1979 Football League Cup final

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]

1979 League Cup Final
The match programme cover
Event1978–79 Football League Cup
Nottingham Forest Southampton
3 2
Date17 March 1979
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePeter Reeves (Leicester)
Attendance96,952

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

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

Scorers:

  • Birtles 51', 79'
  • Woodcock 83'

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: England Lawrie McMenemy

Team:
1 England Terry Gennoe (GK)
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Golac
3 England David Peach
4 England Steve Williams
5 Northern Ireland Chris Nicholl
6 England Malcolm Waldron
7 England Alan Ball (c)
8 England Phil Boyer
9 Republic of Ireland Austin Hayes downward-facing red arrow 83'
10 England Nick Holmes
11 England Terry Curran
Substitute:
12 England Tony Sealy upward-facing green arrow 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. Dinant Abbink (28 March 2008). "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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