The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Mar 24, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: Don Shaw
Attendance:: 24,514
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Aug 25, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3025 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1438 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3389 (of 5724)
Total:: 4724 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 1 month, 2 days ago

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

Goals
Tony Woodcock (25')
Garry Birtles (64')
David Needham (83')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Colin Barrett
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	29	David Needham (83')
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill
8	F	24	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (64')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (25')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	32	Archie Gemmill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Sealey
2	D	Brian Roberts
3	D	Mick Coop
4	D	Bobby McDonald
5	D	Jim Hagan
6	M	Tommy Hutchison
7	M	Barry Powell
8	M	Andy Blair
9	M	Donato Nardiello
10	F	Terry Yorath
11	F	Garry Thompson
Subs
12		Steve Hunt

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 24, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Manchester City
Aston Villa	2-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Bolton Wanderers	2-0	Southampton
Chelsea	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	0-0	Everton
Liverpool	2-0	Ipswich Town
Manchester United	4-1	Leeds United
Middlesbrough	2-1	Birmingham City
Norwich City	3-0	Bristol City
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Queens Park Rangers

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	29	20	6	3	61	11	13	2	0	38	4	7	4	3	23	7	50	46	WWDDDW	Safe
	2	Everton	31	15	12	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	7	3	18	17	16	42	LLWWDD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	26	16	6	4	53	25	7	3	2	25	10	9	3	2	28	15	28	38	WDLLWW
	4	Arsenal	30	15	8	7	47	27	9	5	2	28	13	6	3	5	19	14	20	38	DWLLWL
	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
	7	Coventry City	32	11	11	10	41	52	8	6	3	30	26	3	5	7	11	26	-11	33	LDDDDW
	8	Aston Villa	27	10	11	6	35	24	5	6	2	19	13	5	5	4	16	11	11	31	DDWWLW
	9	Manchester United	28	12	7	9	43	47	6	4	4	19	19	6	3	5	24	28	-4	31	LWDWWL
	10	Ipswich Town	30	12	6	12	39	36	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	6	14	18	3	30	DWWDDW
	11	Norwich City	31	6	18	7	41	45	6	8	2	22	13	0	10	5	19	32	-4	30	DDDWLD
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	29	10	10	9	31	43	6	4	5	14	20	4	6	4	17	23	-12	30	LLWLWD
	13	Southampton	28	10	9	9	34	32	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	7	8	20	2	29	LDWWWW
	14	Bristol City	32	10	9	13	36	40	7	5	4	26	17	3	4	9	10	23	-4	29	LLLLLD
	15	Manchester City	28	8	10	10	40	36	4	4	6	20	22	4	6	4	20	14	4	26	LWLWDW
	16	Middlesbrough	30	9	7	14	42	41	6	3	5	24	16	3	4	9	18	25	1	25	LWLWWD
	17	Derby County	30	9	6	15	33	51	7	4	5	22	19	2	2	10	11	32	-18	24	LLLLLW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	28	7	7	14	34	52	6	3	3	21	14	1	4	11	13	38	-18	21	DWLLDL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	31	5	10	16	30	49	3	7	6	16	23	2	3	10	14	26	-19	20	LLLLWL
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	4	17	26	51	6	2	6	15	21	2	2	11	11	30	-25	20	WDWLDL
	21	Chelsea	30	4	7	19	30	62	2	3	9	14	29	2	4	10	16	33	-32	15	LLDLLL
	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	30	21	6	3	63	11	14	2	0	40	4	7	4	3	23	7	52	48	WDDDWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Everton	32	15	13	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	8	3	18	17	16	43	LWWDDD	Safe	0-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	27	17	6	4	55	26	8	3	2	27	11	9	3	2	28	15	29	40	DLLWWW		2-1
	4	Arsenal	31	15	9	7	48	28	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	5	19	14	20	39	WLLWLD		1-1
	5	Leeds United	31	14	10	7	55	39	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	3	27	24	16	38	WWWDWL		1-4
	6	Nottingham Forest	27	12	13	2	34	18	7	6	0	18	7	5	7	2	16	11	16	37	WWDDWW		3-0
2	7	Manchester United	29	13	7	9	47	48	7	4	4	23	20	6	3	5	24	28	-1	33	WDWWLW		4-1
1	8	Coventry City	33	11	11	11	41	55	8	6	3	30	26	3	5	8	11	29	-14	33	DDDDWL		0-3
2	9	Norwich City	32	7	18	7	44	45	7	8	2	25	13	0	10	5	19	32	-1	32	DDWLDW		3-0
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	10	9	34	45	6	4	5	14	20	5	6	4	20	25	-11	32	LWLWDW		3-2
3	11	Aston Villa	28	10	11	7	37	27	5	6	3	21	16	5	5	4	16	11	10	31	DWWLWL		2-3
2	12	Ipswich Town	31	12	6	13	39	38	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	7	14	20	1	30	WWDDWL		0-2
	13	Southampton	29	10	9	10	34	34	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	8	8	22	0	29	DWWWWL		0-2
	14	Bristol City	33	10	9	14	36	43	7	5	4	26	17	3	4	10	10	26	-7	29	LLLLDL		0-3
	15	Manchester City	29	8	11	10	41	37	4	4	6	20	22	4	7	4	21	15	4	27	WLWDWD		1-1
	16	Middlesbrough	31	10	7	14	44	42	7	3	5	26	17	3	4	9	18	25	2	27	WLWWDW		2-1
	17	Derby County	31	9	7	15	33	51	7	5	5	22	19	2	2	10	11	32	-18	25	LLLLWD		0-0
	18	Bolton Wanderers	29	8	7	14	36	52	7	3	3	23	14	1	4	11	13	38	-16	23	WLLDLW		2-0
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	4	17	28	52	6	2	6	15	21	3	2	11	13	31	-24	22	DWLDLW		2-1
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	32	5	10	17	31	51	3	7	6	16	23	2	3	11	15	28	-20	20	LLLWLL		1-2
	21	Chelsea	31	4	7	20	31	64	2	3	10	15	31	2	4	10	16	33	-33	15	LDLLLL		1-2
	22	Birmingham City	30	4	5	21	26	47	4	4	6	18	18	0	1	15	8	29	-21	13	LWLWDL		1-2