Garry BIRTLES

Nottingham Forest

Garry Birtles - Nottingham Forest - League appearances for Forest.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 22 March 1987

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    • POSITION
      Forward
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 27 July 1956
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Nottingham, England
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • England
  • CLUBS
  • Manchester United
    • Club Career Dates
      1980-1982
    • League Debut
      Wednesday, 22nd October 1980 in a 2-1 win at Stoke City (Aged: 24)
    • Club Career
      57 League apps (+1 as sub), 11 goals
  • Nottingham Forest
    • Club Career Dates
      1976-1980, 1982-1987
    • League Debut
      Saturday, 12th March 1977 in a 2-0 win at home to Hull City (Aged: 20)
    • Club Career
      (During two spells)
      209 League apps (+3 as sub), 70 goals
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Garry BIRTLES - Nottingham Forest - League appearances for Forest.

Garry Birtles is pictured playing for Nottingham Forest during their 2-1 win

against Leicester City.

 


Nottmingham
  1976-1977     Played     1     Scored     0   goals   (Division 2)
Forest:   1977-1978     Played     0     Scored     0
  goals   (Division 1)
     1978-1979     Played   35     Scored   14   goals   (Division 1)
     1979-1980     Played   42     Scored   12   goals   (Division 1)
     1980-1981     Played     9     Scored     6   goals   (Division 1)
 
Transferred in October 1980
 
Manchester Utd.:   1980-1981     Played   25     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1)
     1981-1982     Played   33     Scored   11   goals   (Division 1)
 
Transferred in September 1982
 
Nottm. Forest:   1982-1983     Played   25     Scored   7   goals   (Division 1)
     1983-1984     Played   34     Scored   15   goals   (Division 1)
     1984-1985     Played   13     Scored   2   goals   (Division 1)
     1985-1986     Played   25     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1)
     1986-1987     Played   22     Scored   14   goals   (Division 1)
 
Transferred to Notts. County in June 1987
 
1987–1988    Notts County      63    (9)
1989–1991    Grimsby Town    69    (9)

 

Garry Birtles is pictured above playing for Nottingham Forest during their 3-2 win against

Manchester City on 13th. September 1980.  Photo George Herringshaw.  ©


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1979 European Cup Final.


Nottingham Forest (1) v (0) Malmö FF. (Trevor Francis 45+1 min). Olympiastadion,

Munich, Germany. 30th May 1979.  Attendance: 68,000.

Nottingham Forest:

1. Peter Shilton (GK), 2. Viv Anderson, 5. Larry Lloyd, 6. Kenny Burns, 3. Frank Clark,

7. Trevor Francis, 4. John McGovern (c), 8. Ian Bowyer, 11. John Robertson,

9. Garry Birtles, 10.Tony Woodcock.

Malmo FF

1. Jan Möller (GK), 2. Roland Andersson, 4. Kent Jönsson, 5. Magnus Andersson,

3. Ingemar Erlandsson,  8. Robert Prytz,  6. Staffan Tapper (c) (14. Claes Malmberg 34 min),

7. Anders Ljungberg, 11. Jan-Olov Kindvall, 10. Tore Cervin,

9. Tommy Hansson (13. Tommy Andersson 82 min).

 

In the 1st. round Forest beat the defending Champions Liverpool. 2-0 at home, 0-0 away.

And then beat AEK Athens (2nd rd), Zurich Grasshoppers (Quarter-final) and F.C. Köln

in the semi-finals (3-3 home and 1-0 away). Tony Woodcock would soon join Cologne

1979–1982 1. FC Köln 81 games (28 goals) and 1986–1988 1. FC Köln 49 games (11 goals).

 

1980 European Cup Final.

Nottingham Forest (1) v (0) Hamburger SV.  (John Robertson 20 min). Bernabéu Stadium

Madrid, Spain.  28th May 1980.  Attendance: 51,000.

Nottingham Forest:

  1. Peter Shilton (GK), 2. Viv Anderson, 5. Larry Lloyd, 6. Kenny Burns, 3. Frank Gray (Bryn Gunn 78 min),

  8. Ian Bowyer, 4. John McGovern (c), 10. Gary Mills (12. John O'Hare 67 min), 7. Martin O'Neill,

11. John Robertson, 9. Garry Birtles.

Hamburg:

1. Rudi Kargus (GK), 5. Ivan Buljan, 3. Peter Nogly (c), 4. Ditmar Jakobs, 2. Manfred Kaltz,

6. Holger Hieronymus (14. Horst Hrubesch 46 min), 10. Felix Magath, 8. Caspar Memering,

7. Kevin Keegan, 11. Willi Reimann, 9. Jürgen Milewski.