Saturday 29 August 1970 at City Ground (Att 24,343)

Nottingham Forest (1) 4 (Hindley 9, Moore 60p, Rees 68, Newton 78): Barron, Hindley, Winfield, Chapman, O’Kane, Newton, Lyons, Rees, Ingram, Cormack, Moore (Hilley70).
Wolves (1) 1 (Curran 4): Oldfield, Taylor, Parkin, Bailey, Holsgrove (Richards 30), Munro, McCalliog, Wilson, Gould, Curran, Wagstaffe.

Referee: Mr A Jones (Ormskirk).
Order of Goals: W,n,n,n,n.
Penalty: Awarded against Hugh Curran for foul on Alex Ingram.
Position: 20th.