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