The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Tue Apr 11, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 11, 1978 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: Alex Hamil
Attendance:: 43,428
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 5 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Testimonial)
League:: Leeds United
Manchester City:: Dec 23, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2991 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1404 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3337 (of 5736)
Total:: 4659 (of 7523)
Played:: 46 years, 7 months, 10 days ago

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

Goals

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Tony Book
Prior form: LDDDDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Peter Shilton
2	D	21	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Colin Barrett
4	F	31	John O'Hare
5	D	29	Larry Lloyd
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
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Kenny Clements
3	3	Paul Power
4	4	Mike Doyle
5	5	Dave Watson
6	6	Gary Owen
7	7	Mick Channon
8	8	Tommy Booth
9	9	Brian Kidd
10	10	Asa Hartford
11	11	Peter Barnes
Subs
12		Roger Palmer

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Apr 11, 1978)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Ipswich Town
Manchester City	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough	1-1	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	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	34	23	8	3	63	21	14	4	0	35	7	9	4	3	28	14	42	54	WWWDWW	Safe
	2	Everton	38	20	10	8	68	42	12	4	3	40	22	8	6	5	28	20	26	50	WWWWLL	Safe
	3	Arsenal	36	18	10	8	53	29	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	6	18	18	24	46	WWDWDW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	35	20	6	9	52	31	12	2	2	27	9	8	4	7	25	22	21	46	LWWWWW	Safe
	5	Manchester City	35	18	9	8	65	41	13	2	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	45	LDDDDW	Safe
	6	Coventry City	37	18	9	10	71	55	13	4	3	48	23	5	5	7	23	32	16	45	LWWLDW	Safe
	7	Leeds United	37	17	8	12	58	46	11	4	4	36	18	6	4	8	22	28	12	42	WLWWLL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	12	9	50	45	10	4	2	27	12	4	8	7	23	33	5	40	DDWLWW	Safe
	9	Norwich City	38	11	16	11	48	57	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	9	22	41	-9	38	DLLDWL	Safe
	10	Aston Villa	36	13	10	13	40	37	7	4	6	20	16	6	6	7	20	21	3	36	WDDLLD
	11	Manchester United	38	13	10	15	59	60	8	6	6	29	23	5	4	9	30	37	-1	36	DWLDLW
	12	Birmingham City	37	15	6	16	50	55	8	4	7	31	26	7	2	9	19	29	-5	36	WDWWWW
	13	Derby County	36	12	12	12	46	51	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	8	16	28	-5	36	LDWDLW
	14	Middlesbrough	37	12	12	13	40	50	8	6	4	23	16	4	6	9	17	34	-10	36	DLDLWW
	15	Bristol City	38	11	11	16	47	49	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	11	12	26	-2	33	LWLLWL
	16	Ipswich Town	35	10	11	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	10	12	28	-6	31	DDLDWL
	17	Chelsea	36	9	12	15	40	59	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	12	16	41	-19	30	DLLDLL
	18	West Ham United	38	10	8	20	47	63	7	6	6	28	26	3	2	14	19	37	-16	28	LWWLWW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	10	18	43	60	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	28	DLLLLL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	35	6	13	16	39	58	6	6	5	23	24	0	7	11	16	34	-19	25	WLDLWL
	21	Newcastle United	36	6	9	21	39	64	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	11	15	32	-25	21	LLDLDD
	22	Leicester City	38	4	12	22	21	60	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	14	9	34	-39	20	DLWLLL

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	35	23	9	3	63	21	14	4	0	35	7	9	5	3	28	14	42	55	WWDWWD	Safe	0-0
	2	Everton	38	20	10	8	68	42	12	4	3	40	22	8	6	5	28	20	26	50	WWWWLL	Safe
2	3	Manchester City	36	18	10	8	65	41	13	3	2	41	16	5	7	6	24	25	24	46	DDDDWD	Safe	0-0
1	4	Arsenal	37	18	10	9	54	31	12	5	2	35	11	6	5	7	19	20	23	46	WDWDWL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Liverpool	35	20	6	9	52	31	12	2	2	27	9	8	4	7	25	22	21	46	LWWWWW	Safe
	6	Coventry City	38	18	10	10	72	56	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	7	24	33	16	46	WWLDWD	Safe	1-1
	7	Leeds United	37	17	8	12	58	46	11	4	4	36	18	6	4	8	22	28	12	42	WLWWLL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	12	9	50	45	10	4	2	27	12	4	8	7	23	33	5	40	DDWLWW	Safe
	9	Norwich City	38	11	16	11	48	57	10	7	2	26	16	1	9	9	22	41	-9	38	DLLDWL	Safe
2	10	Birmingham City	38	15	7	16	50	55	8	5	7	31	26	7	2	9	19	29	-5	37	DWWWWD	Safe	0-0
3	11	Middlesbrough	38	12	13	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	6	9	17	34	-10	37	LDLWWD	Safe	1-1
2	12	Aston Villa	36	13	10	13	40	37	7	4	6	20	16	6	6	7	20	21	3	36	WDDLLD
2	13	Manchester United	38	13	10	15	59	60	8	6	6	29	23	5	4	9	30	37	-1	36	DWLDLW
1	14	Derby County	36	12	12	12	46	51	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	8	16	28	-5	36	LDWDLW
	15	Bristol City	38	11	11	16	47	49	9	4	5	35	23	2	7	11	12	26	-2	33	LWLLWL
	16	Ipswich Town	36	10	12	14	42	48	9	5	4	30	20	1	7	10	12	28	-6	32	DLDWLD		0-0
	17	Chelsea	36	9	12	15	40	59	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	12	16	41	-19	30	DLLDLL
	18	West Ham United	38	10	8	20	47	63	7	6	6	28	26	3	2	14	19	37	-16	28	LWWLWW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	10	18	43	60	5	7	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	28	DLLLLL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	36	7	13	16	41	59	7	6	5	25	25	0	7	11	16	34	-18	27	LDLWLW		2-1
	21	Newcastle United	36	6	9	21	39	64	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	11	15	32	-25	21	LLDLDD
	22	Leicester City	38	4	12	22	21	60	3	7	8	12	26	1	5	14	9	34	-39	20	DLWLLL