The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 03, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 03, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 (Won)

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: B Daniels
Attendance:: 29,925
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Apr 29, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2974 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1387 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3309 (of 5674)
Total:: 4628 (of 7443)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Martin O'Neill
Tony Woodcock

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Alf Ramsey
Prior form: WDWLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	M	Colin Barrett
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	D	Kenny Burns
7	M	Martin O'Neill ()
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Tony Woodcock ()
11	F	John Robertson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Montgomery
2	D	Anthony Want
3	D	Patrick Howard
4	D	Garry Pendrey
5	D	Malcolm Page ()
6	M	Jimmy Calderwood
7	M	Gary Emmanuel
8	M	Kevin Dillon
9	M	Terry Hibbitt
10	F	Trevor Francis
11	F	Keith Bertschin
Subs
12		Tony Towers ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 03, 1977)

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

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	Nottingham Forest	17	11	3	3	30	11	7	2	0	19	3	4	1	3	11	8	19	25	DWLWLD
	2	Everton	17	9	6	2	38	18	5	3	1	21	10	4	3	1	17	8	20	24	DDWWDW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	8	6	3	30	19	6	2	0	17	4	2	4	3	13	15	11	22	DLWDDD
	4	Coventry City	17	9	4	4	30	26	5	2	1	18	10	4	2	3	12	16	4	22	DWWDWL
	5	Liverpool	17	8	5	4	22	13	5	2	1	12	3	3	3	3	10	10	9	21	DLLLDW
	6	Manchester City	17	8	4	5	32	20	6	1	2	22	10	2	3	3	10	10	12	20	DLDLDW
	7	Arsenal	17	8	4	5	21	14	5	3	1	13	6	3	1	4	8	8	7	20	DDWDWL
	8	Norwich City	17	7	6	4	19	21	6	3	0	11	4	1	3	4	8	17	-2	20	WDDDLW
	9	Leeds United	17	6	7	4	26	24	3	4	1	11	9	3	3	3	15	15	2	19	DDDWWW
	10	Aston Villa	16	7	4	5	20	17	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	1	10	8	3	18	DDWWLD
	11	Ipswich Town	17	5	7	5	18	20	5	2	1	14	9	0	5	4	4	11	-2	17	DLWLDD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	6	6	21	21	3	3	3	12	11	2	3	3	9	10	0	16	WLLWDD
	13	Middlesbrough	17	5	6	6	18	24	3	4	1	10	7	2	2	5	8	17	-6	16	LDDWDL
	14	Manchester United	16	6	3	7	21	23	4	1	2	9	6	2	2	5	12	17	-2	15	LLLLWD
	15	Derby County	17	5	5	7	22	26	2	4	2	11	9	3	1	5	11	17	-4	15	DDLLWW
	16	Birmingham City	17	6	3	8	21	26	4	2	2	13	10	2	1	6	8	16	-5	15	WDWLDL
	17	Chelsea	17	4	6	7	11	19	3	4	2	7	5	1	2	5	4	14	-8	14	LWWDDL
	18	Bristol City	16	4	5	7	20	22	4	2	2	18	14	0	3	5	2	8	-2	13	DLDWDW
	19	Queens Park Rangers	17	3	7	7	21	28	3	3	3	13	14	0	4	4	8	14	-7	13	DWDWLD
	20	West Ham United	17	2	6	9	19	29	0	5	4	9	15	2	1	5	10	14	-10	10	DWLDLL
	21	Leicester City	17	2	5	10	7	30	2	2	5	5	17	0	3	5	2	13	-23	9	LDLWDL
	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	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	18	12	3	3	32	11	7	2	0	19	3	5	1	3	13	8	21	27	LWLDDW	2-0
	2	Everton	18	10	6	2	39	18	5	3	1	21	10	5	3	1	18	8	21	26	WWDWDW	1-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	7	3	30	19	6	3	0	17	4	2	4	3	13	15	11	23	WDDDDD	0-0
1	4	Liverpool	18	9	5	4	24	13	6	2	1	14	3	3	3	3	10	10	11	23	LLDWDW	2-0
1	5	Coventry City	18	9	5	4	31	27	5	3	1	19	11	4	2	3	12	16	4	23	WDWLDD	1-1
1	6	Arsenal	18	9	4	5	22	14	5	3	1	13	6	4	1	4	9	8	8	22	WDWLDW	1-0
2	7	Leeds United	18	7	7	4	29	24	4	4	1	14	9	3	3	3	15	15	5	21	DWWWDW	3-0
	8	Norwich City	18	7	7	4	19	21	6	3	0	11	4	1	4	4	8	17	-2	21	DDDLWD	0-0
3	9	Manchester City	18	8	4	6	33	22	6	1	2	22	10	2	3	4	11	12	11	20	DLDWDL	1-2
1	10	Ipswich Town	18	6	7	5	20	20	6	2	1	16	9	0	5	4	4	11	0	19	WLDDDW	2-0
1	11	Aston Villa	17	7	4	6	20	19	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	2	10	10	1	18	WWLDDL	0-2
2	12	Manchester United	17	7	3	7	24	24	5	1	2	12	7	2	2	5	12	17	0	17	LLLWDW	3-1
2	13	Derby County	18	6	5	7	24	27	3	4	2	13	10	3	1	5	11	17	-3	17	DLLWWW	2-1
2	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	5	6	7	22	24	3	3	3	12	11	2	3	4	10	13	-2	16	LLWDDL	1-3
2	15	Middlesbrough	18	5	6	7	18	25	3	4	2	10	8	2	2	5	8	17	-7	16	DDWDLL	0-1
	16	Birmingham City	18	6	3	9	21	28	4	2	3	13	12	2	1	6	8	16	-7	15	DWLDLL	0-2
1	17	Bristol City	17	4	6	7	21	23	4	2	2	18	14	0	4	5	3	9	-2	14	LDWDWD	1-1
1	18	Chelsea	18	4	6	8	11	20	3	4	3	7	6	1	2	5	4	14	-9	14	WWDDLL	0-1
	19	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	7	8	21	31	3	3	3	13	14	0	4	5	8	17	-10	13	WDWLDL	0-3
	20	West Ham United	18	2	6	10	19	31	0	5	4	9	15	2	1	6	10	16	-12	10	WLDLLL	0-2
	21	Leicester City	18	2	5	11	7	32	2	2	5	5	17	0	3	6	2	15	-25	9	DLWDLL	0-2
	22	Newcastle United	17	3	2	12	20	34	3	1	5	12	15	0	1	7	8	19	-14	8	WDDLLW	2-0