The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Mar 31, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: P Richardson
Attendance:: 29,015
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Oct 20, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3027 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1440 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3391 (of 5724)
Total:: 4726 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (89') - Trevor Francis first goal

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Ian Greaves
Prior form: LLDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alan Gowling (35')

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
8	F	24	Trevor Francis (89')
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	32	Archie Gemmill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Seamus McDonagh
2	D	Paul Jones
3	D	Peter Nicholson
4	D	Mike Walsh
5	D	Tony Dunne
6	M	Brian Smith
7	M	Willie Morgan
8	M	Roy Greaves
9	M	Neil Whatmore
10	F	Alan Gowling
11	F	Frank Worthington
Subs
12		Sam Allardyce

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 31, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	2-1	Birmingham City
Ipswich Town	2-1	Manchester City
Middlesbrough	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Bolton Wanderers
Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Derby County
Southampton	2-2	Leeds United

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	33	15	14	4	45	29	10	6	1	27	12	5	8	3	18	17	16	44	WWDDDD	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	Nottingham Forest	28	13	13	2	40	18	8	6	0	24	7	5	7	2	16	11	22	39	WDDWWW
	5	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	50	32	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	6	21	18	18	39	LLWLDL
	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
	9	Norwich City	34	7	19	8	46	48	7	8	2	25	13	0	11	6	21	35	-2	33	WLDWLD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	31	11	11	9	34	45	6	5	5	14	20	5	6	4	20	25	-11	33	WLWDWD
	11	Aston Villa	29	10	12	7	38	28	5	7	3	22	17	5	5	4	16	11	10	32	WWLWLD
	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
	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

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	33	15	14	4	45	29	10	6	1	27	12	5	8	3	18	17	16	44	WWDDDD	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	Nottingham Forest	29	13	14	2	41	19	8	7	0	25	8	5	7	2	16	11	22	40	DDWWWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	50	32	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	6	21	18	18	39	LLWLDL
	6	Leeds United	32	14	11	7	57	41	7	3	4	28	15	7	8	3	29	26	16	39	WWDWLD		2-2
	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
	9	Norwich City	34	7	19	8	46	48	7	8	2	25	13	0	11	6	21	35	-2	33	WLDWLD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	32	11	11	10	34	46	6	5	5	14	20	5	6	5	20	26	-12	33	LWDWDL		0-1
	11	Aston Villa	29	10	12	7	38	28	5	7	3	22	17	5	5	4	16	11	10	32	WWLWLD
	12	Ipswich Town	32	13	6	13	41	39	8	4	6	27	19	5	2	7	14	20	2	32	WDDWLW		2-1
	13	Southampton	31	10	11	10	36	36	8	6	2	28	14	2	5	8	8	22	0	31	WWWLDD		2-2
	14	Bristol City	34	11	9	14	38	44	8	5	4	28	18	3	4	10	10	26	-6	31	LLLDLW		2-1
1	15	Middlesbrough	33	11	8	14	47	44	8	4	5	29	19	3	4	9	18	25	3	30	WWDWDW		1-0
1	16	Manchester City	31	8	12	11	43	40	4	4	6	20	22	4	8	5	23	18	3	28	WDWDDL		1-2
	17	Bolton Wanderers	31	9	8	14	41	55	8	3	3	27	16	1	5	11	14	39	-14	26	LDLWWD		1-1
	18	Derby County	33	9	8	16	36	55	7	5	5	22	19	2	3	11	14	36	-19	26	LLWDLD		2-2
	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	33	5	11	17	33	53	3	8	6	18	25	2	3	11	15	28	-20	21	LLWLLD		2-2
	21	Birmingham City	32	5	5	22	28	49	5	4	6	19	18	0	1	16	9	31	-21	15	LWDLWL		1-2
	22	Chelsea	32	4	7	21	31	70	2	3	10	15	31	2	4	11	16	39	-39	15	DLLLLL