Editing Peter Withe (section)

====Nottingham Forest====
[[Brian Clough]] joined [[Nottingham Forest]] as manager in January 1975. In the summer of 1976 he was joined by [[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928)|Peter Taylor]], who had been his assistant at [[Derby County]] in winning the [[1971–72 Football League]].<ref name=dc>[https://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/the-history-of-derby-county dcfc.co.uk "Derby County Club History"]</ref> From Taylor's arrival Forest immediately went into upswing.<ref name=nffc>[https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/club/history-landing-page/history-of-nffc/ nffc.co.uk "History of NFFC – Nottingham Forest"]</ref> Forest signed the 25-year-old Withe to make his debut for the club on 25 September 1976. He scored on his debut in a 5–1 [[Football League Second Division]] home win v [[Carlisle United]] with strike partner [[John O'Hare]] also scoring. Withe was given a new strike partner on 3 November 1976 in an [[Anglo-Scottish Cup]] 2–0 win at [[Ayr United]]. [[Tony Woodcock (footballer)|Tony Woodcock]] was recalled to the first team, bringing speed and anticipation to the front two to complement Withe's height, strength and power.<ref name=gunners>[https://www.gunnerstown.com/arsenal/2017/07/12/arsenals-original-fox-in-the-box-highbury-hero-tony-woodcock/ "Arsenal's original 'Fox-in-the-box" – Highbury Hero Tony Woodcock"]</ref> Withe and Woodcock both scored at Ayr. Withe ended the season as the club top scorer with 19 goals and Woodcock second with 17 and Forest's Player of the Year despite his November seasonal debut. Forest's first trophy of the Clough and Taylor regime was in December that season beating Orient over two legs in the Anglo-Scottish Cup final. Withe played in the 1–1 first leg away draw on 13 December 1976 but then spent two weeks out the side missing the 4–0 second leg win. Forest won promotion at the end of the season to the top tier from finishing third in Division Two.<ref name=tcgpw>[http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Peter%20Withe "The City Ground – Peter Withe"]</ref><ref name=tcgtw>[http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Tony%20Woodcock "The City Ground – Tony Woodcock"]</ref><ref name=nffc/>

Withe and Woodcock won the [[1977–78 Football League First Division]] and [[1977–78 Football League Cup]] with Forest. They ended the season as Forest's joint top scorers with 19 goals each. Withe scored in the [[1978 FA Charity Shield]] 5–0 win against [[Ipswich Town]] on 12 August 1978. After playing in the 1–1 league home draw the week after against [[Tottenham Hotspur]], Forest agreed to sell him for £225,000 just before his 27th birthday at the end of that month. Withe scored 39 goals in 99 competitive first team games for Forest.<ref name=tcgpw/> This included 28 goals in 75 league games.<ref name=nb/> His place in the next three games was given to league debutant [[Steve Elliott (footballer, born 1958)|Steve Elliott]]; all of them ended goalless.<ref name=tcg78>[http://thecityground.com/season_details.php?season_id=1978-79 "SEASON: 1978–79" The City Ground]</ref> The number 9 jersey was then given to 22-year-old [[Garry Birtles]] who promptly became a regular first choice, winning the [[European Cup]] with Forest in this season and the following one.<ref name=tcggb>[http://thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Garry%20Birtles "GARRY BIRTLES"]</ref>