The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 - 1 FOREST - Wed Mar 18, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 18, 1981 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: Mike Peck
Attendance:: 38,205
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Aug 31, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3116 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1529 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3521 (of 5724)
Total:: 4886 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 1 month, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Wallace (20')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: LDLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Kenny Burns (44') (OG)

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
5	D	31	David Needham
6	D	27	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Raimondo Ponte off for Peter Ward
8	F	24	Ian Wallace (20')
9	M	19	Gary Mills
10	M	18	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	25	Peter Ward on for Raimondo Ponte

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Jimmy Nicholl
3	D	Arthur Albiston
4	D	Ray Wilkins
5	D	Kevin Moran
6	M	Martin Buchan
7	M	Steve Coppell
8	M	Garry Birtles
9	M	Joe Jordan
10	F	Lou Macari
11	F	Sammy McIlroy
Subs
12		Mike Duxbury

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Mar 18, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	2-1	Manchester 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	32	20	10	2	65	25	13	4	0	38	8	7	6	2	27	17	40	50	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	33	21	7	5	58	30	12	3	1	31	10	9	4	4	27	20	28	49	WWWWWD	Safe
	3	Southampton	35	17	8	10	66	48	13	3	2	43	21	4	5	8	23	27	18	42	DLLWWW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	33	16	9	8	53	34	13	1	3	40	18	3	8	5	13	16	19	41	DWWDWW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	15	11	7	45	32	10	4	2	27	10	5	7	5	18	22	13	41	WWDDWL	Safe
	6	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
	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
	9	Manchester United	34	8	17	9	40	33	5	10	1	23	11	3	7	8	17	22	7	33	LDLLLD
	10	Leeds United	33	13	7	13	29	42	8	3	5	12	16	5	4	8	17	26	-13	33	WDLWWW
	11	Manchester City	32	12	8	12	44	44	9	4	4	27	19	3	4	8	17	25	0	32	WLDWLW
	12	Birmingham City	33	11	10	12	43	48	9	4	4	27	19	2	6	8	16	29	-5	32	LWDWDW
	13	Everton	32	12	7	13	47	44	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	9	19	24	3	31	LLWWLL
	14	Middlesbrough	33	13	5	15	45	46	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	14	13	35	-1	31	WLWDLL
	15	Stoke City	33	8	14	11	39	50	5	7	4	23	19	3	7	7	16	31	-11	30	DWLLDL
	16	Coventry City	34	11	8	15	43	56	8	5	4	28	25	3	3	11	15	31	-13	30	DWLLLW
	17	Sunderland	34	11	7	16	42	42	8	4	5	25	16	3	3	11	17	26	0	29	LWLDLW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	8	15	34	44	10	1	5	23	14	0	7	10	11	30	-10	28	WDLLWL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	10	5	19	43	61	8	2	7	25	23	2	3	12	18	38	-18	25	LDWLWL
	20	Norwich City	34	9	6	19	37	64	7	6	4	28	21	2	0	15	9	43	-27	24	LLLWLW
	21	Leicester City	34	10	3	21	26	53	6	3	8	14	16	4	0	13	12	37	-27	23	WLWDWL
	22	Crystal Palace	34	5	5	24	39	69	5	4	8	28	29	0	1	16	11	40	-30	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
	2	Aston Villa	33	21	7	5	58	30	12	3	1	31	10	9	4	4	27	20	28	49	WWWWWD	Safe
1	3	Nottingham Forest	34	16	10	8	54	35	13	1	3	40	18	3	9	5	14	17	19	42	WWDWWD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Southampton	35	17	8	10	66	48	13	3	2	43	21	4	5	8	23	27	18	42	DLLWWW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	15	11	7	45	32	10	4	2	27	10	5	7	5	18	22	13	41	WWDDWL	Safe
	6	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW
	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
	9	Manchester United	35	8	18	9	41	34	5	11	1	24	12	3	7	8	17	22	7	34	DLLLDD		1-1
	10	Leeds United	33	13	7	13	29	42	8	3	5	12	16	5	4	8	17	26	-13	33	WDLWWW
	11	Manchester City	33	12	8	13	45	46	9	4	4	27	19	3	4	9	18	27	-1	32	LDWLWL		1-2
	12	Birmingham City	33	11	10	12	43	48	9	4	4	27	19	2	6	8	16	29	-5	32	LWDWDW
2	13	Stoke City	34	9	14	11	41	51	6	7	4	25	20	3	7	7	16	31	-10	32	WLLDLW		2-1
1	14	Everton	32	12	7	13	47	44	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	9	19	24	3	31	LLWWLL
1	15	Middlesbrough	33	13	5	15	45	46	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	14	13	35	-1	31	WLWDLL
	16	Coventry City	34	11	8	15	43	56	8	5	4	28	25	3	3	11	15	31	-13	30	DWLLLW
	17	Sunderland	34	11	7	16	42	42	8	4	5	25	16	3	3	11	17	26	0	29	LWLDLW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	8	15	34	44	10	1	5	23	14	0	7	10	11	30	-10	28	WDLLWL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	10	5	19	43	61	8	2	7	25	23	2	3	12	18	38	-18	25	LDWLWL
	20	Norwich City	34	9	6	19	37	64	7	6	4	28	21	2	0	15	9	43	-27	24	LLLWLW
	21	Leicester City	34	10	3	21	26	53	6	3	8	14	16	4	0	13	12	37	-27	23	WLWDWL
	22	Crystal Palace	34	5	5	24	39	69	5	4	8	28	29	0	1	16	11	40	-30	15	LLLLLL