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.

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

[1]

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: Brian Clough

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

Team:
1 Terry Gennoe (GK)
2 Ivan Golac
3 David Peach
4 Steve Williams
5 Chris Nicholl
6 Malcolm Waldron
7 Alan Ball (c)
8 Phil Boyer
9 Austin Hayes  83'
10 Nick Holmes
11 Terry Curran
Substitute:
12 Tony Sealy  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. "Lawrie McMenemy on the build up to Southampton's last League Cup final: A night with Brian Clough in Jarrow for £1 a ticket... and then Freddie Starr on our bench!". Daily Mail. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  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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