The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED - Wed Apr 18, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 18, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 19 April 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: T Mills
Attendance:: 33,074
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Dec 22, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3032 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1445 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3397 (of 5724)
Total:: 4732 (of 7505)
Played:: 45 years, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis (86')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: WDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Joe Jordan (47')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Colin Barrett	Last game
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	24	Trevor Francis (86')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	22	Garry Birtles

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Jimmy Nicholl
3	D	Arthur Albiston
4	D	Sammy McIlroy
5	D	Gordon McQueen
6	M	Martin Buchan (79')
7	M	Steve Coppell
8	M	David McCreery
9	M	Joe Jordan
10	F	Brian Greenhoff
11	F	Mickey Thomas
Subs
12		Ashley Grimes (79')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Apr 18, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Manchester 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	34	24	6	4	70	14	16	2	0	45	4	8	4	4	25	10	56	54	WWWWWL	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	33	20	8	5	64	30	11	4	2	35	13	9	4	3	29	17	34	48	WWWDDL	Safe
	3	Everton	38	16	16	6	50	36	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	5	19	21	14	48	DLLDDW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	33	16	15	2	50	21	9	8	0	29	8	7	7	2	21	13	29	47	WDWWWD	Safe
	5	Arsenal	37	17	11	9	58	39	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	7	22	22	19	45	LDLWDW	Safe
	6	Leeds United	36	15	13	8	59	43	8	4	4	30	16	7	9	4	29	27	16	43	LDDLWD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	37	16	8	13	49	42	10	4	6	32	20	6	4	7	17	22	7	40	WDDWWW	Safe
	8	Coventry City	39	12	16	11	50	63	9	7	3	34	29	3	9	8	16	34	-13	40	DDDDWD	Safe
	9	Bristol City	39	15	9	15	47	48	11	5	4	34	19	4	4	11	13	29	-1	39	WWWWLW	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	37	14	9	14	52	45	10	4	5	32	19	4	5	9	20	26	7	37	DWWWDW	Safe
	11	Aston Villa	34	11	14	9	45	38	6	8	3	28	21	5	6	6	17	17	7	36	DLDDLW	Safe
	12	Southampton	35	11	14	10	44	43	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	8	12	25	1	36	DDDDWD	Safe
	13	Manchester United	34	13	10	11	52	56	7	5	5	24	22	6	5	6	28	34	-4	36	WDDLLD	Safe
	14	Norwich City	38	7	21	10	48	52	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	7	21	36	-4	35	LDDDLL	Safe
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	13	13	41	56	6	6	6	16	23	5	7	7	25	33	-15	35	LLLLDD	Safe
	16	Bolton Wanderers	36	12	9	15	48	59	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	12	16	41	-11	33	DWWWDL
	17	Manchester City	35	9	13	13	46	47	5	5	6	23	23	4	8	7	23	24	-1	31	DLLWDL
	18	Derby County	38	9	10	19	42	64	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	12	19	42	-22	28	DDLDLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	11	6	19	35	60	8	3	7	20	25	3	3	12	15	35	-25	28	DWLLDW
	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	36	5	8	23	32	56	5	7	6	23	22	0	1	17	9	34	-24	18	WLDDDL
	22	Chelsea	37	4	8	25	37	84	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	13	19	47	-47	16	LDLLLL	Relegated

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
	2	West Bromwich Albion	33	20	8	5	64	30	11	4	2	35	13	9	4	3	29	17	34	48	WWWDDL	Safe
1	3	Nottingham Forest	34	16	16	2	51	22	9	9	0	30	9	7	7	2	21	13	29	48	DWWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Everton	38	16	16	6	50	36	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	5	19	21	14	48	DLLDDW	Safe
	5	Arsenal	37	17	11	9	58	39	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	7	22	22	19	45	LDLWDW	Safe
	6	Leeds United	36	15	13	8	59	43	8	4	4	30	16	7	9	4	29	27	16	43	LDDLWD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	37	16	8	13	49	42	10	4	6	32	20	6	4	7	17	22	7	40	WDDWWW	Safe
	8	Coventry City	39	12	16	11	50	63	9	7	3	34	29	3	9	8	16	34	-13	40	DDDDWD	Safe
	9	Bristol City	39	15	9	15	47	48	11	5	4	34	19	4	4	11	13	29	-1	39	WWWWLW	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	37	14	9	14	52	45	10	4	5	32	19	4	5	9	20	26	7	37	DWWWDW	Safe
2	11	Manchester United	35	13	11	11	53	57	7	5	5	24	22	6	6	6	29	35	-4	37	DDLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	12	Aston Villa	34	11	14	9	45	38	6	8	3	28	21	5	6	6	17	17	7	36	DLDDLW	Safe
1	13	Southampton	35	11	14	10	44	43	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	8	12	25	1	36	DDDDWD	Safe
	14	Norwich City	38	7	21	10	48	52	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	7	21	36	-4	35	LDDDLL	Safe
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	13	13	41	56	6	6	6	16	23	5	7	7	25	33	-15	35	LLLLDD	Safe
	16	Bolton Wanderers	36	12	9	15	48	59	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	12	16	41	-11	33	DWWWDL
	17	Manchester City	35	9	13	13	46	47	5	5	6	23	23	4	8	7	23	24	-1	31	DLLWDL
	18	Derby County	38	9	10	19	42	64	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	12	19	42	-22	28	DDLDLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	11	6	19	35	60	8	3	7	20	25	3	3	12	15	35	-25	28	DWLLDW
	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	36	5	8	23	32	56	5	7	6	23	22	0	1	17	9	34	-24	18	WLDDDL
	22	Chelsea	37	4	8	25	37	84	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	13	19	47	-47	16	LDLLLL	Relegated