Nottingham
Forest

Season 1986 - 1987
Final Division 1 Table:
| - | - | - | Home | Away | - | ||||||||
| - | - | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Everton (C) | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 86 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 77 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 71 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 68 |
| 6 | Wimbledon | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 66 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 66 |
| 8 | FOREST | 42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 65 |
| 9 | Watford | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 63 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 63 |
| 11 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 56 |
| 12 | Southampton | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 52 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 52 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 52 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 52 |
| 16 | Queen's Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 50 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 47 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 46 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 44 |
| 20 | Leicester City (R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 52 | 42 |
| 21 | Manchester City (R) | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 39 |
| 22 | Aston Villa (R) | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 36 |
League Cup: 5th Round
FA Cup: 3rd Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Gary Andrews | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Garry Birtles | 28 | 5 | - | - | 14 L (1p) | 14 |
| Ian Bowyer | 35 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 L | 3 |
| Ian Butterworth | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| David Campbell | 14 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Franz Carr | 36 | 6 | - | - | 4 L : 3 LC | 7 |
| Nigel Clough | 42 | 6 | 1 | - | 14 L (1p) : 2 LC | 16 |
| Chris Fairclough | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 L : 1 LC | 2 |
| Gary Fleming | 34 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Colin Foster | 7 | - | - | 2 | 1 L | 1 |
| Lee Glover | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Johnny Metgod | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 L : 1 LC | 4 |
| Gary Mills | 27 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 LC | 1 |
| Kjetil Osvold | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Pearce | 39 | 5 | - | - | 6 L (5p) : 2 LC (2p) | 8 |
| Brian Rice | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 L | 1 |
| David Riley | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Hans Segers | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Phil Starbuck | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 L | 2 | |
| Steve Sutton | 28 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Des Walker | 41 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Neil Webb | 32 | 6 | 1 | - | 14 L | 14 |
| Paul Wilkinson | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brett Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Own goals | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 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 1 | Sub used 2 |
| 20/07/86 | Brombella IF | F | A | W | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22/07/86 | KB Cobenhagen | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/07/86 | Myresjoe IF | F | A | W | 6-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27/07/86 | Aahus IF | F | A | W | 7-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29/07/86 | Aelmhult | F | A | W | 8-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 02/08/86 | Valleivogels | F | A | W | 6-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03/08/86 | Stevo | F | A | W | 4-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05/08/86 | MSC | F | A | W | 12-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06/08/86 | Den Haag | F | A | W | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 09/08/86 | Utrecht | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10/08/86 | Top | F | A | W | 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12/08/86 | Willem II | F | A | L | 1-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13/08/86 | DS79 | F | A | W | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17/08/86 | Mansfield T | NCCf | H | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20/08/86 | Torpedo Moscow | F | H | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23/08/86 | Everton | L | A | L | 0-2 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 27/08/86 | Charlton A | L | H | W | 4-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb 2 | Clough* | Birtles | Campbell | *Mills | - |
| 30/08/86 | Watford | L | H | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 02/09/86 | West Ham U | L | A | W | 2-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 06/09/86 | Southampton | L | A | W | 3-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb 2 | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 13/09/86 | Aston Villa | L | H | W | 6-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer* | Carr | Webb 2 | Clough | Birtles 2 | Campbell | *Mills | - |
| 20/09/86 | Chelsea | L | A | W | 6-2 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb 3 | Clough | Birtles 3 | Campbell* | *Mills | - |
| 24/09/86 | Brighton
& Hove A |
FLC2/1 | A | D | 0-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 27/09/86 | Arsenal | L | H | W | 1-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Fairclough | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 04/10/86 | Man U | L | H | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | - | - |
| 08/10/86 | Brighton
& Hove A |
FLC2/2 | H | W | 3-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce (p) | Walker | Metgod* | Mills | Carr 2 | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell# | *Andrews | #Rice |
| 11/10/86 | Leicester C | L | A | L | 1-3 | Sutton* | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell | *Mills | - |
| 14/10/86 | Notts C | F | A | W | 5-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18/10/86 | QPR | L | H | W | 1-0 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Campbell | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 25/10/86 | Oxford U | L | A | L | 1-2 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce (p) | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Campbell* | *Fairclough | - |
| 29/10/86 | Crystal Palace | FLC3 | A | D | 2-2 | Segers | Butterworth | Pearce (p) | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer* | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Metgod | *Mills | - |
| 01/11/86 | Sheff W | L | H | W | 3-2 | Segers | Butterworth | Pearce (p) | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 05/11/86 | Crystal Palace | FLC3r | H | W | 1-0 | Segers | Butterworth | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Campbell | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 08/11/86 | Coventry C | L | A | L | 0-1 | Segers | Butterworth | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 15/11/86 | Luton T | L | A | L | 2-4 | Segers | Butterworth | Pearce | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 19/11/86 | Bradford C | FLC4 | Odsall Stadium | W | 5-0 | Segers | Butterworth | Williams | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer* | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles# | Mills | *Fairclough | #Glover |
| 22/11/86 | Wimbledon & | L | H | W | 3-2 | Segers | Butterworth | Williams | Walker | Metgod | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough (p) | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 25/11/86 | Plymouth Argyle | F | A | L | 1-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29/11/86 | Tottenham H | L | A | W | 3-2 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce (p) | Walker | Fairclough | Metgod | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 02/12/86 | Doncaster R | F | A | D | 2-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06/12/86 | Man C | L | H | W | 2-0 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Metgod | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 13/12/86 | Newcastle U | L | A | L | 2-3 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Metgod | Clough | Starbuck | Webb | - | - |
| 20/12/86 | Southampton | L | H | D | 0-0 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Webb | Carr | Metgod | Clough | Birtles | Webb | - | - |
| 26/12/86 | Norwich C | L | A | L | 1-2 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Metgod | Clough | Campbell | Webb | - | - |
| 28/12/86 | Luton T | L | H | D | 2-2 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Campbell | Mills | - | - |
| 01/01/87 | Liverpool | L | H | D | 1-1 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Starbuck | Mills | - | - |
| 03/01/87 | Aston Villa | L | A | D | 0-0 | Segers | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Starbuck | Mills | - | - |
| 11/01/87 | Crystal Palace | FAC3 | A | L | 0-1 | Segers | Fleming | Williams | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Metgod | Webb | Clough | Starbuck* | Mills | *Campbell | - |
| 21/01/87 | Arsenal | FLC5 | A | L | 0-2 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Metgod | Mills | - | - |
| 25/01/87 | Everton | L | H | W | 1-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Metgod | Mills | - | - |
| 31/01/87 | Charlton A | L | A | W | 1-0 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Metgod | Mills | - | - |
| 07/02/87 | Watford | L | A | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Pearce | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles | Mills | - | - |
| 14/02/87 | West Ham U | L | H | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Williams | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Webb | Clough | Birtles (p) | Mills | - | - |
| 28/02/87 | Chelsea | L | H | L | 0-1 | Sutton | Fleming | Williams | Walker | Fairclough | Bowyer | Carr | Metgod | |||||