FOREST 3 - 0 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Aug 27, 1977 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Aug 27, 1977 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Derby County
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 3-0 (Won)
- Half-time: 1-0
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- West Ham United (League Cup)
- League:
- Arsenal
- Derby County:
- Jan 14, 1978
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2959 (of 5007)
- League Tier 1:
- 1372 (of 2259)
- Competitive:
- 3291 (of 5721)
- Total:
- 4606 (of 7500)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
- WorldFootball.net (Link)
- Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 August 1977
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WW (Old to recent)
Goals
Peter Withe (31)
Peter Withe (67)
John Robertson (78)
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  John Middleton | |
| 2 | D | Viv Anderson | |
| 3 | D | Frank Clark | |
| 4 | M |  John McGovern | |
| 5 | D | Larry Lloyd | |
| 6 | D | Kenny Burns | |
| 7 | M |  Martin O'Neill | |
| 8 | M | Ian Bowyer | |
| 9 | F | Peter Withe  (31) (67) | |
| 10 | F | Tony Woodcock | |
| 11 | F | John Robertson (78) | |
| Subs | |||
| 12 | M | Terry Curran |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Colin Boulton |
| 2 | D | David Langan |
| 3 | D | David Nish (46) |
| 4 | D | Roy McFarland |
| 5 | D | Colin Todd |
| 6 | M | Archie Gemmill |
| 7 | M | Steve Powell |
| 8 | M | Kevin Hector |
| 9 | M | Gerry Daly |
| 10 | F | Derek Hales |
| 11 | F | Billy Hughes |
| Subs | ||
| 12 | Ron Webster (46) |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 1-2 | Everton |
| Chelsea | 1-2 | Coventry City |
| Leeds United | 1-0 | Birmingham City |
| Leicester City | 0-0 | Bristol City |
| Liverpool | 3-0 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Manchester United | 0-0 | Ipswich Town |
| Middlesbrough | 2-0 | Newcastle United |
| Norwich City | 1-1 | Queens Park Rangers |
| Nottingham Forest | 3-0 | Derby County |
| West Ham United | 0-1 | Manchester City |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-1 | Arsenal |
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 | ||
| 1 | Manchester United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | WW | ||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | WW | ||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | WW | ||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | WD | ||
| 5 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | DW | ||
| 6 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | WD | ||
| 7 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | DW | ||
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | WD | ||
| 9 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | DW | ||
| 10 | Coventry City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | WL | ||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | DD | ||
| 12 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | LW | ||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | WL | ||
| 14 | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LW | ||
| 15 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 | WL | ||
| 16 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | LD | ||
| 17 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | LD | ||
| 18 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | ||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | LL | ||
| 20 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | LL | ||
| 21 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | LL | ||
| 22 | Birmingham City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | LL | ||
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 | Result(s) | |
 1 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | WWW | 3-0 |
| 5 | 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | DWW | 3-0 |
 2 | 3 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | WWD | 0-0 |
| 1 | 4 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | DWW | 1-0 |
| 2 | 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | WWD | 1-1 |
| 4 | 6 | Coventry City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | WLW | 2-1 |
| 1 | 7 | Norwich City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | WDD | 1-1 |
| 3 | 8 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | DDW | 2-0 |
| 1 | 9 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | WDD | 0-0 |
| 1 | 10 | Leicester City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | DWD | 0-0 |
| 5 | 11 | Leeds United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | LDW | 1-0 |
| 8 | 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | WDL | 0-3 |
| 1 | 13 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | LWD | 1-1 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 2 | LWL | 1-2 | |
| 5 | 15 | Everton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | LLW | 2-1 |
| 1 | 16 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 2 | WLL | 1-2 |
| 4 | 17 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 2 | WLL | 0-2 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | LLD | 0-0 | |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | LLD | 1-1 | |
| 3 | 20 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | LDL | 0-3 |
| 21 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | LLL | 0-1 | |
| 22 | Birmingham City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | LLL | 0-1 | |
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