The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 LEEDS UNITED - Mon Apr 16, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 16, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 17 April 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: B Hill
Attendance:: 37,397
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Leeds United:: May 15, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3031 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1444 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3396 (of 5724)
Total:: 4731 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 11 days ago

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

Goals

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Jimmy Adamson
Prior form: WLDDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	35	Frank Clark
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill
8	M	27	Ian Bowyer
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	F	24	Trevor Francis
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	29	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Harvey
2	D	Trevor Cherry
3	D	Peter Hampton
4	D	Paul Hart
5	D	Paul Madeley
6	M	Frank Gray
7	M	Kevin Hird
8	M	Carl Harris
9	M	Brian Flynn
10	F	John Hawley
11	F	Arthur Graham
Subs
12		Stevenson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 16, 1979)

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

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	34	24	6	4	70	14	16	2	0	45	4	8	4	4	25	10	56	54	WWWWWL	Safe	1-3
	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	3	Everton	38	16	16	6	50	36	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	5	19	21	14	48	DLLDDW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Nottingham Forest	33	16	15	2	50	21	9	8	0	29	8	7	7	2	21	13	29	47	WDWWWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Arsenal	37	17	11	9	58	39	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	7	22	22	19	45	LDLWDW	Safe	5-2
	6	Leeds United	36	15	13	8	59	43	8	4	4	30	16	7	9	4	29	27	16	43	LDDLWD	Safe	0-0
	7	Coventry City	39	12	16	11	50	63	9	7	3	34	29	3	9	8	16	34	-13	40	DDDDWD	Safe	0-0
1	8	Ipswich Town	36	15	8	13	46	42	9	4	6	29	20	6	4	7	17	22	4	38	LWDDWW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	46	48	10	5	4	33	19	4	4	11	13	29	-2	37	LWWWWL	Safe
4	10	Aston Villa	34	11	14	9	45	38	6	8	3	28	21	5	6	6	17	17	7	36	DLDDLW	Safe	3-1
	11	Southampton	35	11	14	10	44	43	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	8	12	25	1	36	DDDDWD	Safe	3-3
1	12	Manchester United	34	13	10	11	52	56	7	5	5	24	22	6	5	6	28	34	-4	36	WDDLLD	Safe	0-0
3	13	Middlesbrough	36	13	9	14	50	45	9	4	5	30	19	4	5	9	20	26	5	35	WDWWWD	Safe
2	14	Norwich City	38	7	21	10	48	52	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	7	21	36	-4	35	LDDDLL	Safe	0-1
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	13	13	41	56	6	6	6	16	23	5	7	7	25	33	-15	35	LLLLDD	Safe	3-3
	16	Bolton Wanderers	36	12	9	15	48	59	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	12	16	41	-11	33	DWWWDL		0-1
	17	Manchester City	34	9	13	12	46	45	5	5	6	23	23	4	8	6	23	22	1	31	DDLLWD
	18	Derby County	38	9	10	19	42	64	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	12	19	42	-22	28	DDLDLL		1-2
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	11	6	19	35	60	8	3	7	20	25	3	3	12	15	35	-25	28	DWLLDW		1-0
	20	Queens Park Rangers	37	5	13	19	35	58	3	9	6	18	25	2	4	13	17	33	-23	23	LDLLDD
	21	Birmingham City	35	5	8	22	32	53	5	7	6	23	22	0	1	16	9	31	-21	18	LWLDDD
	22	Chelsea	37	4	8	25	37	84	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	13	19	47	-47	16	LDLLLL	Relegated	2-5