The City Ground

CHELSEA 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 07, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: E Hughes
Attendance:: 29,213
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cologne (European Cup)
League:: Derby County
Chelsea:: Jan 01, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3029 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1442 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3393 (of 5736)
Total:: 4728 (of 7523)
Played:: 45 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (8')
Martin O'Neill (42')
Ian Bowyer (48')

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

Goals
Ray Wilkins (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	20	Bryn Gunn
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	29	David Needham
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (42')
8	F	32	Archie Gemmill off for John O'Hare
9	F	24	Trevor Francis (8')
10	M	27	Ian Bowyer (48')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	32	John O'Hare on for Archie Gemmill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Petar Borota
2	D	Michael Nutton
3	D	David Stride
4	D	Graham Wilkins
5	D	Micky Droy
6	M	Ron Harris
7	M	Eamon Bannon
8	M	Ray Wilkins
9	M	Lee Frost
10	F	Trevor Aylott
11	F	Tommy Langley
Subs
12		Gary Stanley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-2	Southampton
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	1-1	Aston Villa
Derby County	0-1	Bristol City
Leeds United	1-1	Ipswich Town
Liverpool	3-0	Arsenal
Manchester City	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City	2-2	Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Middlesbrough
West Bromwich Albion	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	Liverpool	30	21	6	3	63	11	14	2	0	40	4	7	4	3	23	7	52	48	WDDDWW	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	29	19	6	4	61	27	10	3	2	33	12	9	3	2	28	15	34	44	LWWWWW	Safe
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

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	31	22	6	3	66	11	15	2	0	43	4	7	4	3	23	7	55	50	DDDWWW	Safe	3-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	30	20	6	4	62	27	11	3	2	34	12	9	3	2	28	15	35	46	WWWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	31	15	14	2	48	20	9	7	0	29	8	6	7	2	19	12	28	44	WWWDWW	Safe	3-1
1	4	Everton	35	15	14	6	46	33	10	6	1	27	12	5	8	5	19	21	13	44	DDDDLL	Safe	0-1
1	5	Leeds United	33	14	12	7	58	42	7	4	4	29	16	7	8	3	29	26	16	40	WDWLDD	Safe	1-1
1	6	Arsenal	34	15	10	9	51	36	9	7	2	30	15	6	3	7	21	21	15	40	WLDLDL	Safe	0-3
	7	Coventry City	36	11	14	11	44	58	8	7	3	31	27	3	7	8	13	31	-14	36	DWLDDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Manchester United	31	13	9	9	51	52	7	4	4	23	20	6	5	5	28	32	-1	35	WWLWDD		2-2
2	9	Bristol City	36	13	9	14	41	44	9	5	4	30	18	4	4	10	11	26	-3	35	LDLWWW		1-0
1	10	Ipswich Town	34	13	8	13	43	41	8	4	6	27	19	5	4	7	16	22	2	34	DWLWDD		1-1
1	11	Norwich City	35	7	20	8	48	50	7	9	2	27	15	0	11	6	21	35	-2	34	LDWLDD		2-2
1	12	Aston Villa	31	10	13	8	39	33	5	7	3	22	17	5	6	5	17	16	6	33	LWLDLD		1-1
1	13	Tottenham Hotspur	34	11	11	12	37	51	6	5	6	15	22	5	6	6	22	29	-14	33	DWDLLL		1-2
1	14	Middlesbrough	34	12	8	14	49	45	8	4	5	29	19	4	4	9	20	26	4	32	WDWDWW		2-1
1	15	Southampton	32	10	12	10	38	38	8	6	2	28	14	2	6	8	10	24	0	32	WWLDDD		2-2
	16	Manchester City	33	9	12	12	46	45	5	4	6	23	23	4	8	6	23	22	1	30	WDDLLW		3-1
	17	Bolton Wanderers	33	11	8	14	46	57	10	3	3	32	18	1	5	11	14	39	-11	30	LWWDWW		2-1
	18	Derby County	35	9	9	17	37	57	7	5	6	22	20	2	4	11	15	37	-20	27	WDLDDL		0-1
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	5	18	33	58	7	3	6	19	24	3	2	12	14	34	-25	25	DLWDWL		1-3
	20	Queens Park Rangers	35	5	11	19	34	57	3	8	6	18	25	2	3	13	16	32	-23	21	WLLDLL		1-2
	21	Birmingham City	34	5	7	22	31	52	5	6	6	22	21	0	1	16	9	31	-21	17	DLWLDD		2-2
	22	Chelsea	34	4	8	22	33	74	2	4	11	17	35	2	4	11	16	39	-41	16	LLLLDL		1-3