The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 22,198
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cologne (European Cup)
League:: Liverpool
Birmingham City:: Aug 20, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3033 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1446 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3398 (of 5736)
Total:: 4733 (of 7523)
Played:: 45 years, 7 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (5')
John Robertson (48')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Jim Smith
Prior form: WLDDDL (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	F	25	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (5')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson (48')
Subs
12	M	27	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Montgomery
2	D	Jimmy Calderwood
3	D	Joseph Gallagher
4	D	Mark Dennis
5	D	Malcolm Page
6	M	Alberto Tarantini
7	M	Alan Ainscow
8	M	Kevin Dillon
9	M	Tony Towers
10	F	Stewart Barrowclough
11	F	Don Givens
Subs
12		Alan Buckley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers	2-3	Ipswich Town
Chelsea	2-1	Middlesbrough
Coventry City	4-0	Southampton
Derby County	2-0	Arsenal
Leeds United	1-0	Everton
Liverpool	1-0	Bristol City
Manchester City	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Norwich City	1-2	Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	Nottingham Forest	34	16	16	2	51	22	9	9	0	30	9	7	7	2	21	13	29	48	DWWWDD	Safe
	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
	11	Manchester United	35	13	11	11	53	57	7	5	5	24	22	6	6	6	29	35	-4	37	DDLLDD	Safe
	12	Aston Villa	34	11	14	9	45	38	6	8	3	28	21	5	6	6	17	17	7	36	DLDDLW	Safe
	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

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	35	25	6	4	71	14	17	2	0	46	4	8	4	4	25	10	57	56	WWWWLW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Nottingham Forest	35	17	16	2	53	22	9	9	0	30	9	8	7	2	23	13	31	50	WWWDDW	Safe	2-0
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	34	20	9	5	65	31	11	5	2	36	14	9	4	3	29	17	34	49	WWDDLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Everton	39	16	16	7	50	37	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	6	19	22	13	48	LLDDWL	Safe	0-1
1	5	Leeds United	37	16	13	8	60	43	9	4	4	31	16	7	9	4	29	27	17	45	DDLWDW	Safe	1-0
1	6	Arsenal	38	17	11	10	58	41	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	8	22	24	17	45	DLWDWL	Safe	0-2
	7	Ipswich Town	38	17	8	13	52	44	10	4	6	32	20	7	4	7	20	24	8	42	DDWWWW	Safe	3-2
	8	Coventry City	40	13	16	11	54	63	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	8	16	34	-9	42	DDDWDW	Safe	4-0
	9	Bristol City	40	15	9	16	47	49	11	5	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	39	WWWLWL	Safe	0-1
2	10	Aston Villa	35	12	14	9	47	39	6	8	3	28	21	6	6	6	19	18	8	38	LDDLWW	Safe	2-1
	11	Manchester United	36	13	12	11	54	58	7	5	5	24	22	6	7	6	30	36	-4	38	DLLDDD	Safe	1-1
2	12	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	53	47	10	4	5	32	19	4	5	10	21	28	6	37	WWWDWL	Safe	1-2
	13	Southampton	36	11	14	11	44	47	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	9	12	29	-3	36	DDDWDL	Safe	0-4
1	14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14	13	42	57	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	7	25	33	-15	36	LLLDDD	Safe	1-1
1	15	Norwich City	39	7	21	11	49	54	7	9	4	28	18	0	12	7	21	36	-5	35	DDDLLL	Safe	1-2
1	16	Manchester City	36	10	13	13	49	48	6	5	6	26	24	4	8	7	23	24	1	33	LLWDLW	Safe	3-1
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	37	12	9	16	50	62	10	4	4	34	21	2	5	12	16	41	-12	33	WWWDLL	Safe	2-3
	18	Derby County	39	10	10	19	44	64	8	5	7	25	22	2	5	12	19	42	-20	30	DLDLLW		2-0
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	7	19	36	61	8	3	7	20	25	3	4	12	16	36	-25	29	WLLDWD		1-1
	20	Queens Park Rangers	38	5	13	20	36	61	3	9	6	18	25	2	4	14	18	36	-25	23	DLLDDL		1-3
	21	Birmingham City	37	5	8	24	32	58	5	7	7	23	24	0	1	17	9	34	-26	18	LDDDLL	Relegated	0-2
	22	Chelsea	38	5	8	25	39	85	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	13	19	47	-46	18	DLLLLW	Relegated	2-1