The City Ground

IPSWICH TOWN 0 - 2 FOREST - Tue Apr 25, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 25, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Ipswich Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Portman Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 26 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: K Salman
Attendance:: 30,062
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Ipswich Town:: Aug 12, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2995 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1408 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3341 (of 5724)
Total:: 4664 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 11 months, 22 days ago

Review
Frank Clark's goal wasn't just his first for Forest; it was his first ever League goal, after waiting 14 years and 483 games.

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

Goals
Frank Clark (78') - Frank Clark only goal
Paul Mariner (74') (OG)

IPSWICH TOWN
Manager: Bobby Robson
Prior form: WLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Colin Barrett
4	F	31	John O'Hare
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	M	26	Ian Bowyer
9	F	26	Peter Withe off for Frank Clark (45')
10	F	31	Archie Gemmill
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	34	Frank Clark on for Peter Withe (45') (78)

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton	272		3	2
2	D	21	Viv Anderson	430	22	3	2
3	D	25	Colin Barrett	94	8	3	2
4	F	31	John O'Hare	136	20	3	2
5	D	28	David Needham	119	13	3	2
6	D	24	Kenny Burns	196	15	3	2
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill	364	62	3	2
8	M	26	Ian Bowyer	566	99	3	2
9	F	26	Peter Withe off for Frank Clark (45)	100	39	3	2
10	F	31	Archie Gemmill	80	5	3	2
11	F	25	John Robertson	516	95	3	2
Subs
12	D	34	Frank Clark on for Peter Withe (45) (78)	157	1	7	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Cooper
2	D	George Burley
3	D	Allan Hunter
4	D	Russell Osman
5	D	Mick Mills
6	M	Brian Talbot
7	M	John Wark
8	M	Clive Woods
9	M	Trevor Whymark
10	F	Roger Osborne (76')
11	F	Paul Mariner
Subs
12		Mick Lambert (76')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 25, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	0-1	Manchester United
Ipswich Town	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	1-0	Arsenal
Manchester City	3-1	Coventry City
Middlesbrough	1-2	West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers	0-0	Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Everton

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	38	24	11	3	65	22	15	5	0	37	8	9	6	3	28	14	43	59	WWDDWD	Champions
2	Everton	40	21	11	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	5	28	20	27	53	WWLLWD	Safe
3	Arsenal	39	20	10	9	59	33	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	7	22	21	26	50	WDWLWW	Safe
4	Liverpool	38	21	8	9	58	34	13	3	2	32	11	8	5	7	26	23	24	50	WWWDDW	Safe
5	Manchester City	38	19	10	9	70	45	13	3	3	42	19	6	7	6	28	26	25	48	DDWDLW	Safe
6	Coventry City	40	18	11	11	73	58	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	47	LDWDLD	Safe
7	West Bromwich Albion	39	17	12	10	56	49	12	4	3	30	15	5	8	7	26	34	7	46	WWWWWL	Safe
8	Leeds United	40	18	9	13	62	50	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	8	23	29	12	45	WLLWDL	Safe
9	Aston Villa	39	16	10	13	47	37	9	4	6	24	16	7	6	7	23	21	10	42	LLDWWW	Safe
10	Manchester United	40	15	10	15	65	61	9	6	6	32	23	6	4	9	33	38	4	40	LDLWWW	Safe
11	Birmingham City	40	16	7	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	2	9	23	30	-5	39	WWWDWL	Safe
12	Middlesbrough	40	12	15	13	41	51	8	8	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	39	LWWDDD	Safe
13	Derby County	40	13	12	15	50	58	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38	LWLLLW	Safe
14	Norwich City	40	11	16	13	49	63	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	10	22	44	-14	38	LDWLLL	Safe
15	Ipswich Town	39	11	13	15	45	51	10	5	4	31	20	1	8	11	14	31	-6	35	WLDLDW	Safe
16	Bristol City	40	11	12	17	48	51	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	12	12	27	-3	34	LLWLDL
17	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	13	17	46	61	8	6	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	31	WLWWLW
18	Chelsea	38	9	13	16	41	62	6	10	3	25	19	3	3	13	16	43	-21	31	LDLLLD
19	West Ham United	40	11	8	21	50	66	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	15	19	40	-16	30	WLWWWL
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	12	18	44	61	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30	LLLLDD
21	Newcastle United	40	6	9	25	40	73	4	5	11	24	35	2	4	14	16	38	-33	21	DDLLLL	Relegated
22	Leicester City	40	4	12	24	23	68	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	15	10	38	-45	20	WLLLLL	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	39	25	11	3	67	22	15	5	0	37	8	10	6	3	30	14	45	61	WDDWDW	Champions	2-0
	2	Everton	41	21	11	9	70	45	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	6	29	23	25	53	WLLWDL	Safe	1-3
1	3	Liverpool	39	22	8	9	59	34	14	3	2	33	11	8	5	7	26	23	25	52	WWDDWW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Manchester City	39	20	10	9	73	46	14	3	3	45	20	6	7	6	28	26	27	50	DWDLWW	Safe	3-1
2	5	Arsenal	40	20	10	10	59	34	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	8	22	22	25	50	DWLWWL	Safe	0-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	12	10	59	50	13	4	3	33	16	5	8	7	26	34	9	48	WWWWLW	Safe	3-1
1	7	Coventry City	41	18	11	12	74	61	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	9	26	38	13	47	DWDLDL	Safe	1-3
	8	Leeds United	40	18	9	13	62	50	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	8	23	29	12	45	WLLWDL	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	39	16	10	13	47	37	9	4	6	24	16	7	6	7	23	21	10	42	LLDWWW	Safe
	10	Manchester United	41	16	10	15	66	61	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	9	34	38	5	42	DLWWWW	Safe	1-0
	11	Birmingham City	41	16	8	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	3	9	23	30	-5	40	WWDWLD	Safe	0-0
	12	Middlesbrough	41	12	15	14	42	53	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	9	17	34	-11	39	WWDDDL	Safe	1-2
	13	Derby County	40	13	12	15	50	58	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38	LWLLLW	Safe
	14	Norwich City	40	11	16	13	49	63	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	10	22	44	-14	38	LDWLLL	Safe
	15	Ipswich Town	40	11	13	16	45	53	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	11	14	31	-8	35	LDLDWL	Safe	0-2
	16	Bristol City	41	11	12	18	48	52	9	5	6	36	25	2	7	12	12	27	-4	34	LWLDLL		0-1
2	17	West Ham United	41	12	8	21	52	67	8	6	6	31	26	4	2	15	21	41	-15	32	LWWWLW		2-1
1	18	Queens Park Rangers	40	9	14	17	46	61	8	7	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	32	LWWLWD		0-0
1	19	Chelsea	38	9	13	16	41	62	6	10	3	25	19	3	3	13	16	43	-21	31	LDLLLD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	12	18	44	61	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30	LLLLDD
	21	Newcastle United	40	6	9	25	40	73	4	5	11	24	35	2	4	14	16	38	-33	21	DDLLLL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	40	4	12	24	23	68	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	15	10	38	-45	20	WLLLLL	Relegated