The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 ARSENAL - Sat Feb 21, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: T Farley
Attendance:: 25,357
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Nov 21, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3112 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1525 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3515 (of 5724)
Total:: 4880 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 2 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (9')
Martin O'Neill (14') - Martin O'Neill last goal
Kenny Burns (74')

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: DDWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Frank Stapleton (28')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	24	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Frank Gray
4	M	20	Stuart Gray
5	D	27	Kenny Burns (74')
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	19	Gary Mills
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	28	Martin O'Neill (9') (14')	Last game
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	David O'Leary
3	D	Steve Gatting
4	D	Willie Young
5	D	Kenny Sansom
6	M	John Hollins
7	M	Brian Talbot
8	M	Graham Rix
9	M	Brian McDermott
10	F	Alan Sunderland
11	F	Frank Stapleton
Subs
12		John Devine

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Crystal Palace
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-2	Liverpool
Everton	3-0	Coventry City
Ipswich Town	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	1-0	Sunderland
Manchester City	1-0	Manchester United
Middlesbrough	3-1	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Arsenal
Southampton	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Leicester 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	Ipswich Town	29	17	10	2	55	24	11	4	0	32	7	6	6	2	23	17	31	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	29	18	6	5	50	25	11	2	1	26	6	7	4	4	24	19	25	42	WDWWWW
	3	Liverpool	30	12	13	5	50	35	9	5	1	31	13	3	8	4	19	22	15	37	DLWLLD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	9	6	39	26	9	3	2	24	8	5	6	4	15	18	13	37	WWWLWW
	5	Southampton	29	14	7	8	58	41	11	2	2	37	19	3	5	6	21	22	17	35	DWWWWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	29	13	8	8	44	31	10	1	3	32	16	3	7	5	12	15	13	34	WDLWDW
	7	Arsenal	29	11	12	6	42	34	8	6	0	24	12	3	6	6	18	22	8	34	DDWLDD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	30	12	10	8	55	48	8	6	1	34	21	4	4	7	21	27	7	34	DWWWDD
	9	Manchester United	30	8	16	6	37	27	5	10	0	23	10	3	6	6	14	17	10	32	LWLWLD
	10	Birmingham City	31	10	9	12	40	46	8	4	4	26	19	2	5	8	14	27	-6	29	LLLWDW
	11	Stoke City	30	8	13	9	35	43	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	6	13	26	-8	29	DDLDWL
	12	Manchester City	29	10	8	11	41	41	7	4	4	24	18	3	4	7	17	23	0	28	WWDWLD
	13	Middlesbrough	29	12	4	13	40	40	10	4	1	29	10	2	0	12	11	30	0	28	WLLWWL
	14	Coventry City	30	10	8	12	38	44	7	5	3	24	20	3	3	9	14	24	-6	28	DDLDDW
	15	Everton	28	10	7	11	40	37	6	6	3	24	18	4	1	8	16	19	3	27	LLLDLL
	16	Leeds United	30	10	7	13	25	41	7	3	5	11	16	3	4	8	14	25	-16	27	DLWWDL
	17	Sunderland	30	10	6	14	39	38	8	3	4	23	13	2	3	10	16	25	1	26	LWWLLW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	8	12	30	39	9	1	4	20	13	0	7	8	10	26	-9	26	LLWDWD
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	29	8	4	17	33	51	6	1	7	17	20	2	3	10	16	31	-18	20	WWLLLL
	20	Norwich City	31	7	6	18	32	60	5	6	4	23	20	2	0	14	9	40	-28	20	LLLLLL
	21	Leicester City	30	8	2	20	21	47	5	2	8	12	15	3	0	12	9	32	-26	18	LLLWWL
	22	Crystal Palace	30	5	5	20	36	62	5	4	6	26	25	0	1	14	10	37	-26	15	LDDLLL

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	Ipswich Town	30	18	10	2	58	25	12	4	0	35	8	6	6	2	23	17	33	46	WDWWWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Aston Villa	30	19	6	5	52	26	12	2	1	28	7	7	4	4	24	19	26	44	DWWWWW	Safe	2-1
	3	Liverpool	31	12	14	5	52	37	9	5	1	31	13	3	9	4	21	24	15	38	LWLLDD		2-2
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	10	6	41	28	9	3	2	24	8	5	7	4	17	20	13	38	WWLWWD		2-2
	5	Southampton	30	14	8	8	60	43	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	6	21	22	17	36	WWWWWD		2-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	30	14	8	8	47	32	11	1	3	35	17	3	7	5	12	15	15	36	DLWDWW		3-1
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	10	9	56	50	8	6	2	35	23	4	4	7	21	27	6	34	WWWDDL		1-2
1	8	Arsenal	30	11	12	7	43	37	8	6	0	24	12	3	6	7	19	25	6	34	DWLDDL		1-3
	9	Manchester United	31	8	16	7	37	28	5	10	0	23	10	3	6	7	14	18	9	32	WLWLDL		0-1
3	10	Middlesbrough	30	13	4	13	43	41	11	4	1	32	11	2	0	12	11	30	2	30	LLWWLW		3-1
1	11	Manchester City	30	11	8	11	42	41	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	7	17	23	1	30	WDWLDW		1-0
3	12	Everton	29	11	7	11	43	37	7	6	3	27	18	4	1	8	16	19	6	29	LLDLLW		3-0
3	13	Birmingham City	31	10	9	12	40	46	8	4	4	26	19	2	5	8	14	27	-6	29	LLLWDW
3	14	Stoke City	31	8	13	10	36	46	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	DLDWLL		1-3
1	15	Leeds United	31	11	7	13	26	41	8	3	5	12	16	3	4	8	14	25	-15	29	LWWDLW		1-0
2	16	Coventry City	31	10	8	13	38	47	7	5	3	24	20	3	3	10	14	27	-9	28	DLDDWL		0-3
	17	Sunderland	31	10	6	15	39	39	8	3	4	23	13	2	3	11	16	26	0	26	WWLLWL		0-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	8	13	31	42	9	1	4	20	13	0	7	9	11	29	-11	26	LWDWDL		1-3
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	30	8	5	17	35	53	6	2	7	19	22	2	3	10	16	31	-18	21	WLLLLD		2-2
1	20	Leicester City	31	9	2	20	23	48	5	2	8	12	15	4	0	12	11	33	-25	20	LLWWLW		2-1
1	21	Norwich City	31	7	6	18	32	60	5	6	4	23	20	2	0	14	9	40	-28	20	LLLLLL
	22	Crystal Palace	31	5	5	21	37	64	5	4	6	26	25	0	1	15	11	39	-27	15	DDLLLL		1-2

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