The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 - 2 FOREST - Wed Mar 29, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 29, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Attendance:: 25,445
Pos Before/After:: 1/1
Opp Before/After:: 16/14
Referee:
Season:: 1977-78
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Chelsea

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2986 (of 4841)
League Tier 1:: 1401 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3332 (of 5536)
Total:: 4645 (of 7284)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Martin O'Neill
Tony Woodcock

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager:
Prior form: WDLDDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	F	Ian Bowyer
3	M	Frank Clark
4	F	John O'Hare
5	F	David Needham
6	M	Kenny Burns
7	F	Martin O'Neill
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Wed Mar 29, 1978)

Home	F	A	Away
Manchester United	1	1	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	2	2	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	2	2	Manchester City
Norwich City	0	0	Derby County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Nottingham Forest	31	21	7	3	57	18	13	4	0	32	6	8	3	3	25	12	39	49	WWDWWW
	2	Everton	35	19	10	6	64	37	11	4	2	38	20	8	6	4	26	17	27	48	DWDWWW
	3	Arsenal	35	17	10	8	50	28	11	5	2	32	10	6	5	6	18	18	22	44	DWWDWD
	4	Manchester City	33	17	8	8	61	38	12	2	2	39	15	5	6	6	22	23	23	42	DWLDDD
	5	Coventry City	34	17	8	9	67	51	12	3	3	45	21	5	5	6	22	30	16	42	WWDLWW
	6	Leeds United	35	17	8	10	57	41	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	7	22	25	16	42	LLWLWW
	7	Liverpool	32	17	6	9	45	29	11	2	2	24	7	6	4	7	21	22	16	40	LWLLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	13	12	9	49	45	10	4	2	27	12	3	8	7	22	33	4	38	DDDWLW
	9	Norwich City	35	10	15	10	44	55	9	6	2	23	16	1	9	8	21	39	-11	35	DWDDLL
	10	Aston Villa	32	13	8	11	38	31	7	4	4	20	12	6	4	7	18	19	7	34	LDLWWD
	11	Manchester United	35	12	9	14	54	55	7	5	6	25	21	5	4	8	29	34	-1	33	DDDDWL
	12	Derby County	33	11	11	11	42	48	7	7	4	27	22	4	4	7	15	26	-6	33	DWDLDW
	13	Birmingham City	35	13	6	16	47	54	7	4	7	29	25	6	2	9	18	29	-7	32	LDWDWW
	14	Bristol City	36	10	11	15	44	46	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	10	12	24	-2	31	WLLWLL
	15	Ipswich Town	34	10	11	13	41	46	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	9	11	26	-5	31	DDDLDW
	16	Middlesbrough	33	10	11	12	34	47	6	5	4	17	14	4	6	8	17	33	-13	31	WDLDDL
	17	Chelsea	34	9	12	13	39	54	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	10	15	36	-15	30	WDDLLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	10	16	42	56	5	7	5	25	24	4	3	11	17	32	-14	28	WDDLLL
	19	West Ham United	36	8	8	20	43	61	6	6	6	26	25	2	2	14	17	36	-18	24	LLLWWL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	33	5	13	15	37	55	5	6	5	22	24	0	7	10	15	31	-18	23	DDWLDL
	21	Leicester City	36	4	12	20	19	56	3	7	7	12	25	1	5	13	7	31	-37	20	LLDLWL
	22	Newcastle United	32	6	6	20	35	58	4	3	10	21	29	2	3	10	14	29	-23	18	DDDDLL

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Nottingham Forest	32	21	8	3	59	20	13	4	0	32	6	8	4	3	27	14	39	50	WDWWWD
	2	Everton	35	19	10	6	64	37	11	4	2	38	20	8	6	4	26	17	27	48	DWDWWW
	3	Arsenal	35	17	10	8	50	28	11	5	2	32	10	6	5	6	18	18	22	44	DWWDWD
	4	Manchester City	34	17	9	8	63	40	12	2	2	39	15	5	7	6	24	25	23	43	WLDDDD
	5	Coventry City	34	17	8	9	67	51	12	3	3	45	21	5	5	6	22	30	16	42	WWDLWW
	6	Leeds United	35	17	8	10	57	41	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	7	22	25	16	42	LLWLWW
	7	Liverpool	32	17	6	9	45	29	11	2	2	24	7	6	4	7	21	22	16	40	LWLLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	13	12	9	49	45	10	4	2	27	12	3	8	7	22	33	4	38	DDDWLW
	9	Norwich City	36	10	16	10	44	55	9	7	2	23	16	1	9	8	21	39	-11	36	WDDLLD
	10	Aston Villa	33	13	9	11	39	32	7	4	4	20	12	6	5	7	19	20	7	35	DLWWDD
	11	Manchester United	36	12	10	14	55	56	7	6	6	26	22	5	4	8	29	34	-1	34	DDDWLD
	12	Derby County	34	11	12	11	42	48	7	7	4	27	22	4	5	7	15	26	-6	34	WDLDWD
	13	Birmingham City	35	13	6	16	47	54	7	4	7	29	25	6	2	9	18	29	-7	32	LDWDWW
2	14	Middlesbrough	34	10	12	12	36	49	6	6	4	19	16	4	6	8	17	33	-13	32	DLDDLD
1	15	Bristol City	36	10	11	15	44	46	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	10	12	24	-2	31	WLLWLL
1	16	Ipswich Town	34	10	11	13	41	46	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	9	11	26	-5	31	DDDLDW
	17	Chelsea	34	9	12	13	39	54	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	10	15	36	-15	30	WDDLLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	10	16	42	56	5	7	5	25	24	4	3	11	17	32	-14	28	WDDLLL
	19	West Ham United	36	8	8	20	43	61	6	6	6	26	25	2	2	14	17	36	-18	24	LLLWWL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	33	5	13	15	37	55	5	6	5	22	24	0	7	10	15	31	-18	23	DDWLDL
	21	Leicester City	36	4	12	20	19	56	3	7	7	12	25	1	5	13	7	31	-37	20	LLDLWL
	22	Newcastle United	33	6	7	20	37	60	4	4	10	23	31	2	3	10	14	29	-23	19	DDDLLD