The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Feb 23, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 23, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: T Morris
Attendance:: 27,255
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Sep 13, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3069 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1482 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3453 (of 5724)
Total:: 4799 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 2 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (26')
Kenny Burns (48')
Trevor Francis (56')
Trevor Francis (70')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Malcolm Allison
Prior form: LDLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals

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 (48')
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Stan Bowles
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	F	25	Trevor Francis (26') (56') (70')
11	F	27	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	28	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Ray Ranson
3	3	Willie Donachie
4	4	Nicky Reid
5	5	Tommy Caton
6	6	Tommy Booth
7	7	Tony Henry
8	8	Mick Robinson
9	9	Roger Palmer
10	10	Paul Power
11	11	Dave Bennett
Subs
12		Steve MacKenzie

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 23, 1980)

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

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	26	16	7	3	57	19	9	4	0	30	5	7	3	3	27	14	38	39	WWDLWW
	2	Manchester United	27	14	8	5	41	20	10	2	1	26	4	4	6	4	15	16	21	36	LWDWLD
	3	Ipswich Town	29	15	4	10	45	31	9	3	3	27	10	6	1	7	18	21	14	34	WWWDWW
	4	Southampton	29	13	7	9	48	34	10	1	3	39	16	3	6	6	9	18	14	33	LDWDWD
	5	Arsenal	27	11	10	6	33	21	7	5	3	19	9	4	5	3	14	12	12	32	WLWLWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	28	12	6	10	40	35	8	4	1	24	11	4	2	9	16	24	5	30	LWWDDL
	7	Aston Villa	25	10	9	6	32	26	7	3	3	18	12	3	6	3	14	14	6	29	WLWWWL
	8	Middlesbrough	26	11	7	8	30	24	8	5	1	20	7	3	2	7	10	17	6	29	WWLDWD
	9	Leeds United	28	9	11	8	33	35	6	4	4	20	16	3	7	4	13	19	-2	29	DWWLDD
	10	Crystal Palace	29	9	11	9	30	33	7	6	2	20	8	2	5	7	10	25	-3	29	WWDLLL
	11	Norwich City	26	9	10	7	41	38	7	5	1	27	17	2	5	6	14	21	3	28	DDDDWL
	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
	16	Manchester City	28	9	7	12	29	44	6	4	4	19	16	3	3	8	10	28	-15	25	LDLLDD
	17	Stoke City	27	8	8	11	29	36	6	3	5	19	18	2	5	6	10	18	-7	24	DLLWWD
	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	28	8	8	12	35	44	5	4	4	17	16	3	4	8	18	28	-9	24	DWLDLD
	19	Everton	28	6	11	11	31	38	4	5	5	19	20	2	6	6	12	18	-7	23	DWLDLL
	20	Bristol City	29	6	9	14	22	41	4	5	6	14	20	2	4	8	8	21	-19	21	DLLLDW
	21	Derby County	29	6	5	18	26	47	5	2	8	21	22	1	3	10	5	25	-21	17	LLLLLD
	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	27	16	8	3	58	20	9	5	0	31	6	7	3	3	27	14	38	40	WDLWWD		1-1
	2	Manchester United	28	15	8	5	45	20	11	2	1	30	4	4	6	4	15	16	25	38	WDWLDW		4-0
	3	Ipswich Town	30	15	5	10	46	32	9	3	3	27	10	6	2	7	19	22	14	35	WWDWWD		1-1
1	4	Arsenal	28	12	10	6	35	21	8	5	3	21	9	4	5	3	14	12	14	34	LWLWWW		2-0
1	5	Southampton	30	13	7	10	48	37	10	1	3	39	16	3	6	7	9	21	11	33	DWDWDL		0-3
	6	Nottingham Forest	29	13	6	10	44	35	9	4	1	28	11	4	2	9	16	24	9	32	WWDDLW		4-0
	7	Aston Villa	26	11	9	6	34	27	7	3	3	18	12	4	6	3	16	15	7	31	LWWWLW		2-1
4	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	12	6	9	34	30	5	6	2	16	10	7	0	7	18	20	4	30	LWLDWW		4-0
	9	Leeds United	29	9	12	8	34	36	6	5	4	21	17	3	7	4	13	19	-2	30	WWLDDD		1-1
	10	Crystal Palace	30	9	12	9	31	34	7	7	2	21	9	2	5	7	10	25	-3	30	WDLLLD		1-1
3	11	Middlesbrough	27	11	7	9	31	27	8	5	2	21	10	3	2	7	10	17	4	29	WLDWDL		1-3
1	12	Coventry City	28	13	3	12	41	43	10	2	3	28	14	3	1	9	13	29	-2	29	LWLWDW		3-0
2	13	Norwich City	27	9	10	8	41	42	7	5	2	27	21	2	5	6	14	21	-1	28	DDDWLL		0-4
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	7	11	34	40	7	2	3	16	12	3	5	8	18	28	-6	27	WDWDLL		1-2
	15	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	10	11	40	41	7	4	3	28	17	1	6	8	12	24	-1	26	LDWWDL		1-2
1	16	Stoke City	28	9	8	11	32	37	6	3	5	19	18	3	5	6	13	19	-5	26	LLWWDW		3-1
1	17	Brighton and Hove Albion	29	8	9	12	36	45	5	4	4	17	16	3	5	8	19	29	-9	25	WLDLDD		1-1
2	18	Manchester City	29	9	7	13	29	48	6	4	4	19	16	3	3	9	10	32	-19	25	DLLDDL		0-4
	19	Everton	29	6	12	11	32	39	4	5	5	19	20	2	7	6	13	19	-7	24	WLDLLD		1-1
	20	Bristol City	30	6	9	15	22	45	4	5	6	14	20	2	4	9	8	25	-23	21	LLLDWL		0-4
	21	Derby County	30	7	5	18	28	48	6	2	8	23	23	1	3	10	5	25	-20	19	LLLLDW		2-1
	22	Bolton Wanderers	26	1	10	15	18	46	1	8	3	8	11	0	2	12	10	35	-28	12	LDLLDL		0-2

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