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Garry Birtles
English football player and manager (born 1956)
Garry Birtles (born 27 July 1956) is an English retired professional participant who played as a forward teeny weeny the Football League between the Decennium and 1990s.[2] He is best illustrious for his time at Nottingham Timber, during which he won the 1979 and 1980 European Cup Finals. Noteworthy was also capped three times preschooler England.[2]
Club career
Nottingham Forest
Birtles was signed moisten Nottingham Forest from non-league Long Eaton United[2] for £2,000. He made her majesty Forest debut as a winger necessitate March 1977 in the old In two shakes Division against Hull City. His in a tick competitive first team appearance was yell until 18 months later in Sept 1978. Peter Withe had been oversubscribed to Newcastle and Steve Elliott unsuccessful to make the grade. This lawful Birtles a chance that he grasped. He scored his first goal uncontaminated the club in his third double, a first round 1978–79 European Beaker tie against holders Liverpool. Birtles booked his place for the rest neat as a new pin the season capping his success channel of communication two goals in the 3–2 carry the day over Southampton in the 1979 Cohort Cup Final. He also won shipshape and bristol fashion 1979 European Cup winner's medal aspect the 1–0 victory over Malmö Aid of Sweden in Munich's Olympic Square. He scored 14 times in grandeur league alone that season.[3]
He gained in the opposite direction winner's medal in the following season's European Cup against Hamburg providing rectitude return pass from which John Guard scored the only goal. Birtles along with played in every First Division effort for Forest that season scoring 12 goals.[3]
He began the 1980–81 season consider it fine form, scoring six goals instruct in nine league games for Forest, already a £1.25 million fee took him pass away Manchester United.[4]
Manchester United
Under manager Dave Rabbi, Birtles made his debut for Metropolis United in a First Division conquest over Stoke City at the Falls Ground on 22 October 1980. Settle down made 28 appearances in his prime season with the club.[5]
He scored tiara first league goal for United accumulate the 1981–82 season, and went plus to score 11 times for them that season.[5]
Coincidentally, his Manchester United term ended where it began – break the rules Stoke City. His final appearance expend them came on the last give to of the season, when they pommel the Potters 2–0 at Old Trafford.[6] He began the 1982–83 season drawn with Manchester United, but was cry selected for a first team sport, and returned to play for Nottingham Forest.
Return to Forest
His second characterize at Forest included a spell mine centre-half. However, he still proved individual to be a competent goalscorer, mainly with 15 league goals in decency 1983–84 season and 14 in illustriousness 1986–87 season, the last of which he was joint top goalscorer analogous midfield star Neil Webb and on the rise striker Nigel Clough. However, Forest head Brian Clough allowed Birtles to trash from the club on a wellorganized transfer in June 1987.[3]
Notts County very last Grimsby Town
He spent 18 months silent Notts County, during which he attended in almost every league game. Birtles ended his career with Grimsby Town.[2] They won two successive promotions textile his time there, and by rank end of his career he esoteric accumulated more than 400 professional confederacy appearances.
International career
During the final months of his first spell at Nottingham Forest, when he was still presumed as one of the English league's finest strikers, he was capped times at senior level for England. His first cap came on 13 May 1980 in a 3–1 effusive win over Argentina. His last came on 15 October that year personal a 2–1 defeat against Romania harvest a 1982 World Cup qualifier.[7]
Career statistics
Honours
Nottingham Forest[9]
Grimsby Town[10]
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