The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Nov 26, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 26, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: Peter Reeves
Attendance:: 31,908
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Cup)
League:: Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion:: Mar 11, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2973 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1386 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3307 (of 5724)
Total:: 4628 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

Notes:: First game in the 42-game unbeaten streak

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

Goals

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Ronnie Allen
Prior form: DWLWDD (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	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Godden
2	D	Alistair Robertson
3	D	John Wile
4	D	Paddy Mulligan
5	D	Derek Statham
6	M	Bryan Robson
7	M	Mick Martin
8	M	David Cross
9	M	Tony Brown 56
10	F	Laurie Cunningham
11	F	Willie Johnston
Subs
12		Cyrille Regis

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Nov 26, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-3	Derby County
Bristol City	4-1	Middlesbrough
Everton	6-0	Coventry City
Leicester City	0-4	Liverpool
Manchester City	6-2	Chelsea
Norwich City	1-0	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Manchester United
West Ham United	0-1	Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Ipswich Town

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	16	11	2	3	30	11	7	1	0	19	3	4	1	3	11	8	19	24	WWWLWL
	2	Everton	16	8	6	2	32	18	4	3	1	15	10	4	3	1	17	8	14	22	WDDWWD
	3	Coventry City	16	9	4	3	30	20	5	2	1	18	10	4	2	2	12	10	10	22	WDWWDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	5	3	30	19	6	2	0	17	4	2	3	3	13	15	11	21	DWLWDD
	5	Arsenal	16	8	4	4	20	11	5	3	0	12	3	3	1	4	8	8	9	20	WWDWDW
	6	Liverpool	16	7	5	4	18	13	5	2	1	12	3	2	3	3	6	10	5	19	WDLLLD
	7	Manchester City	16	7	4	5	26	18	5	1	2	16	8	2	3	3	10	10	8	18	LLWLLD
	8	Aston Villa	16	7	4	5	20	17	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	1	10	8	3	18	WDWWLD
	9	Norwich City	16	6	6	4	18	21	5	3	0	10	4	1	3	4	8	17	-3	18	LWDDDL
	10	Leeds United	16	5	7	4	25	24	3	4	1	11	9	2	3	3	14	15	1	17	LLDDWW
	11	Ipswich Town	16	5	6	5	18	20	5	2	1	14	9	0	4	4	4	11	-2	16	WDLWLD
	12	Middlesbrough	16	5	6	5	17	20	3	4	1	10	7	2	2	4	7	13	-3	16	DWLDWD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	5	5	6	21	21	3	2	3	12	11	2	3	3	9	10	0	15	DWLLWD
	14	Birmingham City	16	6	3	7	21	25	4	2	2	13	10	2	1	5	8	15	-4	15	LWDWLD
	15	Manchester United	15	6	2	7	19	21	4	1	2	9	6	2	1	5	10	15	-2	14	WLLLLW
	16	Chelsea	16	4	6	6	9	13	3	4	2	7	5	1	2	4	2	8	-4	14	DLWWDD
	17	Derby County	16	4	5	7	19	25	2	4	2	11	9	2	1	5	8	16	-6	13	DLDLLW
	18	Queens Park Rangers	16	3	6	7	19	26	3	2	3	11	12	0	4	4	8	14	-7	12	LLWDWL
	19	Bristol City	15	3	5	7	16	21	3	2	2	14	13	0	3	5	2	8	-5	11	LLLDWD
	20	West Ham United	16	2	6	8	19	28	0	5	3	9	14	2	1	5	10	14	-9	10	DDWLDL
	21	Leicester City	16	2	5	9	7	26	2	2	4	5	13	0	3	5	2	13	-19	9	LLDLWD
	22	Newcastle United	16	2	2	12	18	34	2	1	5	10	15	0	1	7	8	19	-16	6	LWDDLL

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	17	11	3	3	30	11	7	2	0	19	3	4	1	3	11	8	19	25	WWLWLD		0-0
	2	Everton	17	9	6	2	38	18	5	3	1	21	10	4	3	1	17	8	20	24	DDWWDW		6-0
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	8	6	3	30	19	6	2	0	17	4	2	4	3	13	15	11	22	WLWDDD		0-0
1	4	Coventry City	17	9	4	4	30	26	5	2	1	18	10	4	2	3	12	16	4	22	DWWDWL		0-6
1	5	Liverpool	17	8	5	4	22	13	5	2	1	12	3	3	3	3	10	10	9	21	DLLLDW		4-0
1	6	Manchester City	17	8	4	5	32	20	6	1	2	22	10	2	3	3	10	10	12	20	LWLLDW		6-2
2	7	Arsenal	17	8	4	5	21	14	5	3	1	13	6	3	1	4	8	8	7	20	WDWDWL		1-3
1	8	Norwich City	17	7	6	4	19	21	6	3	0	11	4	1	3	4	8	17	-2	20	WDDDLW		1-0
1	9	Leeds United	17	6	7	4	26	24	3	4	1	11	9	3	3	3	15	15	2	19	LDDWWW		1-0
2	10	Aston Villa	16	7	4	5	20	17	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	1	10	8	3	18	WDWWLD
	11	Ipswich Town	17	5	7	5	18	20	5	2	1	14	9	0	5	4	4	11	-2	17	DLWLDD		0-0
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	6	6	21	21	3	3	3	12	11	2	3	3	9	10	0	16	WLLWDD		0-0
1	13	Middlesbrough	17	5	6	6	18	24	3	4	1	10	7	2	2	5	8	17	-6	16	WLDWDL		1-4
1	14	Manchester United	16	6	3	7	21	23	4	1	2	9	6	2	2	5	12	17	-2	15	LLLLWD		2-2
2	15	Derby County	17	5	5	7	22	26	2	4	2	11	9	3	1	5	11	17	-4	15	LDLLWW		3-1
2	16	Birmingham City	17	6	3	8	21	26	4	2	2	13	10	2	1	6	8	16	-5	15	WDWLDL		0-1
1	17	Chelsea	17	4	6	7	11	19	3	4	2	7	5	1	2	5	4	14	-8	14	LWWDDL		2-6
1	18	Bristol City	16	4	5	7	20	22	4	2	2	18	14	0	3	5	2	8	-2	13	LLDWDW		4-1
1	19	Queens Park Rangers	17	3	7	7	21	28	3	3	3	13	14	0	4	4	8	14	-7	13	LWDWLD		2-2
	20	West Ham United	17	2	6	9	19	29	0	5	4	9	15	2	1	5	10	14	-10	10	DWLDLL		0-1
	21	Leicester City	17	2	5	10	7	30	2	2	5	5	17	0	3	5	2	13	-23	9	LDLWDL		0-4
	22	Newcastle United	16	2	2	12	18	34	2	1	5	10	15	0	1	7	8	19	-16	6	LWDDLL

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