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 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: Pat Partridge
Attendance:: 33,930
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (FA Cup)
League:: Ipswich Town
Aston Villa:: Apr 18, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3107 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1520 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3505 (of 5736)
Total:: 4868 (of 7523)
Played:: 43 years, 10 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (41')
Martin O'Neill (86')

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Larry Lloyd (6') (OG)
Gary Shaw (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
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 (86')
8	M	25	Raimondo Ponte
9	F	26	Trevor Francis (41')
10	F	24	Ian Wallace
11	F	27	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Rimmer
2	D	Kenny Swain
3	D	Gary Williams
4	D	Allan Evans
5	D	Ken McNaught
6	M	Des Bremner
7	M	Gordon Cowans
8	M	Tony Morley
9	M	Dennis Mortimer
10	F	David Geddis
11	F	Gary Shaw
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 27, 1980)

Home	Score	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

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	24	11	11	2	46	27	9	3	0	28	9	2	8	2	18	18	19	33	LWWDWD
	2	Aston Villa	24	14	5	5	40	21	9	2	1	23	6	5	3	4	17	15	19	33	LDLWLW
	3	Ipswich Town	22	12	8	2	39	20	6	4	0	17	4	6	4	2	22	16	19	32	WDDLWW
	4	Arsenal	24	10	9	5	36	27	8	4	0	21	9	2	5	5	15	18	9	29	WDDLWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	24	11	6	7	38	25	9	0	3	29	14	2	6	4	9	11	13	28	LDWLWW
	6	Manchester United	24	6	15	3	32	20	3	9	0	19	9	3	6	3	13	11	12	27	WDDDLD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	9	5	28	23	6	3	2	17	7	3	6	3	11	16	5	27	WDWLLD
	8	Everton	23	10	6	7	38	30	6	5	1	22	13	4	1	6	16	17	8	26	WLDDWL
	9	Southampton	24	9	7	8	44	39	8	2	2	29	17	1	5	6	15	22	5	25	WDWDWD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	7	8	47	45	6	5	1	30	20	3	2	7	17	25	2	25	LLWWLD
	11	Stoke City	24	7	10	7	27	32	5	5	2	18	12	2	5	5	9	20	-5	24	DLDDWL
	12	Middlesbrough	23	9	4	10	34	33	7	4	1	25	10	2	0	9	9	23	1	22	DWWLWL
	13	Birmingham City	23	7	8	8	28	30	5	4	3	17	13	2	4	5	11	17	-2	22	WDLLLD
	14	Manchester City	24	8	6	10	32	36	5	3	4	16	15	3	3	6	16	21	-4	22	WWDLWW
	15	Coventry City	24	9	4	11	27	35	7	3	2	20	15	2	1	9	7	20	-8	22	LDLWLW
	16	Leeds United	24	8	5	11	21	34	6	3	3	9	10	2	2	8	12	24	-13	21	LWWWLD
	17	Sunderland	24	7	6	11	30	32	5	3	4	17	13	2	3	7	13	19	-2	20	LLLWLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	6	11	23	33	7	1	4	15	13	0	5	7	8	20	-10	20	WWDDLL
	19	Norwich City	24	7	5	12	29	45	5	5	2	21	15	2	0	10	8	30	-16	19	WWDLWL
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	7	4	13	28	41	5	1	6	14	16	2	3	7	14	25	-13	18	LLWLWW
	21	Leicester City	24	6	2	16	18	38	4	2	6	11	12	2	0	10	7	26	-20	14	LLWWLL
	22	Crystal Palace	24	5	3	16	31	50	5	2	5	25	21	0	1	11	6	29	-19	13	LLLWLD

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	25	11	12	2	46	27	9	4	0	28	9	2	8	2	18	18	19	34	WWDWDD		0-0
	2	Aston Villa	25	14	6	5	42	23	9	2	1	23	6	5	4	4	19	17	19	34	DLWLWD		2-2
	3	Ipswich Town	23	12	9	2	40	21	6	4	0	17	4	6	5	2	23	17	19	33	DDLWWD		1-1
	4	Arsenal	25	10	10	5	37	28	8	5	0	22	10	2	5	5	15	18	9	30	DDLWDD		1-1
	5	Nottingham Forest	25	11	7	7	40	27	9	1	3	31	16	2	6	4	9	11	13	29	DWLWWD		2-2
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	9	5	31	24	7	3	2	20	8	3	6	3	11	16	7	29	DWLLDW		3-1
1	7	Manchester United	25	6	15	4	33	23	3	9	0	19	9	3	6	4	14	14	10	27	DDDLDL		1-3
1	8	Southampton	25	10	7	8	48	39	9	2	2	33	17	1	5	6	15	22	9	27	DWDWDW		4-0
1	9	Everton	24	10	6	8	38	31	6	5	1	22	13	4	1	7	16	18	7	26	LDDWLL		0-1
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	25	9	8	8	49	47	6	5	1	30	20	3	3	7	19	27	2	26	LWWLDD		2-2
	11	Stoke City	25	7	11	7	29	34	5	6	2	20	14	2	5	5	9	20	-5	25	LDDWLD		2-2
	12	Middlesbrough	24	10	4	10	35	33	8	4	1	26	10	2	0	9	9	23	2	24	WWLWLW		1-0
1	13	Manchester City	25	9	6	10	36	36	6	3	4	20	15	3	3	6	16	21	0	24	WDLWWW		4-0
1	14	Birmingham City	24	8	8	8	31	32	6	4	3	20	15	2	4	5	11	17	-1	24	DLLLDW		3-2
	15	Coventry City	25	9	5	11	29	37	7	3	2	20	15	2	2	9	9	22	-8	23	DLWLWD		2-2
	16	Leeds United	25	8	6	11	21	34	6	3	3	9	10	2	3	8	12	24	-13	22	WWWLDD		0-0
	17	Sunderland	25	7	6	12	32	35	5	3	4	17	13	2	3	8	15	22	-3	20	LLWLDL		2-3
2	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	25	8	4	13	31	43	6	1	6	17	18	2	3	7	14	25	-12	20	LWLWWW		3-2
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	6	12	23	37	7	1	4	15	13	0	5	8	8	24	-14	20	WDDLLL		0-4
1	20	Norwich City	25	7	6	12	31	47	5	6	2	23	17	2	0	10	8	30	-16	20	WDLWLD		2-2
	21	Leicester City	25	6	2	17	18	42	4	2	6	11	12	2	0	11	7	30	-24	14	LWWLLL		0-4
	22	Crystal Palace	25	5	3	17	33	53	5	2	5	25	21	0	1	12	8	32	-20	13	LLWLDL		2-3