The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Wed May 09, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed May 09, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: Morris Baker
Attendance:: 21,104
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (Testimonial)
League:: Leeds United
Manchester City:: Oct 13, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3038 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1451 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3404 (of 5768)
Total:: 4740 (of 7556)
Played:: 46 years, 1 month, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (4')
Ian Bowyer (60')
Tony Woodcock (61')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Tony Book
Prior form: LWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Larry Lloyd (51') (OG)

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 off for Ian Bowyer
8	F	25	Trevor Francis
9	F	22	Garry Birtles (4')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock (61')
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	27	Ian Bowyer on for Martin O'Neill (60')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Nicky Reid
3	3	Willie Donachie
4	4	Tony Henry
5	5	Dave Watson
6	6	Colin Bell
7	7	Mick Channon
8	8	Kazimierz Deyna
9	9	Barry Silkman
10	10	Asa Hartford
11	11	Gary Owen
Subs
12		Colin Viljoen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed May 09, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Manchester 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	40	28	8	4	81	16	19	2	0	51	4	9	6	4	30	12	65	64	WDDWWW	Champions
	2	West Bromwich Albion	39	23	11	5	71	33	13	5	2	38	14	10	6	3	33	19	38	57	DDDWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	39	18	18	3	55	24	10	10	0	31	9	8	8	3	24	15	31	54	DWDLWD	Safe
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	DWLWLD	Safe
	5	Leeds United	40	18	14	8	69	47	11	4	4	40	20	7	10	4	29	27	22	50	WDWWDW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	41	17	13	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	5	9	23	29	13	47	DWLLDD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	41	19	9	13	59	49	11	4	6	34	21	8	5	7	25	28	10	47	WWWWDW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	40	14	16	10	56	46	8	9	3	37	25	6	7	7	19	21	10	44	WWWDDL	Safe
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44	DWDDLW	Safe
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44	DWDWLW	Safe
	11	Middlesbrough	41	15	10	16	57	49	10	5	5	33	20	5	5	11	24	29	8	40	DWLLDW	Safe
	12	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40	WLWLDL	Safe
	13	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40	DWDLLL	Safe
	14	Manchester City	40	13	13	14	55	50	9	5	6	32	25	4	8	8	23	25	5	39	LWWLWW	Safe
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	41	12	15	14	47	61	6	8	6	18	25	6	7	8	29	36	-14	39	DDDLDW	Safe
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37	LLLLDD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35	LLDLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34	DWDWLL	Safe
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31	LLWLDL	Safe
	20	Queens Park Rangers	41	6	13	22	45	69	4	9	7	24	29	2	4	15	21	40	-24	25	DDLWLL	Relegated
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	LDLLDW	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	40	5	8	27	42	90	3	4	13	22	41	2	4	14	20	49	-48	18	LLLWLL	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	40	28	8	4	81	16	19	2	0	51	4	9	6	4	30	12	65	64	WDDWWW	Champions
	2	West Bromwich Albion	39	23	11	5	71	33	13	5	2	38	14	10	6	3	33	19	38	57	DDDWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	40	19	18	3	58	25	11	10	0	34	10	8	8	3	24	15	33	56	WDLWDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	DWLWLD	Safe
	5	Leeds United	40	18	14	8	69	47	11	4	4	40	20	7	10	4	29	27	22	50	WDWWDW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	41	17	13	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	5	9	23	29	13	47	DWLLDD	Safe
	7	Ipswich Town	41	19	9	13	59	49	11	4	6	34	21	8	5	7	25	28	10	47	WWWWDW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	40	14	16	10	56	46	8	9	3	37	25	6	7	7	19	21	10	44	WWWDDL	Safe
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44	DWDDLW	Safe
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44	DWDWLW	Safe
	11	Middlesbrough	41	15	10	16	57	49	10	5	5	33	20	5	5	11	24	29	8	40	DWLLDW	Safe
	12	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40	WLWLDL	Safe
	13	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40	DWDLLL	Safe
	14	Manchester City	41	13	13	15	56	53	9	5	6	32	25	4	8	9	24	28	3	39	WWLWWL	Safe	1-3
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	41	12	15	14	47	61	6	8	6	18	25	6	7	8	29	36	-14	39	DDDLDW	Safe
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37	LLLLDD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35	LLDLDL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34	DWDWLL	Safe
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31	LLWLDL	Safe
	20	Queens Park Rangers	41	6	13	22	45	69	4	9	7	24	29	2	4	15	21	40	-24	25	DDLWLL	Relegated
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	LDLLDW	Relegated
	22	Chelsea	40	5	8	27	42	90	3	4	13	22	41	2	4	14	20	49	-48	18	LLLWLL	Relegated

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