The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Feb 04, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 04, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
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)
: Sports Argus - Saturday 04 February 1978
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 04 February 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: David Richardson
Attendance:: 28,803
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Cup)
League:: Norwich City
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Oct 07, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2983 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1396 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3321 (of 5736)
Total:: 4642 (of 7523)
Played:: 46 years, 9 months, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Tony Woodcock (40')
John McGovern (51')

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Sammy Chung
Prior form: WLWDLW (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 (51')
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock (40')
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Bradshaw
2	D	Derek Parkin
3	D	Geoffrey Palmer
4	D	John McAlle
5	D	Maurice Daly
6	M	George Berry
7	M	Steve Daley
8	M	Kenny Hibbitt
9	M	Willie Carr
10	F	John Richards
11	F	Norman Bell
Subs
12		Patching

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 04, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-1	Aston Villa
Birmingham City	1-2	Middlesbrough
Bristol City	3-0	Norwich City
Coventry City	1-0	Liverpool
Everton	2-0	Leicester City
Ipswich Town	0-1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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	27	18	6	3	49	15	10	4	0	27	6	8	2	3	22	9	34	42	WWDDWW		2-0
1	2	Everton	27	14	8	5	52	31	9	3	2	31	16	5	5	3	21	15	21	36	LWDWLW		2-0
1	3	Manchester City	26	15	4	7	51	27	10	1	2	34	12	5	3	5	17	15	24	34	WWWWWW
	4	Liverpool	27	14	6	7	35	20	9	2	2	20	6	5	4	5	15	14	15	34	WWWWLL		0-1
	5	Arsenal	27	14	5	8	35	23	8	4	2	21	9	6	1	6	14	14	12	33	WLWWLL		0-1
	6	Leeds United	27	12	8	7	42	34	7	4	2	21	12	5	4	5	21	22	8	32	WLLWWW		1-0
	7	Coventry City	27	13	6	8	50	43	9	3	2	34	18	4	3	6	16	25	7	32	WWLWLW		1-0
2	8	Aston Villa	26	11	6	9	30	25	6	2	4	16	11	5	4	5	14	14	5	28	WLDLWW		1-0
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	8	8	36	32	8	3	2	20	8	2	5	6	16	24	4	28	LLWDLL
1	10	Norwich City	27	9	10	8	33	40	8	4	1	17	10	1	6	7	16	30	-7	28	LDDLLL		0-3
	11	Derby County	26	9	8	9	32	38	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	6	14	23	-6	26	DLWWDL
2	12	Middlesbrough	27	9	8	10	28	37	5	5	3	14	12	4	3	7	14	25	-9	26	LDLWWW		2-1
1	13	Manchester United	25	11	3	11	41	39	7	1	4	20	14	4	2	7	21	25	2	25	WWLLWW
1	14	Chelsea	26	8	8	10	30	40	5	6	3	17	13	3	2	7	13	27	-10	24	LWWDLW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	33	40	5	4	4	19	16	3	3	8	14	24	-7	23	LWDLWL		0-2
	16	Ipswich Town	27	8	7	12	29	36	8	2	4	22	16	0	5	8	7	20	-7	23	WLLLLL		0-1
1	17	Bristol City	26	7	8	11	30	32	7	3	3	27	18	0	5	8	3	14	-2	22	LLDDLW		3-0
1	18	Birmingham City	27	9	4	14	36	45	5	3	6	23	22	4	1	8	13	23	-9	22	WLWLWL		1-2
	19	West Ham United	26	6	7	13	31	42	4	5	4	16	18	2	2	9	15	24	-11	19	WLWDLW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	26	4	10	12	27	41	4	4	5	16	19	0	6	7	11	22	-14	18	DLLDWD
	21	Newcastle United	25	6	2	17	29	47	4	1	8	18	23	2	1	9	11	24	-18	14	LLLWLL
	22	Leicester City	27	2	9	16	11	43	2	5	6	6	19	0	4	10	5	24	-32	13	LLLDDL		0-2

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