Wolverhampton Wanderers won the League Cup against reigning European Cup holders Nottingham Forest on this day in 1980. Andy Gray scored the only goal of the game after minutes following a mix-up between Forest defender and goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The two collided on the edge of the Forest penalty area when neither knew what the […]
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On This Day – 27th December
Tony Coton made an instant impact on his professional debut on this day in 1980. The Birmingham City goalkeeper was making his First Division debut at the age of 19 against Sunderland. Within two minutes of the kick-off, Coton had won the home fans over at St Andrew’s with a penalty save! Sunderland were awarded […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.66
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1980 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Arsenal.Arsenal were red-hot favourites going into the Final as West Ham were a Second Division side at the time. All the pressure was off the East London club and they managed to pull off a historic FA Cup shock. […]
On This Day – 2nd September
Second Division Watford completed an incredible comeback in the League Cup Second Round against First Division Southampton on this day back in 1980.Trailing 4-0 from the first leg at The Dell, Watford came back to win the second leg 7-1 after extra time, winning 7-5 on aggregate. Malcolm Poskett and Roy Train gave Watford a […]
On This Day – 28th May
Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup on this day back in 1980, beating West German side Hamburg 1-0 in the Final in Madrid.A single goal from Scottish winger John Robertson after 20 minutes was enough to separate the sides. Hamburg were a tough opponent. and had Englishman Kevin Keegan in their side. Nottingham Forest had […]