The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Dec 10, 1977 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: J Hough
Attendance:: 29,823
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Apr 22, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2975 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1388 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3310 (of 5724)
Total:: 4631 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (40')
John McGovern (45')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: WWDWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Wallace (42')

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 (45')
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill (40')
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Blyth
2	D	Graham Oakey
3	D	Mick Coop
4	D	Bobby McDonald
5	D	Jim Holton
6	M	Barry Powell
7	M	Donato Nardiello
8	M	Terry Yorath
9	M	Tommy Hutchison
10	F	Michael Ferguson
11	F	Ian Wallace
Subs
12		Murphy

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 10, 1977)

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

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	18	12	3	3	32	11	7	2	0	19	3	5	1	3	13	8	21	27	WLWLDW
	2	Everton	18	10	6	2	39	18	5	3	1	21	10	5	3	1	18	8	21	26	DWWDWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	7	3	30	19	6	3	0	17	4	2	4	3	13	15	11	23	LWDDDD
	4	Liverpool	18	9	5	4	24	13	6	2	1	14	3	3	3	3	10	10	11	23	LLLDWW
	5	Coventry City	18	9	5	4	31	27	5	3	1	19	11	4	2	3	12	16	4	23	WWDWLD
	6	Arsenal	18	9	4	5	22	14	5	3	1	13	6	4	1	4	9	8	8	22	DWDWLW
	7	Leeds United	18	7	7	4	29	24	4	4	1	14	9	3	3	3	15	15	5	21	DDWWWW
	8	Norwich City	18	7	7	4	19	21	6	3	0	11	4	1	4	4	8	17	-2	21	DDDLWD
	9	Manchester City	18	8	4	6	33	22	6	1	2	22	10	2	3	4	11	12	11	20	WLLDWL
	10	Ipswich Town	18	6	7	5	20	20	6	2	1	16	9	0	5	4	4	11	0	19	LWLDDW
	11	Aston Villa	17	7	4	6	20	19	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	2	10	10	1	18	DWWLDL
	12	Manchester United	17	7	3	7	24	24	5	1	2	12	7	2	2	5	12	17	0	17	LLLWDW
	13	Derby County	18	6	5	7	24	27	3	4	2	13	10	3	1	5	11	17	-3	17	DLLWWW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	5	6	7	22	24	3	3	3	12	11	2	3	4	10	13	-2	16	LLWDDL
	15	Middlesbrough	18	5	6	7	18	25	3	4	2	10	8	2	2	5	8	17	-7	16	LDWDLL
	16	Birmingham City	18	6	3	9	21	28	4	2	3	13	12	2	1	6	8	16	-7	15	DWLDLL
	17	Bristol City	17	4	6	7	21	23	4	2	2	18	14	0	4	5	3	9	-2	14	LDWDWD
	18	Chelsea	18	4	6	8	11	20	3	4	3	7	6	1	2	5	4	14	-9	14	WWDDLL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	7	8	21	31	3	3	3	13	14	0	4	5	8	17	-10	13	WDWLDL
	20	West Ham United	18	2	6	10	19	31	0	5	4	9	15	2	1	6	10	16	-12	10	WLDLLL
	21	Leicester City	18	2	5	11	7	32	2	2	5	5	17	0	3	6	2	15	-25	9	DLWDLL
	22	Newcastle United	17	3	2	12	20	34	3	1	5	12	15	0	1	7	8	19	-14	8	WDDLLW

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	19	13	3	3	34	12	8	2	0	21	4	5	1	3	13	8	22	29	LWLDWW		2-1
	2	Everton	19	11	6	2	42	18	6	3	1	24	10	5	3	1	18	8	24	28	WWDWWW		3-0
1	3	Liverpool	19	9	5	5	25	15	6	2	1	14	3	3	3	4	11	12	10	23	LLDWWL		1-2
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	7	4	30	22	6	3	0	17	4	2	4	4	13	18	8	23	WDDDDL		0-3
1	5	Arsenal	19	9	5	5	23	15	5	4	1	14	7	4	1	4	9	8	8	23	WDWLWD		1-1
1	6	Coventry City	19	9	5	5	32	29	5	3	1	19	11	4	2	4	13	18	3	23	WDWLDL		1-2
1	7	Norwich City	19	8	7	4	21	22	7	3	0	13	5	1	4	4	8	17	-1	23	DDLWDW		2-1
1	8	Manchester City	19	9	4	6	36	22	7	1	2	25	10	2	3	4	11	12	14	22	LLDWLW		3-0
2	9	Leeds United	19	7	8	4	30	25	4	4	1	14	9	3	4	3	16	16	5	22	DWWWWD		1-1
1	10	Aston Villa	18	8	4	6	23	19	5	0	4	13	9	3	4	2	10	10	4	20	WWLDLW		3-0
1	11	Ipswich Town	19	6	7	6	20	22	6	2	1	16	9	0	5	5	4	13	-2	19	WLDDWL		0-2
1	12	Derby County	19	6	6	7	25	28	3	4	2	13	10	3	2	5	12	18	-3	18	LLWWWD		1-1
1	13	Manchester United	18	7	3	8	25	26	5	1	2	12	7	2	2	6	13	19	-1	17	LLWDWL		1-2
3	14	Bristol City	18	5	6	7	23	23	5	2	2	20	14	0	4	5	3	9	0	16	DWDWDW		2-0
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	6	8	23	27	3	3	4	13	14	2	3	4	10	13	-4	16	LWDDLL		1-3
2	16	Chelsea	19	5	6	8	14	21	3	4	3	7	6	2	2	5	7	15	-7	16	WDDLLW		3-1
2	17	Middlesbrough	19	5	6	8	18	28	3	4	2	10	8	2	2	6	8	20	-10	16	DWDLLL		0-3
2	18	Birmingham City	19	6	3	10	21	31	4	2	3	13	12	2	1	7	8	19	-10	15	WLDLLL		0-3
	19	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	7	9	21	32	3	3	4	13	15	0	4	5	8	17	-11	13	DWLDLL		0-1
	20	West Ham United	19	3	6	10	21	32	1	5	4	11	16	2	1	6	10	16	-11	12	LDLLLW		2-1
1	21	Newcastle United	18	4	2	12	21	34	3	1	5	12	15	1	1	7	9	19	-13	10	DDLLWW		1-0
1	22	Leicester City	19	2	6	11	8	33	2	3	5	6	18	0	3	6	2	15	-25	10	LWDLLD		1-1

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