# 1988–89 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 1988–89 season was Nottingham Forest's 124th year in existence and 13th consecutive season in the First Division. Also the club competed in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Summary

During summer Clough clinched several transfers in such as Defender Russell Bradley, midfielder Steve Hodge returned to the club after 3 seasons. Forward Lee Chapman arrived from Chamois Niortais F.C.. Also, Righ-back Defender Brian Laws arrived from Middlesbrough. On April 30 the club clinched its first Full Members' Cup defeating Everton in the Final after a 4–3 score.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Steve Sutton |
| — | GK | WAL | Mark Crossley |
| — | DF | ENG | Brian Laws |
| — | DF | NIR | Gary Fleming |
| — | DF | ENG | Steve Chettle |
| — | DF | ENG | Des Walker |
| — | DF | ENG | Brett Williams |
| — | DF | ENG | Darren Wassall |
| — | DF | ENG | Russell Bradley |
| — | DF | ENG | Sean Dyche |
| — | DF | ENG | Gary Charles |
| — | DF | ENG | Colin Foster |
| — | DF | ENG | Stuart Pearce (c) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SCO | Terry Wilson |
| — | MF | ENG | Franz Carr |
| — | MF | SCO | Brian Rice |
| — | MF | ENG | Gary Crosby |
| — | MF | ENG | Steve Hodge |
| — | MF | ENG | Neil Webb |
| — | MF | ENG | Garry Parker |
| — | FW | IRL | Tommy Gaynor |
| — | FW | ENG | Phil Starbuck |
| — | FW | ENG | Nigel Clough |
| — | FW | ENG | Lee Chapman |
| — | FW | SCO | Lee Glover |
| — | FW | ENG | Alan Lamb |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Steve Hodge | Tottenham Hotspur | £550,000 |
| FW | Lee Chapman | Chamois Niortais | £307,000 |
| DF | Brian Laws | Middlesbrough | £102,000 |
| DF | Russell Bradley | Dudley Town | |
| DF | Gary Charles | | |
| DF | Sean Dyche | | |
| FW | Alan Lamb | | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Gary Fleming | Manchester City | £150,000 |
| FW | Paul Wilkinson | Watford | |
| GK | Hans Segers | Wimbledon | |
| MF | Calvin Plummer | Plymouth Argyle | |
| MF | Kjetil Osvold | PAOK F.C. | |
| FW | Nigel Jemson | | |
| DF | Steve Locker | | |
| MF | Gareth Price | | |
| DF | Martin Scott | | |
| FW | Billy Stubbs | | |

## Results
### Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 73 | 36 | +37 | 76 | Disqualified from the European Cup |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 76 | Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 64 | Disqualified from the UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Norwich City | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 62 | Disqualified from the UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Derby County | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 58 | |
* ↑ Liverpool would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
* ↑ Nottingham Forest would have qualified as League Cup winners.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

* .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1989/

### Mercentile Cr Trophy
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League Division One | Football League Division One | FA Cup | FA Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Steve Sutton | 54 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Brian Laws | 37 | 2 | 20+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Steve Chettle | 38 | 2 | 23+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Des Walker | 48 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Stuart Pearce | 54 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| | MF | ENG | Garry Parker | 37 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9+1 | 4 |
| | MF | ENG | Neil Webb | 54 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| | MF | SCO | Terry Wilson | 43 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Steve Hodge | 53 | 10 | 33+1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13+1 | 3 |
| | FW | ENG | Lee Chapman | 46 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| | FW | ENG | Nigel Clough | 53 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 12+1 | 7 |
| | GK | WAL | Mark Crossley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Rice | 26 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Franz Carr | 38 | 3 | 18+5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Colin Foster | 23 | 3 | 17+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | IRL | Tommy Gaynor | 26 | 10 | 16+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary Crosby | 18 | 2 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| | FW | ENG | Phil Starbuck | 11 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Brett Williams | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Gary Charles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Gary Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Glover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Darren Wassall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Russell Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Sean Dyche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1989/