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 and Tony Woodcock. Southampton's goals came from David Peach and Nick Holmes.

Match details

Nottingham Forest
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks		3–2
Southampton
Yellow shirts/Blue shorts/Yellow socks
Manager: Brian Clough
Team:

1 Peter Shilton

2 Colin Barrett

3 Frank Clark

4 John McGovern

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:
  • Birtles,
  • Woodcock
Half-time:
0–1
Competition:
Football League Cup
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

2 Ivan Golac

3 David Peach

4 Steve Williams

5 Chris Nicholl

6 Malcolm Waldron

7 Alan Ball

8 Phil Boyer

9 Austin Hayes

10 Nick Holmes

11 Terry Curran

Substitute:

12 Tony Sealy
Scorers:
  • Peach
  • Holmes
Source for team line-ups:

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.

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.

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