FOREST 2 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Wed Oct 28, 1981 (League Cup)

Date:
Wed Oct 28, 1981 (7:45 PM)

Opponent:
Birmingham City

Home/Away:
Home

Ground:
City Ground

Game Type:
League Cup

Round:
2

Leg:
2 (1st Leg)

Score:
2-1 (Won 3-5 on aggregate)

Half-time: 1-0
Next Round:
Blackburn Rovers (Nov 11, 1981) (3)


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

Season:
1981-82

Referee:
J Deakin

Sponsor:
Panasonic

Attendance:
16,316

Forest Tier / Pos:
Tier 1/5th

Opp Tier / Pos:
Tier 1/14th

NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Leeds United (League Tier 1)

League Cup:
Blackburn Rovers

Birmingham City:
Jan 09, 1982


GAME COUNT:

League Cup:
63 (of 218)
Competitive:
3542 (of 5763)
Total:
4919 (of 7550)
Played:
42 years, 11 months, 18 days ago
Notes:
Won 5-3 on aggregate



Logo
FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals
David Needham (8')
John Robertson (74')
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BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Jim Smith

Goals
Tony Evans (86')

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
1GK32 Peter Shilton
2D25 Viv Anderson
3D23 Bryn Gunn
4M32 John McGovern
5D32 David Needham goal (8')
6M26 Einar Aas
7M21 Stuart Gray off for Colin Walsh
8F25 Ian Wallace  47 
9M20 Justin Fashanu
10F20 Mark Proctor
11F28 John Robertson goal (74')
Subs
12M19 Colin Walsh on for Stuart Gray


Lineup

Num Pos Player
1GKWealands
2DPat van den Houw
3DHawker
4DKevin Dillon
5DKevin Broadhurst
6MTodd
7MBrocken
8MTony Evans goal  47 
9MWorthington
10FGemmill
11Fvan Meirlo
12?

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