The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Oct 15, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 15, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 October 1977
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: D Lloyd
Attendance:: 35,572
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 2 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (Testimonial)
League:: Queens Park Rangers
Manchester City:: Jan 31, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2967 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1380 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3300 (of 5724)
Total:: 4618 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Tony Woodcock (34')
Peter Withe (86')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Tony Book
Prior form: WDWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Brian Kidd (21')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Colin Barrett
4	M	27	John McGovern
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill off for Archie Gemmill (80')	200th appearance
8	M	26	Ian Bowyer
9	F	26	Peter Withe (86')
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock (34')
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	30	Archie Gemmill on for Martin O'Neill (80')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Paul Power
3	3	Willie Donachie
4	4	Gary Owen
5	5	Mike Doyle
6	6	Tommy Booth
7	7	Peter Barnes
8	8	Mick Channon
9	9	Brian Kidd
10	10	Asa Hartford
11	11	Dennis Tueart
Subs
12		Kenny Clements

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Oct 15, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Aston Villa	3-0	Norwich City
Chelsea	0-0	Middlesbrough
Derby County	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	1-0	Bristol City
Ipswich Town	5-2	Birmingham City
Leeds United	1-2	Liverpool
Leicester City	1-2	Coventry City
Manchester United	3-2	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	West Ham 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	10	7	2	1	20	7	4	1	0	11	1	3	1	1	9	6	13	16	WWWDWD
	2	Manchester City	10	6	3	1	20	9	4	1	0	11	2	2	2	1	9	7	11	15	WDWDLW
	3	Liverpool	10	6	3	1	13	4	5	0	0	10	0	1	3	1	3	4	9	15	WDWLDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	10	6	2	2	19	13	4	1	0	11	4	2	1	2	8	9	6	14	WDWWLW
	5	Everton	10	5	3	2	21	10	2	2	1	8	5	3	1	1	13	5	11	13	WWDDWW
	6	Norwich City	10	5	3	2	12	13	4	2	0	8	4	1	1	2	4	9	-1	13	WLWDWW
	7	Coventry City	10	5	2	3	18	15	3	1	1	12	8	2	1	2	6	7	3	12	LWWLWD
	8	Leeds United	10	3	5	2	17	16	2	3	0	7	5	1	2	2	10	11	1	11	WDDWDL
	9	Arsenal	10	4	2	4	11	7	4	1	0	9	1	0	1	4	2	6	4	10	LWLWDL
	10	Manchester United	9	4	2	3	12	9	2	1	1	4	2	2	1	2	8	7	3	10	WLLDWL
	11	Aston Villa	10	4	2	4	11	12	2	0	3	5	7	2	2	1	6	5	-1	10	WLWLDW
	12	Ipswich Town	10	3	4	3	7	10	3	1	0	5	2	0	3	3	2	8	-3	10	LDDWLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	3	3	4	14	14	2	1	2	8	6	1	2	2	6	8	0	9	LDLWLL
	14	Middlesbrough	10	3	3	4	13	14	2	2	1	7	5	1	1	3	6	9	-1	9	LLDLWW
	15	Derby County	10	3	3	4	12	14	1	2	1	6	4	2	1	3	6	10	-2	9	DDLWWW
	16	Birmingham City	10	4	1	5	11	14	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	3	4	7	-3	9	WWLWWD
	17	Bristol City	9	2	3	4	11	14	2	2	1	11	10	0	1	3	0	4	-3	7	DLWLDW
	18	Queens Park Rangers	10	1	5	4	13	17	1	2	2	7	9	0	3	2	6	8	-4	7	DDDDLL
	19	Chelsea	10	2	3	5	7	12	1	2	2	5	5	1	1	3	2	7	-5	7	DWDLDL
	20	West Ham United	10	1	3	6	9	18	0	3	3	4	9	1	0	3	5	9	-9	5	DLDLLD
	21	Leicester City	10	1	3	6	3	18	1	1	3	2	10	0	2	3	1	8	-15	5	LLLLDL
	22	Newcastle United	10	1	0	9	9	23	1	0	4	7	12	0	0	5	2	11	-14	2	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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	11	8	2	1	22	8	5	1	0	13	2	3	1	1	9	6	14	18	WWDWDW		2-1
1	2	Liverpool	11	7	3	1	15	5	5	0	0	10	0	2	3	1	5	5	10	17	DWLDWW		2-1
2	3	Everton	11	6	3	2	22	10	3	2	1	9	5	3	1	1	13	5	12	15	WDDWWW		1-0
2	4	Manchester City	11	6	3	2	21	11	4	1	0	11	2	2	2	2	10	9	10	15	DWDLWL		1-2
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	3	2	20	14	4	1	0	11	4	2	2	2	9	10	6	15	DWWLWD		1-1
1	6	Coventry City	11	6	2	3	20	16	3	1	1	12	8	3	1	2	8	8	4	14	WWLWDW		2-1
1	7	Norwich City	11	5	3	3	12	16	4	2	0	8	4	1	1	3	4	12	-4	13	LWDWWL		0-3
1	8	Arsenal	11	5	2	4	12	7	5	1	0	10	1	0	1	4	2	6	5	12	WLWDLW		1-0
1	9	Manchester United	10	5	2	3	15	11	3	1	1	7	4	2	1	2	8	7	4	12	LLDWLW		3-2
1	10	Aston Villa	11	5	2	4	14	12	3	0	3	8	7	2	2	1	6	5	2	12	LWLDWW		3-0
1	11	Ipswich Town	11	4	4	3	12	12	4	1	0	10	4	0	3	3	2	8	0	12	DDWLLW		5-2
4	12	Leeds United	11	3	5	3	18	18	2	3	1	8	7	1	2	2	10	11	0	11	DDWDLL		1-2
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	4	4	16	16	2	2	2	10	8	1	2	2	6	8	0	10	DLWLLD		2-2
	14	Middlesbrough	11	3	4	4	13	14	2	2	1	7	5	1	2	3	6	9	-1	10	LDLWWD		0-0
	15	Derby County	11	3	4	4	13	15	1	3	1	7	5	2	1	3	6	10	-2	10	DLWWWD		1-1
	16	Birmingham City	11	4	1	6	13	19	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	4	6	12	-6	9	WLWWDL		2-5
2	17	Chelsea	11	2	4	5	7	12	1	3	2	5	5	1	1	3	2	7	-5	8	WDLDLD		0-0
1	18	Bristol City	10	2	3	5	11	15	2	2	1	11	10	0	1	4	0	5	-4	7	LWLDWL		0-1
1	19	Queens Park Rangers	11	1	5	5	13	18	1	2	2	7	9	0	3	3	6	9	-5	7	DDDLLL		0-1
	20	West Ham United	11	1	4	6	11	20	0	3	3	4	9	1	1	3	7	11	-9	6	LDLLDD		2-2
	21	Leicester City	11	1	3	7	4	20	1	1	4	3	12	0	2	3	1	8	-16	5	LLLDLL		1-2
	22	Newcastle United	11	1	0	10	11	26	1	0	4	7	12	0	0	6	4	14	-15	2	LLLLLL		2-3

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