The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 STOKE CITY - Wed Aug 22, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 22, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: Mike Peck
Attendance:: 26,147
Pos Before/After:: 7 3
Opp Before/After:: 5 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Oct 10, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3042 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1455 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3409 (of 5724)
Total:: 4751 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (81')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Alan Durban
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	23	Viv Anderson
3	D	24	Frank Gray
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	30	David Needham
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (81')
8	M	28	Asa Hartford off for Ian Bowyer
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	28	Ian Bowyer on for Asa Hartford

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Fox
2	D	Geoff Scott
3	D	Denis Smith
4	D	Ray Evans
5	D	Brendan O'Callaghan
6	M	Samuel Irvine
7	M	Paul Richardson
8	M	Mike Doyle
9	M	Garth Crooks
10	F	Vivian Busby
11	F	Adrian Heath
Subs
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Aug 22, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Derby County	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	2-0	Everton
Manchester United	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Stoke City

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	Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	4	WW
	2	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	WL
	3	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W
	4	Coventry City	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	LW
	5	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	6	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	LW
	7	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W
	8	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
	9	Southampton	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
	10	Crystal Palace	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
	11	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	12	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	13	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	14	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	17	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL
	18	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1	DL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Everton	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	21	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	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)
2	1	Norwich City	2	2	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	2	6	4	WW		4-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	4	WW
4	3	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	WW		1-0
7	4	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	3	DW		2-0
8	5	Manchester United	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	DW		2-0
6	6	Aston Villa	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	DW		2-1
5	7	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	WL
4	8	Coventry City	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	LW
3	9	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	LW
9	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W		1-0
6	11	Stoke City	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	WL		0-1
4	12	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
4	13	Southampton	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
4	14	Crystal Palace	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
	15	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
2	16	Derby County	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	DL		0-1
	17	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL
2	18	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1	DL		0-2
1	19	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1	DL
	20	Everton	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	-4	0	LL		0-2
1	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	-5	0	LL		1-2
1	22	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	0	LL		0-4