The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS - Tue Apr 18, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 18, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 19 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: A Jenkins
Attendance:: 30,339
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Queens Park Rangers:: Aug 26, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2993 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1406 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3339 (of 5724)
Total:: 4662 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 5 days ago

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

Goals
John Robertson (29') (Pen)

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Frank Sibley
Prior form: DLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

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
10	M	26	Ian Bowyer
11	F	25	John Robertson (29')
Subs
12	F	31	John O'Hare

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Phil Parkes
2	D	Dave Clement
3	D	Brian Williams
4	D	Ernie Howe
5	D	Don Shanks
6	M	Ian Gillard
7	M	Leighton James
8	M	John Hollins
9	M	Stan Bowles
10	F	Paul McGee
11	F	Paul Goddard
Subs
12		Cunningham

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 18, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	2-2	Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Derby County

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	36	23	10	3	64	22	14	5	0	36	8	9	5	3	28	14	42	56	WDWWDD	Safe
	2	Everton	39	21	10	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	WWWLLW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	38	19	10	9	56	32	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	DWDWLW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	36	20	7	9	53	32	12	2	2	27	9	8	5	7	26	23	21	47	WWWWWD	Safe
	5	Manchester City	37	18	10	9	66	44	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	DDDWDL	Safe
	6	Coventry City	39	18	10	11	73	58	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	WLDWDL	Safe
	7	Leeds United	39	18	9	12	61	47	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	WWLLWD	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	37	16	12	9	55	46	11	4	2	29	12	5	8	7	26	34	9	44	WLWWWW	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	44	37	9	4	6	24	16	6	6	7	20	21	7	40	DLLDWW	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	39	16	7	16	54	56	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	WWWWDW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	39	14	10	15	62	61	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	WLDLWW	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	39	12	14	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	DLWWDD	Safe
	13	Norwich City	39	11	16	12	49	60	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	LLDWLL	Safe
	14	Derby County	38	12	12	14	46	56	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	10	16	33	-10	36	WDLWLL
	15	Bristol City	39	11	12	16	48	50	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	11	12	26	-2	34	WLLWLD
	16	Ipswich Town	37	10	12	15	42	49	9	5	4	30	20	1	7	11	12	29	-7	32	LDWLDL
	17	West Ham United	39	11	8	20	50	63	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	14	19	37	-13	30	WWLWWW
	18	Chelsea	37	9	12	16	40	61	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	13	16	43	-21	30	LLDLLL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	37	8	13	16	43	60	8	6	5	27	26	0	7	11	16	34	-17	29	DLWLWW
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	43	60	5	8	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	29	LLLLLD
	21	Newcastle United	39	6	9	24	40	70	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	14	16	38	-30	21	LDDLLL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	39	4	12	23	22	64	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	LWLLLL	Relegated

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	37	24	10	3	65	22	15	5	0	37	8	9	5	3	28	14	43	58	DWWDDW	Safe	1-0
	2	Everton	39	21	10	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	WWWLLW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	38	19	10	9	56	32	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	DWDWLW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	37	20	8	9	55	34	12	3	2	29	11	8	5	7	26	23	21	48	WWWWDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Manchester City	37	18	10	9	66	44	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	DDDWDL	Safe
	6	Coventry City	39	18	10	11	73	58	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	WLDWDL	Safe
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	12	9	56	46	12	4	2	30	12	5	8	7	26	34	10	46	LWWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	8	Leeds United	39	18	9	12	61	47	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	WWLLWD	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	44	37	9	4	6	24	16	6	6	7	20	21	7	40	DLLDWW	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	39	16	7	16	54	56	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	WWWWDW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	39	14	10	15	62	61	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	WLDLWW	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	39	12	14	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	DLWWDD	Safe
	13	Norwich City	39	11	16	12	49	60	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	LLDWLL	Safe
	14	Derby County	39	12	12	15	46	57	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	11	16	34	-11	36	DLWLLL		0-1
	15	Bristol City	39	11	12	16	48	50	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	11	12	26	-2	34	WLLWLD
	16	Ipswich Town	38	10	13	15	44	51	9	5	4	30	20	1	8	11	14	31	-7	33	DWLDLD		2-2
	17	West Ham United	39	11	8	20	50	63	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	14	19	37	-13	30	WWLWWW
	18	Chelsea	37	9	12	16	40	61	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	13	16	43	-21	30	LLDLLL
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	43	60	5	8	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	29	LLLLLD
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	13	17	43	61	8	6	5	27	26	0	7	12	16	35	-18	29	LWLWWL		0-1
	21	Newcastle United	39	6	9	24	40	70	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	14	16	38	-30	21	LDDLLL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	39	4	12	23	22	64	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	LWLLLL	Relegated

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