The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 ASTON VILLA - Wed Apr 04, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 04, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 05 April 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: Pat Partridge
Attendance:: 27,056
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Dec 26, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3028 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1441 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3392 (of 5736)
Total:: 4727 (of 7523)
Played:: 45 years, 7 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals
Allan Evans (13') (OG)
Trevor Francis (55')
Tony Woodcock (49')
Martin O'Neill (71')

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: WWLWLD (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 (71')
8	F	32	Archie Gemmill
9	F	24	Trevor Francis (55')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (49')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	32	John O'Hare

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Rimmer
2	D	John Gidman
3	D	Ken McNaught
4	D	Allan Evans
5	D	Kenny Swain
6	M	Dennis Mortimer
7	M	Alex Cropley
8	M	John Gregory
9	M	Tommy Craig
10	F	Andy Gray
11	F	Brian Little
Subs
12		Gordon Cowans

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Apr 04, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	1-1	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Manchester City

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	34	15	14	5	46	32	10	6	1	27	12	5	8	4	19	20	14	44	WDDDDL	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
	5	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	51	33	9	7	2	30	15	6	3	6	21	18	18	40	LWLDLD	Safe
	6	Leeds United	32	14	11	7	57	41	7	3	4	28	15	7	8	3	29	26	16	39	WWDWLD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	35	11	13	11	43	57	8	6	3	30	26	3	7	8	13	31	-14	35	DDWLDD
	8	Manchester United	30	13	8	9	49	50	7	4	4	23	20	6	4	5	26	30	-1	34	DWWLWD
	9	Ipswich Town	33	13	7	13	42	40	8	4	6	27	19	5	3	7	15	21	2	33	DDWLWD
	10	Norwich City	34	7	19	8	46	48	7	8	2	25	13	0	11	6	21	35	-2	33	WLDWLD
	11	Bristol City	35	12	9	14	40	44	9	5	4	30	18	3	4	10	10	26	-4	33	LLDLWW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	33	11	11	11	36	49	6	5	5	14	20	5	6	6	22	29	-13	33	WDWDLL
	13	Aston Villa	29	10	12	7	38	28	5	7	3	22	17	5	5	4	16	11	10	32	WWLWLD
	14	Southampton	31	10	11	10	36	36	8	6	2	28	14	2	5	8	8	22	0	31	WWWLDD
	15	Middlesbrough	33	11	8	14	47	44	8	4	5	29	19	3	4	9	18	25	3	30	WWDWDW
	16	Manchester City	31	8	12	11	43	40	4	4	6	20	22	4	8	5	23	18	3	28	WDWDDL
	17	Bolton Wanderers	32	10	8	14	44	56	9	3	3	30	17	1	5	11	14	39	-12	28	DLWWDW
	18	Derby County	33	9	8	16	36	55	7	5	5	22	19	2	3	11	14	36	-19	26	LLWDLD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	5	17	32	55	7	3	6	19	24	3	2	11	13	31	-23	25	LDLWDW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	34	5	11	18	33	55	3	8	6	18	25	2	3	12	15	30	-22	21	LWLLDL
	21	Birmingham City	33	5	6	22	29	50	5	5	6	20	19	0	1	16	9	31	-21	16	WDLWLD
	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
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	29	19	6	4	61	27	10	3	2	33	12	9	3	2	28	15	34	44	LWWWWW	Safe	4-0
1	3	Everton	34	15	14	5	46	32	10	6	1	27	12	5	8	4	19	20	14	44	WDDDDL	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	30	14	14	2	45	19	9	7	0	29	8	5	7	2	16	11	26	42	DWWWDW	Safe	4-0
	5	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	51	33	9	7	2	30	15	6	3	6	21	18	18	40	LWLDLD	Safe
	6	Leeds United	32	14	11	7	57	41	7	3	4	28	15	7	8	3	29	26	16	39	WWDWLD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	35	11	13	11	43	57	8	6	3	30	26	3	7	8	13	31	-14	35	DDWLDD
	8	Manchester United	30	13	8	9	49	50	7	4	4	23	20	6	4	5	26	30	-1	34	DWWLWD
	9	Ipswich Town	33	13	7	13	42	40	8	4	6	27	19	5	3	7	15	21	2	33	DDWLWD
	10	Norwich City	34	7	19	8	46	48	7	8	2	25	13	0	11	6	21	35	-2	33	WLDWLD
	11	Bristol City	35	12	9	14	40	44	9	5	4	30	18	3	4	10	10	26	-4	33	LLDLWW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	33	11	11	11	36	49	6	5	5	14	20	5	6	6	22	29	-13	33	WDWDLL
	13	Aston Villa	30	10	12	8	38	32	5	7	3	22	17	5	5	5	16	15	6	32	WLWLDL		0-4
	14	Southampton	31	10	11	10	36	36	8	6	2	28	14	2	5	8	8	22	0	31	WWWLDD
	15	Middlesbrough	33	11	8	14	47	44	8	4	5	29	19	3	4	9	18	25	3	30	WWDWDW
	16	Manchester City	32	8	12	12	43	44	4	4	6	20	22	4	8	6	23	22	-1	28	DWDDLL		0-4
	17	Bolton Wanderers	32	10	8	14	44	56	9	3	3	30	17	1	5	11	14	39	-12	28	DLWWDW
	18	Derby County	34	9	9	16	37	56	7	5	5	22	19	2	4	11	15	37	-19	27	LWDLDD		1-1
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	5	17	32	55	7	3	6	19	24	3	2	11	13	31	-23	25	LDLWDW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	34	5	11	18	33	55	3	8	6	18	25	2	3	12	15	30	-22	21	LWLLDL
	21	Birmingham City	33	5	6	22	29	50	5	5	6	20	19	0	1	16	9	31	-21	16	WDLWLD
	22	Chelsea	33	4	8	21	32	71	2	4	10	16	32	2	4	11	16	39	-39	16	LLLLLD		1-1