The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 MIDDLESBROUGH - Tue Mar 03, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 03, 1981 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 04 March 1981
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: D Lloyd
Attendance:: 19,690
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (FA Cup)
League:: Brighton and Hove Albion
Middlesbrough:: Oct 10, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3114 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1527 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3517 (of 5768)
Total:: 4883 (of 7556)
Played:: 44 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goals
Kenny Burns (82')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: John Neal
Prior form: LWWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	24	Viv Anderson	300th appearance
3	D	26	Frank Gray
4	M	20	Stuart Gray
5	D	27	Kenny Burns (82')
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	19	Gary Mills off for Raimondo Ponte
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	18	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	25	Raimondo Ponte on for Gary Mills

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Platt
2	D	Ian Bailey
3	D	John Craggs 0
4	D	Irving Nattrass
5	D	Colin Blackburn
6	M	Graeme Hedley
7	M	Michael Angus 0
8	M	David Armstrong
9	M	Marc Proctor
10	F	David Shearer
11	F	Bo�idar Jankovic
Subs
12		Garry MacDonald

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Mar 03, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Middlesbrough

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	31	19	10	2	62	25	12	4	0	35	8	7	6	2	27	17	37	48	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	31	20	6	5	53	26	12	2	1	28	7	8	4	4	25	19	27	46	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	11	6	43	30	9	4	2	26	10	5	7	4	17	20	13	39	WLWWDD
	5	Nottingham Forest	31	14	9	8	48	33	11	1	3	35	17	3	8	5	13	16	15	37	LWDWWD
	6	Arsenal	32	12	13	7	47	39	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	7	19	25	8	37	LDDLWD
	7	Southampton	32	14	8	10	60	47	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	8	21	26	13	36	WWWDLL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	11	9	57	51	8	6	2	35	23	4	5	7	22	28	6	35	WWDDLD
	9	Manchester United	32	8	16	8	37	29	5	10	1	23	11	3	6	7	14	18	8	32	LWLDLL
	10	Everton	30	12	7	11	46	39	7	6	3	27	18	5	1	8	19	21	7	31	LDLLWW
	11	Middlesbrough	31	13	5	13	45	43	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	12	13	32	2	31	LWWLWD
	12	Leeds United	32	12	7	13	27	41	8	3	5	12	16	4	4	8	15	25	-14	31	WWDLWW
	13	Manchester City	31	11	8	12	42	43	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	8	17	25	-1	30	DWLDWL
	14	Birmingham City	32	10	10	12	42	48	8	4	4	26	19	2	6	8	16	29	-6	30	LLWDWD
	15	Stoke City	31	8	13	10	36	46	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	DLDWLL
	16	Coventry City	32	10	8	14	38	51	7	5	4	24	24	3	3	10	14	27	-13	28	LDDWLL
	17	Sunderland	32	10	7	15	40	40	8	4	4	24	14	2	3	11	16	26	0	27	WLLWLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	8	14	31	43	9	1	5	20	14	0	7	9	11	29	-12	26	WDWDLL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	9	5	18	38	56	7	2	7	21	22	2	3	11	17	34	-18	23	LLLDWL
	20	Norwich City	32	8	6	18	35	61	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	14	9	40	-26	22	LLLLLW
	21	Leicester City	32	9	3	20	24	49	5	3	8	13	16	4	0	12	11	33	-25	21	LWWLWD
	22	Crystal Palace	32	5	5	22	39	67	5	4	7	28	28	0	1	15	11	39	-28	15	DLLLLL

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	31	19	10	2	62	25	12	4	0	35	8	7	6	2	27	17	37	48	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	31	20	6	5	53	26	12	2	1	28	7	8	4	4	25	19	27	46	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
1	4	Nottingham Forest	32	15	9	8	49	33	12	1	3	36	17	3	8	5	13	16	16	39	WDWWDW		1-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	11	6	43	30	9	4	2	26	10	5	7	4	17	20	13	39	WLWWDD
	6	Arsenal	32	12	13	7	47	39	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	7	19	25	8	37	LDDLWD
	7	Southampton	32	14	8	10	60	47	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	8	21	26	13	36	WWWDLL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	11	9	57	51	8	6	2	35	23	4	5	7	22	28	6	35	WWDDLD
	9	Manchester United	32	8	16	8	37	29	5	10	1	23	11	3	6	7	14	18	8	32	LWLDLL
	10	Everton	30	12	7	11	46	39	7	6	3	27	18	5	1	8	19	21	7	31	LDLLWW
	11	Middlesbrough	32	13	5	14	45	44	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	13	13	33	1	31	WWLWDL		0-1
	12	Leeds United	32	12	7	13	27	41	8	3	5	12	16	4	4	8	15	25	-14	31	WWDLWW
	13	Manchester City	31	11	8	12	42	43	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	8	17	25	-1	30	DWLDWL
	14	Birmingham City	32	10	10	12	42	48	8	4	4	26	19	2	6	8	16	29	-6	30	LLWDWD
	15	Stoke City	31	8	13	10	36	46	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	DLDWLL
	16	Coventry City	32	10	8	14	38	51	7	5	4	24	24	3	3	10	14	27	-13	28	LDDWLL
	17	Sunderland	32	10	7	15	40	40	8	4	4	24	14	2	3	11	16	26	0	27	WLLWLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	8	14	31	43	9	1	5	20	14	0	7	9	11	29	-12	26	WDWDLL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	9	5	18	38	56	7	2	7	21	22	2	3	11	17	34	-18	23	LLLDWL
	20	Norwich City	32	8	6	18	35	61	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	14	9	40	-26	22	LLLLLW
	21	Leicester City	32	9	3	20	24	49	5	3	8	13	16	4	0	12	11	33	-25	21	LWWLWD
	22	Crystal Palace	32	5	5	22	39	67	5	4	7	28	28	0	1	15	11	39	-28	15	DLLLLL

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