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Wolverhampton 3-1 Nottingham - May 12, 1980 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 33

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

May 12, 1980

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Nottingham

Geoff Palmer

(penalty) Kenny Hibbitt

John Richards

90'

Martin O'Neill

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0' - Goal Geoff Palmer photo Kenny Hibbitt

0' - Goal Kenny Hibbitt photo John Richards

0' - Goal John Richards0

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46' - Substitution Kenny Burnsis substituted by David Needham

90' - Goal Martin O'Neill

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Nottingham

Wolverhampton Nottingham

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Kearns

Mick Kearns

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/11/1950

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Brazier

Colin Brazier

England

B.date06/06/1957

Age22 years

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age22 years

positionDefender

Palmer0

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hibbitt0

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Eves

Mel Eves

England

B.date10/09/1956

Age23 years

positionStriker

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age29 years

positionStriker

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age24 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mick Kearns	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin	32	426	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Brazier	22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer	25	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt	29	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel	24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mel Eves	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards	29	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

146

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Burns46

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Gray

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

O'Neill90

Martin O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date01/03/1952

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

O'Hare

John O'Hare

Scotland

B.date24/09/1946

Age33 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		30	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns	46	26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Neill	90	28	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		27	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John O'Hare		33	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Needham	46	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Berry

Willie Carr

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Bowyer

Gary Mills

OUT

John O'Hare

Stan Bowles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Barnwell

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Barnwell vs Nottingham

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1980

Barnwell vs Clough

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

302

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Clough vs Wolverhampton

10 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 1980

Clough vs Barnwell

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 1980

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Key figures

Brian Clough has registered 150 success since the 06/01/1975 as the manager of Nottingham Forest next after this match..

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Barnwell has done less than 1.34 goals scored per game .

No Wolverhampton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Barnwell has done less than 1.13 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 1-0 Liverpool26/02/1980

LWolverhampton 0-2 Middlesbrough01/03/1980

VWolverhampton 3-0 Stoke City22/03/1980

LWolverhampton 1-2 Tottenham05/04/1980

LWolverhampton 1-2 Manchester City12/04/1980

VWolverhampton 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1980

Overall

LBrighton & Hove 3-0 Wolverhampton08/04/1980

LWolverhampton 1-2 Manchester City12/04/1980

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Wolverhampton19/04/1980

DTottenham 2-2 Wolverhampton23/04/1980

VWolverhampton 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1980

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Wolverhampton03/05/1980

Current form

Away

VDynamo Berlin 1-3 Nottingham Forest19/03/1980

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Nottingham Forest29/03/1980

LAston Villa 3-2 Nottingham Forest05/04/1980

LAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Nottingham Forest23/04/1980

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Nottingham Forest26/04/1980

DArsenal 0-0 Nottingham Forest05/05/1980

Overall

LAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Nottingham Forest23/04/1980

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Nottingham Forest26/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Norwich City30/04/1980

VNottingham Forest 4-0 Crystal Palace03/05/1980

DArsenal 0-0 Nottingham Forest05/05/1980

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Everton09/05/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
18	Victories (Competition total)	20
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
9	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
13	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	62
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.51
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.98
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	17
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (6 times)

Bookings

1	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

Andy Gray	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Trevor Francis
Andy Gray	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Garry Birtles
Peter Daniel	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	8 penalties	John Robertson
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	John Robertson
John Richards	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Trevor Francis

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

34 v

7 d

6 l

117 gf

51 ga

Away

47 matches

10 v

10 d

27 l

59 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

95 matches

45 v

17 d

33 l

177 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

27 v

10 d

10 l

96 gf

59 ga

Away

47 matches

6 v

7 d

34 l

51 gf

117 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

95 matches

33 v

17 d

45 l

147 gf

177 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 06, 1968
Home	6 - 1	April 06, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 02, 1893
Away	2 - 0	September 24, 1898

Latest head to head

March 15, 1980 - League Cup 1979/1980

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Nottingham

October 06, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Nottingham

3 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 30, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Nottingham

October 07, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Nottingham

3 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

February 04, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Derek Dougan	7 goals	1968 - 1971
Hugh Curran	6 goals	1969 - 1971
Peter Broadbent	5 goals	1958 - 1964
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1959 - 1961
Bobby Mason	4 goals	1958 - 1958
John Richards	3 goals	1972 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Henry Newton	5 goals	1964 - 1970
Geoff Vowden	5 goals	1960 - 1964
Colin Addison	4 goals	1961 - 1964
Garry Birtles	3 goals	1978 - 1979
Johnny Quigley	3 goals	1958 - 1963
Frank Wignall	3 goals	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Derek Parkin	14 matches	1968 - 1980
Ronald Flowers	12 matches	1958 - 1965
Robert Thomson	10 matches	1962 - 1969
Peter Broadbent	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Jimmy Murray	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Malcolm Finlayson	9 matches	1958 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Bob McKinlay	18 matches	1958 - 1968
Johnny Quigley	13 matches	1958 - 1964
Peter Hindley	12 matches	1964 - 1972
John Winfield	12 matches	1962 - 1971
Peter Grummitt	11 matches	1961 - 1969
Henry Newton	10 matches	1964 - 1970