The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 14, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 14, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: Roger Kirkpatrick
Attendance:: 30,156
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Nov 24, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3030 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1443 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3395 (of 5768)
Total:: 4731 (of 7556)
Played:: 46 years, 2 months, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (27')
Martin O'Neill (34')

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: DLDDLD (Old to recent)

Goals
David Webb (42')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	35	Frank Clark
4	M	27	Ian Bowyer
5	D	29	David Needham 73
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill (34')
8	F	24	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (27')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	32	John O'Hare

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David McKellar
2	D	Steven Buckley
3	D	Stephen Wicks
4	D	David Webb
5	D	David Langan
6	M	Vic Moreland
7	M	Paul Emson
8	M	Steve Powell
9	M	Andrew Crawford
10	F	Roy Greenwood
11	F	Steve Carter
Subs
12		J Clark

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 14, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Middlesbrough
Chelsea	1-2	Southampton
Coventry City	3-2	Bristol City
Derby County	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	1-0	Aston Villa
Liverpool	2-0	Manchester United
Manchester City	0-0	Everton
Norwich City	0-1	Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Arsenal

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	32	23	6	3	67	11	15	2	0	43	4	8	4	3	24	7	56	52	DDWWWW	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	31	20	7	4	63	28	11	3	2	34	12	9	4	2	29	16	35	47	WWWWWD	Safe
	3	Everton	36	15	15	6	49	36	10	7	1	30	15	5	8	5	19	21	13	45	DDDLLD	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	31	15	14	2	48	20	9	7	0	29	8	6	7	2	19	12	28	44	WWWDWW	Safe
	5	Arsenal	35	16	10	9	52	36	10	7	2	31	15	6	3	7	21	21	16	42	LDLDLW	Safe
	6	Leeds United	34	14	12	8	58	43	7	4	4	29	16	7	8	4	29	27	15	40	DWLDDL	Safe
	7	Bristol City	37	14	9	14	44	45	10	5	4	33	19	4	4	10	11	26	-1	37	DLWWWW	Safe
	8	Coventry City	37	11	15	11	47	61	8	7	3	31	27	3	8	8	16	34	-14	37	WLDDDD	Safe
	9	Manchester United	32	13	9	10	52	54	7	4	5	24	22	6	5	5	28	32	-2	35	WLWDDL	Safe
	10	Norwich City	36	7	21	8	48	50	7	9	2	27	15	0	12	6	21	35	-2	35	DWLDDD	Safe
	11	Aston Villa	32	10	14	8	42	36	5	8	3	25	20	5	6	5	17	16	6	34	WLDLDD
	12	Middlesbrough	35	13	8	14	50	45	9	4	5	30	19	4	4	9	20	26	5	34	DWDWWW
	13	Ipswich Town	34	13	8	13	43	41	8	4	6	27	19	5	4	7	16	22	2	34	DWLWDD
	14	Southampton	33	10	13	10	39	39	8	7	2	29	15	2	6	8	10	24	0	33	WLDDDD
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	35	11	11	13	37	52	6	5	6	15	22	5	6	7	22	30	-15	33	WDLLLL
	16	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	8	14	48	58	10	3	3	32	18	2	5	11	16	40	-10	32	WWDWWW
	17	Manchester City	33	9	12	12	46	45	5	4	6	23	23	4	8	6	23	22	1	30	WDDLLW
	18	Derby County	36	9	10	17	40	60	7	5	6	22	20	2	5	11	18	40	-20	28	DLDDLD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	5	19	33	59	7	3	7	19	25	3	2	12	14	34	-26	25	LWDWLL
	20	Queens Park Rangers	36	5	12	19	34	57	3	9	6	18	25	2	3	13	16	32	-23	22	LLDLLD
	21	Birmingham City	34	5	7	22	31	52	5	6	6	22	21	0	1	16	9	31	-21	17	DLWLDD
	22	Chelsea	35	4	8	23	34	77	2	4	11	17	35	2	4	12	17	42	-43	16	LLLDLL

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	33	24	6	3	69	11	16	2	0	45	4	8	4	3	24	7	58	54	DWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	32	20	8	4	64	29	11	4	2	35	13	9	4	2	29	16	35	48	WWWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	3	Nottingham Forest	32	16	14	2	50	21	9	7	0	29	8	7	7	2	21	13	29	46	WWDWWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Everton	37	15	16	6	49	36	10	7	1	30	15	5	9	5	19	21	13	46	DDLLDD	Safe	0-0
	5	Arsenal	36	16	11	9	53	37	10	7	2	31	15	6	4	7	22	22	16	43	DLDLWD	Safe	1-1
	6	Leeds United	35	15	12	8	59	43	8	4	4	30	16	7	8	4	29	27	16	42	WLDDLW	Safe	1-0
1	7	Coventry City	38	12	15	11	50	63	9	7	3	34	29	3	8	8	16	34	-13	39	LDDDDW	Safe	3-2
1	8	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	46	48	10	5	4	33	19	4	4	11	13	29	-2	37	LWWWWL	Safe	2-3
4	9	Ipswich Town	35	14	8	13	44	41	8	4	6	27	19	6	4	7	17	22	3	36	WLWDDW	Safe	1-0
2	10	Middlesbrough	36	13	9	14	50	45	9	4	5	30	19	4	5	9	20	26	5	35	WDWWWD	Safe	0-0
3	11	Southampton	34	11	13	10	41	40	8	7	2	29	15	3	6	8	12	25	1	35	LDDDDW	Safe	2-1
2	12	Norwich City	37	7	21	9	48	51	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	6	21	35	-3	35	WLDDDL	Safe	0-1
4	13	Manchester United	33	13	9	11	52	56	7	4	5	24	22	6	5	6	28	34	-4	35	LWDDLL	Safe	0-2
3	14	Aston Villa	33	10	14	9	42	37	5	8	3	25	20	5	6	6	17	17	5	34	LDLDDL	Safe	0-1
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	12	13	38	53	6	6	6	16	23	5	6	7	22	30	-15	34	DLLLLD	Safe	1-1
	16	Bolton Wanderers	35	12	9	14	48	58	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	11	16	40	-10	33	WDWWWD		0-0
	17	Manchester City	34	9	13	12	46	45	5	5	6	23	23	4	8	6	23	22	1	31	DDLLWD		0-0
	18	Derby County	37	9	10	18	41	62	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	11	18	40	-21	28	LDDLDL		1-2
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	10	6	19	34	60	7	3	7	19	25	3	3	12	15	35	-26	26	WDWLLD		1-1
	20	Queens Park Rangers	37	5	13	19	35	58	3	9	6	18	25	2	4	13	17	33	-23	23	LDLLDD		1-1
	21	Birmingham City	35	5	8	22	32	53	5	7	6	23	22	0	1	16	9	31	-21	18	LWLDDD		1-1
	22	Chelsea	36	4	8	24	35	79	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	12	17	42	-44	16	LLDLLL		1-2