The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Mar 22, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 22, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 22 March 1980
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: A Porter
Attendance:: 27,625
Pos Before/After:: 9 6
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (League Tier 1)
Southampton:: Nov 01, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3072 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1485 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3459 (of 5724)
Total:: 4805 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 25 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: DDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
John Robertson (36') (Pen)
Garry Birtles (45')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Lawrie McMenemy
Prior form: WDLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Peter Shilton
2	D	23	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Frank Gray
4	M	30	John McGovern
5	D	31	Larry Lloyd
6	D	26	Kenny Burns
7	M	28	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Stan Bowles
9	F	23	Garry Birtles (45')
10	F	25	Trevor Francis
11	F	27	John Robertson (36')
Subs
12	M	28	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Wells
2	D	Dave Watson
3	D	Malcolm Waldron
4	D	Manny Andruszewski
5	D	Chris Nicholl
6	M	Graham Baker
7	M	Trevor Hebberd
8	M	Nick Holmes
9	M	Charlie George
10	F	Mick Channon
11	F	Phil Boyer
Subs
12		Austin Hayes

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 22, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Crystal Palace
Aston Villa	1-1	Ipswich Town
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County	3-3	Bristol City
Leeds United	0-0	Coventry City
Liverpool	1-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Manchester United	1-0	Manchester City
Middlesbrough	2-1	Everton
Norwich City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Southampton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Stoke City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Liverpool	32	20	8	4	68	23	11	5	0	36	6	9	3	4	32	17	45	48	DLWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	32	16	10	6	47	26	12	3	1	32	4	4	7	5	15	22	21	42	DWWLDD	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	33	17	6	10	54	33	11	3	3	34	10	6	3	7	20	23	21	40	WWDWDW
	4	Arsenal	31	14	11	6	41	23	8	6	3	21	9	6	5	3	20	14	18	39	WWWWDW
	5	Southampton	33	14	8	11	51	40	11	2	3	42	17	3	6	8	9	23	11	36	WDLDLW
	6	Middlesbrough	32	13	10	9	36	28	8	6	2	22	11	5	4	7	14	17	8	36	LDWDDW
	7	Aston Villa	32	12	11	9	39	37	8	4	5	22	19	4	7	4	17	18	2	35	DWDLLL
	8	Crystal Palace	33	11	13	9	36	35	8	7	2	24	10	3	6	7	12	25	1	35	LLDWWD
	9	Nottingham Forest	31	14	6	11	48	36	10	4	1	32	11	4	2	10	16	25	12	34	DDLWLW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	38	33	6	6	3	17	12	8	0	7	21	21	5	34	DWWWLW
	11	Leeds United	33	10	12	11	37	42	7	5	4	23	17	3	7	7	14	25	-5	32	DDLWLL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	8	12	40	48	9	3	3	22	16	3	5	9	18	32	-8	32	LLWWLD
	13	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	13	11	47	46	7	6	3	32	21	2	7	8	15	25	1	31	DLDWDD
	14	Norwich City	32	9	13	10	44	47	7	7	2	29	23	2	6	8	15	24	-3	31	LDDDLL
	15	Coventry City	32	13	5	14	46	51	10	2	4	28	16	3	3	10	18	35	-5	31	DWLDLD
	16	Stoke City	32	10	9	13	38	45	7	3	6	23	22	3	6	7	15	23	-7	29	DWLDWL
	17	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	8	13	12	40	49	5	7	4	19	18	3	6	8	21	31	-9	29	DDDDDD
	18	Everton	33	7	14	12	36	42	5	6	6	23	23	2	8	6	13	19	-6	28	LDLDDW
	19	Manchester City	33	9	9	15	31	55	6	5	5	19	19	3	4	10	12	36	-24	27	DLDDLL
	20	Derby County	33	8	6	19	32	52	6	3	8	25	25	2	3	11	7	27	-20	22	LDWLDW
	21	Bristol City	33	6	10	17	23	50	4	5	8	15	25	2	5	9	8	25	-27	22	DWLLDL
	22	Bolton Wanderers	32	3	11	18	26	57	3	8	4	11	13	0	3	14	15	44	-31	17	LWLWLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	33	21	8	4	69	23	12	5	0	37	6	9	3	4	32	17	46	50	LWWWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Manchester United	33	17	10	6	48	26	13	3	1	33	4	4	7	5	15	22	22	44	WWLDDW	Safe	1-0
	3	Ipswich Town	34	17	7	10	55	34	11	3	3	34	10	6	4	7	21	24	21	41	WDWDWD	Safe	1-1
	4	Arsenal	32	14	12	6	42	24	8	7	3	22	10	6	5	3	20	14	18	40	WWWDWD	Safe	1-1
1	5	Middlesbrough	33	14	10	9	38	29	9	6	2	24	12	5	4	7	14	17	9	38	DWDDWW		2-1
3	6	Nottingham Forest	32	15	6	11	50	36	11	4	1	34	11	4	2	10	16	25	14	36	DLWLWW		2-0
2	7	Southampton	34	14	8	12	51	42	11	2	3	42	17	3	6	9	9	25	9	36	DLDLWL		0-2
2	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	15	6	10	41	33	7	6	3	20	12	8	0	7	21	21	8	36	WWWLWW		3-0
2	9	Aston Villa	33	12	12	9	40	38	8	5	5	23	20	4	7	4	17	18	2	36	WDLLLD		1-1
2	10	Crystal Palace	34	11	14	9	37	36	8	7	2	24	10	3	7	7	13	26	1	36	LDWWDD		1-1
	11	Leeds United	34	10	13	11	37	42	7	6	4	23	17	3	7	7	14	25	-5	33	DLWLLD		0-0
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	34	9	14	11	48	47	7	6	3	32	21	2	8	8	16	26	1	32	LDWDDD		1-1
1	13	Norwich City	33	9	14	10	45	48	7	8	2	30	24	2	6	8	15	24	-3	32	DDDLLD		1-1
1	14	Coventry City	33	13	6	14	46	51	10	2	4	28	16	3	4	10	18	35	-5	32	WLDLDD		0-0
3	15	Tottenham Hotspur	33	12	8	13	41	50	9	3	3	22	16	3	5	10	19	34	-9	32	LWWLDL		1-2
1	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	8	13	13	40	50	5	7	4	19	18	3	6	9	21	32	-10	29	DDDDDL		0-1
1	17	Stoke City	33	10	9	14	38	48	7	3	6	23	22	3	6	8	15	26	-10	29	WLDWLL		0-3
	18	Everton	34	7	14	13	37	44	5	6	6	23	23	2	8	7	14	21	-7	28	DLDDWL		1-2
	19	Manchester City	34	9	9	16	31	56	6	5	5	19	19	3	4	11	12	37	-25	27	LDDLLL		0-1
	20	Derby County	34	8	7	19	35	55	6	4	8	28	28	2	3	11	7	27	-20	23	DWLDWD		3-3
	21	Bristol City	34	6	11	17	26	53	4	5	8	15	25	2	6	9	11	28	-27	23	WLLDLD		3-3
	22	Bolton Wanderers	33	4	11	18	28	58	4	8	4	13	14	0	3	14	15	44	-30	19	WLWLDW		2-1

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