The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 21, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: P Stevens
Attendance:: 19,269
Pos Before/After:: 3 6
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 12, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3117 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1530 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3522 (of 5724)
Total:: 4887 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Gary Mills

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Prior form: WWDDWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Bryn Gunn (OG)
John Deehan

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Lee Smelt	Only appearance
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	19	Gary Mills
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	18	Colin Walsh off for Raimondo Ponte
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	25	Raimondo Ponte on for Colin Walsh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Godden
2	D	Martyn Bennett
3	D	John Wile
4	D	Brendon Batson
5	D	Derek Statham
6	M	Bryan Robson
7	M	Remi Moses
8	M	John Deehan
9	M	David Mills
10	F	Cyrille Regis
11	F	Peter Barnes
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 21, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Manchester City
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-1	Stoke City
Leeds United	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	1-1	Crystal Palace
Liverpool	1-0	Everton
Manchester United	2-1	Ipswich Town
Norwich City	1-1	Arsenal
Southampton	1-0	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	3-0	Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Nottingham Forest	34	16	10	8	54	35	13	1	3	40	18	3	9	5	14	17	19	42	WWDWWD	Safe
	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
	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
	12	Birmingham City	33	11	10	12	43	48	9	4	4	27	19	2	6	8	16	29	-5	32	LWDWDW
	13	Stoke City	34	9	14	11	41	51	6	7	4	25	20	3	7	7	16	31	-10	32	WLLDLW
	14	Everton	32	12	7	13	47	44	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	9	19	24	3	31	LLWWLL
	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

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	33	20	10	3	66	27	13	4	0	38	8	7	6	3	28	19	39	50	WWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	2	Aston Villa	34	21	7	6	58	32	12	3	1	31	10	9	4	5	27	22	26	49	WWWWDL	Safe	0-2
1	3	Southampton	36	18	8	10	67	48	14	3	2	44	21	4	5	8	23	27	19	44	LLWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	11	7	47	33	11	4	2	29	11	5	7	5	18	22	14	43	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Liverpool	33	14	14	5	55	37	11	5	1	34	13	3	9	4	21	24	18	42	LLDDWW	Safe	1-0
3	6	Nottingham Forest	35	16	10	9	55	37	13	1	3	40	18	3	9	6	15	19	18	42	WDWWDL	Safe	1-2
	7	Arsenal	34	12	14	8	48	41	9	7	0	28	14	3	7	8	20	27	7	38	DLWDLD		1-1
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	13	12	10	61	56	9	7	2	39	25	4	5	8	22	31	5	38	DLDDLW		2-0
	9	Manchester United	36	9	18	9	43	35	6	11	1	26	13	3	7	8	17	22	8	36	LLLDDW		2-1
2	10	Birmingham City	34	12	10	12	45	48	10	4	4	29	19	2	6	8	16	29	-3	34	WDWDWW		2-0
2	11	Stoke City	35	9	15	11	42	52	6	7	4	25	20	3	8	7	17	32	-10	33	LLDLWD		1-1
2	12	Leeds United	34	13	7	14	30	45	8	3	6	13	19	5	4	8	17	26	-15	33	DLWWWL		1-3
2	13	Manchester City	34	12	8	14	45	48	9	4	4	27	19	3	4	10	18	29	-3	32	DWLWLL		0-2
3	14	Sunderland	35	12	7	16	45	42	9	4	5	28	16	3	3	11	17	26	3	31	WLDLWW		3-0
1	15	Everton	33	12	7	14	47	45	7	6	4	28	20	5	1	10	19	25	2	31	LWWLLL		0-1
1	16	Middlesbrough	34	13	5	16	45	47	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	15	13	36	-2	31	LWDLLL		0-1
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	8	15	37	45	10	1	5	23	14	1	7	10	14	31	-8	30	DLLWLW		3-1
2	18	Coventry City	35	11	8	16	43	59	8	5	4	28	25	3	3	12	15	34	-16	30	WLLLWL		0-3
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	10	6	19	44	62	8	3	7	26	24	2	3	12	18	38	-18	26	DWLWLD		1-1
	20	Norwich City	35	9	7	19	38	65	7	7	4	29	22	2	0	15	9	43	-27	25	LLWLWD		1-1
	21	Leicester City	35	10	4	21	27	54	6	4	8	15	17	4	0	13	12	37	-27	24	LWDWLD		1-1
	22	Crystal Palace	35	5	6	24	40	70	5	4	8	28	29	0	2	16	12	41	-30	16	LLLLLD		1-1