The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Feb 24, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 24, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: D Richardson
Attendance:: 28,008
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (FA Cup)
League:: Ipswich Town
Bristol City:: Sep 22, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3021 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1434 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3381 (of 5721)
Total:: 4714 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
David Needham (8)
Garry Birtles (16)

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

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Frank Clark
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	D	David Needham (8)
7	M	Martin O'Neill off for Trevor Francis
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Garry Birtles (16)
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	Trevor Francis on for Martin O'Neill	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Raymond Cashley
2	D	David Rodgers
3	D	Terry Cooper
4	D	Gary Collier
5	D	Trevor Tainton
6	M	Gerry Sweeney
7	M	Gerald Gow
8	M	Peter Cormack ()
9	M	Joe Royle
10	F	Thomas Ritchie
11	F	Kevin Mabbutt
Subs
12		Jimmy Mann ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 24, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Chelsea
Coventry City	0-3	Manchester City
Derby County	0-2	Liverpool
Everton	0-1	Ipswich Town
Manchester United	1-1	Aston Villa
Norwich City	1-0	Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Southampton
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Leeds 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
	1	Liverpool	24	18	3	3	56	10	12	1	0	35	3	6	2	3	21	7	46	39	WLWWWW
	2	Arsenal	26	14	8	4	45	22	8	5	1	26	12	6	3	3	19	10	23	36	LWWWDW
	3	Everton	26	13	10	3	37	22	9	4	0	22	7	4	6	3	15	15	15	36	WDDLWL
	4	West Bromwich Albion	23	14	6	3	48	22	6	3	1	23	8	8	3	2	25	14	26	34	WWWWDL
	5	Leeds United	27	12	9	6	49	32	7	2	4	26	13	5	7	2	23	19	17	33	DWDWWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	9	11	2	25	15	4	6	0	11	6	5	5	2	14	9	10	29	LWDDLW
	7	Bristol City	28	10	8	10	34	33	7	4	3	24	14	3	4	7	10	19	1	28	DLDWLL
	8	Coventry City	25	10	7	8	33	40	7	4	1	23	15	3	3	7	10	25	-7	27	WLDLLW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	9	8	29	42	5	3	5	12	20	4	6	3	17	22	-13	27	DDDLLW
	10	Manchester United	24	10	6	8	35	41	5	3	4	16	18	5	3	4	19	23	-6	26	WLLLLW
	11	Southampton	26	8	9	9	31	32	7	5	2	24	12	1	4	7	7	20	-1	25	DLLDWW
	12	Aston Villa	22	7	10	5	27	20	2	6	2	12	12	5	4	3	15	8	7	24	DWDDDD
	13	Ipswich Town	25	9	4	12	33	34	6	2	6	21	16	3	2	6	12	18	-1	22	WDWWLD
	14	Norwich City	24	4	14	6	33	39	4	7	2	19	13	0	7	4	14	26	-6	22	DDDDDL
	15	Derby County	24	8	6	10	29	42	6	4	2	19	15	2	2	8	10	27	-13	22	LLDDWD
	16	Manchester City	25	6	9	10	33	33	3	3	6	16	19	3	6	4	17	14	0	21	LDDLWL
	17	Middlesbrough	24	6	6	12	32	35	4	3	4	18	13	2	3	8	14	22	-3	18	WLDDLD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	6	11	29	41	5	3	3	19	13	1	3	8	10	28	-12	18	WWLWDD
	19	Queens Park Rangers	25	4	10	11	24	37	3	7	5	16	22	1	3	6	8	15	-13	18	DLDDDL
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	3	15	24	46	6	2	5	14	18	1	1	10	10	28	-22	17	WDWLWD
	21	Chelsea	25	4	6	15	28	54	2	2	8	13	26	2	4	7	15	28	-26	14	DDLWWL
	22	Birmingham City	25	2	4	19	21	43	2	3	6	14	17	0	1	13	7	26	-22	8	LLLLLL

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	Liverpool	25	19	3	3	58	10	12	1	0	35	3	7	2	3	23	7	48	41	LWWWWW	2-0
	2	Arsenal	27	14	8	5	45	23	8	5	2	26	13	6	3	3	19	10	22	36	WWWDWL	0-1
	3	Everton	27	13	10	4	37	23	9	4	1	22	8	4	6	3	15	15	14	36	DDLWLL	0-1
1	4	Leeds United	28	13	9	6	51	33	7	2	4	26	13	6	7	2	25	20	18	35	WDWWWW	2-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	24	14	6	4	49	24	6	3	2	24	10	8	3	2	25	14	25	34	WWWDLL	1-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	10	11	2	27	15	5	6	0	13	6	5	5	2	14	9	12	31	WDDLWW	2-0
	7	Bristol City	29	10	8	11	34	35	7	4	3	24	14	3	4	8	10	21	-1	28	LDWLLL	0-2
3	8	Southampton	27	9	9	9	32	32	7	5	2	24	12	2	4	7	8	20	0	27	LLDWWW	1-0
1	9	Manchester United	25	10	7	8	36	42	5	4	4	17	19	5	3	4	19	23	-6	27	LLLLWD	1-1
2	10	Coventry City	26	10	7	9	33	43	7	4	2	23	18	3	3	7	10	25	-10	27	LDLLWL	0-3
2	11	Tottenham Hotspur	27	9	9	9	29	43	5	3	5	12	20	4	6	4	17	23	-14	27	DDLLWL	0-1
	12	Aston Villa	23	7	11	5	28	21	2	6	2	12	12	5	5	3	16	9	7	25	WDDDDD	1-1
	13	Ipswich Town	26	10	4	12	34	34	6	2	6	21	16	4	2	6	13	18	0	24	DWWLDW	1-0
	14	Norwich City	25	5	14	6	34	39	5	7	2	20	13	0	7	4	14	26	-5	24	DDDDLW	1-0
1	15	Manchester City	26	7	9	10	36	33	3	3	6	16	19	4	6	4	20	14	3	23	DDLWLW	3-0
1	16	Derby County	25	8	6	11	29	44	6	4	3	19	17	2	2	8	10	27	-15	22	LDDWDL	0-2
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	6	11	31	42	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	8	10	28	-11	20	WLWDDW	2-1
2	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	3	15	25	46	6	2	5	14	18	2	1	10	11	28	-21	19	DWLWDW	1-0
2	19	Middlesbrough	25	6	6	13	32	36	4	3	4	18	13	2	3	9	14	23	-4	18	LDDLDL	0-1
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	26	4	10	12	24	38	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	6	8	15	-14	18	LDDDLL	0-1
	21	Chelsea	26	4	6	16	29	56	2	2	8	13	26	2	4	8	16	30	-27	14	DLWWLL	1-2
	22	Birmingham City	26	3	4	19	22	43	3	3	6	15	17	0	1	13	7	26	-21	10	LLLLLW	1-0