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Nottingham 1-0 Man United - January 24, 1981 / FA Cup 1980/1981

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FA Cup 1980/1981 - Round of 32

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

January 24, 1981

34 110

Nottingham

1 - 0

Man United

Trevor Francis

15'

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15' - Goal Trevor Francis15

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

1 - 0

Man United

Nottingham Man United

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Gunn

Brynley Gunn

England

B.date21/08/1958

Age22 years

positionLeft central defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Gray

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Francis15

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age26 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Walsh

Colin Walsh

Scotland

B.date22/07/1962

Age18 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Ponte

Raimondo Ponte

Switzerland

B.date04/04/1955

Age25 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wallace

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age24 years

positionForward

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		31	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynley Gunn		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		24	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		31	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	15	26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Walsh		18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Raimondo Ponte		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age23 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	31	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl	24	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	31	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas	26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	25	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Walsh

Martin O'Neill

OUT

Brynley Gunn

David Needham

OUT

Ian Wallace

Peter Ward

OUT

Raimondo Ponte

Ian Bowyer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

340

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Clough vs Man United

8 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1981

Clough vs Sexton

7 victories

8 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

185

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Nottingham

7 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1981

Sexton vs Clough

6 victories

8 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1981

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Trevor Francis scores a goal vs Manchester United in his professional career with Nottingham Forest since the 18/04/1979 (with Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United )

No Nottingham Forest manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 40% of clean sheets .

It's the first time Trevor Francis scores 1 goal vs Manchester United in FA Cup with Nottingham Forest

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNottingham Forest 1-2 Ipswich Town22/11/1980

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Valencia CF25/11/1980

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Crystal Palace06/12/1980

VNottingham Forest 3-1 Sunderland20/12/1980

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa27/12/1980

DNottingham Forest 3-3 Bolton Wanderers03/01/1981

Overall

VNottingham Forest 3-1 Sunderland20/12/1980

VWolverhampton 1-4 Nottingham Forest26/12/1980

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa27/12/1980

DNottingham Forest 3-3 Bolton Wanderers03/01/1981

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Nottingham Forest06/01/1981

LIpswich Town 2-0 Nottingham Forest10/01/1981

Current form

Away

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United15/11/1980

VBrighton & Hove 1-4 Manchester United22/11/1980

DNorwich City 2-2 Manchester United06/12/1980

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/12/1980

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United27/12/1980

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

Overall

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/12/1980

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool26/12/1980

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United27/12/1980

DManchester United 2-2 Brighton & Hove03/01/1981

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

VManchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove10/01/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	6	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Trevor Francis	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Garry Birtles
Trevor Francis	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Garry Birtles
Trevor Francis	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Garry Birtles

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

15 v

8 d

10 l

53 gf

44 ga

Away

33 matches

6 v

8 d

19 l

48 gf

74 ga

Total

66 matches

21 v

16 d

29 l

101 gf

118 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

19 v

8 d

6 l

74 gf

48 ga

Away

33 matches

10 v

8 d

15 l

44 gf

53 ga

Total

66 matches

29 v

16 d

21 l

118 gf

101 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 17, 1977
Home	4 - 1	October 01, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 14, 1935
Away	5 - 1	December 12, 1959

Latest head to head

October 04, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Nottingham

1 - 2

Man United

April 02, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Nottingham

2 - 0

Man United

December 22, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Man United

3 - 0

Nottingham

April 18, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Nottingham

1 - 1

Man United

September 16, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

1 - 1

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Man United

Colin Addison	5 goals	1961 - 1965
Frank Wignall	4 goals	1963 - 1967
Alan Hinton	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Christopher Crowe	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Peter Cormack	2 goals	1970 - 1971
John Robertson	2 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1970
Denis Law	8 goals	1962 - 1971
David Herd	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1960
George Best	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Joe Jordan	3 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bob McKinlay	18 matches	1960 - 1969
Peter Hindley	15 matches	1965 - 1972
Henry Newton	13 matches	1964 - 1970
John Winfield	13 matches	1962 - 1971
Peter Grummitt	13 matches	1961 - 1967
John Barnwell	11 matches	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Bobby Charlton	22 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1957 - 1967
Tony Dunne	16 matches	1960 - 1972
George Best	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Shay Brennan	16 matches	1958 - 1968
Pat Crerand	15 matches	1963 - 1971