Nottingham Forest 1 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Drawn
Date: 10/10/1981
Manager: Bobby Murdoch
Attendance: 15043
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| OG | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Heine Otto | |||
| Bobby Thomson | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Mick Baxter | |||
| Joe Bolton | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Jim Platt | |||
| Mike Angus |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Billy Woof |