The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Tue Aug 23, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Aug 23, 1977 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 24 August 1977
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: A Jenkins
Attendance:: 21,743
Pos Before/After:: 5 1
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 1)
Bristol City:: Dec 31, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2958 (of 5040)
League Tier 1:: 1371 (of 2292)
Competitive:: 3290 (of 5762)
Total:: 4608 (of 7550)
Played:: 47 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Withe (82')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alan Dicks
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	John Middleton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	33	Frank Clark
4	M	27	John McGovern
5	D	28	Larry Lloyd
6	D	23	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill
8	M	26	Ian Bowyer
9	F	25	Peter Withe (82')
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Shaw
2	D	Gary Collier
3	D	Geoff Merrick (46')
4	D	Norman Hunter
5	D	Clive Whitehead
6	M	Trevor Tainton
7	M	Gerry Sweeney
8	M	Gerald Gow
9	M	Peter Cormack
10	F	Thomas Ritchie
11	F	Kevin Mabbutt
Subs
12		Jimmy Mann (46')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Aug 23, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Everton
Liverpool	2-0	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	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	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W
	2	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	3	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	4	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W
	5	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W
	6	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W
	8	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
	9	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	10	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	11	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	12	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	Bristol City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	15	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L
	16	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	17	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	18	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	19	Everton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	20	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	21	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	22	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	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)
4	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	4	WW		1-0
5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	4	WW		1-0
7	3	Liverpool	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	DW		2-0
3	4	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W
3	5	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
3	6	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
3	7	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W
	8	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
	9	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
7	10	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	LW		1-0
5	11	Newcastle United	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	WL		0-2
1	12	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	13	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	14	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L
2	16	Bristol City	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL		0-1
1	17	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
2	18	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL		0-1
1	19	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
1	20	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
2	21	Everton	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	-3	0	LL		0-1
	22	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L

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