The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Tue Aug 22, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Aug 22, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 23 August 1978

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: J Hunting
Attendance:: 28,622
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 3 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Mar 24, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3000 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1413 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3347 (of 5724)
Total:: 4677 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Colin Barrett
4	M	28	John McGovern
5	D	29	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	M	19	Steve Elliott	Debut
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	27	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Sealey
2	D	Bobby McDonald
3	D	Keith Osgood
4	D	Jim Holton
5	D	Gary Gillespie (89')
6	M	John Beck
7	M	Barry Powell
8	M	Donato Nardiello
9	M	Tommy Hutchison
10	F	Michael Ferguson
11	F	Ian Wallace
Subs
12		Alan Green (89')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Aug 22, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-3	Middlesbrough
Bristol City	1-1	Norwich City
Coventry City	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Everton	2-1	Derby County
Ipswich Town	0-3	Liverpool
Manchester City	1-1	Arsenal
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Southampton	2-2	Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Chelsea

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	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	2	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
	3	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
	4	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	5	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	6	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	7	Everton	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W
	8	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	9	Arsenal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	10	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	11	Derby County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	12	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	13	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	15	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	16	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	17	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	18	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	19	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	20	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	22	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L

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)
3	1	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	4	WW		3-0
5	2	Everton	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	WW		2-1
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	WW		1-0
3	4	Norwich City	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	WD		1-1
3	5	Bristol City	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	WD		1-1
3	6	Coventry City	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	WD		0-0
10	7	Middlesbrough	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	LW		3-1
2	8	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
1	9	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
1	10	Arsenal	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	DD		1-1
1	11	Manchester City	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	DD		1-1
8	12	Chelsea	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	LW		1-0
	13	Nottingham Forest	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD		0-0
4	14	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
1	15	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
1	16	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	-1	1	LD		2-2
6	17	Derby County	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	DL		1-2
4	18	Southampton	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	LD		2-2
1	19	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0	LL		0-1
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL		0-1
2	21	Birmingham City	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	-3	0	LL		1-3
6	22	Ipswich Town	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	-4	0	LL		0-3