehy | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer* | Lyall | *Jackson |
| 26/10/74 | Bristol R | L | H | W | 1-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Serella | Jones | Richardson* | Dennehy | Martin | Butlin | Lyall | Jackson | *Woodcock |
| 29/10/74 | Coventry C | F | H | D | 1-1 | Peacock | Greenwood | Anderson | Dulson | Cottam | Jones | Dennehy | Jackson | Middleton | McCann | Lyall | - |
| 02/11/74 | Bolton W | L | A | L | 0-2 | Peacock | O'Kane | Greenwood | Serella | Jones | Richardson | Jackson | Lyall | Martin* | Butlin | Dennehy | *Anderson |
| 09/11/74 | Oldham A | L | H | W | 1-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Cottam | Jones | Jackson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin | Butlin | O'Neill | - |
| 16/11/74 | Cardiff C | L | A | L | 1-2 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood* | Chapman | Jones | Jackson | Dennehy | Lyall | Martin | Butlin | O'Neill | *Richardson |
| 23/11/74 | York C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Jackson* | Lyall | Martin | Bowyer | Dennehy | *Butlin |
| 30/11/74 | Orient | L | A | D | 1-1 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Jackson | Butlin | Martin* | Bowyer | Dennehy | *Cottam |
| 07/12/74 | Fulham | L | H | D | 1-1 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Jackson* | Dennehy | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer | Richardson | *Woodcock |
| 14/12/74 | Bristol C | L | A | L | 0-1 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Dennehy | Butlin | Martin* | Bowyer | O'Neill | *Robertson |
| 21/12/74 | Blackpool | L | H | D | 0-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood* | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Dennehy | Lyall | Butlin | Bowyer | O'Neill | *McIntosh |
| 26/12/74 | Hull C | L | A | W | 3-1 | Middleton | Serella | O'Kane | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | McIntosh | Martin 2 | Butlin | Bowyer | Lyall | - |
| 28/12/74 | Notts C | L | H | L | 0-2 | Middleton | Serella | O'Kane | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | McIntosh* | Butlin | Martin | Bowyer | Lyall | *Dennehy |
| Allan Brown sacked as manager - Bill Anderson appointed caretaker | |||||||||||||||||
| 04/01/75 | Tottenham H | FAC3 | H | D | 1-1 | Middleton | Anderson* | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | O'Kane | Dennehy | Lyall | Butlin | Bowyer | Richardson | *Martin |
| Brian Clough appointed manager | |||||||||||||||||
| 08/01/75 | Tottenham H | FAC3r | A | W | 1-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood* | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Lyall | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer | O'Neill | *Cottam |
| 11/01/75 | Fulham | L | A | W | 1-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson | Lyall | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 18/01/75 | Orient | L | H | D | 2-2 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Jones | Richardson 2 | Lyall | Martin | Butlin | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 28/01/75 | Fulham | FAC4 | A | D | 0-0 | Middleton | O'Kane | Greenwood | Chapman | Cottam | Robertson | Lyall | Butlin | Martin | Bowyer | O'Neill | - |
| 01/02/75 | Oldham A | L | A | L | 0-2 | Middleton | O'Kane | ||||||||||