1979 Football League Cup final

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1979 League Cup Final
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Event 1978–79 Football League Cup
Nottingham Forest Southampton
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Date17 March 1979
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Peter Reeves (Leicester)
Attendance96,952
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The 1979 Football League Cup Final took place on 17 March 1979 at Wembley Stadium. It was the nineteenth Football League Cup final and the thirteenth to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Nottingham Forest and Southampton. Forest were the hot favourites to win being the holders of the League Cup and the reigning First Division champions. The match finished 3–2 to Forest. Forest's goals came from Garry Birtles (2) and Tony Woodcock. Southampton's goals came from David Peach and Nick Holmes. [1]

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Match details

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Nottingham Forest
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Southampton
Nottingham Forest
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks		3–2
(final score after 90 minutes)		Southampton
Yellow shirts/Blue shorts/Yellow socks
Manager: Flag of England.svg Brian Clough

Team:
1 Flag of England.svg Peter Shilton (GK)
2 Flag of England.svg Colin Barrett
3 Flag of England.svg Frank Clark
4 Flag of Scotland.svg John McGovern (c)
5 Flag of England.svg Larry Lloyd
6 Flag of England.svg David Needham
7 Ulster Banner.svg Martin O'Neill
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Archie Gemmill
9 Flag of England.svg Garry Birtles
10 Flag of England.svg Tony Woodcock
11 Flag of Scotland.svg John Robertson
Substitute:
12 Flag of England.svg Ian Bowyer

Scorers:

Half-time:
0–1

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
15.00 GMT Saturday 17 March 1979

Venue:
Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance:
96,952

Referee:
Peter Reeves

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

Manager: Flag of England.svg Lawrie McMenemy

Team:
1 Flag of England.svg Terry Gennoe (GK)
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ivan Golac
3 Flag of England.svg David Peach
4 Flag of England.svg Steve Williams
5 Ulster Banner.svg Chris Nicholl
6 Flag of England.svg Malcolm Waldron
7 Flag of England.svg Alan Ball (c)
8 Flag of England.svg Phil Boyer
9 Flag of Ireland.svg Austin Hayes Sub off.svg 83'
10 Flag of England.svg Nick Holmes
11 Flag of England.svg Terry Curran
Substitute:
12 Flag of England.svg Tony Sealy Sub on.svg 83'

Scorers:

Source for team line-ups: [2]

Road to Wembley

Nottingham Forest

Forest began their defence of the competition with a replayed victory over Oldham Athletic, before a 5–0 win at Oxford United. That set up a clash with fellow First Division side Everton, and Forest won 3–2 at Goodison Park. A quarter-final win over Brighton & Hove Albion set up the semi-final with Third Division side Watford. Forest won the 1st leg at home 3–1, and the 2nd leg was scoreless, and thus Forest qualified for their second successive final. [3]

Southampton

Southampton began their run with wins over First Division Birmingham City and Derby County. In the fourth round they needed a replay to beat Fourth Division side Reading; Southampton then defeated Manchester City 2–1 in the quarter-final. In the first leg of their semi-final with Leeds United they drew 2–2 away, before a 1–0 second leg victory. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Leach, Tom (24 February 2019). "Nottingham Forest's memorable League Cup final win over Southampton ranked amongst the tournaments best ever". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Saturday March 17, 1979; League Cup Final Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2". football-england.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 Dinant Abbink (28 March 2008). "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". RSSSF . Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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