The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 ARSENAL - Sat Jan 21, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 21, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 January 1978
: Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 21 January 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: Don Shaw
Attendance:: 35,743
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (FA Cup)
League:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal:: Sep 09, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2982 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1395 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3319 (of 5724)
Total:: 4640 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 2 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
David Needham (33')
Archie Gemmill (64')

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: WWWLWW (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	28	David Needham (33')
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill (64')
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	David O'Leary
3	D	Willie Young
4	D	Pat Rice
5	D	Sammy Nelson
6	M	David Price
7	M	Liam Brady
8	M	Graham Rix
9	M	Alan Sunderland
10	F	Malcolm MacDonald
11	F	Frank Stapleton
Subs
12		Matthews

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 21, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	5-3	Ipswich Town
Leeds United	2-0	Coventry City
Leicester City	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Liverpool	2-3	Birmingham City
Manchester United	4-0	Derby County
Middlesbrough	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City	1-3	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Arsenal
West Ham United	1-0	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	Everton

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	25	16	6	3	45	15	8	4	0	23	6	8	2	3	22	9	30	38	WDWWDD
	2	Everton	25	13	8	4	49	28	8	3	2	29	16	5	5	2	20	12	21	34	DLLWDW
	3	Liverpool	25	14	6	5	33	16	9	2	1	18	3	5	4	4	15	13	17	34	WDWWWW
	4	Arsenal	25	14	5	6	35	20	8	4	1	21	8	6	1	5	14	12	15	33	WWWLWW
	5	Manchester City	25	14	4	7	48	26	10	1	2	34	12	4	3	5	14	14	22	32	LWWWWW
	6	Coventry City	25	12	6	7	49	41	8	3	2	33	18	4	3	5	16	23	8	30	LDWWLW
	7	Leeds United	25	10	8	7	39	34	6	4	2	19	12	4	4	5	20	22	5	28	WLWLLW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	8	7	36	31	8	3	2	20	8	2	5	5	16	23	5	28	WLLWDL
	9	Norwich City	25	9	10	6	32	34	8	4	0	16	7	1	6	6	16	27	-2	28	DWLDDL
	10	Derby County	25	9	8	8	32	34	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	5	14	19	-2	26	WDLWWD
	11	Aston Villa	24	9	6	9	28	25	5	2	4	15	11	4	4	5	13	14	3	24	LDWLDL
	12	Manchester United	24	10	3	11	37	39	6	1	4	16	14	4	2	7	21	25	-2	23	LWWLLW
	13	Ipswich Town	25	8	7	10	26	30	8	2	3	22	15	0	5	7	4	15	-4	23	WLWLLL
	14	Middlesbrough	25	7	8	10	25	36	4	5	3	13	12	3	3	7	12	24	-11	22	WDLDLW
	15	Chelsea	25	7	8	10	25	37	4	6	3	12	10	3	2	7	13	27	-12	22	DLWWDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	7	11	30	37	4	4	4	16	15	3	3	7	14	22	-7	21	LWLWDL
	17	Bristol City	24	6	8	10	27	31	6	3	3	24	18	0	5	7	3	13	-4	20	LWLLDD
	18	Birmingham City	25	8	4	13	32	41	5	3	5	22	20	3	1	8	10	21	-9	20	DLWLWL
	19	West Ham United	25	5	7	13	30	42	3	5	4	15	18	2	2	9	15	24	-12	17	LWLWDL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	25	4	9	12	27	41	4	4	5	16	19	0	5	7	11	22	-14	17	LDLLDW
	21	Newcastle United	24	6	2	16	29	46	4	1	8	18	23	2	1	8	11	23	-17	14	WLLLWL
	22	Leicester City	25	2	8	15	11	41	2	4	6	6	19	0	4	9	5	22	-30	12	LDLLLD

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	26	17	6	3	47	15	9	4	0	25	6	8	2	3	22	9	32	40	DWWDDW		2-0
3	2	Manchester City	26	15	4	7	51	27	10	1	2	34	12	5	3	5	17	15	24	34	WWWWWW		3-1
1	3	Everton	26	13	8	5	50	31	8	3	2	29	16	5	5	3	21	15	19	34	LLWDWL		1-3
1	4	Liverpool	26	14	6	6	35	19	9	2	2	20	6	5	4	4	15	13	16	34	DWWWWL		2-3
1	5	Arsenal	26	14	5	7	35	22	8	4	1	21	8	6	1	6	14	14	13	33	WWLWWL		0-2
1	6	Leeds United	26	11	8	7	41	34	7	4	2	21	12	4	4	5	20	22	7	30	LWLLWW		2-0
1	7	Coventry City	26	12	6	8	49	43	8	3	2	33	18	4	3	6	16	25	6	30	DWWLWL		0-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	8	8	36	32	8	3	2	20	8	2	5	6	16	24	4	28	LLWDLL		0-1
	9	Norwich City	26	9	10	7	33	37	8	4	1	17	10	1	6	6	16	27	-4	28	WLDDLL		1-3
	10	Derby County	26	9	8	9	32	38	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	6	14	23	-6	26	DLWWDL		0-4
1	11	Manchester United	25	11	3	11	41	39	7	1	4	20	14	4	2	7	21	25	2	25	WWLLWW		4-0
1	12	Aston Villa	24	9	6	9	28	25	5	2	4	15	11	4	4	5	13	14	3	24	LDWLDL
2	13	Chelsea	26	8	8	10	30	40	5	6	3	17	13	3	2	7	13	27	-10	24	LWWDLW		5-3
	14	Middlesbrough	26	8	8	10	26	36	5	5	3	14	12	3	3	7	12	24	-10	24	DLDLWW		1-0
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	7	11	33	38	5	4	4	19	16	3	3	7	14	22	-5	23	WLWDLW		3-1
3	16	Ipswich Town	26	8	7	11	29	35	8	2	3	22	15	0	5	8	7	20	-6	23	LWLLLL		3-5
1	17	Birmingham City	26	9	4	13	35	43	5	3	5	22	20	4	1	8	13	23	-8	22	LWLWLW		3-2
1	18	Bristol City	24	6	8	10	27	31	6	3	3	24	18	0	5	7	3	13	-4	20	LWLLDD
	19	West Ham United	26	6	7	13	31	42	4	5	4	16	18	2	2	9	15	24	-11	19	WLWDLW		1-0
	20	Queens Park Rangers	26	4	10	12	27	41	4	4	5	16	19	0	6	7	11	22	-14	18	DLLDWD		0-0
	21	Newcastle United	25	6	2	17	29	47	4	1	8	18	23	2	1	9	11	24	-18	14	LLLWLL		0-1
	22	Leicester City	26	2	9	15	11	41	2	5	6	6	19	0	4	9	5	22	-30	13	DLLLDD		0-0