The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 04, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: Howard King
Attendance:: 22,712
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Kettering Town (Friendly)
League:: Liverpool
Southampton:: Aug 29, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3119 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1532 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3524 (of 5724)
Total:: 4889 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 21 days ago

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

Goals

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

Goals
Kevin Keegan (11')
Mick Channon (40')

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	M	25	Einar Aas	First start
6	D	27	Kenny Burns
7	M	19	Gary Mills
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	18	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Wells
2	D	Ivan Golac
3	D	Chris Nicholl
4	D	Dave Watson
5	D	Graham Baker
6	M	Nick Holmes
7	M	Steve Williams
8	M	Alan Ball
9	M	Kevin Keegan
10	F	Steve Moran
11	F	Mick Channon
Subs
12		David Puckett

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 04, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Middlesbrough
Brighton and Hove Albion	0-1	Arsenal
Leeds United	3-0	Coventry City
Leicester City	2-4	Aston Villa
Manchester United	1-0	Crystal Palace
Norwich City	2-0	Manchester City
Southampton	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Sunderland	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Ipswich Town

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	35	21	10	4	70	31	14	4	0	42	9	7	6	4	28	22	39	52	WWWLWL	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	35	22	7	6	60	33	13	3	1	33	11	9	4	5	27	22	27	51	WWWDLW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	36	17	11	8	50	35	12	4	2	31	11	5	7	6	19	24	15	45	DWLWLW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	35	15	14	6	58	38	12	5	1	37	13	3	9	5	21	25	20	44	DDWWLW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	36	17	10	9	57	38	14	1	3	42	19	3	9	6	15	19	19	44	DWWDLW	Safe
	6	Southampton	37	18	8	11	68	50	14	3	2	44	21	4	5	9	24	29	18	44	LWWWWL	Safe
	7	Arsenal	36	14	14	8	51	42	11	7	0	31	15	3	7	8	20	27	9	42	WDLDWW	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	12	10	62	56	9	7	2	39	25	5	5	8	23	31	6	40	LDDLWW	Safe
	9	Manchester United	37	10	18	9	44	35	6	11	1	26	13	4	7	8	18	22	9	38	LLDDWW	Safe
	10	Leeds United	36	15	7	14	34	45	9	3	6	16	19	6	4	8	18	26	-11	37	WWWLWW
	11	Birmingham City	36	12	11	13	46	50	10	4	4	29	19	2	7	9	17	31	-4	35	WDWWDL
	12	Manchester City	36	12	10	14	49	52	9	6	4	31	23	3	4	10	18	29	-3	34	LWLLDD
	13	Stoke City	37	9	16	12	42	55	6	8	4	25	20	3	8	8	17	35	-13	34	DLWDDL
	14	Middlesbrough	35	14	5	16	47	48	12	4	1	34	12	2	1	15	13	36	-1	33	WDLLLW
	15	Sunderland	36	12	7	17	46	46	9	4	5	28	16	3	3	12	18	30	0	31	LDLWWL
	16	Everton	35	12	7	16	47	48	7	6	5	28	21	5	1	11	19	27	-1	31	WLLLLL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	8	16	37	46	10	1	6	23	15	1	7	10	14	31	-9	30	LLWLWL
	18	Coventry City	36	11	8	17	43	60	8	5	5	28	26	3	3	12	15	34	-17	30	LLLWLL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	10	7	19	45	63	8	3	7	26	24	2	4	12	19	39	-18	27	WLWLDD
	20	Leicester City	37	11	5	21	31	57	6	4	8	15	17	5	1	13	16	40	-26	27	DWLDWD
	21	Norwich City	36	9	7	20	39	67	7	7	4	29	22	2	0	16	10	45	-28	25	LWLWDL
	22	Crystal Palace	36	5	6	25	40	71	5	4	9	28	30	0	2	16	12	41	-31	16	LLLLDL

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	1	Aston Villa	36	23	7	6	64	35	13	3	1	33	11	10	4	5	31	24	29	53	WWDLWW	Safe	4-2
1	2	Ipswich Town	36	21	10	5	71	34	14	4	0	42	9	7	6	5	29	25	37	52	WWLWLL	Safe	1-3
	3	West Bromwich Albion	37	18	11	8	53	36	13	4	2	34	12	5	7	6	19	24	17	47	WLWLWW	Safe	3-1
2	4	Southampton	38	19	8	11	70	50	15	3	2	46	21	4	5	9	24	29	20	46	WWWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Liverpool	35	15	14	6	58	38	12	5	1	37	13	3	9	5	21	25	20	44	DDWWLW	Safe
1	6	Nottingham Forest	37	17	10	10	57	40	14	1	3	42	19	3	9	7	15	21	17	44	WWDLWL	Safe	0-2
	7	Arsenal	37	15	14	8	52	42	11	7	0	31	15	4	7	8	21	27	10	44	DLDWWW	Safe	1-0
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	13	10	64	58	9	8	2	41	27	5	5	8	23	31	6	41	DDLWWD	Safe	2-2
	9	Manchester United	38	11	18	9	45	35	7	11	1	27	13	4	7	8	18	22	10	40	LDDWWW	Safe	1-0
	10	Leeds United	37	16	7	14	37	45	10	3	6	19	19	6	4	8	18	26	-8	39	WWLWWW	Safe	3-0
	11	Birmingham City	37	13	11	13	48	51	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	9	17	31	-3	37	DWWDLW		2-1
	12	Manchester City	37	12	10	15	49	54	9	6	4	31	23	3	4	11	18	31	-5	34	WLLDDL		0-2
	13	Stoke City	37	9	16	12	42	55	6	8	4	25	20	3	8	8	17	35	-13	34	DLWDDL
	14	Middlesbrough	36	14	5	17	48	50	12	4	1	34	12	2	1	16	14	38	-2	33	DLLLWL		1-2
1	15	Everton	36	12	8	16	49	50	7	6	5	28	21	5	2	11	21	29	-1	32	LLLLLD		2-2
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	12	8	16	38	46	10	1	6	23	15	2	7	10	15	31	-8	32	LWLWLW		1-0
2	17	Sunderland	37	12	7	18	46	47	9	4	6	28	17	3	3	12	18	30	-1	31	DLWWLL		0-1
	18	Coventry City	37	11	8	18	43	63	8	5	5	28	26	3	3	13	15	37	-20	30	LLWLLL		0-3
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	37	10	7	20	45	64	8	3	8	26	25	2	4	12	19	39	-19	27	LWLDDL		0-1
1	20	Norwich City	37	10	7	20	41	67	8	7	4	31	22	2	0	16	10	45	-26	27	WLWDLW		2-0
1	21	Leicester City	38	11	5	22	33	61	6	4	9	17	21	5	1	13	16	40	-28	27	WLDWDL		2-4
	22	Crystal Palace	37	5	6	26	40	72	5	4	9	28	30	0	2	17	12	42	-32	16	LLLDLL	Relegated	0-1