# 1975–76 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was Nottingham Forest's 111th year in existence and fourth campaign consecutive in the Second Division since their relegation in 1972.

## Summary

During summer the Board appointed BJ Appleby as its new club chairman. The team was reinforced with several players, Goalkeeper Peter Wells from the youth team. For the defensive line, Frank Clark arrived free from Newcastle United after 14 seasons. For the midfield, Terry Curran was transferred in from Doncaster Rovers included the transfers out of Peacock and Ian Miller. In spite of the arrivals, the squad started poorly in League, and was early eliminated in League Cup. For winter, defender Colin Barrett was transferred in from Manchester City playing only a few matches in the season because an injury. The club was early eliminated in FA Cup being defeated by Peterborough United. For the second half of the season, Clough reinforced the defensive line with McGovern acting as a central-back defender, combined with a boosted performance of Bowyer and Curran allowed the squad to finish on a decent 8th spot in League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Peter Wells |
| — | GK | ENG | John Middleton |
| — | DF | ENG | Viv Anderson |
| — | DF | ENG | Frank Clark |
| — | DF | SCO | John McGovern |
| — | DF | ENG | Sammy Chapman (Captain) |
| — | DF | ENG | John Cottam |
| — | DF | NIR | Liam O'Kane |
| — | DF | ENG | David Sunley |
| — | DF | ENG | Colin Barrett |
| — | DF | ENG | Bryn Gunn |
| — | DF | ENG | Paddy Greenwood |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Terry Curran |
| — | MF | ENG | Ian Bowyer |
| — | MF | NIR | Martin O'Neill |
| — | MF | SCO | John Robertson |
| — | MF | SCO | George Lyall |
| — | MF | SCO | Jim McIntosh |
| — | MF | ENG | Paul Richardson |
| — | FW | SCO | John O'Hare |
| — | FW | ENG | Barry Butlin |
| — | FW | ENG | Jimmy McCann |
| — | FW | ENG | Bert Bowery |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Peter Wells | | Free |
| MF | David Sunley | Sheffield Wednesday | loan |
| DF | Glynn Saunders | | |
| DF | Frank Clark | Newcastle United | Free |
| MF | Terry Curran | Doncaster Rovers | £42,000 |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Tony Woodcock | Lincoln City F.C. | loan |
| DF | Dave Jones | Norwich City | |
| MF | Miah Dennehy | Walsall F.C. | |
| DF | John Cottam | Chesterfield F.C. | |
| GK | Dennis Peacock | Doncaster Rovers | |
| MF | Ian Miller | Doncaster Rovers | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Colin Barrett | Manchester City | £29,000 |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Jim McIntosh | Chesterfield F.C. | loan |
| DF | Dave Sunley | Sheffield Wednesday | loan ended |
| FW | Bert Bowery | Lincoln City F.C. | |
| MF | George Lyall | Hull City F.C. | |
| DF | Paddy Greenwood | Boston Minutemen | |
| FW | Jimmy McCann | | |

## Competitions
### Second Division
#### League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Southampton | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 49 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 48 | |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | 46 | |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 61 | 72 | 0.847 | 42 | |
| 10 | Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 49 | 0.816 | 42 | |
* ↑ Southampton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1975–76 FA Cup winners.

#### Position 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
A list of Nottingham Forest's matches in the 1975–76 season.

#### Matches
### FA Cup
#### Third round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1975–76 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1974–75 are not included. Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League Second Division | Football League Second Division | Football League Cup | Football League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Wells | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Anderson | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | McGovern | 47 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Chapman | 43 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Clark | 48 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | O'Neill | 31 | 5 | 28+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Curran | 33 | 6 | 33 | 6 |
| | MF | ENG | Bowyer | 46 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Robertson | 42 | 5 | 34+3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Butlin | 38 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | O'Hare | 45 | 9 | 38+1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Middleton | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Richardson | 28 | 3 | 22+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Gunn | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Barrett | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Cottam | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | O'Kane | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lyall | 7 | 4 | 3+2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | ENG | McCann | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Bowery | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Sunley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | McIntosh | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Greenwood |
* Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1976/