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Garry
Birtles |
Nottingham Forest FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D 0 L 2 F
4:
A
4
*(actual F 1: A 1)
33% successful
1980-81
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 154 |
 |
|
Profile |
|
Full name |
Garry Birtles |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
|
Born |
27 July 1956 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, September 1956] |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
11", 10st.
12lbs [1980]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played junior football in Nottingham, and had an unsuccessful
trial with Aston Villa FC when he was fifteen years old. He played
part-time with Long Eaton Rovers FC of the Notts Sunday League, before
joining Long Eaton United FC. Brian Clough paid £2000 for him to
take him to Nottingham Forest FC in March 1977. After scoring 32
goals in 87 league appearances, he joined Manchester United FC on
20 October 1980 for £1.25 million, breaking their record transfer
fee paid and fee received. He made 58 league appearances, scoring
eleven times. He returned to Forest in September 1982 for £250,000
and made another 125 league appearances, scoring 38 times.
He joined Notts County FC in June 1987 on a free transfer. After eighteen
months, in which he played 63 league matches, scoring nine goals, Birtles
ended his career with Grimsby Town FC with 69 league appearances
and another nine goals. |
|
Club honours |
Football League Champions 1977-78; Football
League Cup winners 1978-79, runners-up 1979-80; European
Cup winners 1978-79, 1979-80; European Super Cup winners
1979; Football League Division Four runners-up 1989-90; |
|
Individual honours |
Nottingham Forest FC Player of the Year
1978-79; PFA
Division One Team of the Year 1979-80;
Nottingham Forest FC Supporters Player of the Year
1989-90; |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
942nd
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Forward |
|
First match |
No. 539, 13
May 1980,
England 3
Argentina
1,
a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London,
substitute (76), aged 23 years
291 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 548,
15 October 1980 -
Romania 2
England 1,
a World Cup qualification match at Stadionul
23 August, Bucureşti,
substuted (65), aged 24 years 80 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
European Championship 1980 |
|
Team honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
England
B (one appearance), England U21
(two appearances, one goal) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Beyond England |
|
Became manger of Gresley Rovers FC
from 1997 and 1999. A columnist for Nottingham's Evening Post. - Media |
|
Garry Birtles - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 16 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
114 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
Garry Birtles
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Away |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
| All
- White |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
1.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
|
Garry Birtles
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
ECP
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
ECF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
European Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
1.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
|
Garry Birtles
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WCP 1980-82 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
WCP
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
European Championship Final
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
ECF 1980 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
ECF
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| EC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
|
Garry Birtles
- Match History |
|
Club: Nottingham
Forest F.C. - 3 full appearances |
manager: Ron Greenwood - 3
full capsx
|
|
|
Age 23 |
|
1 |
b |
26 March 1980
- England 1 Spain 0, Roker Park, Sunderland |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
|
1 |
539 |
13 May 1980 -
England 3
Argentina
1,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
sub 76 |
x |
|
3-1 when substituting |
|
- |
540 |
17 May 1980 -
Wales 4 England 1, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
BC |
AL |
squad member |
|
- |
541 |
20 May 1980 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 1, Wembley
Stadium, Wembley |
HD |
|
- |
542 |
24 May 1980 -
Scotland 0 England 2, Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
AW |
|
A 25-man provisional squad was announced on
24 May 1980, it consisted of a twenty-man final squad, plus two from
five shortlisted players. Garry Birtles was one of those five, and
was added to the final squad of 22. |
|
- |
544 |
12 June 1980 -
Belgium 1
England 1, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino |
ECF |
ND |
squad member |
|
2 |
545 |
15 June 1980 -
England 0
Italy 1,
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino |
AW |
Start off 75 |
21 |
|
0-0 when substituted |
|
- |
546 |
18 June 1980 -
Spain 1
England 2, Stadio San Paolo, Napoli |
NW |
squad member |
|
Age 24 |
|
- |
547 |
10 September 1980 -
England 4 Norway 0, Wembley
Stadium, Wembley |
WCP |
HW |
unused sub |
15 |
|
3 |
548 |
15 October 1980 -
Romania 2
England 1,
Stadionul
23 August, Bucureşti |
WCP |
AL |
Start off 65 |
9 |
|
1-1 when substituted |
|
Club: Manchester
United F.C. - 0 full appearances |
|
|
|
- |
549 |
19 November 1980 -
England 2 Switzerland 1, Wembley
Stadium, Wembley |
WCP |
HW |
unused sub |
16 |
|
- |
551 |
29 April 1981 -
England
0 Romania 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
WCP |
HD |
squad member |
|
- |
552 |
12 May 1981 -
England
0 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HL |
squad member |
|
- |
553 |
20 May 1981 -
England
0 Wales 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
unused sub |
16 |
|
- |
554 |
23 May 1981 -
England
0 Scotland 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
squad member |
|
- |
555 |
30 May 1981 - Switzerland 2
England 1, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
WCP |
AL |
squad member |
|
- |
556 |
6 June 1981 - Hungary 1
England 3, Népstadion, Budapest |
AW |
Notes
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