Nottingham
Forest

Season 1984 - 1985
Final Division 1 Table:
| - | - | - | Home | Away | - | ||||||||
| - | - | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Everton (C) | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 90 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 77 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 77 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 76 |
| 5 | Southampton | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 68 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 66 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 66 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 65 |
| 9 | FOREST | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 64 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 56 |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 55 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 55 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 54 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 52 |
| 15 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 51 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 51 |
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 50 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 50 |
| 19 | Queen's Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 50 |
| 20 | Norwich City (R) | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 49 |
| 21 | Sunderland (R) | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 40 |
| 22 | Stoke City (R) | 42 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 50 | 17 |
UEFA Cup: 1st Round
League Cup: 3rd Round
FA Cup: 4th Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | UEFA Cup | Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Garry Birtles | 12 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 L | 2 |
| Ian Bowyer | 39 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 L : 2 FA | 4 |
| David Campbell | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Trevor Christie | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 L : 1 FA : 1 LC | 7 |
| Nigel Clough | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 L | 1 |
| Peter Davenport | 35 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 L (4p) : 1 FA (1p) | 17 |
| Alan Davidson | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Fairclough | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Gary Fleming | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brynn Gunn | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 LC | 1 |
| Paul Hart | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Steve Hodge | 42 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 12 L : 1 LC | 13 |
| Jim McInally | 24 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Johnny Metgod | 40 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 6 L | 6 |
| Gary Mills | 18 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 4 L | 4 |
| Paul Raynor | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Riley | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 L | 2 |
| Hans Segers | 28 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Smalley | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Steve Sutton | 14 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Kenny Swain | 39 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Des Walker | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Walsh | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 L | 1 |
| Steve Wigley | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 L : 1 LC | 2 |
| 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 |
| 29/07/84 | Keyworth U | F | A | W | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03/08/84 | FK Moss | F | A | W | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05/08/84 | Fredrikstad | F | A | W | 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/08/84 | Celtic | F | A | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 08/08/84 | Dundee U | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15/08/84 | Lierse | F | A | W | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17/08/84 | Den Bosch | F | A | W | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18/08/84 | Volendam | F | A | W | 5-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20/08/84 | Derby C | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22/08/84 | Panathiniaikos | F | A | D | 2-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/08/84 | Sheff W | L | A | L | 1-3 | Sutton | Swain | Bowyer | Fairclough | Hart | Metgod | Wigley | Hodge | Christie | Davenport | Walsh* | *Mills |
| 29/08/84 | Arsenal | L | H | W | 2-0 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 01/09/84 | Sunderland | L | H | W | 3-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport 3 | Hodge | - |
| 05/09/84 | Aston Villa | L | A | W | 5-0 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie 3 | Davenport | Hodge | *Mills |
| 08/09/84 | QPR | L | A | L | 0-3 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie* | Davenport | Hodge | *Mills |
| 16/09/84 | Luton T | L | H | W | 3-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie* | Davenport | Hodge 2 | *Mills |
| 19/09/84 | Club Brugge | UEFA1/1 | H | D | 0-0 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Smalley | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie* | Davenport | Walsh | *Mills |
| 22/09/84 | West Ham U | L | A | D | 0-0 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Smalley | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Hodge | Davenport | Walsh | - |
| 25/09/84 | Portsmouth | FLC2/1 | A | L | 0-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Smalley* | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Hodge | Davenport | Walsh | *Mills |
| 29/09/84 | Norwich C & | L | H | W | 3-1 | Sutton | McInally | Swain | Gunn | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley* | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | *Mills |
| 03/10/84 | Club Brugge | UEFA1/2 | A | L | 0-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Mills | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 06/10/84 | Stoke C | L | H | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie* | Davenport (p) | Hodge | *Walsh |
| 10/10/84 | Portsmouth | FLC2/2 | A | W | 3-0 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport* | Hodge | *Mills |
| 13/10/84 | WBA | L | A | L | 1-4 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie* | Davenport | Hodge | *Mills |
| 20/10/84 | Newcastle U | L | A | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 28/10/84 | Liverpool | L | H | L | 0-2 | Sutton | Gunn | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Mills | Hodge | Christie | Davenport | Walsh | - |
| 31/10/84 | Sunderland | FLC3 | H | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Gunn* | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Mills | Hodge | Christie | Davenport | Walsh | *Wigley |
| 03/11/84 | Southampton | L | A | L | 0-1 | Sutton | Mills | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Hodge | Raynor | Riley | Walsh | - |
| 06/11/84 | Sunderland | FLC3r | A | L | 0-1 | Sutton | Mills | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Hodge | Raynor | Riley | Walsh | - |
| 10/11/84 | Tottenham H | L | H | L | 1-2 | Sutton | Mills | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Hodge | Raynor | Davenport | Walsh | - |
| 17/11/84 | Coventry C & | L | A | W | 3-1 | Segers | Mills | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Hodge | Raynor* | Davenport | Walsh | *Riley |
| 18/11/84 | Australia | F | H | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/11/84 | Leicester C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Segers | Mills | Swain | Metgod | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Hodge | Riley | Davenport 2 (1p) | Walsh | - |
| 01/12/84 | Watford | L | A | L | 0-2 | Segers | Davidson | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Gunn | Mills | Metgod | Bowyer | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 08/12/84 | Man U | L | H | W | 3-2 | Segers | Davidson | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Mills | Metgod | Riley | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 10/12/84 | Al Hilal | F | A | W | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12/12/84 | Ittihad | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15/12/84 | Everton | L | A | L | 0-5 | Segers | Mills* | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Riley | Davenport | Hodge | *Walsh |
| 22/12/84 | Sunderland | L | A | W | 2-0 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 26/12/84 | Ipswich T | L | H | W | 2-0 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Clough | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 29/12/84 | Aston Villa | L | H | W | 3-2 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Gunn | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport 2 | Hodge | - |
| 01/01/85 | Chelsea | L | A | L | 0-1 | Segers | McInally | Davidson | Gunn | Fairclough | Walsh | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 06/01/85 | Newcastle U | FAC3 | H | D | 1-1 | Segers | McInally | Davidson | Gunn | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 09/01/85 | Newcastle U | FAC3r | A | W | 3-1 | Segers | McInally | Davidson | Gunn | Fairclough | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Christie | Davenport (p) | Hodge | - |
| 25/01/85 | Wimbledon | FAC4 | H | D | 0-0 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer | Wigley | Metgod | Birtles | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 30/01/85 | Wimbledon | FAC4r | A | L | 0-1 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Bowyer* | Wigley | Metgod | Birtles | Davenport | Hodge | *Walsh |
| 02/02/85 | Norwich C | L | A | W | 1-0 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Walsh | Wigley | Metgod | Clough | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 09/02/85 | QPR | L | H | W | 2-0 | Segers | McInally | Swain | Fairclough | Hart | Walsh | Wigley | Metgod | Birtles | Davenport | Hodge | - |
| 11/02/85 | Iran XI | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13/02/85 | Iran XI | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23/02/85 | Southampton | L | H | W | 2-0 | Segers | |||||||||||