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)

Attendance:: 21,330
Position Before:: 6
Position After:: 6
Referee:
Season:: 1978-79

NEXT GAMES:
Testimonial:: Exeter City
League:: Bristol City
League Tier 1:: Bristol City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3018 (of 4795)
League Tier 1: 1433 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3378 (of 5487)
Total:: 4700 (of 7227)

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

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:
Garry Birtles
Garry Birtles
John Robertson

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Feb 03, 1979)

Home	F	A	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

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	West Bromwich Albion	22	14	6	2	47	20	6	3	1	23	8	8	3	1	24	12	27	34
	2	Everton	23	12	10	1	33	17	8	4	0	18	6	4	6	1	15	11	16	34
	3	Liverpool	21	15	3	3	47	9	9	1	0	26	2	6	2	3	21	7	38	33
	4	Arsenal	23	12	7	4	41	21	8	4	1	26	12	4	3	3	15	9	20	31
	5	Leeds United	25	10	9	6	47	32	6	2	4	25	13	4	7	2	22	19	15	29
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	11	2	22	14	4	6	0	11	6	4	5	2	11	8	8	27
	7	Bristol City	25	9	8	8	30	26	6	4	3	21	13	3	4	5	9	13	4	26
	8	Coventry City	22	9	7	6	29	35	7	4	0	22	12	2	3	6	7	23	-6	25
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	9	7	26	38	5	3	4	12	17	3	6	3	14	21	-12	25
	10	Aston Villa	22	7	10	5	27	20	2	6	2	12	12	5	4	3	15	8	7	24
	11	Manchester United	22	9	6	7	32	39	5	3	3	16	16	4	3	4	16	23	-7	24
	12	Ipswich Town	23	9	3	11	32	31	6	1	6	21	16	3	2	5	11	15	1	21
	13	Norwich City	21	4	12	5	32	32	4	6	2	19	13	0	6	3	13	19	0	20
	14	Southampton	22	6	8	8	25	30	5	5	1	18	10	1	3	7	7	20	-5	20
	15	Manchester City	23	5	9	9	30	30	3	3	5	16	16	2	6	4	14	14	0	19
	16	Derby County	22	7	5	10	26	40	6	3	2	18	14	1	2	8	8	26	-14	19
	17	Middlesbrough	22	6	5	11	31	32	4	3	3	17	10	2	2	8	14	22	-1	17
	18	Bolton Wanderers	22	6	5	11	29	41	5	3	3	19	13	1	2	8	10	28	-12	17
	19	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	9	10	20	32	3	6	4	12	17	1	3	6	8	15	-12	17
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	2	15	20	43	5	2	5	13	18	1	0	10	7	25	-23	14
	21	Chelsea	23	3	6	14	25	50	1	2	7	10	22	2	4	7	15	28	-25	12
	22	Birmingham City	22	2	4	16	20	39	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	11	6	23	-19	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	22	16	3	3	49	10	10	1	0	28	3	6	2	3	21	7	39	35
	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	14	6	3	48	22	6	3	1	23	8	8	3	2	25	14	26	34
	3	Everton	24	12	10	2	33	18	8	4	0	18	6	4	6	2	15	12	15	34
	4	Arsenal	24	13	7	4	43	21	8	4	1	26	12	5	3	3	17	9	22	33
	5	Leeds United	26	11	9	6	48	32	7	2	4	26	13	4	7	2	22	19	16	31
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	9	11	2	25	15	4	6	0	11	6	5	5	2	14	9	10	29
	7	Bristol City	26	10	8	8	33	27	7	4	3	24	14	3	4	5	9	13	6	28
	8	Coventry City	23	9	7	7	29	36	7	4	0	22	12	2	3	7	7	24	-7	25
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	9	8	26	41	5	3	5	12	20	3	6	3	14	21	-15	25
	10	Aston Villa	22	7	10	5	27	20	2	6	2	12	12	5	4	3	15	8	7	24
	11	Manchester United	23	9	6	8	32	41	5	3	4	16	18	4	3	4	16	23	-9	24
	12	Manchester City	24	6	9	9	33	30	3	3	5	16	16	3	6	4	17	14	3	21
	13	Norwich City	22	4	13	5	32	32	4	7	2	19	13	0	6	3	13	19	0	21
	14	Ipswich Town	24	9	3	12	33	34	6	1	6	21	16	3	2	6	12	18	-1	21
	15	Derby County	23	8	5	10	28	41	6	3	2	18	14	2	2	8	10	27	-13	21
	16	Southampton	23	6	8	9	26	32	5	5	2	19	12	1	3	7	7	20	-6	20
	17	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	6	11	29	41	5	3	3	19	13	1	3	8	10	28	-12	18
	18	Middlesbrough	23	6	5	12	32	35	4	3	4	18	13	2	2	8	14	22	-3	17
	19	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	9	10	20	32	3	6	4	12	17	1	3	6	8	15	-12	17
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	2	15	21	43	6	2	5	14	18	1	0	10	7	25	-22	16
	21	Chelsea	24	4	6	14	27	51	2	2	7	12	23	2	4	7	15	28	-24	14
	22	Birmingham City	23	2	4	17	21	41	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	12	7	25	-20	8

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5487 | Number of goals: 8037 | Number of players: 1834