The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Dec 16, 1978 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 16, 1978 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Attendance:
Position Before:: 5
Position After:: 5
Referee:
Season:: 1978-79

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Manchester City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3014 (of 4769)
League Tier 1: 1429 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3370 (of 5459)
Total:: 4692 (of 7192)

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

Forest Goals:
Archie Gemmill

Birmingham City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Brian Clough

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	M	Viv Anderson
3	M	Frank Clark
4	F	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	F	David Needham
7	F	Ian Bowyer
8	F	Archie Gemmill
9	F	Garry Birtles
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Dec 16, 1978)

Home	F	A	Away
Arsenal	2	0	Derby County
Aston Villa	1	1	Norwich City
Bristol City	1	0	Liverpool
Everton	1	1	Leeds United
Ipswich Town	3	0	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester United	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur
Middlesbrough	7	2	Chelsea
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Manchester City
Southampton	4	0	Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	West Bromwich Albion

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	Liverpool	19	14	3	2	44	8	9	1	0	26	2	5	2	2	18	6	36	31
	2	Everton	18	11	7	0	27	11	7	1	0	14	3	4	6	0	13	8	16	29
	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	10	5	2	33	14	5	3	1	20	7	5	2	1	13	7	19	25
	4	Arsenal	18	8	7	3	28	17	5	4	0	18	8	3	3	3	10	9	11	23
	5	Nottingham Forest	17	7	9	1	19	11	3	5	0	9	5	4	4	1	10	6	8	23
	6	Coventry City	18	8	6	4	25	23	6	4	0	19	10	2	2	4	6	13	2	22
	7	Manchester United	18	8	6	4	27	28	4	3	1	11	8	4	3	3	16	20	-1	22
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	6	4	22	26	5	3	2	11	10	3	3	2	11	16	-4	22
	9	Leeds United	19	7	6	6	34	25	5	1	4	21	11	2	5	2	13	14	9	20
	10	Aston Villa	18	7	6	5	23	16	2	4	2	9	9	5	2	3	14	7	7	20
	11	Bristol City	19	7	5	7	22	22	4	2	3	14	12	3	3	4	8	10	0	19
	12	Southampton	19	5	7	7	21	28	4	4	1	14	10	1	3	6	7	18	-7	17
	13	Derby County	19	7	3	9	25	37	6	2	2	18	14	1	1	7	7	23	-12	17
	14	Manchester City	17	5	6	6	25	22	3	2	4	14	13	2	4	2	11	9	3	16
	15	Norwich City	17	4	8	5	28	28	4	4	2	17	11	0	4	3	11	17	0	16
	16	Ipswich Town	19	6	2	11	20	28	3	0	6	9	13	3	2	5	11	15	-8	14
	17	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	4	10	25	37	4	3	3	16	13	1	1	7	9	24	-12	14
	18	Middlesbrough	18	5	3	10	21	25	3	2	3	9	7	2	1	7	12	18	-4	13
	19	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	6	9	13	23	2	4	3	6	9	1	2	6	7	14	-10	12
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	4	1	13	14	35	3	1	4	8	13	1	0	9	6	22	-21	9
	21	Birmingham City	19	2	4	13	18	33	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	8	4	17	-15	8
	22	Chelsea	18	2	4	12	19	36	1	1	7	10	22	1	3	5	9	14	-17	8

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	Liverpool	20	14	3	3	44	9	2	1	0	26	2	5	2	3	18	7	35	31
	2	Everton	19	11	8	0	28	12	3	2	0	15	4	4	6	0	13	8	16	30
	3	West Bromwich Albion	18	11	5	2	36	14	7	3	1	20	7	6	2	1	16	7	22	27
	4	Arsenal	19	9	7	3	30	17	9	4	0	20	8	3	3	3	10	9	13	25
	5	Nottingham Forest	18	8	9	1	20	11	6	5	0	10	5	4	4	1	10	6	9	25
⇧	6	Manchester United	19	9	6	4	29	28	9	3	1	13	8	4	3	3	16	20	1	24
⇩	7	Coventry City	19	8	6	5	25	27	10	4	0	19	10	2	2	5	6	17	-2	22
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	6	5	22	28	10	3	2	11	10	3	3	3	11	18	-6	22
	9	Leeds United	20	7	7	6	35	26	11	1	4	21	11	2	6	2	14	15	9	21
	10	Aston Villa	19	7	7	5	24	17	9	5	2	10	10	5	2	3	14	7	7	21
	11	Bristol City	20	8	5	7	23	22	13	2	3	15	12	3	3	4	8	10	1	21
	12	Southampton	20	6	7	7	25	28	11	4	1	18	10	1	3	6	7	18	-3	19
⇧	13	Norwich City	18	4	9	5	29	29	11	4	2	17	11	0	5	3	12	18	0	17
⇩	14	Derby County	20	7	3	10	25	39	14	2	2	18	14	1	1	8	7	25	-14	17
⇩	15	Manchester City	18	5	6	7	26	24	13	2	4	14	13	2	4	3	12	11	2	16
	16	Ipswich Town	20	7	2	11	23	28	14	0	6	12	13	3	2	5	11	15	-5	16
⇧	17	Middlesbrough	19	6	3	10	28	27	8	2	3	16	9	2	1	7	12	18	1	15
⇧	18	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	6	9	15	24	10	4	3	8	10	1	2	6	7	14	-9	14
⇩	19	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	4	11	25	40	13	3	3	16	13	1	1	8	9	27	-15	14
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	1	14	14	38	13	1	5	8	16	1	0	9	6	22	-24	9
	21	Birmingham City	20	2	4	14	18	34	16	3	5	14	16	0	1	9	4	18	-16	8
	22	Chelsea	19	2	4	13	21	43	22	1	7	10	22	1	3	6	11	21	-22	8