The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LEICESTER CITY - Tue Mar 14, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 14, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 15 March 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: A Grey
Attendance:: 32,355
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Cup)
League:: Newcastle United
Leicester City:: May 16, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2986 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1399 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3330 (of 5724)
Total:: 4651 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 1 month, 9 days ago

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

Goals
John Robertson (14') (Pen)

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Frank McLintock
Prior form: DLDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	34	Frank Clark
4	F	31	John O'Hare
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	30	Archie Gemmill
9	M	26	Ian Bowyer
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson (14')
Subs
12	D	29	Larry Lloyd

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mark Wallington
2	D	Thomas Williams
3	D	Steve Sims
4	D	Dennis Rofe
5	D	David Webb
6	M	Stephen Whitworth
7	M	Geoff Salmons
8	M	Eddie Kelly
9	M	Trevor Christie
10	F	Billy Hughes
11	F	Keith Weller
Subs
12		Roger Davies

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Mar 14, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	29	19	7	3	54	18	11	4	0	29	6	8	3	3	25	12	36	45	DDWWDW	Safe
	2	Everton	31	16	9	6	58	36	10	4	2	36	20	6	5	4	22	16	22	41	LWWLDW
	3	Manchester City	30	17	5	8	56	33	12	1	2	37	13	5	4	6	19	20	23	39	WWWDWL
	4	Arsenal	31	15	8	8	41	26	9	5	2	24	9	6	3	6	17	17	15	38	LLDDDW
	5	Liverpool	31	16	6	9	42	28	11	2	2	24	7	5	4	7	18	21	14	38	LLWLLW
	6	Coventry City	30	15	7	8	58	46	11	3	2	39	18	4	4	6	19	28	12	37	WLWDWW
	7	Leeds United	31	14	8	9	45	37	8	4	3	23	14	6	4	6	22	23	8	36	WWWWLL
	8	Norwich City	31	10	13	8	41	47	9	5	1	22	14	1	8	7	19	33	-6	33	LLDDDW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	10	8	43	38	8	4	2	23	11	3	6	6	20	27	5	32	DLLDWD
	10	Derby County	30	10	10	10	39	45	6	7	3	24	19	4	3	7	15	26	-6	30	DLLDWD
	11	Aston Villa	29	11	7	11	31	28	6	3	4	16	11	5	4	7	15	17	3	29	LWWLDL
	12	Bristol City	32	9	11	12	39	39	7	4	4	29	21	2	7	8	10	18	0	29	DWDDWL
	13	Manchester United	31	11	7	13	47	48	7	3	5	21	16	4	4	8	26	32	-1	29	DDLLDD
	14	Middlesbrough	29	10	9	10	31	38	6	5	3	17	13	4	4	7	14	25	-7	29	LWWWWD
	15	Chelsea	30	9	10	11	36	46	6	7	3	22	16	3	3	8	14	30	-10	28	LWDLWD
	16	Ipswich Town	29	9	8	12	32	38	8	3	4	24	18	1	5	8	8	20	-6	26	LLLLWD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	8	13	38	45	5	5	4	22	19	4	3	9	16	26	-7	26	LWLLDW
	18	Birmingham City	30	10	4	16	38	51	6	3	7	25	24	4	1	9	13	27	-13	24	LWLWLL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	29	4	12	13	33	48	4	5	5	18	21	0	7	8	15	27	-15	20	DWDLDD
	20	West Ham United	31	6	8	17	36	52	4	6	6	20	24	2	2	11	16	28	-16	20	WLLDLL
	21	Leicester City	31	3	11	17	13	45	3	6	6	8	20	0	5	11	5	25	-32	17	DLDWDL
	22	Newcastle United	28	6	4	18	32	51	4	2	9	20	26	2	2	9	12	25	-19	16	WLLLDD

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	30	20	7	3	55	18	12	4	0	30	6	8	3	3	25	12	37	47	DWWDWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Everton	31	16	9	6	58	36	10	4	2	36	20	6	5	4	22	16	22	41	LWWLDW
	3	Manchester City	30	17	5	8	56	33	12	1	2	37	13	5	4	6	19	20	23	39	WWWDWL
	4	Arsenal	31	15	8	8	41	26	9	5	2	24	9	6	3	6	17	17	15	38	LLDDDW
	5	Liverpool	31	16	6	9	42	28	11	2	2	24	7	5	4	7	18	21	14	38	LLWLLW
	6	Coventry City	30	15	7	8	58	46	11	3	2	39	18	4	4	6	19	28	12	37	WLWDWW
	7	Leeds United	31	14	8	9	45	37	8	4	3	23	14	6	4	6	22	23	8	36	WWWWLL
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	11	8	44	39	8	4	2	23	11	3	7	6	21	28	5	33	LLDWDD		1-1
1	9	Norwich City	31	10	13	8	41	47	9	5	1	22	14	1	8	7	19	33	-6	33	LLDDDW
	10	Derby County	30	10	10	10	39	45	6	7	3	24	19	4	3	7	15	26	-6	30	DLLDWD
	11	Aston Villa	29	11	7	11	31	28	6	3	4	16	11	5	4	7	15	17	3	29	LWWLDL
	12	Bristol City	32	9	11	12	39	39	7	4	4	29	21	2	7	8	10	18	0	29	DWDDWL
	13	Manchester United	31	11	7	13	47	48	7	3	5	21	16	4	4	8	26	32	-1	29	DDLLDD
	14	Middlesbrough	29	10	9	10	31	38	6	5	3	17	13	4	4	7	14	25	-7	29	LWWWWD
	15	Chelsea	30	9	10	11	36	46	6	7	3	22	16	3	3	8	14	30	-10	28	LWDLWD
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	9	13	39	46	5	6	4	23	20	4	3	9	16	26	-7	27	WLLDWD		1-1
1	17	Ipswich Town	29	9	8	12	32	38	8	3	4	24	18	1	5	8	8	20	-6	26	LLLLWD
	18	Birmingham City	30	10	4	16	38	51	6	3	7	25	24	4	1	9	13	27	-13	24	LWLWLL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	30	5	12	13	34	48	5	5	5	19	21	0	7	8	15	27	-14	22	WDLDDW		1-0
	20	West Ham United	32	6	8	18	36	53	4	6	6	20	24	2	2	12	16	29	-17	20	LLDLLL		0-1
	21	Leicester City	32	3	11	18	13	46	3	6	6	8	20	0	5	12	5	26	-33	17	LDWDLL		0-1
	22	Newcastle United	28	6	4	18	32	51	4	2	9	20	26	2	2	9	12	25	-19	16	WLLLDD

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