The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 ASTON VILLA - Sat Dec 27, 1980 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1980 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Attendance:: 33,930
Position Before:: 5
Position After:: 5
Referee:
Season:: 1980-81

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Bolton Wanderers
League:: Ipswich Town
League Tier 1:: Ipswich Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3105 (of 4764)
League Tier 1: 1520 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3503 (of 5452)
Total:: 4855 (of 7185)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

Forest Goals:
Martin O'Neill
Trevor Francis

Aston Villa Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Brian Clough

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	M	Viv Anderson
3	M	Frank Gray
4	F	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	M	Brynn Gunn
7	F	Martin O'Neill
8	M	Raimondo Ponte
9	F	Trevor Francis
10	F	Ian Wallace
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Dec 27, 1980)

Home	F	A	Away
Arsenal	1	1	Ipswich Town
Birmingham City	3	2	Sunderland
Brighton and Hove Albion	3	2	Crystal Palace
Liverpool	0	0	Leeds United
Manchester City	4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Middlesbrough	1	0	Everton
Norwich City	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Aston Villa
Southampton	4	0	Leicester City
Stoke City	2	2	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Manchester United

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Liverpool	24	11	11	2	46	27	9	3	0	28	9	2	8	2	18	18	19	33
	2	Aston Villa	24	14	5	5	40	21	9	2	1	23	6	5	3	4	17	15	19	33
	3	Ipswich Town	22	12	8	2	39	20	6	4	0	17	4	6	4	2	22	16	19	32
	4	Arsenal	24	10	9	5	36	27	8	4	0	21	9	2	5	5	15	18	9	29
	5	Nottingham Forest	24	11	6	7	38	25	9	0	3	29	14	2	6	4	9	11	13	28
	6	Manchester United	24	6	15	3	32	20	3	9	0	19	9	3	6	3	13	11	12	27
	7	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	9	5	28	23	6	3	2	17	7	3	6	3	11	16	5	27
	8	Everton	23	10	6	7	38	30	6	5	1	22	13	4	1	6	16	17	8	26
	9	Southampton	24	9	7	8	44	39	8	2	2	29	17	1	5	6	15	22	5	25
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	7	8	47	45	6	5	1	30	20	3	2	7	17	25	2	25
	11	Stoke City	24	7	10	7	27	32	5	5	2	18	12	2	5	5	9	20	-5	24
	12	Middlesbrough	23	9	4	10	34	33	7	4	1	25	10	2	0	9	9	23	1	22
	13	Birmingham City	23	7	8	8	28	30	5	4	3	17	13	2	4	5	11	17	-2	22
	14	Manchester City	24	8	6	10	32	36	5	3	4	16	15	3	3	6	16	21	-4	22
	15	Coventry City	24	9	4	11	27	35	7	3	2	20	15	2	1	9	7	20	-8	22
	16	Leeds United	24	8	5	11	21	34	6	3	3	9	10	2	2	8	12	24	-13	21
	17	Sunderland	24	7	6	11	30	32	5	3	4	17	13	2	3	7	13	19	-2	20
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	6	11	23	33	7	1	4	15	13	0	5	7	8	20	-10	20
	19	Norwich City	24	7	5	12	29	45	5	5	2	21	15	2	0	10	8	30	-16	19
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	7	4	13	28	41	5	1	6	14	16	2	3	7	14	25	-13	18
	21	Leicester City	24	6	2	16	18	38	4	2	6	11	12	2	0	10	7	26	-20	14
	22	Crystal Palace	24	5	3	16	31	50	5	2	5	25	21	0	1	11	6	29	-19	13

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Liverpool	25	11	12	2	46	27	9	4	0	28	9	2	8	2	18	18	19	34
	2	Aston Villa	25	14	6	5	42	23	6	2	1	23	6	5	4	4	19	17	19	34
	3	Ipswich Town	23	12	9	2	40	21	4	4	0	17	4	6	5	2	23	17	19	33
	4	Arsenal	25	10	10	5	37	28	9	5	0	22	10	2	5	5	15	18	9	30
	5	Nottingham Forest	25	11	7	7	40	27	14	1	3	31	16	2	6	4	9	11	13	29
⇧	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	9	5	31	24	8	3	2	20	8	3	6	3	11	16	7	29
⇩	7	Manchester United	25	6	15	4	33	23	9	9	0	19	9	3	6	4	14	14	10	27
⇧	8	Southampton	25	10	7	8	48	39	18	2	2	33	17	1	5	6	15	22	9	27
⇩	9	Everton	24	10	6	8	38	31	13	5	1	22	13	4	1	7	16	18	7	26
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	25	9	8	8	49	47	20	5	1	30	20	3	3	7	19	27	2	26
	11	Stoke City	25	7	11	7	29	34	12	6	2	20	14	2	5	5	9	20	-5	25
	12	Middlesbrough	24	10	4	10	35	33	11	4	1	26	10	2	0	9	9	23	2	24
⇧	13	Manchester City	25	9	6	10	36	36	16	3	4	20	15	3	3	6	16	21	0	24
⇩	14	Birmingham City	24	8	8	8	31	32	14	4	3	20	15	2	4	5	11	17	-1	24
	15	Coventry City	25	9	5	11	29	37	15	3	2	20	15	2	2	9	9	22	-8	23
	16	Leeds United	25	8	6	11	21	34	10	3	3	9	10	2	3	8	12	24	-13	22
	17	Sunderland	25	7	6	12	32	35	13	3	4	17	13	2	3	8	15	22	-3	20
⇧	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	25	8	4	13	31	43	17	1	6	17	18	2	3	7	14	25	-12	20
⇩	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	6	12	23	37	13	1	4	15	13	0	5	8	8	24	-14	20
⇩	20	Norwich City	25	7	6	12	31	47	15	6	2	23	17	2	0	10	8	30	-16	20
	21	Leicester City	25	6	2	17	18	42	12	2	6	11	12	2	0	11	7	30	-24	14
	22	Crystal Palace	25	5	3	17	33	53	21	2	5	25	21	0	1	12	8	32	-20	13