The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Wed Apr 02, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 02, 1980 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: C Thomas
Attendance:: 31,417
Pos Before/After:: 9 5
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Oct 04, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3074 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1487 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3461 (of 5736)
Total:: 4807 (of 7523)
Played:: 44 years, 7 months, 19 days ago

Review
Sammy McIlroy was sent off for dissent after tripping Stan Bowles for the 79th minute penalty

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

Goals
John Robertson (79') (Pen)
Garry Birtles (88')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: WLDDWW (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
7	M	28	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Stan Bowles
9	F	23	Garry Birtles (88')
10	F	25	Trevor Francis
11	F	27	John Robertson (79')
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Jimmy Nicholl
3	D	Arthur Albiston
4	D	Sammy McIlroy 78
5	D	Gordon McQueen
6	M	Martin Buchan
7	M	Steve Coppell
8	M	Ray Wilkins
9	M	Joe Jordan
10	F	Lou Macari
11	F	Mickey Thomas
Subs
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Apr 02, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Leeds United	2-0	Middlesbrough
Manchester City	1-1	Everton
Norwich City	2-1	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	Ipswich Town

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	35	22	8	5	70	25	13	5	0	38	6	9	3	5	32	19	45	52	WWWWLW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	34	18	10	6	50	26	13	3	1	33	4	5	7	5	17	22	24	46	WLDDWW	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	35	17	8	10	56	35	11	4	3	35	11	6	4	7	21	24	21	42	DWDWDD	Safe
	4	Arsenal	33	15	12	6	43	24	8	7	3	22	10	7	5	3	21	14	19	42	WWDWDW	Safe
	5	Southampton	35	15	8	12	53	42	12	2	3	44	17	3	6	9	9	25	11	38	LDLWLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	16	6	10	44	34	7	6	3	20	12	9	0	7	24	22	10	38	WWLWWW
	7	Middlesbrough	33	14	10	9	38	29	9	6	2	24	12	5	4	7	14	17	9	38	DWDDWW
	8	Aston Villa	35	13	12	10	42	40	9	5	5	25	20	4	7	5	17	20	2	38	LLLDWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	33	15	6	12	50	37	11	4	1	34	11	4	2	11	16	26	13	36	LWLWWL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	11	14	11	53	48	9	6	3	37	22	2	8	8	16	26	5	36	WDDDWW
	11	Crystal Palace	36	11	14	11	37	41	8	7	3	24	12	3	7	8	13	29	-4	36	WWDDLL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	34	13	8	13	43	50	10	3	3	24	16	3	5	10	19	34	-7	34	WWLDLW
	13	Leeds United	35	10	13	12	38	44	7	6	4	23	17	3	7	8	15	27	-6	33	LWLLDL
	14	Coventry City	34	13	6	15	47	54	10	2	5	29	19	3	4	10	18	35	-7	32	LDLDDL
	15	Norwich City	35	9	14	12	45	52	7	8	2	30	24	2	6	10	15	28	-7	32	DLLDLL
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	9	13	13	41	50	6	7	4	20	18	3	6	9	21	32	-9	31	DDDDLW
	17	Stoke City	35	11	9	15	40	49	8	3	6	25	22	3	6	9	15	27	-9	31	DWLLWL
	18	Everton	35	7	14	14	37	45	5	6	7	23	24	2	8	7	14	21	-8	28	LDDWLL
	19	Manchester City	35	9	10	16	33	58	6	6	5	21	21	3	4	11	12	37	-25	28	DDLLLD
	20	Derby County	35	8	8	19	36	56	6	4	8	28	28	2	4	11	8	28	-20	24	WLDWDD
	21	Bristol City	34	6	11	17	26	53	4	5	8	15	25	2	6	9	11	28	-27	23	WLLDLD
	22	Bolton Wanderers	34	4	12	18	30	60	4	8	4	13	14	0	4	14	17	46	-30	20	LWLDWD

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	35	22	8	5	70	25	13	5	0	38	6	9	3	5	32	19	45	52	WWWWLW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	35	18	10	7	50	28	13	3	1	33	4	5	7	6	17	24	22	46	LDDWWL	Safe	0-2
	3	Ipswich Town	36	18	8	10	58	35	11	4	3	35	11	7	4	7	23	24	23	44	WDWDDW	Safe	2-0
	4	Arsenal	34	15	12	7	44	26	8	7	3	22	10	7	5	4	22	16	18	42	WDWDWL	Safe	1-2
4	5	Nottingham Forest	34	16	6	12	52	37	12	4	1	36	11	4	2	11	16	26	15	38	WLWWLW		2-0
1	6	Southampton	35	15	8	12	53	42	12	2	3	44	17	3	6	9	9	25	11	38	LDLWLW
1	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	16	6	10	44	34	7	6	3	20	12	9	0	7	24	22	10	38	WWLWWW
1	8	Middlesbrough	34	14	10	10	38	31	9	6	2	24	12	5	4	8	14	19	7	38	WDDWWL		0-2
1	9	Aston Villa	35	13	12	10	42	40	9	5	5	25	20	4	7	5	17	20	2	38	LLLDWL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	11	14	11	53	48	9	6	3	37	22	2	8	8	16	26	5	36	WDDDWW
	11	Crystal Palace	36	11	14	11	37	41	8	7	3	24	12	3	7	8	13	29	-4	36	WWDDLL
1	12	Leeds United	36	11	13	12	40	44	8	6	4	25	17	3	7	8	15	27	-4	35	WLLDLW		2-0
2	13	Norwich City	36	10	14	12	47	53	8	8	2	32	25	2	6	10	15	28	-6	34	LLDLLW		2-1
2	14	Tottenham Hotspur	35	13	8	14	43	52	10	3	4	24	18	3	5	10	19	34	-9	34	WLDLWL		0-2
1	15	Coventry City	34	13	6	15	47	54	10	2	5	29	19	3	4	10	18	35	-7	32	LDLDDL
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	9	13	13	41	50	6	7	4	20	18	3	6	9	21	32	-9	31	DDDDLW
	17	Stoke City	35	11	9	15	40	49	8	3	6	25	22	3	6	9	15	27	-9	31	DWLLWL
	18	Everton	36	7	15	14	38	46	5	6	7	23	24	2	9	7	15	22	-8	29	DDWLLD		1-1
	19	Manchester City	36	9	11	16	34	59	6	7	5	22	22	3	4	11	12	37	-25	29	DLLLDD		1-1
	20	Derby County	35	8	8	19	36	56	6	4	8	28	28	2	4	11	8	28	-20	24	WLDWDD
	21	Bristol City	34	6	11	17	26	53	4	5	8	15	25	2	6	9	11	28	-27	23	WLLDLD
	22	Bolton Wanderers	34	4	12	18	30	60	4	8	4	13	14	0	4	14	17	46	-30	20	LWLDWD