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Friday, March 23, 2012

English Leagues the 70s: Nottingham Forest Southampton League Cup 1978 1979


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Saturday March 17, 1979
Wembley Stadium,
London


Nottingham Forest will line up against Grasshoppers in the second leg of their European Cup quarter-final in Zurich on Wednesday with the comforting knowledge that they have regained the elusive touch of true champions. Forest left Wembley after beating Southampton 5-2. with the League Cup securely in Iheir grasp for the second season succession, after a second-half performance of the highest quality had swept away the doubts and inhibitions accumulated during the long, cold, frustrating winter. When searching for the hero of Forest's victory, look no further than their manager, Brian Clough, whose few well-chosen words during the interval transformed a witless, dissident team, seemingly tottering towards defeat, into aggressive, conquering heroes. The star who caught the eye on the field was young Garry Birtles, a £5,000 bargain from neighbouring Long Eaton, who is in his first season of senior football. He scored two goals and had two disallowed for offside, one of them a borderline decision.

Birtles pounced on an error by Ihe hesitant Nicholl in the 50th minute to equalize Peach's 17th minute goal and, in effect, provide the base for Forest's victory. The goal inspired Gemmill and McGovern lo take command in midfield fron the previously dominating Ball. Holmes and Williams, and produce some of the most devastating attacking soccer seen al Wembley for years. Southampton's defence, who had conceded only two goals in their last eight games, was torn apart . They were outrageously fortunate to survive until the 78th minute. but then Birtles shook off a challenge by Nicholl and planted the newly styled red and white ball firmly past the diving Gennoe. Woodcock, who had so ably supported Birlles, added a third in the 82nd minute. Holmes volleyed home a defiant 15-yarder just before the end, but Southampton never really looked like saving Ihe game.

Notts Forest: P.Shilton, C.Barrett, F.Clark, J.McGovern, L.Lloyd, D.Needham, M.O'Neill, A.Gemmill, G.Birtles, T.Woodcock, J.Robertson, unused sub: I.Bowyer.
Southampton: T.Gennoe, I.Golac, D.Peach, S.Williams, C.Nicholl, M.Waldron, A.Ball, P.Boyer, A.Hayes (T.Sealy 83), N.Holmes, T.Curran.



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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

English Leagues the 70s: Arsenal Nottingham Forest Division One 1978 1979

13 January 1979
Highbury Stadium,
London

  The forceful header, from the edge of the six yard area at Nottingham Forest, was goal bound before Peter Shilton intuitively launched himself across his line and somehow managed to twist his body, reach up and flick the ball over the bar. This was the save of the season that finally handed the Championship to Nottingham Forest. The stage was Coventry, where Forest won a point and certainly proved one. All season, the question had been whether Forest could pull off a feat that had only been done once before: win the title a season after gaining promotion. When Shilton clawed out the close range effort from Mick Ferguson the answer duly arrived. The Championship belonged to Messrs Clough and Taylor again, with four matches to spare. Such was the strain and effort Forest put into possessing the title, that by the time it was won, most of the players barely had the strength to lift a glass of champagne, let alone celebrate, with the amount of gusto that was going on across the Highfield Road terraces and on the pitch. 

 In the dressing room. Forest sat quietly, congratulating one another on a job well done. A subdued Clough emerged to confess: "Mentally and physically, I'm drained." Asked how he would toast entering the history books as only the second manager to win the Championship with two different clubs (Herbert Chapman achieved it with Huddersfield and Arsenal), he replied "I'll remove my car from the drive at home and sit there with my wife and three children. They were there when I was on the floor and they shared my misery with me. The same people will share my success. I want to sit in an armchair and enjoy the feeling of winning the Championship with my family. I don't want to share it with anyone until I've shared it with them." Later, Clough elaborated: "We were all on our knees. After Coventry, all we wanted to do was get on the coach, go home and fall asleep." Nor was Clough exaggerating when he added: "I didn't believe we'd win the title until we won it."






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Friday, March 2, 2012

Club Spotlight : Nottingham Forest Official History

  L'équipe d'une décennie. Juste les dernières années 1970, en fait, voilà le temps qu'a brillé Nottingham Forest sur le football d'Europe. Comme un mirage. Comme un éclair. Et des questions qui reviennent, lancinantes : y a-t-il eu seulement un passé? peut-il y avoir véritablement un futur ? Bien sûr, et l'histoire ne manque pas de le rappeler constamment, le football à Nottingham est une vieille affaire. Voilà tout simplement le deuxième plus ancien club d'Angleterre. Fondé en 1 865, apparu dans le championnat anglais en 1 892, vainqueur de la Cup en 1 898, professionnel en 1 889, après tout cela, comment dire que Nottingham Forest est juste une illusion, un mirage, un éclair? Pourtant, ce club qui a dû se bagarrer pendant de très longues années avec l'autre équipe de la ville, Nottingham County, s'est toujours promené dans l'ordinaire, a même fréquenté la troisième division entre 1949 et 1 951, avant de remporter, enfin et pour la deuxième fois de son histoire, la Cup en 1959. Mais ce doit être écrit quelque part dans la forêt de Nottingham, où l'on aime évoquer les aventures de Robin des bois : ce club de football ne peut pas vivre en permanence dans les honneurs.

En 1975, on se dit que, peut-être, quelque chose va changer. Enfin. La fatalité et les coups assénés par le destin, il arrive un moment où on veut les oublier. On veut croire, on veut rêver à Nottingham. Le stade, le City Ground, avec ses 30 500 places, est accueillant. Les spectateurs aiment à s'y retrouver. Ils imaginent un football tout en allant, en créativité. C'est ce que va leur proposer Brian Clough, ancien milieu de terrain de Middlesbrough, de Sunderland et de la sélection nationale d'Angleterre (deux sélections). Né en 1935, il est réputé pour son charisme et, en 1972, il est devenu champion d'Angleterre avec Derby County. Pour venir à Nottingham Forest, il a exigé les pleins pouvoirs, ce que son titre de manager du club lui confère dans le domaine sportif. Mais il veut aussi être intéressé à la vie administrative et financière du club. Il obtient tout ce qu'il demande. En contrepartie, il fait une promesse aux supporters et aux dirigeants : Notts Forest sera très vite le meilleur club d'Angleterre et même d'Europe !

À Nottingham, cette ville de près de 400 000 habitants, on a appris à se méfier des beaux mots, des grands discours. L'histoire et le palmarès sont là, en permanence, pour rappeler la seule vérité qui compte en football, celle des chiffres et des victoires. Surnommé le socialiste en Rolls-Royce, Clough va pourtant tenir parole. Nottingham Forest remporte le Championnat d'Angleterre en 1978, se lance dans une série hallucinante (42 marches sans défaite en championnat entre 1978 et 1979, le record du pays!), gagne la Coupe d'Europe des clubs champions en 1979 et 1980. Le rouge de l'Angleterre domine toujours le football européen : après les Reds de Liverpool, ce sont encore des rouges, ceux de Nottingham, qui s'offrent l'Europe. Bien sûr, et même si Brian Clough n'a jamais voulu l'avouer, il disposait d'un effectif de premier choix pour gagner son pari : le gardien de but Peter Shilton, l'attaquant Tony Woodcock, l'étincelant milieu de terrain Trevor Francis et aussi l'arrière latéral Viv Andersen (le premier joueur de couleur sélectionné en équipe nationale d'Angleterre). Après dix-huit ans de bons et loyaux services, Brian Clough a quitté Nottingham Forest en 1993. Le club est depuis en seconde division, Brian est décédé....




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