The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 1 - 2 FOREST - Tue May 15, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue May 15, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Wednesday 16 May 1979
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: T Farley
Attendance:: 33,594
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Leeds United:: Sep 08, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3039 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1452 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3405 (of 5724)
Total:: 4741 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 11 months, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Gary Mills (5') - Gary Mills first goal
John Hawley (86') (OG)

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Jimmy Adamson
Prior form: WDWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Trevor Cherry (60')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	35	Frank Clark off for David Needham
4	F	32	John O'Hare
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	M	17	Gary Mills (5')
8	F	25	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	M	27	Ian Bowyer
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	29	David Needham on for Frank Clark

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Harvey
2	D	Trevor Cherry
3	D	Paul Hart
4	D	Paul Madeley
5	D	Frank Gray
6	M	Kevin Hird
7	M	Carl Harris
8	M	Brian Flynn
9	M	Tony Currie
10	F	John Hawley
11	F	Arthur Graham
Subs
12		Eddie Gray

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue May 15, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Leeds United	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Manchester City	2-3	Aston Villa

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	41	29	8	4	82	16	19	2	0	51	4	10	6	4	31	12	66	66	DDWWWW	Champions
	2	West Bromwich Albion	41	24	11	6	72	34	13	5	2	38	14	11	6	4	34	20	38	59	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	40	19	18	3	58	25	11	10	0	34	10	8	8	3	24	15	33	56	WDLWDW	Safe
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	DWLWLD	Safe
	5	Leeds United	40	18	14	8	69	47	11	4	4	40	20	7	10	4	29	27	22	50	WDWWDW	Safe
	6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	14	49	WWWDWW	Safe
	7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	13	48	WLLDDD	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	41	14	16	11	56	47	8	9	4	37	26	6	7	7	19	21	9	44	WWDDLL	Safe
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44	DWDDLW	Safe
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44	DWDWLW	Safe
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	-13	41	DDLDWW	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	7	40	WLLDWL	Safe
	13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40	WLWLDL	Safe
	14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40	DWDLLL	Safe
	15	Manchester City	41	13	13	15	56	53	9	5	6	32	25	4	8	9	24	28	3	39	WWLWWL	Safe
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37	LLLLDD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35	LLDLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34	DWDWLL	Safe
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31	LLWLDL	Safe
	20	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	13	23	45	73	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	-28	25	DLWLLL	Relegated
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	LDLLDW	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	41	5	9	27	43	91	3	5	13	23	42	2	4	14	20	49	-48	19	LLWLLD	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	41	29	8	4	82	16	19	2	0	51	4	10	6	4	31	12	66	66	DDWWWW	Champions
	2	West Bromwich Albion	41	24	11	6	72	34	13	5	2	38	14	11	6	4	34	20	38	59	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	41	20	18	3	60	26	11	10	0	34	10	9	8	3	26	16	34	58	DLWDWW	Safe	2-1
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	DWLWLD	Safe
	5	Leeds United	41	18	14	9	70	49	11	4	5	41	22	7	10	4	29	27	21	50	DWWDWL	Safe	1-2
	6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	14	49	WWWDWW	Safe
	7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	13	48	WLLDDD	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	42	15	16	11	59	49	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	10	46	WDDLLW	Safe	3-2
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44	DWDDLW	Safe
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44	DWDWLW	Safe
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	-13	41	DDLDWW	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	7	40	WLLDWL	Safe
	13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40	WLWLDL	Safe
	14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40	DWDLLL	Safe
	15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	56	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	2	39	WLWWLL	Safe	2-3
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37	LLLLDD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35	LLDLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34	DWDWLL	Safe
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31	LLWLDL	Safe
	20	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	13	23	45	73	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	-28	25	DLWLLL	Relegated
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	LDLLDW	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	41	5	9	27	43	91	3	5	13	23	42	2	4	14	20	49	-48	19	LLWLLD	Relegated

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