The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Apr 29, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Attendance:: 37,625
Pos Before/After:: 1/1
Opp Before/After:: 11/11
Referee:
Season:: 1977-78
Forest Tier:: 1
Opponent Tier:: 1

NEXT GAMES:
Testimonial:: Derby County
League:: West Bromwich Albion
League Tier 1:: West Bromwich Albion

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2994 (of 4829)
League Tier 1:: 1409 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3340 (of 5523)
Total:: 4655 (of 7267)

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

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	M	Viv Anderson
3	M	Colin Barrett
4	F	John McGovern
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 off for Ian Bowyer ()
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	Ian Bowyer on for Tony Woodcock ()

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 29, 1978)

Home	F	A	Away
Arsenal	1	0	Middlesbrough
Aston Villa	6	1	Ipswich Town
Bristol City	1	1	Coventry City
Everton	6	0	Chelsea
Leicester City	3	0	Newcastle United
Manchester City	1	1	Derby County
Norwich City	1	1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Leeds United
West Ham United	0	2	Liverpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Manchester United

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Nottingham Forest	39	25	11	3	67	22	15	5	0	37	8	10	6	3	30	14	45	61
	2	Everton	41	21	11	9	70	45	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	6	29	23	25	53
	3	Liverpool	39	22	8	9	59	34	14	3	2	33	11	8	5	7	26	23	25	52
	4	Manchester City	39	20	10	9	73	46	14	3	3	45	20	6	7	6	28	26	27	50
	5	Arsenal	40	20	10	10	59	34	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	8	22	22	25	50
	6	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	12	10	59	50	13	4	3	33	16	5	8	7	26	34	9	48
	7	Coventry City	41	18	11	12	74	61	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	9	26	38	13	47
	8	Leeds United	41	18	9	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	9	24	32	10	45
	9	Aston Villa	40	17	10	13	50	38	10	4	6	27	17	7	6	7	23	21	12	44
	10	Manchester United	41	16	10	15	66	61	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	9	34	38	5	42
	11	Birmingham City	41	16	8	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	3	9	23	30	-5	40
	12	Middlesbrough	41	12	15	14	42	53	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	9	17	34	-11	39
	13	Norwich City	41	11	17	13	51	65	10	7	3	27	19	1	10	10	24	46	-14	39
	14	Derby County	40	13	12	15	50	58	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38
	15	Ipswich Town	40	11	13	16	45	53	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	11	14	31	-8	35
	16	Bristol City	41	11	12	18	48	52	9	5	6	36	25	2	7	12	12	27	-4	34
	17	Chelsea	39	10	13	16	43	62	6	10	3	25	19	4	3	13	18	43	-19	33
	18	West Ham United	41	12	8	21	52	67	8	6	6	31	26	4	2	15	21	41	-15	32
	19	Queens Park Rangers	40	9	14	17	46	61	8	7	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	32
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	12	18	44	61	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30
	21	Newcastle United	41	6	10	25	42	75	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	14	16	38	-33	22
	22	Leicester City	41	4	12	25	23	70	3	7	10	13	32	1	5	15	10	38	-47	20

Points per win: 2

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Nottingham Forest	40	25	12	3	67	22	15	6	0	37	8	10	6	3	30	14	45	62
	2	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55
	3	Liverpool	40	23	8	9	61	34	14	3	2	33	11	9	5	7	28	23	27	54
	4	Arsenal	41	21	10	10	60	34	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	8	22	22	26	52
	5	Manchester City	40	20	11	9	74	47	14	4	3	46	21	6	7	6	28	26	27	51
	6	West Bromwich Albion	41	18	13	10	60	51	13	4	3	33	16	5	9	7	27	35	9	49
	7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48
	8	Aston Villa	41	18	10	13	56	39	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	7	23	21	17	46
	9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46
	10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42
	11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41
	12	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40
	13	Derby County	41	13	13	15	51	59	9	7	4	34	24	4	6	11	17	35	-8	39
	14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39
	15	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35
	16	Ipswich Town	41	11	13	17	46	59	10	5	5	31	22	1	8	12	15	37	-13	35
	17	Queens Park Rangers	41	9	15	17	46	61	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	33
	18	Chelsea	40	10	13	17	43	68	6	10	3	25	19	4	3	14	18	49	-25	33
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	10	12	18	46	62	6	8	6	27	26	4	4	12	19	36	-16	32
	20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32
	21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22
	22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of Seasons: 155 | Number of Games: 5523 | Number of Goals: 8097 | Number of Players: 1846