The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 0 CHELSEA - Wed Mar 28, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 28, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 6-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 29 March 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: C Newsome
Attendance:: 24,514
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Apr 07, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3026 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 1439 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 3390 (of 5790)
Total:: 4726 (of 7585)
Played:: 46 years, 8 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Martin O'Neill (44')
Tony Woodcock (46')
Garry Birtles (54')
Tony Woodcock (62')
Martin O'Neill (64')
Martin O'Neill (70')

CHELSEA
Manager: Danny Blanchflower
Prior form: LDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	M	27	Ian Bowyer
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	29	David Needham
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (44') (64') (70')
8	F	24	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (54')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (46') (62')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	25	Kenny Burns

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton	88		4	1
2	D	22	Viv Anderson	188	10	4	1
3	M	27	Ian Bowyer	266	58	18	5
4	M	29	John McGovern	189	9	4	1
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd	112	9	4	1
6	D	29	David Needham	58	9	4	1
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (44') (64') (70')	301	48	4	1
8	F	24	Trevor Francis	5		4	1
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (54')	40	21	4	1
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (46') (62')	141	46	4	1
11	F	26	John Robertson	293	53	4	1
Subs
12	D	25	Kenny Burns	80	5	21	7

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Petar Borota
2	D	Michael Nutton
3	D	John Sitton
4	D	David Stride
5	D	Graham Wilkins (46')
6	M	Ron Harris
7	M	Eamon Bannon
8	M	Ian Britton
9	M	Ray Wilkins
10	F	Trevor Aylott
11	F	Tommy Langley
Subs
12		Gary Stanley (46')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Mar 28, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	6-0	Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Southampton

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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