The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 CRYSTAL PALACE - Sat Dec 06, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 06, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crystal Palace
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: George Tyson
Attendance:: 20,223
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 21 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grantham Town (Friendly)
League:: Leeds United
Crystal Palace:: Apr 25, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3103 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1516 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3500 (of 5736)
Total:: 4862 (of 7523)
Played:: 43 years, 11 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals
Frank Gray (47') (Pen)
Colin Walsh (66') - Colin Walsh first goal
Peter Ward (78')

CRYSTAL PALACE
Manager: Malcolm Allison
Prior form: WLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	24	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Frank Gray (47')
4	M	31	John McGovern
5	D	32	Larry Lloyd
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	19	Gary Mills
8	M	29	Ian Bowyer 24 off for Martin O'Neill
9	F	25	Peter Ward (78')
10	F	24	Ian Wallace
11	M	18	Colin Walsh (66')	First start
Subs
12	M	28	Martin O'Neill on for Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Barron
2	D	Terry Fenwick
3	D	Paul Hinshelwood
4	D	James Cannon
5	D	Billy Gilbert
6	M	Vincent Hilaire
7	M	Peter Nicholas 24
8	M	Gerry Francis
9	M	Tony Sealy
10	F	Ian Walsh
11	F	Clive Allen
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 06, 1980)

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

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	Aston Villa	20	12	5	3	35	18	7	2	1	19	6	5	3	2	16	12	17	29	WDWDLD
	2	Liverpool	20	9	9	2	42	25	7	3	0	25	8	2	6	2	17	17	17	27	DWDWLW
	3	Ipswich Town	17	10	6	1	29	12	5	3	0	14	3	5	3	1	15	9	17	26	WDDLWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	8	3	27	18	6	3	1	16	5	3	5	2	11	13	9	26	DDDWDW
	5	Arsenal	20	9	7	4	31	21	7	3	0	18	7	2	4	4	13	14	10	25	WWLDWD
	6	Manchester United	20	6	12	2	27	14	3	7	0	17	7	3	5	2	10	7	13	24	LDDDWD
	7	Everton	20	9	5	6	32	23	5	5	0	18	8	4	0	6	14	15	9	23	DLWWLD
	8	Nottingham Forest	20	8	6	6	28	22	7	0	3	23	13	1	6	3	5	9	6	22	WDLLLD
	9	Birmingham City	19	7	7	5	26	22	5	4	1	15	8	2	3	4	11	14	4	21	WWWLWD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	6	6	34	31	4	4	1	19	12	3	2	5	15	19	3	20	DDWWLL
	11	Stoke City	20	6	8	6	22	27	4	4	2	15	10	2	4	4	7	17	-5	20	DDWWDL
	12	Southampton	20	7	5	8	34	32	6	2	2	24	15	1	3	6	10	17	2	19	LDWLWD
	13	Middlesbrough	19	7	4	8	28	29	5	4	1	19	8	2	0	7	9	21	-1	18	LLWLDW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	7	4	9	20	26	7	0	3	13	8	0	4	6	7	18	-6	18	DDLLWW
	15	Coventry City	20	7	4	9	23	32	5	3	2	16	15	2	1	7	7	17	-9	18	WDLWLD
	16	Sunderland	20	6	5	9	26	27	4	2	4	15	13	2	3	5	11	14	-1	17	LDWLLL
	17	Manchester City	20	6	5	9	27	33	4	2	4	14	14	2	3	5	13	19	-6	17	WDLWWW
	18	Norwich City	20	6	4	10	24	37	4	4	2	17	13	2	0	8	7	24	-13	16	LWLLWW
	19	Leeds United	20	6	4	10	18	32	5	2	3	8	10	1	2	7	10	22	-14	16	LLWDLW
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	20	4	4	12	21	36	3	1	6	11	15	1	3	6	10	21	-15	12	LLWWLL
	21	Crystal Palace	20	4	2	14	23	40	4	1	5	19	18	0	1	9	4	22	-17	10	WLLDLL
	22	Leicester City	20	4	2	14	15	35	3	2	5	10	11	1	0	9	5	24	-20	10	LDLLLL

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	1	Liverpool	21	10	9	2	44	26	8	3	0	27	9	2	6	2	17	17	18	29	WDWLWW		2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	21	12	5	4	36	20	7	2	1	19	6	5	3	3	17	14	16	29	DWDLDL		1-2
	3	Ipswich Town	18	10	7	1	30	13	5	3	0	14	3	5	4	1	16	10	17	27	DDLWWD		1-1
1	4	Arsenal	21	9	8	4	32	22	7	4	0	19	8	2	4	4	13	14	10	26	WLDWDD		1-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	8	4	28	20	6	3	2	17	7	3	5	2	11	13	8	26	DDWDWL		1-2
	6	Manchester United	21	6	13	2	29	16	3	7	0	17	7	3	6	2	12	9	13	25	DDDWDD		2-2
	7	Everton	21	9	6	6	34	25	5	5	0	18	8	4	1	6	16	17	9	24	LWWLDD		2-2
	8	Nottingham Forest	21	9	6	6	31	22	8	0	3	26	13	1	6	3	5	9	9	24	DLLLDW		3-0
3	9	Southampton	21	8	5	8	35	32	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	6	10	17	3	21	DWLWDW		1-0
1	10	Birmingham City	20	7	7	6	27	24	5	4	2	16	10	2	3	4	11	14	3	21	WWLWDL		1-2
	11	Stoke City	21	6	9	6	24	29	4	5	2	17	12	2	4	4	7	17	-5	21	DWWDLD		2-2
2	12	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	6	7	35	33	4	4	1	19	12	3	2	6	16	21	2	20	DWWLLL		1-2
	13	Middlesbrough	20	8	4	8	30	30	6	4	1	21	9	2	0	7	9	21	0	20	LWLDWW		2-1
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	7	5	9	21	27	7	0	3	13	8	0	5	6	8	19	-6	19	DLLWWD		1-1
2	15	Manchester City	21	6	6	9	28	34	4	3	4	15	15	2	3	5	13	19	-6	18	DLWWWD		1-1
1	16	Coventry City	21	7	4	10	23	33	5	3	2	16	15	2	1	8	7	18	-10	18	DLWLDL		0-1
2	17	Leeds United	21	7	4	10	20	33	5	2	3	8	10	2	2	7	12	23	-13	18	LWDLWW		2-1
2	18	Sunderland	21	6	5	10	27	29	4	2	4	15	13	2	3	6	12	16	-2	17	DWLLLL		1-2
1	19	Norwich City	21	6	5	10	26	39	4	5	2	19	15	2	0	8	7	24	-13	17	WLLWWD		2-2
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	5	4	12	23	37	4	1	6	13	16	1	3	6	10	21	-14	14	LWWLLW		2-1
1	21	Leicester City	21	5	2	14	17	36	3	2	5	10	11	2	0	9	7	25	-19	12	DLLLLW		2-1
1	22	Crystal Palace	21	4	2	15	23	43	4	1	5	19	18	0	1	10	4	25	-20	10	LLDLLL		0-3

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