The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 0 CHELSEA - Wed Mar 28, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 28, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 6-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 29 March 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: C Newsome
Attendance:: 24,514
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Apr 07, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3026 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1439 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3390 (of 5736)
Total:: 4725 (of 7523)
Played:: 45 years, 7 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (44')
Tony Woodcock (46')
Garry Birtles (54')
Tony Woodcock (62')
Martin O'Neill (64')
Martin O'Neill (70')

CHELSEA
Manager: Danny Blanchflower
Prior form: LDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goals

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	29	David Needham
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (44') (64') (70')
8	F	24	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (54')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (46') (62')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	25	Kenny Burns

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Petar Borota
2	D	Michael Nutton
3	D	John Sitton
4	D	David Stride
5	D	Graham Wilkins (46')
6	M	Ron Harris
7	M	Eamon Bannon
8	M	Ian Britton
9	M	Ray Wilkins
10	F	Trevor Aylott
11	F	Tommy Langley
Subs
12		Gary Stanley (46')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Mar 28, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	6-0	Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Southampton

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	Liverpool	30	21	6	3	63	11	14	2	0	40	4	7	4	3	23	7	52	48	WDDDWW	Safe
	2	Everton	32	15	13	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	8	3	18	17	16	43	LWWDDD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	18	6	4	57	27	9	3	2	29	12	9	3	2	28	15	30	42	LLWWWW	Safe
	4	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	50	32	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	6	21	18	18	39	LLWLDL
	5	Leeds United	31	14	10	7	55	39	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	3	27	24	16	38	WWWDWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	27	12	13	2	34	18	7	6	0	18	7	5	7	2	16	11	16	37	WWDDWW
	7	Manchester United	30	13	8	9	49	50	7	4	4	23	20	6	4	5	26	30	-1	34	DWWLWD
	8	Coventry City	33	11	11	11	41	55	8	6	3	30	26	3	5	8	11	29	-14	33	DDDDWL
	9	Norwich City	33	7	18	8	44	46	7	8	2	25	13	0	10	6	19	33	-2	32	DWLDWL
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	10	9	34	45	6	4	5	14	20	5	6	4	20	25	-11	32	LWLWDW
	11	Aston Villa	28	10	11	7	37	27	5	6	3	21	16	5	5	4	16	11	10	31	DWWLWL
	12	Ipswich Town	31	12	6	13	39	38	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	7	14	20	1	30	WWDDWL
	13	Southampton	29	10	9	10	34	34	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	8	8	22	0	29	DWWWWL
	14	Bristol City	33	10	9	14	36	43	7	5	4	26	17	3	4	10	10	26	-7	29	LLLLDL
	15	Manchester City	30	8	12	10	42	38	4	4	6	20	22	4	8	4	22	16	4	28	LWDWDD
	16	Middlesbrough	32	10	8	14	46	44	7	4	5	28	19	3	4	9	18	25	2	28	LWWDWD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	40	54	8	3	3	27	16	1	4	11	13	38	-14	25	LLDLWW
	18	Derby County	32	9	7	16	34	53	7	5	5	22	19	2	2	11	12	34	-19	25	LLLWDL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	5	17	29	53	6	3	6	16	22	3	2	11	13	31	-24	23	WLDLWD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	32	5	10	17	31	51	3	7	6	16	23	2	3	11	15	28	-20	20	LLLWLL
	21	Birmingham City	31	5	5	21	27	47	5	4	6	19	18	0	1	15	8	29	-20	15	WLWDLW
	22	Chelsea	31	4	7	20	31	64	2	3	10	15	31	2	4	10	16	33	-33	15	LDLLLL

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)
	1	Liverpool	30	21	6	3	63	11	14	2	0	40	4	7	4	3	23	7	52	48	WDDDWW	Safe
	2	Everton	32	15	13	4	43	27	10	5	1	25	10	5	8	3	18	17	16	43	LWWDDD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	18	6	4	57	27	9	3	2	29	12	9	3	2	28	15	30	42	LLWWWW	Safe
2	4	Nottingham Forest	28	13	13	2	40	18	8	6	0	24	7	5	7	2	16	11	22	39	WDDWWW		6-0
1	5	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	50	32	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	6	21	18	18	39	LLWLDL
1	6	Leeds United	31	14	10	7	55	39	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	3	27	24	16	38	WWWDWL
	7	Manchester United	30	13	8	9	49	50	7	4	4	23	20	6	4	5	26	30	-1	34	DWWLWD
	8	Coventry City	34	11	12	11	42	56	8	6	3	30	26	3	6	8	12	30	-14	34	DDDWLD		1-1
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	11	11	9	34	45	6	5	5	14	20	5	6	4	20	25	-11	33	WLWDWD		0-0
1	10	Aston Villa	29	10	12	7	38	28	5	7	3	22	17	5	5	4	16	11	10	32	WWLWLD		1-1
2	11	Norwich City	33	7	18	8	44	46	7	8	2	25	13	0	10	6	19	33	-2	32	DWLDWL
	12	Ipswich Town	31	12	6	13	39	38	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	7	14	20	1	30	WWDDWL
	13	Southampton	30	10	10	10	34	34	8	5	2	26	12	2	5	8	8	22	0	30	WWWWLD		0-0
	14	Bristol City	33	10	9	14	36	43	7	5	4	26	17	3	4	10	10	26	-7	29	LLLLDL
	15	Manchester City	30	8	12	10	42	38	4	4	6	20	22	4	8	4	22	16	4	28	LWDWDD
	16	Middlesbrough	32	10	8	14	46	44	7	4	5	28	19	3	4	9	18	25	2	28	LWWDWD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	40	54	8	3	3	27	16	1	4	11	13	38	-14	25	LLDLWW
	18	Derby County	32	9	7	16	34	53	7	5	5	22	19	2	2	11	12	34	-19	25	LLLWDL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	5	17	29	53	6	3	6	16	22	3	2	11	13	31	-24	23	WLDLWD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	32	5	10	17	31	51	3	7	6	16	23	2	3	11	15	28	-20	20	LLLWLL
	21	Birmingham City	31	5	5	21	27	47	5	4	6	19	18	0	1	15	8	29	-20	15	WLWDLW
	22	Chelsea	32	4	7	21	31	70	2	3	10	15	31	2	4	11	16	39	-39	15	DLLLLL		0-6

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