1990–91 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1990–91 season
Chairman	Maurice Rowarth
Manager	Brian Clough
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	Quarter finals ; (Northern Area)
Player of the Year	Stuart Pearce
Top goalscorer	League: Clough (14); All: Clough (20)
Highest home attendance	28,962 vs Newcastle United ; (18 Feb 1991, FA Cup)
Lowest home attendance	9,567 vs Newcastle United ; (27 Nov 1990, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	22,137

During the 1990–91 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

There was chance for more success in 1991 when Forest reached their only FA Cup final under Brian Clough and went ahead after scoring an early goal against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, but ended up losing 2–1 in extra time after an own goal by Des Walker.^[1] In Forest's team that day was young Irish midfielder Roy Keane, who had joined the club the previous summer.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	15	4	0	51	10	9	9	1	23	8	74	18	+56	83
2	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	42	13	9	4	6	35	27	77	40	+37	76
3	Crystal Palace	38	11	6	2	26	17	9	3	7	24	24	50	41	+9	69
4	Leeds United	38	12	2	5	46	23	7	5	7	19	24	65	47	+18	64
5	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	35	25	5	8	6	29	28	64	53	+11	62
6	Manchester United	38	11	4	4	34	17	5	8	6	24	28	58	45	+13	59
7	Wimbledon	38	8	6	5	28	22	6	8	5	25	24	53	46	+7	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	11	4	4	42	21	3	8	8	23	29	65	50	+15	54
9	Everton	38	9	5	5	26	15	4	7	8	24	31	50	46	+4	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	9	2	35	22	3	7	9	16	28	51	50	+1	49
11	Chelsea	38	10	6	3	33	25	3	4	12	25	44	58	69	– 11	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	5	6	27	22	4	5	10	17	31	44	53	– 9	46
13	Sheffield United	38	9	3	7	23	23	4	4	11	13	32	36	55	– 19	46
14	Southampton	38	9	6	4	33	22	3	3	13	25	47	58	69	– 11	45
15	Norwich City	38	9	3	7	27	32	4	3	12	14	32	41	64	– 23	45
16	Coventry City	38	10	6	3	30	16	1	5	13	12	33	42	49	– 7	44
17	Aston Villa	38	7	9	3	29	25	2	5	12	17	33	46	58	– 12	41
18	Luton Town	38	7	5	7	22	18	3	2	14	20	43	42	61	– 19	37
19	Sunderland	38	6	6	7	15	16	2	4	13	23	44	38	60	– 22	34
20	Derby County	38	3	8	8	25	36	2	1	16	12	39	37	75	– 38	24

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	12	12	65	50	+15	54	11	4	4	42	21	+21	3	8	8	23	29	−6

Source: Statto

Results 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	8	14	17	10	12	14	9	9	6	10	10	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	14	11	14	12	11	8	8	8	8

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	21,619	Jemson
28 August 1990	Liverpool	A	0–2	33,663
1 September 1990	Coventry City	A	2–2	12,630	Jemson (2)
8 September 1990	Southampton	H	3–1	18,559	Wilson, Jemson (2)
15 September 1990	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	20,545	Pearce (2)
22 September 1990	Arsenal	H	0–2	26,013
29 September 1990	Manchester United	A	1–0	46,766	Pearce
7 October 1990	Everton	H	3–1	25,790	Hodge (2), Jemson
20 October 1990	Chelsea	A	0–0	22,403
27 October 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	27,347	Clough
3 November 1990	Leeds United	A	1–3	30,409	Jemson
10 November 1990	Aston Villa	A	1–1	25,797	Carr
17 November 1990	Sunderland	H	2–0	22,757	Clough, Chettle
24 November 1990	Derby County	A	1–2	21,729	Chettle
1 December 1990	Luton Town	H	2–2	16,498	Carr, Clough
15 December 1990	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	10,156	Clough, Pearce
22 December 1990	Sheffield United	A	2–3	20,394	Pearce, Keane
26 December 1990	Wimbledon	H	2–1	16,221	Pearce, Keane
29 December 1990	Manchester City	H	1–3	24,937	Gaynor
2 January 1991	Norwich City	A	6–2	17,043	Wilson, Clough, Polston (own goal), Keane (2), Crosby
12 January 1991	Coventry City	H	3–0	18,344	Pearce, Clough, Keane
19 January 1991	Southampton	A	1–1	16,044	Clough
2 February 1991	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	17,045
16 February 1991	Sunderland	A	0–1	20,394
23 February 1991	Aston Villa	H	2–2	22,036	Hodge, Clough
2 March 1991	Luton Town	A	0–1	9,577
16 March 1991	Manchester United	H	1–1	23,859	Wilson
20 March 1991	Arsenal	A	1–1	34,152	Jemson
23 March 1991	Everton	A	0–0	23,078
30 March 1991	Wimbledon	A	1–3	6,392	Loughlan
1 April 1991	Sheffield United	H	2–0	25,308	Gaynor (2)
6 April 1991	Manchester City	A	1–3	25,169	Pearce
10 April 1991	Derby County	H	1–0	25,109	Keane
20 April 1991	Chelsea	H	7–0	20,305	Keane (2), Parker, Woan, Clough, Pearce (2)
24 April 1991	Norwich City	H	5–0	17,641	Glover, Clough, Pearce, Crosby, Woan
4 May 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	30,891	Clough
6 May 1991	Liverpool	H	2–1	26,151	Clough (pen), Woan
11 May 1991	Leeds United	H	4–3	25,067	Parker (2), Clough (2)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1991	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	15,396
R3R	21 January 1991	Crystal Palace	H	2–2 (a.e.t.)	23,301	Wilson, Pearce
R3R2	28 January 1991	Crystal Palace	H	3–0	22,164	Parker (2), Crosby
R4	13 February 1991	Newcastle United	A	2–2	29,231	Pearce, Clough
R4R	18 February 1991	Newcastle United	H	3–0	28,962	Clough, Hodge, Parker
R5	25 February 1991	Southampton	A	1–1	18,512	Hodge
R5R	4 March 1991	Southampton	H	3–1	26,633	Jemson (3, 1 pen)
QF	9 March 1991	Norwich City	A	1–0	24,018	Keane
SF	14 April 1991	West Ham United	N	4–0	40,041	Crosby, Keane, Pearce, Charles
F	18 May 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	N	1–2 (a.e.t.)	80,000	Pearce

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	26 September 1990	Burnley	H	4–1	17,987	Chettle, Keane, Jemson, Pearce (pen)
R2 2nd Leg	10 October 1990	Burnley	A	1–0 (won 5-1 on agg)	11,399	Crosby
R3	31 October 1990	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–1	17,467	Parker, Jemson
R4	28 November 1990	Coventry City	A	4–5	16,304	Clough (3), Parker

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	27 November 1990	Newcastle United	H	2–1	9,567	Hodge, Clough
NQF	30 January 1991	Barnsley	A	1–2	6,692	Chettle

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mark Crossley
		GK	Andy Marriott
		GK	Steve Sutton
		DF	Gary Bowyer
		DF	Gary Charles
		DF	Steve Chettle
		DF	Phil Gilchrist
		DF	Chris Hope
		DF	Brian Laws
		DF	Stuart Pearce (captain)
		DF	Des Walker
		DF	Darren Wassall
		DF	Brett Williams
		DF	Terry Wilson
		MF	Franz Carr
		MF	Gary Crosby
		MF	Scot Gemmill

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Steve Hodge
		MF	Bobby Howe
		MF	Roy Keane
		MF	Ian Kilford
		MF	Tony Loughlan
		MF	Neil Lyne
		MF	Þorvaldur Örlygsson
		MF	Garry Parker
		MF	Brian Rice
		MF	Steve Stone
		MF	Ian Woan
		FW	Nigel Clough
		FW	Tommy Gaynor
		FW	Lee Glover
		FW	Nigel Jemson
		FW	Phil Starbuck

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
12 June 1990	MF	Roy Keane	Cobh Ramblers	£47,000
1 August 1990	DF	Gary Bowyer	Hereford United	Signed
23 August 1990	DF	Chris Hope	Darlington	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
23 August 1990	FW	David Currie	Oldham Athletic	£460,000

Transfers in:

£47,000

Transfers out:

£460,000

Total spending:

£413,000

Awards

Roy Keane - Fans' player of the season

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071023204309/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1991.htm
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1991

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[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071023204309/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1991.htm

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-15.

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1991

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