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 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

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

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Ipswich Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2993 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 1407 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3339 (of 5557)
Total:: 4655 (of 7305)

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

Misc 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:
Prior form: WLDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 22, 1978)

Home	F	A	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
	1	Nottingham Forest	37	24	10	3	65	22	15	5	0	37	8	9	5	3	28	14	43	58	DWWDDW
	2	Everton	39	21	10	8	69	42	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	WWWLLW
	3	Arsenal	38	19	10	9	56	32	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	DWDWLW
	4	Liverpool	37	20	8	9	55	34	12	3	2	29	11	8	5	7	26	23	21	48	WWWWDD
	5	Manchester City	37	18	10	9	66	44	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	DDDWDL
	6	Coventry City	39	18	10	11	73	58	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	WLDWDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	12	9	56	46	12	4	2	30	12	5	8	7	26	34	10	46	LWWWWW
	8	Leeds United	39	18	9	12	61	47	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	WWLLWD
	9	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	44	37	9	4	6	24	16	6	6	7	20	21	7	40	DLLDWW
	10	Birmingham City	39	16	7	16	54	56	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	WWWWDW
	11	Manchester United	39	14	10	15	62	61	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	WLDLWW
	12	Middlesbrough	39	12	14	13	41	51	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	DLWWDD
	13	Norwich City	39	11	16	12	49	60	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	LLDWLL
	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
	22	Leicester City	39	4	12	23	22	64	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	LWLLLL

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