The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 LEEDS UNITED - Sat Apr 15, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 15, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: A McDonald
Attendance:: 38,662
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 1)
Leeds United:: Apr 16, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2992 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1405 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3338 (of 5724)
Total:: 4661 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WWDWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Peter Withe (65')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Jimmy Armfield
Prior form: LWWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Frank Gray (41') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	25	Colin Barrett
3	D	34	Frank Clark
4	M	28	John McGovern
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe (65')
10	M	26	Ian Bowyer
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	28	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Stewart
2	D	Trevor Cherry
3	D	Peter Hampton
4	D	Paul Hart
5	D	Paul Madeley
6	M	Frank Gray
7	M	Brian Flynn
8	M	Tony Currie
9	M	Ray Hankin
10	F	Arthur Graham
11	F	Eddie Gray
Subs
12		Clarke

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 15, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Newcastle United
Aston Villa	2-0	Chelsea
Bristol City	1-1	Liverpool
Everton	1-0	Ipswich Town
Leicester City	1-4	Birmingham City
Manchester City	1-3	West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City	1-3	Manchester United
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Coventry City
West Ham United	3-0	Derby County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Middlesbrough

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Nottingham Forest	35	23	9	3	63	21	14	4	0	35	7	9	5	3	28	14	42	55	WWDWWD	Safe
	2	Everton	38	20	10	8	68	42	12	4	3	40	22	8	6	5	28	20	26	50	WWWWLL	Safe
	3	Manchester City	36	18	10	8	65	41	13	3	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	46	DDDDWD	Safe
	4	Arsenal	37	18	10	9	54	31	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	7	19	20	23	46	WDWDWL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	35	20	6	9	52	31	12	2	2	27	9	8	4	7	25	22	21	46	LWWWWW	Safe
	6	Coventry City	38	18	10	10	72	56	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	7	24	33	16	46	WWLDWD	Safe
	7	Leeds United	38	18	8	12	60	46	12	4	4	38	18	6	4	8	22	28	14	44	LWWLLW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	15	12	9	52	45	11	4	2	29	12	4	8	7	23	33	7	42	DWLWWW	Safe
	9	Norwich City	38	11	16	11	48	57	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	9	22	41	-9	38	DLLDWL	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	38	15	7	16	50	55	8	5	7	31	26	7	2	9	19	29	-5	37	DWWWWD	Safe
	11	Middlesbrough	38	12	13	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	6	9	17	34	-10	37	LDLWWD	Safe
	12	Aston Villa	36	13	10	13	40	37	7	4	6	20	16	6	6	7	20	21	3	36	WDDLLD
	13	Manchester United	38	13	10	15	59	60	8	6	6	29	23	5	4	9	30	37	-1	36	DWLDLW
	14	Derby County	37	12	12	13	46	53	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	9	16	30	-7	36	DWDLWL
	15	Bristol City	38	11	11	16	47	49	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	11	12	26	-2	33	LWLLWL
	16	Ipswich Town	36	10	12	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	7	10	12	28	-6	32	DLDWLD
	17	Chelsea	36	9	12	15	40	59	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	12	16	41	-19	30	DLLDLL
	18	West Ham United	38	10	8	20	47	63	7	6	6	28	26	3	2	14	19	37	-16	28	LWWLWW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	10	18	43	60	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	28	DLLLLL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	36	7	13	16	41	59	7	6	5	25	25	0	7	11	16	34	-18	27	LDLWLW
	21	Newcastle United	37	6	9	22	39	66	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	12	15	34	-27	21	LDLDDL
	22	Leicester City	38	4	12	22	21	60	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	14	9	34	-39	20	DLWLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	36	23	10	3	64	22	14	5	0	36	8	9	5	3	28	14	42	56	WDWWDD	Safe	1-1
	2	Everton	39	21	10	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	WWWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Arsenal	38	19	10	9	56	32	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	DWDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Liverpool	36	20	7	9	53	32	12	2	2	27	9	8	5	7	26	23	21	47	WWWWWD	Safe	1-1
2	5	Manchester City	37	18	10	9	66	44	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	DDDWDL	Safe	1-3
	6	Coventry City	39	18	10	11	73	58	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	WLDWDL	Safe	1-2
	7	Leeds United	39	18	9	12	61	47	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	WWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	8	West Bromwich Albion	37	16	12	9	55	46	11	4	2	29	12	5	8	7	26	34	9	44	WLWWWW	Safe	3-1
1	9	Birmingham City	39	16	7	16	54	56	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	WWWWDW	Safe	4-1
2	10	Aston Villa	37	14	10	13	42	37	8	4	6	22	16	6	6	7	20	21	5	38	DDLLDW	Safe	2-0
2	11	Manchester United	39	14	10	15	62	61	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	WLDLWW	Safe	3-1
1	12	Middlesbrough	39	12	14	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	DLWWDD	Safe	0-0
4	13	Norwich City	39	11	16	12	49	60	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	LLDWLL	Safe	1-3
	14	Derby County	38	12	12	14	46	56	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	10	16	33	-10	36	WDLWLL		0-3
	15	Bristol City	39	11	12	16	48	50	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	11	12	26	-2	34	WLLWLD		1-1
	16	Ipswich Town	37	10	12	15	42	49	9	5	4	30	20	1	7	11	12	29	-7	32	LDWLDL		0-1
1	17	West Ham United	39	11	8	20	50	63	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	14	19	37	-13	30	WWLWWW		3-0
1	18	Chelsea	37	9	12	16	40	61	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	13	16	43	-21	30	LLDLLL		0-2
1	19	Queens Park Rangers	37	8	13	16	43	60	8	6	5	27	26	0	7	11	16	34	-17	29	DLWLWW		2-1
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	43	60	5	8	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	29	LLLLLD		0-0
	21	Newcastle United	38	6	9	23	40	68	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	13	16	36	-28	21	DLDDLL		1-2
	22	Leicester City	39	4	12	23	22	64	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	LWLLLL	Relegated	1-4