The City Ground

NORWICH CITY 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Feb 25, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Carrow Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-3 DRAWN
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 25 February 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: T Bune
Attendance:: 26,004
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (FA Cup)
League:: West Ham United
Norwich City:: Mar 14, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2984 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1397 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3325 (of 5724)
Total:: 4646 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 1 month, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Withe (17')
Colin Barrett (21')
Martin O'Neill (25')

NORWICH CITY
Manager: John Bond
Prior form: LDDLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
John Ryan (43') (Pen)
Colin Suggett (68')
Keith Robson (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Colin Barrett (21')
4	M	28	John McGovern
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill (25')
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe (17')
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton	272		7	3
2	D	21	Viv Anderson	430	22	3	2
3	D	25	Colin Barrett (21)	94	8	3	2
4	M	28	John McGovern	335	11	3	2
5	D	28	David Needham	119	13	7	3
6	D	24	Kenny Burns	196	15	3	2
7	M	25	Martin O'Neill (25)	364	62	3	2
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill	80	5	7	3
9	F	26	Peter Withe (17)	100	39	3	2
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock	181	63	3	2
11	F	25	John Robertson	516	95	3	2
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer	566	99	3	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roger Hansbury
2	D	Colin Sullivan
3	D	Anthony Powell
4	D	John Ryan
5	D	David Jones
6	M	Martin Peters
7	M	Roger Gibbins
8	M	Michael McGuire
9	M	Graham Paddon
10	F	Colin Suggett
11	F	Keith Robson
Subs
12		Bond

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 25, 1978)

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

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	27	18	6	3	49	15	10	4	0	27	6	8	2	3	22	9	34	42	WWDDWW
2	Everton	28	15	8	5	54	32	10	3	2	33	17	5	5	3	21	15	22	38	WDWLWW
3	Manchester City	28	16	5	7	55	30	11	1	2	36	13	5	4	5	19	17	25	37	WWWWWD
4	Liverpool	27	14	6	7	35	20	9	2	2	20	6	5	4	5	15	14	15	34	WWWWLL
5	Arsenal	28	14	6	8	36	24	8	4	2	21	9	6	2	6	15	15	12	34	LWWLLD
6	Leeds United	27	12	8	7	42	34	7	4	2	21	12	5	4	5	21	22	8	32	WLLWWW
7	Coventry City	27	13	6	8	50	43	9	3	2	34	18	4	3	6	16	25	7	32	WWLWLW
8	Aston Villa	26	11	6	9	30	25	6	2	4	16	11	5	4	5	14	14	5	28	WLDLWW
9	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	8	8	36	32	8	3	2	20	8	2	5	6	16	24	4	28	LLWDLL
10	Norwich City	27	9	10	8	33	40	8	4	1	17	10	1	6	7	16	30	-7	28	LDDLLL
11	Manchester United	27	11	5	11	44	42	7	2	4	21	15	4	3	7	23	27	2	27	LLWWDD
12	Bristol City	29	8	10	11	35	36	7	4	3	29	20	1	6	8	6	16	-1	26	DLWDWD
13	Derby County	26	9	8	9	32	38	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	6	14	23	-6	26	DLWWDL
14	Middlesbrough	27	9	8	10	28	37	5	5	3	14	12	4	3	7	14	25	-9	26	LDLWWW
15	Chelsea	27	8	9	10	32	42	5	7	3	19	15	3	2	7	13	27	-10	25	WWDLWD
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	33	40	5	4	4	19	16	3	3	8	14	24	-7	23	LWDLWL
17	Ipswich Town	27	8	7	12	29	36	8	2	4	22	16	0	5	8	7	20	-7	23	WLLLLL
18	Birmingham City	27	9	4	14	36	45	5	3	6	23	22	4	1	8	13	23	-9	22	WLWLWL
19	West Ham United	28	6	7	15	33	46	4	5	5	17	20	2	2	10	16	26	-13	19	WDLWLL
20	Queens Park Rangers	27	4	10	13	28	43	4	4	5	16	19	0	6	8	12	24	-15	18	LLDWDL
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	28	2	10	16	12	44	2	6	6	7	20	0	4	10	5	24	-32	14	LLDDLD

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	28	18	7	3	52	18	10	4	0	27	6	8	3	3	25	12	34	43	WDDWWD		3-3
1	2	Manchester City	29	17	5	7	56	30	12	1	2	37	13	5	4	5	19	17	26	39	WWWWDW		1-0
1	3	Everton	29	15	8	6	54	33	10	3	2	33	17	5	5	4	21	16	21	38	DWLWWL		0-1
	4	Liverpool	28	15	6	7	38	21	10	2	2	23	7	5	4	5	15	14	17	36	WWWLLW		3-1
	5	Arsenal	29	14	7	8	38	26	8	4	2	21	9	6	3	6	17	17	12	35	WWLLDD		2-2
	6	Leeds United	28	13	8	7	44	34	8	4	2	23	12	5	4	5	21	22	10	34	LLWWWW		2-0
	7	Coventry City	28	13	7	8	53	46	9	3	2	34	18	4	4	6	19	28	7	33	WLWLWD		3-3
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	9	8	39	35	8	4	2	23	11	2	5	6	16	24	4	29	LWDLLD		3-3
1	9	Norwich City	28	9	11	8	36	43	8	5	1	20	13	1	6	7	16	30	-7	29	DDLLLD		3-3
2	10	Aston Villa	27	11	6	10	30	26	6	2	4	16	11	5	4	6	14	15	4	28	LDLWWL		0-1
3	11	Middlesbrough	28	10	8	10	31	38	6	5	3	17	13	4	3	7	14	25	-7	28	DLWWWW		3-1
1	12	Manchester United	28	11	5	12	45	45	7	2	4	21	15	4	3	8	24	30	0	27	LWWDDL		1-3
1	13	Bristol City	30	8	11	11	37	38	7	4	3	29	20	1	7	8	8	18	-1	27	LWDWDD		2-2
1	14	Derby County	27	9	8	10	33	41	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	7	15	26	-8	26	LWWDLL		1-3
2	15	Ipswich Town	28	9	7	12	30	36	8	2	4	22	16	1	5	8	8	20	-6	25	LLLLLW		1-0
1	16	Chelsea	28	8	9	11	32	44	5	7	3	19	15	3	2	8	13	29	-12	25	WDLWDL		0-2
1	17	Birmingham City	28	10	4	14	37	45	6	3	6	24	22	4	1	8	13	23	-8	24	LWLWLW		1-0
2	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	7	13	33	41	5	4	4	19	16	3	3	9	14	25	-8	23	WDLWLL		0-1
	19	West Ham United	29	6	8	15	35	48	4	6	5	19	22	2	2	10	16	26	-13	20	DLWLLD		2-2
	20	Queens Park Rangers	28	4	11	13	30	45	4	5	5	18	21	0	6	8	12	24	-15	19	LDWDLD		2-2
1	21	Leicester City	29	3	10	16	13	44	3	6	6	8	20	0	4	10	5	24	-31	16	LDDLDW		1-0
1	22	Newcastle United	26	6	2	18	29	48	4	1	9	18	24	2	1	9	11	24	-19	14	LLWLLL		0-1