The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Feb 16, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 16, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sports Argus - Saturday 16 February 1980
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: Don Shaw
Attendance:: 23,889
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Middlesbrough:: Apr 26, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3067 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1480 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3451 (of 5724)
Total:: 4797 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 2 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
John Robertson (61') (Pen)
Martin O'Neill (72')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: John Neal
Prior form: WWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Micky Burns (60')
Micky Burns (63')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Peter Shilton
2	D	23	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Frank Gray
4	M	30	John McGovern
5	D	31	Larry Lloyd
6	D	26	Kenny Burns
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (72')
8	F	31	Stan Bowles off for Ian Bowyer (46')
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	F	25	Trevor Francis
11	F	27	John Robertson (61')
Subs
12	M	28	Ian Bowyer on for Stan Bowles (46')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Platt
2	D	Peter Johnson
3	D	John Craggs
4	D	Billy Ashcroft
5	D	Tony McAndrew
6	M	Graeme Hedley
7	M	David Armstrong
8	M	Marc Proctor
9	M	Micky Burns
10	F	David Hodgson
11	F	Terry Cochrane
Subs
12		Irvine Nattrass

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 16, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Brighton and Hove Albion	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Derby County	2-2	Southampton
Manchester City	1-1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Middlesbrough
Stoke City	1-1	Manchester United

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	Liverpool	25	15	7	3	55	19	8	4	0	28	5	7	3	3	27	14	36	37	WWWDLW
	2	Manchester United	26	14	7	5	40	19	10	2	1	26	4	4	5	4	14	15	21	35	WLWDWL
	3	Southampton	28	13	6	9	46	32	10	1	3	39	16	3	5	6	7	16	14	32	WLDWDW
	4	Arsenal	27	11	10	6	33	21	7	5	3	19	9	4	5	3	14	12	12	32	WLWLWW
	5	Ipswich Town	28	14	4	10	42	31	8	3	3	24	10	6	1	7	18	21	11	32	WWWWDW
	6	Nottingham Forest	26	12	5	9	38	31	8	3	1	22	9	4	2	8	16	22	7	29	WWLWWD
	7	Aston Villa	25	10	9	6	32	26	7	3	3	18	12	3	6	3	14	14	6	29	WLWWWL
	8	Crystal Palace	28	9	11	8	30	30	7	6	2	20	8	2	5	6	10	22	0	29	DWWDLL
	9	Middlesbrough	25	11	6	8	28	22	8	5	1	20	7	3	1	7	8	15	6	28	WWWLDW
	10	Norwich City	26	9	10	7	41	38	7	5	1	27	17	2	5	6	14	21	3	28	DDDDWL
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	30	30	5	6	2	16	10	6	0	7	14	20	0	28	DLWLDW
	12	Leeds United	27	9	10	8	32	34	6	4	4	20	16	3	6	4	12	18	-2	28	LDWWLD
	13	Coventry City	27	12	3	12	38	43	9	2	3	25	14	3	1	9	13	29	-5	27	WLWLWD
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	27	10	7	10	33	38	7	2	3	16	12	3	5	7	17	26	-5	27	LWDWDL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	9	10	39	39	7	4	2	27	15	1	5	8	12	24	0	25	LLLDWW
	16	Manchester City	27	9	6	12	28	43	6	3	4	18	15	3	3	8	10	28	-15	24	DLDLLD
	17	Everton	27	6	11	10	30	36	4	5	5	19	20	2	6	5	11	16	-6	23	DDWLDL
	18	Stoke City	26	8	7	11	28	35	6	2	5	18	17	2	5	6	10	18	-7	23	LDLLWW
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	27	8	7	12	35	44	5	3	4	17	16	3	4	8	18	28	-9	23	WDWLDL
	20	Bristol City	28	5	9	14	20	40	3	5	6	12	19	2	4	8	8	21	-20	19	LDLLLD
	21	Derby County	28	6	4	18	24	45	5	1	8	19	20	1	3	10	5	25	-21	16	DLLLLL
	22	Bolton Wanderers	25	1	10	14	18	44	1	8	3	8	11	0	2	11	10	33	-26	12	LLDLLD

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	Liverpool	25	15	7	3	55	19	8	4	0	28	5	7	3	3	27	14	36	37	WWWDLW
	2	Manchester United	27	14	8	5	41	20	10	2	1	26	4	4	6	4	15	16	21	36	LWDWLD		1-1
	3	Southampton	29	13	7	9	48	34	10	1	3	39	16	3	6	6	9	18	14	33	LDWDWD		2-2
	4	Arsenal	27	11	10	6	33	21	7	5	3	19	9	4	5	3	14	12	12	32	WLWLWW
	5	Ipswich Town	28	14	4	10	42	31	8	3	3	24	10	6	1	7	18	21	11	32	WWWWDW
	6	Nottingham Forest	27	12	6	9	40	33	8	4	1	24	11	4	2	8	16	22	7	30	WLWWDD		2-2
	7	Aston Villa	25	10	9	6	32	26	7	3	3	18	12	3	6	3	14	14	6	29	WLWWWL
1	8	Middlesbrough	26	11	7	8	30	24	8	5	1	20	7	3	2	7	10	17	6	29	WWLDWD		2-2
1	9	Crystal Palace	28	9	11	8	30	30	7	6	2	20	8	2	5	6	10	22	0	29	DWWDLL
2	10	Leeds United	28	9	11	8	33	35	6	4	4	20	16	3	7	4	13	19	-2	29	DWWLDD		1-1
1	11	Norwich City	26	9	10	7	41	38	7	5	1	27	17	2	5	6	14	21	3	28	DDDDWL
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	30	30	5	6	2	16	10	6	0	7	14	20	0	28	DLWLDW
	13	Coventry City	27	12	3	12	38	43	9	2	3	25	14	3	1	9	13	29	-5	27	WLWLWD
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	27	10	7	10	33	38	7	2	3	16	12	3	5	7	17	26	-5	27	LWDWDL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	28	8	10	10	39	39	7	4	2	27	15	1	6	8	12	24	0	26	LLDWWD		0-0
	16	Manchester City	28	9	7	12	29	44	6	4	4	19	16	3	3	8	10	28	-15	25	LDLLDD		1-1
1	17	Stoke City	27	8	8	11	29	36	6	3	5	19	18	2	5	6	10	18	-7	24	DLLWWD		1-1
1	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	28	8	8	12	35	44	5	4	4	17	16	3	4	8	18	28	-9	24	DWLDLD		0-0
2	19	Everton	27	6	11	10	30	36	4	5	5	19	20	2	6	5	11	16	-6	23	DDWLDL
	20	Bristol City	28	5	9	14	20	40	3	5	6	12	19	2	4	8	8	21	-20	19	LDLLLD
	21	Derby County	29	6	5	18	26	47	5	2	8	21	22	1	3	10	5	25	-21	17	LLLLLD		2-2
	22	Bolton Wanderers	25	1	10	14	18	44	1	8	3	8	11	0	2	11	10	33	-26	12	LLDLLD