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Nottingham 2-1 Birmingham City - August 20, 1980 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 2

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

August 20, 1980

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Garry Birtles

45'

Raimondo Ponte

90'

Frank Worthington

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0' - Goal Frank Worthington

45' - Goal Garry Birtles45

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46' - Substitution Frank Grayis substituted by Ian Bowyer46

46' - Substitution Alan Ainscowis substituted by Don Givens

90' - Goal Raimondo Ponte90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Nottingham Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Needham

David Needham

England

B.date21/05/1949

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Gray46

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

O'Neill

Martin O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date01/03/1952

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Ponte90

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

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Birtles45

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Needham		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		26	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray	46	25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Neill		28	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		30	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Raimondo Ponte	90	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		27	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	45	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Birmingham City

Wealands

Jeffrey Wealands

England

B.date26/08/1951

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Todd

Colin Todd

England

B.date12/12/1948

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Dennis

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age19 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Langan

David Langan

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/02/1957

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Ainscow46

Alan Ainscow

England

B.date15/07/1953

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age33 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Curbishley

Alan Curbishley

England

B.date08/11/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Worthington0

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age31 years

positionForward

Bertschin

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jeffrey Wealands		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Todd		31	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis		19	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		25	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Langan		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Ainscow	46	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill		33	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Curbishley		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin		23	52	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Bowyer	46	29	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Don Givens	46	31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Viv Anderson

Brynley Gunn

OUT

Martin O'Neill

Ian Bowyer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Todd

Don Givens

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

305

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Clough vs Birmingham City

8 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1980

Clough vs Smith

7 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Smith vs Nottingham

0 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1980

Smith vs Clough

0 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1980

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Garry Birtles scores a goal vs Nottingham Forest in his professional career with since the 21/04/1979 (with Huddersfield Town vs Nottingham Forest )

It's the first time Frank Worthington scores 1 goal vs in Premier League with

Nottingham keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City in Premier League running (since 23/11/1963). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/10/1958 (8 matches)

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Manchester United02/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Derby County19/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Norwich City30/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 4-0 Crystal Palace03/05/1980

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Everton09/05/1980

Overall

VNottingham Forest 4-0 Crystal Palace03/05/1980

DArsenal 0-0 Nottingham Forest05/05/1980

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Everton09/05/1980

LWolverhampton 3-1 Nottingham Forest12/05/1980

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburger SV28/05/1980

LTottenham 2-0 Nottingham Forest16/08/1980

Current form

Away

LShrewsbury Town 1-0 Birmingham City08/03/1980

LCambridge United 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/1980

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Birmingham City05/04/1980

LLeicester 2-1 Birmingham City12/04/1980

VWest Ham 1-2 Birmingham City22/04/1980

DBurnley 0-0 Birmingham City26/04/1980

Overall

LLeicester 2-1 Birmingham City12/04/1980

VBirmingham City 1-0 Luton Town19/04/1980

VWest Ham 1-2 Birmingham City22/04/1980

DBurnley 0-0 Birmingham City26/04/1980

DBirmingham City 3-3 Notts County03/05/1980

VBirmingham City 3-1 Coventry16/08/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	10	4
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	8	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

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

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Alan Curbishley
	-		The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Alan Curbishley

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

11 v

13 d

13 l

44 gf

46 ga

Away

36 matches

10 v

10 d

16 l

45 gf

65 ga

Total

73 matches

21 v

23 d

29 l

89 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

16 v

10 d

10 l

65 gf

45 ga

Away

37 matches

13 v

13 d

11 l

46 gf

44 ga

Total

73 matches

29 v

23 d

21 l

111 gf

89 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 23, 1959
Home	5 - 0	February 23, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 10, 1920
Away	7 - 1	March 07, 1959

Latest head to head

April 21, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Nottingham

December 16, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Nottingham

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 29, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 03, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Nottingham

October 06, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Colin Addison	5 goals	1964 - 1964
Colin Booth	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Dick Le Flem	2 goals	1961 - 1963
John Barnwell	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Len Julians	2 goals	1962 - 1963
John Robertson	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Johnny Gordon	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Mike Hellawell	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bob McKinlay	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Peter Grummitt	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Jeff Whitefoot	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Dick Le Flem	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Billy Gray	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Johnny Quigley	6 matches	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Trevor Smith	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Colin Withers	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Jimmy Bloomfield	6 matches	1961 - 1964
Bertie Auld	6 matches	1961 - 1964