The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 NORWICH CITY - Wed Apr 30, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 30, 1980 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: J Hough
Attendance:: 21,242
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (League Tier 1)
Norwich City:: Oct 25, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3078 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1491 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3467 (of 5724)
Total:: 4816 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 11 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
David Jones (4') (OG)
Trevor Francis

NORWICH CITY
Manager: John Bond
Prior form: LWLWLW (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	18	Gary Mills
8	F	31	Stan Bowles
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	F	26	Trevor Francis
11	F	27	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roger Hansbury
2	D	Richard Symonds
3	D	John McDowell
4	D	Kevin Bond
5	D	David Jones
6	M	Martin Peters
7	M	Graham Paddon
8	M	Mark Barham
9	M	Greig Shepherd
10	F	Clive Woods
11	F	Keith Robson
Subs
12		Peter Mendham

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Apr 30, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Norwich 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	Status
	1	Liverpool	40	24	10	6	77	28	14	6	0	42	7	10	4	6	35	21	49	58	WLWDWD	Safe
	2	Manchester United	41	24	10	7	65	33	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	6	22	25	32	58	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	41	22	9	10	67	37	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	7	24	24	30	53	WWDWWW	Safe
	4	Arsenal	38	16	15	7	49	30	8	9	3	24	12	8	6	4	25	18	19	47	WLDWDD	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	41	16	14	11	50	46	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	6	21	24	4	46	WDDLWW	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	18	8	13	54	44	8	6	5	25	17	10	2	8	29	27	10	44	WLLDDW	Safe
	7	Southampton	41	17	9	15	61	52	13	2	5	49	23	4	7	10	12	29	9	43	DLWLLW	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	37	17	7	13	55	40	13	4	1	37	11	4	3	12	18	29	15	41	WLWLWD	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	41	11	19	11	54	49	9	8	3	37	22	2	11	8	17	27	5	41	WDDDDD	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	39	14	12	13	43	40	9	7	3	25	14	5	5	10	18	26	3	40	LLDLLD	Safe
	11	Crystal Palace	41	12	16	13	41	46	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	10	15	33	-5	40	LDLWLD	Safe
	12	Coventry City	41	16	7	18	56	65	12	2	6	34	23	4	5	12	22	42	-9	39	WLDWLL	Safe
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	9	17	52	62	11	4	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	39	WLLWDL	Safe
	14	Leeds United	41	12	14	15	44	50	9	7	4	28	17	3	7	11	16	33	-6	38	WLWLDL	Safe
	15	Norwich City	40	12	14	14	54	62	9	8	3	34	28	3	6	11	20	34	-8	38	LWLWLW	Safe
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	11	14	16	47	57	8	7	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	36	DLWLWL	Safe
	17	Manchester City	41	11	13	17	41	65	7	8	5	26	24	4	5	12	15	41	-24	35	DDDWWL	Safe
	18	Everton	40	9	16	15	43	50	7	7	7	28	25	2	9	8	15	25	-7	34	LDWLWD	Safe
	19	Stoke City	41	12	10	19	43	58	9	4	8	27	26	3	6	11	16	32	-15	34	DLLLLW	Safe
	20	Derby County	41	11	8	22	45	63	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	14	9	34	-18	30	WLLWLW	Relegated
	21	Bristol City	41	9	12	20	37	66	6	6	9	22	30	3	6	11	15	36	-29	30	WWLWLL	Relegated
	22	Bolton Wanderers	41	5	14	22	38	73	5	10	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	24	LDLDWL	Relegated

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	40	24	10	6	77	28	14	6	0	42	7	10	4	6	35	21	49	58	WLWDWD	Safe
	2	Manchester United	41	24	10	7	65	33	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	6	22	25	32	58	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	41	22	9	10	67	37	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	7	24	24	30	53	WWDWWW	Safe
	4	Arsenal	38	16	15	7	49	30	8	9	3	24	12	8	6	4	25	18	19	47	WLDWDD	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	41	16	14	11	50	46	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	6	21	24	4	46	WDDLWW	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	18	8	13	54	44	8	6	5	25	17	10	2	8	29	27	10	44	WLLDDW	Safe
1	7	Nottingham Forest	38	18	7	13	57	40	14	4	1	39	11	4	3	12	18	29	17	43	LWLWDW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Southampton	41	17	9	15	61	52	13	2	5	49	23	4	7	10	12	29	9	43	DLWLLW	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	41	11	19	11	54	49	9	8	3	37	22	2	11	8	17	27	5	41	WDDDDD	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	39	14	12	13	43	40	9	7	3	25	14	5	5	10	18	26	3	40	LLDLLD	Safe
	11	Crystal Palace	41	12	16	13	41	46	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	10	15	33	-5	40	LDLWLD	Safe
	12	Coventry City	41	16	7	18	56	65	12	2	6	34	23	4	5	12	22	42	-9	39	WLDWLL	Safe
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	9	17	52	62	11	4	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	39	WLLWDL	Safe
	14	Leeds United	41	12	14	15	44	50	9	7	4	28	17	3	7	11	16	33	-6	38	WLWLDL	Safe
	15	Norwich City	41	12	14	15	54	64	9	8	3	34	28	3	6	12	20	36	-10	38	WLWLWL	Safe	0-2
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	11	14	16	47	57	8	7	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	36	DLWLWL	Safe
	17	Manchester City	41	11	13	17	41	65	7	8	5	26	24	4	5	12	15	41	-24	35	DDDWWL	Safe
	18	Everton	40	9	16	15	43	50	7	7	7	28	25	2	9	8	15	25	-7	34	LDWLWD	Safe
	19	Stoke City	41	12	10	19	43	58	9	4	8	27	26	3	6	11	16	32	-15	34	DLLLLW	Safe
	20	Derby County	41	11	8	22	45	63	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	14	9	34	-18	30	WLLWLW	Relegated
	21	Bristol City	41	9	12	20	37	66	6	6	9	22	30	3	6	11	15	36	-29	30	WWLWLL	Relegated
	22	Bolton Wanderers	41	5	14	22	38	73	5	10	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	24	LDLDWL	Relegated