The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Feb 03, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 03, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: R Chadwick
Attendance:: 21,330
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Exeter City (Testimonial)
League:: Bristol City
Middlesbrough:: Sep 25, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3020 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1433 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3380 (of 5724)
Total:: 4713 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 2 months, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (17')
John Robertson (48')
Garry Birtles (62')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: John Neal
Prior form: LLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Marc Proctor (24')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	M	27	Ian Bowyer
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	M	26	Martin O'Neill
8	F	31	Archie Gemmill
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (17') (62')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson (48')
Subs
12	D	35	Frank Clark

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Stewart
2	D	Stuart Boam
3	D	Peter Johnson
4	D	Billy Ashcroft
5	D	Tony McAndrew
6	M	John Mahoney
7	M	David Armstrong
8	M	Marc Proctor
9	M	Stan Cummins
10	F	Micky Burns
11	F	Terry Cochrane
Subs
12		David Hodgson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 03, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	3-1	Ipswich Town
Chelsea	2-1	Birmingham City
Leeds United	1-0	Coventry City
Liverpool	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	0-2	Arsenal
Middlesbrough	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Norwich City	0-0	Bolton Wanderers
Southampton	1-2	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	0-3	Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Everton

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	West Bromwich Albion	22	14	6	2	47	20	6	3	1	23	8	8	3	1	24	12	27	34	WWWWWD
	2	Everton	23	12	10	1	33	17	8	4	0	18	6	4	6	1	15	11	16	34	WDLWDD
	3	Liverpool	21	15	3	3	47	9	9	1	0	26	2	6	2	3	21	7	38	33	DWLWLW
	4	Arsenal	23	12	7	4	41	21	8	4	1	26	12	4	3	3	15	9	20	31	DWWLWW
	5	Leeds United	25	10	9	6	47	32	6	2	4	25	13	4	7	2	22	19	15	29	DWDWDW
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	11	2	22	14	4	6	0	11	6	4	5	2	11	8	8	27	WLWDDL
	7	Bristol City	25	9	8	8	30	26	6	4	3	21	13	3	4	5	9	13	4	26	WDWDLD
	8	Coventry City	22	9	7	6	29	35	7	4	0	22	12	2	3	6	7	23	-6	25	DWLWLD
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	9	7	26	38	5	3	4	12	17	3	6	3	14	21	-12	25	LLDDDL
	10	Aston Villa	22	7	10	5	27	20	2	6	2	12	12	5	4	3	15	8	7	24	DWDDDD
	11	Manchester United	22	9	6	7	32	39	5	3	3	16	16	4	3	4	16	23	-7	24	WWWLLL
	12	Ipswich Town	23	9	3	11	32	31	6	1	6	21	16	3	2	5	11	15	1	21	LLWDWW
	13	Norwich City	21	4	12	5	32	32	4	6	2	19	13	0	6	3	13	19	0	20	LDDDDD
	14	Southampton	22	6	8	8	25	30	5	5	1	18	10	1	3	7	7	20	-5	20	LWWWDL
	15	Manchester City	23	5	9	9	30	30	3	3	5	16	16	2	6	4	14	14	0	19	LDLDDL
	16	Derby County	22	7	5	10	26	40	6	3	2	18	14	1	2	8	8	26	-14	19	WLLLDD
	17	Middlesbrough	22	6	5	11	31	32	4	3	3	17	10	2	2	8	14	22	-1	17	LLWLDD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	22	6	5	11	29	41	5	3	3	19	13	1	2	8	10	28	-12	17	LWWLWD
	19	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	9	10	20	32	3	6	4	12	17	1	3	6	8	15	-12	17	LWDLDD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	2	15	20	43	5	2	5	13	18	1	0	10	7	25	-23	14	LLWDWL
	21	Chelsea	23	3	6	14	25	50	1	2	7	10	22	2	4	7	15	28	-25	12	LLDDLW
	22	Birmingham City	22	2	4	16	20	39	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	11	6	23	-19	8	DLLLLL

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)
2	1	Liverpool	22	16	3	3	49	10	10	1	0	28	3	6	2	3	21	7	39	35	WLWLWW		2-1
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	14	6	3	48	22	6	3	1	23	8	8	3	2	25	14	26	34	WWWWDL		1-2
1	3	Everton	24	12	10	2	33	18	8	4	0	18	6	4	6	2	15	12	15	34	DLWDDL		0-1
	4	Arsenal	24	13	7	4	43	21	8	4	1	26	12	5	3	3	17	9	22	33	WWLWWW		2-0
	5	Leeds United	26	11	9	6	48	32	7	2	4	26	13	4	7	2	22	19	16	31	WDWDWW		1-0
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	9	11	2	25	15	4	6	0	11	6	5	5	2	14	9	10	29	LWDDLW		3-1
	7	Bristol City	26	10	8	8	33	27	7	4	3	24	14	3	4	5	9	13	6	28	DWDLDW		3-1
	8	Coventry City	23	9	7	7	29	36	7	4	0	22	12	2	3	7	7	24	-7	25	WLWLDL		0-1
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	9	8	26	41	5	3	5	12	20	3	6	3	14	21	-15	25	LDDDLL		0-3
	10	Aston Villa	22	7	10	5	27	20	2	6	2	12	12	5	4	3	15	8	7	24	DWDDDD
	11	Manchester United	23	9	6	8	32	41	5	3	4	16	18	4	3	4	16	23	-9	24	WWLLLL		0-2
3	12	Manchester City	24	6	9	9	33	30	3	3	5	16	16	3	6	4	17	14	3	21	DLDDLW		3-0
	13	Norwich City	22	4	13	5	32	32	4	7	2	19	13	0	6	3	13	19	0	21	DDDDDD		0-0
2	14	Ipswich Town	24	9	3	12	33	34	6	1	6	21	16	3	2	6	12	18	-1	21	LWDWWL		1-3
1	15	Derby County	23	8	5	10	28	41	6	3	2	18	14	2	2	8	10	27	-13	21	LLLDDW		2-1
2	16	Southampton	23	6	8	9	26	32	5	5	2	19	12	1	3	7	7	20	-6	20	WWWDLL		1-2
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	6	11	29	41	5	3	3	19	13	1	3	8	10	28	-12	18	WWLWDD		0-0
1	18	Middlesbrough	23	6	5	12	32	35	4	3	4	18	13	2	2	8	14	22	-3	17	LWLDDL		1-3
	19	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	9	10	20	32	3	6	4	12	17	1	3	6	8	15	-12	17	LWDLDD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	2	15	21	43	6	2	5	14	18	1	0	10	7	25	-22	16	LWDWLW		1-0
	21	Chelsea	24	4	6	14	27	51	2	2	7	12	23	2	4	7	15	28	-24	14	LDDLWW		2-1
	22	Birmingham City	23	2	4	17	21	41	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	12	7	25	-20	8	LLLLLL		1-2