The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 31, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: L Shapter
Attendance:: 31,990
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Bristol City:: Oct 14, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2979 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1392 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3314 (of 5721)
Total:: 4633 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Liverpool Echo - Saturday 31 December 1977
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
David Needham (11)
Tony Woodcock (26)
Martin O'Neill (58)

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

Goals
Kevin Mabbutt

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Colin Barrett
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	David Needham (11)
6	D	Kenny Burns
7	M	Martin O'Neill (58)
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Tony Woodcock (26)
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Shaw
2	D	Gary Collier 44
3	D	Geoff Merrick
4	D	Norman Hunter
5	D	Donald Gillies ()
6	M	Trevor Tainton
7	M	Gerry Sweeney
8	M	Jimmy Mann
9	M	Gerald Gow
10	F	Joe Royle
11	F	Thomas Ritchie
Subs
12		Kevin Mabbutt ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 31, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	4-5	Chelsea
Bristol City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	3-0	Manchester United
Everton	2-0	Arsenal
Ipswich Town	1-2	Derby County
Manchester City	2-0	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	2-2	Norwich City
Newcastle United	0-2	Liverpool
Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Leeds United
West Ham United	3-2	Leicester 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
	1	Nottingham Forest	22	15	4	3	41	13	8	3	0	22	5	7	1	3	19	8	28	34	DWWWDW
	2	Everton	22	11	7	4	45	27	6	3	2	26	16	5	4	2	19	11	18	29	WWWDLL
	3	Arsenal	22	12	5	5	31	17	6	4	1	17	7	6	1	4	14	10	14	29	LWDWWW
	4	Liverpool	22	11	6	5	28	16	8	2	1	16	3	3	4	4	12	13	12	28	WWLWDW
	5	Manchester City	22	11	4	7	42	24	8	1	2	29	10	3	3	5	13	14	18	26	WLWLWW
	6	Leeds United	22	9	8	5	36	29	6	4	1	19	10	3	4	4	17	19	7	26	WWDWLW
	7	Coventry City	22	10	6	6	39	36	6	3	2	25	17	4	3	4	14	19	3	26	LDLLDW
	8	Norwich City	22	9	8	5	27	28	8	3	0	14	5	1	5	5	13	23	-1	26	WDWDWL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	7	6	33	28	7	3	1	19	7	2	4	5	14	21	5	25	DDLWLL
	10	Aston Villa	21	9	5	7	27	21	5	1	4	14	10	4	4	3	13	11	6	23	DLWLDW
	11	Ipswich Town	22	8	7	7	24	25	8	2	1	20	11	0	5	6	4	14	-1	23	DWLWLW
	12	Manchester United	21	9	3	9	34	33	6	1	3	15	12	3	2	6	19	21	1	21	DWLLWW
	13	Derby County	22	7	7	8	26	31	4	4	3	14	13	3	3	5	12	18	-5	21	WWDWDL
	14	Chelsea	22	6	7	9	17	26	4	5	3	10	8	2	2	6	7	18	-9	19	LLWDLW
	15	Middlesbrough	22	6	7	9	19	30	4	4	3	11	10	2	3	6	8	20	-11	19	LLLWDL
	16	Bristol City	21	6	6	9	26	28	6	2	2	23	15	0	4	7	3	13	-2	18	WDWLWL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	6	6	10	26	33	4	3	4	16	15	2	3	6	10	18	-7	18	DLLLWL
	18	Birmingham City	22	7	4	11	24	32	5	3	3	16	12	2	1	8	8	20	-8	18	LLLDLW
	19	West Ham United	22	4	6	12	23	35	2	5	4	12	16	2	1	8	11	19	-12	14	LLWLWL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	8	11	23	36	3	4	4	13	15	0	4	7	10	21	-13	14	DLLLDL
	21	Newcastle United	21	5	2	14	25	40	4	1	6	16	17	1	1	8	9	23	-15	12	LWWWLL
	22	Leicester City	22	2	7	13	9	37	2	4	5	6	18	0	3	8	3	19	-28	11	LLDLDL

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	Nottingham Forest	23	16	4	3	44	14	8	3	0	22	5	8	1	3	22	9	30	36	WWWDWW	3-1
	2	Everton	23	12	7	4	47	27	7	3	2	28	16	5	4	2	19	11	20	31	WWDLLW	2-0
1	3	Liverpool	23	12	6	5	30	16	8	2	1	16	3	4	4	4	14	13	14	30	WLWDWW	2-0
1	4	Arsenal	23	12	5	6	31	19	6	4	1	17	7	6	1	5	14	12	12	29	WDWWWL	0-2
	5	Manchester City	23	12	4	7	44	24	9	1	2	31	10	3	3	5	13	14	20	28	LWLWWW	2-0
1	6	Coventry City	23	11	6	6	42	36	7	3	2	28	17	4	3	4	14	19	6	28	DLLDWW	3-0
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	7	6	34	28	8	3	1	20	7	2	4	5	14	21	6	27	DLWLLW	1-0
	8	Norwich City	23	9	9	5	29	30	8	3	0	14	5	1	6	5	15	25	-1	27	DWDWLD	2-2
3	9	Leeds United	23	9	8	6	36	30	6	4	1	19	10	3	4	5	17	20	6	26	WDWLWL	0-1
	10	Aston Villa	22	9	5	8	27	23	5	1	4	14	10	4	4	4	13	13	4	23	LWLDWL	0-2
	11	Ipswich Town	23	8	7	8	25	27	8	2	2	21	13	0	5	6	4	14	-2	23	WLWLWL	1-2
1	12	Derby County	23	8	7	8	28	32	4	4	3	14	13	4	3	5	14	19	-4	23	WDWDLW	2-1
1	13	Manchester United	22	9	3	10	34	36	6	1	3	15	12	3	2	7	19	24	-2	21	WLLWWL	0-3
	14	Chelsea	23	7	7	9	22	30	4	5	3	10	8	3	2	6	12	22	-8	21	LWDLWW	5-4
2	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	6	10	29	34	4	3	4	16	15	3	3	6	13	19	-5	20	LLLWLW	3-1
1	16	Middlesbrough	23	6	8	9	21	32	4	5	3	13	12	2	3	6	8	20	-11	20	LLWDLD	2-2
1	17	Bristol City	22	6	6	10	27	31	6	2	3	24	18	0	4	7	3	13	-4	18	DWLWLL	1-3
	18	Birmingham City	23	7	4	12	28	37	5	3	4	20	17	2	1	8	8	20	-9	18	LLDLWL	4-5
	19	West Ham United	23	5	6	12	26	37	3	5	4	15	18	2	1	8	11	19	-11	16	LWLWLW	3-2
	20	Queens Park Rangers	23	3	8	12	24	39	3	4	5	14	18	0	4	7	10	21	-15	14	LLLDLL	1-3
	21	Newcastle United	22	5	2	15	25	42	4	1	7	16	19	1	1	8	9	23	-17	12	WWWLLL	0-2
	22	Leicester City	23	2	7	14	11	40	2	4	5	6	18	0	3	9	5	22	-29	11	LDLDLL	2-3

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