1980 Football League Cup final
The 1980 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 1979–80 Football League Cup, the 20th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 15 March 1980, and was contested by League Cup holders and European champions Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Event | 1979–80 Football League Cup | ||||||
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Date | 15 March 1980 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Referee | David Richardson (Great Harwood) | ||||||
Attendance | 96,527 | ||||||
Wolves won the match 1–0 thanks to an Andy Gray goal in the 67th minute.
As both League Cup and European Cup holders, Nottingham Forest had entered the match as clear favourites, although in the league table, Wolves were level on points with them with a game in hand. Victory here would have given the club a hat trick of League Cup wins, and they retained the European Cup at the end of the season. By contrast, Wolves' last silverware had been their League Cup win six years earlier and they had finished a lowly 18th in the First Division in the previous campaign, whilst Forest had ended runners-up.