The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 SUNDERLAND - Sat Dec 20, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 20, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sports Argus - Saturday 20 December 1980
: Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 20 December 1980
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: J Bidmead
Attendance:: 23,151
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Sep 23, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3105 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1518 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3503 (of 5736)
Total:: 4866 (of 7523)
Played:: 43 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Raimondo Ponte (15')
Colin Walsh (40')
Trevor Francis (51')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Ken Knighton
Prior form: WLLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Gary Rowell (55')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton	200th appearance
2	D	24	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Frank Gray
4	M	31	John McGovern
5	D	32	Larry Lloyd
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	28	Martin O'Neill
8	M	25	Raimondo Ponte (15')
9	F	26	Trevor Francis (51')
10	F	24	Ian Wallace
11	M	18	Colin Walsh (40')
Subs
12	F	25	Peter Ward

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Chris Turner
2	D	Gordon Chisholm
3	D	Shaun Elliott
4	D	Rob Hindmarch
5	D	Joe Bolton
6	M	Stephen Whitworth
7	M	Kevin Arnott
8	M	Alan Brown
9	M	Gary Rowell
10	F	Stan Cummins
11	F	John Hawley
Subs
12		John Cooke

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 20, 1980)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Manchester United
Birmingham City	1-3	Ipswich Town
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-0	Aston Villa
Liverpool	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City	1-0	Leeds United
Middlesbrough	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City	2-0	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Sunderland
Southampton	4-2	Crystal Palace
Stoke City	1-0	Leicester 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	Aston Villa	22	13	5	4	39	20	8	2	1	22	6	5	3	3	17	14	19	31	WDLDLW
	2	Liverpool	22	10	10	2	45	27	8	3	0	27	9	2	7	2	18	18	18	30	DWLWWD
	3	Ipswich Town	20	10	8	2	34	19	5	4	0	15	4	5	4	2	19	15	15	28	LWWDDL
	4	Manchester United	22	6	14	2	31	18	3	8	0	19	9	3	6	2	12	9	13	26	DDWDDD
	5	Everton	22	10	6	6	38	28	6	5	0	22	11	4	1	6	16	17	10	26	WWLDDW
	6	Arsenal	22	9	8	5	32	24	7	4	0	19	8	2	4	5	13	16	8	26	LDWDDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	8	5	28	23	6	3	2	17	7	3	5	3	11	16	5	26	DWDWLL
	8	Nottingham Forest	22	9	6	7	31	23	8	0	3	26	13	1	6	4	5	10	8	24	LLLDWL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	6	7	42	37	6	4	1	26	16	3	2	6	16	21	5	24	WLLLWW
	10	Southampton	22	8	6	8	36	33	7	2	2	25	15	1	4	6	11	18	3	22	WLWDWD
	11	Stoke City	22	6	10	6	26	31	4	5	2	17	12	2	5	4	9	19	-5	22	WWDLDD
	12	Birmingham City	21	7	7	7	27	27	5	4	2	16	10	2	3	5	11	17	0	21	WLWDLL
	13	Middlesbrough	21	8	4	9	30	31	6	4	1	21	9	2	0	8	9	22	-1	20	WLDWWL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	6	9	22	28	7	1	3	14	9	0	5	6	8	19	-6	20	LLWWDD
	15	Coventry City	22	8	4	10	26	33	6	3	2	19	15	2	1	8	7	18	-7	20	LWLDLW
	16	Leeds United	22	8	4	10	21	33	6	2	3	9	10	2	2	7	12	23	-12	20	WDLWWW
	17	Sunderland	22	7	5	10	29	29	5	2	4	17	13	2	3	6	12	16	0	19	WLLLLW
	18	Manchester City	22	6	6	10	29	36	4	3	4	15	15	2	3	6	14	21	-7	18	LWWWDL
	19	Norwich City	22	6	5	11	27	43	4	5	2	19	15	2	0	9	8	28	-16	17	LLWWDL
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	22	5	4	13	26	41	4	1	6	13	16	1	3	7	13	25	-15	14	WWLLWL
	21	Leicester City	22	6	2	14	18	36	4	2	5	11	11	2	0	9	7	25	-18	14	LLLLWW
	22	Crystal Palace	22	5	2	15	27	44	5	1	5	23	19	0	1	10	4	25	-17	12	LDLLLW

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	23	11	10	2	46	27	9	3	0	28	9	2	7	2	18	18	19	32	WLWWDW		1-0
1	2	Aston Villa	23	13	5	5	39	21	8	2	1	22	6	5	3	4	17	15	18	31	DLDLWL		0-1
	3	Ipswich Town	21	11	8	2	37	20	5	4	0	15	4	6	4	2	22	16	17	30	WWDDLW		3-1
2	4	Arsenal	23	10	8	5	34	25	8	4	0	21	9	2	4	5	13	16	9	28	DWDDLW		2-1
1	5	Manchester United	23	6	14	3	32	20	3	8	0	19	9	3	6	3	13	11	12	26	DWDDDL		1-2
1	6	Everton	22	10	6	6	38	28	6	5	0	22	11	4	1	6	16	17	10	26	WWLDDW
1	7	Nottingham Forest	23	10	6	7	34	24	9	0	3	29	14	1	6	4	5	10	10	26	LLDWLW		3-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	8	5	28	23	6	3	2	17	7	3	5	3	11	16	5	26	DWDWLL
1	9	Southampton	23	9	6	8	40	35	8	2	2	29	17	1	4	6	11	18	5	24	LWDWDW		4-2
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	6	8	43	41	6	4	1	26	16	3	2	7	17	25	2	24	LLLWWL		1-4
	11	Stoke City	23	7	10	6	27	31	5	5	2	18	12	2	5	4	9	19	-4	24	WDLDDW		1-0
1	12	Middlesbrough	22	9	4	9	34	32	7	4	1	25	10	2	0	8	9	22	2	22	LDWWLW		4-1
1	13	Birmingham City	22	7	7	8	28	30	5	4	3	17	13	2	3	5	11	17	-2	21	LWDLLL		1-3
4	14	Manchester City	23	7	6	10	30	36	5	3	4	16	15	2	3	6	14	21	-6	20	WWWDLW		1-0
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	6	10	22	29	7	1	3	14	9	0	5	7	8	20	-7	20	LWWDDL		0-1
1	16	Coventry City	23	8	4	11	26	35	6	3	2	19	15	2	1	9	7	20	-9	20	WLDLWL		0-2
1	17	Leeds United	23	8	4	11	21	34	6	2	3	9	10	2	2	8	12	24	-13	20	DLWWWL		0-1
1	18	Sunderland	23	7	5	11	30	32	5	2	4	17	13	2	3	7	13	19	-2	19	LLLLWL		1-3
	19	Norwich City	23	7	5	11	29	43	5	5	2	21	15	2	0	9	8	28	-14	19	LWWDLW		2-0
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	23	6	4	13	27	41	5	1	6	14	16	1	3	7	13	25	-14	16	WLLWLW		1-0
	21	Leicester City	23	6	2	15	18	37	4	2	5	11	11	2	0	10	7	26	-19	14	LLLWWL		0-1
	22	Crystal Palace	23	5	2	16	29	48	5	1	5	23	19	0	1	11	6	29	-19	12	DLLLWL		2-4

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