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ASTON VILLA 0 - 1 FOREST - Wed Apr 05, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 05, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: E Hughes
Attendance:: 44,315
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Sep 30, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2990 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1403 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3336 (of 5679)
Total:: 4656 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 06 April 1978
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 06 April 1978
: Newcastle Journal - Thursday 06 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Tony Woodcock (86)

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: LWWDDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Colin Barrett
4	F	John O'Hare
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	D	Kenny Burns
7	M	Martin O'Neill
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Tony Woodcock (86)
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Rimmer
2	D	John Gidman
3	D	Ken McNaught
4	D	Gordon Smith
5	D	Gordon Cowans
6	M	Leighton Phillips
7	M	Dennis Mortimer
8	M	Frank Carrodus
9	M	Brian Little
10	F	Andy Gray
11	F	John Deehan
Subs
12		John Gregory

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Apr 05, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Everton	0-1	Liverpool

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	33	22	8	3	62	21	14	4	0	35	7	8	4	3	27	14	41	52	DWWWDW
	2	Everton	36	20	10	6	66	38	12	4	2	40	21	8	6	4	26	17	28	50	WDWWWW
	3	Arsenal	36	18	10	8	53	29	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	6	18	18	24	46	WWDWDW
	4	Manchester City	35	18	9	8	65	41	13	2	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	45	LDDDDW
	5	Coventry City	36	17	9	10	68	53	12	4	3	45	21	5	5	7	23	32	15	43	DLWWLD
	6	Liverpool	33	18	6	9	48	29	11	2	2	24	7	7	4	7	24	22	19	42	WLLWWW
	7	Leeds United	36	17	8	11	57	44	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	8	22	28	13	42	LWLWWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	12	9	50	45	10	4	2	27	12	4	8	7	23	33	5	40	DDWLWW
	9	Norwich City	37	11	16	10	47	55	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	8	21	39	-8	38	DDLLDW
	10	Aston Villa	34	13	9	12	39	35	7	4	5	20	15	6	5	7	19	20	4	35	LWWDDL
	11	Manchester United	37	12	10	15	56	59	7	6	6	26	22	5	4	9	30	37	-3	34	DDWLDL
	12	Birmingham City	36	14	6	16	48	54	7	4	7	29	25	7	2	9	19	29	-6	34	DWDWWW
	13	Derby County	35	11	12	12	43	50	7	7	4	27	22	4	5	8	16	28	-7	34	DLDWDL
	14	Middlesbrough	36	11	12	13	38	50	7	6	4	21	16	4	6	9	17	34	-12	34	DDLDLW
	15	Bristol City	37	11	11	15	47	47	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	10	12	24	0	33	LLWLLW
	16	Ipswich Town	35	10	11	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	10	12	28	-6	31	DDLDWL
	17	Chelsea	36	9	12	15	40	59	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	12	16	41	-19	30	DLLDLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	10	17	42	57	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	11	17	32	-15	28	DDLLLL
	19	West Ham United	37	9	8	20	45	62	7	6	6	28	26	2	2	14	17	36	-17	26	LLWWLW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	34	6	13	15	38	55	6	6	5	23	24	0	7	10	15	31	-17	25	DWLDLW
	21	Newcastle United	35	6	8	21	38	63	4	4	10	23	31	2	4	11	15	32	-25	20	DLLDLD
	22	Leicester City	37	4	12	21	19	57	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	13	7	31	-38	20	LDLWLL

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	34	23	8	3	63	21	14	4	0	35	7	9	4	3	28	14	42	54	WWWDWW	1-0
	2	Everton	37	20	10	7	66	39	12	4	3	40	22	8	6	4	26	17	27	50	DWWWWL	0-1
	3	Arsenal	36	18	10	8	53	29	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	6	18	18	24	46	WWDWDW
	4	Manchester City	35	18	9	8	65	41	13	2	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	45	LDDDDW
1	5	Liverpool	34	19	6	9	49	29	11	2	2	24	7	8	4	7	25	22	20	44	LLWWWW	1-0
1	6	Coventry City	36	17	9	10	68	53	12	4	3	45	21	5	5	7	23	32	15	43	DLWWLD
	7	Leeds United	36	17	8	11	57	44	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	8	22	28	13	42	LWLWWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	12	9	50	45	10	4	2	27	12	4	8	7	23	33	5	40	DDWLWW
	9	Norwich City	37	11	16	10	47	55	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	8	21	39	-8	38	DDLLDW
	10	Aston Villa	35	13	9	13	39	36	7	4	6	20	16	6	5	7	19	20	3	35	WWDDLL	0-1
	11	Manchester United	37	12	10	15	56	59	7	6	6	26	22	5	4	9	30	37	-3	34	DDWLDL
	12	Birmingham City	36	14	6	16	48	54	7	4	7	29	25	7	2	9	19	29	-6	34	DWDWWW
	13	Derby County	35	11	12	12	43	50	7	7	4	27	22	4	5	8	16	28	-7	34	DLDWDL
	14	Middlesbrough	36	11	12	13	38	50	7	6	4	21	16	4	6	9	17	34	-12	34	DDLDLW
	15	Bristol City	37	11	11	15	47	47	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	10	12	24	0	33	LLWLLW
	16	Ipswich Town	35	10	11	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	10	12	28	-6	31	DDLDWL
	17	Chelsea	36	9	12	15	40	59	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	12	16	41	-19	30	DLLDLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	10	17	42	57	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	11	17	32	-15	28	DDLLLL
	19	West Ham United	37	9	8	20	45	62	7	6	6	28	26	2	2	14	17	36	-17	26	LLWWLW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	34	6	13	15	38	55	6	6	5	23	24	0	7	10	15	31	-17	25	DWLDLW
	21	Newcastle United	35	6	8	21	38	63	4	4	10	23	31	2	4	11	15	32	-25	20	DLLDLD
	22	Leicester City	37	4	12	21	19	57	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	13	7	31	-38	20	LDLWLL

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