FOREST 2 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Wed Aug 20, 1980 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Wed Aug 20, 1980 (7:45 PM)
- Opponent:
- Birmingham City
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 2-1 (Won)
- Half-time: 1-0
- Season:
- 1980-81
- Referee:
- Neil Midgley
- Attendance:
- 26,561
- Pos Before/After:
- 19
14
- Opp Before/After:
- 7
10
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Everton (League Tier 1)
- Birmingham City:
- Nov 11, 1980
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 3084 (of 4969)
- League Tier 1:
- 1497 (of 2221)
- Competitive:
- 3474 (of 5679)
- Total:
- 4832 (of 7451)

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: L (Old to recent)
Goals:
Garry Birtles (37)
Raimondo Ponte (63) - Raimondo Ponte first goal
Lineup:
Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | ![]() | |
2 | D | ![]() | |
3 | D | ![]() | |
4 | M | ![]() | |
5 | D | ![]() | |
6 | D | ![]() | |
7 | M | ![]() | |
8 | M | ![]() ![]() | |
9 | F | ![]() ![]() | |
10 | F | ![]() | |
11 | F | ![]() | |
Subs | |||
12 | M | ![]() |
Lineup:
Num | Pos | Player |
---|---|---|
1 | GK | Jeffrey Wealands |
2 | D | Joseph Gallagher |
3 | D | Mark Dennis ![]() |
4 | D | David Langan |
5 | D | Colin Todd |
6 | M | Alan Curbishley |
7 | M | Alan Ainscow () |
8 | M | Kevin Dillon |
9 | M | Archie Gemmill |
10 | F | Keith Bertschin |
11 | F | Frank Worthington ![]() |
Subs | ||
12 | Don Givens () |
Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 1-0 | Norwich City |
Manchester City | 0-4 | Sunderland |
Nottingham Forest | 2-1 | Birmingham City |
Stoke City | 0-0 | West Bromwich Albion |
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 | ||
1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WW | ||
2 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | WW | ||
3 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | WD | ||
4 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | WD | ||
5 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | WD | ||
6 | Norwich City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | W | ||
7 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | ||
8 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | WL | ||
9 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | ||
10 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | W | ||
11 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | LW | ||
12 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | ||
13 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LW | ||
14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | ||
15 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | LD | ||
16 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | L | ||
17 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | ||
18 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | ||
19 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | ||
20 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | ||
21 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | ||
22 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | L |
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 | Result(s) | |
![]() | 1 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | WW | 4-0 |
![]() | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WW | |
![]() | 3 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | WW | |
![]() | 4 | Aston Villa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | WW | 1-0 |
![]() | 5 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | WD | |
![]() | 6 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | WD | |
![]() | 7 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | WD | |
![]() | 8 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | WL | 0-1 |
![]() | 9 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | WL | |
![]() | 10 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | WL | 1-2 |
11 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | LW | ||
12 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | ||
13 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LW | ||
![]() | 14 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | 2-1 |
![]() | 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | |
16 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | LD | 0-0 | |
![]() | 17 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | LD | |
![]() | 18 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | LD | 0-0 |
![]() | 19 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | |
20 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | ||
21 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | ||
![]() | 22 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | LL | 0-4 |
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