The 1983–84 season was Nottingham Forest's 119th year in existence and seventh consecutive season in the First Division. Also the club competed in the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup.
| 1983–84 season | |||
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| Chairman | Maurice Roworth | ||
| Manager | Brian Clough | ||
| Stadium | The City Ground | ||
| First Division | 3rd (In 1984-85 UEFA Cup) | ||
| FA Cup | Second round | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| UEFA Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Peter Davenport (15) All: Davenport (17) | ||
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Summary
editIn his ninth season as manager Brian Clough transferred in Dutch midfielder Frans Thijssen from Ipswich Town[1] only to be a flop and he left the club within months. On the contrary of the last three seasons, this campaign the offensive line had a good performance with Davenport, Birtles aimed by a superb midfield with Hodge and Walsh despite club legend John Robertson left the club during summer and signed with Peter Taylor's Derby County. After two early eliminations on FA Cup and League Cup the squad reached the UEFA Cup semifinals against RSC Anderlecht. In the first leg, the team took a 2–0 score in Nottingham and for the second leg the Belgian squad won 3–0 classifying to the 1984 UEFA Cup Final. According to Constant Vanden then Anderlecht club President, the club paid a bribe to Spanish referee Emilio Guruceta Muro before the match.In 1997 the UEFA banned the Belgian club for 1 season for competing in its continental tournaments.[2] In 2016 it was revealed that UEFA had evidence of the match-fixed scandal since 1992.[3][4] Meanwhile, in League the squad finished on a decent third spot only 6 points below of Champions Liverpool and clinching a UEFA Cup spot for the second consecutive campaign.
Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
edit| In | |||
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| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Frans Thijssen | Ipswich Town | |
| MF | Paul Hart | Leeds United | |
| MF | Gary Mills | Derby County | loan ended |
| MF | Mark Smalley | ||
| FW | David Riley | Keyworth United | |
| DF | Shaun Finney | ||
| GK | Kevin Hitchcock | Barking | |
| FW | Nigel Johnson | Rotherham United | |
| FW | David Longhurst | ||
| FW | Les Robinson | ||
| MF | Adrian Shaw | ||
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | John Robertson | Derby County | |
| DF | Willie Young | Brighton and Hove Albion | |
| DF | Stuart Gray | Barnsley F.C. | |
| MF | Mark Proctor | Sunderland | £100,000 |
| FW | Liam Robinson | Southampton | |
| MF | Steve Kendal | ||
Winter
edit| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Des Walker | ||
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Ronnie Sinclair | Wrexham | loan |
| MF | Frans Thijssen | Vancouver Whitecaps | |
Results
editDivision One
editLeague table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 80 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Southampton | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 77 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 74 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 74 | |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Results by round
editSource: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1984/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions, Qualified to 1984–85 European Cup; = Qualified to 1984–85 UEFA Cup; = Relegated to Division Two
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions, Qualified to 1984–85 European Cup; = Qualified to 1984–85 UEFA Cup; = Relegated to Division Two
Manager: Geoff Twentyman
Matches
edit| 27 August 1983 1 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Southampton | West Bridgford |
 66' Danny Wallace |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,690 Referee: G Courtney |
| 29 August 1983 2 | Manchester United | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest | Manchester |
| Kevin Moran 12' |
66' Viv Anderson 85' Peter Davenport |
Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 43,005 Referee: R Bridges |
| 3 September 1983 3 | Liverpool | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool |
| Ian Rush 84' |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 31,376 Referee: J Lovatt |
| 7 September 1983 4 | Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Aston Villa | West Bridgford |
| Peter Davenport 40' Garry Birtles 86' |
17' Peter Withe 69' Gary Shaw |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,379 Referee: JD Hough |
| 10 September 1983 5 | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | Queen's Park Rangers | West Bridgford |
| Steve Hodge 16'Peter Davenport 33'Bob Hazell 83' (og) | Ian Dawes 9' Simon Stainrod 61' | Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,607 Referee: RF Nixon |
| 17 September 1983 6 | Norwich City | 2–3 | Nottingham Forest | Norwich |
| Keith Bertschin 4' John Deehan 38' (pen) |
23' (pen), 43', 65' Colin Walsh |
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,605 Referee: EJ Scales |
| 24 September 1983 7 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Luton Town | West Bridgford |
| Ian Wallace 58' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,296 Referee: JB Worrall |
| 2 October 1983 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Tottenham |
| Gary Stevens 70' Steve Archibald 85' |
5' Colin Walsh |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,596 Referee: Al. Robinson |
| 16 October 1983 9 | Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | Notts County | West Bridgford |
| Ian Wallace 8' Ian Bowyer 28'Peter Davenport 40' |
9' (pen) Trevor Christie |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,657 Referee: N Midgley |
| 22 October 1983 10 | Arsenal | 4–1 | Nottingham Forest | Islington |
| Alan Sunderland 7' Colin Hill 24'Tony Woodcock 67', 77' |
64' (pen) Peter Davenport |
Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 22,872 Referee: K Cooper |
| 29 October 1983 11 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Sunderland | West Bridgford |
| Frans Thijssen 28' |
61' Gary Rowell 61' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,968 Referee: NJ Ashley |
| 5 November 1983 12 | Nottingham Forest | 5–0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | West Bridgford |
| Garry Birtles 6' Peter Davenport 16' (pen)Colin Walsh 55'Steve Hodge 59', 62' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,855 Referee: IJ Borrett |
| 12 November 1983 13 | Everton | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | Walton |
| Adrian Heath 22' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 17,549 Referee: CN Seel |
| 19 November 1983 14 | Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Ipswich Town | West Bridgford |
| Garry Birtles 70' Kenny Swain 71' |
58' Terry Butcher |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,979 Referee: A Saunders |
| 26 November 1983 15 | Stoke City | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Mark Chamberlain 7' |
3' (pen) Colin Walsh |
Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 11,661 Referee: DB Allison |
| 4 December 1983 16 | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | Leicester City | West Bridgford |
| Colin Walsh 14' Ian Bowyer 21'Frans Thijssen 78' |
46' Robert Jones 67' Alan Smith 67' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,247 Referee: Art. Robinson |
| 10 December 1983 17 | Watford | 3–2 | Nottingham Forest | Watford |
| Mo Johnston 6' George Reilly 34'Nigel Callaghan 36' |
16', 49' Garry Birtles |
Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 14,047 Referee: JC Deakin |
| 17 December 1983 18 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | West Ham United | West Bridgford |
| Steve Hodge 25' Garry Birtles 75'Colin Walsh 85' (pen) |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,440 Referee: TJ Holbrook |
| 26 December 1983 19 | Birmingham City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Birmingham |
| Kevin Rogers 6' |
55' Garry Birtles 84' Steve Hodge |
Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 14,482 Referee: D Richardson |
| 28 December 1983 20 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Coventry City | West Bridgford |
| Peter Davenport 23' Garry Birtles 53', 85' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,169 Referee: TA Jones |
| 31 December 1983 21 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Liverpool | West Bridgford |
| 29' Ian Rush |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,692 Referee: M Dimblebee |
| 2 January 1984 22 | Luton Town | 2–3 | Nottingham Forest | Luton |
| Paul Walsh 9' Emeka Nwajiobi 62'Peter Davenport 43' |
37' Garry Birtles 39' Steve Hodge |
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 12,126 Referee: DJ Axcell |
| 21 January 1984 23 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Norwich City | West Bridgford |
| Frans Thijssen 6' Steve Hodge 17'Viv Anderson 29' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,993 Referee: R Guy |
| 23 January 1984 24 | Southampton | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | Southampton |
| Garry Birtles 30' |
Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 17,426 Referee: KG Salmon |
| 4 February 1984 25 | Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | West Bridgford |
| Steve Hodge 10' Colin Walsh 66' (pen) |
26' Mark Falco 90' Chris Hughton |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,428 Referee: T Mills |
| 8 February 1984 26 | West Bromwich Albion | 0–5 | Nottingham Forest | West Bromwich |
| 12' (pen) Colin Walsh 46' (o.g.) Ken McNaught 53' Ian Bowyer 79' Garry Birtles 82' Viv Anderson |
Attendance: 11,066 Referee: T Fitzharris |
| 11 February 1984 27 | Queens Park Rangers | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | White City |
| 41' Garry Birtles |
Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,692 Referee: TD Spencer |
| 18 February 1984 28 | Sunderland | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | Sunderland |
| Gordon Chisholm 74' |
85' Viv Anderson |
Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 15,958 Referee: IA Hendrick |
| 25 February 1984 29 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Arsenal | West Bridgford |
| 89' Paul Mariner |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,045 Referee: D Owen |
| 3 March 1984 30 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | Wolverhampton |
| Paul Hart 89' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 10,476 Referee: D Scott |
| 14 March 1984 31 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Everton | West Bridgford |
| Steve Hodge 90' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,647 Referee: AN Buksh |
| 17 March 1984 32 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | Birmingham |
| Steve McMahon 82' |
Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 16,270 Referee: HW King |
| 31 March 1984 33 | Notts County | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | Nottingham |
| Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 18,357 Referee: K Walmsley |
| 7 April 1984 34 | Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | West Bromwich Albion | West Bridgford |
| Colin Walsh 23' (pen) Viv Anderson 45'Ian Bowyer 83' |
67' Garry Thompson |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 15,245 Referee: GM Tyson |
| 14 April 1984 35 | Ipswich Town | 2–2 | Nottingham Forest | Ipswich |
| Romeo Zondervan 68' Mich D'Avray 81' |
1' Steve Wigley 71' Peter Davenport |
Attendance: 15,469 Referee: A Gunn |
| 17 April 1984 36 | Coventry City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Coventry |
| Mick Ferguson 8' Nicky Platnauer 79' |
85' Colin Walsh |
Attendance: 9,816 Referee: AW Ward |
| 21 April 1984 37 | Nottingham Forest | 5–1 | Birmingham City | West Bridgford |
| Peter Davenport 2', 89' Colin Walsh 5'Ian Wallace 66'Ian Bowyer 70' |
88' Mick Harford |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 15,323 Referee: JA Moules |
| 28 April 1984 38 | Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | Stoke City | West Bridgford |
| Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,625 Referee: RS Lewis |
| 5 May 1984 39 | Leicester City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Leicester |
| Steve Lynex 12' Lineker 35' |
80' Peter Davenport |
Attendance: 16,600 Referee: DV Reeves |
| 7 May 1984 40 | Nottingham Forest | 5–1 | Watford | West Bridgford |
| Paul Atkinson 3' (o.g.) Steve Hodge 11'Peter Davenport 23', 55'Ian Bowyer 61' |
80' Mo Johnston |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 13,732 Referee: PN Willis |
| 12 May 1984 41 | West Ham United | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest | Upton Park |
| Ray Stewart 19' (pen) |
21' Garry Birtles 58' Peter Davenport |
Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 18,458 Referee: LC Shapter |
| 16 May 1984 42 | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Manchester United | West Bridgford |
| Garry Birtles 34' Viv Anderson 47' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,651 Referee: DS Vickers |
UEFA Cup
editFirst Round
edit| 14 September 1983 1 | Nottingham Forest  | 2–0 |  Vorwärts (Frankfurt/Oder) | Nottingham |
| Ian Wallace 15' Steve Hodge 60' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,994 |
| 28 September 1983 1 | Vorwärts (Frankfurt/Oder) | 1–0 (0–3 agg.) | Nottingham Forest | |
| 65' Ian Bowyer |
Attendance: 18,000 |
Second Round
edit| 19 October 1983 2 | PSV Eindhoven  | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest | Eindhoven |
| Jurrie Koolhof 84' (pen) |
84' Peter Davenport 90' (pen) Colin Walsh |
Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 28,000 |
| 2 November 1983 2 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 (3–1 agg.) | PSV Eindhoven | Nottingham |
| Peter Davenport 56' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,943 |
Third Round
edit| 23 November 1983 Eightfinals | Nottingham Forest | 0–0 |  Celtic Glasgow | Nottingham |
| Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 32,017 |
| 7 December 1983 Eightfinals | Celtic Glasgow | 1–2 (1–2 agg.) | Nottingham Forest | Glasgow |
| Murdo MacLeod 79' |
53' Steve Hodge 72' Colin Walsh |
Attendance: 66,938 |
Quarter finals
edit| 7 March 1984 1st leg | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 |  Sturm Graz | Nottingham |
| Paul Hart 70' |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,459 |
| 21 March 1984 2nd leg | Sturm Graz | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.) | Nottingham Forest | |
| Bozo Bakota 44' (pen) |
115' (pen) Colin Walsh |
Attendance: 21,000 |
Semi finals
edit| 11 April 1984 1st leg | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 |  RSC Anderlecht | |
| Steve Hodge 84', 87' |
Attendance: 22,681 |
| 25 April 1984 2nd leg | RSC Anderlecht | 3–0 (3–2 agg.) | Nottingham Forest | |
| Enzo Scifo 18' Kenneth Brylle-Larsen 59' (pen)Erwin Wandenbergh 88' |
Attendance: 36,000 |
League Cup
edit| 4 October 1983 2 | Wimbledon | 2–0 | Nottingham Forest |
| 26 October 1983 2 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Wimbledon | Nottingham |
| Stadium: City Ground |
FA Cup
edit| 7 January 1984 3 | Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Southampton | Nottingham |
| Stadium: City Ground |
Statistics
editSquad statistics
edit| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Football League Division One |
FA Cup |
Other | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | NED
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Hans van Breukelen | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Viv Anderson | 53 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Chris Fairclough | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Paul Hart | 48 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| DF | ENG
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Kenny Swain | 54 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG
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Steve Wigley | 47 | 1 | 27+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG
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Ian Bowyer | 55 | 7 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO
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Colin Walsh | 51 | 16 | 35+3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 3 | |
| MF | ENG
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Steve Hodge | 52 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| FW | ENG
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Garry Birtles | 43 | 15 | 33+1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG
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Peter Davenport | 45 | 17 | 32+1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10+1 | 2 | |
| GK | ENG
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Steve Sutton | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO
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Ian Wallace | 35 | 5 | 22+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 | |
| MF | NED
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Frans Thijssen | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Colin Todd | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG
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Gary Mills | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Bryn Gunn | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Des Walker | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Mark Smalley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG
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David Riley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF |  NIR
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Danny Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG
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Shaun Finney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | ENG
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Kevin Hitchcock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Nigel Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG
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David Longhurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | ENG
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Les Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG
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Adrian Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ King, Elvin (8 July 2008). "Thijssen inducted into Town Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 3 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Daniel Taylor (11 December 2013). "Bribed in Brussels: How Nottingham Forest fell victim to fixing scandal". theguardian.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "UEFA had Forest-Anderlecht referee bribe evidence 'for four years'". bbc.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Jake Brigstock (26 September 2016). "UEFA deny holding Forest v Anderlecht referee bribe evidence for four years". nottstv.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.