The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Mon Apr 20, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 20, 1981 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: K Redfern
Attendance:: 19,711
Pos Before/After:: 8 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Feb 16, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3122 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1535 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3527 (of 5722)
Total:: 4893 (of 7502)

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

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (30)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: John Barnwell
Prior form: WLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Frank Gray
4	M	John McGovern
5	M	Einar Aas
6	D	Bryn Gunn
7	M	Gary Mills
8	F	Peter Ward
9	F	Trevor Francis (30)
10	M	Colin Walsh
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Bradshaw
2	D	Derek Parkin
3	D	Geoffrey Palmer
4	D	John McAlle
5	D	George Berry
6	M	Kenny Hibbitt
7	M	Willie Carr
8	M	Andy Gray
9	M	Melvyn Eves ()
10	F	Wayne Clarke
11	F	John Richards
Subs
12		John Teasdale ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 20, 1981)

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

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	Aston Villa	39	25	7	7	68	37	15	3	2	37	13	10	4	5	31	24	31	57	LWWWLW
	2	Ipswich Town	38	22	10	6	73	37	14	4	1	42	11	8	6	5	31	26	36	54	LWLLWL
	3	Southampton	39	19	9	11	72	52	15	3	2	46	21	4	6	9	26	31	20	47	WWWLWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	39	18	11	10	54	39	13	4	2	34	12	5	7	8	20	27	15	47	WLWWLL
	5	Arsenal	39	16	15	8	54	42	11	8	0	31	15	5	7	8	23	27	12	47	DWWWDW
	6	Liverpool	38	15	16	7	58	39	12	5	2	37	14	3	11	5	21	25	19	46	WLWDLD
	7	Manchester United	41	14	18	9	50	36	8	11	1	29	14	6	7	8	21	22	14	46	WWWWWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	39	17	11	11	57	42	14	2	3	42	19	3	9	8	15	23	15	45	DLWLDL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	13	11	66	61	9	8	3	43	30	5	5	8	23	31	5	41	DLWWDL
	10	Leeds United	39	16	9	14	37	45	10	4	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	41	LWWWDD
	11	Birmingham City	39	13	11	15	49	57	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	11	18	37	-8	37	WDLWLL
	12	Stoke City	39	10	17	12	46	57	7	8	4	27	20	3	9	8	19	37	-11	37	WDDLWD
	13	Manchester City	38	13	10	15	52	55	9	6	4	31	23	4	4	11	21	32	-3	36	LLDDLW
	14	Middlesbrough	38	15	5	18	50	54	13	4	1	35	12	2	1	17	15	42	-4	35	LLWLWL
	15	Everton	38	13	8	17	53	53	8	6	6	32	24	5	2	11	21	29	0	34	LLLDLW
	16	Sunderland	39	13	7	19	49	49	10	4	6	31	17	3	3	13	18	32	0	33	WWLLLW
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	8	17	39	49	10	1	7	24	18	2	7	10	15	31	-10	32	WLWLWL
	18	Coventry City	39	11	9	19	45	67	8	6	6	30	30	3	3	13	15	37	-22	31	WLLLLD
	19	Norwich City	39	12	7	20	46	69	8	7	4	31	22	4	0	16	15	47	-23	31	WDLWWW
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	11	7	21	48	65	8	3	8	26	25	3	4	13	22	40	-17	29	LDDLLW
	21	Leicester City	39	11	6	22	35	63	6	5	9	19	23	5	1	13	16	40	-28	28	LDWDLD
	22	Crystal Palace	39	6	6	27	43	76	6	4	10	31	34	0	2	17	12	42	-33	18	LDLLWL

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	Aston Villa	40	25	8	7	69	38	15	3	2	37	13	10	5	5	32	25	31	58	WWWLWD	1-1
	2	Ipswich Town	39	22	10	7	73	38	14	4	1	42	11	8	6	6	31	27	35	54	WLLWLL	0-1
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	19	11	10	56	40	14	4	2	36	13	5	7	8	20	27	16	49	LWWLLW	2-1
1	4	Arsenal	40	17	15	8	57	44	12	8	0	34	17	5	7	8	23	27	13	49	WWWDWW	3-2
2	5	Southampton	40	19	10	11	73	53	15	4	2	47	22	4	6	9	26	31	20	48	WWLWDD	1-1
2	6	Nottingham Forest	40	18	11	11	58	42	15	2	3	43	19	3	9	8	15	23	16	47	LWLDLW	1-0
1	7	Liverpool	38	15	16	7	58	39	12	5	2	37	14	3	11	5	21	25	19	46	WLWDLD
1	8	Manchester United	41	14	18	9	50	36	8	11	1	29	14	6	7	8	21	22	14	46	WWWWWW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	39	14	14	11	67	62	9	8	3	43	30	5	6	8	24	32	5	42	LWWDLD	1-1
	10	Leeds United	39	16	9	14	37	45	10	4	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	41	LWWWDD
2	11	Manchester City	39	14	10	15	55	56	10	6	4	34	24	4	4	11	21	32	-1	38	LDDLWW	3-1
	12	Stoke City	40	10	18	12	47	58	7	9	4	28	21	3	9	8	19	37	-11	38	DDLWDD	1-1
2	13	Birmingham City	39	13	11	15	49	57	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	11	18	37	-8	37	WDLWLL
	14	Middlesbrough	38	15	5	18	50	54	13	4	1	35	12	2	1	17	15	42	-4	35	LLWLWL
	15	Everton	39	13	8	18	54	56	8	6	6	32	24	5	2	12	22	32	-2	34	LLDLWL	1-3
	16	Sunderland	40	13	7	20	50	51	10	4	6	31	17	3	3	14	19	34	-1	33	WLLLWL	1-2
2	17	Norwich City	40	13	7	20	47	69	9	7	4	32	22	4	0	16	15	47	-22	33	DLWWWW	1-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	8	18	39	50	10	1	7	24	18	2	7	11	15	32	-11	32	LWLWLL	0-1
1	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	40	12	7	21	50	66	9	3	8	28	26	3	4	13	22	40	-16	31	DDLLWW	2-1
2	20	Coventry City	39	11	9	19	45	67	8	6	6	30	30	3	3	13	15	37	-22	31	WLLLLD
	21	Leicester City	40	11	6	23	36	65	6	5	9	19	23	5	1	14	17	42	-29	28	DWDLDL	1-2
	22	Crystal Palace	40	6	6	28	45	79	6	4	10	31	34	0	2	18	14	45	-34	18	DLLWLL	2-3

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