Nottingham
Forest 
Nottingham
Forest Season 1980 - 1981
Final Division 1 Table:
| - | - | - | Home | Away | - | ||||||||
| - | - | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Aston Villa (C) | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 60 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 56 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 42 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 53 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 52 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 51 |
| 6 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 50 |
| 7 | FOREST | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 50 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 42 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 48 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 44 |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 43 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 42 |
| 12 | Manchester City | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 39 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 38 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 45 | 37 |
| 15 | Everton | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 36 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 36 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 35 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton W | 42 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 35 |
| 19 | Brighton & Hove A | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 31 | 35 |
| 20 | Norwich City (R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 33 |
| 21 | Leicester City (R) | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 32 |
| 22 | Crystal Palace (R) | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 46 | 19 |
European Champions' Cup: 1st Round
European Super Cup: Finalists
League Cup: 4th Round
FA Cup: 6th Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | European Cup | Super Cup | World Club Championship |
Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Einar Aas | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 L | 1 |
| Viv Anderson | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 LC | 1 |
| Garry Birtles | 9 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 L : 3 LC | 9 |
| Ian Bowyer | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 L : 2 SC | 5 |
| Kenny Burns | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 L | 5 |
| Trevor Francis | 18 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 L : 5 FA | 11 |
| Frank Gray | 40 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 L (2p) : 1 LC | 4 |
| Stuart Gray | 14 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Bryn Gunn | 26 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Larry Lloyd | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| John McGovern | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Mills | 23 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 L : 2 LC | 7 |
| Dave Needham | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John O'Hare | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin O'Neill | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 L | 3 |
| Raimondo Ponte | 17 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 L : 3 LC : 1 FA | 7 |
| John Robertson | 38 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 L (5p) : 1 LC 2 FA (2p) |
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| Peter Shilton | 40 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Lee Smelt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Sutton | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Wallace | 37 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 L : 1 LC : 1 FA | 13 |
| Colin Walsh | 15 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 L : 1 FA | - |
| Peter Ward | 14 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 L | 2 |
| Own goals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Legend | Green = Scorer | * = player substituted | & = Own Goal | |||||||||||||||
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| Teams for Friendlies not known | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponents | Comp | H/A | W/D/L | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Sub used 1 | Sub used 2 |
| 23/07/80 | Vancouver Whitecaps | F | A | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/07/80 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | F | A | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27/07/80 | Colombia XI | F | A | L | 0-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31/07/80 | Toronto Blizzard | F | A | W | 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05/08/80 | P Mulligan XI | F | A | W | 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 08/08/80 | Alkmaar AZ67 | F | A | L | 1-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10/08/80 | Bayern Munich | F | A | L | 0-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11/08/80 | Grasshopper Zurich | F | A | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16/08/80 | Tottenham H | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | Ponte | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 20/08/80 | Birmingham C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray* | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | *Bowyer | - |
| 23/08/80 | Everton | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | Ponte | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 27/08/80 | Peterborough U | FLC2/1 | H | W | 3-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | O'Hare | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 30/08/80 | Stoke C | L | H | W | 5-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles 2 | Wallace 2 | Robertson (p) | - | - |
| 03/09/80 | Peterborough U | FLC2/2 | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | Ponte | Bowyer | Birtles | Mills | Robertson | - | - |
| 06/09/80 | Middlesbrough | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 08/09/80 | Notts C | F | A | W | 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13/09/80 | Man C | L | H | W | 3-2 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 17/09/80 | CSKA Sofia | EC1/1 | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | *Ponte | - |
| 20/09/80 | Leicester C | L | H | W | 5-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte | Birtles 2 | Wallace* | Robertson (p) | *Mills | - |
| 23/09/80 | Bury | FLC3 | A | W | 7-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte 3 | Birtles 2 | Mills | Robertson | - | - |
| 27/09/80 | Arsenal | L | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte* | Birtles | Mills | Robertson | *Bowyer | - |
| 02/10/80 | CSKA Sofia | EC1/2 | H | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns* | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | *Lloyd | - |
| 04/10/80 | Man U | L | H | L | 1-2 | Shilton | Anderson* | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Birtles | Wallace | Robertson | *Mills | - |
| 08/10/80 | Sunderland | L | A | D | 2-2 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Mills | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 11/10/80 | Brighton & Hove A | L | H | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Needham | O'Neill | Bowyer | Mills | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 13/10/80 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | F | H | W | 7-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18/10/80 | WBA | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | Ponte | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Mills | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 22/10/80 | Leeds U | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | Ponte | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill* | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | *Mills | - |
| 25/10/80 | Norwich C | L | A | D | 1-1 | Sutton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 28/10/80 | Watford | FLC4 | A | L | 1-4 | Sutton | Gunn | F Gray | Ponte | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Mills | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 01/11/80 | Southampton | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | Ponte | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson (p) | - | - |
| 08/11/80 | Liverpool | L | A | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 11/11/80 | Birmingham C | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 15/11/80 | Tottenham H | L | H | L | 0-3 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | Bowyer | Lloyd | Burns | Mills | Ponte* | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | *O'Neill | - |
| 22/11/80 | Ipswich T | L | H | L | 1-2 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | Mills | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 25/11/80 | Valencia | ESC1 | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | Mills | Bowyer 2 | Ward* | Wallace | Robertson | *Ponte | - |
| 29/11/80 | Coventry C | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | Gunn | Lloyd | Ponte | Mills | Bowyer | Ward | Wallace | Robertson* | *Walsh | - |
| 06/12/80 | Crystal Palace | L | H | W | 3-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray (p) | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | Mills | Bowyer* | Ward | Wallace | Walsh | *O'Neill | - |
| 10/12/80 | Grantham | F | A | W | 6-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13/12/80 | Leeds U | L | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | Mills* | O'Neill | Ward | Wallace | Walsh | *Ponte | - |
| 17/12/80 | Valencia | ESC2 | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte | Francis | Wallace | Walsh | - | - |
| 20/12/80 | Sunderland | L | A | W | 3-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | O'Neill | Ponte | Francis | Wallace | Walsh | - | - |
| 26/12/80 | Wolves && | L | A | W | 4-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray (p) | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | O'Neill | Ponte | Francis* | Wallace | Walsh | *Mills | - |
| 27/12/80 | Aston Villa | L | H | D | 2-2 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | O'Neill | Ponte | Francis | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 03/01/81 | Bolton W | FAC3 | H | D | 3-3 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Gunn | O'Neill | Ponte | Francis 2 | Wallace | Robertson | - | - |
| 06/01/81 | Bolton W | FAC3r | A | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Francis | Ward | Robertson | - | - |
| 10/01/81 | Ipswich T | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Needham | Burns | O'Neill | Bowyer | Francis | Ward | Robertson | - | - |
| 11/01/81 | Paris St Germain | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24/01/81 | Man U | FAC4 | H | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Burns | Gunn | Ponte | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | - | - |
| 31/01/81 | Everton | L | H | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Burns | Gunn | Ponte | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | - | - |
| 04/02/81 | Red Star Belgrade | F | H | L | 1-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/02/81 | Man C | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | - | - |
| 11/02/81 | Nacional Montevideo | WCC | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Lloyd | Burns | O'Neill | Ponte* | Francis | Wallace | Robertson | *Ward | - |
| 14/02/81 | Bristol C | FAC5 | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson (p) | - | - |
| 18/02/81 | Stoke C & | L | A | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh* | Robertson | *O'Neill | - |
| 21/02/81 | Arsenal | L | H | W | 3-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Francis | O'Neill 2 | Robertson | - | - |
| 28/02/81 | Leicester C | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills* | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | *Ponte | - |
| 03/03/81 | Middlesbrough | L | H | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills* | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | *Ponte | - |
| 07/03/81 | Ipswich T | FAC6 | H | D | 3-3 | Shilton | Anderson* | F Gray | S Gray | Burns | Gunn | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson (p) | *Ponte | - |
| 10/03/81 | Ipswich T | FAC6r | A | L | 0-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | S Gray | Needham | Burns | Ponte | Wallace | Francis* | Walsh | Robertson | *Ward | - |
| 14/03/81 | Brighton & Hove A | L | H | W | 4-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | S Gray* | Needham | Burns | Ponte | Wallace | Mills | Walsh | Robertson (p) | *Ward | - |
| 18/03/81 | Man U | L | A | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | S Gray | Needham | Burns | Ponte* | Wallace | Mills | Walsh | Robertson | *Ward | - |
| 21/03/81 | WBA | L | A | L | 1-2 | Smelt | Gunn | F Gray | S Gray | Needham | Burns | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh* | Robertson | *Ponte | - |
| 28/03/81 | Norwich C | L | H | W | 2-1 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Needham* | Burns | Ponte | Wallace | Francis 2 | Walsh | Robertson | *Aas | - |
| 04/04/81 | Southampton | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | S Gray | Aas | Burns | Mills | Wallace | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | - | - |
| 07/04/81 | Kettering T | F | A | W | 5-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11/04/81 | Liverpool | L | H | D | 0-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Aas | Burns | Mills | S Gray | Francis | Ward | Robertson | - | - |
| 14/04/81 | Cardiff C | F | A | W | 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18/04/81 | Aston Villa | L | A | L | 0-2 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Needham | Aas | Mills | S Gray | Francis | Ward | Robertson | - | - |
| 20/04/81 | Wolves | L | H | W | 1-0 | Shilton | Anderson | F Gray | McGovern | Aas | Gunn | Mills | Ward | Francis | Walsh | Robertson | - | - |
| 25/04/81 | Crystal Palace | L | A | W | 3-1 | Shilton | Anderson | Gunn | McGovern | Aas | Burns | Mills | Wallace | Francis | S Gray | Robertson | - | - |
| 02/05/81 | Coventry C | L | H | D | 1-1 | Shilton | Gunn | F Gray | McGovern | Aas | Burns | Mills | Wallace | Francis | S Gray | Robertson (p) | - | - |
| 04/05/81 | Mansfield T | NCCf | H | W | 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/05/81 | Notts C | F | H | W | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10/05/81 | Real Madrid | F | A | L | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19/05/81 | Real Mallorca | F | A | W | 5-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |