1979 Football League Cup final

September 2020 September 2020 1979 League Cup final Matchday programme 1979 League Cup Final.png The match programme cover 250 1978–79 Football League Cup Nottingham Forest Southampton 3 2 17 March 1979 Wembley Stadium London Peter Reeves (Leicester) 96,952 1978 1980 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.Leach Tom Nottingham Forest's memorable League Cup final win over Southampton ranked amongst the tournaments best ever https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-forests-memorable-league-cup-2575376 29 September 2020 Nottinghamshire Live 24 February 2019 Match details _white_stripes2 _vneckwhite _white_stripes2 _red_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_white DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 Nottingham Forest _southampton _southampton _southampton _yellowstripesside _1bluestripe FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 0000FF FFFF00 Southampton Nottingham ForestRed shirts/White shorts/Red socks3–2(final score after 90 minutes)SouthamptonYellow shirts/Blue shorts/Yellow socksManager: ENG Brian Clough Team: 1 ENG Peter Shilton (GK) 2 ENG Colin Barrett 3 ENG Frank Clark 4 SCO John McGovern (c) 5 ENG Larry Lloyd 6 ENG David Needham 7 NIR Martin O'Neill 8 SCO Archie Gemmill 9 ENG Garry Birtles 10 ENG Tony Woodcock 11 SCO John Robertson Substitute: 12 ENG Ian Bowyer Scorers: Birtles 51, 79 Woodcock 83Half-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: ENG Lawrie McMenemy Team: 1 ENG Terry Gennoe (GK) 2 YUG Ivan Golac 3 ENG David Peach 4 ENG Steve Williams 5 NIR Chris Nicholl 6 ENG Malcolm Waldron 7 ENG Alan Ball (c) 8 ENG Phil Boyer 9 IRL Austin Hayes 83 10 ENG Nick Holmes 11 ENG Terry Curran Substitute: 12 ENG Tony Sealy 83 Scorers: Peach 16 Holmes 88 Source for team line-ups:http://www.football-england.com/nottingham_forest_3_southampton_2_league_cup_final_1979.html Saturday March 17, 1979; League Cup Final Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2 football-england.com 22 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308194935/http://www.football-england.com/nottingham_forest_3_southampton_2_league_cup_final_1979.html 8 March 2012 dead 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 Dinant Abbink 28 March 2008 RSSSF 8 April 2013 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. References External links Yesterday's Hero - Yesterday's Hero movie Wikipedia Page Category:EFL Cup finals League Cup final 1979 League Cup final 1979 Category:1978–79 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons League Cup final 1979 Football League Cup final 1979