The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 CHELSEA - Sat Apr 01, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 01, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 01 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: G Nolan
Attendance:: 31,262
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (Testimonial)
League:: Aston Villa
Chelsea:: Mar 28, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2989 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1402 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3335 (of 5736)
Total:: 4656 (of 7523)
Played:: 46 years, 7 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals
Kenny Burns (68')
Martin O'Neill (82')
John Robertson (87')

CHELSEA
Manager: Ken Shellito
Prior form: WDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Tommy Langley (8')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	M	26	Ian Bowyer
3	D	34	Frank Clark
4	F	31	John O'Hare
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
6	D	24	Kenny Burns (68')
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill (82')
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	22	Tony Woodcock
11	F	25	John Robertson (87')
Subs
12	D	25	Colin Barrett

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	Gary Locke
3	D	Micky Droy
4	D	Stephen Wicks
5	D	Ron Harris
6	M	Kenny Swain
7	M	Ian Britton
8	M	Ray Lewington
9	M	Steve Finnieston
10	F	Tommy Langley
11	F	Clive Walker
Subs
12		Frost

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 01, 1978)

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

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	32	21	8	3	59	20	13	4	0	32	6	8	4	3	27	14	39	50	WDWWWD	Safe
	2	Everton	35	19	10	6	64	37	11	4	2	38	20	8	6	4	26	17	27	48	DWDWWW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	35	17	10	8	50	28	11	5	2	32	10	6	5	6	18	18	22	44	DWWDWD	Safe
	4	Manchester City	34	17	9	8	63	40	12	2	2	39	15	5	7	6	24	25	23	43	WLDDDD	Safe
	5	Coventry City	34	17	8	9	67	51	12	3	3	45	21	5	5	6	22	30	16	42	WWDLWW	Safe
	6	Leeds United	35	17	8	10	57	41	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	7	22	25	16	42	LLWLWW	Safe
	7	Liverpool	32	17	6	9	45	29	11	2	2	24	7	6	4	7	21	22	16	40	LWLLWW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	13	12	9	49	45	10	4	2	27	12	3	8	7	22	33	4	38	DDDWLW	Safe
	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
	14	Middlesbrough	34	10	12	12	36	49	6	6	4	19	16	4	6	8	17	33	-13	32	DLDDLD
	15	Bristol City	36	10	11	15	44	46	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	10	12	24	-2	31	WLLWLL
	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

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	33	22	8	3	62	21	14	4	0	35	7	8	4	3	27	14	41	52	DWWWDW	Safe	3-1
	2	Everton	36	20	10	6	66	38	12	4	2	40	21	8	6	4	26	17	28	50	WDWWWW	Safe	2-1
	3	Arsenal	36	18	10	8	53	29	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	6	18	18	24	46	WWDWDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Manchester City	35	18	9	8	65	41	13	2	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	45	LDDDDW	Safe	2-1
2	5	Liverpool	33	18	6	9	48	29	11	2	2	24	7	7	4	7	24	22	19	42	WLLWWW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Coventry City	35	17	8	10	68	53	12	3	3	45	21	5	5	7	23	32	15	42	WDLWWL	Safe	1-2
1	7	Leeds United	36	17	8	11	57	44	11	4	3	35	16	6	4	8	22	28	13	42	LWLWWL	Safe	0-3
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	12	9	50	45	10	4	2	27	12	4	8	7	23	33	5	40	DDWLWW	Safe	1-0
	9	Norwich City	37	11	16	10	47	55	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	8	21	39	-8	38	DDLLDW	Safe	3-0
	10	Aston Villa	34	13	9	12	39	35	7	4	5	20	15	6	5	7	19	20	4	35	LWWDDL		0-3
	11	Manchester United	37	12	10	15	56	59	7	6	6	26	22	5	4	9	30	37	-3	34	DDWLDL		1-3
1	12	Birmingham City	36	14	6	16	48	54	7	4	7	29	25	7	2	9	19	29	-6	34	DWDWWW		1-0
1	13	Derby County	35	11	12	12	43	50	7	7	4	27	22	4	5	8	16	28	-7	34	DLDWDL		1-2
1	14	Bristol City	37	11	11	15	47	47	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	10	12	24	0	33	LLWLLW		3-1
1	15	Middlesbrough	35	10	12	13	36	50	6	6	4	19	16	4	6	9	17	34	-14	32	LDDLDL		0-1
	16	Ipswich Town	35	10	11	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	10	12	28	-6	31	DDLDWL		1-2
	17	Chelsea	35	9	12	14	40	57	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	11	16	39	-17	30	DDLLDL		1-3
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	10	17	42	57	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	11	17	32	-15	28	DDLLLL		0-1
	19	West Ham United	37	9	8	20	45	62	7	6	6	28	26	2	2	14	17	36	-17	26	LLWWLW		2-1
	20	Queens Park Rangers	34	6	13	15	38	55	6	6	5	23	24	0	7	10	15	31	-17	25	DWLDLW		1-0
	21	Leicester City	37	4	12	21	19	57	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	13	7	31	-38	20	LDLWLL		0-1
	22	Newcastle United	34	6	7	21	38	63	4	4	10	23	31	2	3	11	15	32	-25	19	DDLLDL		1-3