Nottingham Forest 1 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 3/3/1981
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 19690
Competition: Division One
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Mike Angus | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| Colin Blackburn | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| Dave Shearer |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Garry Macdonald |