The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 NORWICH CITY - Wed Mar 14, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 14, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Thursday 15 March 1979
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 15 March 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: N Ashley
Attendance:: 24,046
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Cup)
League:: Coventry City
Norwich City:: May 05, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3024 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1437 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3386 (of 5724)
Total:: 4721 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 1 month, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Tony Woodcock (50')
Tony Woodcock (58')

NORWICH CITY
Manager: John Bond
Prior form: LWDDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Justin Fashanu (66')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	26	Colin Barrett
3	D	35	Frank Clark
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	29	David Needham
7	F	24	Trevor Francis
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (50') (58')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	27	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roger Hansbury
2	D	Anthony Powell
3	D	Phil Hoadley
4	D	Kevin Bond
5	D	Martin Peters
6	M	Michael McGuire
7	M	Douglas Evans
8	M	James Neighbour
9	M	Keith Robson
10	F	Justin Fashanu
11	F	Kevin Reeves
Subs
12		Forbes

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Mar 14, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Norwich City
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	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	Liverpool	28	19	6	3	59	11	12	2	0	36	4	7	4	3	23	7	48	44	WWWDDD
	2	Everton	31	15	12	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	7	3	18	17	16	42	LLWWDD
	3	Arsenal	29	15	8	6	47	25	9	5	2	28	13	6	3	4	19	12	22	38	WDWLLW
	4	Leeds United	30	14	10	6	54	35	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	2	26	20	19	38	WWWWDW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	25	15	6	4	52	25	6	3	2	24	10	9	3	2	28	15	27	36	WWDLLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	25	10	13	2	29	17	5	6	0	13	6	5	7	2	16	11	12	33	DLWWDD
	7	Manchester United	27	12	7	8	40	43	6	4	4	19	19	6	3	4	21	24	-3	31	LLWDWW
	8	Coventry City	30	10	10	10	35	47	7	5	3	24	21	3	5	7	11	26	-12	30	WLLDDD
	9	Aston Villa	26	9	11	6	32	23	4	6	2	16	12	5	5	4	16	11	9	29	DDDWWL
	10	Southampton	28	10	9	9	34	32	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	7	8	20	2	29	LDWWWW
	11	Norwich City	29	6	17	6	40	43	6	8	2	22	13	0	9	4	18	30	-3	29	LWDDDW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	9	9	31	43	6	3	5	14	20	4	6	4	17	23	-12	29	DLLWLW
	13	Ipswich Town	29	11	6	12	37	36	6	4	6	23	18	5	2	6	14	18	1	28	LDWWDD
	14	Bristol City	31	10	8	13	35	39	7	4	4	25	16	3	4	9	10	23	-4	28	WLLLLL
	15	Manchester City	28	8	10	10	40	36	4	4	6	20	22	4	6	4	20	14	4	26	LWLWDW
	16	Middlesbrough	29	9	6	14	41	40	6	3	5	24	16	3	3	9	17	24	1	24	DLWLWW
	17	Derby County	29	8	6	15	30	51	6	4	5	19	19	2	2	10	11	32	-21	22	DLLLLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	7	6	13	32	47	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	10	11	33	-15	20	WDDWLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	4	16	26	49	6	2	6	15	21	2	2	10	11	28	-23	20	LWDWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	29	4	10	15	26	45	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	9	10	22	-19	18	DLLLLL
	21	Chelsea	28	4	7	17	29	58	2	3	8	13	26	2	4	9	16	32	-29	15	WWLLDL
	22	Birmingham City	29	4	5	20	25	45	4	4	6	18	18	0	1	14	7	27	-20	13	LLWLWD

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	Liverpool	28	19	6	3	59	11	12	2	0	36	4	7	4	3	23	7	48	44	WWWDDD
	2	Everton	31	15	12	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	7	3	18	17	16	42	LLWWDD
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	26	16	6	4	53	25	7	3	2	25	10	9	3	2	28	15	28	38	WDLLWW		1-0
1	4	Arsenal	29	15	8	6	47	25	9	5	2	28	13	6	3	4	19	12	22	38	WDWLLW
1	5	Leeds United	30	14	10	6	54	35	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	2	26	20	19	38	WWWWDW
	6	Nottingham Forest	26	11	13	2	31	18	6	6	0	15	7	5	7	2	16	11	13	35	LWWDDW		2-1
	7	Manchester United	27	12	7	8	40	43	6	4	4	19	19	6	3	4	21	24	-3	31	LLWDWW
	8	Coventry City	30	10	10	10	35	47	7	5	3	24	21	3	5	7	11	26	-12	30	WLLDDD
	9	Aston Villa	26	9	11	6	32	23	4	6	2	16	12	5	5	4	16	11	9	29	DDDWWL
	10	Southampton	28	10	9	9	34	32	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	7	8	20	2	29	LDWWWW
	11	Norwich City	30	6	17	7	41	45	6	8	2	22	13	0	9	5	19	32	-4	29	WDDDWL		1-2
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	9	9	31	43	6	3	5	14	20	4	6	4	17	23	-12	29	DLLWLW
	13	Ipswich Town	29	11	6	12	37	36	6	4	6	23	18	5	2	6	14	18	1	28	LDWWDD
	14	Bristol City	31	10	8	13	35	39	7	4	4	25	16	3	4	9	10	23	-4	28	WLLLLL
	15	Manchester City	28	8	10	10	40	36	4	4	6	20	22	4	6	4	20	14	4	26	LWLWDW
	16	Middlesbrough	29	9	6	14	41	40	6	3	5	24	16	3	3	9	17	24	1	24	DLWLWW
	17	Derby County	29	8	6	15	30	51	6	4	5	19	19	2	2	10	11	32	-21	22	DLLLLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	7	6	13	32	47	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	10	11	33	-15	20	WDDWLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	4	16	26	49	6	2	6	15	21	2	2	10	11	28	-23	20	LWDWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	29	4	10	15	26	45	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	9	10	22	-19	18	DLLLLL
	21	Chelsea	29	4	7	18	29	59	2	3	8	13	26	2	4	10	16	33	-30	15	WLLDLL		0-1
	22	Birmingham City	29	4	5	20	25	45	4	4	6	18	18	0	1	14	7	27	-20	13	LLWLWD

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