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The 1980 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 1979–80 Football League Cup

1979–80 Football League Cup

The 1979–80 Football League Cup was the 20th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The winners qualified for the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, if not already qualified for European competition....

, the 20th season of the Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 15 March 1980, and was contested by League Cup

Football League Cup

holders and European champions Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

.

Wolves won the match 1–0 thanks to an Andy Gray goal in the 67th minute.

As both League Cup

Football League Cup

and European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

holders, Nottingham Forest had entered the match as clear favourites. Indeed, victory here would have given the club a hat trick of League Cup wins, and they would go on to retain the European Cup

1980 European Cup Final

The 1980 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 28 May 1980, that saw Nottingham Forest of England defeat Hamburg of Germany 1–0. In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudolf Kargus for the only goal of the game, to...

at the end of the season. By contrast, Wolves' last silverware had been their League Cup

Football League Cup

win six years earlier and they had finished a lowly 18th in the First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

in the previous campaign, whilst Forest had ended runners-up.

Match summary

Living up to their tag of favourites, Nottingham Forest took the game to Wolves and created several opportunities, all denied by Bradshaw in the Wolves goal, as Francis shot across him and Gray's mazy run through was just halted. Birtles' driven attempt at a scrambled corner was also parried away by the keeper, while Wolves' attacks largely came to nothing.

The second half started more evenly and Wolves were the first to get the ball into the net, as Richards and Carr bundled it in after Shilton had flapped at a cross, only for a foul to be awarded against Wolves. In the 67th minute, a long ball upfield by Daniel created confusion in the Forest defence, as Needham and Shilton collided with one another, leaving Gray with the simplest of chances to prod the ball into the empty net.

Forest now pressed hard for the equaliser but were thwarted by the resilient mass of Wolves' defence, as they cleared the ball after several goalmouth scrambles. In a break from the Forest onslaught, Wolves almost extended their lead further when Berry hit the woodwork. Nonetheless, the Molineux

Molineux stadium

Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...

men held on to upset the odds and claim their second League Cup triumph.

The cup was then presented by then-FA

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

Chairman Sir Harold Thompson

Harold Warris Thompson

Sir Harold Warris Thompson was an English physical chemist.He was born in Wombwell, Yorkshire, the son of William Thompson, a colliery executive, and Charlotte Emily. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Sheffield, then at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was tutored by Cyril Norman...

to Wolves captain Emlyn Hughes. This completed Hughes' personal achievement of having won every major domestic honour during his career.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	NOTTINGHAM FOREST:
	1	Peter Shilton Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....
	2	Viv Anderson Viv Anderson Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson MBE is an English football player and coach, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday in the 1970s and 1980s...
	3	Frank Gray Frank Gray Francis Tierney 'Frank' Gray is a Scottish football manager and former footballer.Gray has previously managed Darlington, Farnborough Town, Grays Athletic and Woking....
	4	John McGovern John McGovern (footballer) John McGovern is a Scottish former association football player and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice, under the management of Brian Clough.... (c)
	5	David Needham David Needham David Needham is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County, Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest, and in the North American Soccer League for the Toronto Blizzard, in the 1970s and 1980s.Needham started his career at Notts County in 1966...
	6	Kenny Burns Kenny Burns Kenneth "Kenny" Burns is a former Scotland international footballer, most famous for his time with Nottingham Forest, where he played a vital role in their European Cup successes....
	7	Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham...
	8	Ian Bowyer Ian Bowyer Ian Bowyer is a former English footballer who spent much of his career at Nottingham Forest, and was part of their European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. He has also had spells as a coach and manager...
	9	Garry Birtles Garry Birtles Garry Birtles is a retired English footballer, who played as a forward in The Football League between the 1970s and 1990s. He is best known for his time at Nottingham Forest, during which he won the 1979 and 1980 European Cup Finals...
	10	Trevor Francis Trevor Francis Trevor John Francis , is a former footballer who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest and played for England 52 times. He was England's first £1 million player...
	11	John Robertson
Substitute:
	12	John O'Hare John O'Hare John O'Hare is a Scottish former footballer. His clubs included Sunderland, Derby County and also Nottingham Forest and was part of their European Cup victory in 1980, coming on as a substitute in the final. He also won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.- Career...
Manager:
Brian Clough Brian Clough Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: | 1

Paul Bradshaw 2

Geoff Palmer

Geoff Palmer is a former professional footballer, who spent almost his entire career with .-Career:...

Derek Parkin

Derek Parkin is an English former football player who made a record number of appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers .-Career:...

Peter Daniel 5

Emlyn Hughes

Emlyn Walter Hughes, OBE was an English footballer who captained both the England national team and the much-decorated Liverpool F.C. team of the 1970s.- From Blackpool to Liverpool :...

George Berry 7

Kenny Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford Park Avenue, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City and Bristol Rovers, and in the North American Football League for the Seattle Sounders. He was capped once for England at under-23 level...

Willie Carr

William McInanny Carr is a former Scottish international footballer.-Career:Carr was born in Glasgow but spent part of his formative teenage years in Cambridge, where his family relocated in 1963...

Andy Gray 10

John Richards

John Richards (footballer)

John Peter Richards is a former English international footballer, most associated with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...

Mel Eves

Melvyn James "Mel" Eves is a former English professional footballer who had a long career playing as a striker and left sided attacker, mostly known for his time with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...

Substitute: 12

Colin Brazier

Colin Brazier (footballer)

Colin Brazier is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Lincoln City and Walsall, and in the North American Football League for the Jacksonville Tea Men.-Career:Brazier began his career with...

Manager:

John Barnwell

John Barnwell is an English former football player and manager. He was until recently the chief executive of the League Managers Association....

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- M.J.R. Barker (Oswestry
  Shropshire Football Association
  The Shropshire Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Shropshire. Cup competitions it organises include the Shropshire Senior Cup, the Challenge Cup and the Junior Cup.-External links:*...
  
  )
- B.A. Champion (Bristol)
Reserve referee: B.H. Daniels (Brentwood
Essex County Football Association
The Essex County Football Association, also simply known as the Essex FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Essex.-External links:*...

)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay (at Manchester United) if scores still level
One named substitute
Maximum of 1 substitution

Nottingham Forest

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|Round 2 (1st leg)||align=right|Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

||1–1||Nottingham Forest
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|rowspan=2|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Nottingham Forest||6–1||Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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|colspan=3 align=center|(Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

||1–3||Nottingham Forest
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|Round 4||align=right|Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

||1–1||Nottingham Forest
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|Round 4 (Replay)||align=right|Nottingham Forest||3–0||Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

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|Round 5||align=right|West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

||0–0||Nottingham Forest
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|Round 5 (Replay)||align=right|Nottingham Forest||3–0||West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

(a.e.t.)
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Nottingham Forest||1–0||Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

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|rowspan=2|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

||1–1||Nottingham Forest
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|colspan=3 align=center|(Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate)
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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

||1–1||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|rowspan=2|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||2–0||Burnley

Burnley F.C.

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|colspan=3 align=center|(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–1 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

||1–2||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Round 4||align=right|Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

||1–1||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Round 4 (Replay)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||1–0||Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

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|Round 5||align=right|Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

||0–0||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Round 5 (Replay)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||1–1||Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

(a.e.t.)
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|Round 5 (2nd replay)||align=right|Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

||0–2||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

||2–1||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|rowspan=2|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||3–1||Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

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|colspan=3 align=center|(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate)
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