The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Apr 29, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: K Walmsley
Attendance:: 37,625
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (Testimonial)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City:: Dec 16, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2996 (of 5043)
League Tier 1:: 1409 (of 2295)
Competitive:: 3342 (of 5766)
Total:: 4666 (of 7554)
Played:: 47 years, 15 days ago

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

Goals

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Jim Smith
Prior form: WWDWLD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Colin Barrett
4	M	28	John McGovern
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock off for Ian Bowyer
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer on for Tony Woodcock

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Montgomery
2	D	Garry Pendrey
3	D	Joseph Gallagher
4	D	Kevan Broadhurst
5	D	Jimmy Calderwood
6	M	Gary Emmanuel
7	M	Kevin Dillon
8	M	Terry Hibbitt
9	M	Trevor Francis
10	F	Keith Bertschin
11	F	Steve Fox
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 29, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Middlesbrough
Aston Villa	6-1	Ipswich Town
Bristol City	1-1	Coventry City
Everton	6-0	Chelsea
Leicester City	3-0	Newcastle United
Manchester City	1-1	Derby County
Norwich City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	0-0	Leeds United
West Ham United	0-2	Liverpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Manchester United

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	Nottingham Forest	39	25	11	3	67	22	15	5	0	37	8	10	6	3	30	14	45	61	WDDWDW	Champions
	2	Everton	41	21	11	9	70	45	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	6	29	23	25	53	WLLWDL	Safe
	3	Liverpool	39	22	8	9	59	34	14	3	2	33	11	8	5	7	26	23	25	52	WWDDWW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	39	20	10	9	73	46	14	3	3	45	20	6	7	6	28	26	27	50	DWDLWW	Safe
	5	Arsenal	40	20	10	10	59	34	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	8	22	22	25	50	DWLWWL	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	12	10	59	50	13	4	3	33	16	5	8	7	26	34	9	48	WWWWLW	Safe
	7	Coventry City	41	18	11	12	74	61	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	9	26	38	13	47	DWDLDL	Safe
	8	Leeds United	41	18	9	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	9	24	32	10	45	LLWDLL	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	40	17	10	13	50	38	10	4	6	27	17	7	6	7	23	21	12	44	LDWWWW	Safe
	10	Manchester United	41	16	10	15	66	61	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	9	34	38	5	42	DLWWWW	Safe
	11	Birmingham City	41	16	8	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	3	9	23	30	-5	40	WWDWLD	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	41	12	15	14	42	53	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	9	17	34	-11	39	WWDDDL	Safe
	13	Norwich City	41	11	17	13	51	65	10	7	3	27	19	1	10	10	24	46	-14	39	DWLLLD	Safe
	14	Derby County	40	13	12	15	50	58	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38	LWLLLW	Safe
	15	Ipswich Town	40	11	13	16	45	53	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	11	14	31	-8	35	LDLDWL	Safe
	16	Bristol City	41	11	12	18	48	52	9	5	6	36	25	2	7	12	12	27	-4	34	LWLDLL
	17	Chelsea	39	10	13	16	43	62	6	10	3	25	19	4	3	13	18	43	-19	33	DLLLDW
	18	West Ham United	41	12	8	21	52	67	8	6	6	31	26	4	2	15	21	41	-15	32	LWWWLW
	19	Queens Park Rangers	40	9	14	17	46	61	8	7	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	32	LWWLWD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	12	18	44	61	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30	LLLLDD
	21	Newcastle United	41	6	10	25	42	75	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	14	16	38	-33	22	DLLLLD	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	41	4	12	25	23	70	3	7	10	13	32	1	5	15	10	38	-47	20	LLLLLL	Relegated

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)
	1	Nottingham Forest	40	25	12	3	67	22	15	6	0	37	8	10	6	3	30	14	45	62	DDWDWD	Champions	0-0
	2	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55	LLWDLW	Safe	6-0
	3	Liverpool	40	23	8	9	61	34	14	3	2	33	11	9	5	7	28	23	27	54	WDDWWW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Arsenal	41	21	10	10	60	34	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	8	22	22	26	52	WLWWLW	Safe	1-0
1	5	Manchester City	40	20	11	9	74	47	14	4	3	46	21	6	7	6	28	26	27	51	WDLWWD	Safe	1-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	41	18	13	10	60	51	13	4	3	33	16	5	9	7	27	35	9	49	WWWLWD	Safe	1-1
	7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48	WDLDLD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Aston Villa	41	18	10	13	56	39	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	7	23	21	17	46	DWWWWW	Safe	6-1
1	9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46	LWDLLD	Safe	0-0
	10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42	LWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41	WDWLDD	Safe	0-0
1	12	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40	WLLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Derby County	41	13	13	15	51	59	9	7	4	34	24	4	6	11	17	35	-8	39	WLLLWD	Safe	1-1
2	14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39	WDDDLL	Safe	0-1
1	15	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35	WLDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Ipswich Town	41	11	13	17	46	59	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	12	15	37	-13	35	DLDWLL	Safe	1-6
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	41	9	15	17	46	61	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	33	WWLWDD	Safe	0-0
1	18	Chelsea	40	10	13	17	43	68	6	10	3	25	19	4	3	14	18	49	-25	33	LLLDWL	Safe	0-6
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	10	12	18	46	62	6	8	6	27	26	4	4	12	19	36	-16	32	LLLDDW		2-1
2	20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32	WWWLWL		0-2
	21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22	LLLLDL	Relegated	0-3
	22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22	LLLLLW	Relegated	3-0

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