The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat Mar 25, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
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 25 March 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: N Glover
Attendance:: 35,552
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Oct 20, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2987 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1400 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3333 (of 5724)
Total:: 4654 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 1 month, 0 days ago

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

Goals
John Robertson (33')
Viv Anderson (68')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Bill McGarry
Prior form: LDDDDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson (68') off for Ian Bowyer
3	D	34	Frank Clark
4	F	31	John O'Hare	100th appearance
5	D	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson (33')
Subs
12	M	26	Ian Bowyer on for Viv Anderson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mike Mahoney
2	D	John Bird
3	D	Irving Nattrass
4	D	Kenny Mitchell
5	D	Alan Kennedy
6	M	David Barton
7	M	John Blackley
8	M	Nigel Walker
9	M	Geoff Nulty
10	F	Stewart Barrowclough
11	F	Mark McGhee
Subs
12		M Burns

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

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

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	30	20	7	3	55	18	12	4	0	30	6	8	3	3	25	12	37	47	DWWDWW	Safe
	2	Everton	33	17	10	6	60	36	10	4	2	36	20	7	6	4	24	16	24	44	WLDWDW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	32	17	7	8	59	36	12	1	2	37	13	5	6	6	22	23	23	41	WDWLDD	Safe
	4	Arsenal	33	16	9	8	46	28	10	5	2	28	10	6	4	6	18	18	18	41	DDDWWD	Safe
	5	Liverpool	31	16	6	9	42	28	11	2	2	24	7	5	4	7	18	21	14	38	LLWLLW
	6	Leeds United	32	15	8	9	50	37	9	4	3	28	14	6	4	6	22	23	13	38	WWWLLW
	7	Coventry City	32	15	8	9	61	50	11	3	3	41	21	4	5	6	20	29	11	38	WDWWDL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	12	8	47	40	9	4	2	25	11	3	8	6	22	29	7	36	DWDDDW
	9	Norwich City	33	10	15	8	43	49	9	6	1	22	14	1	9	7	21	35	-6	35	DDDWDD
	10	Aston Villa	31	13	7	11	38	31	7	3	4	20	12	6	4	7	18	19	7	33	WLDLWW
	11	Bristol City	34	10	11	13	43	43	8	4	4	32	21	2	7	9	11	22	0	31	DDWLLW
	12	Manchester United	33	11	9	13	50	51	7	5	5	24	19	4	4	8	26	32	-1	31	LLDDDD
	13	Derby County	31	10	10	11	40	48	6	7	4	25	22	4	3	7	15	26	-8	30	LLDWDL
	14	Middlesbrough	31	10	10	11	32	44	6	5	3	17	13	4	5	8	15	31	-12	30	WWWDLD
	15	Chelsea	32	9	11	12	38	51	6	8	3	24	18	3	3	9	14	33	-13	29	DLWDDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	10	13	40	47	5	7	4	24	21	4	3	9	16	26	-7	28	LLDWDD
	17	Ipswich Town	32	9	10	13	34	43	8	5	4	26	20	1	5	9	8	23	-9	28	LWDDDL
	18	Birmingham City	33	11	6	16	43	54	6	4	7	26	25	5	2	9	17	29	-11	28	WLLDWD
	19	Queens Park Rangers	31	5	12	14	34	50	5	5	5	19	21	0	7	9	15	29	-16	22	DLDDWL
	20	West Ham United	34	7	8	19	40	57	5	6	6	23	24	2	2	13	17	33	-17	22	DLLLLW
	21	Newcastle United	31	6	6	19	35	56	4	3	10	21	29	2	3	9	14	27	-21	18	LDDDDL
	22	Leicester City	33	3	12	18	15	48	3	7	6	10	22	0	5	12	5	26	-33	18	DWDLLD

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	31	21	7	3	57	18	13	4	0	32	6	8	3	3	25	12	39	49	WWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Everton	34	18	10	6	62	36	11	4	2	38	20	7	6	4	24	16	26	46	LDWDWW	Safe	2-0
1	3	Arsenal	34	17	9	8	50	28	11	5	2	32	10	6	4	6	18	18	22	43	DDWWDW	Safe	4-0
1	4	Manchester City	33	17	8	8	61	38	12	2	2	39	15	5	6	6	22	23	23	42	DWLDDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Liverpool	32	17	6	9	45	29	11	2	2	24	7	6	4	7	21	22	16	40	LWLLWW	Safe	3-1
1	6	Coventry City	33	16	8	9	63	51	11	3	3	41	21	5	5	6	22	30	12	40	DWWDLW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Leeds United	33	15	8	10	50	39	9	4	3	28	14	6	4	7	22	25	11	38	WWLLWL		0-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	33	12	12	9	47	44	9	4	2	25	11	3	8	7	22	33	3	36	WDDDWL		0-4
	9	Norwich City	34	10	15	9	44	51	9	6	2	23	16	1	9	7	21	35	-7	35	DDWDDL		1-2
	10	Aston Villa	32	13	8	11	38	31	7	4	4	20	12	6	4	7	18	19	7	34	LDLWWD		0-0
1	11	Manchester United	34	12	9	13	53	53	7	5	5	24	19	5	4	8	29	34	0	33	LDDDDW		3-2
1	12	Bristol City	35	10	11	14	43	44	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	9	11	22	-1	31	DWLLWL		0-1
	13	Derby County	32	10	11	11	40	48	6	7	4	25	22	4	4	7	15	26	-8	31	LDWDLD		0-0
	14	Middlesbrough	32	10	11	11	34	46	6	5	3	17	13	4	6	8	17	33	-12	31	WWDLDD		2-2
3	15	Birmingham City	34	12	6	16	44	54	6	4	7	26	25	6	2	9	18	29	-10	30	LLDWDW		1-0
1	16	Ipswich Town	33	9	11	13	37	46	8	5	4	26	20	1	6	9	11	26	-9	29	WDDDLD		3-3
2	17	Chelsea	33	9	11	13	39	54	6	8	3	24	18	3	3	10	15	36	-15	29	LWDDLL		1-3
2	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	10	14	41	50	5	7	5	25	24	4	3	9	16	26	-9	28	LDWDDL		1-3
1	19	West Ham United	35	8	8	19	43	58	6	6	6	26	25	2	2	13	17	33	-15	24	LLLLWW		3-1
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	32	5	13	14	37	53	5	6	5	22	24	0	7	9	15	29	-16	23	LDDWLD		3-3
	21	Newcastle United	32	6	6	20	35	58	4	3	10	21	29	2	3	10	14	29	-23	18	DDDDLL		0-2
	22	Leicester City	34	3	12	19	17	51	3	7	7	12	25	0	5	12	5	26	-34	18	WDLLDL		2-3