Nottingham
Forest

Season 1981 - 1982
Final Division 1 Table:
| - | - | - | Home | Away | - | ||||||||
| - | 1st year of 3 pts for Win | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 87 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 83 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 78 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 71 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 71 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 69 |
| 7 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 66 |
| 8 | Everton | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 64 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 58 |
| 10 | Manchester City | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 58 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 57 |
| 12 | FOREST | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 57 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove A | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 52 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 50 |
| 15 | Notts County | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 47 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 44 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 44 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 42 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 44 |
| 19 | Sunderland | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 44 |
| 20 | Leeds United (R) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 42 |
| 21 | Wolverhampton W (R) | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 40 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough (R) | 42 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 39 |
League Cup: 5th Round
FA Cup: 3rd Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Einar Aas | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Viv Anderson | 39 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ian Bowyer | 23 | - | - | 1 | 1 L | 1 |
| Kenny Burns | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Peter Davenport | 5 | - | - | - | 4 L | 4 |
| Chris Fairclough | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Justin Fashanu | 31 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 L : 1 LC | 4 |
| Trevor Francis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 L | 2 |
| Stuart Gray | 32 | 5 | - | 1 | 2 L | 2 |
| Bryn Gunn | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Steve Hodge | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Kendal | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John McGovern | 26 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Gary Mills | 13 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 L | 1 |
| Dave Needham | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 L : 1 LC | 3 |
| Calvin Plummer | 7 | - | - | 2 | 2 L | 2 |
| Mark Proctor | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 L : 1 LC : 1 FA | 4 |
| Jurgen Roeber | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 L : 1 LC | 4 |
| John Robertson | 36 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 L (2p) : 1 LC | 3 |
| Peter Shilton | 41 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Steve Sutton | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Wallace | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 L : 3 LC | 12 |
| Colin Walsh | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 L | 3 |
| Peter Ward | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 L (1p) | 6 |
| Willy Young | 25 | - | 1 | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Own goals | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 11/08/81 | Linfield A | F | A | W | 5-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20/08/81 | Osasuna Pamplona | F | A | W | 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21/08/81 | Real Zaragoza | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/08/81 | Napoli | F | A | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29/08/81 | Southampton | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Aas | Francis 2 | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 31/08/81 | Man U | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Aas | Francis | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 05/09/81 | Birmingham C | L | A | L | 3-4 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns* | Aas | Mills | Wallace 3 | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | *Gunn |
| 12/09/81 | WBA | L | H | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Aas | Proctor | Wallace | Fashanu | Mills* | Robertson | *Walsh |
| 19/09/81 | Stoke C | L | A | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Aas | Mills | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Walsh | - |
| 23/09/81 | Sunderland | L | H | W | 2-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Aas | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 26/09/81 | Brighton & Hove A | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Aas | Mills | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 03/10/81 | Tottenham H | L | A | L | 0-3 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson* | *Walsh |
| 06/10/81 | Birmingham C | FLC2/1 | A | W | 3-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | Aas | Burns | Gunn* | Proctor | Wallace 2 | Fashanu | Walsh | Robertson | *Mills |
| 10/10/81 | Middlesbrough | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | Mills | Aas | Gunn | Proctor | Wallace | Fashanu | Walsh* | Robertson | *McGovern |
| 11/10/81 | Vancouver White Caps | F | H | D | 2-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13/10/81 | Valerengen | F | A | W | 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17/10/81 | Coventry C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern* | Needham | Aas | Gray | Wallace 2 | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | *Walsh |
| 24/10/81 | Man C | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Proctor | Wallace | Fashanu | Gray | Robertson* | *Walsh |
| 28/10/81 | Birmingham C | FLC2/2 | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Gray* | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | *Walsh |
| 31/10/81 | Leeds U | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Gray | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson (p) | - |
| 04/11/81 | Grantham | F | A | W | 5-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/11/81 | West Ham U | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas* | Gray | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | *Walsh |
| 11/11/81 | Blackburn R | FLC3 | A | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Gray | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 21/11/81 | Arsenal | L | H | L | 1-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Gray | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor* | Robertson | *Walsh |
| 25/11/81 | Sunderland | L | A | W | 3-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Gray | Needham | Aas* | Walsh | Ward | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | *Mills |
| 28/11/81 | Aston Villa | L | A | L | 1-3 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Needham* | Gunn | Mills | Ward | Fashanu | Walsh | Robertson | *Proctor |
| 02/12/81 | Tranmere R | FLC4 | H | W | 2-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | Proctor | Fairclough | Gunn | Roeber* | Wallace | Fashanu | Walsh | Robertson | *Mills |
| 05/12/81 | Liverpool | L | H | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Mills | Gray | Proctor | Anderson | Gunn | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu | Walsh | Robertson | - |
| 12/12/81 | Swansea C | L | A | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Needham | Young | Gray | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson (p) | - |
| 29/12/81 | Rotherham U | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 02/01/82 | Wrexham | FAC3 | H | L | 1-3 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Needham | Young | Walsh | Roeber* | Wallace | Ward | Proctor | Robertson | *McGovern |
| 04/01/82 | Luton T | F | H | W | 5-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 09/01/82 | Birmingham C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | Gunn | Young | Walsh* | McGovern | Wallace | Ward | Proctor | Robertson | *Bowyer |
| 15/01/82 | Torquay U | F | A | L | 1-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18/01/82 | Tottenham H | FLC5 | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Proctor | Gray | Gunn | Needham | Roeber | McGovern | Wallace | Ward | Mills | Robertson | - |
| 23/01/82 | Notts C | L | H | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Gunn | Gray | McGovern | Needham | Young | Proctor | Wallace | Fashanu | Bowyer | Robertson | *Roeber |
| 26/01/82 | Scunthorpe U | F | A | W | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30/01/82 | Stoke C | L | H | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Gunn | Young | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 06/02/82 | WBA | L | A | L | 1-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Gunn | Young | Roeber | Wallace* | Fashanu | Bowyer | Robertson | *Ward |
| 13/02/82 | Southampton | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Bowyer | Needham | Young | Mills | Roeber* | Fashanu | Ward | Robertson | *Gray |
| 16/02/82 | Wolves | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Gray | Needham | Young | Mills | Wallace | Ward | Bowyer | Robertson | - |
| 20/02/82 | Brighton & Hove A | L | A | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | Gray | Needham | Young | Mills | Plummer | Ward | Bowyer | Robertson | - |
| 27/02/82 | Middlesbrough | L | H | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gray | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Mills | Plummer | Ward | Bowyer | Walsh* | *Wallace |
| 05/03/82 | Norwich C | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 09/03/82 | Coventry C | L | A | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Roeber | Wallace | Ward | Proctor | Gray | - |
| 13/03/82 | Man C | L | H | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Roeber | Wallace | Ward (p) | Proctor | Gray* | *Fashanu |
| 17/03/82 | Ipswich T | L | H | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Plummer | Wallace | Ward | Proctor | Roeber | - |
| 20/03/82 | Leeds U | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Plummer | - |
| 27/03/82 | West Ham U | L | A | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gunn | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu | Proctor | Robertson | - |
| 03/04/82 | Everton | L | H | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Gunn | Bowyer | McGovern | Young | Gray | Roeber | Wallace | Fashanu* | Proctor | Robertson | *Plummer |
| 10/04/82 | Wolves | L | H | L | 0-1 | ||||||||||||