The City Ground

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 30, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 30, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Molineux
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 01 May 1979
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: Lester Shapter
Attendance:: 23,613
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Oct 06, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3035 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1448 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3401 (of 5724)
Total:: 4736 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 11 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: John Barnwell
Prior form: LDWDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
John Richards (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton	100th appearance
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	M	27	Ian Bowyer
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	F	32	John O'Hare
8	F	25	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	29	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Bradshaw
2	D	Colin Brazier
3	D	Derek Parkin
4	D	Geoffrey Palmer
5	D	John McAlle
6	M	Steve Daley
7	M	Peter Daniel
8	M	Kenny Hibbitt
9	M	Willie Carr
10	F	John Richards
11	F	Billy Rafferty
Subs
12		Patching

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 30, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Southampton	1-1	Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	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	Liverpool	37	25	8	4	72	15	17	2	0	46	4	8	6	4	26	11	57	58	WWLWDD	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	36	20	11	5	67	33	11	5	2	36	14	9	6	3	31	19	34	51	DDLDDD	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	17	17	2	53	22	9	10	0	30	9	8	7	2	23	13	31	51	WWDDWD	Safe
	4	Everton	40	17	16	7	51	37	12	7	1	32	15	5	9	6	19	22	14	50	LDDWLW	Safe
	5	Leeds United	39	17	14	8	65	44	10	4	4	36	17	7	10	4	29	27	21	48	LWDWWD	Safe
	6	Arsenal	40	17	12	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	4	9	23	29	13	46	WDWLLD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	39	18	8	13	54	45	11	4	6	34	21	7	4	7	20	24	9	44	DWWWWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	37	14	14	9	54	41	8	8	3	35	23	6	6	6	19	18	13	42	DLWWWW	Safe
	9	Coventry City	41	13	16	12	55	68	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	9	17	39	-13	42	DDWDWL	Safe
	10	Manchester United	38	14	13	11	55	58	8	6	5	25	22	6	7	6	30	36	-3	41	LDDDWD	Safe
	11	Bristol City	41	15	10	16	47	49	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	40	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Southampton	38	12	15	11	46	48	9	9	2	34	19	3	6	9	12	29	-2	39	DWDLDW	Safe
	13	Middlesbrough	40	14	10	16	54	49	10	5	5	33	20	4	5	11	21	29	5	38	WDWLLD	Safe
	14	Norwich City	41	7	22	12	50	56	7	9	4	28	18	0	13	8	22	38	-6	36	DLLLLD	Safe
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	14	14	43	59	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	8	26	35	-16	36	LLDDDL	Safe
	16	Manchester City	38	11	13	14	50	49	7	5	6	27	24	4	8	8	23	25	1	35	WDLWWL	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	39	12	10	17	52	68	10	4	4	34	21	2	6	13	18	47	-16	34	WDLLLD	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	12	8	19	41	62	9	4	7	25	26	3	4	12	16	36	-21	32	LDWDWD	Safe
	19	Derby County	41	10	11	20	44	68	8	5	7	25	22	2	6	13	19	46	-24	31	DLLWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	39	6	13	20	41	62	4	9	6	23	26	2	4	14	18	36	-21	25	LLDDLW
	21	Birmingham City	39	5	9	25	33	60	5	8	7	24	25	0	1	18	9	35	-27	19	DDLLDL	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	39	5	8	26	40	87	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	14	20	49	-47	18	LLLLWL	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	Liverpool	37	25	8	4	72	15	17	2	0	46	4	8	6	4	26	11	57	58	WWLWDD	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	36	20	11	5	67	33	11	5	2	36	14	9	6	3	31	19	34	51	DDLDDD	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	17	17	3	53	23	9	10	0	30	9	8	7	3	23	14	30	51	WDDWDL	Safe	0-1
	4	Everton	40	17	16	7	51	37	12	7	1	32	15	5	9	6	19	22	14	50	LDDWLW	Safe
	5	Leeds United	39	17	14	8	65	44	10	4	4	36	17	7	10	4	29	27	21	48	LWDWWD	Safe
	6	Arsenal	40	17	12	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	4	9	23	29	13	46	WDWLLD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	39	18	8	13	54	45	11	4	6	34	21	7	4	7	20	24	9	44	DWWWWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	37	14	14	9	54	41	8	8	3	35	23	6	6	6	19	18	13	42	DLWWWW	Safe
1	9	Manchester United	39	14	14	11	56	59	8	6	5	25	22	6	8	6	31	37	-3	42	DDDWDD	Safe	1-1
1	10	Coventry City	41	13	16	12	55	68	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	9	17	39	-13	42	DDWDWL	Safe
	11	Bristol City	41	15	10	16	47	49	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	40	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Southampton	39	12	16	11	47	49	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	9	12	29	-2	40	WDLDWD	Safe	1-1
	13	Middlesbrough	40	14	10	16	54	49	10	5	5	33	20	4	5	11	21	29	5	38	WDWLLD	Safe
	14	Norwich City	41	7	22	12	50	56	7	9	4	28	18	0	13	8	22	38	-6	36	DLLLLD	Safe
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	14	14	43	59	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	8	26	35	-16	36	LLDDDL	Safe
	16	Manchester City	38	11	13	14	50	49	7	5	6	27	24	4	8	8	23	25	1	35	WDLWWL	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	39	12	10	17	52	68	10	4	4	34	21	2	6	13	18	47	-16	34	WDLLLD	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	8	19	42	62	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	12	16	36	-20	34	DWDWDW	Safe	1-0
	19	Derby County	41	10	11	20	44	68	8	5	7	25	22	2	6	13	19	46	-24	31	DLLWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	39	6	13	20	41	62	4	9	6	23	26	2	4	14	18	36	-21	25	LLDDLW
	21	Birmingham City	39	5	9	25	33	60	5	8	7	24	25	0	1	18	9	35	-27	19	DDLLDL	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	39	5	8	26	40	87	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	14	20	49	-47	18	LLLLWL	Relegated