The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION - Sat Mar 14, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 14, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brighton and Hove Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: Peter Tyldesley
Attendance:: 20,688
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Brighton and Hove Albion:: Sep 26, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3115 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1528 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3520 (of 5724)
Total:: 4885 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 1 month, 5 days ago

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

Goals
John Robertson (31') (Pen)
Ian Wallace (40')
Gary Mills (50')
Kenny Burns (66')

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
Manager: Alan Mullery
Prior form: LLDWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Giles Stille (21')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Bryn Gunn
3	D	26	Frank Gray
4	M	20	Stuart Gray off for Peter Ward
5	D	31	David Needham
6	D	27	Kenny Burns (66')
7	M	25	Raimondo Ponte
8	F	24	Ian Wallace (40')
9	M	19	Gary Mills (50')
10	M	18	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson (31')
Subs
12	F	25	Peter Ward on for Stuart Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Perry Digweed
2	D	Gary Williams
3	D	Gary Stevens
4	D	Mark Lawrenson
5	D	Steve Foster
6	M	Giles Stille
7	M	Gordon Smith
8	M	Neil McNab
9	M	Brian Horton
10	F	John Gregory
11	F	Michael Robinson
Subs
12		Andy Ritchie

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 14, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-3	Manchester United
Coventry City	4-1	Leicester City
Crystal Palace	0-1	Sunderland
Everton	1-2	Leeds United
Ipswich Town	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Stoke City	1-2	Southampton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Norwich 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	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	32	21	6	5	55	27	12	2	1	28	7	9	4	4	27	20	28	48	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	32	15	11	6	44	30	10	4	2	27	10	5	7	4	17	20	14	41	LWWDDW
	4	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	32	15	9	8	49	33	12	1	3	36	17	3	8	5	13	16	16	39	WDWWDW
	6	Southampton	33	15	8	10	61	47	12	3	2	40	21	3	5	8	21	26	14	38	WWDLLW
	7	Arsenal	33	12	13	8	47	40	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	8	19	26	7	37	DDLWDL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	33	12	12	9	59	53	8	7	2	37	25	4	5	7	22	28	6	36	WDDLDD
	9	Manchester United	33	8	16	9	37	30	5	10	1	23	11	3	6	8	14	19	7	32	WLDLLL
	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
	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	32	8	14	10	38	48	5	7	3	22	17	3	7	7	16	31	-10	30	LDWLLD
	16	Coventry City	33	10	8	15	39	55	7	5	4	24	24	3	3	11	15	31	-16	28	DDWLLL
	17	Sunderland	33	10	7	16	41	42	8	4	5	25	16	2	3	11	16	26	-1	27	LLWLDL
	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	33	10	5	18	42	57	8	2	7	25	23	2	3	11	17	34	-15	25	LLDWLW
	20	Leicester City	33	10	3	20	25	49	6	3	8	14	16	4	0	12	11	33	-24	23	WWLWDW
	21	Norwich City	32	8	6	18	35	61	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	14	9	40	-26	22	LLLLLW
	22	Crystal Palace	33	5	5	23	39	68	5	4	7	28	28	0	1	16	11	40	-29	15	LLLLLL

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	32	20	10	2	65	25	13	4	0	38	8	7	6	2	27	17	40	50	WWWWWW	Safe	3-0
	2	Aston Villa	33	21	7	5	58	30	12	3	1	31	10	9	4	4	27	20	28	49	WWWWWD	Safe	3-3
2	3	Nottingham Forest	33	16	9	8	53	34	13	1	3	40	18	3	8	5	13	16	19	41	DWWDWW	Safe	4-1
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	33	15	11	7	45	32	10	4	2	27	10	5	7	5	18	22	13	41	WWDDWL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
	6	Southampton	34	16	8	10	63	48	12	3	2	40	21	4	5	8	23	27	15	40	WDLLWW		2-1
	7	Arsenal	33	12	13	8	47	40	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	8	19	26	7	37	DDLWDL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	12	12	10	59	56	8	7	2	37	25	4	5	8	22	31	3	36	DDLDDL		0-3
	9	Manchester United	34	8	17	9	40	33	5	10	1	23	11	3	7	8	17	22	7	33	LDLLLD		3-3
2	10	Leeds United	33	13	7	13	29	42	8	3	5	12	16	5	4	8	17	26	-13	33	WDLWWW		2-1
2	11	Manchester City	32	12	8	12	44	44	9	4	4	27	19	3	4	8	17	25	0	32	WLDWLW		2-1
2	12	Everton	31	12	7	12	47	41	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	8	19	21	6	31	DLLWWL		1-2
2	13	Middlesbrough	32	13	5	14	45	44	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	13	13	33	1	31	WWLWDL
	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	33	8	14	11	39	50	5	7	4	23	19	3	7	7	16	31	-11	30	DWLLDL		1-2
	16	Coventry City	34	11	8	15	43	56	8	5	4	28	25	3	3	11	15	31	-13	30	DWLLLW		4-1
	17	Sunderland	34	11	7	16	42	42	8	4	5	25	16	3	3	11	17	26	0	29	LWLDLW		1-0
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	8	14	34	43	10	1	5	23	14	0	7	9	11	29	-9	28	DWDLLW		3-0
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	10	5	19	43	61	8	2	7	25	23	2	3	12	18	38	-18	25	LDWLWL		1-4
	20	Leicester City	34	10	3	21	26	53	6	3	8	14	16	4	0	13	12	37	-27	23	WLWDWL		1-4
	21	Norwich City	33	8	6	19	35	64	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	15	9	43	-29	22	LLLLWL		0-3
	22	Crystal Palace	34	5	5	24	39	69	5	4	8	28	29	0	1	16	11	40	-30	15	LLLLLL		0-1