The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 NORWICH CITY - Sat Mar 28, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: A Saunders
Attendance:: 22,353
Pos Before/After:: 6 3
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 1)
Norwich City:: Mar 05, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3118 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1531 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3523 (of 5721)
Total:: 4886 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (53)
Trevor Francis (54)

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Ken Brown
Prior form: LLWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Justin Fashanu (44)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Frank Gray
4	M	Stuart Gray
5	D	David Needham off for Einar Aas
6	D	Kenny Burns
7	M	Raimondo Ponte	Last game
8	F	Ian Wallace
9	F	Trevor Francis (53) (54)
10	M	Colin Walsh
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	Einar Aas on for David Needham	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Chris Woods
2	D	Gregory Downs
3	D	Steve Walford
4	D	John McDowell
5	D	Dave Watson
6	M	Michael McGuire
7	M	Graham Paddon
8	M	Mark Barham
9	M	Martin O'Neill ()
10	F	Justin Fashanu
11	F	Joe Royle
Subs
12		Richard Symonds ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 28, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Liverpool
Aston Villa	2-1	Southampton
Coventry City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace	0-1	Leeds United
Everton	0-1	Manchester United
Ipswich Town	4-1	Sunderland
Manchester City	1-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Middlesbrough	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Norwich City
Stoke City	0-0	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	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
	1	Ipswich Town	33	20	10	3	66	27	13	4	0	38	8	7	6	3	28	19	39	50	WWWWWL
	2	Aston Villa	34	21	7	6	58	32	12	3	1	31	10	9	4	5	27	22	26	49	WWWWDL
	3	Southampton	36	18	8	10	67	48	14	3	2	44	21	4	5	8	23	27	19	44	LLWWWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	11	7	47	33	11	4	2	29	11	5	7	5	18	22	14	43	WDDWLW
	5	Liverpool	33	14	14	5	55	37	11	5	1	34	13	3	9	4	21	24	18	42	LLDDWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	35	16	10	9	55	37	13	1	3	40	18	3	9	6	15	19	18	42	WDWWDL
	7	Arsenal	34	12	14	8	48	41	9	7	0	28	14	3	7	8	20	27	7	38	DLWDLD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	13	12	10	61	56	9	7	2	39	25	4	5	8	22	31	5	38	DLDDLW
	9	Manchester United	36	9	18	9	43	35	6	11	1	26	13	3	7	8	17	22	8	36	LLLDDW
	10	Birmingham City	34	12	10	12	45	48	10	4	4	29	19	2	6	8	16	29	-3	34	WDWDWW
	11	Stoke City	35	9	15	11	42	52	6	7	4	25	20	3	8	7	17	32	-10	33	LLDLWD
	12	Leeds United	34	13	7	14	30	45	8	3	6	13	19	5	4	8	17	26	-15	33	DLWWWL
	13	Manchester City	34	12	8	14	45	48	9	4	4	27	19	3	4	10	18	29	-3	32	DWLWLL
	14	Sunderland	35	12	7	16	45	42	9	4	5	28	16	3	3	11	17	26	3	31	WLDLWW
	15	Everton	33	12	7	14	47	45	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	10	19	25	2	31	LWWLLL
	16	Middlesbrough	34	13	5	16	45	47	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	15	13	36	-2	31	LWDLLL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	8	15	37	45	10	1	5	23	14	1	7	10	14	31	-8	30	DLLWLW
	18	Coventry City	35	11	8	16	43	59	8	5	4	28	25	3	3	12	15	34	-16	30	WLLLWL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	10	6	19	44	62	8	3	7	26	24	2	3	12	18	38	-18	26	DWLWLD
	20	Norwich City	35	9	7	19	38	65	7	7	4	29	22	2	0	15	9	43	-27	25	LLWLWD
	21	Leicester City	35	10	4	21	27	54	6	4	8	15	17	4	0	13	12	37	-27	24	LWDWLD
	22	Crystal Palace	35	5	6	24	40	70	5	4	8	28	29	0	2	16	12	41	-30	16	LLLLLD

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	Ipswich Town	34	21	10	3	70	28	14	4	0	42	9	7	6	3	28	19	42	52	WWWWLW	4-1
	2	Aston Villa	35	22	7	6	60	33	13	3	1	33	11	9	4	5	27	22	27	51	WWWDLW	2-1
3	3	Nottingham Forest	36	17	10	9	57	38	14	1	3	42	19	3	9	6	15	19	19	44	DWWDLW	2-1
1	4	Southampton	37	18	8	11	68	50	14	3	2	44	21	4	5	9	24	29	18	44	LWWWWL	1-2
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	35	16	11	8	48	35	11	4	2	29	11	5	7	6	19	24	13	43	DDWLWL	1-2
1	6	Liverpool	34	14	14	6	55	38	11	5	1	34	13	3	9	5	21	25	17	42	LDDWWL	0-1
	7	Arsenal	35	13	14	8	49	41	10	7	0	29	14	3	7	8	20	27	8	40	LWDLDW	1-0
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	12	10	62	56	9	7	2	39	25	5	5	8	23	31	6	40	LDDLWW	1-0
	9	Manchester United	37	10	18	9	44	35	6	11	1	26	13	4	7	8	18	22	9	38	LLDDWW	1-0
	10	Birmingham City	35	12	11	12	45	48	10	4	4	29	19	2	7	8	16	29	-3	35	DWDWWD	0-0
1	11	Leeds United	35	14	7	14	31	45	8	3	6	13	19	6	4	8	18	26	-14	35	LWWWLW	1-0
1	12	Stoke City	36	9	16	11	42	52	6	8	4	25	20	3	8	7	17	32	-10	34	LDLWDD	0-0
3	13	Middlesbrough	35	14	5	16	47	48	12	4	1	34	12	2	1	15	13	36	-1	33	WDLLLW	2-1
1	14	Manchester City	35	12	9	14	46	49	9	5	4	28	20	3	4	10	18	29	-3	33	WLWLLD	1-1
	15	Everton	34	12	7	15	47	46	7	6	5	28	21	5	1	10	19	25	1	31	WWLLLL	0-1
2	16	Sunderland	36	12	7	17	46	46	9	4	5	28	16	3	3	12	18	30	0	31	LDLWWL	1-4
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	8	16	37	46	10	1	6	23	15	1	7	10	14	31	-9	30	LLWLWL	0-1
	18	Coventry City	36	11	8	17	43	60	8	5	5	28	26	3	3	12	15	34	-17	30	LLLWLL	0-1
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	10	7	19	45	63	8	3	7	26	24	2	4	12	19	39	-18	27	WLWLDD	1-1
1	20	Leicester City	36	11	4	21	28	54	6	4	8	15	17	5	0	13	13	37	-26	26	WDWLDW	1-0
1	21	Norwich City	36	9	7	20	39	67	7	7	4	29	22	2	0	16	10	45	-28	25	LWLWDL	1-2
	22	Crystal Palace	36	5	6	25	40	71	5	4	9	28	30	0	2	16	12	41	-31	16	LLLLDL	0-1

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