The City Ground

ARSENAL 0 - 0 FOREST - Mon May 05, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon May 05, 1980 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 06 May 1980
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: B Stevens
Attendance:: 34,632
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (County Cup)
League:: Everton
Arsenal:: Sep 27, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3080 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1493 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3469 (of 5724)
Total:: 4818 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 11 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: LDWDDW (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	M	28	Ian Bowyer
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	M	18	Gary Mills
11	F	27	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	David O'Leary
3	D	Willie Young
4	D	John Devine
5	D	Sammy Nelson
6	M	David Price
7	M	Brian Talbot
8	M	Liam Brady
9	M	Graham Rix
10	F	Paul Vaessen
11	F	Frank Stapleton (85')
Subs
12		John Hollins (85')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon May 05, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-0	Nottingham Forest

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	41	25	10	6	81	29	15	6	0	46	8	10	4	6	35	21	52	60	LWDWDW	Champions
	2	Manchester United	42	24	10	8	65	35	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	7	22	27	30	58	WWWWWL	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	42	22	9	11	68	39	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	8	25	26	29	53	WDWWWL	Safe
	4	Arsenal	39	17	15	7	50	30	8	9	3	24	12	9	6	4	26	18	20	49	LDWDDW	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	42	16	14	12	51	50	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	7	22	28	1	46	DDLWWL	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	39	19	7	13	61	40	15	4	1	43	11	4	3	12	18	29	21	45	WLWDWW	Safe
	7	Southampton	42	18	9	15	65	53	14	2	5	53	24	4	7	10	12	29	12	45	LWLLWW	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	18	9	13	54	44	8	6	5	25	17	10	3	8	29	27	10	45	LLDDWD	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	19	12	54	50	9	8	4	37	23	2	11	8	17	27	4	41	DDDDDL	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	40	14	12	14	44	44	9	7	3	25	14	5	5	11	19	30	0	40	LDLLDL	Safe
	11	Leeds United	42	13	14	15	46	50	10	7	4	30	17	3	7	11	16	33	-4	40	LWLDLW	Safe
	12	Norwich City	42	13	14	15	58	66	10	8	3	38	30	3	6	12	20	36	-8	40	LWLWLW	Safe
	13	Crystal Palace	42	12	16	14	41	50	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	11	15	37	-9	40	DLWLDL	Safe
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	10	17	52	62	11	5	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	40	LLWDLD	Safe
	15	Coventry City	42	16	7	19	56	66	12	2	7	34	24	4	5	12	22	42	-10	39	LDWLLL	Safe
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	11	15	16	47	57	8	8	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	37	LWLWLD	Safe
	17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	43	66	8	8	5	28	25	4	5	12	15	41	-23	37	DDWWLW	Safe
	18	Stoke City	42	13	10	19	44	58	9	4	8	27	26	4	6	11	17	32	-14	36	LLLLWW	Safe
	19	Everton	41	9	17	15	43	50	7	7	7	28	25	2	10	8	15	25	-7	35	DWLWDD	Safe
	20	Bristol City	42	9	13	20	37	66	6	6	9	22	30	3	7	11	15	36	-29	31	WLWLLD	Relegated
	21	Derby County	42	11	8	23	47	67	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	15	11	38	-20	30	LLWLWL	Relegated
	22	Bolton Wanderers	42	5	15	22	38	73	5	11	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	25	DLDWLD	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	41	25	10	6	81	29	15	6	0	46	8	10	4	6	35	21	52	60	LWDWDW	Champions
	2	Manchester United	42	24	10	8	65	35	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	7	22	27	30	58	WWWWWL	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	42	22	9	11	68	39	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	8	25	26	29	53	WDWWWL	Safe
	4	Arsenal	40	17	16	7	50	30	8	10	3	24	12	9	6	4	26	18	20	50	DWDDWD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	40	19	8	13	61	40	15	4	1	43	11	4	4	12	18	29	21	46	LWDWWD	Safe	0-0
1	6	Aston Villa	42	16	14	12	51	50	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	7	22	28	1	46	DDLWWL	Safe
	7	Southampton	42	18	9	15	65	53	14	2	5	53	24	4	7	10	12	29	12	45	LWLLWW	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	18	9	13	54	44	8	6	5	25	17	10	3	8	29	27	10	45	LLDDWD	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	19	12	54	50	9	8	4	37	23	2	11	8	17	27	4	41	DDDDDL	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	40	14	12	14	44	44	9	7	3	25	14	5	5	11	19	30	0	40	LDLLDL	Safe
	11	Leeds United	42	13	14	15	46	50	10	7	4	30	17	3	7	11	16	33	-4	40	LWLDLW	Safe
	12	Norwich City	42	13	14	15	58	66	10	8	3	38	30	3	6	12	20	36	-8	40	LWLWLW	Safe
	13	Crystal Palace	42	12	16	14	41	50	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	11	15	37	-9	40	DLWLDL	Safe
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	10	17	52	62	11	5	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	40	LLWDLD	Safe
	15	Coventry City	42	16	7	19	56	66	12	2	7	34	24	4	5	12	22	42	-10	39	LDWLLL	Safe
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	11	15	16	47	57	8	8	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	37	LWLWLD	Safe
	17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	43	66	8	8	5	28	25	4	5	12	15	41	-23	37	DDWWLW	Safe
	18	Stoke City	42	13	10	19	44	58	9	4	8	27	26	4	6	11	17	32	-14	36	LLLLWW	Safe
	19	Everton	41	9	17	15	43	50	7	7	7	28	25	2	10	8	15	25	-7	35	DWLWDD	Safe
	20	Bristol City	42	9	13	20	37	66	6	6	9	22	30	3	7	11	15	36	-29	31	WLWLLD	Relegated
	21	Derby County	42	11	8	23	47	67	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	15	11	38	-20	30	LLWLWL	Relegated
	22	Bolton Wanderers	42	5	15	22	38	73	5	11	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	25	DLDWLD	Relegated

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