The City Ground

LIVERPOOL 0 - 0 FOREST - Thu May 04, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu May 04, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Anfield
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 05 May 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:
Attendance:: 50,021
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Red Star Belgrade (Pre-Season Friendly)
League:: Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool:: Sep 13, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2998 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1411 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3344 (of 5724)
Total:: 4668 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 11 months, 14 days ago

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

Goals

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Bob Paisley
Prior form: DDWWWW (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	M	28	John McGovern
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	34	Frank Clark
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
Subs
12	D	28	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Clemence
2	D	Alan Hansen
3	D	Phil Neal
4	D	Phil Thompson
5	D	Emlyn Hughes
6	M	Graeme Souness
7	M	Ray Kennedy
8	M	Terry McDermott
9	M	Jimmy Case
10	F	Kenny Dalglish
11	F	David Fairclough
Subs
12		Callahan

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Thu May 04, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	0-0	Nottingham Forest

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	41	25	13	3	69	24	15	6	0	37	8	10	7	3	32	16	45	63	DWDWDD	Champions
	2	Liverpool	41	24	8	9	65	34	15	3	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	31	56	DDWWWW	Safe
	3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55	LLWDLW	Safe
	4	Arsenal	41	21	10	10	60	34	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	8	22	22	26	52	WLWWLW	Safe
	5	Manchester City	41	20	11	10	74	51	14	4	3	46	21	6	7	7	28	30	23	51	DLWWDL	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	9	50	WWLWDD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48	WDLDLD	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	15	46	WWWWWL	Safe
	9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46	LWDLLD	Safe
	10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42	LWWWWL	Safe
	11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41	WDWLDD	Safe
	12	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40	WLLLDD	Safe
	13	Derby County	41	13	13	15	51	59	9	7	4	34	24	4	6	11	17	35	-8	39	WLLLWD	Safe
	14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39	WDDDLL	Safe
	15	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35	WLDLLD	Safe
	16	Ipswich Town	41	11	13	17	46	59	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	12	15	37	-13	35	DLDWLL	Safe
	17	Chelsea	41	11	13	17	46	69	7	10	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	-23	35	LLDWLW	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	11	12	18	49	63	7	8	6	30	27	4	4	12	19	36	-14	34	LLDDWW	Safe
	19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	-17	33	WLWDDL	Safe
	20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32	WWWLWL	Relegated
	21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22	LLLLDL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22	LLLLLW	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	42	25	14	3	69	24	15	6	0	37	8	10	8	3	32	16	45	64	WDWDDD	Champions	0-0
	2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	15	4	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	31	57	DWWWWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55	LLWDLW	Safe
	4	Arsenal	41	21	10	10	60	34	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	8	22	22	26	52	WLWWLW	Safe
	5	Manchester City	41	20	11	10	74	51	14	4	3	46	21	6	7	7	28	30	23	51	DLWWDL	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	9	50	WWLWDD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48	WDLDLD	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	15	46	WWWWWL	Safe
	9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46	LWDLLD	Safe
	10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42	LWWWWL	Safe
	11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41	WDWLDD	Safe
	12	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40	WLLLDD	Safe
	13	Derby County	41	13	13	15	51	59	9	7	4	34	24	4	6	11	17	35	-8	39	WLLLWD	Safe
	14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39	WDDDLL	Safe
	15	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35	WLDLLD	Safe
	16	Ipswich Town	41	11	13	17	46	59	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	12	15	37	-13	35	DLDWLL	Safe
	17	Chelsea	41	11	13	17	46	69	7	10	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	-23	35	LLDWLW	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	11	12	18	49	63	7	8	6	30	27	4	4	12	19	36	-14	34	LLDDWW	Safe
	19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	-17	33	WLWDDL	Safe
	20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32	WWWLWL	Relegated
	21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22	LLLLDL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22	LLLLLW	Relegated