FOREST 2 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Wed Aug 20, 1980 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Wed Aug 20, 1980 (7:45 PM)
- Opponent:
- Birmingham City
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 2-1 WON
- Half-time: 1-0
- Season:
- 1980-81
- Referee:
- Neil Midgley
- Attendance:
- 26,561
- Pos Before/After:
- 19
14 - Opp Before/After:
- 7
10
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Everton (League Tier 1)
- Birmingham City:
- Nov 11, 1980
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 3084 (of 5007)
- League Tier 1:
- 1497 (of 2259)
- Competitive:
- 3474 (of 5724)
- Total:
- 4834 (of 7505)
- Played:
- 43 years, 7 months, 30 days ago
FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: L (Old to recent)
Goals
Garry Birtles (37')
Raimondo Ponte (63') - Raimondo Ponte first goal
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 30 |  Peter Shilton | |
| 2 | D | 24 | Viv Anderson | |
| 3 | D | 25 |  Frank Gray off for Ian Bowyer | |
| 4 | M | 30 | John McGovern | |
| 5 | D | 31 | David Needham | |
| 6 | D | 26 | Kenny Burns | |
| 7 | M | 28 |  Martin O'Neill 85 | |
| 8 | M | 25 |  Raimondo Ponte  (63') | |
| 9 | F | 24 | Garry Birtles (37') | |
| 10 | F | 24 | Ian Wallace | |
| 11 | F | 27 | John Robertson | |
| Subs | ||||
| 12 | M | 29 | Ian Bowyer on for Frank Gray | |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Jeffrey Wealands |
| 2 | D | Joseph Gallagher |
| 3 | D | Mark Dennis 85 |
| 4 | D | David Langan |
| 5 | D | Colin Todd |
| 6 | M | Alan Curbishley |
| 7 | M | Alan Ainscow |
| 8 | M | Kevin Dillon |
| 9 | M | Archie Gemmill |
| 10 | F | Keith Bertschin |
| 11 | F | Frank Worthington |
| Subs | ||
| 12 | Don Givens |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 1-0 | Norwich City |
| Manchester City | 0-4 | Sunderland |
| Nottingham Forest | 2-1 | Birmingham City |
| Stoke City | 0-0 | West Bromwich Albion |
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 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WW | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | WW | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | WD | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | WD | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | WD | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | W | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | |||
| 8 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | WL | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | W | |||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | LW | |||
| 12 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | |||
| 13 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LW | |||
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | LD | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | L | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | |||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | |||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | |||
| 21 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | |||
| 22 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | L | |||
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) | |
| 8 | 1 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | WW | 4-0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WW | ||
| 1 | 3 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | WW | ||
| 6 | 4 | Aston Villa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | WW | 1-0 | |
| 2 | 5 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | WD | ||
| 2 | 6 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | WD | ||
| 2 | 7 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | WD | ||
| 2 | 8 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | WL | 0-1 | |
| 1 | 9 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | WL | ||
| 3 | 10 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | WL | 1-2 | |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | LW | |||
| 12 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | |||
| 13 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LW | |||
| 5 | 14 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | 2-1 | |
| 1 | 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LW | ||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | LD | 0-0 | ||
| 2 | 17 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | LD | ||
| 4 | 18 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | LD | 0-0 | |
| 2 | 19 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | ||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | |||
| 21 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | LL | |||
| 4 | 22 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | LL | 0-4 | |
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