John McGovern is pictured during the 2-1 win against Brighton & Hove Albion on
26/9/1981. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest
side that won the European Cup twice (1979 & 1980), under the management
of Brian Clough. At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all
four divisions of the Football League
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| Hartlepool Utd: |
1965-1966 |
Played |
1 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 4) |
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1966-1967 |
Played |
33 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 4) |
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1967-1968 |
Played |
33 |
Scored |
4 |
goals |
(Division 4) |
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1968-1969 |
Played |
18 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 4) |
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| Transferred in September 1968 |
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| Derby County: |
1968-1969 |
Played |
18 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1969-1970 |
Played |
33 |
Scored |
4 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1970-1971 |
Played |
34 |
Scored |
6 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1971-1972 |
Played |
40 |
Scored |
3 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1972-1973 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 1) |
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1973-1974 |
Played |
26 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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| Transferred in August 1974 |
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| Leeds Utd: |
1974-1975 |
Played |
4 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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| Transferred in February 1975 |
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| Nottm Forest: |
1974-1975 |
Played |
8 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1975-1976 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1976-1977 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1977-1978 |
Played |
31 |
Scored |
4 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1978-1979 |
Played |
36 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1979-1980 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1980-1981 |
Played |
27 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1981-1982 |
Played |
30 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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John McGovern joined Bolton Wanderers as player-manager in July 1982
and remained thereuntil January 1985. He made a total of 16 League appearances
for Bolton before moving to Horwich RMI.
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Teams managed
1982–1984 Bolton Wanderers
1990 Chorley
1994–1996 Rotherham United
1997–1998 Woking
2000–2001 Ilkeston Town |
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.