The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SOUTHAMPTON - Wed May 02, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed May 02, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 03 May 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: G Nolan
Attendance:: 20,388
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 1)
Southampton:: May 11, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3036 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1449 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3402 (of 5724)
Total:: 4737 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 11 months, 16 days ago

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

Goals
Trevor Francis

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Lawrie McMenemy
Prior form: WDLDWD (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	200th appearance
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	F	25	Trevor Francis
8	M	27	Ian Bowyer 80
9	F	22	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson	300th appearance
Subs
12	D	29	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Wells
2	D	Malcolm Waldron
3	D	David Peach
4	D	Manny Andruszewski
5	D	Alan Ball
6	M	Oshor Williams (27')
7	M	Graham Baker
8	M	Trevor Hebberd
9	M	Nick Holmes
10	F	Steve Williams 80
11	F	Phil Boyer
Subs
12		Kevin Dawtry (27')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed May 02, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-2	Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Southampton

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	38	26	8	4	76	16	17	2	0	46	4	9	6	4	30	12	60	60	WLWDDW	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	37	21	11	5	69	33	11	5	2	36	14	10	6	3	33	19	36	53	DLDDDW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	17	17	3	53	23	9	10	0	30	9	8	7	3	23	14	30	51	WDDWDL	Safe
	4	Everton	41	17	16	8	51	39	12	7	2	32	17	5	9	6	19	22	12	50	DDWLWL	Safe
	5	Leeds United	39	17	14	8	65	44	10	4	4	36	17	7	10	4	29	27	21	48	LWDWWD	Safe
	6	Arsenal	40	17	12	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	4	9	23	29	13	46	WDWLLD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	39	18	8	13	54	45	11	4	6	34	21	7	4	7	20	24	9	44	DWWWWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	37	14	14	9	54	41	8	8	3	35	23	6	6	6	19	18	13	42	DLWWWW	Safe
	9	Manchester United	39	14	14	11	56	59	8	6	5	25	22	6	8	6	31	37	-3	42	DDDWDD	Safe
	10	Coventry City	41	13	16	12	55	68	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	9	17	39	-13	42	DDWDWL	Safe
	11	Bristol City	41	15	10	16	47	49	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	40	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Southampton	39	12	16	11	47	49	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	9	12	29	-2	40	WDLDWD	Safe
	13	Middlesbrough	40	14	10	16	54	49	10	5	5	33	20	4	5	11	21	29	5	38	WDWLLD	Safe
	14	Manchester City	39	12	13	14	53	50	8	5	6	30	25	4	8	8	23	25	3	37	DLWWLW	Safe
	15	Norwich City	41	7	22	12	50	56	7	9	4	28	18	0	13	8	22	38	-6	36	DLLLLD	Safe
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	14	14	43	59	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	8	26	35	-16	36	LLDDDL	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	40	12	10	18	53	72	10	4	5	35	25	2	6	13	18	47	-19	34	DLLLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	8	19	42	62	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	12	16	36	-20	34	DWDWDW	Safe
	19	Derby County	41	10	11	20	44	68	8	5	7	25	22	2	6	13	19	46	-24	31	DLLWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	39	6	13	20	41	62	4	9	6	23	26	2	4	14	18	36	-21	25	LLDDLW
	21	Birmingham City	40	5	9	26	34	63	5	8	7	24	25	0	1	19	10	38	-29	19	DLLDLL	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	39	5	8	26	40	87	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	14	20	49	-47	18	LLLLWL	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	38	26	8	4	76	16	17	2	0	46	4	9	6	4	30	12	60	60	WLWDDW	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	37	21	11	5	69	33	11	5	2	36	14	10	6	3	33	19	36	53	DLDDDW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	38	18	17	3	54	23	10	10	0	31	9	8	7	3	23	14	31	53	DDWDLW	Safe	1-0
	4	Everton	41	17	16	8	51	39	12	7	2	32	17	5	9	6	19	22	12	50	DDWLWL	Safe
	5	Leeds United	39	17	14	8	65	44	10	4	4	36	17	7	10	4	29	27	21	48	LWDWWD	Safe
	6	Arsenal	40	17	12	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	4	9	23	29	13	46	WDWLLD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	40	18	9	13	56	47	11	4	6	34	21	7	5	7	22	26	9	45	WWWWWD	Safe	2-2
	8	Aston Villa	38	14	15	9	56	43	8	9	3	37	25	6	6	6	19	18	13	43	LWWWWD	Safe	2-2
	9	Manchester United	39	14	14	11	56	59	8	6	5	25	22	6	8	6	31	37	-3	42	DDDWDD	Safe
	10	Coventry City	41	13	16	12	55	68	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	9	17	39	-13	42	DDWDWL	Safe
	11	Bristol City	41	15	10	16	47	49	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	40	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Southampton	40	12	16	12	47	50	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	10	12	30	-3	40	DLDWDL	Safe	0-1
	13	Middlesbrough	40	14	10	16	54	49	10	5	5	33	20	4	5	11	21	29	5	38	WDWLLD	Safe
	14	Manchester City	39	12	13	14	53	50	8	5	6	30	25	4	8	8	23	25	3	37	DLWWLW	Safe
	15	Norwich City	41	7	22	12	50	56	7	9	4	28	18	0	13	8	22	38	-6	36	DLLLLD	Safe
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	14	14	43	59	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	8	26	35	-16	36	LLDDDL	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	40	12	10	18	53	72	10	4	5	35	25	2	6	13	18	47	-19	34	DLLLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	8	19	42	62	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	12	16	36	-20	34	DWDWDW	Safe
	19	Derby County	41	10	11	20	44	68	8	5	7	25	22	2	6	13	19	46	-24	31	DLLWLD
	20	Queens Park Rangers	39	6	13	20	41	62	4	9	6	23	26	2	4	14	18	36	-21	25	LLDDLW
	21	Birmingham City	40	5	9	26	34	63	5	8	7	24	25	0	1	19	10	38	-29	19	DLLDLL	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	39	5	8	26	40	87	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	14	20	49	-47	18	LLLLWL	Relegated