The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 EVERTON - Sat Jan 31, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Liverpool Echo - Saturday 31 January 1981
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: T Morris
Attendance:: 25,611
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Red Star Belgrade (Friendly)
League:: Manchester City
Everton:: Apr 03, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3109 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1522 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3510 (of 5724)
Total:: 4874 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 2 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Kenny Burns (34')

EVERTON
Manager: Gordon Lee
Prior form: DWLLLD (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
4	M	31	John McGovern
5	D	27	Kenny Burns (34')
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	25	Raimondo Ponte
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	18	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	25	Peter Ward

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Martin Hodge
2	D	Billy Wright
3	D	Kevin Ratcliffe
4	D	Mick Lyons
5	D	John Bailey
6	M	Steve McMahon
7	M	Trevor Ross
8	M	Asa Hartford
9	M	Peter Eastoe
10	F	Imre V�radi
11	F	Eamon O'Keefe
Subs
12		Joe McBride

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 31, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-2	Coventry City
Aston Villa	1-0	Manchester City
Brighton and Hove Albion	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Ipswich Town	4-0	Stoke City
Leeds United	1-0	Norwich City
Liverpool	1-2	Leicester City
Manchester United	2-0	Birmingham City
Middlesbrough	2-0	Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Everton
Southampton	2-1	Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	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	Ipswich Town	26	14	10	2	47	22	8	4	0	24	5	6	6	2	23	17	25	38	WWDWWD
	2	Aston Villa	27	16	6	5	46	24	10	2	1	25	6	6	4	4	21	18	22	38	WLWDWW
	3	Liverpool	27	12	12	3	47	29	9	4	0	28	9	3	8	3	19	20	18	36	DWDDLW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	9	5	35	24	8	3	2	22	8	4	6	3	13	16	11	33	LLDWWW
	5	Arsenal	27	11	10	6	39	31	8	5	0	22	10	3	5	6	17	21	8	32	LWDDWL
	6	Southampton	27	12	7	8	54	39	9	2	2	33	17	3	5	6	21	22	15	31	DWDWWW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	8	8	52	47	8	5	1	33	20	3	3	7	19	27	5	30	WLDDWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	26	11	7	8	40	29	9	1	3	31	16	2	6	5	9	13	11	29	WLWWDL
	9	Manchester United	27	7	15	5	35	26	4	9	0	21	10	3	6	5	14	16	9	29	DLDLWL
	10	Everton	26	10	7	9	39	33	6	6	2	23	15	4	1	7	16	18	6	27	DWLLLD
	11	Manchester City	27	10	7	10	40	39	7	3	4	23	17	3	4	6	17	22	1	27	LWWWDW
	12	Stoke City	26	7	12	7	30	35	5	6	2	20	14	2	6	5	10	21	-5	26	DDWLDD
	13	Sunderland	27	9	6	12	37	35	7	3	4	22	13	2	3	8	15	22	2	24	WLDLWW
	14	Middlesbrough	26	10	4	12	37	39	8	4	1	26	10	2	0	11	11	29	-2	24	LWLWLL
	15	Birmingham City	27	8	8	11	32	41	6	4	4	20	18	2	4	7	12	23	-9	24	LDWLLL
	16	Coventry City	27	9	6	12	31	40	7	4	3	22	18	2	2	9	9	22	-9	24	WLWDDL
	17	Leeds United	27	9	6	12	22	37	6	3	4	9	13	3	3	8	13	24	-15	24	WLDDLW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	26	37	8	1	4	18	13	0	6	8	8	24	-11	23	DLLLWD
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	27	8	4	15	32	47	6	1	6	17	18	2	3	9	15	29	-15	20	LWWWLL
	20	Norwich City	27	7	6	14	31	51	5	6	3	23	18	2	0	11	8	33	-20	20	LWLDLL
	21	Crystal Palace	27	5	5	17	34	54	5	4	5	26	22	0	1	12	8	32	-20	15	WLDLDD
	22	Leicester City	27	6	2	19	18	45	4	2	8	11	15	2	0	11	7	30	-27	14	WLLLLL

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	Ipswich Town	27	15	10	2	51	22	9	4	0	28	5	6	6	2	23	17	29	40	WDWWDW		4-0
	2	Aston Villa	28	17	6	5	47	24	11	2	1	26	6	6	4	4	21	18	23	40	LWDWWW		1-0
	3	Liverpool	28	12	12	4	48	31	9	4	1	29	11	3	8	3	19	20	17	36	WDDLWL		1-2
2	4	Southampton	28	13	7	8	56	40	10	2	2	35	18	3	5	6	21	22	16	33	WDWWWW		2-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	9	6	35	26	8	3	2	22	8	4	6	4	13	18	9	33	LDWWWL		0-2
1	6	Arsenal	28	11	11	6	41	33	8	6	0	24	12	3	5	6	17	21	8	33	WDDWLD		2-2
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	28	12	8	8	54	47	8	5	1	33	20	4	3	7	21	27	7	32	LDDWWW		2-0
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	12	7	8	41	29	10	1	3	32	16	2	6	5	9	13	12	31	LWWDLW		1-0
	9	Manchester United	28	8	15	5	37	26	5	9	0	23	10	3	6	5	14	16	11	31	LDLWLW		2-0
	10	Everton	27	10	7	10	39	34	6	6	2	23	15	4	1	8	16	19	5	27	WLLLDL		0-1
	11	Manchester City	28	10	7	11	40	40	7	3	4	23	17	3	4	7	17	23	0	27	WWWDWL		0-1
2	12	Middlesbrough	27	11	4	12	39	39	9	4	1	28	10	2	0	11	11	29	0	26	WLWLLW		2-0
1	13	Stoke City	27	7	12	8	30	39	5	6	2	20	14	2	6	6	10	25	-9	26	DWLDDL		0-4
3	14	Leeds United	28	10	6	12	23	37	7	3	4	10	13	3	3	8	13	24	-14	26	LDDLWW		1-0
1	15	Coventry City	28	9	7	12	33	42	7	4	3	22	18	2	3	9	11	24	-9	25	LWDDLD		2-2
2	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	7	12	28	37	9	1	4	20	13	0	6	8	8	24	-9	25	LLLWDW		2-0
4	17	Sunderland	28	9	6	13	38	37	7	3	4	22	13	2	3	9	16	24	1	24	LDLWWL		1-2
3	18	Birmingham City	28	8	8	12	32	43	6	4	4	20	18	2	4	8	12	25	-11	24	DWLLLL		0-2
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	28	8	4	16	32	49	6	1	7	17	20	2	3	9	15	29	-17	20	WWWLLL		0-2
	20	Norwich City	28	7	6	15	31	52	5	6	3	23	18	2	0	12	8	34	-21	20	WLDLLL		0-1
1	21	Leicester City	28	7	2	19	20	46	4	2	8	11	15	3	0	11	9	31	-26	16	LLLLLW		2-1
1	22	Crystal Palace	28	5	5	18	34	56	5	4	5	26	22	0	1	13	8	34	-22	15	LDLDDL		0-2