David Needham (born 21 May 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County, Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest,[1] and in the North American Soccer League for the Toronto Blizzard,[2] in the 1970s and 1980s.
He was signed to replace the recently retired Frank McLintock in the centre of QPR's defence.
He did win a League Cup winners medal the following season when Forest retained the trophy, and was in the team which lost the 1980 final, when a mix-up between Needham and Peter Shilton led to the winning goal for Andy Gray.
[3] He was an unused substitute in both of Forest's European Cup final wins in 1979 and 1980.
He signed for Toronto Blizzard in the North American Soccer League.