The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 22, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 22, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 22 April 1978
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1977-78
Referee:: J Bent
Attendance:: 36,881
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Aug 22, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2994 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1407 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3340 (of 5724)
Total:: 4663 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 1 day ago

Stats:
Forest won the First Division title with this away point

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

Goals

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: WLDWDL (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	28	David Needham
6	D	24	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	M	26	Ian Bowyer
9	F	26	Peter Withe
10	F	31	Archie Gemmill
11	F	25	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	34	Frank Clark

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Blyth
2	D	Brian Roberts
3	D	Mick Coop
4	D	Bobby McDonald
5	D	Jim Holton
6	M	John Beck
7	M	Barry Powell
8	M	Terry Yorath
9	M	Michael Ferguson
10	F	Ian Wallace
11	F	Alan Green
Subs
12		Thompson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 22, 1978)

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

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	37	24	10	3	65	22	15	5	0	37	8	9	5	3	28	14	43	58	DWWDDW	Safe
	2	Everton	39	21	10	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	WWWLLW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	38	19	10	9	56	32	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	DWDWLW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	37	20	8	9	55	34	12	3	2	29	11	8	5	7	26	23	21	48	WWWWDD	Safe
	5	Manchester City	37	18	10	9	66	44	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	DDDWDL	Safe
	6	Coventry City	39	18	10	11	73	58	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	WLDWDL	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	12	9	56	46	12	4	2	30	12	5	8	7	26	34	10	46	LWWWWW	Safe
	8	Leeds United	39	18	9	12	61	47	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	WWLLWD	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	44	37	9	4	6	24	16	6	6	7	20	21	7	40	DLLDWW	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	39	16	7	16	54	56	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	WWWWDW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	39	14	10	15	62	61	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	WLDLWW	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	39	12	14	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	DLWWDD	Safe
	13	Norwich City	39	11	16	12	49	60	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	LLDWLL	Safe
	14	Derby County	39	12	12	15	46	57	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	11	16	34	-11	36	DLWLLL
	15	Bristol City	39	11	12	16	48	50	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	11	12	26	-2	34	WLLWLD
	16	Ipswich Town	38	10	13	15	44	51	9	5	4	30	20	1	8	11	14	31	-7	33	DWLDLD
	17	West Ham United	39	11	8	20	50	63	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	14	19	37	-13	30	WWLWWW
	18	Chelsea	37	9	12	16	40	61	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	13	16	43	-21	30	LLDLLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	43	60	5	8	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	29	LLLLLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	13	17	43	61	8	6	5	27	26	0	7	12	16	35	-18	29	LWLWWL
	21	Newcastle United	39	6	9	24	40	70	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	14	16	38	-30	21	LDDLLL	Relegated
	22	Leicester City	39	4	12	23	22	64	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	LWLLLL	Relegated

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	38	24	11	3	65	22	15	5	0	37	8	9	6	3	28	14	43	59	WWDDWD	Champions	0-0
	2	Everton	40	21	11	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	5	28	20	27	53	WWLLWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Arsenal	39	20	10	9	59	33	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	7	22	21	26	50	WDWLWW	Safe	3-1
	4	Liverpool	38	21	8	9	58	34	13	3	2	32	11	8	5	7	26	23	24	50	WWWDDW	Safe	3-0
	5	Manchester City	38	19	10	9	70	45	13	3	3	42	19	6	7	6	28	26	25	48	DDWDLW	Safe	4-1
	6	Coventry City	40	18	11	11	73	58	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	47	LDWDLD	Safe	0-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	39	17	12	10	56	49	12	4	3	30	15	5	8	7	26	34	7	46	WWWWWL	Safe	0-3
	8	Leeds United	40	18	9	13	62	50	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	8	23	29	12	45	WLLWDL	Safe	1-3
	9	Aston Villa	39	16	10	13	47	37	9	4	6	24	16	7	6	7	23	21	10	42	LLDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	10	Manchester United	40	15	10	15	65	61	9	6	6	32	23	6	4	9	33	38	4	40	LDLWWW	Safe	3-0
1	11	Birmingham City	40	16	7	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	2	9	23	30	-5	39	WWWDWL	Safe	1-4
	12	Middlesbrough	40	12	15	13	41	51	8	8	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	39	LWWDDD	Safe	0-0
1	13	Derby County	40	13	12	15	50	58	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38	LWLLLW	Safe	4-1
1	14	Norwich City	40	11	16	13	49	63	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	10	22	44	-14	38	LDWLLL	Safe	0-3
1	15	Ipswich Town	39	11	13	15	45	51	10	5	4	31	20	1	8	11	14	31	-6	35	WLDLDW	Safe	1-0
1	16	Bristol City	40	11	12	17	48	51	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	12	12	27	-3	34	LLWLDL		0-1
3	17	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	13	17	46	61	8	6	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	31	WLWWLW		3-0
	18	Chelsea	38	9	13	16	41	62	6	10	3	25	19	3	3	13	16	43	-21	31	LDLLLD		1-1
2	19	West Ham United	40	11	8	21	50	66	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	15	19	40	-16	30	WLWWWL		0-3
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	12	18	44	61	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30	LLLLDD		1-1
	21	Newcastle United	40	6	9	25	40	73	4	5	11	24	35	2	4	14	16	38	-33	21	DDLLLL	Relegated	0-3
	22	Leicester City	40	4	12	24	23	68	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	15	10	38	-45	20	WLLLLL	Relegated	1-4